(S01E12) I want a dog butler now. Sofia Vergara managed to do so much with her simple reactions to this dog, and Jay's interactions with it, throughout this episode, she had me laughing without saying a word. In fact, this may have been one of the funniest episodes of Modern Family yet.

Misunderstanding was the theme for all three families this week. You had Gloria misunderstanding Jay and Barkley's relationship -- Barkley being the dog butler. Cameron's big heart led to all kinds of Latino insanity in their household, to Mitchell's horror, while it was Phil's fear of his wife that allowed several instances of misunderstanding in the saga of the big bare breasted tractor rider (*Ahem* It's a combine).

When Claire found the aforementioned picture on the computer, she freaked out, assuming it was their son, Luke who was looking at it. Instead, it was Phil who'd received it as a joke from a friend he won't mention (It was Gilthorp). Meanwhile, someone's been reading Haley's journal on the computer, so she defaces Alex's picture of Maya Angelou in revenge. That's all you need for a great moment of confession from Luke.

He opens up to his mother in shame because it was he who read Haley's journal. She thinks he's admitting to Phil's topless woman picture. Hilarity ensues, capped off by him saying it makes him wonder about Haley. So many great lines throughout this one, you can't even pinpoint them.

As for Barkley, I started laughing at Gloria constantly getting startled and terrified by it. Then you had Jay straddling it while trying to repair it in front of her. She came up on him outside holding hands with it -- he was waiting for glue to set -- and declaring to Mitchell that he looked forward to coming home to her every day; Jay talking about Gloria, but it looking like he was talking about Barkley. By this point, we almost knew what to expect later at Mitchell and Cameron's, but it was still hilarious.

Cameron's bleeding heart and broken Spanish led to the gardener hiding out in their bedroom, which apparently led to the entire wedding showing up at their doorstep. The guys were supposed to be taking their "little fortune cookie" to a Russian marionette show, but instead Mitchell went alone after they fought.

By the time he returned there was a full-on wedding under way in the house, and all was resolved and happy for the Latino couple. And the set-up was perfect for Gloria's final encounter with Barkley. Jay showed up to gift the dog butler to the boys because he knew Gloria didn't like it. Meanwhile, they had called her to tell her about the wedding. So when she showed up asking about it, there was Jay standing in front of the priest, holding Barkley's hands.

Damn, there was such smart writing throughout this episode, I am so thrilled that ABC announced its renewal. It was probably inevitable anyway, but who knew their gamble of all new comedies on Wednesdays would net us such quality programming through three-quarters of it.

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