Who is Dylan Marshall in Modern Family?
The boyfriend who never quite leaves · The Dunphys
Dylan Marshall (The boyfriend who never quite leaves) is a character in Modern Family, part of The Dunphys. Dylan Marshall is Haley's musician boyfriend: sweet, devoted, and operating several floors below the conversation — the author of love songs whose lyrics should worry more people than they do. Claire spends a decade trying to wish him away; Phil adopts him on sight, recognising a kindred spirit. Dylan drifts in and out of the family's orbit with the persistence of a friendly comet, and the show's longest-odds romance keeps arriving at the same conclusion: him, somehow, always him.
When does Dylan Marshall first appear?
Dylan Marshall first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“Pilot”) of Modern Family (2009–2020, ABC).
Who is Dylan Marshall connected to?
Relationships already established when Dylan Marshall first appears — nothing from later episodes.
- Haley Dunphy — On, off, on — always him
Which group does Dylan Marshall belong to?
By the time Dylan Marshall appears, The Dunphys also includes Phil Dunphy, Claire Dunphy, Haley Dunphy, Alex Dunphy, Luke Dunphy.
Who else is introduced in this episode?
- Phil Dunphy — The cool dad. Peerless. He typed that himself.
- Claire Dunphy — The control tower of the Dunphy household
- Jay Pritchett — The patriarch on his second draft
- Gloria Delgado-Pritchett — Loud, proud, from a tiny village with a dark history
- Mitchell Pritchett — The lawyer who hugs like a handshake
- Cameron Tucker — The farm boy, the clown, the spotlight
- Haley Dunphy — The popular one, smarter than advertised
- Alex Dunphy — The genius doing everyone's homework
- Luke Dunphy — His father's son, head stuck in the banister
- Manny Delgado — Eleven going on fifty-three
- Lily Tucker-Pritchett — The deadpan the dads deserve
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