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Oct 21, 2009 · Coal Digger: Directed by Jason Winer. With Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell. A conflict between Manny and Luke spreads to their respective parents during a football game.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Jason Winer
- 2009-10-21
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The whole family is invited to Jay and Gloria's for some barbecue and football. However, an earlier incident at school between Manny and Luke makes things very awkward for Gloria and Claire, and then things escalate when a not-so-flattering label is uttered.
We open with Jay, Gloria and Manny at the Pritchett householdJay tells Manny to get ready for school and tells Gloria that she can get together with the girls if she wants and he'll watch the football game. Manny then interrupts to tell Gloria that Jay means he wants to watch a football game and Jay tells him that he isn't talking to him implying t...
(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
Haley is the only one who doesn't jump or is being pushed at Jay and Gloria's pool at the end of the episode.Seemingly Haley carries Phils' gene of not being good at lying as Haley lies about the reason why she wants money but is caught lying in the moment and Phil lies about selling a house and is caught...The Ohio State-Illinois football game shown in this episode was actually played on November 11, 2000; Ohio State, ranked 13th in the country, defeated Illinois, 24-21.The clips of the football game are shown out of order: when Mitchell briefly tries to watch football, Illinois scores a touchdown to take a 21-18 lead; the botched snap at the end of the episode (w...Phil refers to Luke as "little Einstein".Cam dressed Lily as a referee due to the football game but when Mitchell sees her he asks why she looks like the Hamburglar.One of Cam's hobbies is Ikebana, a Japanese art of flower arrangement.Phil uses the phrase "Elephant in the room", an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed, to address the "problem" there is between Luke and..."Coal Digger" is the fifth episode of the American family sitcom television series Modern Family. It premiered on ABC in the United States on October 21, 2009. The episode was written by co-creator and executive producer of Modern Family, Christopher Lloyd and directed by Jason Winer.
Watch Coal Digger (Season 1, Episode 5) of Modern Family or get episode details on NBC.com.
At the house, Phil attempts to get Gloria and Claire to make up, but when Luke let's it slip that Claire calls Gloria a "coal digger" (obviously a gold digger) behind her back, the shit hits...
- October 21, 2009
The whole family is invited to Jay and Gloria's for some barbeque and football. However an earlier incident at school between Manny and Luke makes things very awkward for Gloria and Claire, and then things escalate when a not-so-flattering label is uttered.
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Oct 22, 2009 · The laughs gave way to some character building in Wednesday night's episode of Modern Family. But " Coal Digger " proved that even without being packed with hilarity, the young series can...
