Brian in Love
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| Family Guy Episode | |
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| "Brian in Love" | |
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| Episode no.: | 11 |
| Prod. code: | 2ACX01 |
| Airdate: | March 7, 2000 |
| Writer(s): | Gary Janetti |
| Director: | Jack Dyer |
| Guest star(s): | Sam Waterston |
"Brian in Love" is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. Guest starring Sam Waterston as Dr. Kaplan.
[edit] Plot summary
Lois is upset that Stewie has wet the carpet in the living room. Stewie emphatically denies this, but Lois and Peter are convinced that it's a sign that Stewie is ready to potty train. However, it's actually Brian that's wetting the house, and he tries to clean up another accident that night.
After a failed attempt by Peter at getting Stewie to use the toilet, the family goes to the supermarket to buy groceries. In the checkout line, Brian has another accident, revealing that Stewie (much to his own delight) is innocent. This leads to Brian going to see Dr. Kaplan, a psychiatrist. The doctor decides Brian is having a mid-life crisis, so Brian goes traveling and exploring.
Brian feels better, but shortly after returning, Stewie frames Brian by peeing all over the living room. Brian is blamed and returns to Dr. Kaplan to find out why this is still happening. After revealing that his last accident happened after watching Lois and Peter have a water fight while washing the car, Dr. Kaplan tells Brian that he is in love with Lois.
Brian and Lois discuss the situation and decide to just remain friends. Peter conjectures that Brian's beloved would "probably end up with some idiot."
[edit] Notes
- Stewie is understood in this episode.
- Stewie told Peter to put his fingers on the toilet seat and Peter did.
- Peter also said yes to Stewie when he sarcastically suggested that they light a doobie and watch porn (after Peter suggests that Stewie should drink beer in order to learn how to use the toilet).
- In a parody of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Stewie killed Mr. Rogers and sacked the Land of Make Believe. You see King Friday and Queen Sara hung from their castle, nearly all the other characters executed, and Henrietta Pussycat on fire demanding a skin graft.
[edit] Cultural references
- One sequence parodies Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. As Mr. Rogers is talking, Stewie enteres via the trolley holding a laser gun. Before Rogers is executed, he is allowed to see the carnage from the Land of Make Believe, newly sacked by Stewie. You see King Friday and Queen Sara hung from their castle, nearly all the other characters executed, and Henrietta Pussycat on fire demanding a skin graft in between the meowing. Shortly after Mr. Rogers is executed, Stewie is woken up, revealing that his domination of the neighborhood was just a dream, only to be in the middle of another dream where Mr. Rogers is revealed to dress like Lois.
- A sequence parodies the closing titles of 1960s cartoon series The Jetsons in which George Jetson gets caught on his treadmill/dog-walk machine with their dog Astro.
- Tricia Takanawa stated that she is going to have sex with a unknown man, which is apparently Quagmire. A year later in reality, famous Chinese reporter Chu Mei-feng had a sexual relationship with a businessman who was married at the time. A sex tape was released when it was recorded through a hidden camera.
- Brian can be seen reading Into Thin Air, journalist Jon Krakauer's account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.
- A cutaway suggests the that the mysterious 1932 kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh's son was actually an attempt by Lindbergh to cover up the loss of the toddler during toilet training. Lindbergh also disposed of a witness, fellow aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937.
- When Lois suggests that toilet training would be a good way for Peter and Stewie to bond, Peter responds with the catch phrase from the James Bond film series "Bond, James Bond".
- When Brian pees in the supermarket, Peter asks, "Where do you think you are, Brian? Payless?", referring to a discount shoe store (the original line referred to K-Mart instead of Payless, but it has since been changed on all broadcasts, including the Cartoon Network airing and the DVD release).
- Brian tells Dr. Kaplan about a dream parodying the 1976 science fiction film Logan's Run, in which the "Sandmen" kill all people at age 30 as means of population control. In the dream, Brian tries to distract the Sandmen by pointing out Peanuts character Snoopy, who's "got to be in his fifties." Also, the overhead speakers in the film play the Air Supply song "All Out of Love."
- After Peter says, "Lots of crazy people have gone onto lead normal, successful lives," a picture of CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather appears on screen.
- Brian runs over a man in the countryside and asks if he is horror author Stephen King. Nine months before this episode aired, King was hit by a car while walking down a road near his Maine home. However, Brian hit another horror author, Dean Koontz. Upon learning his identity, Brian runs him over a second time.
[edit] References
- Callaghan, Steve. "Brian in Love." Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1-3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 53 - 55.
- Delarte, Alonso. "Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 2." Bob's Poetry Magazine May 2005: 10 - 11. http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02My.pdf
| Preceded by: "Da Boom" |
Family Guy Episodes | Followed by: "Love Thy Trophy" |
