Content guide
Preview first — about 10+
Modern Family S7 E2, “2. The Day Alex Left for College”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. Alex leaves for college, but gives her parents false information about her move-in day so they can't make a big production out of it. Meanwhile, Luke tries to get out of helping Phil at his open house; and Mitch and Cam feel the stress of being landlords after deciding to rent out their upstairs unit, and the family's excuses for missing Lily's soccer game don't make their lives any easier.
Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Violence & injury (5); Alcohol & drugs (1); Slut-shaming (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 S7 E2:
Ow! That stings! This is so not sexy.
Violence & injury 5 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Modern Family S7 E2:
Unless Jay really gets shot in the foot.
I can't believe I'm saying this, once again, in only seven years of marriage, but please put the gun down.
It's a pellet gun.
Oh, and the blood.
There was so much blood.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Modern Family S7 E2:
- Jay
How often do you break in here? Does that explain the white wine? We fired a cleaning lady.
Slut-shaming 1 moment
How Slut-shaming shows up in Modern Family S7 E2:
After we tramp.
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