Family Guy season 23

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Family Guy
Season 23
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Starring	Seth MacFarlane; Alex Borstein; Seth Green; Mila Kunis; Mike Henry; Patrick Warburton; Arif Zahir
No. of episodes	13 (+2 specials)
Release
Original network	Fox; Hulu (select episodes)
Original release	October 14, 2024 –; present
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 22
	List of episodes

The twenty-third season of the American animated television series Family Guy premiered with a holiday special on Hulu on October 14, 2024, followed by another holiday special on November 25, 2024 on Hulu, with the season officially premiering on February 16, 2025, on Fox.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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425	–	"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater"	Joe Vaux	Travis Bowe	October 14, 2024 (2024-10-14)^[10]	NACX19	N/A
Joe intends to enter a local giant pumpkin contest, which he has repeatedly lost to Patrick McCloskey (Glen Powell), but when Peter, Quagmire, and Cleveland get fed up with his obsession, they decide to sabotage him by hiding his entry, only to accidentally break it. Peter hides inside the pumpkin as an apology, and his weight nets Joe first place. McCloskey catches Joe cheating before it turns out that all entrants, including McCloskey himself, lied by hiding obese men inside their pumpkins. Meanwhile, Stewie intends for himself and Brian to go trick-or-treating as Sonny & Cher, but a falling out prompts Brian to walk out and try looking for some new friends to hang out with. Stewie brings Rupert (voiced by Derek Jacobi) to life, who hears his venting about wanting Brian dead and attempts to murder him. Stewie catches on to this and confronts Rupert, who is hurt that he always comes second to Brian and wants to eliminate the competition. Stewie reluctantly drowns Rupert in a toilet, reverting him to normal as Brian admits he has no other friends and apologizes for his selfishness. In the end, Stewie receives Rupert from the dryer and tells him everything that went down.
426	–	"Gift of the White Guy"	Jerry Langford	Joanna Quraishi	November 25, 2024 (2024-11-25)^[10]	NACX20	N/A
Peter is mandated to attend a white elephant gift exchange at the brewery, but forgets to bring a gift until the last second. He ends up giving away a Christmas tree brooch that Lois received as a child, which ends up in the hands of Preston's mother, Widow Lloyd (Debra Wilson). Peter infiltrates the senior home with help from Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire by dressing up like pest control guys, and the brooch is recovered without any complications. Meanwhile, after Brian hints that he might be on Santa Claus' naughty list, Stewie strives to be good, throwing away all his weapons and performing good deeds in order to get his desired gifts. After Meg finds his discarded vaporizer, however, the two wrestle with it, accidentally zapping Meg. Although initially concerned with covering up the mess, Stewie feels remorse and writes the truth in his letter to Santa, giving up his other requests in exchange for getting Meg back. On Christmas Day, Meg turns up alive under the tree, albeit with her legs on backwards. Peter returns Lois' brooch and explains what went wrong, with Lois ultimately deciding to return it to Widow. The two unknowingly stab her while trying to put it back on Widow Lloyd causing her to bleed to death.
427	1	"Fat Gun"	Greg Colton	Artie Johann	February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16)	NACX16	1.44^[14]
In a parody of Top Gun, Maverick (Peter) and Goose (Joe) are aspiring Naval pilots attending the titular flight school with Charlie (Lois) as their instructor who is also in a relationship with Maverick. After one of their missions ends in failure, Maverick feels guilt over the death of Goose and resigns to grieve for thirty-five years by playing out scenes in other Tom Cruise movies. Upon his return, he is tasked with instructing a new generation of pilots, including Goose's son Rooster (Chris), who is resentful over the death of his father as well as having his mother written out of the sequel. The two men succeed at their mission and manage to reconcile after a scorned Charlie shoots them down and captures them. After escaping in a stolen jet and being saved by a supposedly dead Iceman (Stewie), Maverick and Rooster return to base and are hailed as heroes. In the final scene, Peter mentions how well Top Gun: Maverick performed as he jumps out of an airplane with Tiny Tom Cruise.
