<P> Lesley Savage of Entertainment Weekly complemented James Marsden's performance naming it the second best moment of the episode and commented that the scene of his character and Cameron fighting in the Lily's princess castle "the best moment of the entire show". New York writer Rachael Maddux commented that "the show kicked off its second season's second half in such fine form". Kara Klenc of TV Guide called the episode "great". </P> <P> Sam Morgan of Hollywood complimented the writers for adding a "twist on a traditional sitcom story" for the Mitchell - Cameron storyline . Morgan also praised the performance of Ty Burrell saying that it "showed that Ty Burrell deserved the Emmy over Eric Stonestreet". </P> <P> Not all reviews were positive . HitFix reviewer Alan Sepinwall wrote that the episode "didn't really work for me" due to the Claire - Phil storyline although he did compliment Marsden's performance . </P> <P> Multiple critics praised the performance of Nolan Gould . Time contributor James Poniewozik wrote it was a "great episode for his character all around" and called him "the topper in this episode". Joel Keller called Gould's character Luke, "one of the funniest dumb kids ever created for television". He also praised the scene featuring Luke spraying Gloria with a water gun and then later drinking from it saying that "it reminded us that this new hard - ass is still Luke at the end of the day". </P>

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