Brian's Got a Brand New Bag

Season 8, Episode 4, Aired
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When Brian begins dating an older woman, the family begins to make fun of him. After Brian's new fling breaks her hip, he gets the pleasure of becoming her errand boy.
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  • Another dating episode, boring.

    1.0
    "Abysmal"
    By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011
    When Brian begins dating an older woman, the family begins to make fun of him. After Brian's new fling breaks her hip, he gets the pleasure of becoming her errand boy.

    This episode was ridiculously boring, he dates an old woman, marries her, then cheats on her.

    1/10 F

  • Funny in the beginning, but dragged after the Road House gag

    6.5
    "Fair"
    By fsaenz0125, Sep 29, 2011
    Parts I liked:
    * Mayor's Cameo
    * Road House scene
    * Peter's kicks
    * Peter kicks with his legs while driving
    * Peter attacking Lucy
    * Peter attacking Brian and then the car hit on Cleveland's house
    * Peter as a pillow
    Parts I don't liked:
    * I didn't like Brian's plot. I could care less if the family made fun of him just because he's dating a 50 yrs woman.
    * Also, Peter was rude to Rita when he wanted to know her age.
    Overall: 6.5/10moreless

  • This show is dead to me.

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    "Abysmal"
    By minimullen, Sep 22, 2011
    Anyone whose been giving this show good reviews lately...REALLY think about it. This show absolutely sucks now compared to the quality of seasons 1-3 "and some of 4"

    Part of the reason this show was so great is because it felt like a real family.
    Now all the characters act almost exactly the same.

    Peter used to be dumb but lovable he would rarely be intentionally mean. You could actually see why Lois was with him...He had a good heart. Now hes a jerk and he always acts like a kid.

    The series is crammed with sex jokes, the whole thing feels like one big standup act when before the jokes were cleaner and more relevent to the plot...I mean i have no problem with the occasional dirty joke but its like CRAMMED now.
    Okay I get the point family guy, if you mention a penis its funny.

    Stewie is very rarely evil anymore.

    Lois is crazy instead of being a mom with a crazy streak....

    I mean in a recent episode she STOLD money from chris... Anyone who cant see whats wrong with this new direction needs to wake up!

    I could write much better comedy than this show has now. That isnt saying much either.
    Its horrible now.moreless

  • Brian dates a 50-year-old woman

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    By tigerdude22, Sep 22, 2011
    Family Guy is great show that brings a ton of laughs from me but there were rarely any laughs in this episode. It was hilarious in the first 5 minutes of the episode and then it wasn't funny anymore except for a couple of parts. Mayor West's cameo appearance in the beginning of the episode was very funny. Peter buying the movie "Roadhouse" with a free Robin Williams movie was hilarious because Peter said he doesn't want to go anywhere near the Robin Williams movie. It was hilarious when Peter starts to kick after watching "Roadhouse". It was very funny when Peter kicked Brian and he said "Roadhouse". It was very funny when Peter was driving with his legs and he said "Roadhouse". The highlight of this episode that cracked me up so hard was the Charlie Brown scene... that was the funniest scene out of this whole episode. Those death shadows taking away Joe was also hilarious. After that hilarious first 5 minutes, this episode wasn't funny anymore except for a couple of parts in the middle. I hated how the whole family was judging Rita just because Brian is dating a 50-year-old woman like Rita. It find it kind of gross that a person dates an older woman but that is no reason for the family to do that. Also, this episode had a very cruddy ending. Overall, this episode was hilarious in the first 5 minutes and then it just got bad after that. 5/10moreless

  • Great Episode

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    By teenj12, Apr 13, 2011
    So, I liked Brian with Rita (In the beginning, but I'll get into that later). Lois and the rest of the family were terribly rude. The "old" jokes were funny as hell though!!! Brian hurting Rita in "that way" was sad to see. I know he was supa embarrassed over it. That's why he lied to the family about how she got hurt. I would of lied too!

    Rita became a real ***** at the end of the episode. That was sad to see, because her and Brian were so good together! The ending scene with her and Brian was funny! I wonder what became of Rita. She's probably dead. Who knows... she was old. Overall, great episode.moreless
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    • Behind Peter when he was in line in the movie store you can see a poster of Family Guy's Star Wars episode Something Something Something Dark Side.

    • When Brian is looking at the picture of Rita from when she was younger, he comments on how there is a flag missing some stars (indicating that several states had not joined the union yet). However, if Rita is 50 years old (born 1959), any flag in that picture would most likely have all 50 stars since Hawaii became a state in 1960.

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    • Peter: Oh my god, Road House. I wanna buy this! Clerk: Great and as a bonus, I throw in What Dreams May Come with Robin Williams. Peter: No, thank you. Clerk: No charge! Peter: I do not want it! Clerk: But it's free, sir. Peter: If that DVD even touches Road House, I will kill you!

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    • The Garbage Pail Kids Movie In the beginning of this episode, Mayor West hopes that the Garbage Pail Kids movie is in. Released in 1987 as a pun on the Cabbage Patch Kids.

    • Charlie Brown and Lucy football scene The scene where Peter beats up Lucy for pulling the American football away from Charlie just before he kicks it was a running gag through the series.

    • Road House Half of the episode references this 1989 movie as a tribute to Patrick Swayze

    • Ghost The ghosts that drag Joe down the street are a reference to the demons that drag Willie and Carl to hell in the movie Ghost.

    • Rita: Sock it to me! This was a line made popular in Rowan and Martin's Laugh In.

    • Lois: Here's Mrs. Garrett. Mrs. Garrett is a character from Different Strokes that went on to get her own series in The Facts Of Life.

    • Peter: Get off my plane! This line is said by Harrison Ford in the 1997 movie Air Force One.

    • Annie The dvds singing the song "Maybe" in the store window is an allusion to the musical Annie about an orphan dreaming of a home.

    • Brian's Got a Brand New Bag The title of this episode alludes to the 1965 song from James Brown entitled Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. The song was a #1 on the R&B charts for 8 weeks.

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