modern family season premiere american sitcom 49th episode overall episode originally aired september abc ran good kids bad episode written shannon directed features guest stars hank serving hour season premiere episode revolves families traveling ranch received positive reviews critics praising performance alan_sepinwall calling mvp episode episode viewed million viewers received rating share adults ages marking percent rise second season premiere old wagon episode highest rated viewed episode series ranked highest rated abc series week broadcast fourth overall episode won primetime emmy award outstanding sound mixing comedy drama series half hour animation season episode garde won award plot families travel ranch wyoming family storyline experiences hearing difficulty following plane ride cowboy hank husband jay takes notice oblivious behavior later hank grabs butt causing jay tell said bad guy jay hero fights says jay hero family boyfriend trip claire eventually convinces try know attempts suddenly proposes night causes claire instantly leading running away families look criticizes claire interfering reveals accepted proposal revealed gets job ranch decides permanently stay wyoming breaking trip teenage boy named jimmy later kisses addition attempts impress jay prove earned jay respect jay eventually tells truly respect cameron mitchell reveal adopting boy united_states mitchell worries able father son things sexuality inability participate activities catching shooting despite blows luke production themes ranch written shannon episode directed director credit season aired september good kids bad filmed august august location wyoming cities consideration arizona montana guest starred episode cowboy guys sends girls hearts twitter returned final appearance series reappeared episode entitled near end second season rumors producers role lily changing age baby july casting year old daughter mitchell cameron producers creator executive producer stated hard decision remotely having wanting upgrade acting ability jump character age twins play happy started feeling like mean little girls making come stage character reaching age talk going asset communicating eventually cast play aged lily replacing twin sisters episode features addition new writers consulting producer executive producer episode mainly deals male characters flaws episode title mitchell deals raise boy jay deals cowboy flirting attempts gain jay respect recurring theme episodes eventually characters gain confidence mitchell blowing luke jay standing cowboy standing jay reception ratings original american broadcast alongside following episode good kids bad viewed estimated million households received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast marked rise ratings second season premiere old wagon making highest rated viewed episode series abc rated season premiere years episode ranked timeslot beating highly promoted new fox reality series factor cbs drama series nbc drama series harry law reality series america model added viewers viewed episode days original broadcast episode received rating demographic adding rating original viewership watched scripted week broadcast adults aged eleventh watched viewers reviews episode received positive reviews critics new_york called episode surprising little sentimental charming nonetheless complimented development alex character commenting nice bit real character development alex reviewer compared episode second season episode halloween use ensemble ultimately gave episode hitfix reviewer alan_sepinwall felt weaker episode hour commented sitcom vacation episodes rule tend good exceptions ranch unfortunately despite complimented kids criticized plots adults calling memorable entertainment_weekly writer praised episode saying proved deserved second emmy award outstanding comedy series despite mainly positive review criticized storyline writing wish scream entire episode cnn said episode equal quality season episode hawaii saying episode showed consistently funny shows noted favorite moment jay struggles horse called jay mvp episode saying deserved win emmy paste writer said episode proved series deserved win emmy saying great gags jokes liners ultimately gave episode good kids bad calling criticized subplot repeating ideas eventually called episode rough start considered worse following episode multiple critics praised performance episode luke sepinwall called mvp episode critics called episode superior second half hour good kids bad
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