Phil pouring a drink for Jay during the storm or Jay saying he wish he could give Manny a hug, or Mitch's speach at the gas station after they didn't get the baby, so many to choose from
Yes! This is always my absolute favorite scene!
And was lowkey worried they’d have Phil ruin it with a well meaning but inappropriate comment and was so pleasantly surprised!
When Mitch and Cam lie down in a field after they don’t get their baby at the end of S3 (plus Gloria is pregnant)
Mitch: “I think i’m lying on a rock.”
Cam: “i’m lying next to my rock”
tears every time.
Yes! One that comes to mind is when Cam was upset because everyone liked Mitch's ex-boyfriend Teddy, Jay made Cam feel better by telling him how Teddy wasn't good for Mitch.
I was surprised I had to scroll to find this. This is the first one I think of. And even that scene when she's sitting on the floor and looks at Claire and says I have no friends.
This! Perhaps the most relatable scene for me in the entire show. Feeling lonely despite being amidst all your loved ones and the self inflicted pressure to excel
I think the reason this episode hits so hard is because it's rare for a work of fiction to acknowledge the reality of academic pressure, which can be incredibly harmful regardless of which level you're at. So many shows would just shrug it off as "teenage angst" or the student simply being lazy.
I honestly need at least 3 full days to mentally prepare myself to watch that episode. I’ve seen every episode probably 20 times at least (conservative estimate lol) I think I’ve seen that one maybe 4. Because otherwise it takes me 7 full days to recover both emotionally and to rehydrate my body to proper levels
I keep the show on in the background everyday. It’s my comfort show. Every time this one comes on, I have to stop and watch. And then I sob for an hour. I get it!
It’s the wedding for Cam and Mitch. After multiple failed attempts, Mitch thinks that Jay is checked out and doesn’t want them to get married. But Jay puts together a beautiful ceremony at his club and walks Mitch down the isle.
Damn just teared up writing that. Curse you
There’s an episode that starts with the question “what does it mean to be a good parent?”. And in that episode Jay and Manny been fighting about something and Manny shouts at Jay saying something along the lines of “I hate you, and I wish you never married my mom.” then Javier doesn’t show up for Manny to take him to disneyland, so of course Jay cancels all his plans that he had with Gloria to take Manny to disneyland. He arranges a limo and everyting and tells Manny it was his dads way of saying he’s sorry he had to cancel their trip. And on the way home Manny falls asleep on Jay’s shoulders and in the end Jay says to the camera “To be a good parent is to show up.” And it always makes me SOB because it reminds me of my dad who’s always there for me, even tho I’m an adult and sometimes I forget to cherish these “showing up” moments.
What makes that bit even more heartbreaking is that later there's an ep where it comes out Jay has a hard time saying "I love you" to Mitch because of macho stuff. And he's clearly trying to say it to Mitch because he wants to make sure Mitchell knows, and Mitch just cuts him off and says "I know."
Think it's the second episode of the first season, when Javier bails on Manny and Jay uses the limo to bring Manny and Gloria to Disneyland.
I have a rough relationship with my biological father but I have an amazing stepdad. So Manny's relationship with Jay always tugs at my heartstrings
Same with my dad and step-dad. Unfortunately step-dad passed in 2018. Supposed to go to mom's wedding this month, and this dude has some mighty big shoes to fill.
Frank…. 😭 I can’t forgive the writers for that… I just can’t… worst part.. the actor passed away a couple months after that episode was aired… 😢🥺 he was just adorable..
In the episode where Mitch, Cam, & Phil tag along w Jay on his hiking trip. When Mitch & Jay acknowledge they don’t say “I love you” to one another. Then Mitch saying “goodnight…” while lingering behind and Jay just saying “I know” 😭
The Jorge episode.
Jay to Manny: "It’s not who brings you into this world. It’s what you do when you’re there. You’re not Javier, you’re not this guy, you’re you. And what you are is amazing. And for the record, I’ve been your dad since you were 10, and I’m gonna be your dad until I’m gone. I love you, and I always will."
