Send in Stewie, Please
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Is Family Guy S16 E12 OK for kids?

Send in Stewie, Please

Stewie gets sent to see his school's child psychologist, Dr. Cecil Pritchfield, for a surprising session, which causes Stewie to reveal major, never-before-told secrets about himself.

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 14+

Family Guy S16 E12, “Send in Stewie, Please”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 14+. Stewie gets sent to see his school's child psychologist, Dr. Cecil Pritchfield, for a surprising session, which causes Stewie to reveal major, never-before-told secrets about himself.

Across the episode we counted 9 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Swearing (3); Alcohol & drugs (1); Slut-shaming (3). 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 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S16 E12:

  • Go sleep on the floor where you belong, whore! - All right, well - Hey hey, Bri? Yeah? Would you mind maybe sleeping with me tonight? - Sure.
  • 1 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?

Swearing 3 moments

How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S16 E12:

  • Mostly because I come across a lot of dicks.
  • If they don't give us a day off when he dies, I'm gonna be so pissed.
  • " - Damn it! - But, again, how would you know? - It's not as if you're - Okay, okay, we got it.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S16 E12:

  • …know how that one works To at least give the impression, in your Ralph Lauren shirts, holding your $20 cocktails, that you're both way more successful than you are.

Slut-shaming 3 moments

How Slut-shaming shows up in Family Guy S16 E12:

  • (TAKES DEEP BREATH) (RAPPING): How does a bastard orphan Son of (HICCUPS) a whore And a Scotsman dropped in the middle Of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean By providence impoverished in…
  • She's just a useless old slut.
  • Go sleep on the floor where you belong, whore! - All right, well - Hey hey, Bri? Yeah? Would you mind maybe sleeping with me tonight? - Sure.

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