Run for Your Wife 

Claire and Phil have mixed feelings regarding the first day of school for the kids. Jay and Gloria argue about an outfit for Manny, and a minor problem with Lily gets blown out of proportion by Mitchell and Cameron.

Director:

Jason Winer

Writers:

Christopher Lloyd (created by), Steven Levitan (created by)

Stars:

Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
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
Suzy Nakamura	...	Dr. Miura

Storyline

Claire and Phil have mixed feelings regarding the first day of school for the kids. Jay and Gloria argue about an outfit for Manny, and a minor problem with Lily gets blown out of proportion by Mitchell and Cameron.

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Plot Keywords:

los angeles california | learning to drive | panpipe | jogging | stuffed animal | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Levitan / Lloyd, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

33 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shows the exterior of Manny and Luke's school as Walgrove Elementary School, which is located in west Los Angeles, just outside Santa Monica.

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Goofs

Right before the parents take off to race each other, the camera pans over to the kids getting out of a black mini van, to the right the camera crew and two camera and a boom Mic can be seen.

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Quotes

Phil Dunphy: This navigation system's all messed up. Thinks we're in a park. Oh my god, it is a park! AWAY FROM THE KIDS! AIM FOR THE LAKE!

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Connections

References Super Mario Kart (1992)

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Soundtracks

Modern Family Main Theme
Written by Gabriel Mann

User Reviews

Settling in with Modern Family

Although aired as the 6th episode of the show this is in fact the 2nd on the DVD.

And it's a good episode, with the show finding its feet and allowing the characters to interact with each other.

I wasn't overly keen on the Manny story line, but there was lots of fun to be had with Ty Burrell's character, who again steals the show. How Julie Bowen keeps a straight face acting opposite him I don't know.

A fun episode.