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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 |
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| 1 | 73 | 
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"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 |
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"Schooled" | Steven Levitan & Dan O'Shannon | Jeff Melman | October 10, 2012 |
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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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"When a Tree Falls" | Ben Karlin | Steven Levitan | 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 |
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"Diamond in the Rough" | Dan O'Shannon Becky Mann Audra Sielaff |
Gail Mancuso | December 5, 2012 |
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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. | ||||||
| 11 | 83 |
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"New Year's Eve" | Abraham Higginbotham Jeffrey Richman |
Fred Goss | January 9, 2013 |
| Jay planned for the whole family to celebrate New Year's together at this great hotel in Palm Springs. However, when the hotel turns out to be less than stellar, everyone starts to branch off to do their own thing, leaving Jay dejected, that is until he runs into Billy Dee Williams. Meanwhile back at home, Haley and Alex watch over the kids, which proves to be quite a challenge. | ||||||
| 12 | 84 |
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Party Crasher | Danny Zuker Christopher Lloyd |
Fred Savage | January 16, 2013 |
| With the baby coming soon, Jay and Gloria go to great lengths to throw Manny an extra special surprise party for his 14th birthday -- and there are plenty of surprises to go around. Meanwhile, Phil and Claire deal with a new much older guy that Haley has started hanging out with, and Cam becomes jealous of the special bond Lily seems to have with Mitch. | ||||||
| 13 | 85 | Fulgencio | Bill Wrubel | Lev L. Spiro | January 23, 2013 | |
| Gloria's mom, Pilar, and sister Sonia have made the voyage from Colombia, and they come bearing traditions, baby names and a whole lot of family baggage. Meanwhile, no one seems to have confidence that Phil will be able to help with the kids' problems, but there just might be a method to his madness. And Lily has picked up some bad habits, so Mitchell and Cameron try their hardest to mind their Ps and Qs to set a good example for her. | ||||||
| 14 | 86 |
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A Slight at the Opera | Paul Corrigan Brad Walsh |
James Bagdonas | February 6, 2013 |
| Cameron is putting on the school production of “Phantom of the Opera,” but when their star falls ill, Manny pulls all the stops to land the lead -- even if that means going against Luke. Meanwhile, Jay teaches Phil to golf and they wind up in a golf-off with Pepper and Mitch; Gloria takes Alex along on errands, which include a visit to a psychic; and Claire’s adventures in babysitting Joe and Lily become a comedy of errors. | ||||||
| 15 | 87 |
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Heart Broken | Danny Zuker | Beth McCarthy Miller | February 13, 2013 |
| Phil and Claire's Valentine's plans land Claire in the emergency room, Jay and Gloria try to be intimate for the first time after the baby, and Mitchell has a wild Valentine's night after drinking and blacking out at his party. | ||||||
