The Late Show (Modern Family)

Jay (Ed O'Neill) has made a reservation for the family at a restaurant that he has had to wait six weeks for. However, when the time comes, no one is ready.

Gloria (Sofía Vergara) takes ages to get ready after she came home late from the hairdresser. When she finally comes downstairs, Haley (Sarah Hyland), who is there to babysit Joe, remarks that her earrings aren't big enough, so they both head back upstairs. Jay tries to remain calm about the whole situation and asks Manny (Rico Rodriguez) to tell Gloria to hurry for him. Gloria and Haley come downstairs, but when Gloria needs to go change her lipstick, Jay reaches his breaking point and admonishes her for always being late, as well as rude for making everyone else wait for them. When they arrive at the restaurant, they discover that they are the first ones there and cannot be seated until the whole party is present.

At the Dunphy house, Phil (Ty Burrell) has put on a new suit to look nice for Claire (Julie Bowen), but it's too tight and he can barely move in it. Claire comes home from work but she does not notice the suit. She is stressed from work and she is upset to learn that Phil has allowed Luke (Nolan Gould) to stay home alone at his request (with Haley watching baby Joe and Alex (Ariel Winter) watching Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) while they're all out). Phil tries to convince her that Luke is going to be okay and that he is old enough to stay home alone, with not much luck. On their way to the restaurant, Claire has a feeling that something is wrong and they return home to check on Luke, who mistakes Claire for an intruder and blasts her with a paintball gun as soon as she enters. Claire's warnings of intruders have scared him and now he needs to be driven over to Jay's to be with Haley and Manny.

Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) are also late because Cam cannot decide what to wear. When he is finally ready, they realize they've worn the same outfits (again). They ask Alex and Lily to be the judges because neither wants to change. The girls refuse to get involved, so they both agree to change. While Mitch is changing, Cam stalls while trying to figure out what to wear, prompting Mitch to accuse him of manipulating the situation so that, with the shortage of time, he will get to keep his current outfit on.

Everyone eventually arrives at the restaurant. But even there, Cam and Mitch "need a moment", heading back out to discuss their disagreements. As soon as they're done, Claire and Phil need to do the same. When they are all finally ready to be seated, Fiona (Jessalyn Wanlim), the hostess, informs Jay that she has given their table away, just as she had warned him that she would have to do. Gloria starts yelling at her in an attempt to get them a table, but ends up getting them all kicked out of the restaurant.

Serendipitously, there's a taco truck across the street. Jay sets his sights on it and they end up having Mexican for dinner. Despite how the night has turned out, they all end up having a great time laughing, singing, and dancing to Jay's favorite song, "Midnight Train to Georgia".