428	2	"Live, Laugh, Love"	Brian Iles	Mike Desilets	February 23, 2025 (2025-02-23)	NACX13	1.02^[15]
Peter jokes about eating his annual salad while texting the guys, but notices that Joe merely likes his texts whereas Cleveland and Quagmire always laugh. Peter confronts Joe about it and is told that he has never found him funny. Meanwhile, after worrying about the lack of proper supervision on Chris and Meg's field trip to Washington D.C., Lois decides to chaperone the trip, only to embarrass her children and earn scorn from their friends. She bonds with Principal Shepherd over their shared sadness and he opens up about his first love Shellie Barnes (Casey Wilson) whom he broke up with over a disagreement whether to combine Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in their proposed franchise. Peter tries sneaking into Joe's room at night and leaving a "Ha Ha" on his joke for him, but sets off the traps by his bed and gets injured falling down the stairs while running away. In the hospital, Peter apologizes for overreacting. Upon describing the injuries he's received, Joe finally laughs at him as he sheds a tear of joy. Lois discovers that Shellie lives near the hotel and convinces Shepherd to talk to her, only for them to discover that her dream failed, she has let herself go, and an ill uncle is living with her. Although Shepherd's time is ultimately wasted, Lois tells him to take heart in the fact that his life ended up better than hers.
429	3	"Drunk with Power"	John Holmquist	Julius Sharpe	March 2, 2025 (2025-03-02)	NACX14	0.72^[16]
Preston orders Peter to start hosting guided tours of the Pawtucket Brewery. After his first attempt goes poorly, Peter is introduced to Brett Kavanaugh (Chris Cox), who is more interested in trying the beer than touring the brewery. The two get drunk and bond together. Upon waking up from his hangover, Peter discovers that Kavanaugh wants to trade lives and has placed his robe on him. At the United States Supreme Court, Peter's shenanigans allow him to befriend Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, John Roberts, Ketanji Brown Jackson (Toks Olagundoye), Samuel Alito (Josh Robert Thompson), and Sonia Sotomayor (Alanna Ubach) until his family calls him out for ditching them. On the same call, Brian tells Peter about an upcoming ruling that may ban same-sex marriage. Meanwhile, Brett manages to befriend Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire and spends days partying with them. However, he melts down upon witnessing the results of a wet T-shirt contest, claiming that they go against the rules. In an epiphany, he realizes that he can balance his love for beer with his love for rules and returns to the court. Peter convinces everyone to ban straight marriage as well as gay marriage before Kavanaugh interrupts and demands his seat back. Peter manages to get in one last argument, claiming that letting gay people get married actually takes away their freedom, saving gay marriage, before waking up back home after Kavanaugh slips him a Mickey.
430	4	"Lois C.K."	Steve Robertson	Evan Waite	March 9, 2025 (2025-03-09)	NACX15	0.70^[17]
Peter is tasked with watching Stewie while Lois attends a 1990s nostalgia concert with Bonnie, Donna, and Elle Hitler where Sir Mix-a-Lot (voiced by himself) is among the performers. However, his element shenanigans make her late. While having a drink out, the ladies see Seamus bombing at an open mic and urge Lois to get on stage after she mocks his routine. Channeling her frustration at Peter and deriving jokes from his antics, she quickly finds success as a standup comedienne and takes the stage name Lois C.K., landing weeks of gigs and even a regional special. However, Peter is informed by Joe that Lois has been roasting him and decides to become more straight-laced in order to cut off the flow of new material. Desperate, Lois tries to tell jokes about Joe and Quagmire, but is nearly accosted by the audience. Peter jumps on stage to defend her and the two rapidly reconcile due to a shortage of runtime. In the final scene, Lois tells Peter that Joe has taken her place as people clap at his political humor, much to his annoyance. During the credits, there is a music video of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Lady Kneecaps".
