Jay has problems trying to bond with Manny, but takes advantage of Manny's father not showing up in an effort to make peace with him, even though Gloria believes there's real peace in the household. Phil goes behind Claire's back and gets a bike for Luke, then really ends up lying about it when the bike gets stolen. Mitchell and Cameron begin daycare classes with Lily.
Tropes:
- Stealing the Credit: Played for Laughs. In order to impress the teacher at the day care, Mitchell steals the stack of blocks from a baby next to him and claims they're from Lily. Then the teacher asks if he'd like to take a recording, since the class is taped on the security cameras.Mitchell: Cam, let's go! I don't know what's happened to me, but I just stole a baby's intellectual property!
