Review: Family Guy “Dog is My Co-Pilot”

Overview

After successfully landing a plane, Brian and Quagmire go on a press tour. Meanwhile Chris and Stewie open a boutique pizza place.

Cutaways

Jack Ryan, Season Finale of Arthur, Pete Davidson

Our Take

For years now we’ve seen Brian and Quagmire at each other’s throats one way or another and the results are always pretty hilarious. Have there been better examples of this trope in the past? Sure. But, this week’s Steve Callaghan-written affair did just fine in continuing the tradition and they did so despite the fact that the last few months has seen numerous news events regarding troubles on passenger planes from all over the globe which actually makes me relieved that this week’s episode, that may or may not have been influenced by some of those troubles, actually make it to air. We get a quick Herbert cameo (always a welcome sight to see one of my favorite characters of all-time) and a couple of cutaways gags to boot.

The B-plot premise was your very typical “Stewie starts a business and looks cute in a uniform” premise not unlike previous examples when we’ve seen Stewie get into like the coffee business, real estate, and a B&B, but when the episode teased a cameo by Dave Portnoy I got a bit more excited because I know producer Alec Sulkin is a fan of Dave and his One Bite Pizza Reviews, but for whatever reason, the producers weren’t able to get the REAL Dave to cameo as himself which would’ve made the cameo that much more special had it happen.

We only get a few cutaways gags this week and Peter, Meg, and Lois were largely absent this week safe for a few quick cameos. Would I call this week’s episode that featured common tropes the best examples of each? No. But, it’s a solid episode to throw on and check out.