The episode was written by Danny Zuker, from a story by Modern Family co-creator, Christopher Lloyd and was directed by Michael Spiller.

"Manny Get Your Gun" received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics with Joel Keller of TV Squad naming it "one of the better ones of the season.

The episode begins with Manny (Rico Rodriguez) starting his birthday speech to a table filled with angry family members.

Phil rides with Alex (Ariel Winter) and Haley (Sarah Hyland), and Luke (Nolan Gould) with Claire.

Meanwhile, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) are walking through the mall looking for a present for Manny.

A furious Gloria angry at Manny not wanting to go his own party shoots the flotation device with a BB gun Jay gave him.

The scene then goes to Manny finishing his speech saying that he has enough time to act like a kid, as his older family members still do, leading to everyone reconciling with one another.

"Manny Get Your Gun" was written by Danny Zuker, but was based on a story by Modern Family's co-creator, Christopher Lloyd.

[7] The episode was later put in for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series along with "Caught in the Act", "The Musical Man" and "Mother's Day".

She felt "this episode is a bit less than the sum of its parts; or maybe the jigsaw pieces have been forced into place a little too emphatically.

He felt that "This episode may not quite have reached the level of "Fizbo", but by the time it built to its near-four-car-pileup, it had strung together quite a run of funny and sweet moments.

"[19] HitFix writer Alan Sepinwall, who is often critical of the series's second season praised the episode commenting that "nearly everything was clicking".