Becky Pritchett was the sister of Jay Pritchett.
She was first mentioned in "The Kiss" when Jay told everyone that his father had kissed him one time in Jay's entire life and that was when one time he came up behind Jay, kissed him on the back of the head and said "Goodnight, Becky.", thinking that Jay was Becky.
Becky had a son named Brian and it was his wedding in which Jay, DeDe, Claire and Mitchell attended in the episode "Sarge & Pea".
In "The Escape", Becky made her only physical appearance. She was in a nursing home, recovering from a stroke. It was revealed that she was a mean woman and such a monster and she and Jay had their differences. Becky and Jay hadn't spoken in 9 years and she had met Gloria only once, at their wedding. When Claire and Mitchell were kids, they were very frightened of her. Claire brought along a tomato soup. Jay, Gloria, Mitchell, Cam, Claire and Phil all went to visit Becky in her room, where she was fast asleep with the "same mean old puss on her face." She then woke up to find her relatives in her room. A doctor then entered and told the family that the stroke may have scrambled some of Becky's memories. She did not remember Mitchell coming out as gay and asked Jay if that summer if she could borrow his fishing cabin (It was originally Jay's father's cabin and he had also promised that it would go to Jay, but instead he gave it to Becky, so was actually hers). Claire noticed a necklace which Becky said that she got from the prince of Liechtenstein, but in reality, it was Claire's necklace which Becky stole from Claire when Claire had lent it to Becky for Jay and Gloria's wedding and she never gave it back to Claire, who then took the soup to heat it up, so maybe the smell would jog her memory.
At the end, Becky revealed that her brain was fine, that her memories didn't get messed up at all and that the doctor who was tending to her was actually just a guy named Fred who was a friend of hers from next door who played a doctor on a soap opera once and he had kept the coat. Claire and Mitchell came back in and then Claire attempted to fool Becky again to get the necklace back by saying that she got off the phone with the prince of Liechtenstein who said he'd been having some financial troubles and that he was going to need the necklace back to feed his people, but Becky stopped her. Jay then revealed to Claire and Mitchell that there was nothing wrong with her memory and that she was messing with them. They were really furious and Claire demanded Becky to give her necklace back, but Becky refused to give it back until Claire fixed the dent she put on Becky's Bonneville car which was still on it and she kept the necklace when Claire did not sound like she denied it. In the ending scene during the credits, Claire was in her car and Phil came running really quickly. When he got inside, it was revealed that he gave Becky a hug goodbye, used his sleight-of-hand and on the third try, got the necklace back, which made Claire really happy. As they prepared to leave, Claire opened up her camera from behind the car to reveal Becky riding along on her electric scooter telling them to give her the necklace. But Phil and Claire escaped once the latter pulled off really fast.
Appearances[]
- She only appeared in 1 episode
| Modern Family, season 9 | |||||
| #01 | "Lake Life" | #09 | "Though Love" | #17 | "Royal Visit" |
| #02 | "The Long Goodbye" | #10 | ""No Small Feet" | #18 | "Daddy Issues" |
| #03 | "Catch of the Day" | #11 | "He Said, She Shed" | #19 | "CHiPs and Salsa" |
| #04 | "Sex,Lies & Kickball" | #12 | "Dear Beloved Family" | #20 | "Mother!" |
| #05 | "It's The Great Pumpkin, Phil Dunphy" | #13 | "In Your Head" | #21 | "The Escape" |
| #06 | "Ten Years Later" | #14 | "Written in the Stars" | #22 | "Clash of Swords" |
| #07 | "Winner Winner Turkey Dinner" | #15 | "Spanks for the Memories" | ||
| #08 | "Brushes with Celebrity" | #16 | "Wine Weekend" | ||