Content guide
Mild — okay from about 9+
Modern Family S4 E21, “Career Day”, scores 1/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 9+. Phil is jazzed to share the wonders of residential real estate with Luke and Manny's classmates for career day, but unfortunately for Phil, his nemesis, Gil Thorpe, shows up and things get ugly. Meanwhile, Gloria challenges Jay's claims of always wanting to become a novelist, forcing Jay to take some shameful measures, and Mitch and Cam make a costly mistake while executing tooth fairy duties.
Across the episode we counted 2 flagged moments in 1 themes: Violence & injury (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.
Parents need to know
Age 9+Violence, mild language in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Modern Family S4 E21, "Career Day", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for family-first; adult plots are talked around rather than shown. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is violence & injury (moderate, in dialogue). Violence is mild but includes When I had my first loose tooth, my mama tied one end of the string to it, and the other…. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Modern Family S4 E21:
When I had my first loose tooth, my mama tied one end of the string to it, and the other to the tail of a guernsey cow fired off a 12-gauge shotgun, and the cow went running out of the room.
He came in with two price guns in holsters and marked our teacher at $1.
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.