Season 1 Episode 4

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Title: The Incident
Air Date: October 14, 2009 at 9:00 PM PDT

Determined to make up with everyone she offended during "the incident" she caused at Jay (Ed O’Neill) and Gloria’s (Sofia Vergara) wedding, Dede (guest star Shelley Long) — Claire (Julie Bowen) and Mitchell’s (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) mother — stops by for a surprise visit. No one is eager to see her.