Content guide
Mild — okay from about 9+
Modern Family S11 E6, “A Game of Chicken”, scores 2/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 9+. Gloria is using her alone time with the twins as an opportunity to secretly baptize them before Haley and Dylan get home. Meanwhile, Claire is still dealing with the fallout from the smart closet fiasco, and Cam is at war with his school's mascot who is threatening his chance at securing a new college coaching job.
Across the episode we counted 5 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (1); Alcohol & drugs (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+Strip-club and porn references, drinking, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Modern Family S11 E6, "A Game of Chicken", 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 porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue). Violence is mild but includes That's when I realized I knew that chicken Those weak punches, a run that said "Pick me…. Sexual content is mild but includes What's the catch? Well, there's a lot of donations and some shame around sex, but…; It's like, I'm an adult film director who collects Precious Moments Dolls. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Yeah, and we weren't even drunk yet. 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
Sex & hookups 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Modern Family S11 E6:
What's the catch? Well, there's a lot of donations and some shame around sex, but Christmas is fun.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Modern Family S11 E6:
It's like, I'm an adult film director who collects Precious Moments Dolls.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in Modern Family S11 E6:
That's when I realized I knew that chicken Those weak punches, a run that said "Pick me last" in gym class.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Modern Family S11 E6:
Yeah, and we weren't even drunk yet.
I think you were very drunk.
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