431	5	"The Chicken or the Meg"	Julius Wu	Emily Towers	March 16, 2025 (2025-03-16)	NACX17	0.63^[18]
Meg signs up for a dating reality show titled Sex Farm in hopes of finding love. While dressed like a pig, Meg quickly hits it off with a guy in a chicken suit (Amir Talai). The two are eliminated early, before Meg's partner reveals that he is not only an actual chicken, but also the son of Ernie the Giant Chicken, named Nugget. The two continue to date in secret until Nugget sneaks into Meg's room, accidentally revealing himself to Peter, who is angered by the news. After he gives her an ultimatum, Meg decides to move in with Nugget's family. Despite being excited at first, Peter realizes how much he misses Meg and tries and fails to get her back by trading Brittney Griner (Debra Wilson) for her. When both families see each other at the bowling alley later, Ernie mocks Peter, which makes Meg feel bad for him. When Ernie demands that she either leave or renounce her father, Meg states that the two are just like each other, breaks up with Nugget, and decapitates Ernie before returning home. In the end, everyone is glad to have Meg back. She reveals that Nugget is also gay as evidenced by the abundance of small chickens in his texts. Stewie then surprisingly quotes "Nugget Nugget".
432	6	"Dog is My Co-Pilot"	Joseph Lee	Steve Callaghan	March 23, 2025 (2025-03-23)	NACX18	0.69^[19]
Addicted to a flight simulator app, Brian becomes convinced that he can fly a plane with ease and boards Quagmire's next flight to prove it. Quagmire and his co-pilot Jim come down with food poisoning, allowing Brian to successfully land the plane. He and Quagmire are given Keys to the City by Mayor Wild West and are sent on a press tour to share their story. Quagmire feels humiliated due to being upstaged by Brian and being known as the one who pooped in the sink, and decides to quit his job. Meanwhile after Lois unearths her childhood Easy-Bake Oven from the closet, Stewie uses it to bake delicious pizzas. He and Chris decide to open a boutique pizza place in their backyard named Mount Ve-Stewvius, which quickly becomes a hit. However, the 1960s light bulb inside the oven burns out right as Dave Portnoy announces he's about to leave a review. Stealing a bulb from Herbert, the brothers manage to impress Portnoy in time only for Joe to shut down Mount Ve-Stewvius due to its lack of wheelchair access. Lois helps Brian realize that he took away the one positive thing about Quagmire's life, prompting him to make amends by sabotaging the duck boat on the last stop of their tour. Quagmire saves everyone aboard, blocking access to Quahog Harbor in the process, which gets him and Brian in trouble with Peter, Cleveland, and Joe who can't get the supplies they need. Later, Tom Tucker reveals that Brian never landed the plane in the first place, rather the autopilot did, to Brian’s dismay and Quagmire’s relief.
433	7	"Pitch Imperfect"	Mike Kim	Artie Johann	March 30, 2025 (2025-03-30)	PACX01	0.72^[20]
At Oktoberfest, a drunk Lois nags Peter into winning her a carnival prize by knocking down milk bottles with a ball. Peter is unable to throw the ball properly due to his worn-out elbow as well as the fact that he learned how to throw from raccoons as a kid as opposed to his father who was too busy for him. He is mocked by his friends and family, who insult his masculinity, but is nonetheless invited to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a little league game. Meanwhile, Brian gets a chiropractic adjustment at Oktoberfest and feels ripped off by the expensive bill. Sure that he could do just as good a job, he and Stewie become chiropractors and open up BS Chiropractics. Things go well until Chris, who was operating the front desk, leaves to open Chris' Chiropractic No BS which differentiates itself by actually helping patients instead of exploiting them. The competition doesn't last long when agents from the United States Department of Health and Human Services arrive to shut down both clinics. Thanks to two days of training and a reverse psychology pep talk from Meg, Peter throws a perfect strike, injuring his arm in the process, and wins back everyone's respect, only to get funny looks after doing a girly victory lap. In the final scene, Meg helps Peter off the field as the baseball coach wants Peter to shower with the baseball players first.
