MODERN FAMILY: MARCO POLO RECAP

The Dunphy’s house had mold so the whole family was staying at a not-so-fancy hotel. The five of them living in one room for a whole night, they should be able to handle it right? Of course not, this is Modern Family so you know crazy hilarity will ensue. Let’s get to it!

Gloria was concerned about Manny’s new friend Sam. Sam is a senior and drives a mustang so Gloria didn’t want him influencing Manny. Gloria told Jay to spy on them and was shocked when he saw them kissing. Surprise Sam is a girl! Gloria was shocked and hurt that Manny didn’t tell her about his first girlfriend.

In the hotel, Phil attempted to get the family to spend time together by playing Marco Polo in the pool but they weren’t interested. Claire said she was going for a run, but she was actually sneaking off to her own hotel room. She couldn’t take the craziness anymore but Phil caught her. He was not happy that she was sleeping alone and felt betrayed. He called a family meeting to shame Claire, but once the kids found out she had another room, they wanted to stay with her. Poor Phil!

Coach Cam was feeling the love because he led the football team to a 5-0 season! He was getting gifts and free meals from parents at the school. Cam is really superstitious and his lucky hat (which was starting to smell) and his game day rituals were starting to drive Mitch crazy. Mitch didn’t understand it and thought it was silly. Lily helped him realize he should be more supportive of Cam (even though she didn’t realize it) and he decided to go to the game.

Manny finally admitted he had a girlfriend who was the “It Girl” at school. She’s smart, pretty and she dumped the captain of the Basketball team for Manny (sounds like trouble to me). Gloria wanted to meet her but Manny wasn’t ready for that. Gloria didn’t like it and was afraid she might take advantage of him. She convinced Jay to talk to her about “taking things slow” but it ended up being super awkward. Luckily Manny came outside just in time.

At the game things were going well, until Mitch came to support Cam. As soon as Mitch got there the team became really un-lucky and so did Manny. Jay saw Manny’s girlfriend kissing another guy. Scandalous! Cam tried to get rid of Mitchell and made him feel like an unlucky charm without saying it. Mitch got up to leave the game.

At the hotel, the Dunphy kids found out that Phil really wanted everyone to spend family time together; they felt bad for ditching him and going to Claire’s room. They saw him teaching some people (from Nigeria) how to play Marco Polo in the pool and they really felt bad.

At the football game, The Dolphins were in a bind but they turned it around and scored a touchdown and won at the last second! Cam turned around to see Mitch and he was gone (or so he thought). Mitch was actually stuck on the fence trying to leave. They made up and Mitch actually enjoyed the game. Yay! The Dolphins won and Mitch is not a jinx!

Manny came home from the game and he was down in the dumps. His girlfriend dumped him. She was using him to make her old boyfriend jealous. Manny’s heart was broken and Jay hugged him as he cried. Aw! I hated seeing him like that. So did Jay. Jay offered him his first taste of Scotch but he was too upset to take it. How could anyone hurt Manny? He is such a sweetheart.

Phil was alone in the hotel room when the rest of the family got into the pool. They started yelling, “Marco” and Phil excitedly replied, “Polo!” He saw them in the pool and ran outside to join them. He was finally going to get the family time he wanted.

Modern Family airs Wednesday nights at 9/8c on ABC.