So...I had rated this, but hadn't written a review. My original was a 6. I think it was that bc the show had gotten so bad, that this episode didn't have the absolute terribleness of Clare or Alex or Gloria or Joe or Luke.
So I must have been in a generous mood.
It starts off with annoying Phil...not fun, super excited Phil. I don't know how to describe it necessarily, it just sort of works or doesn't. This one didn't.
As I watched it, instead of my default 7 rating that can either go up or down, I try to not start with any default and just sort of let the episode take me/wind up where it's going to. From the cold open and first few minutes, this was trending a 3.
It really didn't budge much from there. I was even tempted to go a 1...however there are much much worse episodes of Modern Family, so I can't be whilly nilly giving out 1's 2's and 3's. I need to reserve them.
This episode wasn't good or funny by any stretch of the imagination...but it also wasn't bottom of the barrel.
Because the bar for Modern Family is so low...
I rated this a 4. Under normal circumstances, it would have been lower, but the worse episodes actually pushed this up to make room for the truly awful and unwatchable.
The only reason I could see me giving this a 6, is bc at this point, watching it new/live, the show had gotten so bad, that relative to that...at least I wasn't furrowing my brow as Gloria's annoyance was at 11...or Claire was being boss lady at work which is really her at her worst...or Joe garbling words...or Alex just being a pathetic person that elicits no sympathy...or Haley at her worst. She isn't even that hot, to be considered 'the hot one' and her personality and actions do not align. She can't get away with what she does.
Anyway...this was a terrible episode that it's only saving grace is it could have been worse. There's a feather in your cap.
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