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Skip for under 14
Family Guy S20 E5, “5. Brief Encounter”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. When Peter and Quagmire accidentally switch underwear, they begin to mimic the other's behavior. Meanwhile, Stewie and Doug agree to commit each other's murders.
Across the episode we counted 18 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (5); Violence & injury (3); Swearing (3); Alcohol & drugs (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 S20 E5:
- You constantly want to sleep with my wife, who is an angel.
Is violence in movies and sex on TV
- While that is super sexy and being stored for later, it's very different for guys.
- BOTH: Nope! - And the lines of sexuality - are more fluid than ever.
Nudity & bodies 5 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S20 E5:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
- (GIGGLES) COPILOT: Lot of penis stuff from you today.
- "The perfect underwear for unexpected wind shear. " - Is that, like, farts? - Yes, that's like farts.
- He's wearing your underwear, and you're wearing his.
- Will you help me move my stuff back inside? Only if I can do it half naked and in front of all our neighbors.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S20 E5:
- How's that? - Think about it: two fellas meet on a train, and do each other's murders.
- (ALARM CLOCK BLARING) - (BLEEP) LOIS: Chris, your alarm is going off! I know! All right, time to murder Miss Tiggywinkles.
Stewie Griffin, cat murderer?
Swearing 3 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S20 E5:
- Geez. Why are you always such a dick? Takes one to know one.
- (SUCKS TEETH) Kindergartners hate welshers.
- (LAUGHING) Whoo! What the hell? We must've accidentally grabbed the wrong ones at the laundromat.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S20 E5:
- Our top story
doing laundry and drinking beer.
- Doing laundry and drinking beer? Quahog welcomes Duds & Suds, a new laundromat that serves beer.
- Boy, we all get a Doug, huh? Yeah, Tyler's Doug is a drunk stepdad.
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