Family Guy: Season 8

2009 · 20 episodes · ★ 6.8

What Season 8 of Family Guy

Season eight kicks off with Brian and Stewie traveling through alternate universes with a remote control. Lois finds a lump in her breast and, after a medical checkup, the family converts to Judaism. Peter takes his new faith very seriously, until the ghost of his stepfather appears to him. Brian drives drunk, runs over a dog and becomes obsessed with defending animal life against everyone else's indifference. Peter suffers amnesia after a blow to the head, Lois discovers his infidelities and decides to leave with the kids, which Quagmire takes advantage of. Meg gets into a complicated relationship out of desperation to get a date. Stewie dresses up as a little girl to get into a casting call.

20episodes

Sep 26, 2009premiered

May 23, 2010latest episode

7.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 Road to the Multiverse
Sep 27, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 8.7
With the help of an out-of-this-world remote control, Stewie and Brian travel through alternate universes, including a post-apocalyptic world and a parallel world run by dogs where humans are pets.
Directing: Greg Colton · Writer: Wellesley Wild · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Adam West, John G. Brennan
8x02 Family Goy
Oct 4, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
When Lois finds a lump on her breast, she goes to the doctor to test for cancer. The tests come back benign, but the doctor looks at her family medical history and reveals some news about Lois' heritage.
Directing: Peter Shin, James Purdum · Writing: Mark Hentemann · Starring: Ben Stein, Charles Durning, William Woodson, Jeff Bergman
8x03 Spies Reminiscent of Us
Oct 11, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd move to Quahog. Brian and Stewie find out about their secret agency. They are told that there are Russian Sleeper Cells all over US. They go talk to Mayor West, and find out he is one of the sleeper cells. They follow Mayor West to Russia where they disable a nuke aimed at the US.
Directing: Cyndi Tang · Writer: Alec Sulkin · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Dan Aykroyd, James Lipton, Dimitri Diatchenko
8x04 Brian's Got a Brand New Bag
Nov 8, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
When Brian begins dating an older woman, the family begins to make fun of him. After Brian's new fling breaks her hip, he gets the pleasure of becoming her errand boy.
Directing: Pete Michels · Writer: Tom Devanney · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Stacey Scowley, Aimee Garcia, Mae Whitman
8x05 Hannah Banana
Nov 8, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 6.8
After attending to the concert of a teen superstar, Stewie discovers a surprising secret about the singer. Meanwhile back at home, Chris tries to prove the existence of the Evil Monkey.
Directing: John Holmquist · Writer: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong · Starring: Candace Marie, Chris Cox, Danny Smith
8x06 Quagmire's Baby
Nov 15, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
Father doesn't know best when Quagmire assumes responsibility for a baby left at his doorstep. Meanwhile, Stewie creates a stupid clone of himself that he uses as a slave. When he ends up creating a clone for Brian too, they find out that the clones are unstable, at which point the clones break down.
Directing: Jerry Langford · Writer: Patrick Meighan · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Brittany Snow, John Bunnell, Noah Gray-Cabey
8x07 Jerome Is the New Black
Nov 22, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
Peter and the guys interview potential friends to fill the vacancy left by Cleveland. Meanwhile, Brian discovers that Quagmire hates him.
Directing: Brian Iles · Writer: John Viener · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Nana Visitor, Chris Cox, Kevin Michael Richardson
8x08 Dog Gone
Nov 29, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 6.8
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
Directing: Julius Wu · Writer: Steve Callaghan · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Chris Matthews, Adam West, Alexandra Breckenridge
8x09 Business Guy
Dec 13, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
When Peter gives Lois' dad the bachelor party he never had, Mr. Pewterschmidt goes into a coma. Even Dr. House can't help. Lois gains control of Pewterschmidt Industries which she passes to Peter. He gets power-hungry and fires the board. Mr. Pewterschmidt bounces back and tries to regain control of what he's built.
Directing: Pete Michels · Writer: Andrew Goldberg · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Bobby Lee
8x10 Big Man on Hippocampus Mid-Season Finale
Jan 3, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
