Princess Party
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Jay (Ed O'Neill) confronting Robby (Matt Dillon) at the party
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 15 |
| Directed by | Michael Spiller |
| Written by | Elaine Ko |
| Production code | 2ARG17 |
| Original air date | February 16, 2011 |
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"Princess Party" is the 15th episode of the American comedy television series, Modern Family's second season and the 39th overall. It originally aired on February 16, 2011 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The episode was written by Elaine Ko and was directed by Michael Spiller.
The episode revolves around the guest list for Lily's princess-themed birthday party which gets a little out of hand when Mitchell decides to invite his mom, much to Claire's dismay, and disinvite Fizbo, much to Cameron's dismay. Things get even more strange when DeDe shows up with Claire's old high school boyfriend in tow, and Jay and Gloria each turn to their own unique methods of dealing with this gathering of misfits.
"Princess Party" received mixed reviews with TV Squad writer Joel Keller calling it "one of the funniest episodes of the season". The episode saw a significant drop in the ratings from the previous episode, "Bixby's Back" which reached a series high.
At the Dunphy's Claire (Julie Bowen) is going berserk because grandma DeDe (Shelley Long) is coming, so Phil (Ty Burrell) is arranging for the children to get off her back and orders Luke (Nolan Gould) to be extra-charming to ward off any unpleasant situation. When DeDe arrives she starts annoying Claire. Later on it turns out that DeDe ran into Robby (Matt Dillon), Claire's old boyfriend, and invited him for dinner, neglecting to tell him that she is married with children much to his surprise. Robby is a limo driver that has kept his good looks and taunts Phil. During dinner he starts telling anecdotes of his and Claire's escapades which reveal how much she was out of control when growing up, to the amazement of Phil and amusement of her children. After dinner is finally over, DeDe walks Robby out to his limo and Claire notices that he left his phone, and as she goes to give it back, Phil and Claire see DeDe and Robby kissing.
Gloria (Sofía Vergara) comes back home from purchasing Lily's present, a children's book with a recorder where they can record their voices reading the book. She arranges for the entire Pritchett-Delgado Family to play the roles with disastrous results just as Jay (Ed O'Neill) had foreseen. Meanwhile Gloria is very anxious about going to Lily's party the next day, because she does not want to run into DeDe again. This is used by Jay as an excuse to get out of a friend's of Gloria's first communion party because he feels "that the father does not like him very much". However his plan ultimately fails when Gloria rethinks her previous position and decides not to let DeDe prevent her from missing important family events, such as Alex's (Ariel Winter) graduation or "all of Haley's (Sarah Hyland) weddings" and because she knows that Jay will be there for her just as she will be there for him at María Victoria's first communion.
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