Fulgencio (Modern Family)
| "Fulgencio" | |
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| Modern Family episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Lev L. Spiro |
| Written by | Bill Wrubel |
| Production code | 4ARG12 |
| Original air date | January 23, 2013 |
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"Fulgencio" is the 13th episode of the fourth season of the American sitcom Modern Family, and the series' 85th episode overall. It aired January 23, 2013. The episode was written by Bill Wrubel and directed by Lev L. Spiro.
The main story of this episode, is the christening of Gloria (Sofia Vergara) and Jay's (Ed O'Neill) son. For the occasion, Gloria's mother, Pilar (Elizabeth Peña), and sister, Sonia (Stephanie Beatriz), come to visit bringing with them the Colombian traditions. Pilar wants her grandson to be given the family name Fulgencio, but Jay finds the name terrible. When he tries to talk to Pilar, he discovers that she never liked him.
Meanwhile, with Claire (Julie Bowen) running around for errands, Phil (Ty Burrell) is alone at home with the kids and their problems plus his own one — a billboard with his face is blocked by balloons. When the kids tell him what bothers them he tries to help. At first he tries to "kill" the problems with kindness but instead he makes things worse. When he realizes that being kind only helps sometimes, he follows another path. He has Luke (Nolan Gould) go around and cause trouble for the people causing problems for them by having him stay home while he and the others go to the christening.
Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet), on the other hand, are trying to deal with Lily's (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) bad habit of making sarcastic comments. While trying that, they are wondering if they are bad parents since they are her role models. At the end, they find out that Lily's bad habits are coming from Claire when she drives her to her dance lessons.
The episode ends with the whole family at the christening of the newest member of the family. Finally, Jay goes with the name "Fulgencio Joseph Pritchett" to satisfy his mother-in-law, but he tells Gloria at the same time that they will never call him that. The godparents of the baby are Claire and Phil.
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