The Day Alex Left for College

"The Day Alex Left for College"
Modern Family episode
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 2
Directed by	Jeffrey Walker
Written by	Danny Zuker
Production code	7ARG02
Original air date	September 30, 2015^[1]
Guest appearance(s)
Chloe Csengery as Maisie Kendall Ryan Sanders as Will Brittani Ebert as Debbie Rebecca Avery as Denise David Shatraw as Dennis
Episode chronology

"The Day Alex Left for College" is the second episode of the seventh season and the 146th episode overall of the American sitcom Modern Family. It aired on September 30, 2015 on American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The episode is directed by Jeffrey Walker and written by Danny Zuker.^[1]

Plot

Alex (Ariel Winter) is ready to start her first day as a student as she leaves home to be in Caltech and Haley (Sarah Hyland) goes with her. Here, Alex meets her new roommate Maisie who replaces her original roommate and does not get along with her as she finds her clumsy. Haley explains to her that they were roommate during eight years and had hard time to adjust with her new life, which makes Alex reconsider her decision.

Elsewhere, Phil (Ty Burrell) asks Luke (Nolan Gould) to follow him since he has to sell a house which is actually unsealable. However, Luke appears to be uninterested by the house as he would rather hang out with his friends. Despite the fact that he needs his son to help him to finish the sale, Phil finally agrees to let him go but on the road, they find duck eggs and Luke asks his dad to help him to build a village for the future Ducks.

Claire (Julie Bowen) and the Delgado-Pritchetts have to go to Lilly's (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) first soccer game but they don't want to. Gloria (Sofía Vergara) suggests that Jay (Ed O'Neill) could be injured and shoots him in the left foot. When they arrive, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) who still struggles with his job search, has become the coach and initially believes them until Joe (Jeremy Maguire) spills the beans. Meanwhile, Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) rents the apartment upstairs and helps Mitchell to be a good coach when the referee asks him to leave. Mitchell temporarily loses his position as a coach, but manages to get it back and Lilly wins her game.

At the end of this episode, the family concludes a pact in which they will choice to skip an event by year, much to Manny's (Rico Rodriguez) disappointment as nobody wants to see his theater performance.

Reception

Broadcasting

The episode was watched by 8.72million people, down 0.74 from the previous episode. ^[2]

Reviews

The episode received positive reviews. Joshua Alston of The A.V. Club praised the episode, despite recycled plots, awarding it a B grade. He found that as the episode goes on, "the funnier and more charming it gets, and the final act brings the episode to a satisfying and elegant conclusion."^[3] Liz Estey of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4/5, calling Haley and Alex's moments "incredibly poignant", praising the episode for doing "a wonderful job of showing Phil's resistance and eventual acceptance of Luke's new independence", and calling Mitchell and Cam's rapport "very fun to watch".^[4] Zachary Anderson of Out Loud Culture gave the episode 8.5/10, calling it "refreshing" because of the way it handled Alex going off to college and called it "an excellent transition into a new era for the clan", though he believed that Cam and Mitch's storyline "felt too isolated".^[5]

Hunter Vogt of The TV Ratings Guide praised the episode, pointing to funny moments such as the contrast between Claire and Phil being emotional while Alex is not, and when Mitch and Cam called everyone's phones. However, he believed that Phil and Luke's storyline "was not interesting" and that the third act "wasn't as strong as the first two thirds of the episode."^[6] Lisa Fernandez of Next Projection thought that it was a "lovely episode" that was an improvement over the previous week's episode, and gave it a score of 6.5/10. She said "what works really works", and praises the Dunphy storylines, but goes on to criticize the storyline that employs Gloria, Jay, Cam, and Mitch, calling it a "hectic mess" that is "pointless in the extreme" and "could have used a rewrite. A good, full rewrite."^[7]

References

1 2 "(#702) "The Day Alex Left for College"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/01/wednesday-final-ratings-empire-survivor-modern-family-nashville-code-black-adjusted-down/474734/
↑ Alston, Joshua. "Modern Family surprises with a subtly effective episode". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ Estley, Liz. "Modern Family Season 7 Episode 2 Reivew: The Day Alex Left for College". TV Fanatic. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ Anderson, Zachery. "Modern Family The Day Alex Left for College Review". Out Loud Culture. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ Vogt, Hunter. "Modern Family S7E2 Reivew". The TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ Fernandez, Lisa. "Modern Family, ″The Day Alex Left for College,″ (7.2) – TV Review". Next Projection. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

