Modern Family 1x14

Clair has lunch with an old friend from work she hasn’t seen in fifteen years. At first she believes Valerie (Minnie Driver) is secretly jealous of her family life – despite the fact that Valerie has a stellar career and multiple lovers in various cities. But in reality Valerie came to gloat about her upcoming promotion – and to rub it in she tells Claire she would have gotten the job if she hadn’t chosen for Phil the Thrill. It’s Clair who is secretly jealous. It’s all awkwardly uncomfortable.

In other news, Haley breaks up with Dylan because he went to an Anne Hathaway movie with another girl, while Luke and Alex are collecting bottles for charity. “What’s Jägermeister?” Alex asks innocuously. “Uhm, well,” Phil begins, “you know how in a fairy tale there’s always a potion? That makes the princess falls asleep and then the guys start kissing her? Well, this is like that. Except you don’t wake up in a castle, you wake up in a frat house with a bad reputation.” How’s that for a G-rated explanation? Ahahahah! Meanwhile Cameron has challenged Jay to a game of squash (moon landing included), while Gloria is trying to convince Mitchell it was not her fault she got into a little car accident (so he can help her with the legal issues). Well, this one wasn’t so bad. Still, the Cricket is no big fan, not yet.