Phil has a similar experience while visiting Alex, when she tells him that she does not want to participate in a freshman ritual that she views as frivolous.
By the time Haley, Luke and Claire come home, Phil has also a change of heart about keeping his children to himself, and helps them to release the ducks.
Manny (Rico Rodriguez) recruits Gloria (Sofía Vergara) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) on a heist to steal blood peppers to make their hot sauce.
Meanwhile, Jay (Ed O'Neill) helps Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) to organize Lily’s (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) first sleepover with her friends from a Vietnamese dance troupe, a difficult feat since Mitchell and Cameron aren't always welcomed by the Vietnamese parents.
Mitchell and Jay then get Cameron and Gloria to make the girls bottle some hot sauce, much to a parent’s displeasure.