I thought one of the advantages of marrying an older guy would be that I would get to relax. But with the swimming and running and rowing... it's how some of my relatives came to this country." -Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
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SEASON 1 RECAPHaley to Alex: "Graduation is a celebration! It is a day when people stop thinking and celebrate!
The first time I've watched the show,Gloria is really hilarious with her Colombian accent and she became my favorite.At first,I was kinda confused and I wonder if I borrowed the right DVD from Frances because it doesn't seem like a Pilot episode.It seemed like I'm watching season two because of the set up.Apparently,it was like back tracking and it was so creative. The show was very funny in a way that they don't have to make fun of other people's race,situation or they just simply don't make fun of others.They are just one fun happy and complicated family. Jay is a rich businessman.His favorite past time is playing golf on Sundays .They have a son named Manny who's so much matured for his age.He was like a 20 year old kid in an 8 year old body. They are the Pritchett Family. Jay had a gay son from his first marriage named Mitchell who's in a relationship with Cameron. They adopted a Vietnamese baby and named her Lily.He is a lawyer.He has issues displaying affection. I am glad this show took average looking actors who are so much flawed to play as gay couple displaying characters that the majority of gay people can Identify with.They are so much opposite and yet fit in each others differences perfectly.Cameron is too sensitive and emotional while Mitchell has issues displaying affection and sympathy.They can balance each other out. Here comes the most interesting family and probably a lot of moms out there would surely can relate and would be agreeing to some situations.Claire is always freaking out every time some guy would show up on their door for her daughters.I mean she's freaking out coz it never occurred to her that her girls suddenly grown up .She got worried for Haley who's kissing some guy on her room or to Alex who is genius but unpopular like her sister.She's being mistaken as a lesbian coz she never had time hanging out with guys.And of course,she don't worry for Luke as of the moment because he's just a still innocent little boy who still finds her dad hilarious. Again,Phil and Claire balances each other.Whenever Claire is freaking out with their daughter's behavior,he would just make sure Claire is alright.He is a "be happy-no-worries- dad".Also,he is romantic and very thoughtful father and husband.He is the kind of guy you would like to hang out with if you just wanted to have fun. Season 1 ended with the whole family on a supposed all white family picture but everyone is caught up with their personal issues.In the end,they have a perfect shot with their clothes sprinkled with mud... No family is perfect.Each and everyone has flaws but sometimes,those flaws are what made each family beautiful and unique. His sister Claire is a housewife and is married to a House Broker Phil,an easy going and cool dad.They have two daughters Haley and Alex and a son Luke.They are the Dunphy family. The family values displayed in this story is what I love the most.First,there's no racism at all.They've got gay partners,Asian baby, a Colombian woman who is so proud of her own culture and at least gave her the freedom to introduce who she is and her culture to the whole world.I commend the writers for it! See,it just showed that you certainly don't need to make fun of other people to be fun.I know for sure that it would be too hard for both of them specially for Jay to adjust and meet halfway because of the racial and cultural differences but just like what Jay told her,he don't care if he can't understand her language as long as they love each other and accept each others flaws. SEASON 2 RECAPSeason 2 is even funnier and more entertaining. I have particularly enjoyed Alex' graduation moments/scenes because it made me cry remembering my high school days.It's supposed to be a happy celebration but I don't know why every time I come across graduation stuff I cry not of pure sadness but its more of nostalgia.It's just so overwhelming that it can easily makes me cry. Okay I admit I have a thing with graduation specially when I hear the graduation march music.I cannot fully explain why but one reason is it was one of the best moments of my life. When I stood on stage to receive my diploma and look on the crowd's faces happily congratulating us, I wish I could save such moment so I can replay it from time to time.The sad part is there are some regrets that I wish I could have done better.I wish I had done my best academically so I can be entitled to college scholarships.I wish I had valued my high school days.I wish I had at least live like a regular high school student.Go to party,join some school organizations.How I wish I had some extra curricular activities,be in love,go crazy from time to time,try other avenues.Too bad,as much as I was so relieved I made it though High School graduation considering my situation it also brought me too much sadness because it had been the turning point of my life both in the most excruciating and same time hopeful way. I envy Alex' family for being very supportive and so proud of her. Even if she don't go along with Haley her older sister,there's no doubt her sister care and loves her.She has a sister who might not be academically competitive but very popular,a character that Alex doesn't have.Their differences was a perfect combination because they can fill in each others insecurities and weaknesses.Haley might seem not to care a bit about Alex but she just felt insecure and she can't just admit.She felt intimidated by Alex that's why Haley pretended she don't care about her and turned out,Alex felt the same way towards her sister.She envy the life she have. Alex had super cool and supportive parents.Sure,her mom freaks a lot but her dad is just cool with everything.They too are perfect