Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire (Julie Bowen) get a phone call in the middle of the night from the police because Haley (Sarah Hyland) has been arrested for underage drinking.
Haley attempts to make excuses for her behavior but Phil, in a rare display of parental authority, tells her that she needs to start taking responsibility.
Haley takes these words to heart, but goes too far and instead of defending herself at the hearing instead blurts out everything illegal she has done since the day she started college and ends up getting expelled.
Gloria (Sofia Vergara) wants to go baby shopping but Jay (Ed O'Neill) gets out of it — only to get a surprise visitor: DeDe (Shelley Long).
The episode that engineers this reunion might be fairly ordinary, but with Haley returning as a foil for Alex and a trial for her parents, good consequences could be in the offing.
"[2] Leigh Raines of TV Fanatic rated "Arrested" with a 5/5, saying, "Call it November Sweeps if you want, but Modern Family hasn't busted out an episode this good in weeks.
But when the show steps out of the box and recognizes that people don’t always play to type, that’s when it can really catch you off guard.
There are far more potentially funny scenarios with Haley back than with her away at college…"[8] Gail Mancuso received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for this episode.