2024-06-16
Homer bowls a perfect game, but celebrity goes to his head. Cameos: Ron Howard; Penn and Teller; entertainment reporters Nancy O'Dell and Pat O'Brien. Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright. (Repeat).
After his insensitive birthday gift to Lisa, Homer hires a PI to dig up information on her so he can know her better. But there's a problem with the bill. Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer. (Repeat).
Bart's success at selling novelty T-shirts enables Homer to quit his job and help Lisa with her science project---by supplying some plutonium. Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright. (Repeat).
With Lisa's encouragement, Marge pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina. But when Marge auditions at the ballet academy, Lisa is invited to enroll. Unfortunately, Lisa becomes addicted to secondhand smoke from the other dancers. Meanwhile, Homer's beef-jerky operation runs into a snag. (Repeat).
Homer becomes a hovering parent when he learns that Bart and Lisa are struggling in aspects of their academic and social lives at school. Meanwhile, Marge gets hooked on a sauna she finds in the basement. (Repeat).
Homer learns about parenting from a 1980s sitcom. James Lipton and David Mamet have voice cameos. (Repeat).
Brian falls in love with an older woman, and he takes flak from the rest of the Griffins for it. Meanwhile, Peter goes on a kicking kick (he kicks just about everyone he meets) after watching the movie "Road House." (Repeat).
Stewie gets to know Hannah Montana (voice of singer Candace Marie) when she arrives in Quahog for a concert, and discovers something surprising about her. And Chris finally meets the Evil Monkey, who has been bedeviling him, and finds that he's not so evil after all. (Repeat).
Quagmire becomes a not-so-proud papa and quickly realizes that fatherhood crimps his style. He also sells a ham radio to Peter, who uses it to communicate with the ghost of Ronald Reagan. Meanwhile, Stewie clones himself. Voice of Candy: Brittany Snow. (Repeat).
Peter and his pals miss Cleveland so much that they decide to replace him with a guy named Jerome (voice of Kevin Michael Richardson). Trouble is, Quagmire can't stand him. (Repeat).
Brian is dismayed that a dog's accidental death stirs little empathy in his human companions; Lois' new maid pays Peter no heed. (Repeat).
Lois' dad slips into a coma after celebrating too much at his bachelor party and even Dr. House (voice of Hugh Laurie) can't get him out of it. That leaves an opening at the top of Pewterschmidt Industries, and into it steps Peter. Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons have voice cameos in their "Big Bang Theory" roles. (Repeat).
Peter gets amnesia after hitting his head on the set of "Family Feud" during a scuffle with the host, and he must relearn everything, including sex. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has a voice cameo as himself. (Repeat).
When Chris and Stewie get lost in the woods, Lois sees a psychic (voice of Michelle Lee), who assures her that the kids are alright. They turn out to be, and a Griffin-family obsession with ESP takes hold. Meanwhile, Chris falls for a new girl at school. (Repeat).
Archer is trapped inside IIA headquarters and Barry is trapped inside Other Barry. (Repeat).
Free drinks, party rooms and swag bags are just a few of the things the gang is not enjoying at the world's foremost spy convention, Clandesti-con! (Repeat).
Gillette is in charge of a creepy crawly mission in a tropical jungle. (Repeat).
Mommy daughter day turns into a lesson in fellowship and tactical awareness. (Repeat).
Fabian tasks The Agency with recovering a piece of valuable tech from a nefarious threat, the Swiss! (Repeat).
Archer seeks professional help but IIA's health plan is murder. (Repeat).
Is Fabian asking The Agency to rob a bank? No, because we won't use those words. (Repeat).
An examination of the process of making movies follows a production from script to screen.
Hank's caught in the middle when his overbearing father pays a visit---and incurs the wrath of a patience-exhausted Peggy. Voices: Mike Judge; Kathy Najimy; Toby Hess; Brittany Murphy; Lauren Tom; Johnny Hardwick. (Repeat).
Bobby's natural talent with a rifle gains him entry in a father-and-son shooting contest, where Hank's secret lack of ability could become public. Voices include Mike Judge, Pamela Segall, Brittany Murphy, Johnny Hardwick. (Repeat).
Peter's dour and devout 80-year-old father (voice of Charles Durning) moves in with the Griffins after he retires from the mill where he has worked for 50 years. He's a hellfire-and-damnation man, and he thinks family is heading south. Voices include Carlos Alazraqui (Gnome, Road Manager, Mr. Weed). (Repeat).