combination because her parents difference didn't restrain their relationship but it made them closer all the more.Phil has the character that Claire needs and She had the character Phil needs.They are a perfect match. On her graduation day,all her family where there.Her dad and mom,brother and sister,grandparents,in laws and cousins.Everyone was there.That's the part where I cried so much because it reminds me of my graduation day.Neither of my parents or my brothers showed up.I was with someone,a good Samaritan who had supported me.I'm happy I have people like them but I'm so sad because no one from my immediate family came.I cried for all the could-have-beens but same time relieved I finally finished High School and I am moving out of town! WHAT DO YOU WANT,WHAT YOU REALLY REALLY WANT? I am not referring to the spice girls song.I just ask this question to myself a lot when I am so conflicted. There were certain episodes this season that made me self evaluate and reflect.It made me conclude that we humans are so weird and very conflicted with no satisfaction at all.We are just so flawed that we have to learn when to stop ourselves from wanting.When we have something,we just take it for granted and doesn't appreciate it.We wanted something else that we don't have and once we do,we wanted the other way around. I always envy other families I know off.I envy them a lot and I can't seem to see anything good in my own but eventually I realized,no matter how a family seem to be close to perfect,reality is there's no such thing as "perfect family" or perfect couple,or kids ,or person.There's no such thing as perfect husband,perfect boyfriend,etc..etc...Unfortunately no one is perfect.There's no such thing as perfect.I don't even know what the word "perfect" is invented for.If no one or nothing is perfect because we see things and perceive things uniquely then what was the word invented for.I also don't know.Its just one of the billion complicated things in this universe that only MASTER YODA can answer.Or maybe Buddha can answer for us.Oh why not ask Oprah,she might know. MARRIAGE 101 WHEN YOU ARE PARENTS,ALL YOU COULD THINK OF IS TO PROTECT AND SPARE YOUR FAMILY FROM PAIN.BUT CAN YOU? I think as much as you wanted to have everything under control,you just can't.There are certain things that are meant to happen as they are bound to happen and you cannot just control everything no matter how much a control freak you are.Unless,you are in a HUNGER GAMES and you are the powerful council in Panem then probably you would. Say for example for Claire,she was tired to be always the the villain of the house.She's like the monster in the family who always yelps the world "don't" while Phil,her husband is the hero because he's just the passive one.They tried to reverse roles and it ended ugly.She realized,she might be considered the villain in the family but she is the binder of the family.She might be perceived by her kids as a looser at times.She might be freaking out most of the time but she's perfect for the role.Sometimes she freaks out and over reacts for her girls because she's too afraid that her girls might end up committing the very same mistake she did and God knows she's just naturally being protective of her family. As for Phil,he later learned in a spa that he doesn't need to be a super cool dad who always think of solutions for every problem.He just needs to learn the art of just being an understanding husband.That when Claire complains or whines she just needs him to acknowledge her and show her he understands.He followed the ladies advice right after he went home and it absolutely is effective! Good thing about them is they talk everything together.They do the parenting thing together despite how strong Claire's personality is,Phil loved that part of her. As for Cam and Mich,they have learn little by little how to fit in despite their personality differences so they can also be good parents to their daughter.They fight a lot,but also knew how to calm each other. Cam is very soft heart and so its easy for them to talk things out while Mich is very logical and reasonable that when Cam is very emotional,he can pull him out of it. As for Gloria and Jay,they were still working on acceptance,love and affection.Gloria was trying her very best to show Jay she loved him the way he is but Jay being insecure of being old tried botox.What made me laugh all the more is when they fought over their options in burial when they die.Jay wanted to be cremated,Gloria wanted to be burried on soil.What's even worst is when someone told Jay that Gloria might be buried with a different man since she's much younger.It scared him but that's one hell of reality.Gloria had loved him because of all the men that tried to court her,she chose Jay the first time she saw him. As for Manny,he didn't actually lived his age as a child.He missed so much stuff in his life so he don't have any idea what it really meant to be a child his age. As for Alex and Haley,they might be very different in a lot of stuffs but they can use their differences to boost each other.Alex is a nerdy unpopular girl at school while her sister is the other way around.At least they can work out things by the help of each other.IF they do,it will turn out fantastic.Say for example,during Alex' graduation,her sister open up to her.She might not be as nerdy as her but she gave her the best advise.She let her realize that everyone has their own insecurities and fears.So when she look at her sister,she finally delivered the speech created by her sister.And season 2 ended with the whole family celebrating Jay's birthday.It was a very ruined day.As usual, things turned messy but in the end,they had a good laugh. I really love this show and looking forward for more happy episodes.A show that promotes family values,love and acceptance.A show that promotes the beauty of differences.A show created for their viewers to just take a break and relax and have a good laugh despite all the dramas in life. SEASON 3 RECAP “the important thing in life isn’t the destination, it’s the journey. The challenges you face