What episode does Luke kiss Sherry in Modern Family?

One of the members of Modern Family might have made their worst mistake yet in the latest episode. The ABC comedy series' latest episode featured Gloria (Sofia Vergara) enlisting Luke (Nolan Gould) on a mission to help Manny (Rico Rodriguez) get over his heartbreak over ex-girlfriend Sherry (Hilary Ann Matthews). However, a big mistake might have led to a big family rift.

Spoilers ahead for Modern Family Season 11, Episode 9: "Tree's A Crowd"

The episode revolved mostly around Claire (Julie Bowen) and Phil (Ty Burrell) hoping to pair up the late DeeDee's husband Jerry (Ed Begley) with Dylans' mom (Rachael Bay Jones). The installment also saw as Gloria tasked Luke to go to one of Sherry's improv shows and convince her that breaking up with Manny was a huge mistake.

"Improv is no different than getting waterboarded. Just stay calm, go to a pleasant place in your mind and remember you're not actually dying," Gloria tells Luke to appease his mind after he begs not to have to go to the big event.

Jay (Ed O'Neill) thinks it is not a good idea, which leads Gloria to tell him he does not care about other people's feelings. That gives him his own idea about how to cheer up his stepson. He brings another girl to the house in an attempt to get him to get over Sherry.

As the drama ensues at the house, Luke arrives and takes Gloria aside. She hopes the things went well when he went to the improv performance, but it was the exact opposite. Luke reveals he and Sherry ended up kissing.

He revealed via flashback that he was forced to sit through the entire performance after the group locked the doors when the skits begun. The first one was miserable, and then Sherry went onstage performing as the first Octopus president. Her comedy skills reminded Luke of a "hot girl" version of his dad, and he enjoyed the rest of the event.

After the show, Luke and Sherry talked for a while and the bonding ends with a kiss. Gloria starts to reprimand him for his actions, but Manny and Jay end up overhearing the whole thing. Manny is devastated by Luke's betrayal and walks away.

Jay sternly tells Luke he messed up, he is very disappointed in him and asks him to leave the house. We will have to wait and see if next week's Christmas celebrations lead to a reconciliation.

The tenth season of Modern Family debuted on September 26, 2018 on ABC.[1] The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Steven Levitan Productions, and Picador Productions, with creators Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd as showrunners. Modern Family was renewed for its tenth season in May 2017.[2] The season concluded on May 8, 2019 and contained 22 episodes.

In January 2018, creators Levitan and Lloyd stated that the tenth season would most likely be the series' final[3] although later in August 2018, it was reported that ABC were in discussions to renew the series for a potential 18-episode eleventh and final season.[4][5] The series was renewed for an eleventh and final season on February 5, 2019.[6]

Microsoft has responded to a list of concerns regarding its ongoing $68bn attempt to buy Activision Blizzard, as raised by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and come up with an interesting statistic.

In response to continued questions over whether Microsoft owning Call of Duty would unfairly hobble PlayStation, Microsoft claimed that every COD player on PlayStation could move over to Xbox, and Sony's playerbase would still remain "significantly larger" than its own.

Microsoft does not go into detail on its mental arithmetic here, but does note elswhere in its comments that PlayStation currently has a console install base of 150 million, compared to Xbox's install base of 63.7 million.

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That claim is part of a range of comments given to Eurogamer sister site GamesIndustry.biz in response to the CMA's latest report, which otherwise mostly repeats many of the same concerns raised by the UK regulator - and others around the world - already.

For those following the case, the CMA's latest intervention will not come as a surprise - it is the next step on the regulator's recent roadmap for how and when it will weigh in with its final ruling. This month, we were due the CMA's October "issues statement" - and it seems that this is the document to which Microsoft has now publicly responded.

The usual topics are covered - surrounding the potential for the deal to harm competitors should Microsoft gain too much of an advantage owning Activision Blizzard franchises (mainly, Call of Duty) and therefore being able to leverage their brand power to become a dominant market leader in the console market and cloud streaming.

Specifically, the CMA sees potential for the deal to harm Sony but also other streaming services such as Google (perhaps a moot point now), Amazon and Nvidia.

"Having full control over this powerful catalogue, especially in light of Microsoft's already strong position in gaming consoles, operating systems, and cloud infrastructure, could result in Microsoft harming consumers by impairing Sony's – Microsoft's closest gaming rival – ability to compete," the CMA wrote, "as well as that of other existing rivals and potential new entrants who could otherwise bring healthy competition through innovative multi-game subscriptions and cloud gaming services."

In response, Microsoft said such "unsupported theories of harm" were not enough to even warrant the CMA's current Phase 2 investigation - which was triggered on 1st September.

"The suggestion that the incumbent market leader, with clear and enduring market power, could be foreclosed by the third largest provider as a result of losing access to one title is not credible," Microsoft told GamesIndustry.biz.

"While Sony may not welcome increased competition, it has the ability to adapt and compete. Gamers will ultimately benefit from this increased competition and choice.

"Should any consumers decide to switch from a gaming platform that does not give them a choice as to how to pay for new games (PlayStation) to one that does (Xbox), then that is the sort of consumer switching behavior that the CMA should consider welfare enhancing and indeed encourage. It is not something that the CMA should be trying to prevent."

The CMA is due to notify Microsoft of its provisional findings in January 2023, at which point it can seek possible remedies to any sticking points raised. The regulator's final report - and overall ruling - will then be published no later than 1st March next year.

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