7.7/102,389 votes#1 - North by North Quahog
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/2005
Peter and Lois decide to go on a second honeymoon. But when Peter crashes the car, he decides to pose as Mel Gibson to stay in his fancy hotel suite, where they find a copy of a "The Passion of the Christ" sequel. They attempt to destroy the film and end up being chased by two priests who went to retrieve the film.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.5/102,145 votes#2 - Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 5/8/2005
Brian becomes a substitute teacher at Chris' school after his teacher wins the lottery. When Brian is moved to teach a class of troubled kids, Chris falls in love with his new teacher, Mrs. Lockhart, who promises to love Chris only if he kills her husband. When Lois finds out, she and Stewie decide to teach Chris a lesson.
Director: Peter Shin, Pete Michels
Writer: Ken Goin
7.5/102,071 votes#3 - Blind Ambition
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 5/15/2005
After Mort bowls a perfect game, and Quagmire gets a key to the city by performing CPR, Peter notices he has nothing to be proud of. He then attempts to achieve fame by setting the world's record for most nickels swallowed. However, a slight miscalculation leaves him blind with nickel poisoning.
Director: Peter Shin, Chuck Klein
Writer: Steve Callaghan
7.4/102,123 votes#4 - Don't Make Me Over
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 6/5/2005
When Meg gets turned down for a date, she asks her family for support. Lois ends up taking her to the mall, where she gets the ultimate makeover. Meanwhile, Peter tries to start a band with the guys, but when their first gig fails, the family ends up performing. Impressed by Meg's singing, a record producer signs the family, and their travels eventually land them on "Saturday Night Live."
Director: Peter Shin, Sarah Frost
Writer: Gene Laufenberg
7.6/102,125 votes#5 - The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 6/12/2005
When Peter hears Loretta scream, he tries to help out, but discovers Loretta is cheating on Cleveland. Peter figures out that it was Quagmire and decides to tell Cleveland about it. But when Loretta walks out on Cleveland he doesn't take it lightly.
Director: Peter Shin, James Purdum
Writer: Mike Henry, Patrick Henry
8.2/102,684 votes#6 - 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, Seth Kearsley
Writer: Wellesley Wild, Alec Sulkin
7.4/102,048 votes#7 - 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, Dan Povenmire
Writer: Mark Hentemann
7.5/102,046 votes#8 - 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, Greg Colton
Writer: Patrick Meighan
7.6/101,998 votes#9 - 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, Kurt Dumas
Writer: Tom Devanney
7.2/101,937 votes#10 - Model Misbehavior
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 7/24/2005
Lois fulfills a lifelong dream of being a model. Stewie starts on a multi-level marketing company. Brian in need of cash to buy his de-worming medication agrees to become his salesman.
Director: Peter Shin, Sarah Frost
Writer: Steve Callaghan
7.5/102,068 votes#11 - 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, Chuck Klein, Zac Moncrief
Writer: N/A
7.6/101,987 votes#12 - Perfect Castaway
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 9/18/2005
When Peter and the guys decide to go fishing, they end up caught in a storm. Stranded on a desert island, their families fear the worst. Rescued by a cruise ship months later, Peter surprises Lois at home, where he finds out that she has a new husband.
Director: Peter Shin, James Purdum
Writer: John Viener
7.2/101,935 votes#13 - Jungle Love
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 9/25/2005
When Chris is supposed to be hazed for a school tradition, he runs off to South America; Peter quickly becomes frustrated by his new job at the beer factory.
Director: Peter Shin, Seth Kearsley
Writer: Mark Hentemann
8.5/103,095 votes#14 - 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, Dan Povenmire
Writer: Wellesley Wild, Alec Sulkin
7.7/101,999 votes#15 - 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, Greg Colton
Writer: Matt Fleckenstein
7.7/101,976 votes#16 - The Courtship of Stewie's Father
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 11/20/2005
Lois thinks Stewie is trying to kill her due to his lack of quality time with his father, so she orders Peter to spend more time with Stewie. Meanwhile Chris starts a friendship with Herbert.
Director: Peter Shin, Pete Michels, Kurt Dumas
Writer: Kirker Butler
8.0/102,257 votes#17 - 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, Pete Michels, Sarah Frost
Writer: Chris Sheridan
7.2/101,940 votes#18 - The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 12/18/2005
When Peter’s dad comes to visit, he tries to impose his religious beliefs on the family. But after a mix-up with the holy-water leaves Stewie in a bubble, Peter decides to form a church worshiping his hero, the Fonz.
Director: Peter Shin, Pete Michels, James Purdum
Writer: Danny Smith
7.2/101,924 votes#19 - Brian Sings and Swings
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1/8/2006
After Brian has a near-death experience in the hospital, he decides to lead a new life. He ends up getting a nightly singing gig with Frank Sinatra Jr., but his new lifestyle doesn't last very long. Meanwhile, Meg, after joining a new after-school group, pretends to be a lesbian.
Director: Peter Shin, Pete Michels, Chuck Klein, Zac Moncrief
Writer: Michael Rowe
7.7/102,200 votes#20 - 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, Dan Povenmire, Pete Michels, Cyndi Tang
Writer: Mike Henry
7.5/101,936 votes#21 - I Take Thee Quagmire
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/2006
When Peter wins a maid for a week as a prize on a game show, Quagmire gains an interest in her, and they eventually marry. Quagmire, stricken with his bachelor ways, tries to get out of the marriage. Meanwhile, Lois stops breast-feeding Stewie, who, as a result, goes through withdrawals.
Director: Peter Shin, Pete Michels, Seth Kearsley
Writer: Steve Callaghan, Don Woodard, Tom Maxwell
7.5/101,921 votes#22 - Sibling Rivalry
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/26/2006
Peter gets a vasectomy and loses all his sex drive. Lois begins to gain weight, and as a result, Peter's regains his interest in his wife. When Lois' habits get out of control, she has a heart attack. The surgeon must remove Lois' fat to reach her heart, returning her to her normal weight. Meanwhile, Stewie's half-brother Bertram returns to confront him, where they have a war for control over the playground.
Director: Peter Shin, Dan Povenmire, Pete Michels
Writer: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
7.4/101,903 votes#23 - 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: Peter Shin, Pete Michels, Greg Colton
Writer: Alex Borstein
7.5/101,910 votes#24 - 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, Pete Michels, Kurt Dumas
Writer: Patrick Meighan
7.1/101,891 votes#25 - You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 4/30/2006
Brian's gay cousin Jasper visits the Griffin house and announces that he is engaged to his partner and wants to be married at their house. When Mayor West bans gay marriage in an effort to cover up and bring attention away from a scandal of his own, Brian resorts to hostile actions to try to change the Mayor's mind. Lois and Peter question their view towards gay marriage while Chris joins the "Young Republicans" Club to impress a girl.
Director: Peter Shin, Dominic Polcino, Pete Michels
Writer: David A. Goodman
The Best Episodes of Family Guy Season 4
Every episode of Family Guy Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Family Guy Season 4!
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....
Genres:AnimationComedy
Network:FOX
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"North by North Quahog" is the best rated episode of "Family Guy" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 2389 votes. Directed by Peter Shin and written by Seth MacFarlane, it aired on 5/1/2005. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High".