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It’s hard to believe that the first season of Modern Family has come to an end because it feels like we’ve known Jay Pritchett’s clan for years, doesn’t it? “Family Portrait” was a great season finale that reminded me of all that I’ve enjoyed over this first season, I believe Jay said it pretty well-

“I had this mental picture of the family that, if I was lucky enough, one day I’d end up with- perfect wife, perfect kids. Guess what. I didn’t get any of that. Wound up with this sorry bunch. And I’m thankful for that every day.”

I admit that there are plenty of great jokes throughout any given Modern Family episode but I think we enjoy the show so much because it is familiar. Everyone has family, whether they’re your biological family or not. Family are the people we love unconditionally and I think that’s what Jay was sayin’. But what did Phil say?

PHIL QUOTES!

“ridicu-licious”

“Here’s the thing. Kiss-cam is only supposed to be for the enjoyment of the people at the game! They never show that on TV. What people do in the privacy of their own sports arena should be their own business.”

In case you missed it Gloria kissed Phil when they were put on the Kiss-cam at the Lakers game. Gloria was at the game because Jay had to back out because he was helping Luke. Luke working on a school project, due the next day, that required he interview someone that lived through the 1960s hence Jay. As you might imagine Phil was scared to death of Claire and Jay’s reaction when they would inevitably find out about the kiss.

While Phil was at the game Claire was at home preparing for the family portrait that was to happen later in the day. The family would be posing on the stairs and Claire, a perfectionist, wanted to fix that broken step. Finally! Well Claire might be a perfectionist but she is no handy man. So we can expect more from the broken step in season two.

“Pigeons aren’t scared of anything, they stand on electrical wires.” This is just one of the many reasons why Mitchell freaked out when a pigeon became trapped in his home. The pigeon would have been dinner if Cameron were  home but he was singing a solo for a wedding of a complete stranger that heard him karaoke and hired him to perform at the wedding. Of course I thought we were learning yet another fun fact about Cameron but the fact turned out to be not so fun. Cameron butchered Ave Maria. Cameron cannot sing but I still love him.

What grade do you give Modern Family‘s first season?