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Apr 28, 2010 · Travels with Scout: Directed by Seth Gordon. With Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell. Cameron wants to join Dylan's band. Claire is suspicious when Phil's father pays a visit, and Manny is traumatized by a horror movie.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Seth Gordon
- 2010-04-28
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Claire suspects there's more than meets the eye to a surprise visit by Phil's father in a RV. Cameron offers to fill the drumming vacancy in Dylan's band. Manny is in shock after seeing a horror movie with Jay after going to a dentist appointment, much to Gloria's dismay.
Phil's father Frank comes over from Cocoa Beach with his RV to visit the family. He also brings a dog called Scout to give it to them, as he can't raise it because his wife Graceis allergic to dogs. Claire as expected is angry at this as she expects the family not to help with the dog and she will do all the work. While taking the trash out, Claire...
(The characters striked out do not appear in this episode) 1. Jay Pritchett 2. Gloria Pritchett 3. Manny Delgado 4. Claire Dunphy 5. Phil Dunphy 6. Haley Dunphy 7. Alex Dunphy 8. Luke Dunphy 9. Mitchell Pritchett 10. Cameron Tucker
Reid Ewing as Dylan MarshallChristopher Shea as Ben DuganFred Willard as Frank DunphyJoshua Doswell as CraigThis episode marks the second appearance of Phil's father Frank Dunphy, who previously appeared through a video chat with the family in "Undeck the Halls".Frank's first appearance in-person.Dylan's ninth appearance.Fred Willard previously worked with Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan, and Ty Burrell on Back to You and had worked with Ed O'Neill on Married... with Children.This is the second appearance of Phil's father, Frank, but his first physical appearance. His first appearance was in Undeck the Halls, but only via webcam.Cameron reveals he was formerly a music teacher, but he gave that up when he and Mitchell got Lily. He became a music teacher again in Season 4.This is the first time that Jay encounters an old friend of one of his children. The second time was in "The Wow Factor", where he meets up with Claire's old high school friend Rachel Lissy.The episode title is a reference to the nonfiction book, Travels with Charley by John Steinbeckin which Steinbeck travels across the country in an RV with his dog, Charley.Jay says that Mitchell and Ben acted really well in The Sunshine Boys.Mitchell calls Dylan's band 21 Jump Street.Cameron compares painting and repainting their den with the Golden Gate Bridge."Travels with Scout" is the twenty-first episode of Modern Family and the twenty-first episode of the series overall. It originally aired on April 28, 2010 on ABC. The episode was written by Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh and directed by Seth Gordon. In the episode, Phil's father visits unexpected bringing a dog, named Scout, with him.
Travels with Scout. Claire is caught off guard when Phil's father shows up in an RV and says he has a dog for the family, but she suspects that he came to visit due to marital problems....
A guide to The Modern Family episode `Travels with Scout`, the twenty-first episode of Season 1, which aired April 28, 2010. When Phil's father stops by in the RV, Claire is suspicious he's hiding a serious reason for the visit.
He has been traveling in his mobile home and has come with a surprise for his family: a mutt named Scout. Phil figures he always wanted to have a pet in the house, so the idea does not seem too far fetched to him.
Travels with Scout. 21 min. TV-PG. Claire is caught off guard when Phil's father shows up in an RV with a little four legged friend, and she becomes suspicious that he might be hiding a larger reason for the visit.
