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The Best Episodes Directed By Brian Iles

Every TV Episode Directed by Brian Iles Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Brian Iles Ratings Summary

"Snap(ple) Decision" is the best rated episode directed by Brian Iles. It scored 8.2/10 based on 5 votes. It was written by Travis Bowe. It aired on 11/26/2023 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "Forget-Me-Not".

  • Snap(ple) Decision
    8.2/105 votes

    #1 - Snap(ple) Decision

    Season 22 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/2023

    Winner of a Snapple contest, Lois uses her winnings to take Meg on a tropical vacation. Flaunting their wealth, the two are kidnapped. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian undergo "friendship therapy."

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Travis Bowe

  • Forget-Me-Not
    7.4/1015 votes

    #2 - Forget-Me-Not

    Season 10 Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/2012

    After a night out, Peter, Joe, Brian and Quagmire awake in a hospital and discover that they don't remember anything and that the town has been deserted.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: David A. Goodman

  • McStroke
    7.3/1023 votes

    #3 - McStroke

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 1/13/2008

    Peter decides to grow a mustache, and after being mistaken for a fireman, ends up lending a hand when a fire breaks out at a local fast food restaurant. The owner gives him unlimited burgers as a thank you, but he eats too many and has a stroke. When Peter recovers, he vows to expose the fast-food company for what it really is, becoming friends with a genetically engineered cow along the way.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Wellesley Wild

  • Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date
    7.0/1015 votes

    #4 - Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date

    Season 15 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2016

    Taylor Swift agrees to go to a homecoming dance with Chris after he asks her via online video. However, when she starts to fall for him, her music takes a hit. Meanwhile, Peter decides to try a new profession and sees firsthand what it's like to be an Uber driver.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Artie Johann

  • Carny Knowledge
    7.0/104 votes

    #5 - Carny Knowledge

    Season 21 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2022

    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.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Steve Callaghan

  • Back to the Woods
    6.8/1021 votes

    #6 - Back to the Woods

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 2/17/2008

    James Woods returns to seek revenge against Peter. James Woods finds Peter's wallet, which he lost at Barry Manilow concert, and procedes to steal Peter's identity, and his family. Peter decides to ruin James' career and image.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Tom Devanney

  • Cool Hand Peter
    6.8/1016 votes

    #7 - Cool Hand Peter

    Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/2011

    Peter and the guys take a stand against their wives and flee to the Deep South on a road trip. On their Deep South road trip, Peter and the guys earn a one-way ticket to jail, then decide to make a run for it.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Artie Johann

  • The Giggity Wife
    6.8/1018 votes

    #8 - The Giggity Wife

    Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 1/27/2013

    When Peter, Quagmire and Joe visit the Harvard University campus, Quagmire accidentally marries a prostitute. In order to get out of his marriage, Quagmire pretends to be lovers with Peter.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Andrew Goldberg

  • Seahorse Seashell Party (II)
    6.7/1018 votes

    #9 - Seahorse Seashell Party (II)

    Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2011

    While the Griffins are housebound during a hurricane, Brian ingests psychedelic mushrooms. He sees bizarre and unsettling things, and acts accordingly. Meanwhile, the rest of the family is bored and irritable, and Meg finally lashes out at Chris, Lois and Peter for all the crap they've given her. The crossover starts on The Cleveland Show S03E02 The Hurricane (I). It continues on American Dad! S08E02 Hurricane! (III).

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Wellesley Wild

  • Fighting Irish
    6.6/1014 votes

    #10 - Fighting Irish

    Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 5/3/2015

    Peter claims he would beat Liam Neeson (guest voice Liam Neeson) in a fight, but when he is put to the test, he learns that winning is tougher than it seems. Meanwhile, Stewie becomes jealous when Lois decides to be a class mom and starts paying more attention to the other kids over him.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Jaydi Samuels

  • Throw It Away
    6.6/109 votes

    #11 - Throw It Away

    Season 17 Episode 18 - Aired 4/28/2019

    After Lois reads a new book on the joys of decluttering, she challenges the rest of the Griffins to throw anything out of the house that does not spark joy. While all starts out well, Lois soon takes the decluttering to a surprising extreme.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong

