Dance Dance Revelation
Encyclopedia
"Dance Dance Revelation" is the tenth episode of the second season
of the sitcom, Modern Family
and the 34th overall. It originally aired December 8, 2010 on the ABC
. The episode was written by Ilana Wernick and directed by Gail Mancuso
.
The episode follows Luke (Nolan Gould
) and Manny (Rico Rodriguez) having their first school dance, Jay (Ed O'Neill
) and Phil (Ty Burrell
) taking them to the mall with disastrous results, Claire's happiness turns into jealousy when Gloria (Sofía Vergara
) joins the school dance committee. Meanwhile, Cameron (Eric Stonestreet
) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson
) learn about Lily (Jayden and Ella Hiller) biting other kids at the playground.
"Dance Dance Revelation" was watched by 11.075 million viewers in the United States marking a 15% drop among adults between the ages of 18 and 49 from the previous regular original episode. The episode also received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Meanwhile Jay (Ed O'Neill
) and Phil (Ty Burrell
) take Luke and Manny to the mall which turns disastrous. Manny and Luke get into a fight over a teal tie that Manny needed. After having lost a parking space to a person who cut them off, Phil lets a guy in front of line who takes very long, which leads Jay to get cranky over Phil. Phil pretends to go looking for socks but he ends up attacking the perfume man just for spraying before asking. While still waiting in line to pay, Jay sees the man that cut them off at the parking lot and wants to give him a piece of his mind to demonstrate to Luke and Manny how his tougher approach will work, but it turns out that the man did not notice that he cut them off because he is very depressed over the death of his dog "Spot", crying all over Jay. Eventually Jay sees he has been rough and apologizes to Phil. In the epilogue of the episode it turns out that the perfume man was Longines, a friend of Cameron and Mitchell's, who turns to them for comfort, Mitchell points out that Longines had it coming because he always sprays before asking.
Cameron (Eric Stonestreet
) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson
) learn from a mom they know that Lily bit her son at the playground. At first they deny this, because they think that they are being blamed for just being gay but they come to realize that it was true after Lily bites Cameron. They decide to look at some ways to discipline her, but Cameron is too soft and proposes to sing a song to Lily about not biting while Mitchell is fond of an idea that he got from the Internet to put pepper in her mouth. After the song they realize that it does not work. This leads Mitchell and Cameron into a fight where Mitchell bites Cameron and tells him to "sing me a song about it". They soon come to accept that their daughter is not perfect, right after that Lily slaps Mitchell and Cameron starts laughing hysterically.
". The episode was also the first episode directed by Gail Mancuso
.
The episode also features Danny Trejo
as the school janitor, Gus. On October 7, 2010, William Keck of TV Guide
reported that movie star, Danny Trejo
was set to guest star as a janitor who befriends Gloria. The episode was originally reported by TV Guide
to have Claire become friends with Gus while TV Squad reported that she was to face off with the janitor.
" and is the second lowest rated episode this season just behind "Mother Tucker
". Despite the drop the episode was the highest rated episode of the night. The episode became the second highest rated scripted program of the original week it aired after Glee
. The episode also became the highest rated show on the ABC network that week.
Since airing, the episode has received positive reviews from critics. TV Squad writer Joel Keller praised the episode saying that, unlike the previous Christmas
-time episode
, this episode had "returned to the classic formula that has made this show be so consistent over the last season and a half: big laughs, great acting, and believable emotional payoffs." The A.V. Club
writer Donna Bowman was disappointed with "Dance Dance Revelation", saying that the characters seemed separated commenting that "Most of the problem is not with the plot but with the way the characters were kept in separate silos throughout the episode." Rachel Maddux of New York
praised the episode calling it "thoughtful, funny, and well-executed enough to make up for that egregious transgression."
