| "Play It Again, Brian" | |||
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Brian tries to kiss Lois. |
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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 10 |
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| Directed by | John Holmquist | ||
| Written by | Danny Smith | ||
| Production code | 6ACX01 | ||
| Original air date | March 2, 2008 | ||
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"Play It Again, Brian" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of Family Guy. The episode originally broadcast on March 2, 2008.[1]
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Peter and Lois are having marital difficulties, as Peter would much rather spend time with his friends than with his wife. Brian announces that he has won an award for an essay he wrote and has been invited to Martha's Vineyard to receive it, and offers to take them with him on vacation to ease the anxiety. Peter and Lois agree, and when the three arrive at their fancy hotel, Peter immediately begins enjoying himself. As such, he fails to arrive on time for the party at which Brian receives his award. Brian reads an excerpt from his poem, which is about Lois, and touches her heart. When Peter does arrive, he is completely intoxicated and consequently chastised by Lois.
The next morning, Lois decides to put Peter's misbehavior behind her, but agrees to spend the day with Brian as Peter has already made plans for himself. Toward the end of the day, Lois is dismayed to find that Peter is gone yet again, as he has soiled himself from laughing so hard watching Three's Company so she decides to spend the evening with Brian. As Brian makes preparations, he begins experiencing fantasies of himself kissing Lois and declaring his passion for her. That evening, Brian loses his self-restraint and attempts to kiss her. Lois is greatly troubled by this, possibly not least by her own feelings, so she forces him out of the room.
As Brian mulls over the severity of his own actions, even calling himself a rapist, and asking Stewie for help, Lois remains concerned for both Peter and Brian. The next morning, Lois tells Peter about what happened, and Peter confronts Brian at the hotel bar. Brian says that Peter is not good enough for Lois, and Peter counters by saying Brian has never had a long-term relationship with any woman he has ever been with, including his former girlfriend Jillian. Their argument quickly escalates to violence, but things settle down as they agree to resolve this problem another way. Brian ultimately promises never to let Lois come between their friendship ever again, and they forgive each other. Brian formally apologizes to Lois for his actions and she forgives him as well, though she does admit that sometimes she feels the same way Brian does about her. Nevertheless, she chooses to remain faithful to Peter. Just before leaving for Quahog, they sing "The Spirit of Massachusetts" and the three happily return home as if nothing bad ever happened.
Back at the Griffin's home, Peter and Lois have hired Herbert to look after Meg, Chris and Stewie while they are away since Quagmire is busy, Joe and Bonnie are out of town, and Cleveland is on the road with Black Box. As he always does, Herbert makes several attempts to be near Chris. For example, Herbert tells Chris and Meg that he is unable to wash himself in the bathtub. Looking over at Chris, he asks, "You know anybody with a pair of strong, young hands to help me in and out of the tub?" To Herbert's distress, Meg ends up bathing him. While Herbert is reading Chris a bedtime story, Chris finally asks him "Are you a pedophile?" Herbert's answer, if any, is not shown.
During the credits, Herbert is shown sleeping in Chris' room when the Evil Monkey emerges from the closet. Finding out that Chris is not there, the Evil Monkey goes back into the closet.
This episode was watched by 7.1 million people and had a 3.7/9 audience share.[2] Brad Trechak of TV Squad enjoyed the episode, saying "Overall, a good episode. I particularly liked the Disney-style ending. The show itself reopened and furthered some of the slowly-developing subplots of the Family Guy universe and proves that it is willing to go places that The Simpsons considers beneath them."[3] Ahsan Haque of IGN stated that while "Play It Again, Brian" is "definitely entertaining" it "plays too much like a paint-by-numbers cheesy sitcom episode as opposed to being a creative and unique endeavor". He graded the episode 7.2 out of 10.[4] Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club wrote that "the gags being, as always, hit-or-miss, there wasn't enough story-based humor to maintain the momentum", but called the ending "kinda sweet, but at the same time devoid of any sentimentality whatsoever". She graded the episode B-.[5]
| Preceded by Back to the Woods |
Family Guy (season 6) | Succeeded by The Former Life of Brian |