8. Pawtucket Pat
🎞️ S19 E8 🚫 Hard pass

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S19 E8 OK for kids?

8. Pawtucket Pat

Brian's new job as a journalist leads him to uncover that Pawtucket Pat, Quahog's hero and brewery founder, took part in racist actions against Native Americans. The town becomes divided on whether or not to remove the statue that commemorates him.

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

🛒 Where to buy

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

Family Guy S19 E8, “8. Pawtucket Pat”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. Brian's new job as a journalist leads him to uncover that Pawtucket Pat, Quahog's hero and brewery founder, took part in racist actions against Native Americans. The town becomes divided on whether or not to remove the statue that commemorates him.

Across the episode we counted 17 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (6); Alcohol & drugs (2); Racism & slurs (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 4 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S19 E8:

  • We heard you had sex with a horse!
  • Is violence in movies and sex on TV
  • You're really good at sexualizing children.
  • Good, good. I am glad we can talk frankly about sex.

Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S19 E8:

  • Racist? How can a 300-pound white guy who looks at black porn be racist? Here, Peter. You were sent a beer by that table of businessmen.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S19 E8:

  • Not anymore. He's a racist murderer and this statue should be torn down.

Swearing 6 moments

How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S19 E8:

  • And if you're looking for comedy, check out performers Lewis Black, Andy Dick, - and Ed Lover - Peter, turn off the TV.
  • What the hell? Hey, hey. What are you guys doing? Why are you so upset about Pat? Pawtucket Pat was a phony! I remember you.
  • Damn it, who moved the lamp? Well, what does the rest of the family think? Chris? - Ha! You got sunflowered.
  • Aw, crap, everybody run.
  • God, I can't believe Peter is actually winning public support for that damn statue.
  • What the hell is this? You said to bring masks.

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S19 E8:

  • What? - He says that he didn't create his recipe for beer.
  • Quahog is a wonderful town, because of who we are and what we do, not because of some guy who stole beer 300 years ago.

Racism & slurs 3 moments

How Racism & slurs shows up in Family Guy S19 E8:

  • Not anymore. He's a racist murderer and this statue should be torn down.
  • Pawtucket Pat was a horrible racist.
  • and end the institutional racism

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