Regrets Only
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Claire (Julie Bowen) talking to Jay (Ed O'Neill) about her fight with Phil (Ty Burrell) while eating ice-cream at the Mall
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 16 |
| Directed by | Dean Parisot |
| Written by | Abraham Higginbotham |
| Production code | 2ARG14 |
| Original air date | February 23, 2011 |
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"Regrets Only" is the 16th episode of the second season of the American sitcom Modern Family, and the series' 40th episode overall. It aired on February 23, 2011 on ABC. The episode was written by Abraham Higginbotham and directed by Dean Parisot.
In the episode, Jay buys a karaoke machine as a gift to Gloria, something that he regrets since Gloria's voice is loud and off key, and she likes to sing all day long. Phil and Claire have a huge fight but none of them really knows the reason the fight has started. Hayley tries to trick her parents into saving money to buy her a car, but Alex figures it out. Cameron tries to arrange a fundraiser that will help him upstage his "nemesis" Andrew.
The episode's original American broadcast was viewed by an estimated 10.35 million households and received a 4.1 rating and got mixed reviews from the critics.
At the Dunphy house, Claire (Julie Bowen) has spent the night on the couch after having a huge fight Phil (Ty Burrell), but he has no clue as to what it was about. Meanwhile, Jay (Ed O'Neill) gives Gloria (Sofía Vergara) a karaoke machine as a gift that he ends up regretting because of Gloria's loud and off key singing. Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) is trying to arrange for a very important fundraiser that gives him the chance to upstage his "nemesis" Andrew (Jeremy Scott Johnson).
Jay comes to the Dunphy house to help them fix the microwave oven door which was torn apart during Phil and Claire's fight, but the official version of the disaster in the kitchen is that a raccoon came in through the dog trap door and Claire had to fight it off with a fire extinguisher. Since Jay is unable to fix the oven, Claire asks Phil to take her to the mall to buy a new one but he says that he was on his way to have a hair cut in an excuse to avoid going to the mall with Claire. Gloria volunteers to cut Phil's hair and Jay agrees to take Claire to the mall in another excuse to avoid having to videotape Gloria singing on the karaoke machine.
While having his hair cut, Phil talks with Gloria about the fight and they try to figure out what caused it. He and Gloria come to the conclusion that the fight maybe was about him mistakenly buying broccoli instead of cauliflower. In the mall Jay discovers why Phil declined to come with Claire. While getting a massage, Claire makes all kinds of loud and embarrassing noises. While eating ice cream Claire tells her side of the story and it turns out that Phil went to lunch with a friend and had an amazing salad that he loved which Claire had been telling him about for years but he never tried. She left to walk around the block after having a meltdown and throwing the broccoli at Phil, but as she walked out the door her night gown got caught in the door and she had to get back into the house through the dog trap door, which Phil confused with a raccoon and he was the one to attack her with the fire extinguisher.
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