[3] The episode begins with Haley (Sarah Hyland) taking tutoring lessons with a smart boy named David (Thomas Kasp).
Haley decides it may be time to break up with Dylan (Reid Ewing), which she does through a text message, a decision everyone agrees with except for Phil (Ty Burrell).
However, Gloria (Sofía Vergara) initially dismisses it because in Colombia she would never rush to the hospital for every little thing and assumes that Jay is just exaggerating.
He requires emergency surgery, causing Gloria to panic since she has come close to killing her husband (for the second time as she puts it).
This makes Cameron happy and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) uncomfortable, due to Barb's inappropriate touching on him.
[1] On September 7, 2010, William Keck of TV Guide reported that Celia Weston would play Cameron's mother.
[5] Celia had previously worked with casting director Jeff Greenberg and creators Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan on Frasier in 2004.
[5] In its original American broadcast, "Mother Tucker" was viewed by an estimated 10.53 million viewers and received a 3.7 rating/12% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49 becoming the lowest rated episode of the season.
She also said it "continued season two's streak of improvements"[8] Rachael Maddux of New York stated in her review that "After two great episodes in a row following a wonky start, Modern Family looks like it finally might be returning to its first-season form.