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Heavy — skip for under 16
Family Guy S8 E15, “Brian Griffin's House of Payne”, scores 2/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 5/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. When Lois reads Brian's pilot script, she falls in love with it and insists that he meet with network executives to pitch it. The execs respond positively, and the initial casting session goes well with Elijah Wood auditioning for the lead role. But when the suits insist that Brian hire James Woods and change the entire concept, Brian finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place. Meanwhile, Chris and Meg seriously injure Stewie and try to cover it up.
Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (9); Homophobic jokes (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 S8 E15:
You have to sleep with the next guy that walks through that door.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S8 E15:
Naked, they would be, like, whoa, mucho sloppy.
The chimp just ripped the other girl's boob off.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S8 E15:
What did you do to it? We hired writers to come in and punch it up a bit.
Nubbins? Well, if you can't beat them: So, uh, what did you guys think? Not the worst thing in the world, right? - Oh, ha, ha.
Swearing 9 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S8 E15:
You know what? I don't even know what I did with the copy Oh, fuck, there it is.
It stands for fuck you.
Do you guys have a studio lawyer or something? Because, you know, I fucked that chick and I think she's well under 18 years old.
You son of a bitch.
If we can get one good shot at it we can blow that fat bastard out of the cosmos.
What's this? - What the hell? - Where the hell did this come from? - What is it, Brian? The first thing I ever wrote.
All right, damn it.
What is the cast of Two and a Half Men doing here? Well, you're always saying our show sucks.
How the hell is that relatable? And maybe the monkey is also my roommate.
Homophobic jokes 1 moment
How Homophobic jokes shows up in Family Guy S8 E15:
I just banged into some homo's Prius.
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