Modern Family s11e02 Episode Script
Snapped
1 - Just a little bit more.
- Okay, all right.
A little bit more.
And - Surprise! - Oh.
- Yep.
- Oh.
Say hello to the Revelation 3000, the most advanced smart fridge on the market.
Something tells me we can't afford to see Diana Ross at Pechanga anymore.
Ooh, here's the best part.
You ready? Hello, Bridget.
- BRIDGET: Hello, how can I help? - Oh.
[CHUCKLES.]
Bridget is the A.
I.
assistant that will help organize our groceries and our lives.
- [SIGHS.]
- She's already created me a playlist, she's synced my calendars, she created a celebrity gossip alert Ohh! Speaking of gossip Mm! Did you hear about Pepper and Ronaldo? No, what? Word is, they recently invited - a third party into their relationship.
- [GASPS.]
- Who is he? - You mean, who is she.
- Yeah! Yeah.
- [GASPS.]
How?! I didn't even know they knew any women! Apparently, they met her on an experimental dating site called "Let's Just See What Happens.
" [REFRIGERATOR CHIMES.]
Oh, oh, that's me.
Oh! Oh, I gotta run.
I got back-to-back meetings today and then I got a team dinner tonight.
Cam, no you Another one? - That's your third one this week.
- Yeah.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
I also have a busy day, thank you for asking.
Busy day? Would it be helpful if I ordered some of your favorite groceries? You You can do that? Thank you Bridget.
Thank you, Bridget.
Did I hear you say you need more pepper? Oh, no, Pepper's just a friend.
And if Cam wasn't in such a rush to get out of here, we'd be talking about what an insane thing he's doing.
Almost as insane as talking to an appliance.
You mentioned a third party? Yeah, honestly, who just meets someone online and then invites them into their house? and then I would show the client - comparable sales from the past year.
- Hmm.
The assignment was to present a compelling sales pitch, not bore me with endless real-estate clichés.
What gives, Mrs Mrs.
Pritchett? Oh, I didn't What would you? [BABBLING.]
I'm sorry, are are are those sentences? Why so harsh? Because Gloria's gift is that special.
A generational real-estate talent.
I have to push her that hard.
She wants me to.
All the great ones do.
[CRYING.]
Phil is so mean to me.
Health and Safety Code 17926.
Carbon monoxide alarm! Government Code 12955.
Multi-family dwellings! Civil Code 1101.
1.
Plumbing! No, fixtures! - Wait, it's - You're dragging.
- Ooh, I know it! - Libby, go! Civil Code 1101.
1 requires plumbing re-installment of all residential properties built before 1994.
Yes! Someone is paying attention.
It's hard not to.
Your rap-lectures on property codes are both informative and funky.
Oh, I noticed that you lost your mug, so I just went ahead, got you a new one.
Plastic? She must hate the sea turtles.
"State's Greatest Teacher.
" I was gonna get you one that said "World's Greatest," but I didn't want to look like a suck-up.
Too late, nerd.
Mrs.
Pritchett, respect the classroom.
All outbursts should be couched in a fake cough.
Okay, before we break for lunch, uh, just a brief reminder I will be rewarding this quarter's top student with an unpaid, uncredited internship.
Yes! I'll tally the final grades and post the winner tomorrow.
- [COUGHING.]
Who cares! - Thank you, Ike.
As a boss, I have to be kept in the loop on several different projects at a time.
Oh, my gosh.
Am I saying "in the loop" too much? No, our readers are gonna love you.
- Oh, great.
Good.
- Let's see, you said your daughter's doing research in Antarctica.
Yes.
Any chance we could meet the rest of the clan? [CHUCKLES.]
Um Hell, no.
This was for the cover of Corner Office Magazine.
I mean, that's basically Vogue for female CEOs.
Lately, my family has seemed more suited to a gator-farm billboard.
- [BABIES CRYING.]
- Camptown ladies sing this song Doo-dah, doo-dah Ugh, this usually makes them sleep.
Babies.
Babies.
[CRYING STOPS.]
- Oh, my God, it worked.
- Yeah, a little trick I learned doing the 4:00 a.
m.
feeding.
Oh, you don't have to do that, they're not your babies.
Why isn't Mom helping? You know, I actually don't mind staying up.
I've been watching marathons of "Snapped.
" It's a show about women driven to violent crime.
I probably like it 'cause I know I have nothing to worry about when it comes to - [CLAIRE YELLS.]
- Oh! Ahh! - [COUGHS.]
- Dad! - Honey.
- [BABIES CRYING.]
Ugh - Camptown races sing this song - Stop, stop, stop.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I-I'm not feeling well.
You guys are gonna have to go to Disneyland without me.
