Undeck the Halls

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"Undeck the Halls"

Modern Family episode

Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy taking away the Christmas

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 10

Directed by

Randall Einhorn

Written by

Dan O'Shannon

Production code

1ARG11

Original air date

December 9, 2009

Guest actors

Brian T. Finney (Scott)
Fred Willard (Frank)

Season 1 episodes

2009–2010

1. "Pilot"
2. "The Bicycle Thief"
3. "Come Fly With Me"
4. "The Incident"
5. "Coal Digger"
6. "Run for Your Wife"
7. "En Garde"
8. "Great Expecations"
9. "Fizbo"
10. "Undeck the Halls"
11. "Up All Night"
12. "Not in My House"
13. "Fifteen Percent"
14. "Moon Landing"
15. "My Funky Valentine"
16. "Fears"
17. "Truth Be Told"
18. "Starry Night"
19. "Game Changer"
20. "Benched"
21. "Travels with Scout"
22. "Airport 2010"
23. "Hawaii"
24. "Family Portrait"

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List of Modern Family episodes

"Undeck the Halls" is the tenth episode of the ABC series Modern Family. It premiered on ABC in the United States on December 9, 2009. In the episode, Claire and Phil threaten to take away Christmas when the kids get in trouble. Cameron and Mitchell take Lily to get her first picture with Santa. Fred Willard guest stars as Phil's dad, Frank Dunphy.

The episode was written by Dan O'Shannon and directed by Randall Einhorn.^[1] The episode also received positive reviews from critics and had a 3.8. in the 18–49 demographic.

Plot

While Claire (Julie Bowen), Phil (Ty Burrell) and the kids talk to Phil's dad, Frank (Fred Willard) via Skype to wish him Merry Christmas, Claires discovers a burn mark on the arm of the couch. Seeing that, they get to the conclution that one of the kids was smoking a cigarette and they are asking them to tell them who did it. When none of the kids admits the truth, Phil reacts in an extreme manner and he takes the Christmas away for everyone till someone confess.

Alex (Ariel Winter) seeing that Phil is serious about taking away the Christmas, she admits that she tried a cigarette. Phil brings back the Christmas and Claire says that Alex is grounded for a whole from December 26. While they are celebrating, they discover that the burn mark on the couch was caused by the reflecting sunlight on a Christmas ornament.

Jay (Ed O'Neill) is trying to introduce Manny (Rico Rodriguez) and Gloria (Sofía Vergara) to some Pritchett Christmas traditions such as watching Miracle on 34th Street. Gloria and Manny though want to incorporate some of their country's traditions that includes jokes and fireworks. Jay doesn't react really well but at the end he realizes that they can have both, American and Colombian traditions.

Meanwhile, Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) take Lily (Jayden and Ella Hiller) to the mall to take her first picture with Santa (Brian T. Finney). When their turn for the photo comes, they don't find the Santa jolly enough. They complain to the management about it and the guy who portrays the Santa gets fired. Feeling guilty about what they've done, they take Santa home to share dinner - with nerve-wracking results.

Reception

Ratings

In its original American broadcast, "Undeck the Halls" was viewed by an estimated 9.666 million households and received a 3.8 rating/10% share in the 18-49 demographic with a 5.6 rating/6% share Nielsen rating in the Nielsen Media Research.^[2] "Undeck the Halls" finished 23rd place in the weekly ratings with.^[3] The episode was the 6th highest rated show on ABC in overall viewership for the week, and was second in the 18-49 ratings for the week (following the Disney special Prep and Landing).^[3]

Reviews

Robert Canning gave it a 8.6/10 saying it "set the bar for hopefully many more Christmas episodes to come" saying the most fun came from Cameron and Mitchell's subplot and says he looks forward to more Christmas episodes.^[4]

Jason Hughes of TV Squad stated in his review "This holiday episode was lighter on the funny moments than most episodes of Modern Family, which isn't to say that it wasn't plenty funny. It substituted those with more heartfelt moments.". He also stated the best moment of the episode was when Jay surprised Gloria and Manny with fireworks.^[5]

