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Claire tries to prove she’s the "fun" parent; Jay takes the grandkids for the night.
The "story" of Season 1 is the gradual stitching together of these three units into a single, complex tapestry. At the head of this family tree is Jay Pritchett, a gruff patriarch who has recently married Gloria, a much younger, passionate Colombian woman. Much of the season’s tension arises from Jay’s struggle to bridge the generational gap with both his new wife and his sensitive stepson, Manny. Jay’s children represent the other two branches: The Dunphys index of modern family season 1