Your First Look at Modern Family Season 3!

Thanks to SpoilerTV, here is your first look at Season 3 of Modern Family... and there's already a location change (albeit a brief one) on the cards.

 Episode 1 of the third season will be called "Dude Ranch" and here's what it's about: "Our favorite family decide to don their cow boots and hats and head to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for some fun and adventure in the great outdoors. While vacationing on Lost Creek Ranch, they try their hands at a little cattle herding, skeet shooting and horseback riding; there are also some big firsts, a huge surprise and an actual face off between Jay and a foe - a cowboy named Hank!"

 Here's my take: while Modern Family is a good show, it too often relies on the same Modern Family schtick which the show pioneered in the first season. Yes, it is good schtick, but too much of it becomes tiresome. For example, above you can see the uncomfortable sexual suggestion between Phil and Jay on the horse (I just hope Brokeback Mountain isn't mentioned at any stage- but I almost know it will be) and there's Cam in an extravagant outfit... but apart from that, there is every chance that the show can remain just as fresh as it seemed in its first season.

 You'll also get to see the "new" not-so baby Lily for the first time, which should hopefully help to shake things up a bit. Episode 2 will be called "When Good Kids Go Bad", and here's the synopsis; "Mitch and Cam plan a nice evening with the whole family to break the happy news that they're looking to adopt another child. However their parade is rained on when they realize Lily may not take well to another baby in the house. Meanwhile, Claire and Jay are each consumed with proving a certain point. " 

     

These two episodes will air as a one hour special when Modern Family returns on September 21. See the rest of the photos here.