along the way. The unexpected twists and turns. The disappointments you overcome and of course the destination too" On the topic of gayism,allow me to vent out.I just recently found a cool show on you tube called "All my Children" and I was so addicted to it that I ended watching yesterday for almost 6 hours straight but can't still figure out the real story.I came took advantage and read the story online.I was amazed to know that the show ran for 41 straight years! Wow,It was impressive not until I read the love story of Bianca.It was the saddest thing ever.My excitement to watch it again today was over.How could they always represent lesbian relationship on TV as sort of purely sex symbol? Does it has something to do with the writers who are mostly straight men that's why lesbian characters keep on ending on a forever messed up story that the only thing people remember and watch on you tube are the sex and kissing scenes? It makes me so angry how they portray women like sort of nothing but sex symbols.I had enough already.I watch very few decent films that didn't make it big in Hollywood and it was directed by a woman who knew exactly her craft by heart.It didn't go big on screen because it was probably trying to portray the truth and people don't want to see it.As the end result of such shows,it has influenced the modern culture.In fact,teenagers just watch one clip on you tube,had a crush probably an admiration to some one of same sex and will label themselves as lesbians.If only these movie makers are socially responsible enough,then what big difference could it have made! Going back to the story,I just like MF as they are.Busy with work stuff,family and friends.I really hope the writers will not screw this one up.They were very entertaining and same time inspiring to me even if it's just a sitcom.I read a news somewhere that some LGBT people were protesting because Mitch and CAm never kissed on TV? Are they serious? Why are they fixated on it? If they want to see kissing scenes,then turn of the TV and go to porn websites.You'll get what you're looking for sure.Don't hate a show that's trying to be somehow decent. Well,it's pure family entertainment.It's been a long while since I've watched a good show with natural sense of humor.It's been a while since my favorite tv series "friends" and I hope the writers will be more inspired and crazier for the next coming seasons! After such a long time,I finally got to watch season 3.Thanks to Frances for the DVD but still got to download episodes 18-23.I miss the Pritchet Family.I missed Gloria's loud voice with the cute Brazilian accent.Most of all, her sense of humor.I miss the ever matured Manny or the adorable innocent Luke.I missed the Dunphy sisters.I missed geeky Alex and party goer Haley.I missed Mitchel and Cam's parenting 101 with Lily.It's been a while and watching this show is somehow therapeutic to me. As usual,Gloria made me laugh hard.She's always as entertaining as she is.Jay reminds me to be objective and reasonable specially when making long term decisions.decisions. Manny reminds me of my childhood days.At times,I acted too matured for my age.Alex reminds me of my high school geeky crush.I use to admire geeky people back then.But when I grew older and saw how most of them grew heartless, I stopped admiring them .Haley's life and personality is the kind of life I wish I had .I envy the part of her life where in she gets to have fun.Luke makes me miss my younger brothers.It reminds me of those days that I use to look after my younger brothers.When everyone is agitated,angry or fighting Luke just keeps his cool.He's like his father Phil.His father who makes me envious.How could he have such sweet and patient and cool dad.He is the opposite of Claire.Claire is always competitive as projected a lot of times in this episode It was so weird when Phil said strong women turns him on! Mostly,men would not want a dominating woman.I heard that a couple of times and also I heard it from my brother.But Phil is so much different.The only thing that affected him the most is Jay who disliked him ever since. I missed Cam and Mitchell and their daughter Lily.I'm not sure if they are a huge fan of Angelina Jolie. Well,seems that they are also trying to adapt kids of different nationalities.Lily is Vietnamese and they were supposed to have a second Colombian baby boy but things got complicated.Of the three families in this show,I think Mich & Cam's relationship is the most complicated one.Their fathers don't like each other.Sometimes Mich and Cam compete each other.I mean there were so much issues.But it was really a fresh air that MF choose to portray gay couple facing real issues in real life instead of a Lesbian couple who did nothing but make out for their male viewers.It's really tiring to watch another one on TV if ever there's another one.It's so easy now a days to watch TV soaps portraying LGBT couples openly,mostly women.Lots of people wonder why is it so easy and acceptable to watch women kissing on TV but a lot would be disgusted to see gays kissing on screen.I don't know.Probably because some men enjoy watching a "girl-girl" scene.I really don't know... Anyway,my summary for this season.... S3 finished with Haley finally admitted to college.Meanwhile,Alex the geek has to ask her gay friend to pretend as her prom date to avoid being humiliated.This is one of the scenes when I laugh so hard because his true color was so obvious during the picture taking.