'Modern Family' Season Finale: Mitchell and Cameron's Wedding by the Numbers

Here comes the grooms!

Modern Family ended its fifth season with a wedding to remember, but it definitely didn’t come easy for nervous grooms Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) in the episode “The Wedding, Part 2.” From a stressed out wedding planner (that’d be pal Pepper, played to perfection by Nathan Lane) to a last minute change (or three) in venues, everything that could go wrong for this wedding did.

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Of course, in the end these loveable lovebirds put a ring on it and made it legal, and that’s reason enough for a mega celebration. So, as we toast TV’s favorite same sex newlyweds, here’s a look at Mitchell and Cameron Pritchett-Tucker’s chaotic wedding by the numbers.

4: Number of Wedding Venues Used

With a raging California wildfire headed straight for their original outdoor ceremony site, Mitch and Cam’s entire wedding was quickly moved (via school bus!) to a recently vacated venue down the street. But when an angry runaway bride turned up to take back her space, the ceremony was relocated to Mitch and Cam’s cramped house. When that didn’t work out, a suddenly-accepting Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill) surprised everyone by pulling some quick strings to get his ritzy golf club to accommodate them all. “You two deserve the kind of wedding you’ve been talking about non-stop for the past nine months,” the Jay said.

2: Number of Wedding Officiants

The guys’ very pregnant pal Sal (Elizabeth Banks) was the original wedding officiant, but when she unexpectedly went into labor, Phil (Ty Burrell) took over. Yes, with $35 and the Internet, the Reverend Philip Humphrey Dunphy was conveniently ordained and at their service.

2: Number of Wedding Quartet Musicians Who Performed

Why was the couple’s wedding quartet suddenly halved? Because the other two members, Ed and Jim, were volunteer firemen and were now busy fighting that wildfire. “Of course they are,” an exasperated Pepper said, before telling the two guys who did show up: “Try to play in front of a mirror.”

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7: Number of Apocalyptic Signs That Pointed to Why the Grooms Shouldn’t Get Married

Talk about last minute jitters! Cameron was seeing signs. After future father in law Jay commented, “Fire is an act of God. Not that God sent a fireball down to keep you guys from getting married…” Cam found “apocalyptic-ky” signs everywhere he turned: The fire, a dark sky (“That’s from the fire,” Mitchell pointed out), a flood (pregnant Sal’s water broke and went, you know, “sploosh”), a slew of uncaged monarch butterflies in Pepper’s Prius (don’t ask), a swarm of “Lucases” (that’d be the angry family of the couple who came to claim their wedding venue back) and, yes, famine, because when you’re forced to change a catered wedding reception to an impromptu house party the menu might end up being butterfly bisque. Cam even threw out a comment about “four hoarse men” when some of the wedding help lost their voices after singing Broadway show tunes.

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1: Number of Tricks Phil Used During the Ceremony

After trying to come up with a magic trick to incorporate into the ceremony, Reverand Phil eventually put the kibosh on ideas like floating the wedding rings on a thread. Instead, he opted to keep things simple: “They say the best marriages contain a little bit of magic,” he said. “Believe me, I know.” (Awww, cue up a pan to his clearly moved wife, Claire.) And after a few more words, Phil got his money’s worth out of that online ordination: “By the power vested in me by the state of California, I am privileged to pronounce you spouses for life,” he told the grooms.

0: Number of Dry Eyes in the House When the Grooms Finally Said Their “I Dos”