Content guide
Preview first — about 10+
Modern Family S8 E11, “Sarge & Pea”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. Cam is incensed that an anonymous and rude parent robbed him of a precious Lily moment during her recent dance recital. While he and Hayley visit Alex at her coffee shop the next day, he thinks he recognizes the culprit and goes to extremes to uncover her identity, and give her a piece of his mind. Meanwhile, Jay, Claire and Mitch attend a family wedding and unexpectedly run into Dede at the reception. Afraid their parents are going to once again make a scene, Mitch and Claire devise a plan to keep them apart. Finally, Phil and Gloria are on a college tour with Luke and Manny, and have very different ways of getting the boys ready to head out on this new adventure and also learning to let go.
Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Violence & injury (3); Swearing (4); Alcohol & drugs (3). 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 S8 E11:
A cutie named Gretchen took me up to her belfry and showed me some moves, which I now realize sounds sexual.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Modern Family S8 E11:
So, 1986, we were just coming back from my sister Bebe's wedding when I first had my dream about murdering you.
But my dream analyst helped me realize that I never wanted to murder you.
I wanted to murder the part of myself that was so angry.
Swearing 4 moments
How Swearing shows up in Modern Family S8 E11:
Son of a bitch! That is coconuts! I remember you! Do you miss spokesmodeling? Aye, I do a boat show every now and then.
The reason we were late was because of that damn Hands Across America that you made me do.
What the hell was that whole thing about, anyway? Hunger? Hand somebody a sandwich in San Francisco and you pass it on down the line till some bum gets ahold of it in Boston? Hunger, yeah.
Oh! (both chuckle) What fresh hell is this? We'll end our tour here at our iconic bell tower.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Modern Family S8 E11:
It's a wine fridge 36 bottles, stainless steel, dual temp zones for your whites, your reds.
" Well, we'll see what her boy Brian says when he opens what Esquire Magazine called "the last under-counter wine fridge you'll ever need.
Would anyone care for some champagne? - Oh, yeah.
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