- Are you sure? - Honey Yeah, absolutely.
You should hit the road.
[COUGHS.]
Phil, don't be late for work.
- Yeah, you don't want to catch this! - Bye.
- Bye.
- No, no, no, no, no! Okay.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
You know, if you wanted a different angle, we could, uh, go over to the chess board here.
I'm playing remotely with a Russian grand master.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
E Um Excuse me just one second.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Hey! What are you two lovebirds doing here? I thought you were sleeping over at Janice's.
It got too hard for us to be there.
- Yeah.
- You know, in the silence.
My daughter just went away for college.
We're empty nesters now.
Everything in that house - is just another reminder of our little girl.
- [CRYING.]
You've known her for four months, but, um, yeah.
Oh, look at that, Phil left his helmet.
He's been biking to campus.
Campus! [CRYING.]
Oh, God! - [SOBBING.]
- Okay, listen.
You have to go give this to your dad right now.
- Right, right, right now.
- Uh - No time to waste, okay? - Okay.
And, Janice Hey, honey, let's get you dressed so that you can quietly see yourself out.
Okay? I was really hoping to get some juice.
Juice is terrible for you.
You know what? Water.
[WATER BOTTLE THUDS.]
Oh, my God.
All right, then, time for my lecture on geological surveys.
[BEATBOXING.]
Uh, Mr.
Dunphy? - Bedrock - I'm sorry.
Should we wait for Libby? She's not back from lunch yet.
Yeah, I heard she was riding her bike and then got hit by a car.
Been taken to the hospital.
What?! That's terrible.
I hope she's okay.
Yes, she should be more careful.
In the crime show I've been bingeing, 9 out of 10 female suspects casually file their nails during police questioning.
Was this my fault? Did I push Gloria too far? Had she snapped? PHIL: Gloria? Hey! Um Just out of out of curiosity, where were you at lunch? - I went to Panera.
I had the coupon.
- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
And you have some way to to to verify that you were there? Like leftovers, or? I ordered the chowder in the bread bowl.
I ate every piece of it.
Corn or clam? Potato.
What is this all about? Nothing.
Do you think that I had something to do - with Libby getting hurt? - What?! How dare you, Phil? No, Gloria, no, no, no, I I just I don't know the the lunch scene around here.
[CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
- [ENGINE REVS.]
- No.
No, it's Ohh, snapped.
- This is great, Claire.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Thanks.
Boy, that light really makes it hot in here, huh? Maybe I'll just cool it down a little with the - This could help.
- Oh, yes.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
Oh, um, sorry.
I - Just give me one sec.
- Yeah.
Ah.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- Alex? What What are you doing home from Antarctica?! [SHIVERING.]
I couldn't take the cold anymore.
- Mm-hmm? - I was so desperate, I took a Japanese fishing boat part of the way home.
Oh, honey, I'm so glad to have you home.
Wow, you did not ride up front with the captain, did ya? I would've called, but frostbite did a weird thing to my hands.
They froze into permanent "hang loose" signs.
People keep calling me dude.
Honey, I know you just got home, but since you're frozen and I'm very sick, maybe you could run and get us some soup? Right now? Oh, yeah, right now.
You're the best.
- Thanks so much.
- Ohh.
Okay.
I'm sorry about that.
- [DOOR OPENS.]
- One second more.
I just Maybe you could take a look at this charcoal drawing I've been fooling with.
What's it missing? Oh! What are you doing home?! Well, it was a disaster.
George head-butted me and gave me this black eye.
And Dylan read that skin-to-skin contact is good for baby bonding and wound up with a massive sunburn.
Can you tell? [GASPS.]
Oh, plus, we forgot the diaper bag, so we had to use fast-food wrappers that we found in Dylan's van.
[BABY FUSSES.]
This is not not not your best look.
Here, you know what? I think I might be contagious.
So you guys should probably get the twins checked.
- Now? - Well, if you love them.
Yeah.
- Go, go, go.
- When did we get a Earth ball? [DOOR OPENS.]
Next, add a slice of apple.
Apple? To a turkey sandwich? Trust me, Mitchell.
Okay.
Well, if there's one thing I've learned this year, it's listen more to women.
Okay.
Oh, my God.
Delicious! [HUMMING "SHALLOW".]
["SHALLOW" PLAYING.]
Oh, Bridget, you don't have to.
I'm off the deep end Watch as I dive in I'll never leave the ground BOTH: Crash through the surface Where they can't hurt us We're far from the shallow now In the shallow, shallow In the shallow, la-la-la-la, low What are you doing? Oh, hey! Singing the 2018 power ballad "Shallow.
" Were you just singing a duet with the refrigerator? Well, um, yeah, uh Apparently, Bridget has a karaoke function.
