Open House of Horrors

Claire agrees to that but even though she keeps everything kid-friendly, none of the neighborhood kids come to her home for trick-or-treat because they are afraid.

Mitch was hoping that Lily would forget about it but she did not and he is now trying to hide it from Cam since they agreed that one day they both would talk to her about her mom and tell her the truth.

It doesn’t stay a secret for long, though, when Lily encounters a party guest dressed as a princess and brings up her mother.

Manny (Rico Rodriguez) accidentally sets off the fire alarm at school, which leads everyone to miss the test and him to be sent to the principal's office.

Gloria's (Sofia Vergara) hormones make her more quick-tempered than usual but she doesn't realize it.

Simultaneously, when Jay can’t flirt his way out of a speeding ticket, he worries that he has lost his charm and is starting to look old.

His confidence is boosted when the party guest in the princess costume- who, unbeknownst to Jay, is actually a man (Rodney To)- compliments his looks.

[1] In its original American broadcast, "Open House of Horrors" was watched by 12.52 million; up 0.24  from the previous episode.

And Claire’s exploding chest effect, enhanced with copious fake blood pouring out of her mouth, is astounding even by those elevated standards.

"[3] Leigh Raines of TV Fanatic rated "The Butler's Escape" with a 4/5 stating that this might not have been the best holiday episode for the characters but it still manage to get her laugh.

"[8] Pollysgotyournumbers of Bitch Stole My Remote gave a good review to the episode stating: "So, I’m just gonna go ahead and call it: this was 2012′s best Hallowe’en themed television show.