Family Portrait (Modern Family)
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The Family Portrait
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 24 |
| Directed by | Jason Winer |
| Written by | Ilana Wernick |
| Production code | 1ARG22 |
| Original air date | May 19, 2010 |
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"Family Portrait" is the twenty-fourth episode and the season finale of the first season of Modern Family and the twenty-fourth episode of the series overall. It originally premiered May 19, 2010 on ABC. The episode was written by Ilana Wernick and directed by Jason Winer. It guest stars Kobe Bryant and Sean Smith.
In the episode, Claire makes an effort to take a new family portrait. Gloria and Manny go with Phil and Alex to a Lakers game and share an awkward moment on the jumbo-tron. Cameron gets a job as a wedding singer while Mitchell takes care of Lily and battles with a pigeon that entered the house. Luke interviews Jay for a school project. After lots of mishaps, the family is barely on time for the portrait but Claire's perfectionism gets on Jay who starts a mud fight. The portrait is not as perfect as Claire was imagining it but she admits that she loves the result.
"Family Portrait" became the second highest rated show in the series history and received positive reviews from critics with many praising the scene where Mitchell attempts to kill the pigeon and Cameron singing Ave Maria.
Claire's (Julie Bowen) perfect plans for a beautiful family portrait are pulled apart by various mishaps.
Phil (Ty Burrell) takes Alex (Ariel Winter) to a Lakers game with Gloria (Sofía Vergara) and Manny (Rico Rodriguez). During the game, he ignores a phone call from Claire and then begrudgingly kisses Gloria because of the "Kiss cam". Claire and Haley (Sarah Hyland) watch on TV that Phil ignores the phone call but not the fact that he kissed Gloria, but Phil believes that they had seen the kiss.
A stray pigeon enters Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron's (Eric Stonestreet) house, and Mitchell battles to get it out. As a result, he destroys the house. Cameron gets a job as a wedding singer and Luke (Nolan Gould) interviews Jay (Ed O'Neill) for a school project. Luke finds Jay's stories boring so Jay invents much more exciting ones. Haley gets a pimple and tries to get her mom to postpone the portrait, something that Claire does not agree to.
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