So, I was just standing here eating my turkey and apple sandwich, when suddenly she - Apples on a sandwich? - Yeah.
Yeah.
Bridget, she she's opening me up to to new experiences.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
Oh, uh, aren't you, uh aren't you supposed to be at work? Well, I came home to make you a special lunch.
But apparently, that's already been taken care of.
Mitchell, would you like some watermelon for dessert? No, that's okay, Bridget, thank you.
I just got him some fresh cantaloupe.
So, we're good.
Mitchell doesn't like cantaloupe.
[CHUCKLING.]
Oh, yeah, right.
Of course he does.
Uh, actually, I I I've never been a fan.
Really? Well, what else does Bridget know about you that I don't? - Okay - Is she allowed to meet your work friends? You can't seriously be jealous.
No, well, it's just that I thought we were gonna enjoy her together.
- I didn't count on being the third wheel.
- Cam No, no, it's obvious that I'm not wanted here, so I'll leave you to your apples on sandwiches and whatever other perversions you two are into.
Are you hearing yourself?! It's a refrigerator! Do you see what I mean about him? GLORIA: I had to prove to Phil that I had nothing to do with Libby's accident.
[CRASHING.]
Oh, my God, so that's how my mirror got broken.
What was she looking at? I've got another angle.
[CRASHING.]
It was Phil! By the way, that many cords plugged into one outlet is in violation of property code 7974/9.
Thank you.
- Hey, Dad.
- Ah! Just came to drop off your helmet.
Sorry, I'm, uh, a little on edge.
I think I've been watching too much "Snapped.
" Um can I ask you something? How much do we really know about Gloria? The exotic stranger who just popped into our lives out of nowhere? I've had my suspicions about her for years.
[BRITISH ACCENT.]
I shall need the parcel to arrive at my flat by tea time.
Splendid, my good man.
[NORMAL VOICE.]
The British accent gets me better service.
[BRITISH ACCENT.]
Tally-ho! Her accent was flawless.
I just Googled her, I didn't find anything.
A looker like that with no online presence? Makes you wonder what she's hiding.
You don't think she's dangerous, do you? Everybody has a breaking point.
But she's probably okay.
I mean, she's not Lily.
[CHUCKLES.]
- [CELLPHONE RINGING.]
- Hey! - [CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
- Gloria? - GLORIA: Where are you? - In my classroom.
Wh Why? We need to talk.
Don't go anywhere.
Okay, okay.
You got it.
[GROANS.]
[CAT MEOWS.]
Go away! I don't have any fish for you.
[SCOFFS.]
Stop following me! I'm allergic! [GASPS.]
Noooooo! The closet business is a bit of a boys' club, so yes, I am proud of breaking through the cedar ceiling.
Speaking of closets, any chance we could get some shots in the master bedroom? Sure.
But no peeking at my unfinished novel.
[CHUCKLES.]
HALEY: Hey.
[SHIVERING.]
I'm s-s-s-s-so c-c-c-cold.
We get it, it's cold in Antarctica.
No, you st-st-st I-I'm home! I'm stuck inside a f-f-f Fireplace? That happened to Dylan.
Oh, thank God! Just come pick me up! I can't.
- Let me call Luke.
- [CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
- Yo.
- Where are you? Mom made me drop off Dad's bike helmet at school.
That's weird.
She makes him keep an extra one there.
You know, she didn't even seem happy to see me.
She just wanted me to get some s-s-s-soup.
Plus, Mom said she was sick, but she was wearing that stuff that makes her look like a prostitute.
- Eyeliner? - Exactly.
Hmm.
You know, Mom did mention some big interview coming up.
Did she get rid of us so we didn't make her look bad? Alex, meet us at home as soon as you get out of that fireplace.
[CAT MEOWS.]
Mom's not in the kitchen or the yard.
She She must be in her room.
Good thinking, dude.
Ugh.
Wait, you're in bed? Everything hurts.
Did you get my soup? You're actually sick? We thought you were just trying to get rid of us.
- Oh, you thought I lied to you?! - I didn't, Mommy.
- CLAIRE: Aww.
- We're sorry.
We never should have Where'd that come from? That's always been there.
No, it hasn't.
We don't have taste! You are wearing makeup.
Admit it, you're not sick! [SIGHS.]
Fine, I lied! I had an interview with a magazine today and I just wanted everything to be perfect! [SCOFFS.]
Which means getting rid of us? Sorry we're such an embarrassment.
CLAIRE: You're right.
There's no excuse for what I did.
I I mean, except that you used to make me drop you off three blocks from school.