434	8	"Hard Times at Adam West High"	Brian Iles	Steve Callaghan	April 6, 2025 (2025-04-06)	PACX02	0.75^[21]
Chris recounts having to deliver an oral book report on Tom Sawyer, albeit with an erection large enough to keep him trapped in his desk. Ashamed, he prepares to run away, before Brian suggests borrowing Stewie's time machine to undo the incident. They swap out present-day Chris for the previous one, saving his reputation, but resulting in present-day Meg's face being disfigured by a chemical explosion in the science lab. It turns out that the student body's laughter at Chris' erection originally distracted Meg from the chemicals, sparing her face. Meanwhile, Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire decide to buy scratcher tickets and pool their earnings, though Peter decides to buy a horoscope scroll instead. Peter gets jealous when the others win $123, especially after they show off their purchases. Feeling bad, Stewie, Chris, and Brian travel back in time to stop themselves from interfering. Present-day Chris gives himself an erection by looking up Lauren Boebert and saves the timeline by giving his report. Brian tells Chris that undoing his cringy teen moments is wrong, as such moments are necessary for his development. After stealing some scratchers, Peter gets arrested by the police. When the others bail him out with their remaining winnings, he reveals he was worried that his friends' earnings made them too good for him, and they apologize for making him feel bad.
435	9	"The Elle Word"	John Holmquist	Alex Carter	April 13, 2025 (2025-04-13)	PACX03	0.68^[22]
Quagmire lets it slip to Peter, Joe, and Cleveland that he is seeing someone, but keeps her identity a secret. After a failed stakeout, it is discovered that he is dating Elle Hitler, a fact that the guys don't understand. Elle manages to win everyone over with her various quirks, but it is soon discovered that she is cheating on Quagmire, who has never given her an orgasm. Meanwhile, when Stewie is almost run over by Dr. Hartman in the Stop 'N Shop parking lot, Lois decides to put him on a leash. Brian uses this to his advantage and uses the leash to push Stewie around, but upon receiving disapproval from various leashed neighborhood dogs, he discovers that he's become the very type of dog owner he hates. Stewie is instantly run over by Caitlyn Jenner upon being released. After confessing that he doesn't know how to properly satisfy a woman, Quagmire changes up his lifestyle and gives up on sex until Peter reinvigorates him with the phrase "Who Else But Quagmire?" He attempts to finally please Elle, but she proves so great in bed that she gives him an orgasm-induced aneurysm, which he survives.
436	10	"A Real Who's Hulu"	Steve Robertson	Matt Pabian	April 27, 2025 (2025-04-27)	PACX04	0.71^[23]
Peter locates his missing iPad and reveals that he only now knows that the various panels on Hulu's interface are links to other shows besides Family Guy. He decides to click on a few shows. Spoofing Only Murders in the Building, Tim (Peter) is murdered which is witnessed by his neighbors Mabel (Meg), Charles (Stewie), and Oliver (Brian). The trio takes it upon themselves to solve the crime, documenting their journey via podcast. A neighbor (Donna) points them to Jeffrey Dahmer (Chris), whom they believe is innocent despite the obvious signs. The neighbor gets arrested instead due to her hysterics. During a carriage ride in the park, Jeff prepares to murder the trio after drugging them into a coma. Spoofing The Dropout, Elizabeth Holmes (Lois) barely manages to pitch a device that can determine which Sex and the City character a person is by entering one drop of blood. After opening a startup named "Quizznos," which is quickly taken over by Sunny Balwani (Peter), the device is shown not to work properly. They decide to fake its results to the shareholders for Walgreens, but one of their researchers (Chris) catches on and exposes them as frauds. Spoofing The Bear, Carmy (Peter) returns to Chicago from his successful career as a New York chef to run his dead brother's Italian beef joint with brief help from Remy (Patton Oswalt). He manages to do so before a local food critic (Stewie) arrives to review his food. The parody is soon derailed as it's revealed that Chris is the only one who has seen the show and understands it unlike Peter. The episode ends with Peter doing an in memoriam segment for various streaming services that have shut down consisting of Seeso, CNN+, FilmStruck, HBO Go, Quibi, and DC Universe while Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You" plays in the background.
