The WORST episodes of Family Guy

Every episode of Family Guy ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Family Guy!

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

Last Updated: 12/19/2024Network: FOXStatus: Continuing
You Can't Handle the Booth
star
6.22
954 votes

#1 - You Can't Handle the Booth

Season 17 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/24/2019

The Griffin family offers their own special commentary for an episode of "Family Guy" and provides little-known facts about Peter and Lois' drama.

Faith No More
star
6.73
362 votes

#2 - Faith No More

Season 22 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/17/2024

Brian becomes romantically interested in someone and it inspires him to use Stewie's time machine. Strange consequences result from their journey.

Directors: Mike Kim
Writer: Alex Carter
Brian & Stewie
star
6.77
2750 votes

#3 - Brian & Stewie

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/2/2010

In the 150th episode, Brian & Stewie get locked in a bank vault, they are forced to deal with each other on a whole new level. Unlike any other FAMILY GUY episode, the acts will play out in real time as Brian and Stewie react to being locked in a small space with no baby food or martinis to keep them from losing their minds while they hatch an escape plan.

Directors: Dominic Bianchi
Writer: Gary Janetti
Road to Europe
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6.78
1366 votes

#4 - Road to Europe

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/2002

Stewie is addicted to the British children's show "Jolly Farm Review" based on Mother Maggie, a benevolent figure who looks after kids on a farm. They stow away on a plane they think is bound for England. They are wrong, and soon they are in Saudi Arabia at the beginning of a long, strange trip back home. Back in the US, Peter and Lois have an odd encounter with the band Kiss.

Directors: Dan Povenmire
Rock Hard
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6.80
659 votes

#5 - Rock Hard

Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2021

While at an old record store, Peter and the guys recount tales of three rock legends: Jim Morrison, Muddy Waters and Elton John.

Directors: Greg Colton
Send in Stewie, Please
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6.82
1386 votes

#6 - Send in Stewie, Please

Season 16 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/18/2018

Stewie gets sent to the office of his school's child psychologist, Dr. Cecil Pritchfield, after pushing one of his classmates. During the session, Stewie experiences a series of personal and emotional revelations.

Directors: Joe Vaux
Writer: Gary Janetti
The Juice is Loose!
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6.83
2196 votes

#7 - The Juice is Loose!

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/15/2009

Peter finds an old winning raffle ticket from 1989 that entitles him a golf outing with O.J. Simpson. After befriending him, Peter brings O.J. home home to meet the family. However, the people of Quahog aren't too fond of the former running back.

Directors: Cyndi Tang
Fat Actor
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6.84
338 votes

#8 - Fat Actor

Season 22 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/10/2024

Peter tries to protest Hollywood after learning that Brad Pitt was cast in a biopic about a politician. After Pitt injures himself on set, Peter must act out the role himself.

Directors: Joseph Lee
Excellence in Broadcasting
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6.89
3861 votes

#9 - Excellence in Broadcasting

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2010

When Brian learns that Rush Limbaugh is going to be at the Quahog Mall for a book-signing, he decides to go down there and give him a piece of his left-wing mind. But when Rush unexpectedly comes to Brian's rescue, Brian has a political change of heart.

Directors: John Holmquist
Love Story Guy
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6.90
470 votes

#10 - Love Story Guy

Season 21 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2023

The guys recount their first true love stories, leading to parodies of "Castaway," "Dirty Dancing" and various Meg Ryan rom-coms.

Directors: Steve Robertson
The Return of The King (Of Queens)
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6.91
383 votes

#11 - The Return of The King (Of Queens)

Season 22 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/2023

Lois decides to sell the family's television to help pay for Christmas presents, but when Kevin James gets upset over losing Peter as a viewer, he apparates into the Griffin house.

Directors: Greg Colton
Writer: Alex Carter
Mr. Saturday Knight
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6.91
1687 votes

#12 - Mr. Saturday Knight

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/5/2001

Peter's boss comes to dinner at the Griffin house but soon dies. The Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory is turned into the Happy-Go-Lucky Terminal Disease Institute. Unemployed, Peter begins his search for a job and ends up going after his lifelong dream of becoming a knight at a traveling Renaissance Fair. Caught in a compromising position with the infamous Black Knight's wench, he must defend his family's honor in an duel with the Black Knight.