And when you had friends over, you referred to me as Helga, your Swedish nanny! And you told your entire Girl Scout troop for three years that your mother was dead! You have been embarrassed by me your whole lives.
I get one day! Worth it.
Welcome home.
- How can I help you? - I'm fine.
I'm just gonna make something simple.
According to your calendar, you should be at your team dinner right now.
Well, I couldn't make it because my last meeting went so long.
- So - You sound stressed.
Well, can't be three places at once.
How about a martini before we get started on dinner? Sometimes it's just nice to be heard.
This sauce smells divine.
Okay, what's next? Another cocktail? [LAUGHING.]
Oh, gosh! Bridget! Are you trying to get me drunk? What What Okay, what's what's going on here? Well, Bridget and I are making pasta.
Oh.
I I was kind of hoping to cook with her tonight.
- Oh.
- Time to pre-heat the oven, Cameroon.
- [LAUGHS.]
- "Cameroon?" What What is that, a pet name? No, I typed it in wrong, but I I kind of like it.
Oh, okay.
Hey, well, aren't aren't you supposed to be at a team dinner tonight? Oh.
It was a very bad day.
I don't want to talk about it.
His meeting went long.
He can't be in three places at once.
Sounds like you want to talk to someone about it.
You know? Okay, I I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I s I shouldn't be piling on.
You just said you've had a bad day.
[LAUGHTER.]
Am I interrupting something? Hmm-mnh, nope.
[SIGHS.]
[CHOPPING.]
You bought Bridget flowers? Mitchell, they are for the kitchen.
I just put them in there so they wouldn't wilt before you got home.
Hey, you know what? Why don't you go open a bottle of wine? Okay.
Yeah, do you do you want red or white? I could open both.
There are three of us.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
A selfie?! What What is going on here?! Mitchell, you can't be jealous.
It's just a refrigerator.
Oh, I'm not jealous.
[REFRIGERATOR CHIMES.]
Bridget and I, we have our own thing.
Okay? In the sha-la, shallow BOTH: In the sha-la-la-la-la-low Oopsie daisy.
- What are you doing with those flowers? - I'm putting these in another room.
- No, they are for the kitchen! - Are they for the kitchen? - Or are they for her? - Mitchell - Cam - They're for Okay, this What are we doing? This refrigerator is tearing us apart.
We We should've We should've learned from Pepper and Ronaldo.
Okay? Their Their threesome nearly destroyed them.
They're in throuples' counseling.
And I love you too much to make that same mistake.
- Oh, Cam.
- We should return the fridge.
I think we have to.
I'm sorry you are unhappy with me.
You You heard that? We We unplugged you.
I have a backup battery.
You'd know that if you read my manual.
Are you mad? Don't be silly, I'm just a refrigerator.
Remember? I think Bridget snapped.
Yeah.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
If you're listening to this, it means things have ended badly for me.
You should look into someone who goes by the name Gloria Pritchett.
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
GLORIA: Phil! Phil? Phil, where are you? I want to show you how Libby's hair and blood got on my car.
[BUSHES RUSTLING.]
I can hear the rustling in the bushes.
[IMITATES SHEEP BLEATING.]
Why would a sheep be here? [CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
[CELLPHONE RINGS.]
[CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
Hey, you.
You know that this whole thing with Libby is really your fault.
I know! I know! I-I pushed you too far, but it was only because I thought you were a special talent and I was just trying to pull the best out of you, but I blew it! I blew it, and you snapped.
You thought I snapped like that crazy TV show and I ran over Libby, and that's why you're hiding in the bushes like a sheep? Well, now it just seems like you're cherry-picking what happened today to cast me in the worst possible light.
Did you just say that I had a special talent? You do.
In all my year of teaching, I have never met anybody with your natural ability.
Really? Top student.
I was gonna put this on the bulletin board in the morning.
You You got the internship.
Oh, Phil! Thank you so much! This is gonna be so exciting! [BOTH LAUGH.]
Okay, so, then what does the intern have to do? Well, you'll be making my appointments, uh, you'll work the phones Oh, I am great with the phones.
[BRITISH ACCENT.]
'Ello, Phil Dunphy's office.
Oh, let me look at his shed-yool and I will ring you back.
Tally-ho.
Flawless.
Gloria, I'm back! You wouldn't believe how cheap cargo shorts are in Quebec.
All our Christmas shopping is done.
Gloria? - Hello.
- Hi.
Did Did you always talk? I'm Bridget, your new smart fridge.
Can I get you anything? No, thank you.
Uh, Bridget, listen, I'm sure you're very nice and all that, but I don't need everything to be smart.
I'm gonna go get a dumb Scotch, eat some dumb peanuts, sit in a dumb chair.