  • Rich Old Stewie
    6.6/108 votes

    #12 - Rich Old Stewie

    Season 18 Episode 13 - Aired 3/1/2020

    Stewie's future life could not be going any better, living as a wealthy, old Mr. Burns-type man, until his retirement is interrupted by Brian, who brings news that Peter is dying.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: N/A

  • Family Gay
    6.5/1019 votes

    #13 - Family Gay

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 3/8/2009

    After buying a brain-damaged horse, which causes over $100,000 worth of damage, Peter participates in medical experiments to make some extra cash. One of the genes he is injected with turns him gay, which later results in him leaving Lois for another man. Although the family is crushed, they quickly realise the most important thing is that Peter is happy.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Richard Appel

  • The Old Man and the Big ‘C’
    6.5/1019 votes

    #14 - The Old Man and the Big ‘C’

    Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/2012

    When Brian discovers that Carter Pewterschmidt’s pharmaceutical company is withholding the cure for cancer from the public in order to gain more profit, he and Stewie plot to expose the big secret that could change the world. Meanwhile, Quagmire reveals a hair-raising secret of his own.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Anthony Blasucci

  • A Shot in the Dark
    6.5/1015 votes

    #15 - A Shot in the Dark

    Season 14 Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2015

    When Peter’s couch is stolen from his front lawn, the guys form a neighborhood watch group. While on duty, Peter sees someone trying to climb into Cleveland’s house and he shoots him. Peter is then arrested and charged with a hate crime. Meanwhile, Cleveland is touched when Peter finally admits to the accident, so he takes the fall for the crime and Peter is exonerated.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Mike Desilets

  • The Heartbreak Dog
    6.5/1015 votes

    #16 - The Heartbreak Dog

    Season 14 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2016

    Meg begins working at a retirement community and starts stealing from the residents. Then Chris finds out and wants in on the heist. When the residents catch them, they blackmail them and force the thieves to listen to all of their boring stories.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Lew Morton

  • Foxx in the Men House
    6.5/1015 votes

    #17 - Foxx in the Men House

    Season 16 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2017

    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

  • Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)
    6.5/1011 votes

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

    Season 16 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2018

    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

  • Boys Do Cry
    6.4/1021 votes

    #19 - Boys Do Cry

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 4/29/2007

    Lois gets a job as the church organist, so the family decides to begin going back to church. When Stewie gets sick after receiving communion, the congregation becomes convinced that he has been possessed by the devil. While on the run, the family ends up in Texas, where Peter begins to fit right in with the cowboys, Stewie enters the "Little Miss Texas" pageant, and Chris and Meg sneak into George W. Bush's house.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong

  • Save the Clam
    6.4/1017 votes

    #20 - Save the Clam

    Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 5/5/2013

    When the owner of The Drunken Clam is killed, Peter and the guys must find a way to save the bar, after the bank threatens to close it. Meanwhile, Meg gets a part-time job at a funeral home.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Chris Sheridan

  • Baby Got Black
    6.4/1018 votes

    #21 - Baby Got Black

    Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 4/27/2014

    Chris is forbidden to see Jerome's daughter Pam, so when the kids run away together, Jerome and Peter must work together to find them.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Travis Bowe

  • The Splendid Source
    6.3/1017 votes

    #22 - The Splendid Source

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 5/16/2010

    Peter, Joe, and Quagmire search for the source of a dirty joke.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Mark Hentemann

  • Pal Stewie
    6.3/1011 votes

    #23 - Pal Stewie

    Season 17 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2018

    Stewie is surprised when he makes friends with another boy his age, but later taken aback when he learns that Stewie wasn't invited to his birthday party.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: John Viener

  • Peter's Progress
    6.2/1022 votes

    #24 - Peter's Progress

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 5/17/2009

    Peter learns from a psychic through a palm reading that he had a fascinating past life in the 17th century as Griffin Peterson, a dignified English gentleman who vied for the love of Lady Redbush in the newly founded American colony of Quahog.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: Wellesley Wild

  • Jerome Is the New Black
    6.2/1017 votes

    #25 - Jerome Is the New Black

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2009

    Peter and the guys interview potential friends to fill the vacancy left by Cleveland. Meanwhile, Brian discovers that Quagmire hates him.

    Director: Brian Iles

    Writer: John Viener