Content guide
Skip for under 14
Family Guy S4 E16, “The Courtship of Stewie's Father”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. When Stewie intensifies his efforts to kill Lois, she thinks he is acting out and orders Peter to spend more time with him. They begin to do some bonding until a theme park outing ends disastrously. Meanwhile, Chris does some bonding of his own when he develops a friendship with Herbert after breaking his window.
Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Swearing (4); Racism & slurs (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 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S4 E16:
Big women are sexy.
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S4 E16:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
Peter, did you take Stewie to a strip club? He smells like sweat and fear.
Swearing 4 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S4 E16:
That rice got you, bitch.
Surprise! - What the hell are you doing at my house? I asked around and everybody said you liked animals, so I organised a surprise cockfight.
Damn! She moved.
What the hell are you doing? What do you think I'm doing? I'm bonding with Stewie.
Racism & slurs 1 moment
How Racism & slurs shows up in Family Guy S4 E16:
That's good old-fashioned family racism.
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