Review: Family Guy “Friend’s Best Man”
Overview:
Family Guy recently dropped its latest episode, “Friend’s Best Man,” which sees love in the air for a few of Spooner Street’s couples, with jealousy following quickly behind.
Our Take:
Stewie’s relationship with his teddy bear has been a running joke for years and it finally reaches its logical conclusion: he’s announced that he and Rupert have finally set a date. Initially thinking Stewie dragged the joke longer than it needed, Brian really changes his tune when he realizes that Chris has been chosen as the best man over him. Of course, being the ring bearer isn’t much of a consolation when Chris starts using the family’s talking dog as an errand boy.
At the start, the story seems like it’s just going to be about Brian being bitter over the whole situation, but Chris really ends up taking advantage of the situation, not letting him go to the bachelor’s party and making him pay for things he had nothing to do with. Eventually, Brian snaps and it’s hard not to feel for him.
Brian relents in the end and agrees to be part of the ceremony, but Stewie is nowhere to be found. It’s then when Stewie reveals the real issue behind everything: he wants to marry Brian instead. Of course, animated sitcoms aren’t too big on continuity, so it’s made clear that Stewie thinks marriage is just a big sleepover party.
Of course, a baby can’t legally marry a dog, but Chris and Elle, the local loveless librarian, decide not to waste a wedding. Sure, she gets hauled off to jail, but at least they get a TV-movie out of it.
Meanwhile, Lois, apparently forgetting the time Joyce Kinney nearly got her excommunicated, wants to fulfil her dream of making a sex tape. However, she ends up getting horrified by what she and Peter ended up creating. Things seem like they’ll only get worse when it ends up airing on the local news, thanks to Peter uploading it on YouTube, who didn’t even find anything to censor.
In a twist, Peter and Lois find support from the porn community, with the town even honoring them with an award. Unfortunately, they realize after the fact that people liked them for their body positivity and driving kids to think people might be on to something about this whole “abstinence” idea.
The story can be a little mean-spirited for some, but it does have some funny moments. One of the funnier cutaway gags reveals that the local schools have incorporated DoorDash training into their curriculum. Honestly, it would be nice if real schools could teach kids skills they could use in the real world.
