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Skip for under 14
Family Guy S4 E15, “Brian Goes Back to College”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. After writing a story for a local magazine, Brian lands a job with the prestigious New Yorker. However, his college dropout status haunts him so he decides to go back to Brown University to get his degree. As Brian struggles to pass his class, Stewie enjoys the college lifestyle. Meanwhile, Peter and his friends combine forces to help the city.
Across the episode we counted 19 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (4); Affairs / cheating (1); Suicide & self-harm (1); Swearing (4); Alcohol & drugs (5). 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 4 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S4 E15:
If this is Mom, send money because we're college students and we need money for books and highlighters and ramen noodles and condoms for sexual relations with our classmates.
That's where I go to make out with my boyfriend, Darren Mitchellstork.
Make sure you practise safe sex, Meg.
I hear they have great make-up sex.
Nudity & bodies 4 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S4 E15:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
Hey, Mrs Garrett, can I ask you something? - What is it, Jo? Is it a problem if your penis and your vagina touch? What? I try to keep 'em separated, but I woke up this morning and they were sort of together.
Right, because of my penis.
What's the point? I thought I could help people with this A-Team thing, but it turns out I'm as useless as that nude Playboy spread of Debbie Gibson.
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in Family Guy S4 E15:
I cheated on that assignment.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Family Guy S4 E15:
That assignment I turned in You know, Brian, before you came along I was so depressed I was planning to kill myself.
Swearing 4 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S4 E15:
It's like, "She's naked, but who gives a shit?" Oh, my God, I overslept.
Don't you think it's time to take off your A-Team costume? Yeah, I guess so, but part of me wished we could just be the A-Team forever, you know? Oh, this damn chair keeps wobbling.
Yeah! - All right! - Yeah! Let's do it! This is advanced physics, right? I have a right to defend myself as a woman! - No means no! - What the hell is wrong with you? I'm sorry.
Who the hell are you guys? We're the A-Team.
Alcohol & drugs 5 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S4 E15:
Excuse me, it's been brought to my attention that a few bad apples are smoking marijuana.
Marijuana's illegal.
These men promptly returned home and drank some beer.
Hey, what's up B-Ri? - Stewie, just give me a beer.
Ah, Brian, I am glad you could come to my faculty cocktail party.
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