Season 4

Season 4
Season 4
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Season 4 for Modern Family was announced on May 10th, 2012. The first episode premiered on September 26, 2012, and, after a two week break, the show returned with a 1-hour special.

Cast and Characters

Main

• Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
• Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
• Sarah Hyland as Haley Dunphy
• Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy
• Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy
• Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett
• Sofía Vergara as Gloria Pritchett
• Rico Rodriguez II as Manny Delgado
• Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett
• Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily Pritchett-Tucker

Guest Starring

• Matthew Broderick

Episodes

#	Total	Image	Title	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
1	73		"Bringing Up Baby"	Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh	Steven Levitan	September 26, 2012
			Phil takes Jay on a very unconventional fishing trip with his buddies, and Gloria struggles with how to break the pregnancy news to him. Meanwhile, Dylan moves into the Dunphy household temporarily, and Mitchell and Cam decide to look into adopting a cat as they continue to cope with their failed attempt to adopt another child.
2	74		"Schooled"	Steven Levitan & Dan O'Shannon	Jeff Melman	October 10, 2012
			Phil and Claire drops Haley off at college, which is a difficult moment for any parent, but it's made worse when they manage to really embarrass Haley. Meanwhile, Manny forces Jay and Gloria to take a baby class. Mitch and Cam drop Lily off for the first day of kindergarten, but when she gets into a tussle with another little boy, they end up having a meeting with the boy's confrontational lesbian parents.
3	75		"Snip"	Danny Zuker	Gail Mancuso	October 10, 2012
			Phil and Claire sets a five-year plan. Phil is going in for a vasectomy. Meanwhile, Jay and Gloria disagree about whether or not to find out the sex of the baby. Gloria is in denial about needing maternity clothes. Now that Lily's in kindergarten, Mitchell tries to gently steer Cam towards a part-time job to occupy all his extra time.
4	76		"The Butler's Escape"	Bill Wrubel	Beth McCarthy Miller	October 17, 2012
			Phil can't accept that Luke wants to quit magic; Gloria's snoring keeps Jay and Manny awake; Mitch and Cam struggle to deal with their reversed role.
5	77		"Open House of Horrors"	Elaine Ko	Bill Wrubel	October 24, 2012
			Claire has overdone it in Halloweens past and the neighbors definitely don't share her enthusiasm, so this year she's being forced to tone it down and keep it "kid-friendly," and Phil has an idea to hold an open house on Halloween night. Meanwhile, Mitch and Cam host a costume party while contending with Lily wondering who her real mom is, and Gloria's pregnancy hormones are on overdrive, making her even more hotheaded than usual.
6	78		"Yard Sale"	Abraham Higginbotham	Gail Mancuso	October 31, 2012
			Jay and Gloria hold a yard sale to help Manny and Luke with their school's charity fundraiser, and the entire family pitches in. Phil feels pressured to both sell and buy something, Mitch and Cam help Claire assess Alex's new 'boy friend,' and Manny finds an old trunk that hides a secret Gloria wants to see remain a secret.
7	79		"Arrested"	Becky Mann Audra Sielaff	Gail Mancuso	November 7, 2012
			Phil and Claire get the dreaded late night call that Haley has been arrested for under-aged drinking, so they bring Mitchell in tow to the police station. Cameron stays back to watch over Alex and Luke, but they get into some crazy mishaps under his care. Meanwhile, Jay gets out of baby shopping with Gloria, but ends up having to deal with a surprise visit from Dede.
8	80		"Mistery Date"	Jeffrey Richman	Beth McCarthy-Miller	November 14, 2012
			When Claire takes Manny and Luke along to Alex's academic decathlon for the weekend, Phil attempts to throw together a boys' night at the house, inviting a fellow Bulldog alum he just met -- but their wires are definitely crossed. Meanwhile, the pressure is on for Alex at the decathlon, Manny and Luke bar mitzvah hop at the hotel trying to find a cute girl, and Cam and Mitch arrange for quite the surprise baby gift for Jay and Gloria.
9	81		"When a Tree Falls"			November 28, 2012
			Mitch and Cam try to save an old tree in the park; Jay takes Manny to a kid's Olympics-themed birthday party; Gloria and Claire have an eventful shopping trip.
10	82		"Diamond in the Rough"			December 5, 2012
			Manny and Luke's little league team unexpectedly makes it into a playoff game, so Claire and Cameron scramble to find a location and decide to do a makeover on a rundown field. Inspired, Claire and Cam want to try their hand at flipping a house while they're at it, and Phil and Mitchell fight over who will be the bad guy to tell them no. Meanwhile, Gloria tries a bonding technique by using a microphone to sing to the baby in utero, which definitely incites a reaction from Jay.}