Modern Family: After the Fire (2011)
Season 3, Episode 8
8/10
Helping the neighbors
24 December 2011
Warning: Spoilers
After a tragic fire in a house in their neighborhood, there is a drive to help the unfortunate friends get their life back on track. Claire started to rally the neighbors to donate clothes, furniture, and other things for the friends in need. That brings out the best in her as an organizer. The three families set out to do the best they can.

As Jay and Gloria join Claire in the donation, Jay's back goes out of whack from the lifting he is not so used to doing anymore. As a result, he is in agony because of the pain. Never fear, his son-in-law Phil promises a massage that will make him feel like new. At the same time, he is in a quandary because two associates have decided to go on their own to open their office and they want him on board. But first, he must convince Jay to lay down naked with a towel over his butt while he gives his father-in-law a massage.

Manny and Luke are also engaged in gathering toys for the children of the burnt house. Gloria buys a toy helicopter, something that both would have wanted to have for themselves. The boys decide to try to operate, but the toy flies away into the hands of a group of geeks who do not want to return the helicopter. Alex, passing the scene, gets out of the car and rescues the boys from a nasty confrontation.

Gloria and Mitch have become close, something Claire does not appreciate. She does not like the idea of her brother getting that intimate with her step-mother. It is just envy on her part. Mitch is pleasant about the whole situation. Cam turns up sleeping in a clown costume to bed. Driving the small truck to carry the donations has clearly unnerved him.

Fred Savage directed. Danny Zucker wrote the screenplay.
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