[Well,Alex next time you have to brief him] Claire as always she's in panic.She run for the town council but she was defeated.Luke was always treated as their baby but had ironically surprised them with his maturity on more than one occasions.I guess,he's really growing up and his family don't notice it that much.He had been tracking and keeping those family mails that he knew will just stress his dad and mom.Phil tried to buy a racer car but it was not practical so he had to sell it but that car led Claire to the west coast to have time for herself and it was an awesome self time! Haley and Dylan relationship were on and off.Oh Dylan,the weirdo guy.Remember their family outing on a ranch where Dylan tagged along and on their most special moment he stole the thunder by proposing to Haley.Of course,what do you expect from the family's reaction? But what happened after was epic.He was hurt for and disappeared for a while but a few hours after, he showed and tell Haley they have to break up because he will stay and will work at the Ranch.Secretly,Claire was happy about it while her daughter was lamenting.On the end part of the season,Haley bump into him into some sort of amusement park.At first,he was shy but when he saw the guy that Claire set up for Haley he admitted he works there and is willing to patch up things between them.Haley being Haley forgave him and they were in a relationship again.Probably the worst nightmare and headache for Claire was when Haley decided to move in with him.Good thing,Luke was a genius because he brought out the the letter for Haley's College admission that he had been keeping for a while making Haley re evaluate her life.Luke's timing was perfect! What could possibly made Haley loved Dylan? Maybe with him,she doesn't feel too dumb like when she's around Alex.With Dylan,she is just herself with lesser insecurity and she felt safe and accepted. Mitchel and Cam was hopeful to adopt a baby boy but again,it all ended ugly.In fact of all the episode,this is the only scene or episode that I cried for Mitchell.Seeing him heart broken and frustrated and crying melts my heart away.I didn't expect that one coming.Probably Cam was right ,they have to take it slow since both of them are too tired already.Besides,they still have bigger issues to deal first.For instance,Lily's case. One of the cutest scene with Jay was Lily in a ballet class.Cam and Mitchell had to go to the hospital for the adoption.Since they don't understand Colombian,they asked Gloria to go with them.So Lily has to stay with Jay and Manny.That made me realized that Jay really never baby sit since the beginning of MF and so with Manny Or maybe he did ,I just can't remember. Haley and Alex had baby sit Lily more than once.And was so hilarious because Jay had to dance with Lily onstage so she can perform on her ballet class.Imagine Jay doing ballet! Gloria finds herself useful for the first time when she tag along as a translator for Mitchell and Cam.I was really long wondering how Gloria was keeping up since she doesn't have a job.Besides,she only have one child but is already like a grown up teenager and Manny don't actually need much parental attention.Unlike Claire who have 3 kids and a crazy daily routine.At the end of the episode,Gloria revealed she's pregnant! As usual,they are the family of crazy,funny.immature and insensitive at times but yeah they were in this together because they care,love and accept each other.I like the parent-sibling thing rivalry.I love the confrontational scene of Mitch and Cam's dad.Turns out,jay dislike Cam's dad for treating his son like he is the woman in the relationship.In the end,they were able to settle their issues by accepting that their sons were so gay for each other.Mitch got closer with Gloria while Claire felt left out.I mean in the real world,it's reality.I mostly hear married people saying the scary part of marriage is how to patch up with the in laws.This family is far too interesting from the start so what is more complicated being in such situation. In my opinion,one reason why the show is being loved a lot is because of it's light mood and the positive impact to us viewers specially married ones.Most movies would feature sort of fidelity issues or if not,divorce because it's like a trend and everybody is doing it.I really admire how the show came up with a modernized family story but still had instilled a bit of decency and conservatism.Like obviously,everyone is so messed up in their own ways.Everyday they sort of argue,fight misunderstand each other or even the huge differences are very transparent but at the end of the day,they learn their lessons and make up.And watching shows like this is very encouraging and I wish it will serve as an encouragement to every couple out there.I'm not saying this show is perfectly close to reality but it somehow represents a bit of the real issues of married couples.And It gave me an impression that the writers are really doing research prior to writing the script because it felt so real.Like when couples argue,you don't shout to each other,slam the door and file for divorce.You see how they got each other back and talk and face each problem and try to fix the situation instead of asking their respective lawyers or counselors to fix their problems. I mean the show is obviously a sitcom and is purposely for entertainment but sometimes it felt real for me.I see the show as a potential guide to the parents and the soon to be parents.Funny I should mention how I cried to some scenes that are suppose to be so funny.I was crying because I'm reminded of things that I don't have like the support,care,love and attention of my family.I belong to a really huge family and I imagine how chaotic we are supposed to be but no,I lived half my life so distant from everybody. Watching MF is my source of comfort when ever I miss my family.There were some scenes that are really funny and I'm supposed to laugh but I was crying instead.I realized that no matter how imperfect my family like even if we fight and argue almost everyday I'm actually missing them a lot. Yes our family is not as classy as the Pritchet's.Or all educated or clingy or cuddly or close.But we share one common thing,it's complicated! The review I've written for Seasons 4 & 5 were unfortunately all deleted when my computer just shut down and when I tried to open again,all content were DELETED and I wanted to challenge incredible hulk for a fight just to release all my frustration when I found out everything was gone! I was too pissed that I cannot rewrite everything so I'll be leaving out Seasons 4&5 SEASON 6"If I am the man of your dreams,shouldn't you be sleeping" (Mich to Cam pertaining to the stolen shots Cam took) IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HONEYMOON So Mitch have to deal Cam's over romantic puns to the point that he got embarrassed and have to confront him.Unfortunately,being the sensitive Cam,he took it negatively.But in the end,they came to terms when they heard the song that brought them happy memories of the time Mich asked Cam to move with him. Lily was stuck in between his dads romantic hullabaloo. Meanwhile, Phil and Claire were finally happy of Alex moving out for College but towards the end,they plead her to stay because apparently,they need a mature adult to keep the family intact and sane. The queen of all epicness and humor Gloria was having issues with Jay not caring enough to exert effort to be presentable for her.She wanted him to be presentable sometimes and sexy so people would not think she married him for his money.