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Family Guy
Season 5
No. of episodes18
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 10, 2006 –
May 20, 2007
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The fifth season of the television series Family Guy commenced airing in the United States on September 10, 2006 with the episode "Stewie Loves Lois," and concluded on May 20, 2007, broadcasting a total of eighteen episodes. It continues to follow the life of The Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris, Stewie and Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog, Rhode Island.

The season was subject to mixed reception from critics. Ahsan Haque of IGN wrote mixed comments about the season, saying that "The ratio of bad to good episodes wasn't too favorable in this season of Family Guy,"[1] After writing about Family Guy's "quirky characters," such as Herbert and The Greased up Deaf Guy, Movie Web reviewed the season negatively, commenting that "the show began to hit a slight downward slope by utilizing these one-joke characters in more than one joke. This resulted in probably the weakest season for the series..."[2] Following on from commenting on about Family Guy's politically incorrect humour, Manisha Kanetkar of Smart House.com commented, in a review of the fifth season, that "the show doesn't see signs of tiring, with as many funny moments as ever."[3]

Reception

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Ahsan Haque of IGN rated the season a 6.9/10, saying "The ratio of bad to good episodes wasn't too favorable in this season of Family Guy. Far too many episodes were either seriously lacking in humor or were just plain poorly written. [...] There was a time when Family Guy was one of the most creative and funniest shows on television. During the pre-cancellation days, this was a show that was not to be missed. While much of the original appeal seems to have washed-off, there are still a few moments from this season that really stand out. Next season's premiere looks extremely promising, with a long retelling of the original Star Wars film that will definitely excite and entertain fans around the world."[1]

