Hit comedy Modern Family returns for its fifth season with a special one-hour event episode.
In the first half of the hour – Suddenly, Last Summer – the family is in the throes of summer activities. Phil and Claire are trying to orchestrate a kid-free week by coordinating Luke’s camp with Haley’s beach trip and Alex’s volunteering excursion. Meanwhile, Jay and Gloria are getting Manny ready for his first solo trip back to Colombia and Gloria is a wreck. Cam and Mitchell revel in the news that the Supreme Court has legalised gay marriage in California. This causes everyone to wonder if they will soon be walking down the aisle themselves. Cam makes a snap decision to propose to Mitchell, but unbeknown to him Mitchell has the same idea – and it’s a race to the proposal.
In the second half-hour – First Days – Luke and Manny have their first day at high school, which proves to be harder for Phil and Gloria than for the boys. Elsewhere, Claire makes her big return to the workforce at Jay’s closet company and is a little rusty on her first day, and Cam starts a new substituting gig at the high school, leaving Mitch to try to juggle Lily’s first day in first grade and a very important meeting at work.
