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Family Guy S5E17 — It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One

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Family Guy•Season 5•Episode 17

It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One

7.5/10 · 2,053 votesMay 13, 200722 min

Ranked #11 of 18 in Season 5•−0.1 vs season avg

Lois runs for mayor of Quahog, though she doesn't become the front-runner until she dumbs down her political views. Once in office, she becomes corrupted with the power that she now holds, and begins accepting bribes so that she can buy herself expensive things. Meanwhile,

Directed byZac Moncrief

Written byAlex Borstein

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Cast5

Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane

Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire (voice)

Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Loretta Brown / Barbara Pewterschmidt (voice)

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis

Meg Griffin (voice)

Seth Green

Seth Green

Chris Griffin (voice)

Mike Henry

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Cleveland Brown (voice)

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Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

Writer

Zac Moncrief

Zac Moncrief

Director

Mark Hentemann

Mark Hentemann

Co-Executive Producer

Steve Callaghan

Steve Callaghan

Co-Executive Producer

Wellesley Wild

Wellesley Wild

Supervising Producer

Alec Sulkin

Alec Sulkin

Supervising Producer

Kirker Butler

Kirker Butler

Co-Producer

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Patrick Meighan

Executive Story Editor

Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

Supervising Producer

Cherry Chevapravatdumrong

Cherry Chevapravatdumrong

Executive Story Editor

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Episode Summary

"It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One" is episode 17 of Family Guy season 5. It scored 7.5/10 from 2,053 votes, ranking #11 of 18 episodes this season (season average 7.6). Directed by Zac Moncrief and written by Alex Borstein, it aired on May 13, 2007.

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