Jay (Ed O'Neill) reveals to Gloria that he always wanted to be a writer and had intended to start writing after his divorce with DeDe, but "life got in the way".
Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) accidentally give her $100 instead of $1 as a present from the tooth fairy.
In its original American broadcast, "Career Day" was watched by 9.64 million; down 0.74 from the previous episode.
Club gave a B grade to the episode saying that the Career Day and the tooth fairy drama are two things that don't happen regularly in real life.
[3] Zach Dionne of Vulture also rated the episode with 4/5 saying: "This was a refreshingly cohesive half-hour, held together — in Manny's immortal words — by the web of lies we all weave for ourselves.
[5] Britt Hayes of Screen Crush gave a good review to the episode saying that overall was a solid half-hour.