8.3/103 votes#1 - Virtual Freak
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/1996
Freak and Cosgrove are zapped inside a Virtual Tussle virtual reality game.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: John P. McCann
8.0/102 votes#2 - Statuesque
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/1996
Freak pursues the madman who turned Steff into a statue.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: John P. McCann
8.0/102 votes#3 - Freak-a-Panel / Tomb of Invisibo
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/31/1997
Freak-a-Panel: While on the trail of Cave Guy, Freakazoid finds himself at a sci-fi convention and despite the fact that everyone is in costume, he needs to find the real Cave Guy and get out. Tomb of Invisibo: An invisible villain from ancient Egypt has been released, and is causing havoc throughout the world.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Mitch Watson
7.7/103 votes#4 - It's a Trap!
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 5/22/2011
Peter retells the story of Return of the Jedi.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: David A. Goodman
7.6/1017 votes#5 - Back to the Pilot
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2011
Brian and Stewie travel back in time to the pilot episode of FAMILY GUY to change history, and then to change history again.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Mark Hentemann
7.3/1024 votes#6 - The Simpsons Guy
Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2014
In a special hour-long crossover with The Simpsons, the Griffins meet the Simpson family when they end up in Springfield after their car is stolen. Stewie takes lessons in pranks and skateboarding from Bart, while Lisa discovers - to her annoyance - that Meg is as good at playing the saxophone as she is. Peter bonds with Homer as they locate the missing car, but then they fight after Peter loses his job when Pawtucket Patriot is revealed to be a copy of Duff Beer.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Patrick Meighan
7.2/1027 votes#7 - Emission Impossible
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 10/8/2001
Lois' pregnant sister inspires her and Peter to have another baby.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: David Collard
7.2/1027 votes#8 - Petarded
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 6/19/2005
After winning a game of Trivial Pursuit, Peter is convinced he is a genius. To prove Peter wrong, Brian suggests he take a test of the MacArthur Genius Grant. The test results say that Peter is technically mentally challenged. Peter has no problem abusing this handicap until Lois is injured and the kids are taken away because Peter is not mentally fit for parenting.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Wellesley Wild
7.2/1023 votes#9 - PTV
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 11/6/2005
After a “wardrobe malfunction” occurs during a live broadcast, the FCC begins to censor all of Peter’s favorite shows. As a result, Peter creates his own station, PTV, which broadcasts from the Griffin home. Peter and Brian create their own edgy programming until the FCC shows up to shut down PTV and censor all controversial material in Quahog.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Wellesley Wild
7.2/1019 votes#10 - Bango Was His Name Oh!
Season 4 Episode 29 - Aired 5/21/2006
Stewie convinces Brian to go on a road trip with him to San Francisco to search for a man Stewie believes is his real father.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Alex Borstein
7.2/1024 votes#11 - 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: Peter Shin
Writer: Steve Callaghan
7.1/1058 votes#12 - Death Has a Shadow
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/31/1999
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.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.1/1024 votes#13 - Brian the Bachelor
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 6/26/2005
"The Bachelorette" comes to Quahog and Brian is chosen to be a contestant. Brian does not like the show, but participates just to have a vacation only to wind up falling in love with the bachelorette. Meanwhile, Chris gets a nasty pimple on his cheek, which talks to Chris and likes to cause mischief.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Mark Hentemann
7.1/1024 votes#14 - Mother Tucker
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2006
Peter's mom gets a divorce. Peter feels abandoned until he sees a father figure in his mom's new boyfriend, Tom Tucker. Meanwhile, Brian gets his own NPR style show on the radio.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Tom Devanney
7.0/1024 votes#15 - Breaking Out Is Hard to Do
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 7/17/2005
Lois’ kleptomania lands her in jail, leaving the Griffin household in a worse state of disarray than usual. Peter and the family break her out and end up fugitives in Asian Town.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Tom Devanney
7.0/1025 votes#16 - Peter's Got Woods
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 9/11/2005
Peter and Brian’s friendship becomes strained after Brian begins dating one of Meg’s high school teachers. Peter finds a replacement friend in James Woods, who is visiting Quahog because of a suggestion to rename James Woods High after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: N/A
7.0/1023 votes#17 - 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: Peter Shin
Writer: Matt Fleckenstein
7.0/1024 votes#18 - The Fat Guy Strangler
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 11/27/2005
Lois discovers she has a brother named Patrick and takes the family cross-country to meet him. It turns out; he’s locked up in a mental institution. Lois thinks he’s sane, so she checks him out to live with the Griffins. Meanwhile, Peter starts the Society for the Acceptance of Fat Men. But when all the fat men of Quahog are strangled one-by-one the group lives in fear. Who could the “Fat Man Strangler” be?
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Chris Sheridan
7.0/1021 votes#19 - Petergeist
Season 4 Episode 26 - Aired 5/7/2006
Peter wants to top Joe, who just built a new home theater system, so he starts to build a multiplex in his backyard. In doing so, he discovers an Indian burial ground. He finds an Indian chief's skull and the Griffin house becomes haunted. Stewie gets sucked into the television and strange events follow as they try to get Stewie back from the poltergeist.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Wellesley Wild
7.0/1018 votes#20 - Emmy-Winning Episode
Season 16 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2017
Tired of not winning an Emmy, Peter embarks on his own For Your Consideration campaign for Family Guy by making the show more like Emmy-winning shows - and no category is off limits.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Aaron Lee
6.9/1024 votes#21 - 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: Peter Shin
Writer: Patrick Meighan
6.9/1023 votes#22 - Patriot Games
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1/29/2006
At his high school reunion, Peter tries to impress his fellow classmates. When Peter, heading for the bathroom, charges through the crowd of people, impresses quarterback Tom Brady, who offers Peter a spot on the New England Patriots. Meanwhile, Brian owes Stewie money, after Stewie becomes a sports bookie.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Mike Henry
6.9/1024 votes#23 - Peterotica
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 4/23/2006
After reading an erotic novel, Peter gets the idea to write one himself. Carter gets sued for publishing Peter's book on tape and loses all his money, where he is forced to become a middle-class citizen. Meanwhile, Stewie tries to train for the Olympics.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Patrick Meighan
6.9/1018 votes#24 - Stewie B. Goode
Season 4 Episode 28 - Aired 5/21/2006
After losing at a swim competition, Stewie trys to eliminate his rival by blowing up a lifeguard tower. His plan backfires though, and Stewie has a near death experience that seems to change him.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Chris Sheridan
6.9/1026 votes#25 - Stewie Loves Lois
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2006
Stewie becomes obsessed with Lois, after she saves Rupert. Though Lois doesn't take to the new Stewie all too well. Meanwhile, Peter thinks his doctor is molesting him, when he undergoes a prostate exam.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Mark Hentemann
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"Virtual Freak" is the best rated episode directed by Peter Shin. It scored 8.3/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by John P. McCann. It aired on 11/2/1996 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Statuesque".