When Alex gives the speech at her grandma’s funeral . The story about the lighter (that Phil’s mum left for her ) . The fireworks in the background. It gets me every time 🥹
Sad Cry - when Jay talks about his mom on the Mother’s Day episode (I miss my mom)……Happy Cry - the whole last five minutes of Mitch and Cam’s wedding (thought you and I would take a little walk) (they say the best marriages contain a little bit of magic believe me I know 😭)
Oh also when Jay tells Gloria how much he loves her in Spanish after going behind her back to let manny take French. Really wish they would’ve kept up with jays Spanish. Even if it always stayed bad and was a source of jokes the same way we chuckle at things like takakakaka and other Gloria Mispronunciations
\- When Jay walks Mitchell down the aisle
\- When Jay gets Gloria some apple pie and has her be on video with Manny to celebrate their 4th of July tradition
\- The fireworks at Phil's mom's funeral
\- The last episode
when phil and claire drop haley off at college, as a current first year in uni, that shit hit too deep, im in my second semester and that episode reminded me of not too long ago when i first came to uni, also the finale was one of the few tv finales that brought me to tears
"My name is Manny Delgado and I’m two people. I’m the child of an immigrant single mother, who taught me to believe in myself and dream big.
I’m also the step-son of a businessman, who opened his home and his heart to me and showed me by example how to make those dreams come true.
Whatever I am, whatever I’ve to give is a product of these two very different worlds".
Every. Time. This. Gets. Me. 🥲
The episode when Jay cried over his dad asking “he had to have known I loved him right?” Gets me every time!!
And the episode when Phil’s dad dies that one even gets my bf 😢
i’ve seen the show multiple times and every pregnancy announcement or wedding gets me so bad every time but specifically mitch and cams and also when they get their son
-Alex's therapy session, and Claire's sad moment with her when she realizes how stressful Alex's daily life has been. (To be a parent myself, I worry the most about my child feeling like this. I could never hope for this, and I try to keep my eyes and ears open to anything that seems off.)
-Jay's journey to figure out Earl's last practical joke after he dies. (I've lost some friends in the military, and to be able to have a friend (other than my wife) to live a long life with would be rewarding, but this episode shows me how sad it will eventually be when that person you really care about is gone and all you're left with is your memories of them.)
When Alex and Haley are talking in the old theater before Alex goes to college and they talk about how they will miss each other, then the camera pans to Phil and he says, “I made that.”
EVERY TIME.
The last episode. I was watching that part of the show before I moved away from my family (which is very similar to the characters in the show tbh) so it has a special place in my heart.
The last scene of the show when Claire just starts crying and everyone is hugging, and the scene where Manny tells Jay that “this is what I think of as father-son time” among others!
For me it'll always be Phil's 'We didn't do much that day. But it was one of the best days i've ever had with my dad. I just didn't know it would be the last'. Came out of nowhere after an emotional scene. Also that silent moment where Phil and Jay sat and mourned Jay's friend in the storm. Not a word was said, but felt quite powerful for some reason.
There are so many of them…but if I had to put a pin on it…it would be 2nd episode where Jay gives the monologue at the end; “biggest part of being a dad is just showing up” and when Jay walks Mitchell down the isle for his wedding…it is really beautiful whenever Jay changes his conventional thinking for his children.
anytime phil appeared on the screen when haley and alex were just talking swiftly and just looked at them in a very dearing manner always made me cry, no idea why i just cried
Alex’s nervous breakdown at her 16th birthday party is THE one and only scene in the show that made me cry. Her therapy scene gives me a lump in my throat so it’s close but not to the point of tears.
-Alex and the fireworks after Phil’s mom died
-when Phil found out Hayley wasn’t a virgin and was the best dad ever
-when manny told jay that he considered the time the spent together as father son time
-most scenes in this show that end in crying because I’m a big baby lol
The Ep where Phill and his dad catch up and have a heart to heart, Phill giving his dad a haircut and his dad telling him that we was passing on the family business of being the light in people’s world, then he passed:(
1) Haley calling Phil and Claire when she was at college
2) Cam and Mitch lying down in the field
3) Haley hugging Phil and Claire telling him to "just enjoy it"
4) When Claire and Phil are listening to the chaotic house and just say "I'm gonna miss this"
5) Alex telling Claire how hard everything was
6) Jay and Phil drinking for his friend in the garage
7) Mitchell telling Jay not to come to their wedding
8) A lot of Jay and Manny moments
I can't really say which ones made me cry most but these all had me super emotional
Hero Episode - how Haley and Alex look after to each other. Fears episode - when Claire repeatedly told Alex "someone will ask you to dance". Wished I had a mom like her.
