Death is a Bitch

Season 2, Episode 6, Aired
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When Peter tries to get out of paying a doctors bill by faking his own death, he is visited by Death himself, who wants to take Peter away. After Death twists his ankle while chasing Peter, everyone on Earth becomes immortal while Death is incapacitated.
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  • Death's first appearance

    10
    "Perfect"
    By fsaenz0125, Jan 25, 2012 Report Abuse
    When Peter tries to get out of paying a doctors bill by faking his own death, he is visited by Death himself, who wants to take Peter away. After Death twists his ankle while chasing Peter, everyone on Earth becomes immortal while Death is incapacitated. I thought this was an excellent episode. It was so funny for most of the parts. This episode featured the debut of Death. He was very funny in this episode. Some other funny parts include the beginning, Peter writing the bill that he is deceased, Stewie's role throughout the episode, some cutaway, and a few more. Overall, a very funny episode. 10/10moreless

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  • An alright episode

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    By Suspiria1989, Nov 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    Death comes to take Peter away after he lists that he is deceased after a breast lump scare in order to avoid paying for his hospital bill. Death ends up breaking his foot and needs to rest until he is better, leaving everyone on earth able to do whatever they want without dying. Peter is then forced to take over Deaths job by trying to kill the Dawsons Creek kids.

    I'm not a Family Guy fan, I think the show is overall awful, the writing is silly, the random jokes get old, and the jokes that writers think are clever and or funny that they drag on forever are terrible. This will be the only Family Guy episode I rate and review. It's a good episode for such a crappy television show.moreless

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  • Overrated, but still hilarious

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    By jmbsonic555, Nov 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    When Peter tries to get out of paying a doctors bill by faking his own death, he is visited by Death himself, who wants to take Peter away. After Death twists his ankle while chasing Peter, everyone on Earth becomes immortal while Death is incapacitated.

    What I liked- the octopus, Peter jumping off the building, the schtick Doctor Hartman made, Stewie breaking Death's toe.


    Overall, a superb episode

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  • It's a FRIGGIN' knock off of the Simpsons Treehouse of horror XIV exactly.

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    By Mitchellio, Feb 16, 2011 Report Abuse
    It's a knock off of the Simpson's Tree house of horror XIV exactly. In fact many Family guy episodes do indeed turn out to be Simpson's knock offs. In fact any original jokes that come from the shows writers end up being poorly constructed and unfunny, having nothing to do with the plot whatsoever and instead usually mocking pop culture and in some cases old movies. I say in reference to south park... the writers may as well be manatees playing around with big colorful balls that have words on them. So to those that think this is one of the shows best episodes to date, I am sorry but it is little more then a sad case of theft.moreless

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  • Introduction Of Death

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    By AdrenalinDragon, Jul 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    "Death is a *****"

    Grade: A*

    One of the early Family Guy episodes and probably still the best one. Death is a ***** introduces us to the character of Death, and is hilarious and has so many good moments in it that I can almost remember the episode off by heart!

    It starts off with Lois discovering a lump on Peter's cheast, thinking its cancer. Peter is so worried that he ends up setting up a yard sale for life insurance and buying a casket for his funeral. The test results come in and Peter is fine.
    The trouble rises when Peter is confused by the hospital bill with his phone number, and not wanting to pay he declares himself deceased and on sex he puts "No thanks! I'm dead!".
    Returning home, Peter and the family celebrate his health, until somebody comes knocking on the door. Peter opens it and it turns out to be Death. Death is looking for Peter Griffin and Peter unsuccessfully tries to trick Death by pointing at a lamp and saying "This is Peter Griffin". Death can't stop laughing for ages, and then Lois asks him why he's here. Death tells Lois that Peter signed the paper that he is deceased.
    To try and buy Peter some time, Lois invites Death to dinner and Stewie is liking the guest alot. Unfortuantly, this doesn't change anything and Death still wants Peter to go. They all say their goodbyes and just as Peter and Death leave the door, Peter tries to run away from him and Death trips up, and badly sprains his ankle.
    Death is brought back in the house to recover and Lois uses this time to try and convince Death not to take Peter away. Death warns that because he is inactive doing his job, it means that no one can tell he's there or the consequences will be dire. Realising that this means people cannot die, Peter tells Quagmire and Cleveland that he will jump off a building and still live. Peter jumps off and is still alive, and Quagmire and Cleveland pay him for the bet.
    Peter goes to the Drunken Clam and drinks hundreds of bottles of alcohol and not receive alcohol poisoning, whilst daring to call the toughest guys in the bar Richard Simmons. Peter gets hit by Snooker cues, shot continously, and they end up realising something is wrong when they accidently hit Cleveland. They end up shooting each other and laughing about it.
    Meanwhile, Stewie attempts to kill Lois for good by knocking her down the stairs and throwing some hand grenades down to her, but is unsuccessful. Stewie realises that people can't die with Death inactive so he tries to help Death get better too.
    Death becomes annoyed that everyone knows they can't die due to it being posted on the news, and tells Peter to temporarily replace him and kill some people to ensure that Death is still around. He decides to pick the kids from Dawson's Creek on a plane as a good event to prove it for Peter.
    Peter ends up on the plane and can't end up killing them, so he goes to the pilot's cockpit and ends up killing the pilots with a touch of Death. Peter realises he's screwed things up but finds Karen Black is on the plane and that she can land it.
    The plane lands successfully and Death is again annoyed at Peter for not killing them. Lois backs Peter up by saying that the pilots died so people know the rules of Death are running again. Death spares Peter's life and ends the episode with the quote "I'll be back, really, really soon!"

    One of the greatest Family Guy episodes easily and well plotted. The jokes worked all the time and the plot was really good. Death Is A ***** is definatly in my top 5 and if you want to see the best of the early seasons of Family Guy, then this episode won't disappoint!moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • In one scene, Stewie accidentally breaks off one of Death's toes, but in all following scenes Death's toes are all intact. Edit
    • When Peter and Lois are in the doctor's office to hear the results of his test about the lump in his left breast, he his grabbing his right chest. Edit
    • Peter's bill was $1.26 Edit

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    • This episode was supposed to air as a Halloween special, but the schedule got jumbled up, and as a result, it did not air as one. Edit

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    • Death: (To Meg) Go get me an Entertainment Weekly. I hear it's got a great picture of me sneaking up on Tom Snyder on the cover. Edit
    • Peter: Wait a second. That's it! They can't make a dead guy pay his bill. All I gotta do is write "deceased" right here where it says name and where it says sex, I'll write "no thanks, I'm dead". It's bulletproof. Edit
    • Peter: I'm fine! What are ya, coming on to me now? Lois: Peter, he's not coming on to you. He's trying to tell you that you're healthy. Doctor: Can it be both? Edit

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    • Dumont Network Death states that the Griffin TV is so old that they probably get the DuMont Network. DuMont is the long-forgotten 4th TV Network, which aired programs from 1946-1956. Edit
    • Titanic Rose: Oh Jack, now we can get married and everything you promised. Jack: Yeah, about that... Uh, I was pretty sure I was gonna die... Uh, 'cause actually there is this girl in New York, and it's getting kinda serious, but , you know, thanks for letting me draw you naked, I still can't believe you let me do that. Jack and Rose were the main characters in 'Titanic', where Jack dies at the end, however, with death incapacitated by Peter, we get to see what might have happened. Edit
    • Norm Macdonald Peter: Note to self don't go to the bathroom
      In Norm Macdonalds 1998 movie Dirty Work he constantly says "note to self" into a recorder, Norm Macdonald was a guest voice in this episode. Edit

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