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The Best Episodes of Family Guy Season 16

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Every episode of Family Guy Season 16 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Family Guy Season 16!

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids....
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  • Emmy-Winning Episode
    8.2/10(2,545)

    #1 - 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, James Purdum, Dominic Bianchi

    Writer: Aaron Lee

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  • The D in Apartment 23
    8.1/10(2,023)

    #2 - The D in Apartment 23

    Season 16 Episode 6

    Aired 11/12/2017

    When Brian posts an offensive tweet that goes viral and the rest of the Griffins are also treated as outcasts, he's forced to move out of the Griffin house.

    Director: Julius Wu

    Writer: Artie Johann

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  • Switch the Flip
    7.9/10(1,476)

    #3 - Switch the Flip

    Season 16 Episode 17

    Aired 4/29/2018

    To help get Brian's life in order, Stewie and Brian swap bodies using a machine that Stewie invents, but chaos quickly ensues around Quahog when the machine goes haywire.

    Director: Mike Kim

    Writer: Kevin Biggins

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  • Three Directors
    7.8/10(1,885)

    #4 - Three Directors

    Season 16 Episode 5

    Aired 11/5/2017

    The story of Peter's firing from the brewery, as told in the styles of Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, and Michael Bay.

    Director: Joe Vaux

    Writer: Travis Bowe

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  • HTTPete
    7.6/10(1,547)

    #5 - 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

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  • Dog Bites Bear
    7.5/10(1,497)

    #6 - Dog Bites Bear

    Season 16 Episode 11

    Aired 1/14/2018

    Stewie and Brian get into a friendship-ending fight after Brian commits a terrible act to one of Stewie's beloved toys. Meanwhile, Peter refuses to wash his hand after meeting his favorite breakfast cereal mascot, Boo Berry.

    Director: John Holmquist

    Writer: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong

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  • Crimes and Meg's Demeanor
    7.4/10(1,309)

    #7 - 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

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  • Nanny Goats
    7.2/10(1,406)

    #8 - Nanny Goats

    Season 16 Episode 3

    Aired 10/15/2017

    Peter and Louis find themselves with a golden opportunity to reconnect as a couple after Lois' parents get a nanny to take care of the children for them.

    Director: Steve Robertson

    Writer: Tom Devanney

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  • The Woof of Wall Street
    7.2/10(1,220)

    #9 - The Woof of Wall Street

    Season 16 Episode 15

    Aired 4/8/2018

    Brian convinces Stewie to teach him how to invest in the stock market after learning Stewie has a knack for making money from it. Meanwhile, Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe look after the Drunken Clam while Jerome is away.

    Director: Steve Robertson

    Writer: Alex Carter

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  • Foxx in the Men House
    7.1/10(1,377)

    #10 - 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

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  • Follow the Money
    7.1/10(1,417)

    #11 - Follow the Money

    Season 16 Episode 4

    Aired 10/22/2017

    Chris receives a special one-dollar bill as a birthday present, but he quickly loses it and the dollar passes into the possession of everybody in Quahog.

    Director: Mike Kim

    Writer: Kevin Biggins

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  • Don't Be a Dickens at Christmas
    7.0/10(1,289)

    #12 - 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

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  • Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)
    7.0/10(1,294)

    #13 - 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

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  • V Is for Mystery
    6.8/10(1,321)

    #14 - V Is for Mystery

    Season 16 Episode 13

    Aired 3/25/2018

    Stewie and Brian are detectives who embark on solving a string of mysterious murders set in Victorian-era London.

    Director: Joseph Lee

    Writer: David A. Goodman

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  • 'Family Guy' Through The Years
    6.8/10(1,276)

    #15 - 'Family Guy' Through The Years

    Season 16 Episode 16

    Aired 4/22/2018

    FAMILY GUY is reimagined as a series that’s been on the air for 60 years and, in a special retrospective, it looks back at the cultural events and issues that were tackled on the show in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

    Director: Julius Wu

    Writer: Chris Sheridan

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  • Petey IV
    6.7/10(1,447)

    #16 - Petey IV

    Season 16 Episode 7

    Aired 11/19/2017

    Vladimir Putin comes to Quahog after Peter writes to him about an alternate ending to the Russian version of Rocky IV (1985).

    Director: Mike Kim

    Writer: Anthony Blasucci

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  • Veteran Guy
    6.7/10(1,197)

    #17 - Veteran Guy

    Season 16 Episode 14

    Aired 4/1/2018

    After Peter and the guys get caught pretending to be military veterans and are found guilty of the Stolen Valor Act, a judge sentences them to join the U.S. Coast Guard.

    Director: David A. Goodman

    Writer: Patrick Meighan

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  • The Unkindest Cut
    6.6/10(1,126)

    #18 - The Unkindest Cut

    Season 16 Episode 19

    Aired 5/13/2018

    Quagmire's most treasured body part gets cut off in a freak accident and he is forced to learn how to live without it. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian search for Mort after learning there is a $10,000 reward for turning him into the police for his involvement in a drug scam.

    Director: Jerry Langford

    Writer: Mark Hentemann

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  • Are You There God? It's Me, Peter
    6.6/10(1,178)

    #19 - Are You There God? It's Me, Peter

    Season 16 Episode 20

    Aired 5/20/2018

    After Peter falls into a coma, Peter meets God face-to-face, which leads him to ask some of life's tough questions.

    Director: Joseph Lee

    Writer: Travis Bowe

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  • Send in Stewie, Please
    6.3/10(2,732)

    #20 - Send in Stewie, Please

    Season 16 Episode 12

    Aired 3/18/2018

    When Stewie gets sent to see his school's child psychologist for a surprising session, he reveals major secrets about himself.

    Director: Joe Vaux

    Writer: Gary Janetti

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Season 16 Ratings Summary

"Emmy-Winning Episode" is the best rated episode of "Family Guy" season 16. It scored 8.2/10 based on 2545 votes. Directed by Peter Shin, James Purdum, Dominic Bianchi and written by Aaron Lee, it aired on 10/1/2017. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The D in Apartment 23".