It was written by Dan O'Shannon, Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh and directed by Michael Spiller.
Whilst returning the television she sees Luke looking sadly across the lawn at his room and he somberly tells his mom that he would see the TV light on at the house and confirm that Walt was OK. Claire then lets him keep the TV and calls Phil to say Luke is doing just fine.
Haley (Sarah Hyland) wants to throw a party in Jay (Ed O'Neill) and Gloria's (Sofía Vergara) house without permission so she tells Gloria that a responsible relative will be the chaperone and to Claire that her "uncle" will be a chaperone.
Phil realizes that Walt never fixed his estrangement from his daughter and he decides that he does not want the same thing to happen with himself and Alex (Ariel Winter), so he sets out with her for some great stories to fill in the empty gallery of Phil-Alex moments.
Over dinner, the two men clash, with Jay hating the fact that Merle treats Mitchell like the woman in the relationship.
Jay and Merle eventually talk and realize that they both try and treat their son's partner as the woman in a relationship because it makes them feel better.
This episode was written by Dan O'Shannon, Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh, and directed by Michael Spiller.
Along with the main cast, this episode featured Barry Corbin as Merle Tucker, Cameron's father.
"[3] Jules of Two Cents TV gave a good review to the episode saying: "I really enjoyed Phil’s story of trying to have that special day with Alex.