Synopsis: Cam's success as a football coach lands him as the subject of a TV news story that makes Mitch feel under appreciated. Gloria pushes Manny to learn to speak Spanish from a sexy male language instructor that makes Jay jealous. Alex struggles with sleep derivation from a 24/7 study schedule and what appears to be a romantic relationship between Andy and Haley turns out to be practice sessions for job interviews.
Review: The re-integration of Andy and a new emotional dimension for Gloria made for a stand out episode in a Modern Family season that started off very slowly. As if out of no where, Andy started showing up at the Dunphy's house to mysteriously disappear into the basement with Haley. Contrary to Claire's wild imagination, they are actually practicing together for job interviews. They were both able to nail their respective interviews as Andy was hired into realty as Phil's assistant and Haley was hired by a big shot fashion designer thanks to her impeccable fashion sense. I'm happy to see that Haley can finally be something other than the lazy loser child and her new job has great potential for future content. Similarly, I think that Andy as Phil's assistant good potential for upcoming episodes as they share a similar happy-go-lucky goofiness.
This episode revisited Gloria's consciousness of her difficulty articulating her thoughts in English. It makes for an emotional situation because Gloria thinks little of herself when she stumbles over words in her second language. She says, "I'm smart when I speak in Spanish." Her outburst cues Jay to sweetly surprise her by taking Spanish lessons with the tutor, making for a very sweet moment when he stumbles through telling her that he "loves her in every language there is" in Spanish.
Mitch and Cam's world is still being milked by the fact that they are both employed this season. This different way of life may have been interesting at the beginning of the season, but it has not really gone anywhere. It has basically gone on for seven straight episodes so I do not know what to say about it anymore except that something has to change.
Also, it should be said that this episode had some of the wittiest and fastest firing jokes I've ever seen on Modern Family, so that boosted it a letter grade.
My Grade: A-
Nielsen Rating: 3.2 (9.83 Million Viewers)
Reviewer's Quotes: "What a smart choice to keep the audience in the dark about what was going on between Haley and Andy, given when we last saw them, Andy was rocking Haley’s world with his surprisingly skilled make-out technique. It’s a well-earned, winning twist, and proof the show still has potential if it dares to push its characters out of their respective comfort zones." -Joshua Alston (avclub.com)
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