The BEST episodes written by Brad Walsh
#1 - Las Vegas
Modern Family - Season 5 - Episode 18
Jay is determined to get the adults’ hotel suite upgraded; Claire tries to win back some money; Phil auditions to be a magician.
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#2 - Finale (2)
Modern Family - Season 11 - Episode 18
The entire family discovers saying goodbye is much harder than it seems.
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#3 - Hawaii
Modern Family - Season 1 - Episode 23
Jay's plans to do nothing but relax on vacation are interrupted by an unwelcome reality check. Meanwhile, Phil tries to make the trip romantic for Claire, Mitchell and Cameron disagree on whether they should go sight-seeing, and the kids get themselves into trouble.
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#4 - Bringing Up Baby
Modern Family - Season 4 - Episode 1
Phil takes Jay on an unconventional fishing trip; Gloria wonders how to break the news about her pregnancy; Dylan temporarily moves in with the Dunphys; Cam and Mitch think about adopting a cat.
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#5 - The Old Man & the Tree
Modern Family - Season 5 - Episode 10
Jay and Manny set out to cut down their own Christmas tree; Gloria is on edge when her mother visits; Mitchell does last-minute shopping to find the perfect gift for Lily.
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#6 - The One That Got Away
Modern Family - Season 2 - Episode 24
Jay wants to go fishing on his birthday, but the family insists he have a big party, leading Claire and Mitchell to get trapped in their childhood yard, Phil encounters his college nemesis at the mall and Cameron to have trouble at the bakery.
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#7 - Halloween 3: AwesomeLand
Modern Family - Season 6 - Episode 6
Claire allows Phil to take over Halloween this year, so he decides to turn the house into AwesomeLand. Cameron gets overwhelmed by the day’s activities. Mitchell has closing arguments for a huge case, and it doesn’t help that the stenographer is dressed like a spider.
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#8 - First Days
Modern Family - Season 5 - Episode 2
Luke and Manny have their first day of high school; Claire returns to the workforce; Mitch juggles an important meeting and Lily’s first day of grade one.
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#9 - Sleeper
Modern Family - Season 5 - Episode 21
Phil cannot handle the stress when he tells Claire an elaborate lie; Gloria is tasked with organizing this year’s family portrait; Jay covertly enters Stella in a dog show.
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#10 - A Slight at the Opera
Modern Family - Season 4 - Episode 14
When the lead in the school’s production of “Phantom of the Opera” gets sick, Manny is willing to do anything to land the lead; Phil and Jay wind up in a golf-off with Mitch and Pepper; Gloria and Alex visit a psychic.
#11 - Won't You Be Our Neighbor
Modern Family - Season 6 - Episode 5
Phil is selling the house next door and he and Claire are excited by the prospect of having wonderful new neighbors, but that quickly turns into panic when a loud and obnoxious couple come to look at the house. Jay forbids Manny to see his new girlfriend when he realizes she’s the granddaughter of his biggest business rival. Mitch and Cam are determined to switch Lily out of Mrs. Plank’s class since she is known to rule with an iron fist – and she also scares them.
#12 - Earthquake
Modern Family - Season 2 - Episode 3
When an earthquake hits, Claire gets stuck in the bathroom with the plumber, Manny experiences an existential crisis while out with Jay, and Mitchell and Cameron use it as an excuse to get out of attending a party.
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#13 - Travels with Scout
Modern Family - Season 1 - Episode 21
Claire is caught off guard when Phil's father shows up in an RV with a little four legged friend, and she becomes suspicious that he might be hiding a larger reason for the visit. Meanwhile, when Cameron hears Dylan is down a drummer in his band, he enthusiastically offers to fill in, and Jay and Gloria have to pay the consequences of accidentally taking Manny to see a traumatizing horror movie.
#14 - The Musical Man
Modern Family - Season 2 - Episode 19
Cameron is overzealous in his planning of the spring musical performance at Luke and Manny's school. Jay's brother visits while Phil convinces the family to be in his new ad.