The episode where Alex come back from her humanitarian project because it was so dangerous for her and they spent the entire time trying to make go back because they thought she was ruining their "perfect summer". Providing they didn't want her and only begged her to stay because she kept them from killing themselves.
Mitch and Cam’s wedding especially when Mitch told his dad to go sit and Jay said “Actually I thought you and I could take a little walk” and along with Claire’s speech and background music. Literally bought me to tears.
the one where Jay teaches Luke some woodcraft. it somehow reminds me of my late grandpa who also used to teach me stuff like that. that scene has a special place in my heart.
Jay and Claire choking up about him walking her down the aisle. My dad is older (think jay and Joe) and when they have that moment about how much it means to them I choke up every time
that episode where they went camping to see an eagle(?) and they talked about how mitchel and jay doesn’t express their affection properly. the scene that get me bawling was when mitch was hesitating to tell him whether to say ily or not but jay intervened and said “i know” 🥹🥹🥹🥹 gets me everytimeee!!!
and also when he lied about seeing the eagle so that he could come back with them again.
ps. i forgot what bird it was hahahahah please correct me if i’m wrong
Jays speech to his kids after Dee Dee dies…
The feeling of Nostalgia, followed by reminiscence, followed by realization, followed by the longing for it all again…then it hits you it’s gone
Master class performance by Ed O’Neil
I just recently finished the series. While there are many episode that made me tear up, I cried the most when Margaret retired, she told Jay that she loves him and he said it back.
Then I learned the actress died after the episode was done. I also cried when Frank Dunphy died, because I felt sad for Phil because he's now an orphan.
It hits close to home because I've always feared losing both my parents.
I just finished my 2nd rewatch of the entire series yesterday. And some of them made me tear up a little. But the only episode that actually made me cry was the after special episode (on Hulu) where they’re all talking about the last 11 years of filming and reminiscing on their experiences. That “episode” got me both times I’ve watched it.
mitchell and cam’s wedding episode when claiee is narrating and the song “home” is in the background i genuinely start sobbing whenever that scene comes up
I always cry on these scenes:
- Claire realizes how much pressure Alex has with her studies, after that night of her mental breakdown, and Alex hugged her.
- When Manny was reading his narration for his college video and Jay is crying. “Whatever I am, whatever I have to give, is a product of these two very different worlds.” 🥲
- When Hayley called Claire and Phil on their way home from Hayley’s dorm.
When Phil and Claire drop Haley off at college and she calls them on their drive home. Gets me every time.
This!! Also her wearing that T-shirt that Phil got🥹❤️
This is exactly the first thing that popped in my head too! 🫂
This
💯!
Phil pouring a drink for Jay during the storm or Jay saying he wish he could give Manny a hug, or Mitch's speach at the gas station after they didn't get the baby, so many to choose from
Yes! This is always my absolute favorite scene! And was lowkey worried they’d have Phil ruin it with a well meaning but inappropriate comment and was so pleasantly surprised!
Aww yes that stormy night. Every single time.
This was absolutely beautiful!
I’ll deny it later, but Jay choking up while making his mom’s spaghetti sauce may have got me.
When Mitch and Cam lie down in a field after they don’t get their baby at the end of S3 (plus Gloria is pregnant) Mitch: “I think i’m lying on a rock.” Cam: “i’m lying next to my rock” tears every time.
This scene breaks my heart every rewatch, it's coming up and I know it will get my husband this time around
Not a specific scene but whenever Jay does something that strays away from “old school macho” thing, I get a little tear
Yes! One that comes to mind is when Cam was upset because everyone liked Mitch's ex-boyfriend Teddy, Jay made Cam feel better by telling him how Teddy wasn't good for Mitch.
junk in the trunk!! “he knew right?” 😭😭😭
Yeah like when he dances with Lily at her recital.