(Wait,Did she not?) Honey,why did you freeze the Colombians! (Gloria to Manny when he placed the phone on the fridge while Gloria's family are talking to him via skype) Gloria's family story and culture as usual was the center of humor of course.It was easy for me to get the humor because Philippines and Columbia's culture somehow have a resemblance that others just don't get it such as having to say hi to all the family members that Manny and Jay have to put phone twice on the refrigerator to end the conversation. "Sometimes I want you to make an effort to look good for me" (Gloria to Jay) "My husband is an old man but he's not old" (her thoughts on Jay as still sexy his age) To prove her point to Jay about being presentable,she dressed up ugly while parading in the neighborhood with Jay until he admitted he get her point so they return home only to find out Manny threw a surprise party for her.Realizing she wasn't dress, she stormed in her room got dressed in just few minutes much to Jay's surprise.She can actually dress that fast then why did he spent years of agony waiting to what seemed to be forever to get dressed every time they go out? Episode 2 Lily made a big deal about her daddies' old framed photos because she wasn't in the photo.Mich and Cam decided to update their family photo this time with Lily.It took them ages but still wasn't able to get a decent shot. Jay and Gloria were celebrating their wedding anniversary where Jay became very romantic for a change.He went to pottery school for a week just so he can make Gloria an adorable bunny.He gave it to Gloria hoping she will appreciate it because it is something that required so much of his time and effort but instead Gloria eagerly broke the bunny hoping there's a hidden jewelry inside.It hurt Jay's feeling so he went to the jewelry store to buy Gloria the bracelet she wanted. Manny revealed how much trouble Jay went through just so he can make a personalized gift for Gloria.She felt so bad and she attempted to put it back together but to no avail.She on the other hand made a book mark for Jay out of the movie tickets they have watched together but in the end they still gave real gifts to each other.Well,in the end real gift counts.Material ones. AS for Haley,she talk about her feelings of being a failure.Meanwhile,Claire had to learn to let go of Alex even if she's dying to have Alex enroll to the nearest university back home but Alex wanted to be somewhere else not until she met a boy who changed her mind and she considered enrolling home. EPISODE 3 | TRYING TO BE PERFECT Oh well,everyone come home to watch the honeymoon video edited by Phil but apparently it turned into a huge disaster when he was trying to cover the part where he sneezed on the cake. Mich being the perfectionist dad got Lily a smart playmate hoping it will challenged her to be competitive but instead made Lily feel crappy of herself.What's even worse,Mich made the girl cry by calling her a "know it all" after he realized the girl was really intimidating Lily. Claire was sick but still reported to work to do her presentation to make Jay proud. Manny tried so hard to fit in the football game just to please her mom who still treated him as his baby boy. Everyone was trying so hard to please someone they love and it all ended ugly and disastrous.The lesson,be yourself and make a better version of yourself if you are naturally competitive and you want to change.If you can't then at least stop comparing yourself to others because it will not do you any good.(oops,I am talking to myself.I need this)We are all unique so don't expect life is all about being better than others. EPISODES 4&5 | THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT Gloria: She's senior and you are younger Manny: Are you sure you want to play the "older in a relationship " game? Gloria: Okay,I'll let it go Lol! Meanwhile,Manny brought home a girl who turned out to be Jay's old business enemy's grand daughter.Both tried so hard to stop the two from dating but turns out they are just good friends leaving the two speechless and a bit humiliated. Manny finally was dating someone on the later part but unfortunately,Manny was used by the girl(again) to make her ex jealous.Jay tried to comfort Manny telling him he should be flattered because of all the guys,the girl chose him. The Dunphy family went into a holiday wanting to spend some quality time together and bond but instead,Claire got a secret room for herself just to have a space and a little "me time".Turns out,what they need are "alone time" and not together time. There was a scene where Claire has to lick Luke's face to remove the dirt and I can't really get over it! It was very funny and same time gross! Phil's neighbor moved out and he was torn choosing between two families.One couple that he and Claire would like much to be neighbors and a weird loud family that they don't like but Alex and Haley liked.In the end,the family they don't like took the place because they have better deals and well,can pay well. Meanwhile,Cam and Mitch thought Lily's teacher Ms Plank put so much pressure on Lily and they decided to confront her to loosen up on Lily.When they found out that there's a chance that Lily can move to a different class they were both thrilled but Lily wasn't. They have to talk again to Ms Plank to keep Lily because she likes Ms Plank because she feel she learned a lot from her and Ms Plank challenges her in a good way. EPISODE 6 | HALLOWEEN Gloria: How do I look? I'm Princess Fiona Jay: So I have to be the Prince because you are Princess Fiona Gloria: No,you are the older Shrek! Jay: I have to dress up always like you're a Princess and I'm someone.You are Beyonce and I am..that other guy... A happy husband,that is what is sexy to me. -Gloria I enjoyed the Halloween part where everyone has to dress really nice but I don't know which one is more scary,was it the Halloween or was it Clair turning into a psycho! Cam: It's not a plane,it's not a bird It's...