This week’s Modern Family focuses on Claire’s election race. An unexpected bonus is that the key episode is directed by Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston. The cast discusses working with Cranston in a video clip after the jump.

Although we may expect dark undertones given the directing this week, the episode seems lighthearted enough:

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“Election Day” – The all important election day has arrived and the whole family rallies for some last minute campaigning – Mitch and Cam ride around in a ‘Vote for Claire’ mobile, the Dunphy house is campaign central with everyone manning phones and soliciting votes, and Claire does some last minute interviews — with a few technical difficulties

As per usual, everything will fall to pieces at the most inopportune moments, but do you think Claire will win?

Check out these photos and take a guess!

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More exciting than the election itself is the directing of Cranston. In the video clip below, Claire gushes about working with the director. (The video clip is from Hulu—it could not be found elsewhere—so it is only viewable by U.S. viewers. We’re sorry!)