The episode was written by Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh and directed by Jason Winer.
Luke (Nolan Gould) and Manny (Rico Rodriguez) have a school project where they have to find a way of how to drop an egg from a certain height and it will not break.
They both struggle with it and when Manny tells Jay (Ed O'Neill) that Luke is going to nail the project because he is sure Claire (Julie Bowen) will help him.
Phil (Ty Burrell) has a seminar about real estate and he needs Haley (Sarah Hyland) and Claire's help.
Meanwhile, Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) welcome at their home a potential birth mother named Lindsay (Zoe Jarman).
"[2] Leigh Raines of TV Fanatic rated the episode with 4/5 saying that it was "a major improvement over last week's installment" and "just another example of how important competition is to the Pritchett crew.
"[3] Christine N. Ziemba from Paste Magazine gave a 9/10 to the episode stating that the third season of the show was uneven thus far.
"...the show finally cast off the doldrums with this week’s "Egg Drop,” a fast-paced, zany episode that had the Pritchett and Dunphy clans involved in various hi-jinks—and not just for cheap laughs.