Hyland) babysits Lily at Mitchell and Cam's while they are out with their friends, and sneaks Dylan (Reid Ewing) in, despite the fact visitors are not allowed. Cameron has set up the web camera from the laptop to "spy" on her because he does not trust her watching over Lily. He also sees Dylan and he calls home, but Haley covers it up. She is later caught though when Dylan leaves without his shoes and Cameron finds them when he comes back home. Haley goes back to take them the next morning and asks Cameron not to tell her mother. Production "Boys' Night" was written by Modern Family co-creator and executive producer, Steven Levitan and Jeffrey Richman. This episode marks Levitan and Richman's second script collaboration, having co-written "Caught in the Act". The episode was also directed by Chris Koch. This marked his fourth directors credit for the series. This episode of Modern Family was filmed on February 8, and February 10, 2011. The episode marks the second appearance of Nathan Lane as Cameron's ex-boyfriend, Pepper Saltsman. He previously appeared on "Earthquake". The episode also featured a guest appearance by Philip Baker Hall as Walt Kleezak. Reception Ratings In its original American broadcast, "Boys' Night" was viewed by an estimated 10.897 million households and received a 4.4 rating/12% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49 This means that it was seen by 4.4% of all 18- to 49-year-olds, and 12% of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching television at the time of the broadcast. The episode received a 2% rise in the ratings from the previous episode, "Two Monkeys and a Panda". "Boys' Night" was the most-watched scripted show for the week of broadcast among adults aged 18–49, and the thirteenth most-watched show among all viewers. Reviews The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics with many praising Hall and Lane's performance. TV Squad writer Joel Keller gave the episode a positive review calling it "solid" and also praised Hall's performance writing that it "he's more grouchy than funny, but it works". The A.V. Club's Donna Bowman praised the episode's combination of sitcom tropes and plots that took "new directions". She gave the episode a B+ rate. Lesley Savage of Entertainment Weekly said that while it wasn't "the best episode yet, it was definitely strong". She also praised Lane and Hall's performance saying that they had "two fantastic