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#15 - Grill, Interrupted
Modern Family - Season 6 - Episode 19
Jay’s birthday brings everyone together and Phil is beside himself over the super cool gift he got Jay, a high-tech outdoor grill. Claire and Mitch decide they will “offer” to pay back the money Jay loaned them ages ago as their gift not really thinking he will take them up on it, and Gloria teaches Manny and Luke a lesson about drinking, while Andy gets real awkward with Haley when she brings over her new doctor boyfriend.
#16 - The Last Walt
Modern Family - Season 3 - Episode 20
A visit from Cameron’s father features an awkward dinner for Jay and Gloria at Mitchell and Cameron’s house. Claire helps Luke face the death of an older neighbor, Phil and Alex have a father-daughter bonding experience. Haley throws a party without permission.
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#17 - Planes, Trains and Cars
Modern Family - Season 3 - Episode 21
Phil buys a car without consulting Claire. Jay is on a mission to get to his high-school reunion with Gloria and Manny. Lily loses her favorite toy on a train.
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#18 - Dude Ranch
Modern Family - Season 3 - Episode 1
While vacationing on Lost Creek Ranch, the three families try their hands at a little cattle herding, skeet shooting and horseback riding. There are also some big firsts, a huge surprise and an actual face-off between Jay and a cowboy named Hank.
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#19 - Egg Drop
Modern Family - Season 3 - Episode 12
Jay and Claire take control of their kids’ school projects from Manny and Luke, while Haley and Gloria help Phil with a real estate presentation. Cam and Mitchell meet with a potential birth mother.
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Beetleborgs - Season 1 - Episode 5
Flabber has a cold, and is surprised to discover that the old handkerchief he uses to blow his nose is actually a treasure map! The three Beetleborg kids use it to seek out what they expect to be riches beyond imagination. But Van and Trip swipe the map, in an effort to find the treasure themselves. The Magnavores then steal it from them, and release a monster, the Terror Bear, from the comics to keep the Beetleborgs busy. After defeating the monster, the kids team-up with the House Monsters to track down the treasure: and it turns out to be golden slime.
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#21 - Run for Your Wife
Modern Family - Season 1 - Episode 6
Claire is happy to have the house to herself on the first day of school, but Phil does not share her enthusiasm.
#22 - Pig Moon Rising
Modern Family - Season 8 - Episode 17
Mitchell knocks over an urn filled with the ashes of Cameron’s beloved pet pig Lilly while exercising in the garage, but Cameron suspects his cover-up is a load of hogwash.
#23 - Mother Tucker
Modern Family - Season 2 - Episode 9
Mitchell tries to tell Cameron how he feels uncomfortable with his mom, Barb Tucker. Haley breaks up with Dylan to Phil's dismay and Claire's delight. Jay has a little stomach ache that gets exacerbated when he and Manny look it up on the Internet.
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#24 - Career Day
Modern Family - Season 4 - Episode 21
Phil is jazzed to share the wonders of residential real estate with Luke and Manny’s classmates for career day. Gloria challenges Jay’s claims of always wanting to become a novelist. Mitch and Cam make a costly mistake while executing tooth fairy duties.
#25 - Do It Yourself
Modern Family - Season 8 - Episode 13
Phil eyes a property he’s always had a desire to develop and wants Jay to be a co-investor. Claire’s fondness for a TV chef leads to a new love of cooking Sunday dinners. Mitch and Cam try to teach Lily the value of hard work. Jay feels left out when Gloria hires a coach for Joe who doubles as a handyman.
#26 - Weathering Heights
Modern Family - Season 8 - Episode 4
Phil can’t cover up his excitement when he’s invited to appear in a real-estate news segment for the local news. The day gets even better after meeting his “weatherman” hero, Rainer Shine, but Phil makes one little mistake; he introduces him to Hayley. Over at the Pritchett house, Jay decides to infuse a little grit into Manny’s video interview for his college application. In the Tucker-Pritchett home, Lily is over their new houseguest and decides to take matters into her own hands.
#27 - Yes-Woman
Modern Family - Season 10 - Episode 19
In an effort to be less negative, Claire is rebranding herself as the girl who says “yes” and inadvertently approves of Luke’s new relationship with someone from his work. Phil tries to surprise Alex at school right before she receives an award she didn’t tell him about.
