4. Mind Over Murder
🎞️ S1 E4 🚫 Hard pass

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S1 E4 OK for kids?

4. Mind Over Murder

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

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

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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