The Best Episodes Written By Steve Callaghan

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.9/10(25 votes)

   #1 - Lois Kills Stewie (2)

   S6:E511/11/2007

   Presumed dead, Lois returns from the wilderness and names Stewie as her killer. On the lookout for Stewie, Joe leads a manhunt around Quahog. Desperate to stop Stewie, Lois realizes what she must do.

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   7.4/10(26 votes)

   #2 - Whistle While Your Wife Works

   S5:E511/12/2006

   When Peter gets hurt and can't work, his boss tells him he needs to speed things up. So Lois goes to the brewery to help him out. Meanwhile, Stewie finds out that Brian is dating a very attractive but not very intelligent woman. He tries to get Brian to break up with her, but Brian can't do it.

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   7.4/10(21 votes)

   #3 - A Lot Going On Upstairs

   S14:E153/6/2016

   When Stewie refuses to sleep in his own bed because of nightmares, Peter can’t stand it, so he goes to sleep in the attic. Peter turns the attic into a man cave and all of the guys begin hanging out there, which makes Lois incredibly angry. Meanwhile, Brian helps Stewie overcome his fears by building a device to go into his nightmares and defeat his demons.

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   7.3/10(30 votes)

   #4 - The Thin White Line (1)

   S3:E17/11/2001

   Brian's keen sense of smell gets him a job with the police department.

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   7.3/10(30 votes)

   #5 - To Love and Die in Dixie

   S3:E1211/15/2001

   The Griffins are put into the witness protection program.

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   7.3/10(11 votes)

   #6 - Take This Job and Love It

   S22:E123/20/2024

   Peter and his friends wonder aloud about what their dream jobs would be.

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   7.1/10(23 votes)

   #7 - Airport '07

   S5:E123/4/2007

   Quagmire takes Peter to work but Peter messes things up, causing Quagmire to lose his job as a pilot. After not being able find another job, Peter and Cleveland make plans to help him get his old job back. When the plan fails, Quagmire receives advice from his idol, Hugh Hefner.

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   7.1/10(20 votes)

   #8 - Be Careful What You Fish For

   S10:E142/19/2012

   After Peter half-heartedly makes a promise to a helpful dolphin, the dolphin moves to Quahog.

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   7.1/10(8 votes)

   #9 - Carny Knowledge

   S21:E912/4/2022

   Peter and Chris finish last in a "Generation Gap" game at a carnival, forcing them to try to reconnect. Brian starts to date a carny, whom he can't break up with even after witnessing some of her crude habits.

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    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #10 - Fifteen Minutes of Shame

    S2:E124/25/2000

    Meg exposes her family on a talk show.

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    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #11 - The Former Life of Brian

    S6:E114/27/2008

    Brian, afraid that he may have lost his last chance at love, searches for a former flame, Tracy. To his surprise, he discovers that he is the father to her son, Dylan. Tracy decides that Brian should raise the boy, and she drops him off at the Griffin's house. When Dylan runs rough-shot in the house, Brian's attitude towards parenting doesn't settle too well with Lois and Peter.

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    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #12 - Roads to Vegas

    S11:E215/19/2013

    Duplicates of Brian and Stewie each see a road trip differently.

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    6.9/10(29 votes)

    #13 - Mr. Saturday Knight

    S3:E99/5/2001

    Peter decides to pursue his dream career as a knight.

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    6.8/10(25 votes)

    #14 - Model Misbehavior

    S4:E107/24/2005

    Lois fulfills a lifelong dream of being a model. Stewie starts on a multi-level marketing company. Brian in need of cash to buy his de-worming medication agrees to become his salesman.

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    6.8/10(25 votes)

    #15 - Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure

    S4:E305/21/2006

    Stewie finds out that his life in the future is miserable. So he decides to go back in time and change events for the better.

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    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Dog Is My Co-Pilot

    S23:E63/23/2025

    After successfully landing a plane, Brian and Quagmire go on a press tour. Meanwhile Chris and Stewie open a boutique pizza place.

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    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Dog Gone

    S8:E811/29/2009

    When Brian accidentally kills another dog, he is surprised to see that no one cares, so he tries to convince everyone that the life of a dog should have the same value as a human one. Meanwhile, Lois hires a maid who doesn’t listen to Peter

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    6.7/10(26 votes)

    #18 - I Take Thee Quagmire

    S4:E213/12/2006

    When Peter wins a maid for a week as a prize on a game show, Quagmire gains an interest in her, and they eventually marry. Quagmire, stricken with his bachelor ways, tries to get out of the marriage. Meanwhile, Lois stops breast-feeding Stewie, who, as a result, goes through withdrawals.

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    6.7/10(17 votes)

    #19 - The Peter Principal

    S15:E184/30/2017

    Peter becomes the temporary principal at the high school, and Meg uses his new power to get even with her bullies. Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie open a bed & breakfast that quickly turns into a brothel.

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    6.7/10(16 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #21 - The Fat Lotus

    S23:E135/18/2025

    In this Griffin-family twist on the popular HBO series, Peter suspects Lois of betraying his trust with Quagmire at a swanky vacation, while Stewie worries that his wealthy new friends plan to sacrifice him in a volcano.

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    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Trading Places

    S9:E133/20/2011

    Chris, Meg, Peter and Lois all trade places to teach each other a lesson.

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    6.6/10(10 votes)

    #23 - A Wife-Changing Experience

    S21:E310/9/2022

    Joe accidentally sees Lois naked, leading to a reinvigoration of his sex life with Bonnie. Meanwhile, Stewie is gifted an electric SUV and quickly embodies the "Range Rover" lifestyle.

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    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Hard Times at Adam West High

    S23:E84/6/2025

    Chris uses Stewie's time machine to stop himself from having an erection during a book report. Peter becomes jealous when he sits out of a lottery pool and the guys win.

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    6.5/10(29 votes)

    #25 - Blind Ambition

    S4:E35/15/2005

    After Mort bowls a perfect game, and Quagmire gets a key to the city by performing CPR, Peter notices he has nothing to be proud of. He then attempts to achieve fame by setting the world's record for most nickels swallowed. However, a slight miscalculation leaves him blind with nickel poisoning.

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