"Princess Party" is the 15th episode of the American comedy television series, Modern Family's second season and the 39th overall.

Things get even more strange when DeDe shows up with Claire's old high school boyfriend in tow, and Jay and Gloria each turn to their own unique methods of dealing with this gathering of misfits.

"Princess Party" received mixed reviews with TV Squad writer Joel Keller calling it "one of the funniest episodes of the season".

At the Dunphy's Claire (Julie Bowen) is going berserk because her mother — grandma DeDe (Shelley Long) — is coming, so Phil (Ty Burrell) is arranging for the children to get off her back and orders Luke (Nolan Gould) to be extra-charming to ward off any unpleasant situation.

During dinner he starts telling anecdotes of his and Claire's escapades which reveal how much she was out of control when growing up, to the amazement of Phil and amusement of her children.

After dinner is finally over, Claire and Phil caught DeDe making out with Robby when he walks her to his limo.

She arranges for the entire Pritchett-Delgado family to play the roles with disastrous results just as Jay (Ed O'Neill) had foreseen.

However his plan ultimately fails when Gloria rethinks her previous position and decides not to let DeDe prevent her from missing important family events because she knows that Jay will be there for her just as she will be there for him at María Victoria's first communion.

At the party Cameron is angry because of the ban on Fizbo and he picks on the hired princess (Kate Reinders) and makes her break character by repeatedly asking how to pay for her services.

[5] In its original American broadcast, "Princess Party" was viewed by an estimated 10.453 million households and received a 4.3 rating/12% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49.

The episode received mixed reviews from critics many commenting on the return of Shelley Long and Fizbo.