Jay (Ed O'Neill) wants to attend a dog's birthday party (a Bark Mitzvah) with Stella (Brigitte) and he also takes Gloria (Sofía Vergara) with him, while Manny (Rico Rodriguez) stays home to baby-sit Joe (Pierce Wallace).
When Alex says she is unable do so because Alec broke up with her and shortly afterwards says she found a new boyfriend, Phil starts to believe that Claire and Haley might be right.
Back at home, the three of them seem to get along well, until Brenda moves to sit on their new white couch while drinking wine and later on wants to sleep on it while wearing a green beauty mask on her face.
"[2] Lisa Fernandes of Next Projection rated the episode with 7.6/10 saying that Jay and Gloria's plot was amusing, the Dunphys' one all over the place while Kristin Johnston's guest appearance was completely wasted.
While the performances are fairly strong, they're defeated by plots that abruptly dead-end in a confusing mess, minus moral and message but also without rhyme, reason or sense.