Modern Family 1x02

What’s the key to being a good dad? That’s the theme question of the second installment of Modern Family, the faux-reality comedy about the families of Jay Pritchett, his daughter Clair and his son Mitchell. Jay’s gorgeous wife Gloria knows it means spending quality time together and teaching your son to fix things around the house. But Manny doesn’t like Jay, and would rather be with his biological dad – even if he is so flakey he cancels his plans to take Mannie to Disneyland. Self-proclaimed “cool dad” Phil (Clair’s husband) is sure he knows what’s best for his son, too. That’s why he believes they should get him a new bike so that he can prove he is responsible enough to look after it. In the course of events, Phil unwittingly steals another kid’s bike, then loses it when he climbs into the busty neighbor’s bedroom window because she locked herself out, buys a new one, and somehow ends up with three bikes. You can’t help but wonder what Clair sees in this douche. Things are more complicated for uptight Mitchell and flamboyant Cameron, because who is the dad between them? On the first day of toddlers’ playschool, Mitchell is too concerned about being judged and works his way into one awkward situation after another. Was it funny? Well, I got a few chuckles out of it here and there. And I didn’t mind that busty neighbor Desiree (former Penthouse and Hustler model Brandy Ledford).