External links

"The Day Alex Left for College" at the Internet Movie Database

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Episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "The Bicycle Thief" "Come Fly with Me" "The Incident" "Coal Digger" "Run for Your Wife" "En Garde" "Great Expectations" "Fizbo" "Undeck the Halls" "Up All Night" "Not in My House" "Fifteen Percent" "Moon Landing" "My Funky Valentine" "Fears" "Truth Be Told" "Starry Night" "Game Changer" "Benched" "Travels with Scout" "Airport 2010" "Hawaii" "Family Portrait"

Season 2	"The Old Wagon" "The Kiss" "Earthquake" "Strangers on a Treadmill" "Unplugged" "Halloween" "Chirp" "Manny Get Your Gun" "Mother Tucker" "Dance Dance Revelation" "Slow Down Your Neighbors" "Our Children, Ourselves" "Caught in the Act" "Bixby's Back" "Princess Party" "Regrets Only" "Two Monkeys and a Panda" "Boys' Night" "The Musical Man" "Someone to Watch Over Lily" "Mother's Day" "Good Cop Bad Dog" "See You Next Fall" "The One That Got Away"

Season 3	"Dude Ranch" "When Good Kids Go Bad" "Phil on Wire" "Door to Door" "Hit and Run" "Go Bullfrogs!" "Treehouse" "After the Fire" "Punkin Chunkin" "Express Christmas" "Lifetime Supply" "Egg Drop" "Little Bo Bleep" "Me? Jealous?" "Aunt Mommy" "Virgin Territory" "Leap Day" "Send Out the Clowns" "Election Day" "The Last Walt" "Planes, Trains and Cars" "Disneyland" "Tableau Vivant" "Baby on Board"

Season 4	"Bringing Up Baby" "Schooled" "Snip" "The Butler's Escape" "Open House of Horrors" "Yard Sale" "Arrested" "Mistery Date" "When a Tree Falls" "Diamond in the Rough" "New Year's Eve" "Party Crasher" "Fulgencio" "A Slight at the Opera" "Heart Broken" "Bad Hair Day" "Best Men" "The Wow Factor" "The Future Dunphys" "Flip Flop" "Career Day" "My Hero" "Games People Play" "Goodnight Gracie"

Season 5	"Suddenly, Last Summer" "First Days" "Larry's Wife" "Farm Strong" "The Late Show" "The Help" "A Fair to Remember" "ClosetCon '13" "The Big Game" "The Old Man & the Tree" "And One to Grow On" "Under Pressure" "Three Dinners" "iSpy" "The Feud" "Spring-a-Ding-Fling" "Other People's Children" "Las Vegas" "A Hard Jay's Night" "Australia" "Sleeper" "Message Received" "The Wedding (Part 1)" "The Wedding (Part 2)"

Season 6	"The Long Honeymoon" "Do Not Push" "The Cold" "Marco Polo" "Won't You Be Our Neighbor" "Halloween 3: AwesomeLand" "Queer Eyes, Full Hearts" "Three Turkeys" "Strangers in the Night" "Haley's 21st Birthday" "The Day We Almost Died" "The Big Guns" "Rash Decisions" "Valentine's Day 4: Twisted Sister" "Fight or Flight" "Connection Lost" "Closet? You'll Love It!" "Spring Break" "Grill, Interrupted" "Knock 'Em Down" "Integrity" "Patriot Games" "Crying Out Loud" "American Skyper"

Season 7	"Summer Lovin'" "The Day Alex Left for College" "The Closet Case" "She Crazy" "The Verdict" "The More You Ignore Me" "Phil's Sexy, Sexy House" "Clean Out Your Junk Drawer" "White Christmas" "Playdates" "Spread Your Wings" "Clean for a Day" "Thunk in the Trunk" "The Storm" "I Don't Know How She Does It" "The Cover-Up" "Express Yourself" "The Party" "Man Shouldn't Lie" "Promposal" "Crazy Train" "Double Click"

Season 8	"A Tale of Three Cities" "A Stereotypical Day" "Blindsided" "Weathering Heights" "Halloween IV : Revenge of Rod Skyhook " "Grab It" "Thanksgiving Jamboree" "The Alliance" "Snow Ball"

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