1. Dude Ranch
🎞️ S3 E1 ✅ All clear

Modern Family

Is Modern Family S3 E1 OK for kids?

1. Dude Ranch

Returns for its third season with a special one-hour event on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 on the ABC Television Network. In the first part of the hour, entitled "Dude Ranch", our favorite family decide to don their cow boots and hats and head to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for some fun and adventure in the great outdoors. While vacationing on Lost Creek Ranch, they try their hands at a little cattle herding, skeet shooting and horseback riding; there are also some big firsts, a huge surprise and an actual face off between Jay and a foe - a cowboy named Hank! In the second half of the hour, entitled "When Good Kids Go Bad", Mitch and Cam plan a nice evening with the whole family to break the happy news that they're looking to adopt another child. However their parade is rained on when they realize Lily may not take well to another baby in the house. Meanwhile, Claire and Jay are each consumed with proving a certain point.

📺 Where to watch

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

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Mild — okay from about 9+

Modern Family S3 E1, “1. Dude Ranch”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 9+. Returns for its third season with a special one-hour event on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 on the ABC Television Network. In the first part of the hour, entitled "Dude Ranch", our favorite family decide to don their cow boots and hats and head to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for some fun and adventure in the great outdoors. While vacationing on Lost Creek Ranch, they try their hands at a little cattle herding, skeet shooting and horseback riding; there are also some big firsts, a huge surprise and an actual face off between Jay and a foe - a cowboy named Hank! In the second half of the hour, entitled "When Good Kids Go Bad", Mitch and Cam plan a nice evening with the whole family to break the happy news that they're looking to adopt another child. However their parade is rained on when they realize Lily may not take well to another baby in the house. Meanwhile, Claire and Jay are each consumed with proving a certain point.

Across the episode we counted 3 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Affairs / cheating (1). 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

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in Modern Family S3 E1:

  • We may have lost a man But out there on the range, under that great big sky, we found a part of ourselves we never knew was there, just like the horny cowboy said we would.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Modern Family S3 E1:

  • You push too hard, you chase her right into his arms, you'll end up with a boob for a son-in-law.

Affairs / cheating 1 moment

How Affairs / cheating shows up in Modern Family S3 E1:

  • Do I look like the kind of woman that would cheat on her husband? Yes.

What to watch in Modern Family · Season 3 guide

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