"Come Fly with Me" is the third episode of the
first season of the
ABC
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sitcom ''
Modern Family'' and the third episode of the series overall. It originally aired on October 7, 2009. The episode was written by
Dan O'Shannon
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and directed by
Reginald Hudlin
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.
In the episode, Jay tries to spend some time alone with his model airplane, but Phil ruins his plans. He hits Phil in the nose with his model airplane on purpose and claims it was an accident, but later apologizes when Claire calls him on it. Alex and Gloria go to a mall and Gloria tries to convince Alex to wear a dress to a wedding. Mitchell goes to Costco for the first time in his life and while he thinks he will not like it, he gets excited.
"Come Fly with Me" received a 3.4/9 in the 18-49 demographic according to the
Nielsen Media Research and positive reviews from television critics with many calling it an improvement over "
The Bicycle Thief
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".
Plot
Jay (
Ed O'Neill) pushes Phil (
Ty Burrell) to go out with him and fly his new
model plane
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Aircraft manufactu ...
, a
Vought F4U Corsair. While Phil gets his moment with Jay, the encounter does not end up as he wishes: Jay buzzes Phil with the plane and as the credits roll, the model plane crashes into Phil's nose. Jay takes Phil back home and claims that he hit him by accident but Claire (
Julie Bowen) does not believe him and makes him apologize to Phil.
While Manny (
Rico Rodriguez) takes time out to play with Luke (
Nolan Gould), Gloria (
Sofía Vergara) accompanies Alex (
Ariel Winter
Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998) is an American actress. She starred as Alex Dunphy in the ABC comedy series ''Modern Family'', for which she and her co-stars won four consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble ...
) in shopping to find a dress for a wedding. Back in the house, Manny ends up having a heart-to-heart talk with his stepsister Claire, while Alex and Gloria talk on like friends (girl friends). Finally Manny convinces Claire to have Alex be her own way and Gloria convinces Alex to follow her mother.
Mitchell (
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born October 22, 1975) is an American actor. From 2009 to 2020, he portrayed Mitchell Pritchett on the sitcom ''Modern Family'', for which he earned five consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding ...
) and Cameron (
Eric Stonestreet) go shopping at
Costco, but Mitchell feels that he is too good to shop there and he wants to leave. When Cameron introduces him to the wholesale pricing, he gets excited and the pair end up buying multiple shopping carts of goods, many of which they do not actually need.
In the end of the episode, Gloria reveals to Jay that she used to dress up Manny like a girl when he was a baby because she wanted to have a girl. When Manny found the pictures, Gloria told him it was his
twin sister who had died.
Reception
Ratings
In its original American broadcast, "Come Fly With Me" was viewed by an estimated 8.823 million households with a 5.4 rating/9% share
Nielsen rating and received a 3.4 rating/9% share in the 18-49 demographic going down 4 tenths in the demographic according to the
Nielsen Media Research.
Reviews
"Come Fly with Me" received positive reviews.
Robert Canning of ''
IGN
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'' gave the episode an 8.3/10 calling it "Impressive" and stated "Overall, "Come Fly With Me" was proof that this is a series with great potential." and also stated the series has almost everything (heart, comedy, dark comedy).
Jason Hughes of ''
TV Squad'' gave the episode a positive review saying Jay hitting Phil on purpose "harsh, but funny".
Donna Bowman of ''
The A.V. Club'' gave the episode an A− saying "Modern Family is shaping up to be one of those rare comedies that actually derives unexpected humor from its premise."
Michael Slezak of ''
Entertainment Weekly'' stated "While last night’s ''Modern Family'' didn’t quite make me double over with laughter the way its first two episodes did, it nonetheless pulled off the trick of effortlessly straddling the territory between absurdist humor and genuinely moving.
''TV Fanatic'' gave the episode a positive reviews saying one of his favorite quotes of the episode was Alex telling Claire "You know, instead of trying to force me to wear a dress, why don't you worry about getting Luke to wear some pants?"
James Poniewozik of
''Time'' said "the episode as a whole showed a lot of promise by demonstrating the ways different combinations of the extended family can play off each other"
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References
External links
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"Come Fly with Me"at ABC.com
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Modern Family (season 1) episodes
2009 American television episodes