For his performance in the episode, Nathan Lane received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) puts on a school production of the "Phantom of the Opera", but when their main star falls ill, Manny (Rico Rodriguez) pulls all the stops to land the lead part.
Meanwhile, Phil (Ty Burrell) decides that learning how to golf is necessary for his business and Jay (Ed O'Neill) agrees to teach him.
With Cam in school, Mitch and Jay golfing and Gloria out, Claire (Julie Bowen) stays home to watch over Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) and little Joe.
While Claire is busy trying to stage an accident, Haley (Sarah Hyland) and Dylan (Reid Ewing) end up being the ones watching the two kids.
The episode ends with the school play for which Luke's grandfather (Fred Willard) flew from Florida just to see him even if he was just painting a wall.
"What's most important is that Modern Family can still pull out strong episodes, so long as the writing is solid and the show can avoid falling into its own clichés.
Not really, but the show can still pull off a pretty funny installment without giving everyone a great storyline, so long as the jokes are silly, strange and rapid-fire.
"School plays, a wacky babysitting adventure, a psychic pit stop, and a retro revisit to a sad song?