Meanwhile, Mitchell wants to toughen up and Cameron hears a neighbor's marital difficulties over the baby monitor.

Phil decides to go to the batting cages to cool off and mistakenly believes a child's birthday party is for him – only adding to his unhappiness, so he eats a 'Game changer', (a pancake with bacon and golden syrup) to cheer himself up.

Jay – believing he is winning – decides to call the game because he does not want an unhappy wife while Gloria reveals that she would have beaten him in two moves.

The night before Phil's birthday, Cameron and Mitchell hear a man's voice coming from Lily's room.

The next day, Mitchell asks Jay to help him toughen up so that if it actually happens in the future, he can take more appropriate action while Cameron keeps listening to conversations from the baby monitor.

[1] The episode includes guest stars Kevin Fry-Bowers as the security guard at the Apple Store, Jason Antoon as Clark, Whitney Claire Kaufman as Sarah, Tyrel Jackson Williams as Little Phil, Harrison White as the postman and Zak Boggan as the kid outside the batting cage.

"[6] Lesley Savage of Entertainment Weekly gave the episode positive review saying: "It’s the little things that make this show so clever.".

Club gave the episode an A−, saying "Even though there were funny moments in the other two stories, Phil's journey from excitement to near-catatonic resignation ("honey, it's okay, I don't feel things anymore," he reassures Claire) to euphoric rebirth was brilliantly played"[8] Joel Keller of The TV Squad criticized the episode for product placement of the iPad saying "Look, I'm not an Apple hater; I love my iPod Touch, and one day I may convert from being a PC guy to a Mac guy.

But this company has enough buzz from tech media types who get the vapors every time Jobs dons his black mock turtleneck to introduce a new product, and it's not like they don't already have a monstrous advertising budget.