The Kiss

"The Kiss" is the second episode of the second season of the American sitcom Modern Family and the 26th episode overall. The episode aired September 29, 2010. It was written by Abraham Higginbotham and directed by Scott Ellis. The episode also featured guest starred Aaron Sanders as Jeremy, Alex's love interest. The episode serves as a response to a criticism for the first season that Mitchell and Cameron never kissed. In the episode, after Claire finds flirty texts from a boy on Alex's phone, she asks Haley to give her advice. Haley tells Alex to kiss the boy, which makes her go up to the boy, and asks him in front of his friends, embarrassing him. Mitchell is having trouble kissing Cam in public and Gloria makes a meal of traditional Colombian food to honor her recently deceased grandmother. "The Kiss" received generally positive reviews with many praising the subtle nature of the kiss. According to the Nielsen Media Research the episode received a 4.6 rating/13% share in the 18–49 demographic, going down from the season premiere, but still becoming the highest-rated show on Wednesday and the second highest-rated scripted program after Glee. Plot At the Dunphy house, Claire (Julie Bowen) "accidentally" reads Alex's text messages to a boy named Jeremy and asks Haley (Sarah Hyland) to talk to Alex (Ariel Winter) about them, while Phil (Ty Burrell) helps Jay with his printer. Haley gives bad advice to Alex, saying if she does not kiss the boy that people will think she is a lesbian. Alex runs to Jeremy's house to tell him about her feelings and asks him to kiss her, before realizing Jeremy's friends were behind the door and heard everything. She proceeds to run home and learns that Claire went through her phone, making her furious.