The Best Episodes of Family Guy Season 16

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(2705 votes)

   #1 - Emmy-Winning Episode

   S16:E110/1/2017

   Tired of not winning an Emmy, Peter embarks on his own For Your Consideration campaign for Family Guy by making the show more like Emmy-winning shows - and no category is off limits.

   Directors:Peter Shin, Dominic Bianchi, James Purdum

   Writer:Aaron Lee

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   Directors:Peter Shin, Dominic Bianchi, James Purdum

   Writer:Aaron Lee
2. 

   7.1/10(1478 votes)

   #2 - Foxx in the Men House

   S16:E210/8/2017

   Peter becomes friends with a cool, handsome paramedic named Stryker Foxx. Wrapped up in his newfound "coolness," he soon dumps Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland.

   Director:Brian Iles

   Writer:Andrew Goldberg

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   Director:Brian Iles

   Writer:Andrew Goldberg
3. 

   7.2/10(1509 votes)

   #3 - Nanny Goats

   S16:E310/15/2017

   Peter and Louis find themselves with a golden opportunity to reconnect as a couple after Lois' parents get a nanny to take care of the children for them.

   Director:Steve Robertson

   Writer:Tom Devanney

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   Director:Steve Robertson

   Writer:Tom Devanney
4. 

   7.1/10(1517 votes)

   #4 - Follow the Money

   S16:E410/22/2017

   Chris receives a special one-dollar bill as a birthday present, but he quickly loses it and the dollar passes into the possession of everybody in Quahog.

   Director:Mike Kim

   Writer:Kevin Biggins

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   Director:Mike Kim

   Writer:Kevin Biggins
5. 

   7.8/10(2006 votes)

   #5 - Three Directors

   S16:E511/5/2017

   The story of Peter's firing from the brewery, as told in the styles of Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, and Michael Bay.

   Director:Joe Vaux

   Writer:Travis Bowe

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   Director:Joe Vaux

   Writer:Travis Bowe
6. 

   8.1/10(2161 votes)

   #6 - The D in Apartment 23

   S16:E611/12/2017

   When Brian posts an offensive tweet that goes viral and the rest of the Griffins are also treated as outcasts, he's forced to move out of the Griffin house.

   Director:Julius Wu

   Writer:Artie Johann

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   Director:Julius Wu

   Writer:Artie Johann
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7. 

   6.7/10(1549 votes)

   #7 - Petey IV

   S16:E711/19/2017

   Vladimir Putin comes to Quahog after Peter writes to him about an alternate ending to the Russian version of Rocky IV (1985).

   Director:Mike Kim

   Writer:Anthony Blasucci

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   Director:Mike Kim

   Writer:Anthony Blasucci
8. 

   7.3/10(1406 votes)

   #8 - Crimes and Meg's Demeanor

   S16:E812/3/2017

   Peter encourages Meg to attend a high school party, where she takes up drinking, which both concerns and delights her father. Meanwhile, Brian begins spying on his neighbors and suspects Principal Shepherd of a crime.

   Director:Greg Colton

   Writer:Mike Desilets

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   Director:Greg Colton

   Writer:Mike Desilets
9. 

   7.0/10(1389 votes)

   #9 - Don't Be a Dickens at Christmas

   S16:E912/10/2017

   In this special holiday episode, a selfish Peter loses his Christmas spirit and is visited by ghosts of Christmas past, present and future who take him on a journey around Quahog in the style of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".

   Director:Jerry Langford

   Writer:Danny Smith

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   Director:Jerry Langford

   Writer:Danny Smith
10. 

    7.0/10(1388 votes)

    #10 - Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)

    S16:E101/7/2018

    Brian is smitten with a female show dog and enters a show dog competition in which the winner gets to breed her; Peter and Lois go to extreme measures to try to convince Chris that Arthur Valentine doesn't exist.

    Director:Brian Iles

    Writer:Steve Callaghan

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    Director:Brian Iles

    Writer:Steve Callaghan
11. 