Peter's very devout father (voice of Charles Durning) browbeats his son about his lack of religion, so Peter starts his own church: The First United Church of the Fonz. Meanwhile, Stewie is baptized with tainted holy water and gets poisoned, so he must be quarantined in a germ-free environment. Series creator Seth MacFarlane's voices include Fonzie, Potsie, Aquaman, the Coco Puffs bird and Zeus. (
Peter stops drinking (but starts smoking crack) after accidentally killing his father (voice of Charles Durning) while drinking heavily at Meg's birthday party. But is the dead man really his father? No, his mother (Phyllis Diller) confesses, he isn't. So Peter heads to Ireland to find his real dad. Meanwhile, Stewie develops masochistic tendencies. (Repeat).
Phyllis Diller provides the voice of Peter's mother, who shows up and announces that she's leaving his father. Soon she's in bed with Quahog anchorman Tom Tucker, who becomes a father figure to Peter. Meanwhile, Brian begins a serious radio show, but the station manager foists Stewie on him and soon they're shock jocks. Gore Vidal has a voice cameo as himself, appearing---very briefly---on their s
For Father's Day, the guys locate Joe's estranged dad, but when Joe tells them the man can't deal with people who have disabilities, Peter pretends to be Joe. Meanwhile, Stewie's doctor tells him that, heightwise, he'll never grow past 5'1", so he begins to pal around with Tiny Tom Cruise to fully comprehend how it must feel to be a short person. (Repeat).
Chris takes up with Quagmire when he feels neglected by Peter, who coaches Cleveland Jr. to play with him in a golf tournament. Patrick Warburton, Mike Henry, Nicole Sullivan. (Repeat).
On their way to New York, the Griffins take a wrong turn and end up at a Native American gambling casino, where luck proves to be no lady for Lois (voice of Alex Borstein). Comic Bobby Slayton provides the voice of a pit boss named Lenny. Peter, Stewie and Brian Griffin: series creator Seth MacFarlane. (Repeat).
A New York art dealer sees a painting of Chris's and immediately christens "Christobel" as the next big thing in art. So the Griffins head for the Big Apple for the launch of his career. Candice Bergen, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto and Charles Kimbrough have cameos as their "Murphy Brown" characters. Other voices include Seth Green (Chris) and Alex Borstein (Lois). (Repeat).
Tired of being overweight, Chris (voice of Seth Green) decides to diet and exercise. That doesn't work, but there's always liposuction and plastic surgery---if not for Chris, then for another Griffin man (Peter---the one with the fat head). Other voices include Danny Smith (Dr. Ling, James Caan, Keenan, Lyle Lovett, Phineas, Salesman and Quentin Tarantino); and Mike Henry (Broderick, Cleveland, Co
Meg makes the flag-girl squad at James Woods High. That's "almost a cheerleader," she boasts, but it doesn't impress the cool kids. Meanwhile, Peter (voice of series creator Seth MacFarlane) develops a severe case of Chris-envy. Other voices...Connie: Lisa Wilhoit. Jack: Patrick Duffy. Janet: Debra Wilson. Meg: Mila Kunis. Chris: Seth Green. (Repeat).
Peter and Chris take a road trip to Canada to prove the existence of Chris' girlfriend. Meanwhile, Lois and Meg compete for the attention of a handsome handyman. (Repeat).
Stewie has been taking out his aggressions on Lois, and she decides that the reason is because he isn't close enough to his father, so she orders them to bond. They finally succeed at Disney World. Carrie Fisher provides the voice of Angela, Peter's boss at the Pawtucket Brewery. (Repeat).
On a trip to college for an interview, Peter teaches Meg a thing or two about partying, while a stinky encounter with a skunk gets Brian kicked out of the house and into the wild, where he learns to live on his own. (Repeat).
When Peter becomes the temporary principal at the high school, Meg uses him to get even with bullies. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian's newly opened bed & breakfast quickly turns into a brothel. (Repeat).
The guys volunteer to chaperone the high-school prom, where Quagmire hits it off with Courtney only to discover that she is his daughter. To his and the gang's surprise, Quagmire makes a serious effort to embrace parenting Courtney, joining Peter and Meg on an ill-fated father-daughter camping trip. (Repeat).
Quagmire becomes a not-so-proud papa and quickly realizes that fatherhood crimps his style. He also sells a ham radio to Peter, who uses it to communicate with the ghost of Ronald Reagan. Meanwhile, Stewie clones himself. Voice of Candy: Brittany Snow. (Repeat).
Quagmire gets a Mother's Day surprise when his father begins to go through the change of life. (Repeat).
Peter and his friends are sick of forgetting the million-dollar business ideas they come up with while drinking, so they strap on Joe's police body cams to record their every move. Meanwhile, Quagmire is trying to come to terms with an unexpected family development. (Repeat).