8. Brokeback Swanson
🎞️ S14 E8 🚫 Hard pass

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S14 E8 OK for kids?

8. Brokeback Swanson

When Joe is trampled in a local running of the bulls and becomes a quadriplegic, the guys find it too difficult to hang around him. Meanwhile, Brian sleeps with a married woman, and when the husband returns home, he pretends to be the family's new dog.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

Family Guy S14 E8, “8. Brokeback Swanson”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. When Joe is trampled in a local running of the bulls and becomes a quadriplegic, the guys find it too difficult to hang around him. Meanwhile, Brian sleeps with a married woman, and when the husband returns home, he pretends to be the family's new dog.

Across the episode we counted 19 flagged moments in 7 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (2); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (1); Slut-shaming (2). 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 S14 E8:

  • You want to have sex? Sure, I've almost finished my sandwich, anyway.
  • 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?
  • Can't make out this one.
  • (laughs) That's-that's not a real thing, I'm talking about sex.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S14 E8:

  • …Mass! You and your friends can run from a bunch live bulls, and lots of times, there's a chick whose boob comes out.
  • And you probably don't want any reminders of Bonnie around the house, so I cleared out all of her underwear.

Affairs / cheating 1 moment

How Affairs / cheating shows up in Family Guy S14 E8:

  • I think my wife is cheating on me.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S14 E8:

  • Would the French people let their boss walk around in stained underwear trying to stab people if the place wasn't nice? Yeah, no, no, y-you're right, you're right.

Swearing 8 moments

How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S14 E8:

  • Man, when I find that son of a bitch, I'm gonna rip his head off.
  • (car engine humming outside) Oh, crap, my husband's home early.
  • Your husband's a Navy SEAL?! What the hell is going on here?! What is this? Ruff! You got a dog? Uh yeah! I rescued him from the pound.
  • Damn it, this game is so stupid!
  • Yeah, that's why I looked into it, and we've reserved a place for him at the State Home for Mentals and Bastards.
  • Wait, what?! Tori, come back! Damn it! Wow, shocker.
  • Where the hell have you been? I got arrested for huckin' a TV/VCR combo off the dam.
  • (phone ringing) What's that ringing? Joe, that ringing-- it's coming from your back! It is? Holy crap! Dr.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S14 E8:

  • I'll wheel over to the bar and bring back your beers one by one in my lap.

Slut-shaming 2 moments

How Slut-shaming shows up in Family Guy S14 E8:

  • Hey, uh, uh, just to be clear, I don't really think you're a whore.
  • Your mother's a whore! I told you that in confidence, Gary.

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