Overview
Lois hypnotizes Peter into satisfying her sexual proclivities after having a conversation with the girls and it’s Bonnie who recommends the sex therapist that performs the rendition. The trigger word is actually the “Extra” theme song and Lois puts it on her phone to have it handy whenever she’s feeling a bit sassy. Later when at dinner for the in-laws, Babs gets a little “extra” attention from Peter but Babs doesn’t seem to mind. Peter and Lois get home but the curse hasn’t been broken.
Stewie renovates his treehouse in an attempt to win over Brian and Chris and they both seem to enjoy it at first, but soon Stewie hears all of this shit-talking from the two and feels a certain type of way about it. Stewie opts to take all of the suggestions that he overhears, and makes changes to his humble abode based on their opinions, but no matter what, Brian and Chris are just never happy with Stewie’s treehouse. Eventually, Stewie beats the shit out of Brian and Chris and begins torturing the both of them but when Chris learns of Stewie’s weapons collection, Stewie begins to appreciate the compliments and lets them go. But, maybe he shouldn’t have.
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Our Take
Family Guy nearly wins the night in the “funniest” category with two very strong plots that both accentuate the respective characters’ personalities (except Meg). Very early on in Family Guy’s 21st season we are getting episodes that focus more on sex-comedy which is an area of animated comedy that doesn’t get that much attention on primetime television and is probably a field with loads of bountiful fruit for jokes, and this show seems to go there more than before. Not that it never has, but it’s a great way for the franchise to focus somewhere for a bit and stake some claims in an area that the likes of Adult Swim are not going to touch. Big Mouth is animated sex comedy that is a coming-of-age comedy, Family Guy’s last two episodes focus more on Lois’ sexual desires but also parents to three kids in middle-suburbia, the target demographic for Family Guy.
Stewie’s plot was just as good and it goes in a direction that I love Stewie plots to go into. And not only do I like the treehouse, but I’m hoping the producers can use it in a similar manner to The Clam as a jumping off point for episodes that can focus on Stewie and the other babies of the neighborhood which was a fantastic focal area that the show’s 20th season kicked off. Whether or not that remains to be seen is anyone’s guess at this juncture, but Family Guy is trying to show us this season that the writers still have tricks up their sleeves. We’re not in the territory of the beautiful madness of the early MacFarlane-led years, but episodes like this might help till areas of comedy that the show hasn’t had a chance to touch yet.