Modern Family: The Wedding Part 2

Some spoilers for Modern Family season 5 finale below.
After last week’s mishaps, Mitch and Cam race to go through with their ceremony at a different venue. Rushed from their original site by a fire, down one preacher and stuck with Phil officiating, all the guests are forced to get on the shuttles and make a mad dash to another site, only to eventually end up at Cam and Mitch’s house. Meanwhile, Haley, who realizes she likes Andy the Manny thanks to a talk with her sister, briefly leaves the wedding to see him because his flight’s been delayed again, then struggles  as she tries to help him decide if he should go to visit his girlfriend.
The Wedding Part 2 is a strong, well-written, funny and yet emotional episode. 

Thankfully, the wedding eventually did happen, and the writers didn't go down the road of having the couple argue and decide they don't want to get married. It will be nice to see what married life is like for the Tucker-Pritchetts in Season 6.
Finally reaching levels of emotion that the show may not have touched in a while, The Wedding Part 2 is a strong episode and, even though it is a happy and touching one, the writers still remember that it is a comedy and there is enough laughs and jokes. Overall I enjoyed the episode and I am looking forward to the next season.

I think Pepper Saltzman gets the best lines of this episode;
- “As they say in my native South Carolina, it's time to marry your brother in law”
- “Lets send the flower girl before she's a flower teenager”
- (When speaking to the firemen) “Hi I'm Pepper Saltzman, Big supporter of your work, I have all your calendars!”

- “Oh my mistake, let’s go over the details. It’s a quaint rustic spot and it's chief selling point is IT’S NOT ABOUT TO BECOME A KILN!”

Modern Family - “The Wedding: Part 1”

SYNOPSIS - It's the day of Cameron and Mitchell's wedding, but of course everything doesn't quite go to plan. Mitchell, Cam, and Lilly go to get Cam’s suit, as he has been given the wrong one, while Hayley takes Joe's nanny to the airport. Alex helps Phil after an eye exam to make sure their wedding gift is purchased, and Jay and Cam’s father Merle enjoy a day at the spa. Claire and Luke go out on a boat to spend some time together. As this is a two parter, they actual wedding won't be until the next episode.

It seems that for Cam and Mitchell, everything that could go wrong with a wedding, has gone wrong for them. This episode is just as funny as all the others. If you like modern family, you will certainly love this one. The brilliant Nathan Lane returns as Pepper Saltzman - who is organising the wedding. Jay and Mitchell are still not speaking to each other over what happened in the last episode, but hopefully that will be resolved in the finale. During the episode, there is an homage to the brilliant cam and mitch scene “I'm breaking the window”, when Lilly was locked in the car. The dream wedding ends up being evacuated due to a fire, just as Lilly throws flowers down, and next week’s season finale was set up well. As the first part of a two-part story, things may have been a bit predictable as the audience probably knew the wedding wouldn’t happen here. It was still great to watch and made me laugh out loud. Overall, I enjoyed this episode, and I am definitely looking forward to seeing next weeks episode.
I have to say my favourite line came from Pepper Saltzman (Nathan Lane): “Oh calm down, this can't be the first time you've woken up to find other men in your bedroom”. I'll leave you to make of that what you will....enjoy the episode!

New Reviews To Come!

Next Wednesday, I will be going to see the musical 'WICKED' with my friend Jess and our mums while it is at The King's Theatre in Glasgow. I have already seen the show in London, so I will mainly be reviewing how it differs or how well it has been put together for a touring version. The review will hopefully be up by    the end of next week.

I will also be reviewing the first part (and possibly second part) of the season finale of Modern Family. This episode is called 'The Wedding; Part 1'. Fans of the show will be looking forward to this particular episode as it is when Cameron and Mitchell will finally get married. This review will also be up by the end of next week.

Please comment if there is anything else that you would like me to review!
Megan X

Modern Family - "Suddenly, Last Summer"

Season 5 of Modern Family got off to a great start. The jokes hit well, and there were some touching moments too. The promo for this episode was hinting at a proposal by saying ‘Modern Family will all change with one simple word: Yes’.

SYNOPSIS- When Cam and Mitch both want to propose to each other, Cam enlists Gloria’s help, and Mitch enlists Claire’s help. Claire, being a Pritchett, is not so much of a romantic. Claire has some quite unusual marriage proposal ideas, which Mitchell does not exactly approve of.


Cam being the more romantic of the two, wants to propose where they had their first date. Mitchell plans to propose at their house, where he has set up two old rocking chairs and a bottle of champagne, this is because Cam has always said his idea of romance was having someone to grow old with. When they reach the restaurant (the place of their first date), Mitch instantly realizes Cam is going to propose to him. While he’s touched, he wants to prove to Cam he can be romantic too, and pretends to be sick. They agree to head home, where Cam has a backup plan: He will recreate a picnic under the stars they had when they moved into their first apartment. In the meantime, Phil and Claire try to earn themselves some time away from the kids. The kids are all leaving town at different times, and Phil tries to trick them into changing their plans so they can all leave at the same time and result in some kid free days.

Cam and Mitch’s real proposal happened when they had a flat tyre. As they go to change the tyre, they look back at their memories together. They both kneel down to change the tyre, look at on another with a smile and both say “Yes” at the same time. Brilliant! I loved this moment as it just showed what the characters of Cameron & Mitchell are like as a couple, that they didn't even need to ask the question, but they both knew what the other was thinking.

Although Manny’s storyline with his trip to Columbia was mostly entertaining, perhaps it dragged on a little too long, and it felt a bit like something that always seems to happen, where Gloria is being too protective of Manny and will not let him do anything and in this case, doesn’t want him to go to Columbia. But this storyline did show how far the Jay and Manny relationship has come, as they have grown to be full father and son regardless of the lack of their biological connection.

The episode on a whole was very well written, and did something which I’ve only experienced Modern Family do, which is to have me in fits of laughter one minute, and crying the next!Possibly the best quote from this episode was from Phil Dunphy – “Sometimes I don’t know if I love how much I fear Claire, or if I fear how much I love her”.