Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Five Things From. This time we are looking back at season 4 episode 7 of Modern Family, Arrested. Which five things stood out and for what reasons? Let’s take a closer look…
- Fakon
Cam served up some bacon but it wasn’t real bacon, it was vegan bacon…and it wasn’t even real fake bacon as he had made his own. His fake fake bacon was made from soy which unbeknownst to him, Luke was allergic to. As a vegetarian, when it comes to meat alternatives, I always find myself torn: if it is Quorn then I am okay or if it is “veggie” in the sense of made from potatoes with veg then I am okay. Other meat alternatives I struggle with though and I can’t stomach vegan bacon personally. Vegan sausage rolls though? I can’t get enough of those! Anyway, back to Modern Family!😅🙈
2. Didi
Didi is a character who usually really irritates me and I don’t enjoy seeing. Surprisingly, she was actually quite cleverly used here as she revelled in the news of Gloria’s pregnancy. I really like the idea of her thinking that Jay’s dream of sailing into retirement with his young new wife has been scuppered by the baby. Whether that be actually true or not doesn’t matter; the fact that she finds happiness in it is enough of an amusing plot point.
3. Phil
I’ll get more onto the episode’s main focus of Hayley getting arrested soon enough but I wanted to give a special mention to Phil. When it became necessary, he became the no-nonsense parent and really gave Hayley the harsh truth that she needed to here. It was so much more impactful since a) it came from Phil rather than Claire, b) Claire didn’t demand that he do it, and c) they didn’t undercut it with him making a joke or something silly happen to him.
4. Expelled
Was Hayley getting kicked out a bit harsh? I’m not American so I can’t judge the tolerance of the school system there. At British Unis this isn’t the case as much as you are old enough to drink as soon as you get there. A cynical part of me thinks that the writers couldn’t work out how to keep Hayley in the show while having her at collage long-term so had her expelled and come back home to make their job easier…
5. Poster
Did anyone else catch that large painting of Dylan and Hayley in her collage dorm room? They were on a bed with Dylan being topless and then it was also signed by Dylan. Did he paint that for her? That’s sweet I guess.