Come Fly with Me (Modern Family)
| "Come Fly with Me" | |
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| Modern Family episode | |
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Phil (Ty Burrell) after Jay (Ed O'Neill) has "accidentally" crashed his model plane into his nose | |
| Episode no. |
Season 1 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Reginald Hudlin |
| Written by | Dan O'Shannon |
| Production code | 1ARG04 |
| Original air date | October 7, 2009 |
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"Come Fly with Me" is the third episode of the ABC series Modern Family. It premiered on ABC in the United States on October 7, 2009. In the episode, Jay (Ed O'Neill) tries to spend some time alone with his model airplane, but Phil (Ty Burrell) ruins it; Alex (Ariel Winter) and Gloria (Sofía Vergara) go to a mall and Gloria tries to convince Alex to wear a dress to a wedding; Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) goes to Costco for the first time in his life. Jay hits Phil in the nose with his model airplane on purpose and claims it was an accident, but later apologizes when Claire calls him on it.
The episode was written by Dan O'Shannon and directed by Jason Winer. "Come Fly with Me" received a 3.4/9 in the 18-49 demographic according to the Nielsen Media Research and received positive reviews from critics many calling it an improvement over "The Bicycle Thief".
Plot
Jay pushes Phil to go out with him and fly his new model plane, a Vought F4U Corsair. While Phil gets his moment with Jay, the encounter does not end up as he wishes: Jay buzzes Phil with the plane and as the credits roll, the model plane crashes into Phil's nose. While Manny (Rico Rodriguez) takes time out to play with Luke (Nolan Gould), Gloria accompanies Alex in shopping for a dress.
Mitchell and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) go shopping at Costco, but Mitchell feels that he is too good to shop there. On the trip, Cameron introduces Mitchell to wholesale pricing, which excites Mitchell and the pair end up buying multiple baskets of goods.
Later on, Manny ends up having a heart-to-heart talk with his stepsister Claire (Julie Bowen), while Alex and Gloria talk on like friends (girl friends). Finally Manny convinces Claire to have Alex be her own way and Gloria convinces Alex to follow her mother.
In the end, Gloria reveals to Jay that she used to dress up Manny like a girl when he a was baby; when Manny found the pictures, Gloria had told him it was his twin sister who had died.
Cultural references
- Cam and Mitch go to Costco to buy diapers for Lily and they end up buying lots of other things as well.[1]
- Mitch says that he and Cam met while playing charades and when he didn't know how to act his clue out, he was doing a specific gesture that Cam acts out as "Casablanca".[1]
- Claire says that her mother was hard on her growing up because back then everything was Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, referring to the two activist, feminist writer and journalist respectively.[1]
Reception
Ratings
In its original American broadcast, "Come Fly With Me" was viewed by an estimated 8.823 million households with a 5.4 rating/9% share Nielsen rating and received a 3.4 rating/9% share in the 18-49 demographic going down 4 tenths in the demographic according to the Nielsen Media Research.[2]
Reviews
"Come Fly with Me" received positive reviews.
Robert Canning of IGN gave the episode an 8.3/10 calling it "Impressive" and stated "Overall, "Come Fly With Me" was proof that this is a series with great potential." and also stated the series has almost everything (heart, comedy, dark comedy).[3]
Jason Hughes of TV Squad gave the episode a positive review saying Jay hitting Phil on purpose "harsh, but funny".[4]
Donna Bowman of A.V. Club gave the episode a A- saying "Modern Family is shaping up to be one of those rare comedies that actually derives unexpected humor from its premise."[5]
Michael Slezak of Entertainment Weekly stated "While last night’s Modern Family didn’t quite make me double over with laughter the way its first two episodes did, it nonetheless pulled off the trick of effortlessly straddling the territory between absurdist humor and genuinely moving.[6]
TV Fanatic gave the episode a positive reviews saying one of his favorite quotes of the episode was Alex telling Claire "You know, instead of trying to force me to wear a dress, why don't you worry about getting Luke to wear some pants?"[7]
James Poniewozik of Time said "the episode as a whole showed a lot of promise by demonstrating the ways different combinations of the extended family can play off each other"[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Modern Family - Script VO 103". Hypnoweb. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ↑ Robert Seidman (2009-10-09). "Wednesday Broadcast finals: Modern Family, Cougar Town, Glee, Criminal Minds tick up in finals; Old Christine down a tick". TV By The Numbers. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
- ↑ Canning, Robert (October 8, 2009). "Modern Family: "Come Fly With Me" Review". IGN. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
- ↑ Hughes, Jason (October 8, 2009)http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/08/modern-family-come-fly-with-me/ TV Squad Retrieved 2010-06-05
- ↑ Bowman, Donna (October 7, 2009). "Come fly with me". The A.V. Club.
- ↑ Slezak, Michael (October 10, 2009). "'Modern Family' recap: Planes, big-box chains, and family ordeals". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ↑ Hochberger, Eric (October 8, 2009). "Modern Family Recap: "Come Fly With Me"". TV Fanatic. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
- ↑ Poniewozik, James (October 8, 2009). "The Morning After: Buy It In Bulk". Entertainment Time. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
External links
- "Come Fly with Me" at TV.com
- "Come Fly with Me" at the Internet Movie Database
- "Come Fly with Me" at ABC.com
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