page_title: The Kiss (Modern Family)
section_title: Production and cultural references
hierarchical_section_title: The Kiss (Modern Family) / Production and cultural references
caption_attribution_description: English: Ryan Murphy at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego.
context_page_description: "The Kiss" is the second episode of the second season of the American sitcom Modern Family and the 26th episode overall. The episode aired September 29, 2010. It was written by Abraham Higginbotham and directed by Scott Ellis. The episode also featured guest starred Aaron Sanders as Jeremy, Alex's love interest. The episode serves as a response to a criticism for the first season that Mitchell and Cameron never kissed.
  In the episode, after Claire finds flirty texts from a boy on Alex's phone, she asks Haley to give her advice. Haley tells Alex to kiss the boy, which makes her go up to the boy, and asks him in front of his friends, embarrassing him. Mitchell is having trouble kissing Cam in public and Gloria makes a meal of traditional Colombian food to honor her recently deceased grandmother.
  "The Kiss" received generally positive reviews with many praising the subtle nature of the kiss. According to the Nielsen Media Research the episode received a 4.6 rating/13% share in the 18–49 demographic, going down from the season premiere, but still becoming the highest-rated show on Wednesday and the second highest-rated scripted program after Glee.
context_section_description: "The Kiss" was written by Abraham Higginbotham and directed by Scott Ellis. It is Abraham Higginbotham's first writing credit as he is part of the new writers who joined at the beginning of the production season.
  The episode guest starred Aaron Sanders as Jeremy, the boy Alex likes. Abraham had previously worked with Jesse Tyler Ferguson on the short lived sitcom, Do Not Disturb. The episode was also the fourth episode made and was filmed during late-August. The episode originally aired September 29, 2010.
  The episode deals with some criticism from some quarters for the first season's portrayal of Cameron and Mitchell as not being physically affectionate with each other. The criticism spawned a Facebook campaign to demand Mitchell and Cameron be allowed to kiss. It was also criticized by Ryan Murphy, creator of Glee who called it "ridiculous". In response to the controversy, producers released a statement that a season two episode would address Mitchell's discomfort with public displays of affection. Executive producer and co-creator Steven Levitan has said that it was "unfortunate" that the issue had arisen, since the show's writers had always planned on such a scene "as part of the natural development of the show." Eric Stonestreet, who plays Cameron, says the episode isn't "driven by anything political or motivated by a movement."
  The episode later had a rerun on October 1, 2010, the Friday after its original airing. Alex states a quote from "Notting Hill" and later calls it an "underrated movie". Cameron makes up a game called "kiss buggy", a parody of "punch buggy".
caption: Ryan Murphy criticized Cameron and Mitchell not kissing in the first season.
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