Jay (Ed O'Neill) and Claire (Julie Bowen) are out of town because they have to attend the annual Closet Convention.
They immediately cancel their reservation at the restaurant and they all try to fix the model with Phil's dad, Frank's (Fred Willard), help via Skype.
In the meantime, Alex (Ariel Winter) and Haley (Sarah Hyland) fight over the pizza delivery boy that they both like.
"One great comedic set piece and a surprisingly adept dramatic scene close what may be the best episode of Modern Family season five so far.
The three plots this week all work very well, becoming more poignant and witty than their initial set-up would suggest, and all of the actors are at the top of their game.
Without a nifty structure to string together the disparate plots, the parts get more scrutiny, because they aren't contributing to a greater whole [...] a shambling episode [ClosetCon '13] with a smattering of funny lines and a sequence that worked far better than it should have, but without a ton of meat on its bones.