Family Guy
Despite being one of the longest - functional animated series on television , the worstFamily Guyepisodes show that it is far from perfect . Competing with the the like ofThe SimpsonsandSouth Park , Family Guyhas create its own loyal fanbase which has allowed it to remain on the tune for 21 season and counting . With so many episodes under its belt , not all of them are winners . The worstFamily Guyepisodes seem to highlight the type of humor and storytelling the series just is n’t especially good at render .
At the end of the day , this renovate series is not taking itself seriously at all with its stereotypic characters put in ridiculous situations while soda pop culture source wing by at a million mi a second . That is what the great unwashed love aboutFamily Guy , though . However , sure episodes show that some of those prank can get very boring . Even worse is when the show have on a open matter they are understandably not fit out to handle , or when they attempt to do something imaginative just for the sake of it . Though there are plenty of laughs to be had over the years , the worstFamily Guyepisodes are hard to watch .
12Send In Stewie, Please
Season 16, Episode 12
The episode was not a typicalFamily Guyepisode and is a clear-cut sign of the author trying to dig deeper into the show and its most notable role . It live for 28 minutes , with no commercial message and no cutaway jokes , like fans have spring up to expect . There is also no one from the Griffin mob other than Stewie until Brian shows up at the end . Stewie goes to see a therapist ( voiced by Ian McKellen ) where he goes through a series of self - reflective revelations . Such an episode could be interesting on another serial , but it miss the marked here . The invigoration style , interpreter acting , and composition felt too quotidian to justify such a variance from the norm .
11The 2,000-Year-Old Virgin
Season 13, Episode 6
Released in season 13 , " The 2,000 - class Old Virgin " is an episode focalise on Jesus who is something of arecurring lineament onFamily Guy . He was hanging out in Quahog , claim he wanted to recede his virginity . Jesus offers Peter a massage chairperson if he allows him to lose his virginity to Lois . The installment is a perfect example of howFamily Guyis clearly not afraid of disceptation and tends to adopt the sort of shock humor they have become know for . While this has lead in some screaming episode , in this instance , it feels as though they went for the shock but blank out the humor . The prank finger less like punchlines and more like forced attempts to be edgy with a reference to Heath Ledger ’s end feel especially ugly .
10Trump Guy
Season 17, Episode 11
It makes sense for the President of the United States to be the subject area of ridicule on this show and Donald Trump is certainly no stranger to being lampooned . It is not surprising then thatFamily Guydedicates an episode to Trump but it is surprising the show has so little to tot to the conversation . Peter takes a job working for President Trump in Washington , D.C.only for their well-disposed relationship to flex ugly . Once again , the show seems to be looking to shock the consultation while also failing to be original . There are no new jokes on the field here and the last - minute effort to add in a political subject matter is unearned due to the lazy caustic remark that precede it .
9Con Heiress
Season 17, Episode 8
This episode ofFamily Guyhas the main story being Stewie and Brian try out to run a con on a widowed , very wealthy heiress only to take Quagmire is doing the same thing . Meanwhile , Peter shows Chris how to mop lawns and draw in the attending of Herbert . The biggest ailment in this episode amount from the running play laugh . The one people seemed to hate the most is the " longsighted name gag . " This gag see them spend almost two minutes read one name – and then repeating the trick four more times in the sequence . That is eight mo of a 20 + minute episode on one jest . There are also long song - and - saltation number that seemed like makeweight as well .
8Herpe, The Love Sore
Season 12, Episode 16
" Herpe , the Love Sore , " is aStewie and Brian - centricFamily Guyepisode . While these are usually the best episodes of the series , this one place as one of the most disgusting things the show has done in its run . Stewie and Brian decided to become blood brothers , but there was one problem . Brian was embarrassed to tell Stewie that he had herpes virus until after the fact and gave it to Stewie . Just the premise alone is enough to put up eyebrows and the episode itself is hard to watch for any viewers that are squeamish . understandably , the show wants that chemical reaction , but it make it an instalment many people will have no interest in rewatching .
7Stewie Is Enceinte
Season 13, Episode 12
Another episode rivet on Brian and Stewie while being as disgusting as possible is " Stewie is Enceinte . " Brian does n’t desire to hang out with Stewie any longer , so Stewie uses the detent ’s desoxyribonucleic acid to bang up himself to attempt to force him back . As great a duo as Brian and Stewie can be , sometimes the show seems eager to ruin that kinship for sports fan by taking it into area like this . There was a subplot with Peter trying to make a viral television , offer the only respite from the horrific Brian and Stewie plot , yet it bear uninspired ethnic commentary and no laugh .
6Seahorse Seashell Party
Season 10, Episode 2
Thehatred for Meg onFamily Guyhas been one of the longest - running gag in the series and it gets fully addressed in " Seahorse Seashell Party . " When the family is stick inside during a hurricane with no video , tautness heighten to the point of Meg lastly face the family about how they mistreat her . The episode is another exercise of the show trying something fresh and absent . There are purposely no jokes as most of the installment is dedicated to intense and emotional arguments . However , nothing insightful is really say making it all experience tiresome to watch . bad of all , the show come to a ending in the end that admit the jokes at Meg ’s expense to retain .
5You Can’t Handle The Booth
Season 17, Episode 16
This episode had the Griffin family record a videodisk comment track for a fictional episode ofFamily Guy . The Griffins even meet the people who vocalise them . In the commentary , Lois claims Peter used to be married to Sarah Paulson , and Chris might be Philip Seymour Hoffman ’s son . It is an interesting idea for an episode but the execution is a total misfire . It turns out that the Griffin kinsfolk is not very interesting to simply mind to and it does n’t assist that the jokes were n’t very potent . While such a data formatting could have made for inventive clowning moments , the consequence here is a deeply unengaging episode .
4Vestigial Peter
Season 12, Episode 2
This episode has Peter mark a lout on his neck that turn out to be his vestigial matching Chip , who develops a winning personality and wins over Peter ’s family . Unfortunately , the audience has a much hard time warming up to bit . From his voice to his excessively positive demeanor to the silly storyline he is involved in , he is a newly insert character reference who immediately derail the entire episode .
3Screams Of Silence: The Story Of Brenda Q
Season 10, Episode 3
One of thedarkestFamily Guyepisodesis also one of its uncollectible . " thigh-slapper of secrecy : The Story of Brenda Q " introduce Quagmire ’s sis Brenda who fall to stay put with him along with her abusive boyfriend . After becoming tired of seeing the hurt this man does to his sister , Quagmire and his friends decide to kill him . Unfortunately , Family Guyclumsily essay to strike a balance with the tones and never comes close to succeeding , forget it an uncomfortable sequence to watch .