Modern Family (TV Series) Chirp (2010) User Reviews

Batteries not included

[jotix100 · 8/10 · 20 February 2012]

A cold can derail a household, which is what happens at the Dunphys when Claire gets a cold. Afraid to pass the germs, she takes to her bed, only to be constantly annoyed by a sound coming from what seems to be a faulty fire detector. No mater what, the problem cannot be controlled. Luke is even afraid of getting the bug; he hides himself in an old costume.

Being a stage mother is bad, but being a stage father, is even worse. Cam has decided, against his partner's wishes to start Lily on her way to stardom by going to auditions. Mitchell, on the other hand, is horrified. Cam, who's always home does what comes naturally to him: he takes Lily to a commercial shoot that turns out to be too much.

Some of the highlights of tonight's show were about an annoying device that keeps on beeping, no matter what Phil tries to do as well as the other thought about racism in the commercial that Cam got Lily selected. Being of Vietnamese background, she was chosen for something the parents had no idea how it was going to be used.

Good direction by Michael Spiller, who has become more involved in the program in its second season. Dan O'Shannon wrote the screenplay with Elaine Ko. Mr. Spiller gets good all around performances from the regulars and guests.

Some of the best jokes in the series. Massively underrated.

[tobyford-76808 · 10/10 · 15 July 2021]

This episode does not warrant a 7.7/10, it's at least an 8.5 relative to the previous ratings.

Yes the chirp is annoying but the Dunphy household plot was surprisingly captivating, achieving laughs almost every minute, and (for the first time so far in this show I reckon) simultaneously successfully sentimental.

The Gloria and Jay plot was hilarious, but it's eclipsed by Cameron and Mitchels child actor plot. The final scene here had me in tears.

Can't watch with a dog in the house

[missgenevil · 5/10 · 3 May 2022]

I actually like this episode but I can't ever watch it because the smoke alarm chirp freaks out my dog. I don't know why they had to use the actual sound. Without that, it would be a great episode.

STOP THE FLIPPING CHIRP!

[palmisanocj · 5/10 · 6 June 2020]

WORST idea for a story. Okay, maybe not the absolute worst, but I certainly hope whomever had the NOT BRILLIANT idea to sound the actual @#$@#$ alarm chirp at what seems like full volume throughout the episode is long gone! Other storylines were interesting but, unfortunately, I couldn't tolerate watching because by about mid-point I had such a headache from the "chirp" I had to shut off the sound and then the show. Fortunately, this time through I had the sense to put on subtitles so I actually watched the entire episode. My most hated episode.