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Family Guy Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 2005 - 2006
Episode 1
North by North Quahog
Sun, May 1, 200522 mins
Worried that their love life is growing routine, Peter and Lois decide to try going on a second honeymoon, and manage to sneak into Mel Gibson's personal suite at a fancy new hotel. While there, they discover film for a horrible new movie Mel is producing, and decide that it must be destroyed before he can release it. Meanwhile, Chris is caught drinking at a school party, and it's up to Stewie and Brian to discipline him.
Episode 2
Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High
Sun, May 8, 200522 mins
Chris' new English teacher turns out to be a seductive young woman. When she begins returning the attention Chris shows her, he finds himself falling in love with her. The teacher's intentions, however, extend far beyond simple romance. Meanwhile, Brian gets a job as a substitute teacher and is assigned to a class of gang thugs. Somehow, he must find a way to inspire them to learn.
Episode 3
Blind Ambition
Sun, May 15, 200530 mins
Quagmire gets caught spying on Lois in a public toilet and is forced to confront his sex addiction. In the course of his recovery he saves a woman's life and is hailed as a hero. Jealous of Quagmire's new fame, Peter hatches a plan to get into the world records book by swallowing the most nickels. Unfortunately, swallowing so many coins has a side effect that Peter hasn't counted on.
Episode 4
Don't Make Me Over
Sun, Jun 5, 200522 mins
Meg receives a free makeover from a TV station and becomes beautiful. When the Griffin family starts a band, the producer decides to put the now-gorgeous Meg at the front and promote her as the star. Meg comes to believe the hype about her and feels that the rest of the family is holding her back. When they go to New York to perform on Saturday Night Live, will Meg's ego get her in trouble?
Episode 5
The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire
Sun, Jun 12, 200522 mins
While looking around town for someone to rescue, Peter bursts into Cleveland's house, only to catch Loretta having sex with another man. After investigating through the neighborhood, they discover that Quagmire has betrayed his best friend by sleeping with his wife. Loretta leaves Cleveland, and Peter and Lois are left trying to help their friend learn how to be more assertive with others.
Episode 6
Petarded
Sun, Jun 19, 200523 mins
After winning a game of trivial pursuit, Peter becomes convinced that he's a genius. Brian gets tired of his friend's gloating and tells Peter to apply for a MacArthur grant. When the results come back, we learn that not only is Peter not a genius, he's actually mentally disabled. While being a ward of the state has some advantages which he's abuse, Peter learns that his actions have consequences.
Episode 7
Brian the Bachelor
Sun, Jun 26, 200522 mins
Brian decides to take a break from things by auditioning for a TV show called "The Bachelorette" in which a beautiful model picks her true love from a pack of hopefuls. While he's first skeptical of the program, he discovers the bachelorette is actually an intelligent and interesting woman, and begins to fall for her. Chris meanwhile, is occupied with talking to his new pimple, but the zit is determined to get him into trouble.
Episode 8
8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter
Sun, Jul 10, 200522 mins
When Peter learns that Mort's pharmacy runs a tab system, he goes crazy buying everything he can get his hands on. Unfortunately, he doesn't realize that he eventually has to pay for everything, and ends up thousands of dollars in debt. Peter makes an offer to sell Meg to Mort's son Neil in exchange for canceling the debt. Mort agrees, but Neil has already found a new girlfriend. Stewie, meanwhile, falls in love with his new babysitter.
Episode 9
Breaking Out Is Hard to Do
Sun, Jul 17, 200522 mins
Lois starts finding herself compelled to steal things from stores, getting an almost sexual rush from breaking the law. She eventually gets caught, however, and is sent to prison. Unable to cope without her, the family decides to break her out of jail. On the run from the law, they try to make a new life for themselves while hiding out in Asiantown.
Episode 10
Model Misbehavior
Sun, Jul 24, 200522 mins
After a yacht race that the Griffins win through disobeying Lois' father, Lois decides to fulfill her dream of being a model, which her father never allowed. After she begins partying and using drugs, it is up to Peter and Lois' father to bring her back.
Episode 11
Peter's Got Woods
Sun, Sep 11, 200530 mins
Brian falls for an African-American teacher at Chris' high school, and tries to impress her by pushing to have the school renamed from James Woods High to Martin Luther King, Jr. High. Peter, not wanting to see the name changed, brings James Woods himself to speak at the school board meeting. Things go further than expected, however, when Woods takes Brian's place in the household as Peter's best friend and the family pet.
Episode 12
The Perfect Castaway
Sun, Sep 18, 200530 mins
While on a deep sea fishing trip, Peter, Joe, Cleveland, & Quagmire are left stranded on an island after a hurricane. After being pronounced dead, Brian decides to take Peter's place as the man of the house and even marries Lois. Upon his return Peter is informed that even though he is back Lois isn't leaving Brian. So now Peter attempts to win her back.
Episode 13
Jungle Love
Sun, Sep 25, 200530 mins
Chris runs away to South America after a school hazing during his first day of being a freshman. Meanwhile, Peter gets a job at the brewery, where he is allowed to drink on the job, just as long he controls himself. However, Peter's drinking habit gets out of hand, Angela demotes Peter to work at shipping.