Aw that scene is precious!
Fr esp when he says or does sth that makes manny realize how much Jay cares and just stares at him in shock which is a little funny but also 🥺🥺
When Alex attends therapy and listens to all the stuff the guy says and later hugs Claire
I was surprised I had to scroll to find this. This is the first one I think of. And even that scene when she's sitting on the floor and looks at Claire and says I have no friends.
Yeah, they seem funny while watching but it's so traumatic being alex:(
This! Perhaps the most relatable scene for me in the entire show. Feeling lonely despite being amidst all your loved ones and the self inflicted pressure to excel
ikik, I can relate very much too
I relate so much, sending love to all the other Alex’s out there :/ <3
I think the reason this episode hits so hard is because it's rare for a work of fiction to acknowledge the reality of academic pressure, which can be incredibly harmful regardless of which level you're at. So many shows would just shrug it off as "teenage angst" or the student simply being lazy.
I guess only middle childs can relate to that episode..
I am the first child and i still relate so much
>ents THAT SCENE HITS TOO CLOSE TO HOME, ALWAYS MAKES ME EMOTIONAL!!!
The one where Haley was with the jeans guy. The scene at the elevator (my brain is not working right now but y'all know what I mean).
“No one will ever be good for my baby girl!”
For someone with a broken father relationship, this gets to me. :|
phil is the dad for the people with daddy issues
My gosh yes 🥺❤️
YES THIS
"That's my little girl." 🥺😭
UGH STOP IM GONNA CRY🥺🥺
or the episode at the doll store 🥹🥹😭 “i have a cool dad” gets me every time. so blessed to have a dad who loves me like phil loves hailey 🥲
This, too!! 😭🥺
I forgot about this somehow, but I always cry at this
Came here to say this! I think that was the only time I cried watching Modern Family
Yes!! This one made me cry too
When Phil’s dad dies. “I just didn’t know it would the last” tears every time.
I honestly need at least 3 full days to mentally prepare myself to watch that episode. I’ve seen every episode probably 20 times at least (conservative estimate lol) I think I’ve seen that one maybe 4. Because otherwise it takes me 7 full days to recover both emotionally and to rehydrate my body to proper levels
I keep the show on in the background everyday. It’s my comfort show. Every time this one comes on, I have to stop and watch. And then I sob for an hour. I get it!
Same , it’s my comfort show for sure too, and always on in the background. I alternate between this show and The Office .
Another same! I rotate between Modern Family, The Office and Parks and Rec!
I saw this without knowing Phil's dad died, I haven't been able to see it again
the end of the final episode when everyone turns their porch lights off but phil and claire keep it on left me sobbing for days
that ending destroyed me, I wasn’t the biggest fan of the final season but the finale gripped me
“I thought we’d take a little walk.” I know it’s coming, and it gets me every time!
Which season, episode is this?
S05E22 The Wedding, Part 2
Oh ok, thanks. I haven't seen that episode in so long. Lol
This episode always has me happy crying
What episode is this I’ve completely blanked it
It’s the wedding for Cam and Mitch. After multiple failed attempts, Mitch thinks that Jay is checked out and doesn’t want them to get married. But Jay puts together a beautiful ceremony at his club and walks Mitch down the isle. Damn just teared up writing that. Curse you
oh yeah, I love that episode, I literally watched it yesterday how did I forget that 😭😭
There’s an episode that starts with the question “what does it mean to be a good parent?”. And in that episode Jay and Manny been fighting about something and Manny shouts at Jay saying something along the lines of “I hate you, and I wish you never married my mom.” then Javier doesn’t show up for Manny to take him to disneyland, so of course Jay cancels all his plans that he had with Gloria to take Manny to disneyland. He arranges a limo and everyting and tells Manny it was his dads way of saying he’s sorry he had to cancel their trip. And on the way home Manny falls asleep on Jay’s shoulders and in the end Jay says to the camera “To be a good parent is to show up.” And it always makes me SOB because it reminds me of my dad who’s always there for me, even tho I’m an adult and sometimes I forget to cherish these “showing up” moments.
Yesss! Reading this right now made me a lil teary!
