Meanwhile, Gloria suspects Manny 's Canadian girlfriend is made up and wants to find out the real truth. The whole family gathers at Jay's for unknown reasons. Haley's guilt about Dylan and the kiss she shared with him. She confides her uncles but Claire tells her she has to tell Arvin about the kiss while Mitch and Cam advise her not to tell him.
Haley finally listens to her conscience and Arvin gets upset, but Dylan makes loves with her. At the same time, Gloria believes that Manny's girlfriend is a fake, until he facetimes her and we're introduced to Sherry. And Phil decides to pay Jay back by being mean to him until Jay finally tells him that he actually respects him.
The Facebook group wasn't the only thing trying to push for a kiss, fellow Hollywood celebs including Ryan Murphy, claimed the writing was "ridiculous" and that the show should be treating Cam and Mitch the same way they do with the two other straight couples on the show. After pushing for an on-screen kiss, fans of the show and particularly fans of Cameron and Mitchell would finally get their kiss. Writers of the show decided to introduce Cam and Mitch's first kiss during episode 2 of the second season.
The episode navigates through Mitchell's issues with affection, which stems from not receiving love from his dad, Jay Pritchett. After discovering why Mithcell doesn't like to show affection or kiss his hubby Cameron in front of his family, the family hosts a party where things take a turn for the better. Jay is forced to confront his own issues with affection, leading to an apology and a warm embrace to Mitchell. Mitchell sits back down beside Cameron and just as the camera pans to Jay giving a hug to his daughter, Claire Dunphy, Mitch and Cam are spotted sharing their first on-screen kiss.
While the kiss didn't happen front and center, fans were able to witness something that hadn't happened at all up until then. As time progressed, both Cam and Mitch shared many more moments like so, including their wedding kiss during the finale of season 5. Lucy Liu is a strong and independent woman, but everyone's obsessed with her finding a husband. If their market research has suggested that having more intimate scenes between Cam and Mitchell could lead to a loss of viewers who find it distasteful, or unpleasant, to watch, they won't do it, regardless of their own opinions on the issue.
This can be clearly seen in Modern Family in any intimate scenes that Mitchell and Cameron find themselves in, compared to the other heterosexual people on the show. Whilst the others get far more on screen romantic and sexual scenes, Mitchell and Cam's are greatly reduced. This does largely appear to be an attempt to appease a fanbase who, whilst supportive of their relationship, don't wish to know or see the more intimate aspects of it. Obviously, this raises questions about whether this is fair or whether, in time, the show should do more.
These questions go beyond the show though, and venture in to the realm of what mainstream America is actually prepared to watch. There will always be campaigners in favour of more graphic scenes between the couple, and others in favour of less.
Time will tell how the show goes, but for now it's treading a happy medium where it's trying to portray the love and care between them, rather than anything more graphic or sexual. This precise issue was addressed by ABC in a statement. The very short answer is that in-universe, Mitchell is written as being uncomfortable with public displays of affection.
Out of universe and presumably to assuage viewer's concerns they wanted to stress that upcoming episodes would include an in-depth exploration of the depths of their relationship, include both kissing and cuddling:. It happens that we have an episode in the works that addresses Mitchell's slight discomfort with public displays of affection. It will air in the fall and until then, as Phil Dunphy would say, everyone please chillax. The thing is, it never was even meant to be a big deal.
Viewer comfort is probably the answer, but I'll also point out that the actor who plays Cam Eric Stonestreet is straight in real life. He may have some influence on how often he and Mitchell Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who is gay in real life kiss or show other physical affection. I think it may have to do with viewer discomfort but in addition, the actor who plays Cam, Eric Stonestreet isn't gay so he may not feel comfortable making out with his male costar.
I don't see why this should be because its just acting and gay actors kiss women all the time on T. Of course I'm sure viewer's comfort is a factor, but you're forgetting what it's like in the show. Mitchell's dad is obviously very uncomfortable about him being gay and kissing another man. Jay's friends are there and so is the entire family. I'm sure a lot of them would have been uncomfortable too.
It's because Eric Stonestreet who plays Cameron is actually straight so I think he finds it a little weird. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Why do Mitch and Cam never kiss? Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 5 months ago. Active 5 years, 2 months ago. Viewed 19k times. Their kiss is very short, at which point I realized again what I already have been wondering now and then during the whole series: Why do we never see Cam and Mitch kiss each other?
EDIT: Before anyone brings that up: I am aware that there is an episode about Mitchel not being very affectionate because of his father. Improve this question. Not sure what tags would fit here, neither plot-explanation, analysis or production really match the topic of the question. Does anyone have a good idea?
I don't see why analysis wouldn't fit, being such an overly broad tag. It might not suffice or be much specific, but it's definitely a start. Jay and Gloria never seem to kiss either. On their Christmas episode last week, he kissed her hair. For that matter, I don't remember Phil and Clair kissing much either, but maybe I just never looked for it.
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