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I can not be the only one not to have any interest in the professional life of the characters of Modern family, right? From time to time, the series feels the need to remind us that these people not only struggle against personal conflicts in their very large homes that I could never dream of offering, but they also fought personally at work. Think too hard and you will realize that every character is a disaster that everyone at work will avoid at all costs.
"Whanex?" Is an episode that, like the best outing of last week, moves away from the big stories of the season to be content to constitute a sitcom more "traditional" half an hour. This means that there is a story A, B and C and a very vague theme that connects them. There are no real consequences or important moments, although a scenario ends with the promise of a change.
The common thread is "work". These are stories of jobs and careers and what it means to be an adult with responsibilities, and that could not be more boring. The worst of the three stories is Jay's. The whole half hour is punctuated with jokes about old age and Jay's lack of contact at work. It's bland? It is. There is a scene here where Jay does not know how to use his computer, which probably lasts about two minutes but looks like a life. He approaches the webcam too much. he does not know how to increase the volume; it activates somehow a filter. I come from … there are no words. This is the widest comedy you can imagine and shows once again that Jay is perhaps the most unidimensional character of Modern family. The show tries to emit a sincere emotion towards the end by asking Jay to do a little more to join the new generation of young people at work, but it's wasted in a story that barely laughs .
Gloria and Phil do not do much better. She fooled him into going to the mall one day when they set up an open cast to allow a family to post their ads. From here shortly, Gloria and Phil are very involved in the process, and then are quickly replaced by another "couple", although Joe gets his moment of glory as a child in the photo. Again, there is nothing funny here. There are no lines of force, but only a feeling that the situation is fun, different. We're supposed to laugh because of the importance of Phil and Gloria, but this episode spends almost no time with them. It's a pure plot, an excuse for Gloria to say how much she lacks pbadion for something that makes her pbadionate about modeling. The coda here is fine, as Gloria begins to think about what she can do to lead a more meaningful and meaningful life, which for the moment means exploring the real estate profession and entering the clbadroom from Phil.
I like that the show wants to push the characters in new directions. This is absolutely necessary in the tenth season of a sitcom, and it has worked wonders for Haley, who is suddenly a much more interesting character with conflicts in which we can feel invested. . But the way we get there is just tedious. This is the kind of episode you watch and as soon as ABC moves to the next show you have forgotten everything.
I write these exact words less than an hour after the conclusion of "Whanex?" And I'm already moving away from the important. And that's because nothing matters. Sometimes it does not matter, but if you are a sitcom, it is better to have fun to fill the void. "Whanex?" Is nothing. Cam and Mitchell give us a few good liners and a few moments of coincidence. Andy Daly is deliciously rude, but otherwise we have this pervasive feeling that Modern family really fight to chain 22 episodes. We feel bloated right now. There have been some good episodes involving Haley this season, and even a few have had good jokes, but there may be enough material for 12 episodes in total. In a season of 22 years, we will necessarily have our share of episodes like "Whanex?".
Observations lost
- Honestly, I have nothing to do this week. What a failure of an episode. Claire said that Jay lived a life of "Glengarry Glenlivet" was not bad though.
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