The episode was written by series co-creator Steven Levitan and was directed by Jason Winer.

Phil (Ty Burrell) wants to build a treehouse for Luke (Nolan Gould) but he does not tell Claire (Julie Bowen) because he knows that she will say no.

Phil tries to finish the treehouse alone when his neighbor Andre (Kevin Hart) sees him and offers to help him.

Claire, after hearing Haley's accusations, tricks her and drives her in the middle of nowhere abandoning her with no money or phone to come back home.

Gloria decides to go alone with Shorty and Darlene and Jay asks Manny (Rico Rodriguez) to help him with his dancing.

Cam approaches a woman named Katie (Leslie Mann) and manages to take her number, something that Mitchell and their friend can not believe.

[4] In its original American broadcast, "Treehouse" was viewed by an estimated 13.37 million viewers and received a 5.7 rating/14% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49.

"[8] Leigh Raines from TV Fanatic gave 4.5/5 to the episode stating that "...Modern Family returned with "Treehouse" and a triple whammy of guest stars.

"[9] Christine N. Ziemba from Paste Magazine rated the episode with 8.1/10 praising the show's co-creator Steven Levitan.

There were dozens of quick jokes that kept the storylines moving along, even when a few plots turned left onto predicta-ville."