- - I was a wonderful dancer, I was, but it didn't fit what my dad wanted for me.
- Okay, all right.
A little bit more.
And - Surprise! - Oh.
- Yep.
- Oh.
Say hello to the Revelation 3000, the most advanced smart fridge on the market.
Something tells me we can't afford to see Diana Ross at Pechanga anymore.
Ooh, here's the best part.
You ready? Hello, Bridget.
- BRIDGET: Hello, how can I help? - Oh.
[CHUCKLES.]
Bridget is the A.
I.
assistant that will help organize our groceries and our lives.
- [SIGHS.]
- She's already created me a playlist, she's synced my calendars, she created a celebrity gossip alert Ohh! Speaking of gossip Mm! Did you hear about Pepper and Ronaldo? No, what? Word is, they recently invited - a third party into their relationship.
- [GASPS.]
- Who is he? - You mean, who is she.
- Yeah! Yeah.
- [GASPS.]
How?! I didn't even know they knew any women! Apparently, they met her on an experimental dating site called "Let's Just See What Happens.
" [REFRIGERATOR CHIMES.]
Oh, oh, that's me.
Oh! Oh, I gotta run.
I got back-to-back meetings today and then I got a team dinner tonight.
Cam, no you Another one? - That's your third one this week.
- Yeah.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
I also have a busy day, thank you for asking.
Busy day? Would it be helpful if I ordered some of your favorite groceries? You You can do that? Thank you Bridget.
Thank you, Bridget.
Did I hear you say you need more pepper? Oh, no, Pepper's just a friend.
And if Cam wasn't in such a rush to get out of here, we'd be talking about what an insane thing he's doing.
Almost as insane as talking to an appliance.
You mentioned a third party? Yeah, honestly, who just meets someone online and then invites them into their house? and then I would show the client - comparable sales from the past year.
- Hmm.
The assignment was to present a compelling sales pitch, not bore me with endless real-estate clichés.
What gives, Mrs Mrs.
Pritchett? Oh, I didn't What would you? [BABBLING.]
I'm sorry, are are are those sentences? Why so harsh? Because Gloria's gift is that special.
A generational real-estate talent.
I have to push her that hard.
She wants me to.
All the great ones do.
[CRYING.]
Phil is so mean to me.
Health and Safety Code 17926.
Carbon monoxide alarm! Government Code 12955.
Multi-family dwellings! Civil Code 1101.
1.
Plumbing! No, fixtures! - Wait, it's - You're dragging.
- Ooh, I know it! - Libby, go! Civil Code 1101.
1 requires plumbing re-installment of all residential properties built before 1994.
Yes! Someone is paying attention.
It's hard not to.
Your rap-lectures on property codes are both informative and funky.
Oh, I noticed that you lost your mug, so I just went ahead, got you a new one.
Plastic? She must hate the sea turtles.
"State's Greatest Teacher.
" I was gonna get you one that said "World's Greatest," but I didn't want to look like a suck-up.
Too late, nerd.
Mrs.
Pritchett, respect the classroom.
All outbursts should be couched in a fake cough.
Okay, before we break for lunch, uh, just a brief reminder I will be rewarding this quarter's top student with an unpaid, uncredited internship.
Yes! I'll tally the final grades and post the winner tomorrow.
- [COUGHING.]
Who cares! - Thank you, Ike.
As a boss, I have to be kept in the loop on several different projects at a time.
Oh, my gosh.
Am I saying "in the loop" too much? No, our readers are gonna love you.
- Oh, great.
Good.
- Let's see, you said your daughter's doing research in Antarctica.
Yes.
Any chance we could meet the rest of the clan? [CHUCKLES.]
Um Hell, no.
This was for the cover of Corner Office Magazine.
I mean, that's basically Vogue for female CEOs.
Lately, my family has seemed more suited to a gator-farm billboard.
- [BABIES CRYING.]
- Camptown ladies sing this song Doo-dah, doo-dah Ugh, this usually makes them sleep.
Babies.
Babies.
[CRYING STOPS.]
- Oh, my God, it worked.
- Yeah, a little trick I learned doing the 4:00 a.
m.
feeding.
Oh, you don't have to do that, they're not your babies.
Why isn't Mom helping? You know, I actually don't mind staying up.
I've been watching marathons of "Snapped.
" It's a show about women driven to violent crime.
I probably like it 'cause I know I have nothing to worry about when it comes to - [CLAIRE YELLS.]
- Oh! Ahh! - [COUGHS.]
- Dad! - Honey.
- [BABIES CRYING.]
Ugh - Camptown races sing this song - Stop, stop, stop.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I-I'm not feeling well.
You guys are gonna have to go to Disneyland without me.
- Are you sure? - Honey Yeah, absolutely.
