Season 1 Episode 5

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Title: Coal Digger
Air Date: October 21, 2009 at 9:00 PM PDT

Jay (Ed O’Neill) and Gloria (Sofia Vergara) invite the whole family over for barbeque and football, but the tension between Claire (Julie Bowen) and Gloria comes to a head.