Family Guy (season 18)

Family Guy's eighteenth season was announced on February 12, 2019.[1] It premiered on Fox on September 29, 2019 and ended on May 17, 2020.

Family Guy
Season 18
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Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29) – May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)
Season chronology

The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family, consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie, and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The season included a crossover with Beavis and Butt-Head guest starring Mike Judge reprising his roles as Beavis and Butt-Head.[2]

In April 2020, the show joined the rest of Fox's Animation Domination lineup in a partnership with Caffeine for the AniDom Beyond Show, a recap show hosted by Andy Richter. The hour-long program featured interviews with guests and live interactivity with fans online, with recaps for the episodes that aired through April and May.[3] The Family Guy episode aired on May 10, 2020 featuring Richard Appel, Seth Green, and Maggie Mull. On May 18, 2020, John Viener joined the show with other writers from the Fox Animation Domination lineup.

Due to the debuts of freshman animated sitcoms Bless the Harts and Duncanville taking the 8:30pm time slot, which bumped Bob's Burgers to 9 pm, the show moved to 9:30 pm.

The season's executive producers were Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Tom Devanney, Patrick Meighan and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong. The season's showrunners were Sulkin and Appel.

Episodes

See also: List of Family Guy episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title [4]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [4]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
330	1	"Yacht Rocky"	John Holmquist	Travis Bowe	September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	HACX18	1.88[5]
Peter's job announces that due to cutbacks they need to let one male employee go. When the final choice comes down to Peter and another employee, Peter blacks out from the stress. After he awakens in the hospital, Dr. Hartman connects him with a "yacht rock" music collection to help him relax. When the guys get hooked on the music as well, they learn of an upcoming Yacht Rock Cruise and decide to all go along. While attempting to board, Brian finds himself in a dog crate and stored beneath deck. On board, the rest of the family and Peter's friends rub shoulders with numerous stars. But when the ship's captain gets distracted hanging out with Peter, he leaves the bridge unattended as a rogue wave capsizes the ship. Struggling to survive, everyone has to make their way towards the bottom of the ship where the hull is the thinnest. When they finally reach their goal and meet up with Brian in the process, they realize that they have no tools to cut through the hull. Turning fearful as the water rises, the episode is resolved by simply cutting to everybody safe back at home. Note: This episode is a parody of the film The Poseidon Adventure.
331	2	"Bri-Da"	Steve Robertson	Tom Devanney	October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)	HACX19	2.31[6]
Hungover after a night out, Peter, Joe, Quagmire and Cleveland realise they had a brilliant, million-dollar ideas but have no clue what it was. To make sure they don't lose any more million-dollar ideas while they're drunk, they all fit themselves with police-grade body cams. Reviewing the footage following another night out shows Peter, Joe and Cleveland pitching an idea on Shark Tank, whilst Quagmire is in bed with a random woman, but he is shocked when Joe reveals that all the footage from the cameras is already online. Meanwhile, Brian finds Quagmire's transgender mother, Ida, in a hotel bar after she's seen the video, and the two end up spending the night together again, except this time they both decide to enter a relationship together which Quagmire vehemently objects to. Despite Brian's efforts to show his seriousness and bond with him, Quagmire forces Ida to choose between either himself or Brian in her life. Ida chooses her son, so she and Brian decide to end their relationship amicably, with fond memories of their time together.
332	3	"Absolutely Babulous"	Mike Kim	Mark Hentemann & Ted Jessup	October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)	HACX20	1.82[7]
Stewie receives a medal in a race, but his gloating suddenly stops when Brian shows him that it is a participation award, and Stewie realises that his entire collection of medals and trophies are ones he got for participating. In a fit of rage he accidentally burns the entire house down, forcing the family to temporarily move in with Carter and Babs. Determined to prove to himself he can earn a medal, Stewie decides to enter a pie-making contest but is disappointed when he comes in 5th. However Brian explains that he is one of a handful of participants taking home ribbons, he feels proud again. Meanwhile, Peter once again feels outcast when Lois reverts to her high-society roots around her father, and whilst hiding in a garage is shocked to learn from Babs that she is from a humble background as well. The two go on a drunken night out together, and in the morning Peter convinces her to live her life her own way, but this move results in her and Carter breaking up as she returns to her hometown. Peter must repair the damage he caused between Babs and Carter's relationship, but in order to do that he must get Carter disguised as a trucker and win her back from her old stomping grounds. When Carter gets into a fight, Babs saves him and admits that she no longer feels at home here, and wants to come back, repairing their relationship.
