Moon Landing 

Claire feels like a loser when she catches up with an old friend from work, Jay and Cameron have an unpleasant "encounter" in a locker room, and Mitchell tries to give legal advice to Gloria after she has a wreck.

Director:

Jason Winer

Writers:

Christopher Lloyd (created by), Steven Levitan (created by)

Stars:

Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Ed O'Neill	...	Jay Pritchett
Sofía Vergara	...	Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
Julie Bowen	...	Claire Dunphy
Ty Burrell	...	Phil Dunphy
Jesse Tyler Ferguson	...	Mitchell Pritchett
Eric Stonestreet	...	Cameron Tucker
Sarah Hyland	...	Haley Dunphy
Ariel Winter	...	Alex Dunphy
Nolan Gould	...	Luke Dunphy
Rico Rodriguez	...	Manny Delgado
Minnie Driver	...	Valerie
Reid Ewing	...	Dylan Marshall
Blake Gibbons	...	Construction Worker

Storyline

Claire feels slightly inadequate when her old friend, Valerie, visits and is nothing like Claire remembered. Meanwhile Jay has an unsettling locker room moment when he and Cameron go play racquetball, and Mitchell tries to help Gloria with some legal problems.

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Plot Keywords:

locker room | racquetball | los angeles california | pixelated male nudity | jagermeister | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Phil is driving and notices the vandalism on his billboard, he is singing Dylan's song (inappropriately about Haley) "In the Moonlight (Do Me)"

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Quotes

Alex Dunphy: What's Jägermeister?
Phil Dunphy: Um, well, you know how in a fairy tale, there's always a potion that makes the princess fall asleep and then the guy starts kissing her? Well, this is like that, except you don't wake up in a castle, you wake up in a frat house with a bad reputation.

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Connections

References Say Anything (1989)

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Soundtracks

Modern Family Main Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Gabriel Mann

User Reviews

Best episode yet!

I am currently watching Season 1 of Modern Family and I just saw this episode. I missed most of the episodes so far so I am watching them a little late. I have been loving the show, but it's only had a few laugh out loud moments. After this episode, I have regained my full confidence in this series and its characters.

I have to say, this was possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen. With Claire's friend going to the house, and with Jay and Cameron at the gym, I was laughing out loud for at least 5 full minutes. Terrific episode, of a terrific show. I will continue to watch this show, as it is #1 on my current favorite TV Show list.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 February 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Levitan / Lloyd, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

21 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD