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TMC · 09-14-2020, 04:49 AM

What I mean is that so much of the early seasons revolved around the kids doing hilarious kid antics and the adults trying to keep up with them. But once the kids grew up, did the writers have no idea what to do with them? And was their presence was more of a detriment to the show than anything else?

It didn't help that in later seasons (by about the sixth or seventh season), every joke became too convenient. Every character set up every other character's jokes perfectly every single time in obvious ways. All the joking dialogue was too smooth.

Heenan Fan · 09-15-2020, 04:53 PM

Plus all the children on the show are horrible actors except for Ariel Winter and Sarah Hyland.

GhostAura · 10-31-2021, 05:54 PM

Struck me that it relied too heavily on rapid fire one liners. I prefer more plot.

09-14-2020, 04:49 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,496	Did Modern Family's decline in quality coincide with the kids growing up What I mean is that so much of the early seasons revolved around the kids doing hilarious kid antics and the adults trying to keep up with them. But once the kids grew up, did the writers have no idea what to do with them? And was their presence was more of a detriment to the show than anything else? It didn't help that in later seasons (by about the sixth or seventh season), every joke became too convenient. Every character set up every other character's jokes perfectly every single time in obvious ways. All the joking dialogue was too smooth.

09-15-2020, 04:53 PM	#2
Heenan Fan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 19, 2016 Posts: 6,001	Plus all the children on the show are horrible actors except for Ariel Winter and Sarah Hyland.

10-31-2021, 05:54 PM	#3
GhostAura Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 28, 2021 Posts: 18	Struck me that it relied too heavily on rapid fire one liners. I prefer more plot.