On Modern Family Season 6 Episode 2, Alex went on college tours, while Lily made things uncomfortable for her dads and Jay and Gloria also had a storyline.
At times, the acclaimed show's biggest issue is not its formulaic storytelling, but the fact that time seems to stand still for the family ... until it doesn't.
Modern Family Season 6 Episode 2 was a prime example of how it almost comes out of nowhere when they reach a coming-of-age period like college.
The kids are growing up (alarmingly fast, in the case of Lily and Luke), and yet it rarely feels significant to the overall dynamic, which is Simpsons-esque.
When the laughs are coming a mile a minute, and storylines intertwine in hilarious fashion, such things seem like nit-picking. That was not the case here.
If the show isn't moving in any kind of direction, the standalone episodes can run out of juice, as there are only so many ways to tell the same stories.
This was truer than ever last night on "Do Not Push," when Jay and Gloria's plot felt like you could watch Modern Family online and see it in 20 episodes.
Mitchell and Cam, whose family portrait was tarnished by Lily's awkward smiling, didn't deliver all that much better, despite occasional smiles.
The best the episode had to offer was Alex, whose mom Claire tries to convince her to stay close to home and visibly struggles with letting go.
Meanwhile, Phil, Luke and Haley volunteered for a study, which offered some legitimately funny moments. Alex and Haley stole the show, though.
Ariel Winter is coming of age (jarringly so) alongside Sarah Hyland, and while the outcome of the episode was pretty well telegraphed, it still worked.
What'd you think of Modern Family Season 6 Episode 2? Are we being too hard on the comedy? What were your favorite and least favorite parts?
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