List of episodes

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Key
  • In the # column:
    • The first number refers to the order it aired during the entire series.
    • The second number refers to the episode number within its season.
# Title Directed by Written by Original airdate Production code
81–1"Stewie Loves Lois"Mike KimMark HentemannSeptember 12, 20064ACX32
Quahog becomes succumb to a flu epidemic, with jabs only available in short supply. While attempting to receive one from the doctor, Peter is informed he is in need of a prostate exam, but leaves the surgery immediately under the belief the doctor had attempted to rape him. He decides to sue the doctor, to the disbelief of Brian and Lois. Upon later discvoring he has developed prostate cancer, he reaches an agreement with the doctor; if he drops all charges, Hartman will diagnose Peter's problem. Meanwhile, Stewie begins to like Lois, after she rescued and repaired his beloved teddy bear, Rupert, from a vicious dog. As he becomes increasingly dependent on her, she attempts a hands-off parenting approach, ultimately leading Stewie to return to his old ways after she refuses to respond to his attention-seeking.[4]
82–2"Mother Tucker"James PurdumSeth MacFarlane, Tom DevanneySeptember 17, 20064ACX31
While attending the Quahog Airshow, the Griffins lose Stewie. A passing radio worker consults Brian over the prospect of beginning a radio career, after hearing him call for Stewie over the tannoy system. Brian begins his radio career, but is told to seek the aid of Stewie for he made a crank-call to Brian while he was on the air, much to Brian's annoyance. Meanwhile, Thelma Griffin, Peter's mother, visits the household, telling Peter she has split up with his father, Francis Griffin, to the horror of Peter. She begins a sexual relationship with local news anchorman Tom Tucker, but the couple break up as Peter is beginning to like the situation. Brian later resigns from his radio career for unspecified reasons.[5]
83–3"Hell Comes to Quahog"Dan PovenmireKirker ButlerSeptember 24, 20064ACX33
After Peter fails to pick up Meg when she has been ice skating, she demands for Peter and Lois to allow her to buy a car. Despite showing an interest in a station wagon, Peter uses her money to buy a military tank. After he repeatedly mis-uses it, Joe Swanson impounds it. Meanwhile, a new shop is being built, Superstore USA. When it opens, Quahog begins to suffer from frequent power-cuts due the store's increasing demand for electricity, and small businesses begin to go out of business. Meg is employed by the store, despite Peter leading protests outside. When Peter is persuaded by the store to become an employee, Brian takes the decision to destory the store. He obtains the tank and, alongside Stewie, destroys the store from the inside out, and regular living circumstances are restored to the town.[6]
84–4"Saving Private Brian"Cyndi TangCherry ChevapravatdumrongNovember 5, 20064ACX34
Chris decides he wants to join the United States Army after a presentation by them at his school. After telling the family over dinner in the evening, Brian stops at the army recruitment office the following day when taking Stewie out of the house, but Stewie decides to sign the pair of them up for the army when Brian leaves to top-up the parking meter. Brian becomes stressed with the army training, and decides he is going to leave, but is persuaded otherwise by Stewie. In an attempt to distract Chris from joining the army, Peter gets him a role in a gothic school band, which turns Chris in to a rude child. He successfully completes the training with Stewie, and the pair are sent to serve in Iraq, where, upon discovering they don't want to be there, attempt to get themselves dismissed. After this fails, a message comes through telling them that the war is over, and they're free to go home.[7]
85–5"Whistle While Your Wife Works"Greg ColtonSteve CallaghanNovember 12, 20064ACX35
Quagmire returns from a vacation in Florida, smuggling fireworks back in his anus. When playing with the fireworks, Peter holds them for too long, and they explode, blowing off several of his fingers in the process. His fingers are reattached by hospital staff, but Peter begins to fall behind at work, so he requests Lois to do his work for him, after being threatened with the prospect of dismissal if he doesn't catch up. Peter attempts on numerous occasions to seduce Lois, resulting in her eventually giving in and having sex with him in his office. Meanwhile, Brian begins dating Jillian, an attractive but dumb girl, much to the enjoyment of Stewie. Persuaded by Stewie to end the relationship due to her lack of intelligence, Brian goes to her house, but ends up having sex with her, rather than breaking up.[8]
86–6"Prick Up Your Ears"James PurdumCherry ChevapravatdumrongNovember 19, 20065ACX01
After finding Chris and his friends watching porn in his bedroom, Lois tells Chris to speak to he sex-education teacher if he is curious about sex, but is shocked to learn the school does not have one. She applies for the role and is accepted, but is quickly fired due to parents protesting outside the school. The school hires a reverend to teach the children not to have sex before marriage. In agreement to the Reverend's teaching, the students of James Woods High establish 'ear sex,' much to Lois' disgust after she catches Meg and her new boyfriend, Doug engaging in this. During another assembly presented by the reverend, Lois', Lois takes over the assembly and tells the children that sex is not wrong and is acceptable before marriage if they're ready. The children realise how they've been brainwashed, and agree with Lois. Meg's new boyfriend soon ends his relationship with her, leaving Meg distraught. Meanwhile, Stewie decides to capture the tooth fairy for stealing his baby teeth when they fall out.[9]
87–7"Chick Cancer"Pete MichelsAlec Sulkin and Wellesley WildNovember 26, 20065ACX02
When watcing television with Brian, Stewie discovers his old friend, Olivia, a female actress is coming to Quahog in an attempt to boost her Hollywood career, which is coming to a close. Stewie insists Brian take him to the mall to ridicule her when she arrives, but he instantly begins to fall in love with her. At first, she doesn't feel the same way, but decides to date him when Stewie attempts to act in a more mature manner. The couple get married with Stewie's teddy bear, Rupert as the minister, but Stewie becomes irritable at Olivia after she flirts with one of her old friends at a party. After walking in on Olivia cheating with the child from the party, he leaves the house in anger, but decides to set fire to it, leaving Olivia and her new partner to burn. Meanwhile, Peter decides to make a 'Chick flick' after being inspired by one Lois asked him to view with her, although it is received negatively by his neighbors when he broadcasts it to them.[10]
88–8"Barely Legal"Zac MoncriefKirker ButlerDecember 17, 20065ACX03