(pants) Mitch: IT'S SUPERRANOUTOFBREATH! Being the competitive Claire,she put up with the scariest Halloween decoration much to Phil's disapproval but their neighbor complained their props are very disturbing and it bothers them considering they have a thing with it.Claire hesitantly changed her props and made it a fun one instead just for the unhappy neighbor but it later on,Claire found out their new neighbor pulled a prank on her because they wanted to win the competition of having the scariest decoration. Cam was stuck on his Basketball coaching schedule and was late at Lily's school program parade.He tried to catch up and ended wearing a mismatched outfit.Much more,he has no idea what's going on. Gloria was turn on of Jay's outfit because he looked great with hair.Jay got obsessed with the wig and he had kept it since.He thought Gloria loved the younger version of himself but as it turns out,Gloria just find it sexy how Jay put up with the costume thing considering he usually doesn't give a shit to such things. EPISODE 7 It would be nice to have someone to care what I think for a change...I can't believe you are being so.. inf...infe..in..uggg...what's the word?! Do you know how frustrating it is to translate everything in my head before I say it? To have people laugh at me because I'm struggling to find the words? You should try taking my shoes for once..Do you know how smart I am in Spanish? Of course you don't! For once,it's will be nice to speak to someone in my own language in my home! - Gloria Haley pulled a prank again on her mother by pretending she's having sex with Andy the nanny.Well,truth is Andy was secretly tutoring Haley how to apply for a job.Seriously,what is the deal between these two? Also can Haley actually get a decent or at least normal boyfriend? Dylan her first boyfriend on the show was some sort of an emotional wreck psycho but Andy was like MASTER YODA or something.There's something in him that is so unusual both in a good and bad way. Claire and Phil were so worried of Haley who spent all her time online and not moving a single thing in a day while Alex spend sleepless nights reviewing for something.In the end,Phil celebrated because for once Claire was wrong in her assumptions.Alex stayed up sleepless because she's having some big crush trouble as oppose to Claire's assumption that she was worried of her College entrance exam. Cam and Mich were having issues about who is always on the spotlight.Cam feel like Mich job is always more important than his.That his thoughts doesn't matter that much and make him feel small.In the end,when they tried to learn more about each other's world they come into a conclusion that they are so different in what they do but support for each other is what they need to catch up. Meanwhile,Gloria hired a Spanish tutor to teach Manny to learn Spanish but turns out he is also a swimming instructor.Gloria took the opportunity to learn how to swim to on her spare time.Gloria like him and they bonded more much to Jay's jealousy.He confronted her thinking something is going on between and Gloria delivered the most beautiful speech ever that really touch me deeply. "It would be nice to have someone to care what I think for a change...I can't believe you are being so.. inf...infe..in..uggg...what's the word?! Do you know how frustrating it is to translate everything in my head before I say it? To have people laugh at me because I'm struggling to find the words? You should try taking my shoes for once..Do you know how smart I am in Spanish? Of course you don't! For once,it's will be nice to speak to someone in my own language in my home" -Gloria to Jay When Jay exerted effort to learn Spanish for Gloria,it was such hilarious moment when she said "Oh now,I love it.Now you sound the stupid one! EPISODE 8 | THANKSGIVING MESSES "What did I say? So this is how you want to start our nice and silent staycation with English tutoring! " That moment when Haley and Manny almost hit something and Manny protected her by accidentally holding her boobs and at the same time telling her he didn't feel anything and realizing she was offended told her I mean I feel anything but...and he run out of explanation and things got more awkward! It didn't end there,it got worse when he did his laundry and found Haley's undies stuck in his pants and well,got worse and worst. Well,that's the thing about lie.You have to come up with one lie after the other to cover the other lie.So Gloria and Jay invented a lie that they are joining Gloria's family in Mexico so they can escape the thanksgiving craziness stuck in family tradition but then they got caught when they move to their place to cook Turkey because Phil's electricity got busted. (Wait,Phil has a key to Jay's house?!) They tried to cover their mess by pretending they just arrive but Joe the baby was left on the room and the Turkey that Jay made was left in the oven.Gloria tried to take it away by hiding it in a travelling bag but she grabbed the wrong one.Phil taught his Turkey shrunk.Meanwhile,Alex tried to sneak in Claire's home cook Turkey if in case Phil's turkey fails.But instead it was caught when Cam taught Alex was returning Lily's bag.Luke found out the Turkey Gloria had on the travelling bag and Gloria pretended it was a Colombian tradition to someone who was having a birthday.That's the thing with