4. Brian in Love
🎞️ S2 E4 🚫 Hard pass

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S2 E4 OK for kids?

4. Brian in Love

Brian is having "accidents" (on rugs and other places) and seeks out a therapist (voice of Sam Waterston) to find out why. The therapist's conclusion: Brian's in love. The object of his yearning: Lois.

📺 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 S2 E4, “4. Brian in Love”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. Brian is having "accidents" (on rugs and other places) and seeks out a therapist (voice of Sam Waterston) to find out why. The therapist's conclusion: Brian's in love. The object of his yearning: Lois.

Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (1); 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 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S2 E4:

  • Watch as I have sex with this potentially dangerous man, as we take you in-depth and undercover.
  • Argh! 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?
  • And now Part 2 of our very own Asian correspondent Tricia Takanawa's special report on sex.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S2 E4:

  • Another! Another! Yes! Mama has candy kisses! All right, that's enough! I mean, would you all excuse me, please? Stewie, did did you unhook Mommy's bra? - Uh, hi.

Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S2 E4:

  • And while we're at it, we can light up a doobie and watch porn.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S2 E4:

  • May as well drop the bloody formalities.

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S2 E4:

  • I oughta just give you some beer.
  • Say we were drunk and knew we wouldn't remember? I'd have to be really, really No! I tell you, Peter, I wish I'd taken this up years ago.

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