In the episode, after Claire finds flirty texts from a boy on Alex's phone, she asks Haley to give her advice.

Mitchell is having trouble kissing Cam in public and Gloria makes a meal of traditional Colombian food to honor her recently deceased grandmother.

Meanwhile, Gloria (Sofía Vergara) starts cooking traditional Colombian meals in honor of her recently deceased grandmother, which Jay (Ed O'Neill) makes fun of.

[1] The episode addresses criticism the show had garnered for the lack of physical affection exhibited by Cameron and Mitchell in the first season.

In response to the controversy, producers released a statement that a season two episode would address Mitchell's discomfort with public displays of affection.

[1] When Alex works up the nerve to tell Jeremy tha she is attracted to him, she says, "I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy, asking for him to like her", before realizing to her embarrassment that it is a line from the film Notting Hill, which she nonetheless calls an "underrated movie".

[6] Joel Keller of TV Squad gave the episode a positive review naming "Phil squeal-gasped like a girl when Jay asked him for help with the printer."

[14] James Poniewozik of Time liked the main plot and its subtle nature, but wished "the rest of the episode around it had been stronger".

[15] Alan Sepinwall of HitFix praised the fact that the kiss was in the background comparing it to better than the "ghoulish" episode of Cougar Town.

[16] Tom Maursad of The Dallas Morning News stated in his review "the episode was full of really funny moments".

[8] Matt Roush gave the episode a positive and praised Cameron's pratfall calling it "perfect slapstick".