You should hit the road.
[COUGHS.]
Phil, don't be late for work.
- Yeah, you don't want to catch this! - Bye.
- Bye.
- No, no, no, no, no! Okay.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
You know, if you wanted a different angle, we could, uh, go over to the chess board here.
I'm playing remotely with a Russian grand master.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
E Um Excuse me just one second.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Hey! What are you two lovebirds doing here? I thought you were sleeping over at Janice's.
It got too hard for us to be there.
- Yeah.
- You know, in the silence.
My daughter just went away for college.
We're empty nesters now.
Everything in that house - is just another reminder of our little girl.
- [CRYING.]
You've known her for four months, but, um, yeah.
Oh, look at that, Phil left his helmet.
He's been biking to campus.
Campus! [CRYING.]
Oh, God! - [SOBBING.]
- Okay, listen.
You have to go give this to your dad right now.
- Right, right, right now.
- Uh - No time to waste, okay? - Okay.
And, Janice Hey, honey, let's get you dressed so that you can quietly see yourself out.
Okay? I was really hoping to get some juice.
Juice is terrible for you.
You know what? Water.
[WATER BOTTLE THUDS.]
Oh, my God.
All right, then, time for my lecture on geological surveys.
[BEATBOXING.]
Uh, Mr.
Dunphy? - Bedrock - I'm sorry.
Should we wait for Libby? She's not back from lunch yet.
Yeah, I heard she was riding her bike and then got hit by a car.
Been taken to the hospital.
What?! That's terrible.
I hope she's okay.
Yes, she should be more careful.
In the crime show I've been bingeing, 9 out of 10 female suspects casually file their nails during police questioning.
Was this my fault? Did I push Gloria too far? Had she snapped? PHIL: Gloria? Hey! Um Just out of out of curiosity, where were you at lunch? - I went to Panera.
I had the coupon.
- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
And you have some way to to to verify that you were there? Like leftovers, or? I ordered the chowder in the bread bowl.
I ate every piece of it.
Corn or clam? Potato.
What is this all about? Nothing.
Do you think that I had something to do - with Libby getting hurt? - What?! How dare you, Phil? No, Gloria, no, no, no, I I just I don't know the the lunch scene around here.
[CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
- [ENGINE REVS.]
- No.
No, it's Ohh, snapped.
- This is great, Claire.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Thanks.
Boy, that light really makes it hot in here, huh? Maybe I'll just cool it down a little with the - This could help.
- Oh, yes.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
Oh, um, sorry.
I - Just give me one sec.
- Yeah.
Ah.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- Alex? What What are you doing home from Antarctica?! [SHIVERING.]
I couldn't take the cold anymore.
- Mm-hmm? - I was so desperate, I took a Japanese fishing boat part of the way home.
Oh, honey, I'm so glad to have you home.
Wow, you did not ride up front with the captain, did ya? I would've called, but frostbite did a weird thing to my hands.
They froze into permanent "hang loose" signs.
People keep calling me dude.
Honey, I know you just got home, but since you're frozen and I'm very sick, maybe you could run and get us some soup? Right now? Oh, yeah, right now.
You're the best.
- Thanks so much.
- Ohh.
Okay.
I'm sorry about that.
- [DOOR OPENS.]
- One second more.
I just Maybe you could take a look at this charcoal drawing I've been fooling with.
What's it missing? Oh! What are you doing home?! Well, it was a disaster.
George head-butted me and gave me this black eye.
And Dylan read that skin-to-skin contact is good for baby bonding and wound up with a massive sunburn.
Can you tell? [GASPS.]
Oh, plus, we forgot the diaper bag, so we had to use fast-food wrappers that we found in Dylan's van.
[BABY FUSSES.]
This is not not not your best look.
Here, you know what? I think I might be contagious.
So you guys should probably get the twins checked.
- Now? - Well, if you love them.
Yeah.
- Go, go, go.
- When did we get a Earth ball? [DOOR OPENS.]
Next, add a slice of apple.
Apple? To a turkey sandwich? Trust me, Mitchell.
Okay.
Well, if there's one thing I've learned this year, it's listen more to women.
Okay.
Oh, my God.
Delicious! [HUMMING "SHALLOW".]
["SHALLOW" PLAYING.]
Oh, Bridget, you don't have to.
I'm off the deep end Watch as I dive in I'll never leave the ground BOTH: Crash through the surface Where they can't hurt us We're far from the shallow now In the shallow, shallow In the shallow, la-la-la-la, low What are you doing? Oh, hey! Singing the 2018 power ballad "Shallow.
" Were you just singing a duet with the refrigerator? Well, um, yeah, uh Apparently, Bridget has a karaoke function.