Episode 14
PTV
Sun, Nov 6, 200523 mins
After an incident at the Emmys, the FCC overreacts, so Peter decides to start his own cable network, until the FCC shut him down and start censoring his life.
Episode 15
Brian Goes Back to College
Sun, Nov 13, 200522 mins
Brian lands a dream job at The New Yorker, but gets fired when it's revealed that he dropped out of college. Frustrated, he decides to turn his life around by going back to school and finishing his degree. Peter and his buddies, meanwhile, win an 80's TV look-alike contest dressed as the A-Team, and find that today's world still has a place for a team of renegades who can get the job done.
Episode 16
The Courtship of Stewie's Father
Sun, Nov 20, 200522 mins
When Stewie's day care instructor notes a lack of fatherly influence in his life, Lois insists that Peter take a more active role in raising his son. Not much works until Peter discovers how much Stewie enjoys it when Lois gets hurt, and soon the two are going to ever-greater lengths to torment and abuse her. Lois eventually puts her foot down, though, and Stewie feels betrayed when Peter agrees to knock it off. Can Peter ever make it up to him?
Episode 17
Fat Guy Strangler
Sun, Nov 27, 200530 mins
Lois discovers that she has a brother, named Patrick, that her parents have been keeping in a mental hospital for years. He seems perfectly healthy when she goes to see him, however, so she arranges for him to be released and come live with her family. Patrick was hospitalized over trauma at catching his mother in bed with Jackie Gleason, and Peter's appearance brings back the old memories, causing him to go on a killing spree of similarly fat men. Will they be able to convince Lois that her brother is behind all the killings before he gets to Peter?
Episode 18
The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz
Sun, Dec 18, 200522 mins
During one of his visits Peter's father, Francis, discovers that Stewie has never been baptized, so without Lois' permission Peter and Francis go to church and have him baptized. Upon discovering this, Lois convinces Peter that Stewie should have been able to worship whomever he wanted regardless of his father's religion. Naturally Peter interprets Lois' wisdom the wrong way so decides to start his own religious group that praises the television character, Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli.
Episode 19
Brian Sings and Swings
Sun, Jan 8, 200622 mins
After a near-death experience (caused by Peter), Brian decides to live for the moment, and ends up joining (along with Stewie) Frank Sinatra Jr.'s stage show. Although things are great for them at first, Brian takes the hard living too far and nearly drinks himself to an early grave. Meg, meanwhile, finds a school group that wants her as a member, but it's the Lesbian Alliance. How far is she willing to go to fit in?
Episode 20
Patriot Games
Sun, Jan 29, 200622 mins
After quarterback Tom Brady witnesses Peter pummeling several people in order to get to the bathroom, he recruits him to play for the New England Patriots.
Episode 21
I Take Thee, Quagmire
Sun, Mar 12, 200623 mins
Quagmire falls in love with and marries the maid that Peter won on a game show only to find out that she's a psycho and must figure out a way to get out of it.
Episode 22
Sibling Rivalry
Sun, Mar 26, 200624 mins
Peter reluctantly agrees to get a vasectomy and then refuses to have sex, causing Lois to gain weight; Stewie's half-brother Bertram declares an all-out war for control over the playground.
Episode 23
Deep Throats
Sun, Apr 9, 200624 mins
Meg becomes an intern for Mayor West. At the same time, Brian uncovers a dark secret about Mayor West when he tries to expose him as a corrupt politician, after he was given a parking ticket for parking in a handicapped area. Meanwhile, Lois and Peter become a folk song duo and they enter a talent show. Peter and Lois smoke marijuana in hopes of getting some inspiration. When Lois and Peter try to perform at the talent show, they realize their performance didn't go to great as they expected.
Episode 24
Peterotica
Sun, Apr 23, 200623 mins
Peter begins to write a novel, which gets him into trouble, for a certain reason. He has wrote the book under the name of Carter Puwterschmit, which gets him sued and left bank-rupt. Barbra leaves him, and Carter ends up living with Peter & Lois in there house.
Episode 25
You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives
Sun, Apr 30, 200630 mins
Brian's gay cousin Jasper comes to town to marry his fiancé, until Mayor West bans gay marriage to distract everyone from a financial scandal.
Episode 26
Petergeist
Sun, May 7, 200624 mins
When Joe buys a new home theater system, Peter decides to build his own, until he disturbs an ancient burial ground in the backyard, which soon haunts the house.
Episode 27
Untitled Griffin Family History
Sun, May 14, 200624 mins
When burglars break into the house, the Griffins take cover in the attic, where Peter tells them about their family history.
Episode 28
Stewie B. Goode
Sun, May 21, 200623 mins
A near-death experience inspires Stewie to change his life.
Episode 29
Bango Was His Name Oh!
Sun, May 21, 200623 mins
Stewie searches for a man he saw on TV who he believes is his real father.
Episode 30
Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure
Sun, May 21, 200623 mins
Stewie meets his future self, who lives a pathetic life.
