Content guide
Preview first — about 14+
Family Guy S14 E1, “1. Pilling Them Softly”, scores 2/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 14+. Stewie is diagnosed with ADD and prescribed Adderall, which Brian takes to write a 2000-page proposal to pitch to author George R.R. Martin at a book convention. Meanwhile, Quagmire and Peter compete, Iron Chef-style, to determine which of them gets to keep his new cooking show.
Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (2); Suicide & self-harm (1); Swearing (5); Alcohol & drugs (1); Slut-shaming (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 S14 E1:
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?
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S14 E1:
…My wife can wear this to sleep! My wife can wear this to sleep! Okay, today we're putting together duck breast medallions with a port wine reduction.
Then you're gonna want to add the duck breasts, seal the bag, and refrigerate that for at least one hour, or up to 24 hours, if you want to prepare this ahead of time.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Family Guy S14 E1:
Well, that's 'cause you interrupted me when I was telling you about Kevin trying to hang himself with an extension cord.
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S14 E1:
Son of a bitch, I never cook with butter.
These are Korean tacos, 'cause whatever the hell nowadays.
Look at me! I'm huge in 2002! Peter Nothing like a night at the theater that ends in a headache! Damn it, Peter, that's it! I can't do this show with you anymore! You're fired! What?! You can't fire me! Only Mr.
And I just figured, the hell with it, why not build a scale model and record voices for all the characters? Watch.
I like to drizzle these with a fig balsamic Damn it.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S14 E1:
Like inviting a turtle to a cocktail party.
Slut-shaming 1 moment
How Slut-shaming shows up in Family Guy S14 E1:
What a skank.
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