Tableau Vivant (16 May 2012)

Everybody is up late at the Dunphy house. Phil ( ) is practicing having to fire Mitchell ( ) for being late on a couple of projects he was doing for Phil's firm... See full synopsis »

Director:

Gail Mancuso

Writers:

Steven Levitan (creator), Christopher Lloyd (creator),

Stars:

Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Ed O'Neill	...	Jay Pritchett
Sofía Vergara	...	Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
Julie Bowen	...	Claire Dunphy
Ty Burrell	...	Phil Dunphy
Jesse Tyler Ferguson	...	Mitchell Pritchett
Eric Stonestreet	...	Cameron Tucker
Sarah Hyland	...	Haley Dunphy
Ariel Winter	...	Alex Dunphy
Nolan Gould	...	Luke Dunphy
Rico Rodriguez	...	Manny Delgado
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons	...	Lily Tucker-Pritchett
Beth Grant	...	Maxine
Matt Roth	...	Skip Woosnum
John Viener	...	Matt Keneally
Angela Oh	...	Realtor #1

Storyline

Everybody is up late at the Dunphy house. Phil ( ) is practicing having to fire Mitchell ( ) for being late on a couple of projects he was doing for Phil's firm... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

eye blinking | fire | menu | award | trapped in an elevator | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 May 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Levitan / Lloyd, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Quotes

Jay Pritchett: Take a good look at the menu. What do you see?
Gloria Delgado-Pritchett: Soup.
Jay Pritchett: But have you looked under the soup? Sandwiches.
Gloria Delgado-Pritchett: Have you seen what's under this shirt? This did not come from sandwiches.

User Reviews

The Jay Pritchett sandwich

Things are a bit hectic at the Dunphys. Alex is preparing for a presentation at her school for her art class. She has decided to stage a replica of a Norman Rockwell's painting showing a family gathered around the table for what looks like a Thanksgiving dinner. For that, she enlists the help of Cameron. He arrives with Lili, who has a thing about light switches.

Luke is going to receive a medal at school for putting out a fire, that he started. Manny, who saw the whole thing, is horrified at the way his "nephew" can lie about it. Phil, on the other hand, wants to tell Mitch, in a polite way, his services to the agency are no longer needed. There is no way Mitch wants to accept in being fired for a job we was not being paid.

Meanwhile, Jay has taken Gloria to one of his favorite places for a sandwich. In the back of the menu there are different kinds of sandwiches named after the deli's regulars. Maxine, an old time waitress comes to chat with Jay, leaving Gloria out of the conversation which centers around Jay's neck problems. Needless to say, Gloria does not like the sandwich.

Gail Mancuso directed this episode which was written by Elaine Ko, Jeffrey Richman and Bill Wrubel. The most interesting point is Luke's attitude. He decides not to tell everyone about what really happened while he and Manny were practicing in the lab and how he almost could have caused a fire. It is a bad example he is setting, but he prefers to be recognized for showing valor, when it was his negligence that caused the incident, in the first place. Beth Grant makes a guest appearance as Maxine, the wise old waitress.