Content guide
Skip for under 14
Family Guy S1 E4, “Mind Over Murder”, scores 2/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14.
Across the episode we counted 22 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (9); Alcohol & drugs (6). 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.
Parents need to know
Age 14+Strip-club and porn references, language, violence in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Family Guy S1 E4, "Mind Over Murder", is a adult animation episode. The series is known for tV-MA. Rated here so you know which episodes are roughest, not because it is kids TV. Driven by porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue), with swearing alongside it. Violence is mild but includes STEWIE says, "Damn it to the bowels of bloody hell! The baby's up". Sexual content is mild but includes "It seems today that all you see "is violence in movies and sex on TV "But where are…; And there's a naked priest sitting there. Language includes strong swearing — for example, BERT says, "Hello? Son of a bitch". Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — If you guys were beers, I would drink every one of you. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S1 E4:
"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 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S1 E4:
And there's a naked priest sitting there.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S1 E4:
What's the difference between pornography and art? [Chuckling.]
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S1 E4:
- STEWIE
Damn it to the bowels of bloody hell! The baby's up.
I'm a little gun-shy after what happened last time.
Or do you? "Or do you?" She's a smokin' little pistol, isn't she? Are you a woman? No.
- PETER
I can't believe I punched a woman.
Swearing 9 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S1 E4:
- BERT
Hello? Son of a bitch.
Give me back my sock, you goat bastard! PETER: Hey! You're right.
Where the hell's Peter? That was good, Reuben.
Some poor bastard got his head blown off down at a place called Hooper's.
Well, Ernie, I wish you wouldn't eat cookies in the damn bed! Bert, you're shouting again, Bert! [Comedic instrumental music.]
Where's the damn pull string? [Yells.]
- LOIS
Where the hell have you been? We had a date.
Lois is pretty pissed, huh? Yes, your judgment lately has been rather You have crappy judgment anyway.
I want to hear it! Is that what this is all about? Run for your lives! Holy crap! Hot! [Explosion.]
Alcohol & drugs 6 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S1 E4:
If you guys were beers, I would drink every one of you.
I spent all morning on a boat drinking beer, telling jokes, and screwing around.
- PETER
Boo, Lois! Yay, beer! [Playing classical music.]
I just came down to get some beers.
My mother used to use whiskey whenever I had a toothache.
Care to partake in one of your oh-so-exhilarating games of peekaboo? Oh, my God! My baby is drunk! PETER: No, I'm not! Him? Yeah.
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