"Manny Get Your Gun" is the eighth episode of the second season of the sitcom, Modern Family and the 32nd overall. It originally aired November 17, 2010 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The episode was written by Danny Zuker, from a story by Modern Family co-creator, Christopher Lloyd and was directed by Michael Spiller.

In the episode, everyone gathers at a restaurant for Manny's birthday when Manny has a mini-life crisis of getting older; Phil and Claire have a race to see who can get there faster; and Mitchell and Cam get stuck at the mall looking for a gift.

"Manny Get Your Gun" received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics with Joel Keller of TV Squad naming it "one of the better ones of the season. According to the Nielsen Media Research, the episode received the same ratings as the previous episode, "Chirp" and became the second highest rated scripted series of the original week it aired.

The episode begins with Manny (Rico Rodriguez) starting his birthday speech to a table filled with angry family members.

The episode then goes 30 minutes earlier showing Claire (Julie Bowen) hurrying everyone to get to the party on time. This prompts a contest between Claire and Phil (Ty Burrell) to see whose route is quicker. Phil rides with Alex (Ariel Winter) and Haley (Sarah Hyland), and Luke (Nolan Gould) with Claire.

In Claire's car, Luke asks Claire why she is separating from Phil misunderstanding Claire's earlier statement of the two parents were "separating". Claire reassures Luke that they are fine and just going separate routes. Claire then starts asking Luke why he wanted to go with Phil instead of her. She stops the car to have a talk with Luke which makes her sadder, but Luke makes her happy by telling her that she is fun too but he wanted to be with Phil because he thought Phil needed him more than Claire does and that her route is faster than Phil's.

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