Claire (Julie Bowen) drives her there for the weekend, bringing Manny (Rico Rodriguez) and Luke (Nolan Gould) along.
After Claire's encouragement not to spend the weekend alone, he attempts to arrange a boys' night, inviting fellow Bulldogs alumnus Dave (Matthew Broderick), with whom he was acquainted at Cameron's (Eric Stonestreet) gym.
Cam and Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) want to make a surprise baby gift for Jay (Ed O'Neill) and Gloria (Sofia Vergara).
He attempts to find out what is wrong but ultimately meets with difficulty because Jay is unwilling to discuss things with his son.
"[5] Jules of Two Cents TV gave a good review: "One simple action or gesture can have a whole lot of meaning.
"[6] Britt Hayes from Screen Crush also gave a good review, stating: "Though the Bar Mitzvah stuff with Manny and Luke doesn’t amount to much, the rest of the episode does what ‘Modern Family’ does best: subverts expectation, gives its characters real depth and humanity, and finds hilarity in the increasingly absurd.
There isn’t anything spectacular about it: the storylines aren’t intensely intriguing, but there is just enough quality dialogue sprinkled throughout that I was happy to keep watching.
In an episode where everything plays out pretty much as expected, the ending of Phil’s storyline proves exceptionally beautiful.