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Commencement

‘Commencement’

Season 10, Episode 21 -  Aired May 1, 2019

Cameron faces challenges as he is put in charge of the high school graduation ceremony, with Jay giving the commencement address.

Quote from Phil

Phil: Claire, your old high school nemesis Ashley Walls, did she have a daughter?
Claire: Uh, I don't think so. Why?
Phil: Well, that woman over there looks just like Ashley, but it can't be. She looks half your... beauty.

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Quote from Claire

Claire: [aside to camera] Ashley Walls. She outdid me at everything. Homecoming Queen, Field Hockey Captain, and the summer before we went away to college, she beat me out for an internship at Pritchett's closets.

Quote from Phil

Ashley: Hi. Ashley Walls-Carnegie.
Phil: Phillip Humphrey Dunphy.

Quote from Jay

Jay: Hey, Phil. You know how you're my go-to guy on stuff?
Phil: Huh. I suppose against all odds, we've become best friends.
Jay: Sure. So, apparently, some of the students are angry that I'm giving the commencement address.
Phil: Why?
Jay: Who knows why their sick minds do anything? Gotta say though, it feels good to be hating hippies again. Anyway, would you mind giving this place a sweep? See if you notice something suspicious.
Jay: Consider it done.

Quote from Phil

Phil: Hey. What do you got there? You kids got something under those robes you want to show me?

Quote from Joe

Gloria: Manny, you passed the cuts, so why aren't you in a better mood?
Manny: [sighs] You bribed my dean to get me past the cut, didn't you?
Gloria: I would never do something like that.
Manny: Oh, bravo! If Lisa Wagner pulled out that performance, maybe she wouldn't be driving back to her parents' house with a trunk full of handmade puppets and a suddenly very uncertain future.
Gloria: I didn't bribe anyone. I don't know why you're talking such crazy things.
Manny: Because I saw you bribe Sensei Ron.
Joe: Wait. You bribed Sensei Ron?! So this is just a lie?! Are there others? Who the hell even am I?!

Quote from Claire

Claire: Wow, it's wild to think where all these kids are gonna end up, right? I mean, there's so many great schools. In fact, our... Oh. Is something wrong?
Ashley: [voice breaking] Our daughter joined ISIS.
Claire: Oh, God!
Ashley: [sobs] The government said she's not an American anymore. There's a van always parked in front of our house.
Claire: Oh, God. I'm so sorry.
Phil: [high-pitched] Did Claire tell you our daughter's a genius?

Quote from Cameron

Cameron: And so, graduates, look to your left and to your right. It's a simple key chain with a tiny cowboy hat charm on it. If you see it, please pass it forward.

Quote from Cameron

Cameron: All right, and now on to our commencement speaker. He is a pillar of the community, an entrepreneur and closeteer, Mr. Jay Pritchett. [applause]
Jay: [clears throat] Commencement. "C" for "courage," "O" for "opportunity," the first "M"... [students hooting]
[aside to camera:]
Cameron: Disaster had struck. But did I panic? No. No one chooses to be a wartime principal. But we're the ones history remembers.

Quote from Cameron

Cameron: All right! Wow! That is a lot of deceased for one year. We should probably have the police check into that.

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