Phils character worked like a well-oiled machine, incorporating a little of everything he does best.
We got the comic relief of his effeminate and blundering personality, and the sweetness of his earnest side.
Phil is taking his real estate wisdom to TV for a real estate segment on the local news.
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Luckily, one of Haleys many talents is makeup, and she goes with him as his makeup artist.
At the station, they meet vain, smooth-talking weatherman Rainer Shine (the delightful Nathan Fillion).
Phil is in awe of him and wants to be his best friend.
By the way, Phil looked in the wrong cameras during his entire segment.
Unfortunately Rainer compromises their budding friendship by kissing Haley.
Phil tells him off, but immediately regrets it, and Haley encourages Phil to go to him.
Theyre enacting the full plot of a romcom, and its great.
Rainer forgives him, and they can now continue their beautiful friendship.
Buckle your seat belts, readers: Here comes aModern FamilyHamiltonreference.
Manny records aHamiltonparody video as part of his tool, complete with rewritten lyrics to Alexander Hamilton.
But apparently he didnt check to see if this idea was taken before shooting the whole thing.
To his dismay, the internet is full ofHamiltonparodies created for college applications.
He has to come up with another video fast.
As Manny points out, he has a calligraphy tutor.
Manny isnt comfortable lying to Juilliard, so he goes back to square one.
What happens next is a classic heartwarmingModern Familymoment.
Its sweet, and luckily for Manny, its also college admissions catnip.
It was a sweet ending to Mannys story line for this episode, if a little too abrupt.
Glorias story line was a big miss in this episode.
The joke here is that Gloria speaks in a weirdly stilted American accent for the rest of the episode.
Speaking of horrible people, Lily is merciless in this episode.
But she doesnt break!
Shes like Mitch, but worse.
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