A Stereotypical Day

"A Stereotypical Day" is the second episode of the eighth season of the American sitcom Modern Family. It aired on September 28, 2016 on American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The premiere is directed by Ryan Case and written by Stephen Levitan.

"A Stereotypical Day"
Modern Family episode
Episode no.Season 8
Episode 2
Directed byRyan Case
Written byVali Chandrasekaran
Production code8ARG03
Original air dateSeptember 28, 2016
Guest appearance(s)

Plot

Alex (Ariel Winter) gets mononucleosis during the summer vacation. Claire (Julie Bowen), Phil (Ty Burrell) and Luke (Nolan Gould) all try to use her condition to their advantage. Claire wants Alex to be the boring member of the family so she can be fun, Phil had a traumatic experience after he accidentally locked himself in a closet for 18 hours during an open door day and is denied a therapy dog and Luke wants Alex’s laptop in order to steal all her homework. Alex finally breaks down and wants to go back to Caltech, encouraged by Haley (Sarah Hyland) who is worried that Alex will discover that she's been fired from her job.

Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) learn that Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) made a new friend, Tom who is transgender. She calls him a weirdo, which lead them to visit Jay (Ed O'Neill) and Gloria (Sofía Vergara) who teach them a lesson about tolerance. They later realize that they’re also judgmental parents and that Lilly protected them after Tom called them weirdos.

Manny (Rico Rodriguez) wants to be a communist so he can please a girl he met during the wedding and Joe (Jeremy Maguire) decides to live outdoors. Jay decided to put security cameras in his garden but on the same day, an African American family moves into the house opposite his. Not wanting to appear racist, Jay overcompensates, only to be reassured by his new neighbor Shawn.

Reception

Kyle Fowle of The A.V. Club gave the episode a C-.[1]

References
  1. "Modern Family reinforces the very stereotypes it hopes to challenge". 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
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