ABC Announces Episode 5.08 Posted November 4 2013

ABC Announces Episode 5.08

ABC has announced the storyline for the November 20 episode of Modern Family. Fred Willard returns as Frank Dunphy, Phil's dad, and Celia Weston returns as Cam's mom, Barb, in this episode. Ann Guilbert (The Dick Van Dyke Show) appears as "Grams".

ClosetCon ‘13 – With some urging from Claire, Jay begrudgingly agrees to return to ClosetCon this year, and things get interesting when Jay is reunited with some old colleagues. Cam takes Mitch and Lily to the Tucker family farm for the first time and is excited to fold them into country life, that is until Grams pays an unexpected visit. And back at home, Phil, Gloria and the kids get into some mischief involving Jay’s very delicate Apollo 13 spacecraft model, on “Modern Family,” WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

This episode was written by Ben Karlin and directed by The Wonder Years' Fred Savage.

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ClosetCon '13
Season 5, Episode 8 - Aired November 20, 2013

With some urging from Claire, Jay begrudgingly agrees to return to ClosetCon this year, and things get interesting when Jay is reunited with some old colleagues. Cam takes Mitch and Lily to the Tucker family farm for the first time and is excited to fold them into country life, that is until Grams pays an unexpected visit. And back at home, Phil, Gloria and the kids get into some mischief involving Jay's very delicate Apollo 13 spacecraft model.

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