Someone to Watch Over Lily
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"Someone to Watch Over Lily" is the twentieth episode of the American comedy television series, Modern Family
' s second season
and the 44th episode overrall. The episode was written by Bill Wrubel and directed by Michael Spiller
.
In the episode, Mitchell and Cameron are looking to assign legal guardians for Lily in case anything were to happen to them, and are secretly assessing their family members. But no one is blowing their socks off, as they witness Jay giving Manny a dose of tough love, Claire secretly taking Luke to a child psychologist to assess his development, and Haley and Alex getting into some delinquent activities at school.
"Someone to Watch Over Lily" received generally positive reviews from critics. The episode was viewed by 9.83 million households and received a 3.8 rating/10% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, making it the lowest rated episode of the season tying with "Mother Tucker
".
, his thirteenth directing credit for the series. The episode was filmed between January 17, and January 21, 2011.
". This also marked a slight drop in the ratings from the previous episode, "The Musical Man
". Despite this, the episode became tied for being the highest rated scripted program among 18-49 viewers. The episode tied with Glee
s "A Night of Neglect
".
, who has had serious issues with the show's second season and moved the series out of his "commenting on every episode" rotation, gave the episode a positive review. He called it "ambitious episode, but never one that felt overstuffed." He ultimately called it the best episode since "Manny Get Your Gun
".
New York
writer Rachael Maddux praised the episode's writing and pacing, saying it is "in the running for best of the season". She also praised the character development writing that it featured the most character development "than perhaps any other single episode in the whole series so far." Lesley Savage of Entertainment Weekly
praised the Dunphy family plot, commenting, "Their craziness [...] had me dying throughout the entire episode."
Modern Family
Modern Family is an American television comedy series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, which debuted on ABC on September 23, 2009. Lloyd and Levitan serve as showrunner and executive producers, under their Levitan-Lloyd Productions label...
Modern Family (season 2)
The second season of the comedy television series, Modern Family premiered September 22, 2010 and ended on May 25, 2011 on the American Broadcasting Company in the United States. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Lloyd-Levitan Productions with creators...
and the 44th episode overrall. The episode was written by Bill Wrubel and directed by Michael Spiller
Michael Spiller
Michael Alan Spiller is an American cinematographer and television director.Spiller has directed on numerous series and has also served as a cinematographer prior to directing and worked frequently with Hal Hartley. He was a regular director on the HBO series, Sex and the City where he also served...
.
In the episode, Mitchell and Cameron are looking to assign legal guardians for Lily in case anything were to happen to them, and are secretly assessing their family members. But no one is blowing their socks off, as they witness Jay giving Manny a dose of tough love, Claire secretly taking Luke to a child psychologist to assess his development, and Haley and Alex getting into some delinquent activities at school.
"Someone to Watch Over Lily" received generally positive reviews from critics. The episode was viewed by 9.83 million households and received a 3.8 rating/10% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, making it the lowest rated episode of the season tying with "Mother Tucker
Mother Tucker (Modern Family)
"Mother Tucker" is the ninth episode of the second season of the sitcom, Modern Family and the 33rd overall. It originally aired on November 24, 2010 on the ABC...
".
Plot
Mitchell and Cameron are looking for a legal guardian for Lily in case the two were to die, and are secretly assessing their family members. Everyone witnesses Jay giving Manny a dose of tough love, Claire is secretly taking Luke to a child psychologist to assess his development, and Haley and Alex get into some trouble at school.Production
"Someone to Watch Over Lily" was written by co-executive producer Bill Wrubel, his sixth writing credit for the series. The episode was also directed by Michael SpillerMichael Spiller
Michael Alan Spiller is an American cinematographer and television director.Spiller has directed on numerous series and has also served as a cinematographer prior to directing and worked frequently with Hal Hartley. He was a regular director on the HBO series, Sex and the City where he also served...
, his thirteenth directing credit for the series. The episode was filmed between January 17, and January 21, 2011.
Ratings
In its original American broadcast, "Someone to Watch Over Lily" was viewed by an estimated 9.83 million households and received a 3.8 rating/10% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49. This means that it was seen by 3.7% of all 18–49 year-olds, and 10% of all 18–49-year-olds watching television at the time of the broadcast. This made it the lowest-rated episode of the second season, tying with "Mother TuckerMother Tucker (Modern Family)
"Mother Tucker" is the ninth episode of the second season of the sitcom, Modern Family and the 33rd overall. It originally aired on November 24, 2010 on the ABC...
". This also marked a slight drop in the ratings from the previous episode, "The Musical Man
The Musical Man
"The Musical Man" is the nineteenth episode of the American comedy television series, Modern Familys second season and the 43rd episode overall. It originally aired on April 13, 2011 on American Broadcasting Company...
". Despite this, the episode became tied for being the highest rated scripted program among 18-49 viewers. The episode tied with Glee
Glee (TV series)
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
s "A Night of Neglect
A Night of Neglect
"A Night of Neglect" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 39th episode overall. It was written by Ian Brennan, directed by Carol Banker, and aired on Fox in the United States on April 19, 2011...
".
Reviews
The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics. The A.V Clubs Donna Bowman wrote positively of the episode, praising the use of "conventional plots" and adding "professionalism, a keen eye, good timing, and an approach that rediscovers the delight in this standard situation." She also called it an improvement over "The Musical Man" and ultimately gave this episode an A-. TV Squad writer Joel Keller called the episode "mediocre", writing that it didn't reach its potential of being "one of the top episodes of the year". Despite this, he said the episode was "still pretty damned good". Alan Sepinwall of HitFixHitFix
HitFix, or the HitFix.com is an entertainment news website that launched in December 2008 specializing in breaking entertainment news, insider information and providing reviews and critiques of film, music and television...
, who has had serious issues with the show's second season and moved the series out of his "commenting on every episode" rotation, gave the episode a positive review. He called it "ambitious episode, but never one that felt overstuffed." He ultimately called it the best episode since "Manny Get Your Gun
Manny Get Your Gun
"Manny Get Your Gun" is the eighth episode of the second season of the sitcom, Modern Family and the 32nd overall. It originally aired November 17, 2010 on the American Broadcasting Company...
".
New York
New York (magazine)
New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
writer Rachael Maddux praised the episode's writing and pacing, saying it is "in the running for best of the season". She also praised the character development writing that it featured the most character development "than perhaps any other single episode in the whole series so far." Lesley Savage of Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
praised the Dunphy family plot, commenting, "Their craziness [...] had me dying throughout the entire episode."
External links
- "Someone to Watch Over Lily" at ABC.com