437	11	"China Doll"	Joe Vaux	Patrick Meighan	May 4, 2025 (2025-05-04)	PACX05	0.66^[24]
A proud Brian shows Stewie and Chris a hole he dug in the backyard, where Rupert is revealed to be buried. While giving him a bath, Stewie discovers a "Made in China" tag on Rupert's back, realizing that their relationship is multicultural. He makes several attempts to get in touch with Rupert's Chinese heritage, but suspects that he wants to meet his family for real. With Brian begrudgingly joining him, Stewie finds the factory where Rupert was made and assumes that two random assembly line workers are his parents. Before he can ask for their blessing to marry Rupert, Stewie and Brian are arrested after their comments get them mistaken for American spies. Brian digs their way out of prison, but the two are recaptured and only granted freedom by ratting out another person. Stewie and Brian rat out Chris by claiming that he's a Pro-Tibet Richard Gere. Stewie decides that he does not need anyone's blessing to marry Rupert and professes his love, only to accidentally start a fight by using a racial term he did not know was an insult. Chris is later revealed to still be in a Chinese prison, having fooled the inmates and guards into thinking he really is Richard Gere.
438	12	"One Foot in Front of the Mother"	Greg Colton	Matt McElaney	May 11, 2025 (2025-05-11)	PACX06	0.78^[25]
Brian barks loudly to warn the neighbors about a pack of coyotes on Spooner Street, unintentionally startling Quagmire into destroying his rice sculpture of Jessica Chastain. Quagmire files a police report, prompting Joe to give Brian a shock collar until he can suppress his barking habit. Brian struggles adjusting to this new change due to his instincts, not helped by Quagmire repeatedly taunting him. Out of revenge, he swipes another collar from Joe's car and slips it on Quagmire, forcing him to speak quietly too. Meanwhile, Lois grows concerned about Chris' health and has him sign up for sports. Chris can't get the hang of any until his bowels act up, unintentionally revealing his talent for speed walking as he hurries to the bathroom. Chris excels at the sport and joins Lois, Bonnie, and Donna on their walks, eventually overshadowing Lois and getting her excluded from the group. Quagmire is later attacked by the same coyotes Brian warned him about. Baiting them to attack, Brian uses the shocks from his collar to ward them off and explains that protecting his neighbors is his duty, even if he dislikes some of them. Lois challenges Chris to a race, which he forfeits after she lags behind. Chris feels that Lois deserves her friends more than he does, and admits that he's over the idea of adult female friends since they don't share nudes.
439	13	"The Fat Lotus"	Brian Iles	Steve Callaghan	May 18, 2025 (2025-05-18)	PACX11	TBD
In a parody of The White Lotus, the Griffins and a bunch of their friends witness a friend's casket getting lifted onto a plane. One week earlier, the gang vacations at the White Lotus Bermuda where a newly sober Brian is the manager. Peter and Lois disagree on how to spend their trip, culminating in Lois and Quagmire visiting St. David's lighthouse while Peter samples the world's best cheesecake. After the others suspect that Lois and Quagmire are having an affair in his absence, Peter discovers that they instead ate his cheesecake. When confronted, Lois reveals that they only had two bites and tossed the rest into the ocean out of guilt, before confessing that she was frustrated by Peter's neglect during what was meant to be a romantic vacation. Elsewhere, Meg and Chris attempt to purchase a bottle of rum and a touristy shirt from the gift shop, but are caught off guard by the expensive prices. They attempt to shoplift but are caught by Brian, who relapses on the rum and trashes Stewie's room, fed up with his constant complaining about the substandard room service. Meanwhile, Stewie adopts the travel persona of Desmond Voyage and bonds with Bruce, Jeffrey, and their new friend Dennis. The four go on a volcanic hike, where Stewie fears he will be sacrificed, only to realize that the sacrifice was just an unedited group selfie. In the end, Brian is fired for his drunken antics. Jeffrey loses his hat in the ocean and tries to retrieve it, but is killed by sharks who were lured into the bay by the discarded cheesecake. Dennis offers to come home with Bruce, quickly making him forget about his husband's death. Brian and Stewie plan to visit the Sicily White Lotus.

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