    7.5/10(1610 votes)

    #11 - Dog Bites Bear

    S16:E111/14/2018

    Stewie and Brian get into a friendship-ending fight after Brian commits a terrible act to one of Stewie's beloved toys. Meanwhile, Peter refuses to wash his hand after meeting his favorite breakfast cereal mascot, Boo Berry.

    Director:John Holmquist

    Writer:Cherry Chevapravatdumrong

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    Director:John Holmquist

    Writer:Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
12. 

    6.3/10(2863 votes)

    #12 - Send in Stewie, Please

    S16:E123/18/2018

    When Stewie gets sent to see his school's child psychologist for a surprising session, he reveals major secrets about himself.

    Director:Joe Vaux

    Writer:Gary Janetti

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    Director:Joe Vaux

    Writer:Gary Janetti
13. 

    6.8/10(1409 votes)

    #13 - V Is for Mystery

    S16:E133/25/2018

    Stewie and Brian are detectives who embark on solving a string of mysterious murders set in Victorian-era London.

    Director:Joseph Lee

    Writer:David A. Goodman

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    Director:Joseph Lee

    Writer:David A. Goodman
14. 

    6.7/10(1285 votes)

    #14 - Veteran Guy

    S16:E144/1/2018

    After Peter and the guys get caught pretending to be military veterans and are found guilty of the Stolen Valor Act, a judge sentences them to join the U.S. Coast Guard.

    Director:David A. Goodman

    Writer:Patrick Meighan

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    Director:David A. Goodman

    Writer:Patrick Meighan
15. 

    7.2/10(1310 votes)

    #15 - The Woof of Wall Street

    S16:E154/8/2018

    Brian convinces Stewie to teach him how to invest in the stock market after learning Stewie has a knack for making money from it. Meanwhile, Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe look after the Drunken Clam while Jerome is away.

    Director:Steve Robertson

    Writer:Alex Carter

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    Director:Steve Robertson

    Writer:Alex Carter
16. 

    6.9/10(1358 votes)

    #16 - 'Family Guy' Through The Years

    S16:E164/22/2018

    FAMILY GUY is reimagined as a series that’s been on the air for 60 years and, in a special retrospective, it looks back at the cultural events and issues that were tackled on the show in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

    Director:Julius Wu

    Writer:Chris Sheridan

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    Director:Julius Wu

    Writer:Chris Sheridan
17. 

    8.0/10(1586 votes)

    #17 - Switch the Flip

    S16:E174/29/2018

    To help get Brian's life in order, Stewie and Brian swap bodies using a machine that Stewie invents, but chaos quickly ensues around Quahog when the machine goes haywire.

    Director:Mike Kim

    Writer:Kevin Biggins

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    Director:Mike Kim

    Writer:Kevin Biggins
18. 

    7.5/10(1641 votes)

    #18 - HTTPete

    S16:E185/6/2018

    To help promote the brewery to millennials, Peter adopts the millennial lifestyle, and his methods soon attract the attention of a high-powered Silicon Valley executive.

    Director:Greg Colton

    Writer:Damien Fahey

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    Director:Greg Colton

    Writer:Damien Fahey
19. 

    6.6/10(1209 votes)

    #19 - The Unkindest Cut

    S16:E195/13/2018

    Quagmire's most treasured body part gets cut off in a freak accident and he is forced to learn how to live without it. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian search for Mort after learning there is a $10,000 reward for turning him into the police for his involvement in a drug scam.

    Director:Jerry Langford

    Writer:Mark Hentemann

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    Director:Jerry Langford

    Writer:Mark Hentemann
20. 

    6.6/10(1258 votes)

    #20 - Are You There God? It's Me, Peter

    S16:E205/20/2018

    After Peter falls into a coma, Peter meets God face-to-face, which leads him to ask some of life's tough questions.

    Director:Joseph Lee

    Writer:Travis Bowe

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    Director:Joseph Lee

    Writer:Travis Bowe