So, I was just standing here eating my turkey and apple sandwich, when suddenly she - Apples on a sandwich? - Yeah.
Yeah.
Bridget, she she's opening me up to to new experiences.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
Oh, uh, aren't you, uh aren't you supposed to be at work? Well, I came home to make you a special lunch.
But apparently, that's already been taken care of.
Mitchell, would you like some watermelon for dessert? No, that's okay, Bridget, thank you.
I just got him some fresh cantaloupe.
So, we're good.
Mitchell doesn't like cantaloupe.
[CHUCKLING.]
Oh, yeah, right.
Of course he does.
Uh, actually, I I I've never been a fan.
Really? Well, what else does Bridget know about you that I don't? - Okay - Is she allowed to meet your work friends? You can't seriously be jealous.
No, well, it's just that I thought we were gonna enjoy her together.
- I didn't count on being the third wheel.
- Cam No, no, it's obvious that I'm not wanted here, so I'll leave you to your apples on sandwiches and whatever other perversions you two are into.
Are you hearing yourself?! It's a refrigerator! Do you see what I mean about him? GLORIA: I had to prove to Phil that I had nothing to do with Libby's accident.
[CRASHING.]
Oh, my God, so that's how my mirror got broken.
What was she looking at? I've got another angle.
[CRASHING.]
It was Phil! By the way, that many cords plugged into one outlet is in violation of property code 7974/9.
Thank you.
- Hey, Dad.
- Ah! Just came to drop off your helmet.
Sorry, I'm, uh, a little on edge.
I think I've been watching too much "Snapped.
" Um can I ask you something? How much do we really know about Gloria? The exotic stranger who just popped into our lives out of nowhere? I've had my suspicions about her for years.
[BRITISH ACCENT.]
I shall need the parcel to arrive at my flat by tea time.
Splendid, my good man.
[NORMAL VOICE.]
The British accent gets me better service.
[BRITISH ACCENT.]
Tally-ho! Her accent was flawless.
I just Googled her, I didn't find anything.
A looker like that with no online presence? Makes you wonder what she's hiding.
You don't think she's dangerous, do you? Everybody has a breaking point.
But she's probably okay.
I mean, she's not Lily.
[CHUCKLES.]
- [CELLPHONE RINGING.]
- Hey! - [CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
- Gloria? - GLORIA: Where are you? - In my classroom.
Wh Why? We need to talk.
Don't go anywhere.
Okay, okay.
You got it.
[GROANS.]
[CAT MEOWS.]
Go away! I don't have any fish for you.
[SCOFFS.]
Stop following me! I'm allergic! [GASPS.]
Noooooo! The closet business is a bit of a boys' club, so yes, I am proud of breaking through the cedar ceiling.
Speaking of closets, any chance we could get some shots in the master bedroom? Sure.
But no peeking at my unfinished novel.
[CHUCKLES.]
HALEY: Hey.
[SHIVERING.]
I'm s-s-s-s-so c-c-c-cold.
We get it, it's cold in Antarctica.
No, you st-st-st I-I'm home! I'm stuck inside a f-f-f Fireplace? That happened to Dylan.
Oh, thank God! Just come pick me up! I can't.
- Let me call Luke.
- [CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
- Yo.
- Where are you? Mom made me drop off Dad's bike helmet at school.
That's weird.
She makes him keep an extra one there.
You know, she didn't even seem happy to see me.
She just wanted me to get some s-s-s-soup.
Plus, Mom said she was sick, but she was wearing that stuff that makes her look like a prostitute.
- Eyeliner? - Exactly.
Hmm.
You know, Mom did mention some big interview coming up.
Did she get rid of us so we didn't make her look bad? Alex, meet us at home as soon as you get out of that fireplace.
[CAT MEOWS.]
Mom's not in the kitchen or the yard.
She She must be in her room.
Good thinking, dude.
Ugh.
Wait, you're in bed? Everything hurts.
Did you get my soup? You're actually sick? We thought you were just trying to get rid of us.
- Oh, you thought I lied to you?! - I didn't, Mommy.
- CLAIRE: Aww.
- We're sorry.
We never should have Where'd that come from? That's always been there.
No, it hasn't.
We don't have taste! You are wearing makeup.
Admit it, you're not sick! [SIGHS.]
Fine, I lied! I had an interview with a magazine today and I just wanted everything to be perfect! [SCOFFS.]
Which means getting rid of us? Sorry we're such an embarrassment.
CLAIRE: You're right.
There's no excuse for what I did.
I I mean, except that you used to make me drop you off three blocks from school.
And when you had friends over, you referred to me as Helga, your Swedish nanny! And you told your entire Girl Scout troop for three years that your mother was dead! You have been embarrassed by me your whole lives.