having different culture,you can always prank on people and watch them scared hahaha. In the end,everyone came clean and well,Haley won again because she suggested they should go on with the thanksgiving and maybe skip Christmas if they want to rest from holiday craziness that is because she has plans on christmas. EPISODE 10&11 | GROWING UP HALEY TURNED 21 and Claire felt the need to bond more with her for fear that she has been missing a lot about what's going on in her daughters lives. Claire decided to bring Haley to a bar and have a few drinks with her sort of girls night out. Haley felt weird to spend her 21st birthday with her mother so she did something that made her mother look stupid.She agreed to go with Claire and Gloria,they drink and dance and Claire was willing to even get a matching tattoo just to show Haley how much she wanted to be as involve in her life and be her friend.But it doesn't always work that way Claire.With three teenagers,you should know better.Well,Haley turned 21 and it was memorable for her mother than hers. Alex baby sit Lily with Luke and Manny and it turned into an awkward sex education topic when Lily told them about a fairy tale story of how babies are created. Meanwhile,Cam and Mich want to fit in the bar but as it turns out,they have served their time and "old" is like screaming at them.They just can't act like old times so they called it a night and just went home. There was this touching scene where everyone thought they are going to have an accident and everyone was shaken but thankfully Phil manage to stir them out of the possible accident and everyone was like so scared and same time made some realizations about life.Funny because when you are in the verge of dying,it shook you to bones and you get to evaluate your life and try to be nicer,well except for Haley who thought she lost her phone and Alex who thought her sister cared for her. Oh well, EPISODE 9 | IT DOESN'T EXIST This episode for some reason,strike a nerve in me and made me me feel nostalgic and very emotional.I am referring to that feeling where you are stuck in certain people's prejudices.To them,Alex is the smart girl with no love life and when she told them she's dating someone,they don't believe her because well,she is a nerd and dating isn't one of her place to be.Alex felt like her family see her as romantically incapable and they thought she made up a boyfriend story to cover humiliation.Well,when his HOT date showed up,everyone felt ridiculously humiliated by their own prejudices. Manny felt it's stupid that Jay is more affectionate to Stella than him.Jay prefered going to a dog party over Manny's birthday party.Wait,they have a dog party and a college for animals? America is really so weird! When you are not American you just don't understand.But in the end,it was all manipulation and scapegoat so they can have time to themselves. It was weird how we are so complicated in a lot of ways.When you are alone,you desire someone to be with.But then when you have someone,you kinda grew on them and you demand for a time for yourself. Humans are weird and complicated! EPISODES 12-18| TOO MUCH THINGS GOING ON FEW FAVORITE SCENES Andy and Phil have been spending more time together and Luke got jealous.Claire and Mich working both under their father and having a hard time dealing with office mates. Cam and Mich were having parenting challenges.Alex is busy preparing for College. Haley is still Haley trying to figure out her life and where she fits. Gloria's sister paid her a visit and Gloria was thrilled to fix her relationship with her sister but turns out her sister was still not over Jay and was trying to win Jay over and they had an argument that involves pulling hairs and speaking offensive Spanish that sounded like dirty words foreplay to some men. Claire got so worried when Haley was missing only to find out she's been on her bed asleep all day!Everyone was in panic when they thought Haley eloped with someone in Vegas so Claire went all techie accessing all social media possible opened up at once on her computer screen.She even figured out Haley's password and track where she is.Meanwhile Gloria gave Luke a mohawk hair cut and Phil is busy playing with his video games. So funny but I think this episode is rushed and less expensive to shoot. A camera tried spying on the neighborhood and exposing the humiliating videos online.Phil,Luke,Gloria and Manny tried so hard to destroy it but failed.In the end,it was Gloria who destroyed it secretly by shooting using a gun with a silencer.(Wait,Gloria kept a gun? Cool!) Cam and Mitch were having trouble during Lily's talent show night.They were pressured because Lily doesn't seem to have any talent at all so they chose to bail out. Haley was having issues because she was falling in love to her closest friend.She made the mistake of telling him she likes him thinking he was asleep but he just pretended so he heard everything. Haley: I can't bring Haley to the festival because I want to blend in and others might think she's a cop Alex:Well,I could go with Luke and ruin his or go with Haley and ruin hers Luke,the boy is becoming a man.The kids are growing up.Phil and Claire were facing reality that sooner or later the kids will not need them anymore. Luke was having teenage issues and Phil was taken a back he's not a boy anymore.He's stronger.He can do things better.He can play the Banjo better.It hurt his ego specially that Claire's attention is on him. Alex didn't make it to Harvard.Haley brought her to the festival to comfort her and got her drunk. Mich went to Lily's camp but ended scaring the kids. Wait,Luke really grew up fast!The little boy is now a grown up man! EPISODE 20 | OKAY,THAT JUST HAPPENED! WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH ANDY!!! IS HE GAY OR SOMETHING? Anyways,Mitch and Claire were arguing about the money they spent to pay their father creating an argument with their significant others.Turns out,they can't really repay their father for everything and for every financial help he did for them. Meanwhile,Alex was still in a pissy mood despite