Content guide
Preview first — about 14+
Family Guy S1 E2, “2. I Never Met the Dead Man”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 14+. Peter (voice of Seth MacFarlane) learns to live without TV when he crashes his car into a satellite dish. Meanwhile, Stewie devises a climate-control machine.
Across the episode we counted 14 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (5); Alcohol & drugs (2). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S1 E2:
"It seems today that all you see "is violence in movies and sex on TV "But where are those good, old-fashioned values "on which we used to rely?
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S1 E2:
Class, we were scheduled to watch a PBS program on the mating rituals of the nude large-breasted Weewok tribe of New Guinea.
Looks like some boob's about to get lynched.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S1 E2:
What's happening now? - Sipowicz is finding who stabbed the super.
- NARRATOR
We now return to The Scooby Doo Murder Files.
I thought you wanted us to murder the children and harvest their organs for beer money.
The killer gutted the victim, strangled him with his own intestines and then dumped the body in the river! - Jinkies! What a mystery! [Moaning.]
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S1 E2:
We're dealing with one sick son of a bitch.
Never! Damn the broccoli! Damn you! And damn the Wright Brothers! My, aren't we fussy tonight.
L Who the hell do you think you are? Honey, it's not gonna go away just because you don't like it.
Peter, what the hell is that? - It's my favorite TV family, the Griffins.
There's a world out there waiting for us to grab it by the short hairs! - Damn! - Let's go.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S1 E2:
Think I'll go get drunk and beat up midgets.
All the hours we've wasted on that damn idiot box.
Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.