Baking Sad
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6.92
398 votes

#13 - Baking Sad

Season 22 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2023

Meg discovers her tears produce delicious cookies, and her, along with her siblings, enjoy a profit until the success makes her too happy to cry. Meanwhile, Peter and the guys launch a "male talk show."

Directors: John Holmquist
Writer: Damien Fahey
Boston Stewie
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6.93
422 votes

#14 - Boston Stewie

Season 22 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/2023

Stewie tries to civilize his half-brother, Boston Stewie, so that he may be adopted. Meanwhile, Meg and Chris start a venture in which people online pay Chris to sit on and smash cupcakes.

Directors: Mike Kim
From Russia With Love
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6.94
422 votes

#15 - From Russia With Love

Season 21 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/2023

After Brian's Instagram is hacked, Meg takes Stewie and Brian to Russia, only to realize she'd rather stay there. Meanwhile, Lois reverts to her tormented teenage self when Quagmire starts dating her high school bully.

Directors: John Holmquist
Writer: Polina Diaz
HBO-No
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6.94
535 votes

#16 - HBO-No

Season 20 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/13/2022

The Griffins tell "Family Guy" versions of three HBO shows: "Game of Thrones", "Succession" and "Big Little Lies".

Directors: Steve Robertson
Writer: Travis Bowe
FOX-y Lady
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6.96
2282 votes

#17 - FOX-y Lady

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/22/2009

Lois gets a job working for FOX News and has to do a report on a liberal filmmaker. However, she loses the job when her story implicates a conservative radio host.

Directors: Pete Michels
When You Wish Upon a Weinstein
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6.96
1541 votes

#18 - When You Wish Upon a Weinstein

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/2/2003

The day that Peter buys volcano insurance is the day that Lois becomes fed up with their constant money problems. When Peter wishes for a Jewish "money guy" to help them, Max Weinstein comes to the rescue. After meeting Max, Peter decides Chris could be successful if he converted to Judaism as soon as possible, but the plans for a "quickie" bar mitzvah in Las Vegas are quickly foiled by Lois.

Directors: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Ricky Blitt
Lifeguard Meg
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6.96
356 votes

#19 - Lifeguard Meg

Season 22 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/27/2024

Stewie and Brian become overwhelmed after winning a coffee shop. Peter and his friends annoy Meg at her new lifeguard job when they don’t follow the pool rules.

Directors: Julius Wu
Stewie is Enceinte
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6.97
1614 votes

#20 - Stewie is Enceinte

Season 13 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/8/2015

Brian decides he doesn't want to hang out with Stewie anymore, so Stewie tries to save their relationship by having a baby ... or seven ... by using Brian's DNA to impregnate himself. Meanwhile, Peter, Joe, Quagmire and Cleveland attempt to make a viral video.

Directors: Steve Robertson
Writer: Gary Janetti
A Stache From the Past
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6.97
453 votes

#21 - A Stache From the Past

Season 22 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2023

When Peter loses the Griffins' home in a reverse mortgage, he and Mayor West travel to confront the man advertising the scheme, Tom Selleck. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian open a booth at the flea market, leading to a rivalry with Bruce.

Directors: Jerry Langford
Writer: Travis Bowe
Old West
star
6.98
436 votes

#22 - Old West

Season 21 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/19/2023

The guys try to help Mayor Wild West reconnect with his estranged father, Old West.

Directors: Greg Colton
Writer: Artie Johann
Take This Job and Love It
star
6.99
349 votes

#23 - Take This Job and Love It

Season 22 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/20/2024

Peter and his friends wonder aloud about their dream jobs. Peter enters a sequence a la James Bond, where he goes by the name Band and has to fight his nemesis, Blofella (aka Stewie).

Directors: Joe Vaux
CutawayLand
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6.99
681 votes

#24 - CutawayLand

Season 19 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2020

Peter and Lois accidentally set up a cutaway gag together, which somehow transports them into the cutaway itself.

Directors: Brian Iles
Brokeback Swanson
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6.99
1900 votes

#25 - Brokeback Swanson

Season 14 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/6/2015

When Joe is trampled in a local running of the bulls and becomes a quadriplegic, the guys find it too difficult to hang around him. Meanwhile, Brian sleeps with a married woman, and when the husband returns home, he pretends to be the family’s new dog.

Directors: Julius Wu
Writer: Ted Jessup