Content guide
Preview first — about 14+
Family Guy S4 E19, “Brian Sings and Swings”, 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+. After an accident lands Brian in the hospital, he has a near-death experience that leads him to take a new lease on life. He finds a passion for singing and develops a new nightly gig with Frank Sinatra Jr., but his "live in the moment" lifestyle only goes so far. Meanwhile, Meg's sexuality swings the other way.
Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (2); Alcohol & drugs (1); 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 3 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S4 E19:
How come I rich and you not? How come you not sell real estate like I do? How come I sleep with your wife while you at work then pee in your toilet and don't flush?
And like I tell you every day, if I come back in the afternoon and you're having sex with somebody, I'll kill you both.
Well, that's not Nova at all, is it? That's a sex tape I made with my wife.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S4 E19:
Those are huge! Those are huge boobs.
We're checking out naked girls.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S4 E19:
Brian, don't you think it's a little too early to be hitting the booze? Why wait? You gotta live life while you can and live it hard.
Racism & slurs 1 moment
How Racism & slurs shows up in Family Guy S4 E19:
Like the time Peter pretended to be racist to get out ofjury duty.
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