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#28 - The Closet Case
Modern Family - Season 7 - Episode 3
Mitchell takes a job with a rival of Jay’s; Luke and Manny visit Alex but use the opportunity to meet girls; Gloria is upset when a cheerleader doesn’t decorate Manny’s locker; Phil and Claire try to play chicken when Dylan moves in.
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#29 - Clean for a Day
Modern Family - Season 7 - Episode 12
Claire decides to get rid of all of the clutter out of the house before taking over Jay’s business. Jay’s new hobby causes concern for Cameron and Gloria decides to take up golf with Mitchell's help.
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#30 - Paris
Modern Family - Season 11 - Episode 13
In one last trip, the family heads to Paris so Jay can accept a lifetime achievement award in the closet industry, but his old nemesis comes back to haunt him. Claire has a secret rendezvous in one of the most romantic cities in the world. Cam’s lifelong dream of performing as Fizbo on the streets of Paris is about to become a reality.
#31 - Spring Break
Modern Family - Season 6 - Episode 18
Spring break has Claire doing some spring cleaning, while Phil struggles with not being a spring chicken when Luke starts outperforming him at seemingly everything. Haley takes Alex to a music festival to take her mind off of colleges, and Gloria and Jay challenge one another to give up Spanish soap operas and cigars respectively. However, when Gloria accompanies Cameron to his faculty talent show, she projects the soapy drama she craves onto Cam’s rivalry with Senor Kaplan, and Jay tags along with Mitchell to pick up Lily from camp so he can sneak a smoke.
#32 - The Long Goodbye
Modern Family - Season 9 - Episode 2
Phil and Claire realize that Alex may be more self-sufficient in college than they thought. Manny works to avoid a tearful goodbye after Gloria and Jay move him into his dorm. Hayley gets an unexpected opportunity. Meanwhile, Mitch may have accidentally accelerated a planned renovation.
#33 - Spanks for the Memories
Modern Family - Season 9 - Episode 15
When Jay overhears Gloria on the phone talking about spanking, he assumes she is frustrated in the bedroom. Now that Mitchell has an amazing new job, he and Cam throw a party to rub it in Cam’s friends’ faces so they can no longer give him “the look of pity.”
#34 - Love Conquers Al
Married... with Children - Season 10 - Episode 12
Al, Peggy, and her parents go to a marriage retreat and water park to get her parents back together. Meanwhile, Kelly has a guy she likes, Carlos, who agrees to date her if Bud can amuse his sister.
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#35 - A Moving Day
Modern Family - Season 10 - Episode 11
Claire and Phil aren’t convinced that Haley and Dylan can make it on their own as they move them into their new apartment before the baby arrives. Pam gets out of prison early and has a bone to pick with Mitchell.
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#36 - CHiPs and Salsa
Modern Family - Season 9 - Episode 19
When Haley hears that her loopy boss is looking for a product with the magical properties of peppers, she tries to gain favor by convincing Gloria to sell her salsa to NERP. Mitchell gets Cam the police ride-along he’s always dreamed of. Also, Phil and Claire compete against one another while Luke has a meeting with a dean of university.
#37 - I Love a Parade
Modern Family - Season 10 - Episode 1
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan get together at the annual Fourth of July parade where Jay will be acting as the grand marshal. Haley's goodbye with Arvin before his trip to Switzerland doesn't go as well as she pictured it and is distracted by the return of an old flame.
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#38 - New Kids on the Block
Modern Family - Season 11 - Episode 1
Haley is determined to follow the advice in her parenting books with the twins, but Phil and Claire think their old methods are better. Manny is set to direct Jay’s dog bed commercial in the hopes of winning his ex-girlfriend back.
#41 - Say the Magic Word
Beetleborgs - Season 1 - Episode 7
Flabber helps Roland improve his magic trick abilities by lending him a magic book. When he practised his new trick, he performs it at Zoom Comics (but on the way there, he lost the book). He makes Jo disappear, and could not remember how to bring her back. When he discovers that the book was gone, he must find it immediately or Jo is stuck being invisible.
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