Travels with Scout

rdf:langString Travels with Scout

rdf:langString The Dunphy family with Grandpa Frank and Scout

rdf:langString List of Modern Family episodes

rdf:langString *Reid Ewing as Dylan *Christopher Shea as Ben *Fred Willard as Frank

rdf:langString Modern Family

rdf:langString Paul Corrigan

rdf:langString Brad Walsh

rdf:langString "Travels with Scout" is the twenty-first episode of Modern Family and the twenty-first episode of the series overall. It originally aired on April 28, 2010 on ABC. The episode was written by Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh and directed by Seth Gordon. In the episode, Phil's father visits unexpected bringing a dog, named Scout, with him. Claire is angry with him because he is planning to leave the dog with them but when he finally leaves and takes Scout with him, Claire is upset because she has bonded with it. Jay takes Manny with him to the movies to watch a movie that an old friend of Mitchell is playing in, but he does not know that is a horror movie, leading Manny to be scared causing troubles at home. Cameron joins Dylan's band as a drummer, since the drummer has to move to Portland, Oregon. The episode also makes references to 21 Jump Street. "Travels with Scout" was viewed by slightly more than 10 million viewers and was the highest-rated episode of the series for two weeks. It received positive reviews from critics.