Tough Love

Episode aired Dec 6, 2017
TV-PG
21m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

1.7K

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Comedy Drama Romance

Phil and Claire go out of their comfort zone when he goes on a survival camping trip and she has to drive a big rig. Gloria is upset over Manny dating his female professor. A student in Came... Read allPhil and Claire go out of their comfort zone when he goes on a survival camping trip and she has to drive a big rig. Gloria is upset over Manny dating his female professor. A student in Cameron's detention class is an undercover cop.Phil and Claire go out of their comfort zone when he goes on a survival camping trip and she has to drive a big rig. Gloria is upset over Manny dating his female professor. A student in Cameron's detention class is an undercover cop.

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7.2/10

1.7K

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10lisatepper

Poignant, expertly scripted episode.

Tough Love is an extremely well-balanced episode, offering both big laughs and small nuances of family life.

Cam's plot is a straight hilarious storyline, with his idea of being less soft backfiring immensely. His first scene with Mitch, cutting over to Haley, is one of the show's most inspired and genius interview scenes ever!

Additionally, Mitch's scene with his supposed baby nephew create a fast-paced and witty storyline to intercut the rest of the episode.

Phil's quest to camp for 6 days is immediately met with troubles, and Ty Burrell plays him with absolute perfection, as his optimism begins to fade. This situation is mirrored with Claire's voyage and concludes beautifully, showing how much love Claire has for Phil.

In the most emotional storyline, Gloria struggles with coming to terms of how grown-up Manny is. Creating funny and poignant scenes, this storyline is the best of the episode, and shows us the love that Gloria has for his son. Ultimately, this episode ends with an emotional scene between Jay, Gloria and her two sons.

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Trivia
The door of Phil's hotel room is the same as the doors of the cabin in the episode White Christmas

Quotes
Cameron Tucker: [Holding three paper airplanes] These are your future, and they are headed...
[tries to throw one out the window, but fails]
Cameron Tucker: ... out...
[tries and fails again...]
Cameron Tucker: the window...
[successfully throws the last one out the window]
Cameron Tucker: ... never to return.
Football Player: [Peeking through window with airplane] You drop this, Coach?