passing in the best Science University.As he admitted to his grand father she was scared and she was afraid of the possibilities.Well,Jay trust and believed in her so he passed the responsibility to Alex to take the leadership for the family at times they needed one to fix the tangled situations. Haley and Andi are still playing the dumb "does he love me" or maybe "he's gay". I don't know about Haley but she is obviously pulling all these pranks to trigger Andy to finally admit to her if he did love her or not. Gloria teach Luke and Manny a lesson when she suspected Luke is starting drinking she pulled a prank teaching both boys never to drink again. The Jay and Alex talk was beautiful and made me very emotional because when Alex talks about her fears,I feel her not academically but on the part where there are certain expectations of me and I sometimes just feel it's too much. EPISODE 20 | GROWING OLD Haley: I wish I can be as cool as you in 30 years Gloria; Does she thinks we're 50 years old? Mich: No,she's just bad in Math "one person's gross is one person's beautiful" -Alex Cam and Jay went bowling together and won but was disqualified because Jay was straight. Gloria and Mich agreed to go bar hopping with Haley to prove they are not old only they are and bailed out. Alex and Luke left at home while Phil and Claire were having some wine time with their neighbor after they have destroyed the pornographic statue of their neighbor GLORIA QUOTABLE QUOTES "Everyone thinks I am a Colombian hot head which is crazy because in my country it means burning your head on fire.it smells terrible but it is to send a strong message" "Why do men never listen.It's always sure honey sure honey" "No nothing in English for me is easy for me to say.It's easy for me to scream first and listen later" "This is a land where people of different lands where brought together in their desire to succeed" IN THE END... "We thought we fail as parents but that's only because we try so hard to make our children happy" -Gloria So much things going on,usually happy.Gloria keeps saying things that are really funny. Claire and Phil trying so hard to be the best parents.Kids growing up and creates tension at home sometimes. In order to connect with their kids both parents tried so hard to connect and spend time with them the best way they could think off. Phil took his kids to the cinema where they first watch cartoons as a family years ago even before Luke was born but it was already an abandoned building by the time they got there but it didn't stop Phil from going inside just so he can show the girls their baby fingerprints. Alex was preoccupied with school and Luke as always was his fathers side kick in epic fail plans. While waiting for Luke and Phil to finish whatever they were doing, the girls had a heart to heart talk. Haley was concerned if Alex will ever gonna call her once she goes to college and Alex admitted she will be going into a college surrounded by many Alex's and she's sure that would be too boring and she'll be needing her Haley.One of those very rare things that ever happens in the family but it made Phil teary eyed when he saw and heard them talking. In the office, Claire told Jay she was offered a job and Jay seemed unaffected.It gave her the impression that Jay doesn't care for her.In the end,it was because Jay doesn't want Claire to see him affected but he wanted to be very supportive of her life decisions.
Mich and Cam started to fear that Lily might have issues displaying feelings specifically empathy but turns out Lily doesn't cry that much because she have the thought that nothing will ever happen as long as her dads are around.The only thing that scared her is when one of them dies. Gloria and Manny as usual is hilarious. She tried to avoid Many from being involved with any girl because she is in denial that her baby boy is all grown up now. In the end, it all sunk in to her that someday a woman will come into Manny's life and take him from her and she has to accept that. AND THERE WERE SO MUCH THINGS GOING ON Alex graduated. Claire wanting so much to give something to Alex was always set aside because of the gifts she received and Claire feels she can't outdo them. Haley was feeling crazy over the nanny's GF she felt she was being attacked all day. Jay gave Alex a trip to Europe and Alex surprised Claire when she asked her mom to go with her. Mich finally admit to Cam that he lose his job. Gloria's cousin is a thief. Alex and the nanny confided with Phil about their feelings. Phil is a walking robot! So cute! Sanjay Patel and Alex tied up for valedictorian post and they kept competing till the end. Gloria was having doubts and guilt on her purpose to take American citizenship Manny and Luke have a fight over one girl and Claire assumed it was being shadowed by her sister Alex. Well,the point is the kids are growing up and there had been so much changes and challenges on the way along side age issues and insecurities.They are confronted with what they are so much worried about and their fears in life. Alex so nervous of going to College.Luke and Manny have their teenage crushes.Haley admitting with the worry of adjusting of not seeing Alex that much.Phil and Claire always worried as always and trying so hard to protect and support their kids as much as possible. Cam still new to the whole gay parenting and issues of adjusting to each other's world and few set backs and fear of being a failure for Lily. Jay confronted by insecurities of old age and having a hard time to keep up with Gloria and his kids and grand children. Gloria has some her insecurities too but she seemed comfortable in her place being a full time mother.She can handle herself well.She's hot and young and so preoccupied so she's not much into lots of things but the source of laughter. But in the end,when things got so messed up and ugly they run to their family for comfort and support. Family,everything starts and ends in family. My review this season was so scattered I know but next season will be different.
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