Spoiler: Modern Family kills off character
Spoiler: "Good Grief" has aired in the USA. Don't read if you don't wanna know!
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SPOILER ALERT:
Modern Family‘s latest episode “Good Grief” has gone to air in the US and true to its word has killed off one of the clan.
That ‘honour’ went to Shelley Long’s DeDe Pritchett, mother to Claire (Julie Bowen) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), ex-wife of Jay (Ed O’Neill).
While the big move did not involve one of the principal cast directly, expiring such a maternal character still allows for all the family to be impacted, which is due to ripple across several episodes.
According to E! Online, everyone spent the evening waiting for an explanation for the death, which came at the very end of the episode. After befriending a pack of wolves and being saved by one of those wolves after falling through some ice and then offending a tribe of Inuits and being briefly swallowed by a whale, DeDe died peacefully in her sleep with a smile on her face and a list of suggestions for the hotel staff in her hands.
“That is so mom,” Claire said as the episode ended.
Updated: The episode is due to air in Australia on Seven at 9pm Thursday Nov 8.
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An occasional recurring character-smacks of desperation in a show running out of steam.
I didn’t think it would be one of the main cast that is on just about every week, Phils dad was also at the top of my list.
Called it.
Red herring? I don’t believe this is the much talked about “death of a major character” that has been mentioned in the media recently. Last week’s episode focused on another family member and hinted at health problems and his/her relevance to the lives of those around him/her. I’m convinced the final episodes will focus on the death of that core character and the ramifications of it.
This is it. It was “significant” character not major.