The fact that this school went up in 4 months is pretty unrealistic. I think the whole school plot is interesting but extremely overreaching.

Yea Adam's apathy towards the studio is kind of shocking, I agree. It's almost just like "well that's done, let's pick another business bound to go under and start a charter school."

Some thoughts:

This episode was definitely a bit of a throwaway, but it set up a lot.

One more rant, the writers have given Alex no character depth aside from the one episode last season where she saw the therapist. I understand that she's an irritating nerd, but she's 17 years old. When I was in high school, by the team junior and senior year rolled around, even the nerdiest of nerds had found their…

I think the screenshot on top of this review highlights just how stupid and ridiculous this episode was. The family was supposed to be in a hotel for one day, and they look like they moved their entire house in with them. Meanwhile, this extended family gets together for every birthday, christening, holiday, Sunday…

@disqus_3OI0tIZWjE:disqus I wholeheartedly agree with your last point. That was pretty vicious bullying and Mitchell was more concerned with him and Cam misunderstanding each other about football. I'm so sick of this show losing its redeeming value and even more sick of Mitch and Cam, in addition to every couple,…

Oh yea @avclub-e12c9456a52e302a0bb9d34fc00841a8:disqus. I'm not criticizing the humor at all, but it was like a Meg line from Family Guy. Modern Family is supposed to be redeeming, but all of the sudden Mitchell is a parent who doesn't care that his adoptive daughter of gay parents is being bullied at school, and…

We're not criticizing the characters - they are all fake. We're talking about how the writing with this show has turned it from a drama-comedy sitcom with redeeming takeaways to a self-indulgent, unrealistic sitcom with 3 great episodes per season and 21 filler episodes of pure crap. Same thing that happened to How I…

Also, can we mention how disturbing the scene was when Lily was describing her bullying about being put in a ball bag and threatened and Mitchell didn't even care and they didn't even come back to it? Like WTF, these people have become horribly self-obsessed, narcissistic snobs.

The only thing that worked in this episode was the Manny/Jay storyline, and this was only because Rico Rodriguez and Ed O'Neil killed it with a mix of pathetically funny and actual sincere acting. A+ to those two for making a stupid subplot hilarious and touching.

Can we acknowledge for a second what a huge eff you all of last season's attention on Drew/his dopey roommate/and his slutty, entitled girlfriend was?

I don't have a problem with Hank and Sarah, I just don't care! As a viewer, I'm not attached to that relationship subplot, but I am attached to Amber/Ryan/the baby and Julia/Joel.

Drew killed it this episode. He was no longer a younger sibling - he became a brother protecting a sister, and that role knows no age. Also, the look of disgust he had as he watched Ryan clean up all his pill bottles was perfect.

Shocking shocking death prediction: Amber dies in child birth.

I like this show more as time goes on, and they are definitely doing a clever job this season at playing to strength of everyone knowing this is a finale season. Just like How I Met Your Mother did last year, they know the audience are looking for twists and signs of whats to come.