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gave a positive review to the episode calling it "charming" and "frequently funny". Adler also states that the best plot was Mitch's. "Despite a bit of clutter and compression, 'Spring-a-Ding-Fling' was a Modern Family episode that could have run in season two. The one-liners are sharp, the actors
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gave an A− rating to the episode, praising its cold open and saying it "felt like an uptick from the beginning none of the plots in "Spring" sputtered or faded away in the third act, as has often been the case with the episodes this season. It's a finely tuned, admirably paced episode that easily
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