The Best Episodes Directed By Jerry Langford
Every TV Episode Directed by Jerry Langford Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Jerry Langford Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Jerry Langford is "Cabin Pressure", rated 8/10 from 4 user votes. It was "written by Matt McElaney". "Cabin Pressure" aired on 3/6/2024 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "A Stache from the Past".
8.0/10 4 votes#1 - Cabin Pressure
Season 22 Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/2024
When the Griffins win a trip to Maine at Peter's company picnic, they decide to invite their friends on the vacation. Tensions run high and things soon spiral out of control when the cabin burns down.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Matt McElaney
7.8/10 5 votes#2 - A Stache from the Past
Season 22 Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2023
When Peter loses the Griffins' home in a reverse mortgage, he and Mayor West travel to confront the man advertising the scheme, Tom Selleck. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian open a booth at the flea market, leading to a rivalry with Bruce.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Travis Bowe
7.6/10 5 votes#3 - Single White Dad
Season 21 Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/2023
Peter is mistaken for being a single parent, and relishes in the perks that come with it.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Artie Johann
6.8/10 20 votes#4 - Stew-Roids
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 4/26/2009
Stewie starts going to the gym with Peter after he gets beaten up by Joe's baby daughter Susie, but just when it seems that his hard work is paying off, Peter reveals that he's been giving him anabolic steroid. Meanwhile, Chris begins dating a popular girl at school, only to see her popularity subside.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Alec Sulkin
6.7/10 17 votes#5 - Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/2008
Peter's boss Angela sends him back to the third grade so that he can qualify for a work promotion. Meanwhile, Brian, Frank Sinatra Jr. and Stewie open the coolest club in Quahog.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Alex Carter
6.7/10 21 votes#6 - Chris Cross
Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 2/17/2013
Chris leaves home to move in with Herbert while Stewie and Brian become obsessed with singer Anne Murray.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Anthony Blasucci
6.6/10 17 votes#7 - Thanksgiving
Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2011
Lois cooks a big Thanksgiving meal and invites the whole crew over for dinner, and Joe is shocked when his formerly M.I.A. son, Kevin Swanson, returns from Iraq.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Patrick Meighan
6.6/10 9 votes#8 - Stand By Meg
Season 17 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2018
After Meg saves Stewie from a choking incident, Stewie makes it his personal mission to create a better life for Meg. Meanwhile, Chris is sent to a vocational school.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Billy Domineau
6.5/10 17 votes#9 - Quagmire's Baby
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2009
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.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Patrick Meighan
6.5/10 17 votes#10 - Brian Griffin's House of Payne
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 3/28/2010
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.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Spencer Porter
6.5/10 11 votes#11 - Tiegs for Two
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 4/10/2011
When the local dry cleaner loses Peter’s favorite white shirt, he goes ballistic. Meanwhile, Brian tries to score on a date with a new friend, Denise, but ends up striking out. Instead of calling it quits on love, he decides to enlist Quagmire’s help, but things get nasty when they start to compete for the affections of each other’s old flames, Cheryl Tiegs and Jillian Russell.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: John Viener
6.5/10 24 votes#12 - Pilling Them Softly
Season 14 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2015
Stewie is diagnosed with ADD and prescribed Adderall, which Brian takes to write a 2000-page proposal to pitch to author George R.R. Martin at a book convention. Meanwhile, Quagmire and Peter compete, Iron Chef-style, to determine which of them gets to keep his new cooking show.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Hayes Davenport
6.5/10 17 votes#13 - Scammed Yankees
Season 14 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/2016
Lois and her mom, Babs, have a relaxing spa day, leaving Peter to entertain Lois’ father, Carter. The boys fall for an email scam, and have to go to Africa to get their money back. Meanwhile, Brian pursues Meg’s friend, Patty.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Ray James
6.5/10 12 votes#14 - Dearly Deported
Season 15 Episode 19 - Aired 5/22/2017
When Chris' Mexican girlfriend, Isabella, gets deported, he volunteers to take care of her twin babies. After learning that Isabella can't come back to the U.S., the Griffins go to Mexico to return her children.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Mike Desilets
6.5/10 8 votes#15 - Island Adventure
Season 17 Episode 17 - Aired 3/31/2019
In search of Stewie's cherished big wheel tricycle, that Peter threw out, Stewie and Brian embark on an adventure to "Garbage Island," a giant floating mass of trash out in the sea. Meanwhile, Lois tries to help Quagmire elevate his dating game, as he courts a middle-aged woman.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Steve Callaghan
6.5/10 4 votes#16 - Get Stewie
Season 21 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2022
Stewie finds himself in public disgrace after a popstar unleashes her fan base on him for a benign comment. Meanwhile, Peter gets lap band surgery and enjoys the merriment of excess skin.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Artie Johann
6.4/10 16 votes#17 - Burning Down the Bayit
Season 10 Episode 15 - Aired 3/4/2012
Overwhelmed with financial troubles, Mort asks Peter and Quagmire to help him save his pharmacy. However, things take a turn for the worse when the trio decides to burn it down to collect insurance money
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Chris Sheridan
6.4/10 19 votes#18 - Brian's a Bad Father
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/2014
Brian tries to use Dylan's television connections to further his career.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Chris Sheridan
6.4/10 21 votes#19 - Baking Bad
Season 13 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2014
Peter and Lois decide to open a cookie store, but Peter ruins things when he decides to bring clients in his own way.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.3/10 15 votes#20 - Halloween on Spooner Street
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/2010
Peter and Joe team up to execute a series of painful and humiliating Halloween pranks on unsuspecting family, friends and neighbors. While Brian shows Stewie the ropes of trick-or-treating, Meg sets out to attend her first high school Halloween party with high hopes for the evening.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Andrew Goldberg
6.3/10 18 votes#21 - Friends Without Benefits
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2012
When Meg learns her crush is gay and interested in Chris, she uses her brother to get closer to him.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
6.3/10 15 votes#22 - Encyclopedia Griffin
Season 13 Episode 11 - Aired 2/15/2015
Peter, Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland form a neighborhood detective agency, and are stunned to discover that Chris is a thief. Meanwhile, Lois is worried about Chris' delusional relationship with his new girlfriend, but also sees it as an opportunity for Peter to copy Chris' romantic gestures.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Lew Morton
6.2/10 12 votes#23 - Don't Be a Dickens at Christmas
Season 16 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2017
In this special holiday episode, a selfish Peter loses his Christmas spirit and is visited by ghosts of Christmas past, present and future who take him on a journey around Quahog in the style of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Danny Smith
6.2/10 5 votes#24 - Young Parent Trap
Season 19 Episode 17 - Aired 4/18/2021
Lois and Peter are mistaken for "young parents" by another couple at Stewie's school and invited to live in a millennial apartment complex, leaving Meg and Chris home alone.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Emily Towers
6.1/10 16 votes#25 - No Country Club for Old Men
Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2013
The Griffins are invited to join the prestigious Barrington Country Club and get thrown out.
Director: Jerry Langford
Writer: Teresa Hsiao