Someone to Watch Over Lily
🎞️ S2 E20 🚫 Hard pass

Modern Family

Is Modern Family S2 E20 OK for kids?

Someone to Watch Over Lily

Mitchell and Cameron are looking to assign legal guardians for Lily in case anything were to happen to them, and are secretly assessing their family members. But no one is blowing their socks off, as they witness Jay giving Manny a dose of tough love, Claire secretly taking Luke to a child psychologist to assess his development, and Haley and Alex getting into some delinquent activities at school.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

Modern Family S2 E20, “Someone to Watch Over Lily”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. Mitchell and Cameron are looking to assign legal guardians for Lily in case anything were to happen to them, and are secretly assessing their family members. But no one is blowing their socks off, as they witness Jay giving Manny a dose of tough love, Claire secretly taking Luke to a child psychologist to assess his development, and Haley and Alex getting into some delinquent activities at school.

Across the episode we counted 6 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (1); Slut-shaming (2). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Modern Family S2 E20:

  • I mean, if Reuben can go with that extra nipple I'm proud of you, Manny.

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Modern Family S2 E20:

  • Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
  • I think I hear future Lily sending us a message from her stripper pole.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Modern Family S2 E20:

  • Have I ever told you about her? Total gun nut, lives completely off the grid.

Slut-shaming 2 moments

How Slut-shaming shows up in Modern Family S2 E20:

  • When you and Dylan were broken up Rachel told him you were a skank and got all up on him.
  • This will teach that skank a lesson.

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.