The Best Episodes Written By Matt Weitzman

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #1 - Phantom of the Telethon

   S5:E711/30/2008

   Stan emcees a CIA telethon to raise funds for the agency's torture budget after Congress slashed it. But Roger is out to sabotage it because Stan stole the idea for it from him.

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   7.6/10(34 votes)

   #2 - Wasted Talent

   S2:E207/25/2000

   Peter and his friends go on a drinking binge to find a winning ticket in a bottle; Lois works Ling too hard for a competition.

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   7.6/10(10 votes)

   #3 - Da Flippity Flop

   S9:E195/12/2013

   When Stan refuses to switch Klaus back into his original body, he steals Stan's body; Roger builds a gym in the attic.

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   7.3/10(36 votes)

   #4 - Let's Go to the Hop

   S2:E146/6/2000

   Peter infiltrates Quahog High School as a new student.

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   7.2/10(45 votes)

   #5 - A Hero Sits Next Door

   S1:E55/1/1999

   When the Griffin Family gets new neighbors that move in next door, Lois quickly becomes friends with Bonnie, Meg soon becomes attracted to their son, Kevin, and Peter becomes annoyed by the entire situation. After Peter injures the best player on his company's baseball team, Mr. Weed forces him to find a replacement, so Peter quickly changes his mind about his neighbors and invites Joe to play. When Joe shows up at the game, Peter learns that he is in a wheelchair. Joe ends up being the star of the game, which makes Peter jealous, as he wants to be a hero too. Peter ends up trying to stop a bank robbery to prove his value, but ends up getting caught up in the whole situation.

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   7.2/10(35 votes)

   #6 - And the Wiener Is...

   S3:E58/8/2001

   Peter joins a gun club to compensate for his lack of physical assets; Meg becomes the target of the "cool" gang's wrath.

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   7.1/10(35 votes)

   #7 - Dammit Janet

   S2:E156/13/2000

   Lois enrolls Stewie at a day care center.

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   7.1/10(39 votes)

   #8 - Love Thy Trophy

   S2:E53/14/2000

   The Griffins and their neighbors build a festival float; waitress Meg schemes to get bigger tips.

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   7.1/10(10 votes)

   #9 - Tearjerker

   S4:E101/13/2008

   A James Bond spoof casts Stan as a 007-type agent assigned by B (Bullock) to infiltrate the set of a movie producer named TchochkieSchmear (Klaus), who's in cahoots with the diabolical villain Tearjerker (Roger). Their plan? To kill everyone in the world by making movies so sad, people will cry themselves to death.

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    7.0/10(31 votes)

    #10 - Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?

    S3:E1412/6/2001

    While trying to teach Chris about his Irish roots, Peter stumbles upon Nate Griffin, a black man in his family tree. Peter tries to embrace his new-found heritage, but can’t quite get the hang of it. When Lois’ father, Carter Pewtershmidt, sits the Griffin kids down for a look at his family genealogy, a dark secret is uncovered.

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    7.0/10(33 votes)

    #11 - From Method to Madness

    S3:E181/24/2002

    Stewie attempts a career in show business; Meg dates a nudist.

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12. 

    6.9/10(23 votes)

    #12 - Pilot

    S1:E12/6/2005

    Stan Smith uses his CIA skills to help 13-year-old son Steve win class president and the heart of the hottest girl in class, Lisa Silver. But when being class president makes Steve mad with power, Stan must jump in to save the day. Meanwhile, Roger, the alien Stan saved from Area 51, helps 18-year-old Hayley with her school paper. In return, she hooks him up with boatloads of junk food to curb his sweet tooth. Unfortunately, some Chocodiles send him over the edge and a sugar crash prohibits him from finishing one of her papers, forcing Hayley to pick up the pieces. And Klaus, the goldfish with the brain of a German guy, pines after mother Francine. Unfortunately for Klaus, the closest he'll ever get to a date with her is the spin cycle with her sports bra.

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    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Bush Comes to Dinner

    S3:E101/7/2007

    When Stan enters an essay contest to have his personal hero, President Bush, come over for dinner, he is overcome with joy when the President arrives at his doorstep. However, not everyone in the Smith family shares Stan's excitement. Hayley tries to drill President Bush on the Iraq war, and Steve and Roger attempt to convince him that they've found Osama Bin Laden, but instead get him drunk. Stan tries to save the President from public humiliation, while Hayley revels in his fall from glory.

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    6.6/10(18 votes)

    #14 - Stan Knows Best

    S1:E35/8/2005

    Hayley comes home from a Green Party rally with her hair dyed green, instigating a fight with Stan. While she's sleeping, Stan cuts her hair (for her own good, of course). After learning of what Stan did, a wigged Hayley defies her father yet again by moving into the van of her new boyfriend. When Stan cuts her off financially, she gets a job as a waitress in a strip club, which pushes Stan right off the edge. Meanwhile, Steve tries to pass Roger off as his disfigured sister in order to cop a feel with a female classmate.

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