Modern Family (season 1)
Episodes

Modern Family (season 1)

Section Title: Episodes
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)

1	1	"Pilot"	Jason Winer	Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd	September 23, 2009	1ARG79	12.60

Jay's family tries to function despite the age difference between himself and his second wife, Gloria. Claire and Phil's family tries to punish their son and watch over their eldest daughter and her new boyfriend.

2	2	"The Bicycle Thief"	Jason Winer	Bill Wrubel	September 30, 2009	1ARG02	9.99

Jay tries to show his stepson he can be a good father; Phil tries to teach his son a lesson by stealing his bike, but gets in trouble when he discovers he got the wrong bike; and Cameron and Mitchell bring Lily to a play group and try to act straight.

3	3	"Come Fly with Me"	Reginald Hudlin	Dan O'Shannon	October 7, 2009	1ARG04	8.82

Jay tries to spend some time alone with his model airplane, but Phil ruins it; Alex and Gloria go to a mall and Gloria tries to convince Alex to wear a dress to a wedding; Mitchell goes to Costco for the first time in his life.

4	4	"The Incident"	Jason Winer	Steven Levitan	October 14, 2009	1ARG05	9.35

Mitchell and Claire's mother visits the family months after she embarrassed Jay and Gloria in front of their family during their wedding.

5	5	"Coal Digger"	Jason Winer	Christopher Lloyd	October 21, 2009	1ARG03	8.66

Manny and Luke get into a fight at school. The family gathers at Jay and Gloria's to watch football.

6	6	"Run for Your Wife"	Jason Winer	Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh	October 28, 2009	1ARG01	9.32

It is the first day of school and Jay and Gloria fight about Manny's outfit. While the kids are at school, Claire wants some quiet time, but Phil has other ideas.

7	7	"En Garde"	Randall Einhorn	Danny Zuker	November 4, 2009	1ARG06	8.77

Manny takes up fencing and he is quite talented. Jay is very proud of Manny, which stirs up resentment in Mitchell.

8	8	"Great Expectations"	Jason Winer	Joe Lawson	November 18, 2009	1ARG07	9.16

It is Claire and Phil's anniversary and Jay is having the grandkids over for the night. Meanwhile, Mitchell and Cameron reunite with an old friend.

9	9	"Fizbo"	Jason Winer	Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh	November 25, 2009	1ARG09	7.12

When Phil and Claire throw a party for Luke, things go wrong and it leads to a trip to the emergency room; Cameron decides to dress up as his clown character Fizbo; Manny has a hard time impressing a girl after taking advice from Jay.

10	10	"Undeck the Halls"	Randall Einhorn	Dan O'Shannon	December 9, 2009	1ARG11	9.67

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.

11	11	"Up All Night"	Michael Spiller	Christopher Lloyd	January 6, 2010	1ARG10	10.22

Manny's father, Javier (Benjamin Bratt) visits; Phil takes a trip to the hospital. Mitchell and Cameron dispute over a parenting technique.

12	12	"Not in My House"	Chris Koch	Caroline Williams	January 13, 2010	1ARG08	7.83

Gloria hates Jay's life-sized dog butler statue. Claire freaks out when she thinks Luke has been looking at naughty pictures on the computer, but they were actually sent to Phil.

13	13	"Fifteen Percent"	Jason Winer	Steven Levitan	January 20, 2010	1ARG12	9.83

Mitchell convinces Jay that his friend might be gay. Claire tries to learn how to use the TV remote.

14	14	"Moon Landing"	Jason Winer	Bill Wrubel	February 3, 2010	1ARG13	9.19

Things get a little awkward for Jay and Cameron when they go to the gym. An old friend from work visits Claire.

15	15	"My Funky Valentine"	Michael Spiller	Jerry Collins	February 10, 2010	1ARG16	9.84

Claire and Phil spice things up on Valentine's Day. Mitchell and Cameron help Manny with a bully.

16	16	"Fears"	Reginald Hudlin	Steven Levitan	March 3, 2010	1ARG18	8.01

Phil and Luke go into the crawlspace under the house. Haley passes her driver's test on her third attempt.

17	17	"Truth Be Told"	Jason Winer	Joe Lawson	March 10, 2010	1ARG17	8.95

Phil meets an old girlfriend on Facebook. Jay accidentally kills Manny's turtle. Mitchell tells his boss the truth.

18	18	"Starry Night"	Jason Winer	Danny Zuker	March 24, 2010	1ARG15	9.18

Claire and Phil take rival approaches to keeping Haley and Luke focused on projects that are due the next day. Manny's ribbing of Mitchell during a trip with Jay causes tension between the three.

19	19	"Game Changer"	Kevin Sullivan	Story by : Vanessa McCarthy & Joe Lawson Teleplay by : Joe Lawson & Alex Herschlag	March 31, 2010	1ARG21	9.51

iPad release day falls on Phil's birthday, giving Claire an opportunity to finally score an ideal gift for her technophile husband.

20	20	"Benched"	Chris Koch	Danny Zuker	April 14, 2010	1ARG20	8.88

Phil and Jay have a series of encounters regarding authority and basketball. Mitchell meets his new boss (Justin Kirk), then he and Cameron accidentally damage his Ferrari.

21	21	"Travels with Scout"	Seth Gordon	Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh	April 28, 2010	1ARG14	10.01

Claire is suspicious when Phil's father (Fred Willard) shows up for an unexpected visit. Manny is traumatized by a horror movie.

22	22	"Airport 2010"	Jason Winer	Dan O'Shannon & Bill Wrubel	May 5, 2010	1ARG19	9.48

Gloria surprises Jay with a trip to Hawaii for his birthday, but he isn't pleased to find out that the entire family is tagging along.

23	23	"Hawaii"	Steven Levitan	Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh	May 12, 2010	1ARG23	10.34

Jay's plans to do nothing but relax on vacation are interrupted by an unwelcome reality check. Meanwhile, Phil tries to make the trip romantic for Claire, Mitchell and Cameron disagree on whether they should go sight-seeing, and the kids get themselves into trouble.

24	24	"Family Portrait"	Jason Winer	Ilana Wernick	May 19, 2010	1ARG22	10.14

Claire makes an effort to take a new family portrait, but everybody is too busy to cooperate: Gloria and Manny go with Phil and Alex to a Lakers game and share an awkward moment on the jumbotron, Cameron gets a job as a wedding singer while Mitchell takes care of Lily and a stray pigeon, and Luke interviews Jay for a school project.

Sentence(s)

Fizbo was viewed by 7.12 million viewers.

final_sentence: Fizbo was viewed by 7.12 million viewers.