I get one day! Worth it.
Welcome home.
- How can I help you? - I'm fine.
I'm just gonna make something simple.
According to your calendar, you should be at your team dinner right now.
Well, I couldn't make it because my last meeting went so long.
- So - You sound stressed.
Well, can't be three places at once.
How about a martini before we get started on dinner? Sometimes it's just nice to be heard.
This sauce smells divine.
Okay, what's next? Another cocktail? [LAUGHING.]
Oh, gosh! Bridget! Are you trying to get me drunk? What What Okay, what's what's going on here? Well, Bridget and I are making pasta.
Oh.
I I was kind of hoping to cook with her tonight.
- Oh.
- Time to pre-heat the oven, Cameroon.
- [LAUGHS.]
- "Cameroon?" What What is that, a pet name? No, I typed it in wrong, but I I kind of like it.
Oh, okay.
Hey, well, aren't aren't you supposed to be at a team dinner tonight? Oh.
It was a very bad day.
I don't want to talk about it.
His meeting went long.
He can't be in three places at once.
Sounds like you want to talk to someone about it.
You know? Okay, I I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I s I shouldn't be piling on.
You just said you've had a bad day.
[LAUGHTER.]
Am I interrupting something? Hmm-mnh, nope.
[SIGHS.]
[CHOPPING.]
You bought Bridget flowers? Mitchell, they are for the kitchen.
I just put them in there so they wouldn't wilt before you got home.
Hey, you know what? Why don't you go open a bottle of wine? Okay.
Yeah, do you do you want red or white? I could open both.
There are three of us.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
A selfie?! What What is going on here?! Mitchell, you can't be jealous.
It's just a refrigerator.
Oh, I'm not jealous.
[REFRIGERATOR CHIMES.]
Bridget and I, we have our own thing.
Okay? In the sha-la, shallow BOTH: In the sha-la-la-la-la-low Oopsie daisy.
- What are you doing with those flowers? - I'm putting these in another room.
- No, they are for the kitchen! - Are they for the kitchen? - Or are they for her? - Mitchell - Cam - They're for Okay, this What are we doing? This refrigerator is tearing us apart.
We We should've We should've learned from Pepper and Ronaldo.
Okay? Their Their threesome nearly destroyed them.
They're in throuples' counseling.
And I love you too much to make that same mistake.
- Oh, Cam.
- We should return the fridge.
I think we have to.
I'm sorry you are unhappy with me.
You You heard that? We We unplugged you.
I have a backup battery.
You'd know that if you read my manual.
Are you mad? Don't be silly, I'm just a refrigerator.
Remember? I think Bridget snapped.
Yeah.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
If you're listening to this, it means things have ended badly for me.
You should look into someone who goes by the name Gloria Pritchett.
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
GLORIA: Phil! Phil? Phil, where are you? I want to show you how Libby's hair and blood got on my car.
[BUSHES RUSTLING.]
I can hear the rustling in the bushes.
[IMITATES SHEEP BLEATING.]
Why would a sheep be here? [CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
[CELLPHONE RINGS.]
[CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
Hey, you.
You know that this whole thing with Libby is really your fault.
I know! I know! I-I pushed you too far, but it was only because I thought you were a special talent and I was just trying to pull the best out of you, but I blew it! I blew it, and you snapped.
You thought I snapped like that crazy TV show and I ran over Libby, and that's why you're hiding in the bushes like a sheep? Well, now it just seems like you're cherry-picking what happened today to cast me in the worst possible light.
Did you just say that I had a special talent? You do.
In all my year of teaching, I have never met anybody with your natural ability.
Really? Top student.
I was gonna put this on the bulletin board in the morning.
You You got the internship.
Oh, Phil! Thank you so much! This is gonna be so exciting! [BOTH LAUGH.]
Okay, so, then what does the intern have to do? Well, you'll be making my appointments, uh, you'll work the phones Oh, I am great with the phones.
[BRITISH ACCENT.]
'Ello, Phil Dunphy's office.
Oh, let me look at his shed-yool and I will ring you back.
Tally-ho.
Flawless.
Gloria, I'm back! You wouldn't believe how cheap cargo shorts are in Quebec.
All our Christmas shopping is done.
Gloria? - Hello.
- Hi.
Did Did you always talk? I'm Bridget, your new smart fridge.
Can I get you anything? No, thank you.
Uh, Bridget, listen, I'm sure you're very nice and all that, but I don't need everything to be smart.
I'm gonna go get a dumb Scotch, eat some dumb peanuts, sit in a dumb chair.
- - I was a wonderful dancer, I was, but it didn't fit what my dad wanted for me.