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Family Guy S1 E4, “4. 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. Under house arrest, Peter builds a bar in the basement to have his friends over. And the joint is jumpin', much to Lois' dismay.
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.
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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