Pilot - Modern Family

MODERN FAMILY “Pilot”


Characters:
The Dunphy Family. Claire – Late 30s, uptight suburban mom, tries to make everyday special for her kids, needs control. Phil - Late 30s, real estate agent, upbeat, goofy, thinks he’s cooler than he is. Haley - 16, social, fashion-conscious, rebellious, has a wild streak. Alex - 13, (girl), smart, cynical, insightful for her age. Luke - 10, immature,simple, not the brightest bulb. The Pritchett–Delgado Family. Jay - 60s, successful businessman, divorced. Recently married Gloria, struggles to stay “young” for her. Gloria - 30s, Hispanic, beautiful, strong, quick-tempered. Protective mother. Divorced six years ago. Manny - Old soul, 12ish, Gloria’s son, Jay’s stepson. sensitive, passionate, a young romantic. Mitchell & Cameron’s Family. Mitchell -Mid-to-late 30s, dentist, gay, emotionally restrained, worrier. Cameron - Mid-30s, gay, free with emotions, lives in the moment, surprisingly strong. Lily - Baby girl, adopted from Vietnam.

ACT ONE 1 EXT. SUBURBAN AMERICAN STREET -- DAY The camera pushes in to a SUBURBAN HOUSE. Kids! 2 CLAIRE (O.S.) Breakfast!

INT. KITCHEN -- CONTINUOUS Claire is busy making breakfast for the family. inworkout clothes. CLAIRE What's with the workout clothes? (then) Kids!!! PHIL What? I work out. (glances toward the camera) Just because I don't run six miles a day like you -Eight. PHIL You run eight miles a day? That's like three-thousand miles a year. You could have run to Hawaii. CLAIRE I think about that every single day. (shouting out) BREAKFAST!!! Haley enters in a short skirt. HALEY I'm havinga friend over today. CLAIRE Haley, you're not wearing that skirt. HALEY What's wrong with it? CLAIRE It's too short. People can tell you're a girl, you don't have to prove it to them. Alex enters. CLAIRE Phil enters

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ALEX (matter of fact) Luke got his head stuck in the banister again. I got it. PHIL Where's the baby oil?

CLAIRE It's in ournight stan-(eyes camera) I don't know -- find it! 3 INTERVIEW -- PHIL & CLAIRE SUPER: "Phil & Claire" CLAIRE Raising kids is like building a car. You only have so much time to make sure the steering works and the brakes stop and the engine is dependable before you send it out on the road, and if you get one little rivet wrong, it will drive off a cliff and explode. Awkward beat. PHIL We have a lotof fun. 4 EXT SOCCER FIELD -- DAY Gloria and Jay watch as Gloria's son Manny plays in a soccer game. Gloria paces around nervously. Jay, dressed in a track suit, sits in a low folding chair, reading the paper. GLORIA Go, Manny, go! Kick it! him -- kick it! The opposing player trips Manny. GLORIA (CONT'D) He tripped him! Where's the penalty?! JAY Gloria, they're oh and six. take it down a notch. Anopposing player gets the ball. him and the goal. Let's Don't let

It's only Manny between

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GLORIA (while HITTING Jay) Get the ball, Manny! Stop him. can do it!

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But Manny gets distracted by a PRETTY TEENAGE GIRL riding by on a bicycle. The opposing player dribbles around Manny and SCORES. An uptight SOCCER MOM approaches the coach,oblivious that Gloria is Manny's mom. SOCCER MOM Come on, Coach, you gotta take that kid out. Gloria wheels on her. GLORIA You want to take him out?! I take you out?! Jay grabs the back of her jacket. JAY Honey, honey... GLORIA (to Soccer Mom) Why don't you worry about your son? He spend the first half with his hand in his pants. Gloria moves off, disgusted. Jay, having been through scenes likethis before, shakes his head as A SOCCER DAD approaches. SOCCER DAD Whoa, remind me not to mess with your daughter. JAY My daughter? (annoyed, struggles to get up) No, that's funny, actually, no, she's my wife. Don't be fooled by the -just give me a second here. 5 INTERVIEW -- JAY AND GLORIA SUPER: "Jay and Gloria" JAY Gloria and I met the moved to Florida. I emotional and Gloria bikini bartenders...