Every season of Modern Family so far, ranked

By Nir Regev | Sep 26, 2018

(EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE, PREMIUM RATES APPLY. EXCLUSIVE TO GETTY IMAGES UNTIL JANUARY 13, 2011) MODERN FAMILY - "Our Children, Ourselves" - Claire and Phil want Alex to relax a little about her studies, but then they start questioning their own intellectual drives. Meanwhile, Gloria tries to befriend another nice couple, much to Jay's chagrin, and Mitch and Cam run into and old female flame of Mitchell's, only to make a disturbing discovery, on "Modern Family," WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (Photo by Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images)MARY LYNN RAJSKUB, ERIC STONESTREET, JESSE TYLER FERGUSON /

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MODERN FAMILY – “Schooled” – The day has arrived for Phil and Claire to drop Haley off at college, which is a difficult moment for any parent, but it’s made worse when they manage to really embarrass Haley. Meanwhile, Manny forces Jay and Gloria to take a baby class… they humor him and go, but end up being a bit of a disruption; and Mitch and Cam drop Lily off for the first day of kindergarten, but when she gets into a tussle with another little boy, they end up having a meeting with the boy’s confrontational lesbian parents, on “Modern Family,” WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (Photo by Peter “Hopper” Stone/ABC via Getty Images)MASON MCNULTY, ERIC STONESTREET, JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, AUBREY ANDERSON-EMMONS /

3. Season 4

Modern Family’s fourth season included the absolutely classic episode “Schooled” in which Cam and Mitchell are forced by the school principle to have a “family playdate” with lesbian parents Pam and Susan after Cam goes off on their son Conor for seemingly bullying Lily. Would-be young school yard bully Conor had been pulling Lily’s hair, instigating the whole event.

What follows is Cam and Mitchell explaining just “why gay couples and lesbian couples don’t have as much in common as people might think.” They show how gay men and straight men are still the same gender, gay men and straight women are both attracted to the same gender, but “gay men and lesbians…nothing” with a circular gesture pushing each other back in a truly memorable bit.

Even before the playdate, Cam and Pam trade jabs back and forth hilariously which only continues into the later playdate, in which it’s eventually revealed that Lily actually has a crush on Conor! Lily and Conor lock themselves in Lily’s room until the two couples resolve their issues.

Meanwhile, Gloria and Jay take a class about taking care of a baby to refresh on the basics, only to realize they don’t really need the class after all. There’s also a moment where after Phil and Claire seemingly embarrass Haley at her first day of college, she discovers she actually appreciates it all once she’s left alone.