TV Fanatic gave the episode a positive review saying "The episode might not have been as funny as previous installments, but it certainly had some very sweet heart, especially when it came to Jay's storyline." But the episode was criticised for not featuring Fred Willard saying "Fred Willard is comedic genius and could have added a lot to the already amazing Modern Family cast, but was for some odd reason underused."^[6]

References

↑ "Modern Family: Undeck the Halls: Writers, Directors, and Crew". TV.com. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
↑ Seidman, Robert (December 10, 2009). "Broadcast Finals: Glee rises to season high; Criminal Minds up; The Middle, Gary Unmarried down a tick". TVbythenumbers. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Robert Seidman (2009-12-15). "TV Ratings, Sunday Night Football, Big Bang Theory, Biggest Loser and CSI top weekly broadcast charts". Retrieved 2010-03-11.
↑ Robert Canning (2009-12-10). "Modern Family: "Undeck the Halls" Review". Retrieved 2010-03-11.
↑ Hughes, Jason (December 10, 2010). "Review: Modern Family - Undeck the Halls". TV Squad. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
↑ The Barnacle (December 10, 2009). "Modern Family Review: "Undeck the Halls"". TV Fanatic. Retrieved 2010-08-05.

External links

"Undeck the Halls" at ABC.com
"Undeck the Halls" at the Internet Movie Database
"Undeck the Halls" at TV.com

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Season 1	"Pilot" "The Bicycle Thief" "Come Fly With Me" "The Incident" "Coal Digger" "Run for Your Wife" "En Garde" "Great Expectations" "Fizbo" "Undeck the Halls" "Up All Night" "Not in My House" "Fifteen Percent" "Moon Landing" "My Funky Valentine" "Fears" "Truth Be Told" "Starry Night" "Game Changer" "Benched" "Travels with Scout" "Airport 2010" "Hawaii" "Family Portrait"

Season 2	"The Old Wagon" "The Kiss" "Earthquake" "Strangers on a Treadmill" "Unplugged" "Halloween" "Chirp" "Manny Get Your Gun" "Mother Tucker" "Dance Dance Revelation" "Slow Down Your Neighbors" "Our Children, Ourselves" "Caught in the Act" "Bixby's Back" "Princess Party" "Regrets Only" "Two Monkeys and a Panda" "Boys' Night" "The Musical Man" "Someone to Watch Over Lily" "Mother's Day" "Good Cop Bad Dog" "See You Next Fall" "The One That Got Away"

Season 3	"Dude Ranch" "When Good Kids Go Bad" "Phil on Wire" "Door to Door" "Hit and Run" "Go Bullfrogs!" "Treehouse" "After the Fire" "Punkin Chunkin" "Express Christmas" "Lifetime Supply" "Egg Drop" "Little Bo Bleep" "Me? Jealous?" "Aunt Mommy" "Virgin Territory" "Leap Day" "Send Out the Clowns" "Election Day" "The Last Walt" "Planes, Trains and Cars" "Disneyland" "Tableau Vivant" "Baby on Board"

Season 4	"Bringing Up Baby" "Schooled" "Snip" "The Butler's Escape" "Open House of Horrors" "Yard Sale" "Arrested" "Mistery Date" "When a Tree Falls" "Diamond in the Rough" "New Year's Eve" "Party Crasher" "Fulgencio" "A Slight at the Opera" "Heart Broken" "Bad Hair Day" "Best Men" "The Wow Factor" "The Future Dunphys" "Flip Flop" "Career Day" "My Hero" "Games People Play" "Goodnight Gracie"

Season 5	"Suddenly, Last Summer" "First Days" "Larry's Wife" "Farm Strong" "The Late Show" "The Help" "A Fair to Remember" "ClosetCon '13" "The Big Game" "The Old Man & the Tree" "And One to Grow On" "Under Pressure" "Three Dinners" "iSpy"

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