When Peter hits his head and suffers amnesia after getting in a fight with Richard Dawson on Family Feud, he forgets everything about his life, including his family and friends. In an attempt to try to bring back his memory, Lois decides to reintroduce Peter to his old self, until he begins to hit on other women, much to Lois's dismay. She decides to take the kids and leave Peter, giving Quagmire the opportunity to score with Lois. Peter now must prove to Lois he can remember her and make himself worthy of her again.
Directing: Dominic Bianchi · Writer: Brian Scully · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Adrianne Palicki, Alexandra Breckenridge, Mike Henry
8x11 Dial Meg for Murder
Jan 31, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
Brian gets a gig writing for a teen magazine about the average American girl, but when he starts trailing Meg for research he discovers that her desperate attempts at dating have led her to a guy in the slammer. When Brian tries to expose Meg's secret to the family, he finds out that her boyfriend, Luke, has broken out of jail and has been hiding in the Griffin's house.
Directing: Cyndi Tang · Writer: Andrew Goldberg · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Allison Janney, Lisa Wilhoit, Adam West
8x12 Extra Large Medium
Feb 14, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
When Chris and Stewie go missing for several days, Lois is at her wit's end until she sees a psychic who assures her they are safe. Even after the boys return home, Lois and Peter's psychic obsession continues, and Peter takes it a step too far when he starts charging neighbors for his extrasensory perception. Meanwhile, Chris develops a crush on a girl at school.
Directing: John Holmquist · Writer: Steve Callaghan · Starring: Mike Henry, Patrick Warburton, Michele Lee, Adam West
8x13 Go, Stewie, Go!
Mar 14, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 6.2
Stewie cross-dresses in order to star in the American version of Jolly Farm Revue. Meanwhile, Peter makes Lois feel bad about her age.
Directing: Greg Colton · Writer: Gary Janetti · Starring: Mike Henry, Anne Hathaway, Stephen Bishop, Colin Ford
8x14 Peter-assment
Mar 21, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
After Peter has some luck selling footage of a celebrity he caught off-guard, he decides to become a full-time paparazzo. To make matters worse, his new boss, Angela, finds him irresistible and plagues him with unwanted advances. When Peter rebuffs her, he winds up getting the ax. Meanwhile, Stewie makes his theatrical debut in a school play, only to be overcome with stage fright.
Directing: Julius Wu · Writer: Chris Sheridan · Starring: Harvey Levin, Will Shadley, Anthony Skillman, Adam West
8x15 Brian Griffin's House of Payne
Mar 28, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 6.8
Lois encourages Brian to submit his pilot script to a network. James Woods gets involved and things don't exactly go according to Brian's original plan. Meanwhile, Stewie has a bit of a mishap.
Directing: Jerry Langford · Writer: Spencer Porter · Starring: Elijah Wood, Charlie Sheen, Danielle Panabaker, James Woods
8x16 April in Quahog
Apr 11, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
When the local news announces that the Earth will be destroyed by a black hole in 24 hours, everyone in Quahog goes nuts trying to live out their last day.
Directing: Joseph Lee · Writer: John Viener · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Jason Mraz, Adam West, Anne Hathaway
8x17 Brian & Stewie
May 2, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
In the 150th episode, Brian & Stewie get locked in a bank vault, they are forced to deal with each other on a whole new level.Unlike any other FAMILY GUY episode, the acts will play out in real time as Brian and Stewie react to being locked in a small space with no baby food or martinis to keep them from losing their minds while they hatch an escape plan.
Directing: Dominic Bianchi · Writer: Gary Janetti
8x18 Quagmire's Dad
May 9, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 6.3
Quagmire can accept his dad's lifestyle choices, but not when they involve Brian.
Directing: Pete Michels · Writer: Tom Devanney · Starring: Wally Wingert
8x19 The Splendid Source
May 16, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
Peter, Joe, and Quagmire search for the source of a dirty joke.
Directing: Brian Iles · Writer: Mark Hentemann · Starring: Marc Alaimo, Ioan Gruffudd, David Lynch, Wally Wingert
8x20 Something, Something, Something, Dark Side Season Finale
May 23, 2010 · 55 min · ★ 6.7
Peter makes good on another power outage at home--by entertaining his family with a retelling of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Newcomers to the story include Mort as Lando Calrissian, Chris' boss Carl as Yoda, and the Giant Chicken as the nefarious Boba Fett.
Directing: Dominic Polcino · Writer: Kirker Butler · Starring: Tom Selleck, Dolph Lundgren, James Caan, Michael Pataki