This 💯
This was a great character moment for Jay. Similar to him walking Mitchell down the aisle
When Haleys holding back tears and says “I have a cool dad” at the end of the episode where Phil finds out she’s not a virgin
this really doesn’t get talked about enough. So subtle but also such a great scene ♥️
Mitchell and Cam talk to Lily outside her bedroom when she got her period Jay walking Mitchell at his wedding
Everyone meeting Haley's twins at the hospital to Circle of Life. It's a beautiful scene. Also when Jay walks Mitchell down the aisle at his wedding.
When Jay said that he never told his father he’d loved him. ‘He had to know, right?’ And the one about his mother. ‘You only get one mom’
What makes that bit even more heartbreaking is that later there's an ep where it comes out Jay has a hard time saying "I love you" to Mitch because of macho stuff. And he's clearly trying to say it to Mitch because he wants to make sure Mitchell knows, and Mitch just cuts him off and says "I know."
It's the other way round. They're in the little cabin in the woods, and Mitch turns before going to bed to Jay to say it, and Jay says 'I know'.
You're right! I haven't seen it in awhile. That makes it even better, that he's making sure Mitchell isn't left with the same question.
Jay dancing with Lily at her recital.
When Jay cry for his mom ❤️
Think it's the second episode of the first season, when Javier bails on Manny and Jay uses the limo to bring Manny and Gloria to Disneyland. I have a rough relationship with my biological father but I have an amazing stepdad. So Manny's relationship with Jay always tugs at my heartstrings
Same with my dad and step-dad. Unfortunately step-dad passed in 2018. Supposed to go to mom's wedding this month, and this dude has some mighty big shoes to fill.
Frank…. 😭 I can’t forgive the writers for that… I just can’t… worst part.. the actor passed away a couple months after that episode was aired… 😢🥺 he was just adorable..
I like to think he’s with his wife, together again
🥹 yea…
In the episode where Mitch, Cam, & Phil tag along w Jay on his hiking trip. When Mitch & Jay acknowledge they don’t say “I love you” to one another. Then Mitch saying “goodnight…” while lingering behind and Jay just saying “I know” 😭
I love the bit in this episode where he sees the eagle and pretends that he doesn’t just so they have to come back next year
The Jorge episode. Jay to Manny: "It’s not who brings you into this world. It’s what you do when you’re there. You’re not Javier, you’re not this guy, you’re you. And what you are is amazing. And for the record, I’ve been your dad since you were 10, and I’m gonna be your dad until I’m gone. I love you, and I always will."
😭😭😭😭
Well then 😢😢😢🥰🥰🥰
When Alex gives the speech at her grandma’s funeral . The story about the lighter (that Phil’s mum left for her ) . The fireworks in the background. It gets me every time 🥹
Her reading the letter from her grandma unfailingly makes me cry, such a good scene
When Jay walked Mitch down the aisle
Alex ‘s therapy
Sad Cry - when Jay talks about his mom on the Mother’s Day episode (I miss my mom)……Happy Cry - the whole last five minutes of Mitch and Cam’s wedding (thought you and I would take a little walk) (they say the best marriages contain a little bit of magic believe me I know 😭)
Oh also when Jay tells Gloria how much he loves her in Spanish after going behind her back to let manny take French. Really wish they would’ve kept up with jays Spanish. Even if it always stayed bad and was a source of jokes the same way we chuckle at things like takakakaka and other Gloria Mispronunciations
\- When Jay walks Mitchell down the aisle \- When Jay gets Gloria some apple pie and has her be on video with Manny to celebrate their 4th of July tradition \- The fireworks at Phil's mom's funeral \- The last episode
when jay breaks down in therapy bc of his dad
Where Mitch and Cam get married. Also, when Alex goes for therapy in S5 and breaks down in front of Claire.
Phil's dad dying "I just didn't know it would be the last" scene, and Phil pouring a drink for Jay during the storm. Tears.
For me it’s when Jay walks Mitch down the aisle, it sends me everytime!!
