9. Breaking Out Is Hard to Do
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Is Family Guy S4 E9 OK for kids?

9. Breaking Out Is Hard to Do

When Lois is short on cash and can't pay her grocery store bill, she resorts to stealing. The adrenaline rush from shoplifting sends her on a stealing spree that spirals out of control and leaves her behind bars. Back at home, the family is a mess without Lois, so Peter and the kids decide to break her out of the clinker to get things back to normal.

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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 S4 E9, “9. Breaking Out Is Hard to Do”, scores 1/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 14+. When Lois is short on cash and can't pay her grocery store bill, she resorts to stealing. The adrenaline rush from shoplifting sends her on a stealing spree that spirals out of control and leaves her behind bars. Back at home, the family is a mess without Lois, so Peter and the kids decide to break her out of the clinker to get things back to normal.

Across the episode we counted 4 flagged moments in 2 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Alcohol & drugs (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 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S4 E9:

  • So I finally tried Viagra and- We got a joker in the audience there.
  • Let's have sex I do hope nothing happens to spoiI this fancy dinner party.
  • 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?

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S4 E9:

  • This sucks worse than that time I did cocaine with KarI Malden.

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