The premiere is directed by Chris Koch and written by Elaine Ko.
Haley (Sarah Hyland), Alex (Ariel Winter) and Luke (Nolan Gould) are in vacation in New York with Claire (Julie Bowen) and Phil (Ty Burrell) but the parents have to leave early.
Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) journey to Missouri.
Jay (Ed O'Neill) and Gloria (Sofía Vergara) take Manny (Rico Rodriguez) and Joe (Jeremy Maguire) to a wedding in Juárez.
After they return home, Sonia appears and kidnaps Manny in revenge for Gloria using their aunt's sauce recipe after previously preventing Sonia from starting a business herself because she was jealous of her for being her father's favorite.