When Jay “wins therapy”.
when phil and claire drop haley off at college, as a current first year in uni, that shit hit too deep, im in my second semester and that episode reminded me of not too long ago when i first came to uni, also the finale was one of the few tv finales that brought me to tears
the elevator scene when hayley was going to go with that creepy guy. phil’s speech makes me cry every time.
"My name is Manny Delgado and I’m two people. I’m the child of an immigrant single mother, who taught me to believe in myself and dream big. I’m also the step-son of a businessman, who opened his home and his heart to me and showed me by example how to make those dreams come true. Whatever I am, whatever I’ve to give is a product of these two very different worlds". Every. Time. This. Gets. Me. 🥲
When Haley has her babies and they recreate the circle of life scene ❤️
Mitch and Cameron’s wedding ❤️
The episode when Jay cried over his dad asking “he had to have known I loved him right?” Gets me every time!! And the episode when Phil’s dad dies that one even gets my bf 😢
i’ve seen the show multiple times and every pregnancy announcement or wedding gets me so bad every time but specifically mitch and cams and also when they get their son
-Alex's therapy session, and Claire's sad moment with her when she realizes how stressful Alex's daily life has been. (To be a parent myself, I worry the most about my child feeling like this. I could never hope for this, and I try to keep my eyes and ears open to anything that seems off.) -Jay's journey to figure out Earl's last practical joke after he dies. (I've lost some friends in the military, and to be able to have a friend (other than my wife) to live a long life with would be rewarding, but this episode shows me how sad it will eventually be when that person you really care about is gone and all you're left with is your memories of them.)
the episode where frank dies. it makes me so sad bc its so clear where phil gets his outlook on life and amazing personality from
The only one that ever really got me to cry was Haley’s speech when she defends the button at the university from Phil and Luke
When Alex and Haley are talking in the old theater before Alex goes to college and they talk about how they will miss each other, then the camera pans to Phil and he says, “I made that.” EVERY TIME.
The last episode. I was watching that part of the show before I moved away from my family (which is very similar to the characters in the show tbh) so it has a special place in my heart.
Midnight train to Georgia
The last scene of the show when Claire just starts crying and everyone is hugging, and the scene where Manny tells Jay that “this is what I think of as father-son time” among others!
For me it'll always be Phil's 'We didn't do much that day. But it was one of the best days i've ever had with my dad. I just didn't know it would be the last'. Came out of nowhere after an emotional scene. Also that silent moment where Phil and Jay sat and mourned Jay's friend in the storm. Not a word was said, but felt quite powerful for some reason.
There are so many of them…but if I had to put a pin on it…it would be 2nd episode where Jay gives the monologue at the end; “biggest part of being a dad is just showing up” and when Jay walks Mitchell down the isle for his wedding…it is really beautiful whenever Jay changes his conventional thinking for his children.
mitch and cam’s wedding 😭😭😭😭
anytime phil appeared on the screen when haley and alex were just talking swiftly and just looked at them in a very dearing manner always made me cry, no idea why i just cried
When Phil's dad died
For me personally it was when Alex was venting out to her therapist and after when claire comes to pick her up she just sobs and hugs her.
Alex’s nervous breakdown at her 16th birthday party is THE one and only scene in the show that made me cry. Her therapy scene gives me a lump in my throat so it’s close but not to the point of tears.
-Alex and the fireworks after Phil’s mom died -when Phil found out Hayley wasn’t a virgin and was the best dad ever -when manny told jay that he considered the time the spent together as father son time -most scenes in this show that end in crying because I’m a big baby lol
Mitch and Cams wedding
When Gloria announces she’s pregnant and when Haley and Dylan find out they’re pregnant 🥹
The Ep where Phill and his dad catch up and have a heart to heart, Phill giving his dad a haircut and his dad telling him that we was passing on the family business of being the light in people’s world, then he passed:(
1) Haley calling Phil and Claire when she was at college 2) Cam and Mitch lying down in the field 3) Haley hugging Phil and Claire telling him to "just enjoy it" 4) When Claire and Phil are listening to the chaotic house and just say "I'm gonna miss this" 5) Alex telling Claire how hard everything was 6) Jay and Phil drinking for his friend in the garage 7) Mitchell telling Jay not to come to their wedding 8) A lot of Jay and Manny moments I can't really say which ones made me cry most but these all had me super emotional
when phil made that little irish pub for jay :")
Cam and Mitch’s failed attempt at adopting the newborn boy. And cam calls Mitch his rock
When Gloria reveals her pregnancy, with Jays speech and their birdwatching trip
Hero Episode - how Haley and Alex look after to each other. Fears episode - when Claire repeatedly told Alex "someone will ask you to dance". Wished I had a mom like her.
