Struggling to be honest with the ones we love. All that concern about hurting their feelings. It proved a crippling factor throughout this week's installment of "Modern Family" (Wed., 9 p.m. ET on ABC). Phil abhors confrontation of any kind, so he was reluctant to let Mitchell go -- Mitchell had agreed to help on the legal end with Phil's new business on a temporary basis. At the same time, Mitchell was trying to figure out how to tell Phil he really didn't want to keep helping much longer.