Review: Family Guy “A Wife-Changing Experience”

Overview

Joe accidentally sees Lois naked at an anniversary party for the Griffins, leading to a re-invigoration of his sex life with Bonnie. Soon, Lois likes the extra attention Joe is giving her, and even starts egging her neighbor on, especially when Peter certainly doesn’t show the same attention. Quagmire finds out about Lois’ antics and rats her out to Peter. When Peter learns the truth, he heads next door and beats the shit out of Joe.

After Peter and Lois have it out, Peter opts to put on a show for all of the ladies in the neighborhood, just not with the same amount of success. So, Joe decides to cut things off with Lois, once-and-for-all. Not one to take no for an example, Lois and Peter both get locked up for flashing unsuspecting citizens with their cash and prizes.

Stewie is gifted an electric toy SUV and quickly embodies the “Range Rover” lifestyle. After a while, Stewie is annoyed being a go-fer for everyone else back at the house, but trouble brews when Stewie gets into an accident, nearly killing Rupert.

Cutaways

Ms. Pac-Man, Ellen, Grocery Store, Norwegians can’t dance, Quagmire’s Research

Our Take

The Ellen cutaway alone is worth the price of admission for this week’s episode. Seriously, if you wanted to stop watching the rest of the show after that bit, I wouldn’t blame you, because the rest is somewhat plain porridge.

That’s not to say this week’s episode of Family Guy was horrible, it wasn’t, there was a laugh here and there, but nothing in it’s plot was all to different than what we’ve seen in the past, Steve Callaghan has written a dozen of these.

The other thing worrying me about this early start of Family Guy, none of the new blood in terms of characters that were introduced last season. Here’ s hoping that changes because Family Guy is already throwing knuckleballs and we’re not even a month in yet. I want to see more episodes that try new things, with potentially new characters, and aren’t afraid of the consequences no matter what they are. The focus on celebrity jokes is leaning more right than ever, which is fine with me because the gags have been pretty funny, but I want to hear more variety. The aforementioned shot at Ellen reminded me of the early days of Family Guy when show biz stars weren’t off the table. Give me more.