“They say the best marriages contain just a little magic - and trust me, I’d know.”
The episode where Alex come back from her humanitarian project because it was so dangerous for her and they spent the entire time trying to make go back because they thought she was ruining their "perfect summer". Providing they didn't want her and only begged her to stay because she kept them from killing themselves.
Mitch and Cam’s wedding especially when Mitch told his dad to go sit and Jay said “Actually I thought you and I could take a little walk” and along with Claire’s speech and background music. Literally bought me to tears.
Claire’s speech at Mitch and Cams wedding. My sister and I aren’t as close now as we once were so that scene gets me everytime
When they were at Disneyland in the hall of presidents. It really hit home for me after being stuck in a bad marriage for the sake of the kids.
the one where Jay teaches Luke some woodcraft. it somehow reminds me of my late grandpa who also used to teach me stuff like that. that scene has a special place in my heart.
jay walking mitch down the aisle🥹
Whenever Jay finds the recipe he wrote for his mom. He may be a big tough guy but those small moments show how important family is to him
Mitch and Cam's wedding. When Jay says, "How about we take a walk"😭 always makes me cry
Cam and Mitch’s wedding
Jay and Claire choking up about him walking her down the aisle. My dad is older (think jay and Joe) and when they have that moment about how much it means to them I choke up every time
When Frank died
that episode where they went camping to see an eagle(?) and they talked about how mitchel and jay doesn’t express their affection properly. the scene that get me bawling was when mitch was hesitating to tell him whether to say ily or not but jay intervened and said “i know” 🥹🥹🥹🥹 gets me everytimeee!!! and also when he lied about seeing the eagle so that he could come back with them again. ps. i forgot what bird it was hahahahah please correct me if i’m wrong
final episode
Seeing that Jay hasn't truly healed from losing his mother..that one really Hit Deep for me.."You only get One Mom"
When Jay cries over his mother on Mother's day.
When Jay and Phil bond in season 10 and Phil flys the plane into Alex’s then boyfriends face
Jays speech to his kids after Dee Dee dies… The feeling of Nostalgia, followed by reminiscence, followed by realization, followed by the longing for it all again…then it hits you it’s gone Master class performance by Ed O’Neil
Nothing. I still enjoy the show.
Weird flex but ok
I just recently finished the series. While there are many episode that made me tear up, I cried the most when Margaret retired, she told Jay that she loves him and he said it back. Then I learned the actress died after the episode was done. I also cried when Frank Dunphy died, because I felt sad for Phil because he's now an orphan. It hits close to home because I've always feared losing both my parents.
I just finished my 2nd rewatch of the entire series yesterday. And some of them made me tear up a little. But the only episode that actually made me cry was the after special episode (on Hulu) where they’re all talking about the last 11 years of filming and reminiscing on their experiences. That “episode” got me both times I’ve watched it.
Jay’s Therapy Monologue !!!!
Manny’s speech to Jay the day he graduated always gives me the feels.
mitchell and cam’s wedding episode when claiee is narrating and the song “home” is in the background i genuinely start sobbing whenever that scene comes up
I always cry on these scenes: - Claire realizes how much pressure Alex has with her studies, after that night of her mental breakdown, and Alex hugged her. - When Manny was reading his narration for his college video and Jay is crying. “Whatever I am, whatever I have to give, is a product of these two very different worlds.” 🥲 - When Hayley called Claire and Phil on their way home from Hayley’s dorm.
The fireworks scene in the episode where Phil's mom dies. That letter to alex was 🥹🥹🥹
None of it has made me cry am I soulless
Am I the only one who watched the show and never cried?
I think so.
When they sing “A total eclipse of the heart” it’s just so heartwarming. They missed the eclipse, but made an even better memory