Modern Family was one of my favorite pilots of the season. It centers around three different, fairly atypical families that are all related to each other. The patriarch of the family is TV legend Ed O’Neill, who is married to a much younger Sofia Vergara. Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Julie Bowen play siblings, and Eric Stonestreet and Ty Burrell play their partner and husband respectively. The show is full of incredibly wonderful, hilarious and touching moments. Whether it’s Manny (played by the adorable Rico Rodriguez) and his words way beyond his years, or Cameron and Mitchell’s adventures in parenting…this show has done no wrong so far. One of my favorite moments is the song written by Alex’s boyfriend, entitled In The Moonlight (Do Me):

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But there’s also so many other amazing moments: when Mitchell bumps Lily’s head on the ceiling but she is protected by a Donna Summer wig, when Phil tries to bond with Jay and ends up getting hit in the face by a model airplane, when Shelly Long guest starred as Mitchell and Claire’s mom and they talk about “the incident” at Jay and Gloria’s wedding. Each episode is full of great moments like this, but even more than that, it has what many comedies lack: heart. At the end of this week’s episode, Claire lets Phil win in a running race to spare his feelings. And Gloria, despite her ridiculous antics, really loves Manny and Jay and her new family. Clearly, in my opinion, this show has absolutely kept up its momentum from the pilot, and it just keeps getting better every week. I always expect great things from this show, and it constantly exceeds my expectations.

Grade: A