MODERN FAMILY: BRINGING UP BABY {FOURTH SEASON PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The fourth season premiere in this comedy series, a "mockumentary" about the eccentric individuals comprising three inter-related families in Los Angeles. In this episode, Manny honors Jay's 65th birthday with some old-fashioned "insult comedy" as Gloria frets about how to break the news of her unexpected pregnancy. Phil, Shorty and Miles arrive to "kidnap" Jay for a fishing trip, while elsewhere Cam and Mitch, still upset about the failed adoption plans, are taken aback when Lily is unfazed by the news that she will not be getting a baby brother after all. Haley, nursing a prom hangover, asks Claire to allow Dylan to crash at the Dunphy home for an indefinite period, and Manny, stunned by the pregnancy news, reminds his mother that Jay is averse to change. Lily takes advantage of her fathers' guilt to try to convince them to get a cat, and Cam is further frustrated when he is unable to donate their friends' oversized baby gifts. Jay repeatedly falls out of the boat as Miles and Shorty tell him all about his boring future as a senior citizen, and when Gloria tells Claire her secret, Claire worries that her tactless father will not handle the news with grace.
Luke warns Manny that a new baby will "replace" him as the kid of the household, and Cam and Mitch fail to convince a no-nonsense cat-adoption employee that they can give a kitten a good home. They confess that they are "not okay" about the loss of the baby after all, and they ponder taking a vacation to regroup after the disappointment. Dylan tries to guilt Claire into letting him stay, and Manny, worried about his new status in the family, attempts to kiss up to Jay. Jay misunderstands Claire's warnings about unexpected news and overreacts to Mitch and Cam's cat idea, and a frustrated Gloria ends up blurting out her news in front of the whole family. To everyone's surprise, however, Jay is thrilled by the idea of a "new beginning," having grown dejected by his friends' comments about aging. Several months later, cat owners Mitch and Cam have returned from a jaunt to London and Claire finally ousts Dylan from the Dunphy home, and Manny treats the family to a poem about Jay's future as an older dad. Includes commercials and promos.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: September 26, 2012 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:30:58
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 109436
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: LGBTQ+ Collection - Comedy; Comedy; Families
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 2009-2020
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Argo" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Frankenweenie" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Here Comes the Boom" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Hotel Transylvania" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Modern Family" home video
- TV - Commercials - "Taken 2" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "The Avengers” home video
- TV - Commercials - "Won't Back Down" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Wreck-It Ralph" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - Apple iPhone 5s
- TV - Commercials - Droid Motorolla cellular phones
- TV - Commercials - Habitat for Humanity organization
- TV - Commercials - Honda automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Levi's jeans
- TV - Commercials - Macy's stores
- TV - Commercials - Mercedes-Benz automobiles
- TV - Commercials - The American Red Cross
- TV - Commercials - Toyota automobiles
- TV - Promos - "Grey's Anatomy"
- TV - Promos - "Last Resort"
- TV - Promos - "Once Upon a Time"
- TV - Promos - "The Middle"
- TV - Promos - "The Neighbors"
CREDITS
- Dan O'Shannon … Executive Producer
- Bill Wrubel … Executive Producer
- Danny Zuker … Executive Producer
- Abraham Higginbotham … Executive Producer
- Jeffrey Richman … Executive Producer
- Steven Levitan … Executive Producer, Created by, Director
- Christopher Lloyd … Executive Producer, Created by
- Brad Walsh … Executive Producer, Writer
- Paul Corrigan … Executive Producer, Writer
- Ben Karlin … Co-Executive Producer
- Jeff Morton … Co-Executive Producer
- Elaine Ko … Producer
- Chris Smirnoff … Producer
- Becky Mann … Producer
- Audra Sielaff … Producer
- Sally Young … Co-Producer
- Kyle Weber … Associate Producer
- Gabriel Mann … Music by
- Ed O'Neill … Cast, Jay Pritchett
- Sofia Vergara … Cast, Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
- Julie Bowen … Cast, Claire Dunphy
- Ty Burrell … Cast, Phil Dunphy
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson … Cast, Mitchell Pritchett
- Eric Stonestreet … Cast, Cameron Tucker
- Sarah Hyland … Cast, Haley Dunphy
- Ariel Winter … Cast, Alex Dunphy
- Nolan Gould … Cast, Luke Dunphy
- Rico Rodriguez … Cast, Manny Delgado
- Aubrey Anderson-Emmons … Cast, Lily Tucker-Pritchett
- Chazz Palminteri … Cast, Shorty
- Reid Ewing … Cast, Dylan
- Ernie Hudson … Cast, Miles
- Emily Happe … Cast, Cat Lady