Best Men (Modern Family)

"Best Men"
Modern Family episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 17
Directed by	Steven Levitan
Teleplay by	Dan O'Shannon Abraham Higginbotham
Story by	Dan O'Shannon Abraham Higginbotham Bianca Douglas
Production code	4ARG15
Original air date	February 27, 2013
Guest appearance(s)
Elizabeth Banks (Sal) Nosheen Phoenix (Daliya) Janelle Marra (Valerie) Dina Waters (Art teacher) Michael Masini (Tony) Rachel Marie (Gabby)

"Best Men" is the 17th episode of the fourth season of the American sitcom Modern Family, and the series' 89th episode overall. It aired February 27, 2013. The episode was written by Dan O'Shannon & Abraham Higginbotham based on a story by O'Shannon, Higginbotham and Bianca Douglas. It was directed by Steven Levitan.

Plot

Sal (Elizabeth Banks), Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cam's (Eric Stonestreet) best girlfriend back from their party years, comes to their home unexpected and announces them that she is getting married to someone whom she met three months ago. The wedding is the next day and she asks them to be her best men. Of course they accept but they are not sure if Sal is ready for a wedding since she was always been the party girl. When Sal makes out with the bartender just one hour before the wedding, Cam wants to stop the wedding.

Jay (Ed O'Neill) and Gloria (Sofia Vergara) have hired an English nanny named Daliya (Nosheen Phoenix), but Gloria has some trust issues with her. Meanwhile, they also have to deal with Manny's (Rico Rodriguez) art love for nude females. Gloria and Jay believe that this kind of art love becomes from Gloria who is breast-feeding little Joe in front of everyone, but the real reason is the new nanny, who Manny is in love with. To arrange some alone time with Daliya, he convinces Jay and Gloria to go to the movies, and he prepares a romantic dinner for him and Daliya. While Jay and Gloria are out, they find out about Manny's love for Daliya and they rush back home.

Claire (Julie Bowen) and Haley (Sarah Hyland) have one of their rare bonding moments and Claire asks Haley to go out for dinner, just the two of them. While dropping off Alex (Ariel Winter) to the bar she is playing with her band, Haley encounters to a friend of hers and she leaves with her, ditching her plans for dinner with Claire. Later, she comes back and hangs out with Claire because she feels guilty leaving her while they had plans. A nice surprise awaits both of them when Alex's band starts playing.

Meanwhile, Phil (Ty Burrell) tries to help Luke (Nolan Gould) get a date with Simone (Olivia Rose Keegan) through Facebook. When the date is arranged, Phil goes with Luke at the Dinner and sits at the bar to wait for him. Things get awkward when Simone's divorced mom, Valerie (Janelle Marra), comes to the bar to introduce herself and it is revealed that she was the one writing the messages on Facebook on behalf of her daughter.

Reception

Ratings

In its original American broadcast, "Best Men" was watched by 10.53 million; down 0.09 from the previous episode.^[1]

Reviews

"Best Men" received mostly positive reviews.

Eric Adams of The A.V. Club gave a B grade to the episode stating that it was absurdly overstuffed but the show has lots of potential storylines. "The episode is modern TV comedy presented as a Whitman’s Sampler, multiple variations on the same show housed in one convenient package. And when you can please that many segments of an audience in a single half-hour, longevity and syndication are almost a given."^[2]

Dalene Rovenstine from Paste Magazine rated the episode with 8.1/10 saying that the season was a roller coaster and she was not expecting much since the moment Elizabeth Banks appeared.^[3]

Michael Adams of 411mania gave the episode 8/10 saying that this episode was an improvement from last week's one. "I thought every storyline was strong, and there were some definite character developments that I assume are going to come into play in later episodes, particularly the ones between the Dunphy girls. The only disappointment in this episode was that they teased us early on this season about the wedding. I really thought it was going to be Mitchell and Cam's wedding, but obviously, it wasn't. I'm ok with how it turned out..."^[4]

Victoria Leigh Miller from Yahoo! TV said that Micth and Cam are the best best men in TV history.^[5]

Leigh Raines from TV Fanatic rated the episode with 4.5/5^[6] while Zach Dionne of Vulture rated it with 3/5.^[7]

References

↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (February 28, 2013) "Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Chicago Fire', 'American Idol', & 'CSI' Adjusted Up; 'Suburgatory' Adjusted down" TV by the Numbers
↑ Adams, Eric (February 27, 2013) "Best Men" A.V. Club
↑ Rovenstine, Dalene (February 28, 2013) "Modern Family Review: "Best Men"(Episode 4.17)" Paste Magazine
↑ Adams, Michael (February 27, 2013). "Modern Family Review - 4.17 'Best Men'". 411mania.
↑ Leigh Miller, Victoria (February 28, 2013) "‘Modern Family’ recap, review: Will the best 'Best Men' ever please step forward?" Archived June 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Yahoo! TV
↑ Raines, Leigh (February 27, 2013) "Modern Family Review: A Rocket Ship to the Moon" TV Fanatic
↑ Dionne, Zach (February 28, 2013). "Modern Family Recap: Banks Is Back". Vulture.

