Family Guy: Season 1

1999 · 7 episodes · ★ 7.2

What Season 1 of Family Guy

The Griffin family lives in Quahog, Rhode Island, where no one quite fits in. Peter, a clumsy blue-collar worker, constantly gets into trouble because of his clumsiness and drinking too much. Lois, a housewife and piano teacher, belongs to the wealthy Pewterschmidt family and has to deal with the fallout from every one of her husband's blunders. Meg gets picked on, and the rest of the family ignores her, while Chris, clumsy and not very athletic, is a younger version of his father. Stewie and Brian, the anthropomorphic dog, round out a dysfunctional household. This season features episodes where Peter loses his job, leaves the whole town without television, and clashes with neighbors and the law.

7episodes

Jan 31, 1999premiered

May 15, 1999latest episode

2.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Death Has a Shadow
Jan 31, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
After Peter heavily drinks at a bachelor party, even though he told Lois he would not, he gets fired from his job at the Happy-go-Lucky toy factory for being hung over. Peter soon applies for welfare, but after a mix-up, gets sent a check for $150,000. Eventually, Lois finds out, and Peter decides to return the money by dumping it from a blimp at the Super Bowl. He is arrested as a result, and his family ends up coming to his rescue.
Directing: Peter Shin, Seth MacFarlane · Writing: Seth MacFarlane · Starring: Pat Summerall, Billy West, Lacey Chabert, Joey Slotnick
1x02 I Never Met the Dead Man
Apr 11, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
While teaching Meg to drive, Peter crashes into the town satellite dish, which knocks out the city's cable. He promises Meg that if she takes the blame, he'll get her a car. Without TV, Peter goes crazy, which drives the family insane. Meanwhile, after refusing to eat the broccoli that Lois gives him, Stewie attempts to build a weather control device that would destroy all vegetables.
Directing: Michael Dante DiMartino · Writing: Chris Sheridan · Starring: Aaron Lustig, Lacey Chabert, Joey Slotnick, Butch Hartman
1x03 Chitty Chitty Death Bang
Apr 18, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Peter Allows Meg to go to a party with her new friend. This angers Lois because its the same day as Stewie's birthday. What Meg doesn't know is that she's actually attending a cult meeting. Peter comes to pick up Meg, when the Cult Leader follows. Stewie believes him to be the "Man in White", trying to return him to the womb.
Directing: Dominic Polcino · Writing: Danny Smith · Starring: Waylon Jennings, John O'Hurley, Lacey Chabert, Patrick Bristow
1x04 Mind Over Murder
Apr 25, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
At Chris' soccer game, Peter gets into a fight with a woman, that he thought was a man, and punches her in the face. After being placed under house arrest, Peter becomes restless and ends up turning the basement into a full bar. Lois begins singing each night and becomes the main attraction. Meanwhile, Stewie creates a time machine in order to avoid teething pain, but ends up taking back much more than that.
Directing: Roy Allen Smith · Writing: Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan · Starring: Mike Henry, Lacey Chabert, Carlos Alazraqui, Alex Rocco
1x05 A Hero Sits Next Door
May 1, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
When the Griffin Family gets new neighbors that move in next door, Lois quickly becomes friends with Bonnie, Meg soon becomes attracted to their son, Kevin, and Peter becomes annoyed by the entire situation. After Peter injures the best player on his company's baseball team, Mr. Weed forces him to find a replacement, so Peter quickly changes his mind about his neighbors and invites Joe to play. When Joe shows up at the game, Peter learns that he is in a wheelchair. Joe ends up being the star of the game, which makes Peter jealous, as he wants to be a hero too. Peter ends up trying to stop a bank robbery to prove his value, but ends up getting caught up in the whole situation.
Directing: Monte Young · Writing: Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Michelle Kwan, Suzie Plakson, Carolyn Lawrence
1x06 The Son Also Draws
May 2, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Chris loses interest in being a youth scout, as he would rather pursue drawing and art instead. The Scout Master then kicks Chris out of the scouts. Peter then takes the family to the Big Apple to try to get Chris reinstated back into the scouts. After Peter takes a wrong turn on the way, the family ends up at a Native American casino. Lois then gets obsessed with the slot machines while Peter goes on a vision quest to prove that he has Native American blood in him.
Directing: Neil Affleck · Writing: Ricky Blitt · Starring: Bobby Slayton, Fred Tatasciore, Patrick Bristow, Lacey Chabert
1x07 Brian: Portrait of a Dog Season Finale
May 15, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
When a heat wave hits Quahog, Peter gets Brian to enter a dog show to win $500 so that the family can get a new air conditioner. When they argue over a trick gone bad, Brian walks out on the family and Peter replaces him with a cat. Brian struggles to assert his civil rights and soon ends up at the pound. Luckily, Peter is able to bail him out by bribing the judge.
Directing: Michael Dante DiMartino · Writing: Gary Janetti · Starring: Dick Van Patten, Mary Scheer, Joey Slotnick, Lacey Chabert