After Mayor West deploys the entire Quahog Police Department to Cartagena, Colombia after watching Romancing the Stone, Joe is left behind due to Colombia not being accessible for those in wheelchairs. Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire offer to become police officers after Joe sets up an emergency training school. Meanwhile, after seeing Meg upset at not getting a date for the Junior prom and threatening suicide, he offers to take her their, to her agreement. After kissing her while at the prom, Meg begins to fall in love with Brian, despite Brian not feeling the same way. After he tells Lois about kissing Meg at the prom, she repeatedly hits him and tells him to set things straight with her. After telling Meg they will never be a couple, she attracts him in to the kitchen with Dog Chow, and knocks him out with it. She takes him to an undisclosed location and attempts to seduce him when he is tied up. As she is attempting this, Quahog's new police force and Lois stop Meg, and Quagmire invites her to his house to have a heart-to-heart talk with her about relationships.[11]
89–9"Road to Rupert"Dan PovenmirePatrick MeighanJanuary 28, 20075ACX04
The Griffins have a yard sale, but Brian inadvertently sells Stewie's beloved teddy bear, Rupert. Distraught at the prospect of losing Rupert, Stewie tracks him down, but when they find his house, its empty. As they leave, they see a removal truck pulling away, and hitch a ride with Mayor West, asking him to follow the truck. West agrees, but stops outside the entrance to Connecticut, refusing to enter for his personal beliefs. As they leave the car, a box falls from the removal truck with the new address on. After discovering the buyer, Sanford is going to live in Aspen, Colorado, Stewie and Brian hire a helicopter to travel across the mountains after hitching several rides with passing motorists. When they arrive. Upon discovering Sanford's reluctance to give Stewie the bear, Stewie challenges him to a ski race down the mountain, so if he wins, he can get Rupert back. After losing the race, Stewie grabs the bear from Sanford's child, and Brian and him carjack a passing motorist to return back to Quahog.[12]
90–10"Peter's Two Dads"Cyndi TangDanny SmithFebruary 11, 20075ACX05
Lois and Peter forget Meg's upcoming birthday, and have to be reminded about it by Chris. They organize a party in the house, with Peter as a clown. After excessive drinking, Peter attempts to ride a unicycle down the stairs, but falls and lands on his father, Francis, crushing him and later killing him. Upset at his father's death, Peter decides to give up drinking, but quickly replaces it with crack. After being referred to a hypnotherapist by Brian, Peter recalls his father telling him as a child that he is not his biological father. After consulting his mother, Peter discovers his father lives in the Republic of Ireland. Peter and Brian decide to travel there to meet him, only to discover he is the town drunk. Meanwhile, Stewie discovers he suffers from masochism and enjoys being hit.[13]
91–11"The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou"Julius WuMark HentemannFebruary 18, 20075ACX06
Stewie develops a tan due to Peter's neglect while golfing, much to Lois' annoyance. Stewie is fond of the tan, and begins visiting tanning stores, as well as purchasing a sun bed for his bedroom. After asking Brian to wake him up after a short period of time when he goes on his sun bed, Brian falls asleep, and Stewie is severely burnt after being in the bed for more than six hours. After his severe burn, Stewie decides to give up his tan, but discovers a mole on his stomach. Brian immediately takes him to Doctor Hartman so tests can be performed. While awaiting the results over several days, Stewie believes he is dying, and asks Brian to assist him in fulfilling a list of final requests. Stewie later receives the mole is not cancerous, and he will survive, but still requests Brian's help in fulfilling his list of final requests. Meanwhile, Chris is bullied by Kyle, a new paper boy who is stealing his customers. Annoyed at Kyle for picking on Chris, Peter beats him up, but discovers bullying is fun, and begins to bully his friends. After preparing to beat up Randy, someone who bullied him in High school, he is stopped by Chris and told that what he is doing is wrong.[14]
92–12"Airport '07"Mark KirklandJohn Swartzwelder4 March, 20075ACX08
After attending a redneck comedy show, Peter purchases a pickup truck and decides to become a redneck. Peter begins behaving as if he were a redneck, eventually painting over the entire rear window of his pickup, which results in him reversing the car into his neighbor Quagmire's car. After destroying the car, Peter drives Quagmire to the airport, as he is due to fly an airplane. While at the airport, Peter steals the fuel used for Quagmire's airplane, naively believing it will make his pickup fly. Quagmire's plane crashes shortly after due to lack of fuel. As a result, Quagmire loses his job and is forced to live with the Griffins until he can find another. Peter claims he is no longer going to be a redneck, although this fails to comfort Quagmire over his loss.[15]
93–13"Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey"Steven Dean MooreSteve O'Donnell11 March, 20075ACX07
After being attacked by an octopus at the aquarium, Peter decides to become physically fit. After spending a mere fifteen minutes at the gym, Peter believes he is now fit, so when former U.S. President Bill Clinton's car breaks down outside their house, he attempts to lift it without a jack, which results in him getting a sudden severe hernia and being hospitalized. Depressed at the concept of becoming old, he confides in Clinton, who tells him age is a state of mind. When Peter recovers, Bill takes him out to help him realize he can still have fun, but things eventually get out of hand when they start smoking marijuana.[16]
94–14"No Meals on Wheels"Pete MichelsDavid S. Cohen25 March, 20075ACX09
Peter is annoyed by Mort constantly borrowing his things, so he makes a "Scare-Jew" out of his best suit. Frustrated, Lois takes him to a secondhand clothing store to get a new suit, where Peter finds some flannel pajamas. While wearing them, he begins to notice that he can shock people with static electricity by rubbing his feet on the carpet. Annoyed by this, Lois has the carpet completely removed. When this is done, they find an 18th century Rhode Island ship token, which the family sells for $50,000.[17]
95–15"Boys Do Cry"Mike B. AndersonDonick Cary29 April, 20075ACX10
Lois gets a job as the new organist for the church, which causes her to decide to persuade her family to start attending mass on Sundays. After Stewie mistakes Communion wine for punch, he drinks too much and throws it up; the town of Quahog believes him to be possessed by Satan (since according to Roman Catholic theology the wine is supposed to be the blood of Christ, Satan would reject it). When the priest wants to exorcise him (aided by the entire town), the Griffin family escapes to Lois' sister Carol's house in Texas.[18][19]
96–16"No Chris Left Behind"Dominic PolcinoRon Hauge6 March, 20075F12