Modern Family

Episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "The Bicycle Thief" "Come Fly with Me" "The Incident" "Coal Digger" "Run for Your Wife" "En Garde" "Great Expectations" "Fizbo" "Undeck the Halls" "Up All Night" "Not in My House" "Fifteen Percent" "Moon Landing" "My Funky Valentine" "Fears" "Truth Be Told" "Starry Night" "Game Changer" "Benched" "Travels with Scout" "Airport 2010" "Hawaii" "Family Portrait"

Season 2	"The Old Wagon" "The Kiss" "Earthquake" "Strangers on a Treadmill" "Unplugged" "Halloween" "Chirp" "Manny Get Your Gun" "Mother Tucker" "Dance Dance Revelation" "Slow Down Your Neighbors" "Our Children, Ourselves" "Caught in the Act" "Bixby's Back" "Princess Party" "Regrets Only" "Two Monkeys and a Panda" "Boys' Night" "The Musical Man" "Someone to Watch Over Lily" "Mother's Day" "Good Cop Bad Dog" "See You Next Fall" "The One That Got Away"

Season 3	"Dude Ranch" "When Good Kids Go Bad" "Phil on Wire" "Door to Door" "Hit and Run" "Go Bullfrogs!" "Treehouse" "After the Fire" "Punkin Chunkin" "Express Christmas" "Lifetime Supply" "Egg Drop" "Little Bo Bleep" "Me? Jealous?" "Aunt Mommy" "Virgin Territory" "Leap Day" "Send Out the Clowns" "Election Day" "The Last Walt" "Planes, Trains and Cars" "Disneyland" "Tableau Vivant" "Baby on Board"

Season 4	"Bringing Up Baby" "Schooled" "Snip" "The Butler's Escape" "Open House of Horrors" "Yard Sale" "Arrested" "Mistery Date" "When a Tree Falls" "Diamond in the Rough" "New Year's Eve" "Party Crasher" "Fulgencio" "A Slight at the Opera" "Heart Broken" "Bad Hair Day" "Best Men" "The Wow Factor" "The Future Dunphys" "Flip Flop" "Career Day" "My Hero" "Games People Play" "Goodnight Gracie"

Season 5	"Suddenly, Last Summer" "First Days" "Larry's Wife" "Farm Strong" "The Late Show" "The Help" "A Fair to Remember" "ClosetCon '13" "The Big Game" "The Old Man & the Tree" "And One to Grow On" "Under Pressure" "Three Dinners" "iSpy" "The Feud" "Spring-a-Ding-Fling" "Other People's Children" "Las Vegas" "A Hard Jay's Night" "Australia" "Sleeper" "Message Received" "The Wedding (Part 1)" "The Wedding (Part 2)"

Season 6	"The Long Honeymoon" "Do Not Push" "The Cold" "Marco Polo" "Won't You Be Our Neighbor" "Halloween 3: AwesomeLand" "Queer Eyes, Full Hearts" "Three Turkeys" "Strangers in the Night" "Haley's 21st Birthday" "The Day We Almost Died" "The Big Guns" "Rash Decisions" "Valentine's Day 4: Twisted Sister" "Fight or Flight" "Connection Lost" "Closet? You'll Love It!" "Spring Break" "Grill, Interrupted" "Knock 'Em Down" "Integrity" "Patriot Games" "Crying Out Loud" "American Skyper"

Season 7	"Summer Lovin'" "The Day Alex Left for College" "The Closet Case" "She Crazy" "The Verdict" "The More You Ignore Me" "Phil's Sexy, Sexy House" "Clean Out Your Junk Drawer" "White Christmas" "Playdates" "Spread Your Wings" "Clean for a Day" "Thunk in the Trunk" "The Storm" "I Don't Know How She Does It" "The Cover-Up" "Express Yourself" "The Party" "Man Shouldn't Lie" "Promposal" "Crazy Train" "Double Click"

Season 8	"A Tale of Three Cities" "A Stereotypical Day" "Blindsided" "Weathering Heights" "Halloween IV : Revenge of Rod Skyhook " "Grab It" "Thanksgiving Jamboree" "The Alliance" "Snow Ball"

Adaptations

Familia moderna
Haft Sang

Category

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.