Modern Family: The One That Got Away (2011)
Season 2, Episode 24
8/10
Jay's birthday
15 March 2012
Warning: Spoilers
Birthday celebrations for grown ups are sometimes a pain in the neck. We are not sure what to get the person, what to do in order to show our love and appreciation for what they mean to us. Jay Pritchett is fully aware of what he is in for when his family decide to honor him.

At the Dunphys, the kids are putting together a video in which all the members of the family contribute with favorite moments to be shown at Jay's celebration. Claire goes one step further. She likes to recreate a point in her life based on an old photograph in which she and Mitchell are shown some years back. For that matter, Mitchell and Claire want to take a new picture at the house where they lived back in those days, something that backfires when they meet a formidable foe, a mean dog.

Claire has plans for going to the mall. Cameron is too stressed out with the caring of Lily. He decides to dump her on Gloria, with the excuse the girl was asking for her. Cam meets Manny, who is facing a dilemma with a girl he likes. Cam is not exactly the one to offer much advice to the boy, but delving into his younger days, he offers his views on baseball.

At the mall, Gloria, pushing Lily's stroller, runs into Phil. Everyone they meet compliments them as making a good couple and about their cute daughter. Phil meets an older friend he has not seen in years. The man takes it for granted Phil is married to Gloria. The man has a confession, he had a crush on Claire Pritchett!

James Bagdonas, new to the sitcom, directed this chapter. The screenplay was written by Brad Walsh, Elaine Ko, Paul Corrigan and Dan O'Shannon. Writing is one of the best elements going for this funny sitcom that examines with humor the situation of three different families that are interconnected to one another.
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