children children 12th episode second season american television comedy series 36th overall episode series executive producers shannon wrote episode directed episode originally aired abc united_states january featured guest star mitchell girlfriend episode dedication alex learning makes claire question tries meet new friends mitchell runs girlfriend current boyfriend cameron children received generally positive reviews television critics praising twist ending mitchell cameron storyline according nielsen_media_research episode viewed million households original broadcast received rating percent share viewers demographic second highest rated abc program original week aired grey anatomy appear episode plot house claire worried studying attempt break eventually force alex eventually gets second highest grade class classmate named alex believes fact doctor professor parents best given statement claire claire starting think holding children later movies run parents french movie claire decide follow encourage kids midway movie leaves watch film originally intended fans cheesy horror films involving monsters fun movie claire falls asleep highly acclaimed french waking tells alex highest grades class dumb parents kids smart claire leave home seeing bright parking ticket mitchell cameron bump mitchell girlfriend tracy mary mall mitchell suggest hanging decides later tracy appears year old red headed child seen approximate age match time tracy mitchell saw time mitchell sex woman mitchell tells cameron dinner making anxious eventually agrees mitchell meet child sure son realize actually dwarf man tracy husband situation awkward opens present mitchell cameron little baseball glove couple jay met vacation come visit jay openly eventually tells true feelings knowing spending night house couple decides leave cab comes apologize copy years signed author specially convinces stay telling jay mind going away morning jay decides apologize apology drinks prank glass gave ending covered orange juice leave believing jay mad enduring situation production children written executive producers shannon episode directed episode second script collaboration shannon wrote episode airport children filmed october october october guide reported cast mitchell girlfriend filmed appearance october later said interview gone experience guy think 7th 8th grade session pulled away abruptly saw years later totally gay episode aired abc united_states january episode aired pushed minutes later usual time slot barack_obama speech shooting reception ratings original american broadcast children seen estimated million households received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast highest rated program wednesday according nielsen_media_research episode received drop previous episode slow neighbors possibly minute delay starting time despite episode second highest rated abc grey anatomy finished seventh ratings week premiered reviews episode received positive reviews praising ending mitchell cameron storyline squad writer gave episode positive review writing funny moments pointed left wanting information round things called good episode mainly criticized storyline comparing episode company ultimately gave episode new_york praised episode letting characters interact folks world episode story lines winners later named conclusion mitchell cameron storyline best moment week january january entertainment_weekly writer commented episode wasn good follow slow neighbors ending storyline pretty funny possibly little james_poniewozik time wrote plot came straight satisfying episode calling claire storyline amusing storyline
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