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Season 10 Episode 5

Back to the Pilot

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Brian and Stewie travel back in time to the very first episode of the series.

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  • One slight step in a very wrong direction...

    3.5
    By daniel_millar93, May 06, 2013
    The first thing I should mention about this episode is that it's not necessarily a bad one in terms of the overall plot. In fact, the way it's laid out is pretty diverse and quite clever in parts. So why the poor rating you ask? It all comes down to the 9/11 humor contained within. Basically what this episode is doing is insulting each and every person who died in a way that has become standard with this show over the years. There is absolutely no way they should have taken it to that degree and I shudder at how those people would react to something like this. I am also aware of the fact that the show's creator had a close call with that same event. I'm not saying flat out that the episode itself was wrong, but the humor sure was...moreless

  • This episode is the best season 10 episode EVER.

    10
    By Ayranci, Jan 27, 2013
    Stawie and Brain went to the pilot of this show and Brain stopped 11/9. this is good but future goes bad and Stewie and Brain came back to the pilot and stopped past Stewie and Brain but Brain ruined time again and Stewie and Brain came back to the pilot again, again, again, again, again, again and AGAIN!!!! XD XD XD XD XD 10/10

  • family guy road to the pilot

    10
    By joekabyemela, Jun 16, 2012
    Fantastic absolutely fantasic this episode was great i loved it so much they go back to the first episode of family guy to find Brian's tennis ball and i liked it when they looked inside the house and they did a cutaway and they just stood there making Brian and Stewie worried they're like i know we shouldn't alter the past but should we call an ambulance. Very clever and funny episode i recommend this episode to all fans of the showmoreless

  • Awesome episode

    10
    By fsaenz0125, Apr 18, 2012
    Brian and Stewie travel back in time to the very first episode of the series. Although season 10 had been enjoyable, this may be on the best episode for the season. Brian and Stewie going back in time was very interesting. There are are parts I laughed like the dog saying "Son of a b***" after Brian not to tell any dog, the Griffins just standing there (because they are making a cutaway), Brian and Stewie almost got crashed by the blimp, the Kool Aid Guy's appearance, Brian and Stewie going to the future to found out the animation is clay like, Joe shooting Quagmire, Brian and Stewie kept traveling in 1999, and the ending (and a few more as well). Overall, an excellent episode. 10/10moreless

  • This was Great.

    9.5
    By JasonPeter1, Mar 06, 2012
    I thought 'Back to the Pilot' was one of the best episodes since 'Road To the Multiverse' the cutaways were short, the mistakes Brian and Stewie saw from the pilot were funny as like Peter's eye going over his nose and what they used to do during a cutaway when the Griffins were off screen. Brian's amateur footage preventing 9/11 was pretty damn funny considering he was using information that nobody knew at the time. Bush losing in 2004 with no 9/11 leading to another civil war was also pretty funny even though it killed 17 million people mostly through a series of concentrated nuclear strikes all along the Eastern seaboard ( Most likely a reference to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings). But the most hysterical part was where alot of Brian and Stewie's show up from the future and a Peter because he was looking for the can. The only thing that dragged down my vote slightly was most parts of the episode wasn't HD but still I enjoyed the episode.moreless
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Meg (Production Season 2+)
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