Modern Family (season 2)
The second season of the comedy television series, Modern Family premiered September 22, 2010 and ended on May 25, 2011 on the American Broadcasting Company in the United States. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Lloyd-Levitan Productions with creators...
of the sitcom, Modern Family
Modern Family
Modern Family is an American television comedy series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, which debuted on ABC on September 23, 2009. Lloyd and Levitan serve as showrunner and executive producers, under their Levitan-Lloyd Productions label...
and the 34th overall. It originally aired December 8, 2010 on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. The episode was written by Ilana Wernick and directed by Gail Mancuso
Gail Mancuso
Gail Mancuso is an American television director.- Select TV work :* Modern Family * $h*! My Dad Says * 30 Rock * Scrubs...
.
The episode follows Luke (Nolan Gould
Nolan Gould
Nolan Gould is an American child actor best known for his starring role as Luke Dunphy on the ABC comedy Modern Family. He is the brother of Aidan Gould-Acting career:...
) and Manny (Rico Rodriguez) having their first school dance, Jay (Ed O'Neill
Ed O'Neill
Edward Phillip "Ed" O'Neill, Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the main character, Al Bundy, on the Fox Network sitcom Married... with Children, for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes...
) and Phil (Ty Burrell
Ty Burrell
- External links :*...
) taking them to the mall with disastrous results, Claire's happiness turns into jealousy when Gloria (Sofía Vergara
Sofía Vergara
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian actress, comedian, television hostess and model.Vergara had been widely known for co-hosting two TV shows for Univisión in the late 1990s. Her TV career opened up for her a window of exposure to North American audiences prior to her first notable...
) joins the school dance committee. Meanwhile, Cameron (Eric Stonestreet
Eric Stonestreet
Eric Stonestreet is an American actor, known for his starring role as Cameron Tucker on the ABC comedy Modern Family. Stonestreet has received critical acclaim for his performance in Modern Family and won the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his...
) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is an American actor who portrays Mitchell Pritchett on the ABC sitcom Modern Family. Previously he played the role of Richie Velch in the CBS sitcom The Class. He is openly gay.-Life and career:...
) learn about Lily (Jayden and Ella Hiller) biting other kids at the playground.
"Dance Dance Revelation" was watched by 11.075 million viewers in the United States marking a 15% drop among adults between the ages of 18 and 49 from the previous regular original episode. The episode also received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Plot
It is the day of Luke and Manny's first school dance, which is being organized by Claire, however the school appointed Gloria as co-chair. Claire has been trying to block Gloria from participating by telling her that there was enough people. Gloria comes anyway and Claire soon gets jealous when Gloria starts taking over and everyone really appreciates it and particularly because she manages to get Gus, the school's janitor, to do everything that she asks right away. Eventually, during the dance, Claire gets upset at her but after talking things out they both apologize for making the dance a competition.Meanwhile Jay (Ed O'Neill
Ed O'Neill
Edward Phillip "Ed" O'Neill, Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the main character, Al Bundy, on the Fox Network sitcom Married... with Children, for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes...
) and Phil (Ty Burrell
Ty Burrell
- External links :*...
) take Luke and Manny to the mall which turns disastrous. Manny and Luke get into a fight over a teal tie that Manny needed. After having lost a parking space to a person who cut them off, Phil lets a guy in front of line who takes very long, which leads Jay to get cranky over Phil. Phil pretends to go looking for socks but he ends up attacking the perfume man just for spraying before asking. While still waiting in line to pay, Jay sees the man that cut them off at the parking lot and wants to give him a piece of his mind to demonstrate to Luke and Manny how his tougher approach will work, but it turns out that the man did not notice that he cut them off because he is very depressed over the death of his dog "Spot", crying all over Jay. Eventually Jay sees he has been rough and apologizes to Phil. In the epilogue of the episode it turns out that the perfume man was Longines, a friend of Cameron and Mitchell's, who turns to them for comfort, Mitchell points out that Longines had it coming because he always sprays before asking.
Cameron (Eric Stonestreet
Eric Stonestreet
Eric Stonestreet is an American actor, known for his starring role as Cameron Tucker on the ABC comedy Modern Family. Stonestreet has received critical acclaim for his performance in Modern Family and won the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his...
) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is an American actor who portrays Mitchell Pritchett on the ABC sitcom Modern Family. Previously he played the role of Richie Velch in the CBS sitcom The Class. He is openly gay.-Life and career:...
) learn from a mom they know that Lily bit her son at the playground. At first they deny this, because they think that they are being blamed for just being gay but they come to realize that it was true after Lily bites Cameron. They decide to look at some ways to discipline her, but Cameron is too soft and proposes to sing a song to Lily about not biting while Mitchell is fond of an idea that he got from the Internet to put pepper in her mouth. After the song they realize that it does not work. This leads Mitchell and Cameron into a fight where Mitchell bites Cameron and tells him to "sing me a song about it". They soon come to accept that their daughter is not perfect, right after that Lily slaps Mitchell and Cameron starts laughing hysterically.
Production
"Dance Dance Revelation" is the second episode written by Iiana Wernick. Iiana had previously written the first season finale, "Family PortraitFamily Portrait (Modern Family)
"Family Portrait" is the twenty-fourth episode and the season finale of the first season of Modern Family. It originally premiered May 19, 2010 on American Broadcasting Company ....
". The episode was also the first episode directed by Gail Mancuso
Gail Mancuso
Gail Mancuso is an American television director.- Select TV work :* Modern Family * $h*! My Dad Says * 30 Rock * Scrubs...
.
The episode also features Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo
Dan "Danny" Trejo is an American actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films, most notably in roles as an antagonist, or anti-hero.-Early life:...
as the school janitor, Gus. On October 7, 2010, William Keck of TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
reported that movie star, Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo
Dan "Danny" Trejo is an American actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films, most notably in roles as an antagonist, or anti-hero.-Early life:...
was set to guest star as a janitor who befriends Gloria. The episode was originally reported by TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
to have Claire become friends with Gus while TV Squad reported that she was to face off with the janitor.
Reception
In its original American broadcast, "Dance Dance Revelation" was viewed by an estimated 11.075 million viewers and received a 4.1 rating/11% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49 dropping 15% from the previous non-special episode, "Manny Get Your GunManny Get Your Gun
"Manny Get Your Gun" is the eighth episode of the second season of the sitcom, Modern Family and the 32nd overall. It originally aired November 17, 2010 on the American Broadcasting Company...
" and is the second lowest rated episode this season just behind "Mother Tucker
Mother Tucker (Modern Family)
"Mother Tucker" is the ninth episode of the second season of the sitcom, Modern Family and the 33rd overall. It originally aired on November 24, 2010 on the ABC...
". Despite the drop the episode was the highest rated episode of the night. The episode became the second highest rated scripted program of the original week it aired after Glee
Glee (TV series)
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
. The episode also became the highest rated show on the ABC network that week.
Since airing, the episode has received positive reviews from critics. TV Squad writer Joel Keller praised the episode saying that, unlike the previous Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
-time episode
Undeck the Halls
"Undeck the Halls" is the tenth episode of the ABC series Modern Family. It premiered on ABC in the United States on December 9, 2009. In the episode, Claire and Phil threaten to take away Christmas when the kids get in trouble; Cameron and Mitchell take Lily to get her first picture with...
, this episode had "returned to the classic formula that has made this show be so consistent over the last season and a half: big laughs, great acting, and believable emotional payoffs." The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club is an entertainment newspaper and website published by The Onion. Its features include reviews of new films, music, television, books, games and DVDs, as well as interviews and other regular offerings examining both new and classic media and other elements of pop culture. Unlike its...
writer Donna Bowman was disappointed with "Dance Dance Revelation", saying that the characters seemed separated commenting that "Most of the problem is not with the plot but with the way the characters were kept in separate silos throughout the episode." Rachel Maddux of New York
New York (magazine)
New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
praised the episode calling it "thoughtful, funny, and well-executed enough to make up for that egregious transgression."
External links
- "Dance Dance Revelation" at ABC.com