![]() To paint you a picture: Mitchell and Cam are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Gloria and Jay are Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio, Claire and Phil are a spider and her trapped fly, and the kids are a hodgepodge of half-assed young adult costumes that fall apart by the end of the grief-stricken evening - most notably, Alex is a convincing RBG for roughly one scene. Luckily, The Great Pumpkin does end up saving the day, and makes this episode one that's still worth watching - even without the great costumes.ĭressed in the best costume lineup Modern Family has ever accomplished, the Dunphy-Pritchett family must grapple with the death of Mitchell and Claire’s mom, DeDe. As all the Modern Family kids grew up, I’ll bet it was a struggle to concoct new Halloween stories. All in all, there’s not as much Halloween fun afoot in this episode as I would've liked. ![]() In fact, the only Dunphy-Pritchett family members we get to see dress up are Claire in what is presumably Gloria’s hand-me-down Wonder Woman outfit, and precious Joe as a fed-up Zeus. Meanwhile, a delayed kitchen renovation is haunting Cam and Mitchell, who sadly skip the costumes this year. The kids are all off doing completely non-Halloween-related stuff, Phil fails to trojan-horse a pumpkin, and even Claire’s office isn't interested in the horde of zombies she hired to help celebrate. At least, that’s how Phil and Claire feel in one of the saddest Modern Family Halloween episodes (second only of course to the one featuring a literal death in the family). ![]() What’s scarier than Halloween? Reaching the age where you’re expected not to care about it anymore.
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