5. A Hero Sits Next Door
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5. A Hero Sits Next Door

When Peter's neighbor---an award-winning ballplayer and cop---makes him feel inadequate, Peter tries to become a hero.

📺 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

Preview first — about 14+

Family Guy S1 E5, “5. A Hero Sits Next Door”, 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+. When Peter's neighbor---an award-winning ballplayer and cop---makes him feel inadequate, Peter tries to become a hero.

Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (7); Alcohol & drugs (3); Slut-shaming (1). 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 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S1 E5:

  • I was a virgin when we met.
  • "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?

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S1 E5:

  • DISPATCH Domestic disturbance PETER: Boring! DISPATCH: Report of a stabbing in DISPATCH: All units! A major robbery is in progress at Quahog Bank and Trust.
  • Wait! Can you let me pistol-whip you a couple times for the camera? Stupid robbers with your guns and your make-out parties.

Swearing 7 moments

How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S1 E5:

  • Say, you don't happen to have any picture wire, do you? Picture wire? You son of a bitch.
  • Son of a bitch! Son of a bitch! There it goes again.
  • Where the hell am I gonna find a guy as strong as Guillermo? One time I walked into the locker room, I swear he was bench-pressing Mr.
  • Go to hell! Whoops.
  • Crap! Don't hit it to Joe.
  • This sucks, Brian.
  • Crap! JOE: This is Police Lieutenant Joe Swanson.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S1 E5:

  • What do you mean? Now you're addicted to heroin.
  • Weed, I got a great idea for a new line of TV action figures.
  • Cocktail parties, school functions, that time we planted trees in Jerusalem.

Slut-shaming 1 moment

How Slut-shaming shows up in Family Guy S1 E5:

  • If that slut wants full custody of the kids, she's got it.

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.