Modern Family

When Phil's (Ty Burrell) mother dies, everyone flies to Florida to attend the funeral and fulfill her last request: She wants Phil's father (Fred Willard) to pair up with the woman down the street. You'd think that premise would be ripe for dark comedy and dry-the-children's-tears moments, but Phil seems strangely unemotional, and the same jokes about the Sweet Gay Guy and the Fiery Latina Lady are getting old. Hence, Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) discusses romance novels with elderly women, while Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) defends hot-cha-cha Gloria (Sofia Vergara) in court. The crime? She may have been involved in a prostitution ring. How do you say ay ay ay in American? B– — Melissa Maerz