Lois takes the family out to the ballet Swan Lake on a late school night. As Chris studies at the breakfast table for an upcoming exam later that day, Brian notices that Chris's history textbook is hopelessly out of date (published in 1896 in the Adult Swim version of the show, 1948 in the Fox version). Upset by this, Lois goes to a PTA meeting to complain. Principal Shepherd explains that the school cannot afford new textbooks because the school lost its federal funding due to low test scores as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act. His solution for raising the school's performance average is to expel the dumbest student, who happens to be Chris (though he is so dumb that he himself does not ascertain that).

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97–17"It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One"Susie DietterNed Goldreyer13 May, 20075ACX11

The Griffin family vacations at Quagmire's cabin. While the family goes swimming in Lake Quahog, they discover that a nearby oil refinery is dumping toxic waste into the lake. As the family flees from the lake they become almost completely hairless and so Stewie discovers that Brian has a tattoo. They are ultimately forced to wear wigs until their hair grows back, and once it does Lois complains to Mayor Adam West, who admits that he sanctioned the dumping in exchange for free oil for his hair. Outraged, Lois decides to run against West in the upcoming mayoral election.

Peter and his friends, meanwhile, become strong supporters of Lois' campaign, realizing that they could get away with anything because of their relations to Lois if she becomes mayor. As such, they do everything in their power to gain the town's support so she can win.[21]
98–18"Meet the Quagmires"Neil AffleckDan Greaney20 May, 20075ACX13

After hearing Quagmire brag about his sexual exploits, Peter feels that he has missed out on enjoying the single lifestyle. Death is summoned to The Drunken Clam on a false alarm, and he grants Peter's wish by sending him (along with Brian) back to 1984 for one night.[22] Appearing to others as his 18-year-old self, Peter cancels his scheduled movie date to see Zapped! (which actually came out in 1982, not 1984) with Lois Pewterschmidt, instead accepting an invitation from Cleveland to go and party at a bar. Peter enjoys the evening, and is making out with actress Molly Ringwald when Death appears to return him to the present. Back in the present day, Peter discovers that his past actions have had drastic effects on the world: he and Molly have been married for 20 years; Lois is married to Quagmire; Al Gore is president instead of George W. Bush; Chris, Meg, and Stewie have Quagmire's chin, nose, and mannerisms; Dick Cheney, who is just known as the chairman of Halliburton, has just shot dead Antonin Scalia, Karl Rove, and Tucker Carlson, and Chevy Chase is the host of The Tonight Show.[23] Brian explains to Peter that by missing out on his date with Lois and making out with Molly, he altered the time line.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Haque, Ahsan (June 13, 2007). "Family Guy: Season 5 Review". IGN. Retrieved 2008-03-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) Cite error: The named reference "IGN" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Alley, Dodd. "Family Guy, Vol. 5". Movie Web. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
  3. ^ Kanetkar, Manisha. "20th Century Fox Family Guy Season 6 DVD". Smart house.com.au. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  4. ^ "Stewie Loves Lois". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  5. ^ "Mother Tucker". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  6. ^ "Hell Comes to Quahog". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  7. ^ "Saving Private Brian". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  8. ^ "Whistle While Your Wife Works". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  9. ^ "Prick Up Your Ears". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  10. ^ "Chick Cancer". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  11. ^ "Barely Legal". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  12. ^ "Road to Rupert". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  13. ^ "Peter's Two Dads". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  14. ^ "The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  15. ^ "Airport '07". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  16. ^ "Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  17. ^ "No Meals on Wheels". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  18. ^ "Family Guy Boys Do Cry (2007)". Movies@Piczo.com. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  19. ^ "Boys Do Cry". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  20. ^ "No Chris Left Behind". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  21. ^ "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  22. ^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20070726fox15
  23. ^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20070427fox15&date=05/30/07&filter=premieres
  24. ^ "Meet the Quagmires". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
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