The Best Episodes Directed By Greg Colton
Every TV Episode Directed by Greg Colton Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Greg Colton Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Greg Colton is "Road to the Multiverse", rated 8.4/10 from 22 user votes. It was "written by Wellesley Wild". "Road to the Multiverse" aired on 9/27/2009 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Supermarket Pete".
8.4/10 22 votes#1 - Road to the Multiverse
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2009
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.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Wellesley Wild
8.2/10 8 votes#2 - Supermarket Pete
Season 22 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2023
With the brewery under construction, Lois implores Peter to take a new job, but grows irate when he begins work at the grocery store. Meanwhile, armed with his police stories, Joe and Brian team up to write their own true crime novel.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Joanna Quraishi
7.5/10 20 votes#3 - Lois Kills Stewie (2)
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2007
Presumed dead, Lois returns from the wilderness and names Stewie as her killer. On the look out for Stewie, Joe leads a manhunt around Quahog. Determined to take over the world again, Stewie auditions for the American Idol. Desperate to stop Stewie, Lois realizes what she must do.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Steve Callaghan
7.5/10 4 votes#4 - The Return of the King (of Queens)
Season 22 Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/2023
Lois decides to sell the family's television to help pay for Christmas presents, but when Kevin James gets upset over losing Peter as a viewer, he apparates into the Griffin house.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Alex Carter
7.3/10 18 votes#5 - Road to the North Pole
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/2010
Stewie’s favorite thing after his teddy bear, Rupert, is Christmas. So when he hears that Santa is making an appearance at the mall, he begs Brian to take him so that he can tell Santa in person what he wants for Christmas. Brian begrudgingly takes Stewie to the mall, only to get the brush-off from Santa. As a result, Stewie and Brian travel to the North Pole to find Santa and teach him a lesson in holiday cheer.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Chris Sheridan
7.3/10 22 votes#6 - Peternormal Activity
Season 14 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2015
The guys go to an abandoned asylum seeking inspiration for a new horror movie idea, but end up accidentally killing a man they think is keeping them hostage. Wracked with guilt, they each try to pin the murder on someone else. Meanwhile, Stewie is on a mission to destroy Brian's glasses because he's annoyed by how pretentious Brian's been acting when he wears them
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Chris Sheridan
7.2/10 24 votes#7 - Whistle While Your Wife Works
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/2006
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.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Steve Callaghan
7.2/10 17 votes#8 - Road to Germany
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2008
Mort Goldman accidentally steps into Stewie's time machine and goes back in time to 1939 Poland, and Brian and Stewie follow to retrieve him. When they find him, the Nazis invade and Mort is taken to Germany, where Stewie and Brian must go to save him, as well as find a way back to the present.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Patrick Meighan
7.0/10 23 votes#9 - Brian Goes Back to College
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 11/13/2005
After writing a story for a local magazine, Brian gets a job at The New Yorker.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Matt Fleckenstein
7.0/10 20 votes#10 - Lottery Fever
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2011
Peter blows his savings on lottery tickets and the family writes it off as one of his usual shenanigans until they end up millionaires. In true Griffin fashion, they can’t handle the good fortune and struggle to stay grounded.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Andrew Goldberg
7.0/10 13 votes#11 - Passenger Fatty-Seven
Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/2017
Quagmire lands free plane tickets for the guys' trip to San Francisco, but they begin to doubt his flying abilities after getting a look at the auto-pilot function. While in the air, sudden events give Quagmire's skills a run for the money.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Alex Carter
6.9/10 24 votes#12 - 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 7/10/2005
Peter runs up his tab at Mort’s Pharmacy. When he doesn’t have the money to pay, he decides to sell Meg to the Goldmans. Neil is dating another girl which makes Meg jealous, and Stewie falls in love with Liddane, his new babysitter.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Patrick Meighan
6.9/10 19 votes#13 - Not All Dogs Go to Heaven
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 3/29/2009
Meg becomes extremely religious, and tries to convert Brian from Atheism. Meanwhile, after the family visits a Star Trek convention, Stewie kidnaps the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation and forces them to hang out with him.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Danny Smith
6.9/10 15 votes#14 - Road to India
Season 14 Episode 20 - Aired 5/22/2016
Brian falls in love with a tech support worker in India, so he and Stewie travel there to find her. Meanwhile, Joe invites Peter to his bingo night, but when Peter becomes the new center of attention, Lois helps Joe reclaim the group.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Danny Smith
6.8/10 17 votes#15 - Viewer Mail #2
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2012
One mini-episode introduces a British version of the Griffins. A comedian takes over Quahog in another. And a third views the world from Stewie's POV.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Alec Sulkin
6.8/10 19 votes#16 - The Peanut Butter Kid
Season 14 Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/2016
When their bank accounts begin to run dry, the Griffins look for ways to make money. Stewie gets cast in a peanut butter commercial and becomes the money maker for the family. Meanwhile, Lois and Peter become crazy show business parents and Brian helps Stewie realize that he does not want to be a child actor.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Artie Johann
6.7/10 22 votes#17 - Deep Throats
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 4/9/2006
Meg becomes an intern for Mayor West. Brian, who is sure that the mayor is corrupt, tries to out him. Brian and Stewie, while undercover, discover that Meg is more than just an intern. Meanwhile, Peter and Lois go back to their folk singing days at a local talent show. When they begin using drugs, Chris stages an intervention.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Alex Borstein
6.7/10 13 votes#18 - The Peter Principal
Season 15 Episode 18 - Aired 4/30/2017
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.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Steve Callaghan
6.6/10 17 votes#19 - Roads to Vegas
Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 5/19/2013
Duplicates of Brian and Stewie each see a road trip differently.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Steve Callaghan
6.5/10 15 votes#20 - HTTPete
Season 16 Episode 18 - Aired 5/6/2018
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
6.4/10 19 votes#21 - No Meals on Wheels
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 3/25/2007
The Griffin family decides to start their own restaurant, though have a hard time attracting customers. After Joe promises to help, Peter is excited at the fact of it becoming a local hangout for the police. However, things don't really turn out as hoped, and instead it begins to be popular with the handicapped. When Peter attempts to change the place, a sudden twist of irony quickly changes his mind.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Mike Henry
6.4/10 5 votes#22 - Old West
Season 21 Episode 12 - Aired 2/19/2023
The guys try to help Mayor Wild West reconnect with his estranged father, Old West.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Artie Johann
6.3/10 18 votes#23 - Herpe, the Love Sore
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 4/6/2014
Brian gives Stewie an STD. Meanwhile, Peter and the guys fight back when another group claims their booth at The Drunken Clam.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Andrew Goldberg
6.3/10 15 votes#24 - Quagmire's Mom
Season 13 Episode 10 - Aired 2/8/2015
After discovering his checks are actually a large size post-it pad, Peter demands he have access to the checking account. While at the bank, Peter & Lois discover that his first name is actually Justin, so Peter embraces his new partying “bro” lifestyle. Meanwhile, Joe arrests Glenn after he sleeps with an underage girl, which leads to an unexpected reunion.
Director: Greg Colton
Writer: Tom Devanney
6.3/10 13 votes#25 - Crimes and Meg's Demeanor
Season 16 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2017
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