Won't You Be Our Neighbor

The episode's title is a play on the Mr. Rogers Neighborhood theme song, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?".

In the episode, Phil and Claire are getting new neighbors, Jay finds out that Manny's new girlfriend is also the granddaughter of his longtime rival, while Cameron and Mitchell try to move Lily to another class with a teacher they think is more fun.

Jay (Ed O'Neill) makes a new invention for socks and plans to sell it but everything seems to fall apart for him when Manny's (Rico Rodriguez) new girlfriend, Sophie (Cheyn Cole), comes home and sees it.

Meanwhile, the Dunphy's neighbor, Jerry (Matt Besser), moves out after his divorce and asks Phil (Ty Burrell) to sell his house.

Claire (Julie Bowen) is happy with the idea that they can choose their new neighbors and they do everything to impress a new couple, George (Ben Lawson) and Lisa (Fiona Gubelmann).

In its original American broadcast, "Won't You Be Our Neighbor" was watched by 10.16; up by 0.45 from the previous episode.