8.5/102 votes#1 - Borderwall
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2016
Bud fights to get a border wall constructed using confiscated drug money, only to have the wall destroy the economy, leaving him jobless. He then begins smuggling immigrants under the wall to make ends meet .
Director: Albert Calleros
Writer: Mark Hentemann
8.0/102 votes#2 - The Engagement
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2016
Bud is enraged when he finds out that his daughter Becky is engaged to J.C., Ernesto’s nephew who just graduated from college. Meanwhile, a staunch anti-immigration law is passed which eventually leads to J.C.’s deportation, much to Bud’s delight.
Director: Jacob Hair
Writer: Mark Hentemann
7.9/1018 votes#3 - Yug Ylimaf
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/2012
Brian abuses Stewie's time machine and causes reality to run in reverse. So the two must work together to set things right before Stewie is “unborn.”
Director: John Holmquist
Writer: Mark Hentemann
7.8/104 votes#4 - Fat Actor
Season 22 Episode 14 - Aired 4/10/2024
Peter tries to protest Hollywood after learning that Brad Pitt was cast in a biopic about a politician. After Pitt injures himself on set, Peter must act out the role himself.
Director: Joseph Lee
Writer: Mark Hentemann
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
7.5/104 votes#6 - The Candidate
Season 21 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2022
Stewie and Doug compete for the honor of class “snack captain”.
Director: John Holmquist
Writer: Mark Hentemann
7.3/1023 votes#7 - Meet the Quagmires
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 5/20/2007
Death grants Peter's wish to go back in time to 1984 when he was 18, but only for one night. He ends up bailing on a date with Lois to hang out with a movie actress. When he returns to the present, he soon realizes that everything is anything but normal, as he is now married to the former actress, and Lois is with Quagmire. Meanwhile, Stewie, Chris and Meg have also taken on Quagmire's charming characteristics.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Mark Hentemann
7.2/104 votes#8 - Adoptation
Season 21 Episode 15 - Aired 3/12/2023
To restore his public image, Carter adopts a young girl from an orphanage, drawing jealousy from Lois.
Director: Julius Wu
Writer: Mark Hentemann
7.1/1024 votes#9 - 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
6.9/1027 votes#10 - Stuck Together, Torn Apart
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/31/2002
Peter's jealously forces a trial separation; Stewie and Brian get glued together.
Director: Michael Dante DiMartino
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.9/1026 votes#11 - 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
6.8/1021 votes#12 - The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 2/18/2007
When a bully harasses Chris, Peter goes to his defense, but ends up beating him up. Peter realizes bullying is fun and begins to bully everyone in the house. Finally, Chris stands up to Peter and beats him senseless. Meanwhile, Stewie goes out without sunscreen and becomes obsessed with getting a tan. After Brian leaves him in the tanning booth for six hours, Stewie gets sunburned and fears he has cancer. While waiting for the results of his cancer screening, Stewie begins to live his life as if he had only days to live and drives Brian crazy with his demands.
Director: Julius Wu
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.7/1025 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
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.5/106 votes#14 - Tales of Former Sports Glory
Season 19 Episode 20 - Aired 5/16/2021
The guys regale each other with stories of youthful athletic accomplishments. Cleveland was a teenage baseball player from Cuba, Quagmire was a bad boy tennis superstar from New York and Peter was an underdog boxer from Philadelphia.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.5/1022 votes#15 - 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
6.4/1018 votes#16 - Baby Not On Board
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/2008
Peter gets a lasting supply of gasoline for the year, so the family decides to use it to take a road trip to the Grand Canyon. They pack up and hit the road, but it takes them a while to realize that they had forgotten to bring Stewie with them; when they do, they must make their way home posthaste.
Director: Julius Wu
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.3/106 votes#17 - PeTerminator
Season 19 Episode 13 - Aired 3/7/2021
Stewie designs a "Terminator" Peter robot to destroy Lois for trying to feed him broccoli, but when things don't go according to plan, Stewie and Brian must go on a Terminator-esque mission to save Stewie's life.
Director: Joe Vaux
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.3/1017 votes#18 - The Splendid Source
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 5/16/2010
Peter, Joe, and Quagmire search for the source of a dirty joke.
Director: Brian Iles
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.2/1027 votes#19 - The Kiss Seen Around the World
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/29/2001
Meg lands an internship working with the school nerd at a television station.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.2/1017 votes#20 - Amish Guy
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/2011
On the return from an adventurous day at an amusement park, the Griffins’ car breaks down in Amish country and they are stranded with no way out. When Meg falls for an Amish boy, the Griffins then find themselves in a crusade against the conservative locals.
Director: John Holmquist
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.2/106 votes#21 - Peter & Lois' Wedding
Season 18 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2019
The Wi-Fi goes out in the Griffin house, leaving the family with nothing to do for the evening. In order to keep the family entertained, Peter and Lois decide to tell the kids the story of how they met and fell in love in the '90s.
Director: Joe Vaux
Writer: Mark Hentemann
6.1/1018 votes#22 - Family Goy
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2009
When Lois finds a lump on her breast, she goes to the doctor to test for cancer. The tests come back benign, but the doctor looks at her family medical history and reveals some news about Lois' heritage.
Director: Peter Shin
Writer: Mark Hentemann
5.8/1012 votes#23 - 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
5.8/105 votes#24 - The Birthday Bootlegger
Season 20 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2021
A new boss quells Peter’s favorite part about work: office birthdays. Stewie is put in detention and comes out a ruffian.
Director: Julius Wu
Writer: Mark Hentemann
5.3/106 votes#25 - Absolutely Babulous
Season 18 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2019
When Stewie receives a participation medal in his school's toddler games, he begins to question everything he has ever won. Meanwhile, Peter causes a fight between Lois' parents and must repair the damage he caused.
Director: Mike Kim
Writer: Mark Hentemann
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"Borderwall" is the best rated episode written by Mark Hentemann. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Albert Calleros. It aired on 1/10/2016 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Engagement".