Not in My House

"Not in My House" is the twelfth episode of the first season of the American family sitcom television series Modern Family and the twelfth episode of the series overall. It premiered on ABC on January 13, 2010. The episode was written by Caroline Williams and directed by Chris Koch. In the episode, Claire finds a photo of a topless woman on her computer and believes that it is Luke's, while in reality is Phil's. Haley believes that Alex has read her journal and the two girls fight, while Luke was the one who did it. Jay buys a statue of a dog dressed as a butler and brings it home, but Gloria does not like it at all. Mitchell and Cameron try to help their Spanish gardener who seems upset but the lack of understanding his language, causes confusion. The episode got a Nielsen rating of 3.2/8 in the 18-49 demographic. Ratings fell around 2 million viewers from the previous episode, a drop attributed to heavy competition from the season premiere of American Idol. It received mixed reviews from television critics. Plot Claire (Julie Bowen) discovers a photo on her computer of a topless woman on a tractor, and she assumes that Luke (Nolan Gould) downloaded it since he is the last one who used her computer. Phil (Ty Burrell) tries to hide that he owns the photo because he believes that Claire will be mad at him and lets her believe that the photo indeed belongs to Luke. He says that it would be better to let him handle it and he will talk to Luke.