Modern Family season 5, episode 22, “Message Received,” just finished airing. Read our recap to find out what happened and discuss with fellow fans.

Here are the highlights from Modern Family season 5, episode 22, “Message Received”:

Manny refuses to eat a sandwich that Jay makes him because pickles are touching it. Jay finds this ridiculous and refuses to let Manny leave until he’s eaten the pickle. Gloria doesn’t agree with it and says that if he’s going to force Manny to eat the pickle then he should try blood sausage.

When Jay tries to back out of eating the sausage, Gloria gets mad. So he agrees to try the sausage if she overcomes a challenge of her own. He wants Gloria to rub Stella’s belly, which she’s never done before.

Cam worries about how many people are coming to the wedding, even people they didn’t expect. He doesn’t think they’ll be able to afford the wedding but doesn’t want to cut back. So Mitch suggests that they sell something valuable to make up for it.

At the pawn shop, Mitch learns that Cam’s prized belt buckle is actually a replica that isn’t worth anything. But his comic book might be more valuable than he thought. Not wanting to hurt Cam’s feelings, Mitch doesn’t tell him the truth but says he couldn’t go through with selling the buckle.

Gloria, Jay, and Manny all do their challenge at the same time and freak out. Mitch walks in to view their challenge as he comes to collect his comic book. But as he leaves Jay’s house, he walks into a spider web and drops the comic in some mud! Upset, he tells Cam the truth about the buckle and then they’re both upset.

Jay tells Cam and Mitch that this is a sign they should have a small wedding. Mitch accuses Jay of not wanting anyone to see his son get married to another man. This turns out to be pretty true — Jay doesn’t know how his friends would fit in at the wedding and admits to being uncomfortable with the whole thing. So Mitch tells him not to come at all.

Haley finds some of Claire and Phil’s mementos in the basement. A picture of Claire’s old boyfriend makes Phil feel a little self conscious that people thought he wasn’t good enough for her. Meanwhile, the kids listen to Phil’s old message machine and learn that Haley was conceived at a concert.

Despite being grossed out, Haley comes up with an idea for the message machine. Using that recording, the kids call Phil and make him think that Claire’s pregnant again. Phil rushes home to talk to Claire and she has no idea what he’s talking about. Instead of being mad Claire is actually impressed with the kids and wants to have some fun of her own.

As the kids walk in the front door they hear Phil and Claire arguing. They hear Claire upset that Phil accused her of screwing up their kids. What Haley, Alex, and Luke don’t know, is that they’re faking. But when Claire jokingly says she never would have married Phil if she hadn’t gotten pregnant, he takes it to heart.

Once alone, Claire tells Phil that she feels lucky to have married him. He feels better once she says that her ex-boyfriend never made her laugh. She also admits that she thought it was adorable how excited Phil was when he thought she was pregnant.

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