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'Modern Family' Season 11 Finale: Cam and Mitch's unrealistic story arc makes no sense, say disappointed fans

The majority of them are of an opinion that Cam won't last long in the new job as he will soon relapse into boredom and would want to go back to living his old life

Spoilers for 'Modern Family' Season 11

ABC's long-loved sitcom 'Modern Family' Season 11 concluded on April 8 with a two-part finale. Although the creators did not go out of their way to deliver an unexpected ending, they managed to strike the right chord with the audience by retaining the series' iconic comedy chops.

The finale gave us a couple more one-liners and more of the newfangled family's misadventures to remember the show for. However, the only change they introduced in the series before bidding final farewell hasn’t convinced the viewers. 

We are talking about Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron Tucker’s (Eric Stonestreet) story, which ends with the duo moving to Missouri for the latter’s new job as a football coach along with Lily and their newly adopted baby son Rexford.

Calling out the show for its unrealistic aspect, one fan wrote on Reddit, "Mitch and Cam moving to Bumfuck, Nowhere so Cam can coach football at some random college was bizarre. Mitch has historically switched jobs on a whim, so whatever. But abandoning a beautiful new home, their friends and family, and with the stress of a newborn? Like, why? What did that add?”

Some are finding it hard to believe that Lily Tucker-Pritchett (Aubrey Anderson Emmons) who was all along portrayed as a rebellious teenager who is vocal about her choices, conveniently accepted the new life imposed by her parents without saying anything. 

"Yeah, I don't really like them either. It's not even really realistic that adults move suddenly to the other side of the country and the teenager is completely fine with it. Alex moving didn't bother me, that's in character for her. But didn't Cam want to move away from Missouri? I remember that he didn't like living there. So weird,” noted another fan. 

Meanwhile, the majority of them are of an opinion that Cam won’t last long in the new job as he will soon relapse into boredom and would want to go back to living his old life. 
 
While one fan expressed, “They'll be back. Cam will coach for a while, realize he got to do what he wanted and isn't really happy and that what he wants now is to move back home. Mitch will agree and say he was 'trying' to get a job (but didn't) and Lily will say she hated everything and has her and the baby's things packed already. Mitch says, wait where are we going to live?”
 
“I mean, do you know how much money college football coaches can make? And with lower living costs of Missouri, they'd be able to afford an even larger, nicer house. That made no sense to me either!” another added.