Our Children, Ourselves

"**Our Children, Ourselves**"
"Our Children, Ourselves"
Modern Family episode
	Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) needs his moment after Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) tells him that he might have an 8 year old son
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 12
Directed by	Adam Shankman
Written by	Dan O'Shannon; Bill Wrubel
Production code	2ARG10
Original air date	January 12, 2011
Guest appearances
	Mary Lynn Rajskub as Tracy; Stephnie Weir as Mrs. Hoffman; Adam Kulbersh as Mr. Hoffman; Mark Povinelli as Bobby; Ajay Mehta as Vish Patel; Anjali Bhimani as Nina Patel;
Episode chronology
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"Our Children, Ourselves" is the 12th episode of the second season of the American television comedy series, Modern Family and the 36th overall episode of the series. Executive producers Dan O'Shannon & Bill Wrubel wrote the episode, and Adam Shankman directed it. The episode originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on January 12, 2011. It featured guest star Mary Lynn Rajskub as Mitchell's ex-girlfriend.

In this episode, the dedication of Alex to learning makes Phil and Claire question themselves. Gloria tries to meet new friends. Mitchell runs into an ex-girlfriend while out with his current boyfriend, Cameron.

"Our Children, Ourselves" received generally positive reviews from television critics with many praising the "twist ending" to Mitchell and Cameron's storyline. According to the Nielsen Media Research, the episode was viewed by 11.12 million households during its original broadcast, and received a 4.2 rating/10 percent share among viewers in the 18–49 demographic and became the second highest-rated ABC program of the original week it aired after Grey's Anatomy.

Sarah Hyland does not appear in the episode.^[2]

^ Chang, Yani (2010-12-23). "MITCHELL RUNS INTO AN OLD FEMALE FLAME – WITH BAGGAGE – ON ABC'S "MODERN FAMILY"". abcMedianet. Archived from the original on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
^ "Modern Family" Our Children, Ourselves (TV episode 2011) - IMDb. Retrieved December 10, 2012.

[ep12-1] Chang, Yani (2010-12-23). "MITCHELL RUNS INTO AN OLD FEMALE FLAME – WITH BAGGAGE – ON ABC'S "MODERN FAMILY"". abcMedianet. Archived from the original on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-15.

[i-2] "Modern Family" Our Children, Ourselves (TV episode 2011) - IMDb. Retrieved December 10, 2012.

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