333	4	"Disney's The Reboot"	Greg Colton	Kirker Butler	October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)	JACX02	2.64[8]
The Griffin Family oversee a focus group about possible reboots of Family Guy. Lois! - A reboot of Family Guy which makes Lois the main character of the show, where she works at an alcohol distribution factory just like Peter does in the main show, in this specific example, Lois competes for a promotion at the brewery. The Q - A reboot of Family Guy that changes the show into a teen supernatural drama, with Chris, Ruth, Patty and Neil as the lead characters, in the example, Meg is murdered and aforementioned characters must solve the mystery of her murder. Family Guy Again - A reboot/spin off of Family Guy where most of the characters are fired, leaving only Chris, Joe and Tricia Takanawa as the lead characters. After these three are shown, Peter comes in and tries to show more examples of reboots including a Netflix version of the show and a Bojack Horseman parody. In the end, FOX decides to keep Family Guy the way it is.
334	5	"Cat Fight"	Jerry Langford	Steve Callaghan	November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)	JACX03	1.61[9]
In order to find a hobby beyond his sex life, Quagmire decides to open a cat cafe titled "The Barista Cats" which enrages Brian, leading him to protest the cafe, and get it closed down, leading to the two fighting, but when Brian breaks his leg and Quagmire heals him, the two reconcile and Brian offers to be Quagmire's emotional support dog. Meanwhile Lois takes Chris and Meg to a Christian camp when they get in trouble at school.
335	6	"Peter & Lois' Wedding"	Joe Vaux	Mark Hentemann	November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)	JACX05	2.19[10]
When the Wi-Fi goes out in the Griffin home, Peter and Lois tell the story of their marriage, leading to many parodies of the 90s and all its glory, the story explains that Peter almost got swayed by a hot temptress hired by Carter to get Peter away from Lois, but Peter's love for Lois shines through and the two get married at Fenway Park.
336	7	"Heart Burn"	Steve Robertson	Matt Pabian & Matt McElaney	November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)	JACX10	1.92[11]
On Lois and Peter's anniversary, the Griffins reenact three famous love stories: Helen of Troy, Romeo & Juliet, and Fatal Attraction.
337	8	"Shanksgiving"	Brian Iles	Alex Carter	November 24, 2019 (2019-11-24)	JACX04	2.28[12]
338	9	"Christmas Is Coming"	John Holmquist	Travis Bowe	December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)	JACX06	2.30[13]
339	10	"Connie's Celica"	Joseph Lee	Kevin Biggins	January 5, 2020 (2020-01-05)	JACX08	1.85[14]
340	11	"Short Cuts"	Julius Wu	Kirker Butler	February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	JACX11	1.65[15]
341	12	"Undergrounded"	Greg Colton	Mike Desilets	February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)	JACX13	1.57[16]
342	13	"Rich Old Stewie"	Brian Iles	Chris Sheridan	March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)	JACX12	1.55[17]
50 years into the future, Stewie is rich and living in California when Brian brings word that Peter is dying. Traveling back home, they pick up Chris and Meg, who have also gone on with their lives. On arrival, Stewie is appalled at the condition of the house. The family meets Peter, who extracts a promise from Stewie to take care of the family. He rebuilds the house just in time before Peter passes away. But as he heads back home to California to share his money with the family after handing out a round of cigars to celebrate Peter's life, the latter recovers as the whole family shares a laugh over pulling a scam on him. However, he is aware of the ruse and had rigged the gas to stay on, blowing up the house behind him as Chris lights his cigar. As Brian begs him to put him out of his misery, Stewie suddenly realizes he is having a fantasy while trying to pick out a Halloween costume of an old man, having been afraid of growing old but now looking forward to it. After trying it on, he gets his dragging testicles tangled up with Herbert's. At the same shop in closing, Meg has a momentary fantasy of being Evita Perón, before Peter snaps her out of it to make her the back half of a farting horse, which he insists on doing the farting.
343	14	"The Movement"	Joe Vaux	Maggie Mull	March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)	JACX15	1.45[18]
344	15	"Baby Stewie"	Jerry Langford	Artie Johann	March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)	JACX14	1.68[19]
345	16	"Start Me Up"	John Holmquist	Daniel Peck	April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)	JACX16	1.58[20]
346	17	"Coma Guy"	Steve Robertson	Patrick Meighan	April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)	JACX07	1.54[21]
347	18	"Better Off Meg"	Anthony Agrusa	Emily Towers	May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03)	JACX17	1.39[22]
348	19	"Holly Bibble"	Julius Wu	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	May 10, 2020 (2020-05-10)	JACX01	1.29[23]
349	20	"Movin' In (Principal Shepherd's Song)"	Joseph Lee	Danny Smith	May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)	JACX18	1.51[24]

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