Content guide
Preview first — about 10+
Modern Family S8 E19, “Frank's Wedding”, scores 3/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. Frank Dunphy's wedding has a Roaring '20s theme, so Phil gets his clan to show up in costume, but Claire and the kids realize it's time for an intervention with Phil when they're the only ones who dressed up. Meanwhile, Jay comes to regret mastering the art of saying "no"; and Cam finally gets the courage to stand up to his sister Pam.
Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 3 themes: Nudity & bodies (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (5). 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 10+Strip-club and porn references, violence, nudity in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Modern Family S8 E19, "Frank's Wedding", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for family-first; adult plots are talked around rather than shown. Sits in the gray area mainly on porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue). Violence includes Get this mid-ceremony, you know, when you ask - if anyone has any objections? - Yeah?…. Sexual content includes I'm wearing wool underwear; You didn't feel like dressing up, too? What do you say those pretty peepers of yours…. 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
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Modern Family S8 E19:
I'm wearing wool underwear.
Would you mind going through my luggage and pulling out my after-dinner bra? - If I must.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Modern Family S8 E19:
You didn't feel like dressing up, too? What do you say those pretty peepers of yours never saw the famous gangster Phillinger and his ex-prostitute getaway driver? I think a, uh a sawbuck should do the That's too much.
Violence & injury 5 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Modern Family S8 E19:
Get this mid-ceremony, you know, when you ask - if anyone has any objections? - Yeah? I'm gonna pull out a Tommy gun and tell you to skip that part.
I got a script, prop guns, exploding paint capsules.
What's that? - (siren wailing in distance) A bag of plastic guns.
"For man can no more survive without love "than a cooper without his billhook, "nor a whaler less his flensing knife.
The family didn't want me to get back together with Beau on account of he's six-parts Chicopee and married, but I did it anyway, and now he's in County for punching a police horse in the face.
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.