Heavy is the Head

Heavy is the Head is the fourteenth episode from Season 8 of Modern Family. It aired on February 22, 2017.
==Summary==
Despite their lofty hopes, Phil and Jay's property investment might turn out to be a bust, forcing Phil to rethink his original dream. Meanwhile, Cam lands in the hospital due to a head injury and refuses to have an MRI thanks to a traumatic incident with a well when he was a child. Determined to finally impress Claire and keep her from re-gifting her birthday present, Gloria surprises her with a day of luxury at the office. However, after Claire had to implement some rather harsh budget cuts at work, a massage at her desk may not be sending the right message.http://www.spoilertv.com/2017/02/modern-family-episode-814-heavy-is-head.html
==Plot==
Phil's dream of building Dunphy tower is ruined when the land he and Jay have purchased turns out to be unsuitable. Unable to sell the land they decide to turn it into a parking lot instead. 
Gloria wants to give Claire the perfect gift for her birthday but Claire claims to be busy so she sets up a spa day in her office at work. She is unaware however that Pritchett's closet is undergoing extreme budget cuts. Claire attempts to keep the spa day a secret but the employees eventually find out causing tensions to rise between them and Claire. Until Gloria stands up for Claire and tells them how hard she works.
Manny helps Haley prepare for a Game of Thrones convention Rainer and her are planning to attend after having lied to him about her love for the show.
Alex has a hard time at work. She finally bonds with her coworkers over their shared frustration with their job, is invited to a party and even given a new cool nickname "A-Dog". The new work schedule is then revealed and when everyone expresses their annoyance about it Alex offers to talk to their boss about changing it. The group agree that she shoul. However when Alex goes to talk to the boss, she gives a passionate speech which leads to her being promoted against her wishes. When her coworkers find this out they shun her and when she confronts her boss saying she does not want the promotion her boss quits agreeing that their job is awful leaving Alex as the only employee.
After an accident with Lily's science project that leads to a head injury Cameron is forced to go to hospital. Mitchell however has a hard time convincing Cameron to take an MRI due to the trauma he experienced as a teenager when he fell into a well and was trapped on the same day as "Baby Jessica". Eventually he agrees and it turns out he just has a concussion.
==Main Cast==
(The characters striked out do not appear in this episode)
* Jay Pritchett
* Gloria Pritchett
* Manny Delgado
* Joe Pritchett
* Claire Dunphy
* Phil Dunphy
* Haley Dunphy
* Alex Dunphy
* Luke Dunphy
* Mitchell Pritchett
* Cameron Tucker
* Lily Tucker-Pritchett
==Guest Starring==
*Joe Mande as Ben
*Jonathan Chase as Jared Cook
*Jared Gertner as Bobby
*Timothy Horner as Scott
*Tory Devon Smith as Mason
*Cat Alter as Gillian
*Robert Baker as Pete
*Kasey Mahaffey as Dom
*Roy Jenkins as Kenny
*Rahnuma Panthaky as Josie
*Artie O’Daly as Joshua
*Lisa-Marie Long as Mariel
==Trivia==
*Luke and Joe do not appear in this episode.
*This episode was broadcasted exactly five years after Virgin Territory.
==Continuity==
*Claire's birthday was previously mentioned in iSpy. With this episode, every main character on the show has celebrated his or her birthday at least once.
==Cultural References==
"Heavy is [lies] the head that wears the crown" is a common misquote from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 ("Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.")
*Haley learns from Manny about Game of Thrones
*Cam talks about "that media whore Jessica", referring to Jessica McClure
==References==
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