Review: Family Guy “The Peter Principal”

In “The Peter Principal”, Peter volunteers to be the temporary principal of Meg’s school (with no education or training) and he ends up disciplining some of the more troublesome students in some kind of disturbing ways.

Meanwhile, Brian is trying to write, and Stewie convinces him to start a bed and breakfast. So the dog and the baby get a house and start doing just that. I can’t stand Brian. He’s the absolute worst character on the show in my opinion. But when they pair him with Stewie, and he’s a foil, it works okay sometimes.

Peter, of course, starts going too far in the principal gig. Meg starts using him to combat her bullies. And Brian and Stewie’s bed and breakfast end up turning into more of a brothel. There are some amazing spots in this episode. Mostly physical comedy– Peter keeps falling and getting hurt, a funny musical number, etc.

There were several cutaways that were weird or failed- at least one I totally didn’t get. But “The Peter Principal” redeemed itself, I feel like, by the end. Hilarious conclusion to the Brian/Stewie story, and an obvious satisfying end to Peter’s reign of educational terror. All in all, a decent episode near the end of this Family Guy season.