The Wow Factor (Modern Family)
| "The Wow Factor" | |
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| Modern Family episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 18 |
| Directed by | Steven Levitan |
| Written by | Ben Karlin |
| Production code | 4ARG17 |
| Original air date | March 27, 2013 |
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"The Wow Factor" is the 18th episode of the fourth season of the American sitcom Modern Family, and the series' 90th episode overall. It was aired on March 27, 2013. The episode was written by Ben Karlin and it was directed by Steven Levitan.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson submitted this episode for consideration due to his nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. Ferguson also named this episode as his favorite one of the fourth season.
Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Claire (Julie Bowen) work together on a house's renovation that they are going to flip later, but they seem to disagree in many things. A disagreement on their visions about the backyard, makes Cam call his lesbian friend, Pam (Wendi McLendon-Covey), whose son is at the same school with Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons), to tell them what she thinks since she is working on the constructions. When Pam agrees with Claire, Cam does not like it very much, so he goes ahead on his own and makes the fountain he wanted on the backyard to prove them that he is right.
Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) drops off Lily at school, when he sees that there is a playground bully named Milo (Luke Grakal) who is terrifying the other kids. His first attempt to teach him a lesson of not being a bully is not going that well, so he asks for Luke's (Nolan Gould) help. When he later goes back to school for his second attempt, he takes it way too far.
Meanwhile, Jay (Ed O'Neill) encourages Gloria (Sofia Vergara) to spend some time with Manny (Rico Rodriguez) since she feels like she is ignoring him lately because of Joe, and he will spend some quality time with Joe. Gloria asks him to not forget to take Joe to his baby class. On his way there, he encounters with an old high school friend of Claire's, Rachel (Margaret Easley), and after the little talk they have, Jay decides to skip the baby class and go with the baby to the movies. Joe starts crying and Rachel offers to take him outside till the movie ends. When Gloria sees her baby with a stranger (to her, anyway, but not to Jay), things do not seem very auspicious for Jay.
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