Family Guy

Season 8 Episode 12

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After Stewie and Chris go missing for several days, Lois goes to a psychic, who reassures her that the kids are safe. Newly obsessed with psychics, Lois and Peter start charging people for Peter's "abilities". Meanwhile, Chris develops a crush on a girl at school.
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  • Weak premise and only a few funny gags.

    6.0
    I didn't really care for this episode. The premise was very weak for a Family Guy episode. The episode is about Stewie and Chris getting lost in the woods and Lois goes to a fortune teller to find out if they're OK. Since then Lois has been addicted to getting her fortune told. The jokes were hit and miss in this episode. The Starlight Express and the Thorton Melon gags were lame while the ones with Quagmire as a condom and Stewie and Meg in the bathtub were funny. The Down Syndrome Girl song wasn't funny, but I can't say it was bad either. Very average episode that is only worth watching if you're a true Family Guy fan.moreless
  • Are all of you's supporting Sarah Palin's and the Parents Television Councils criticism of this episode?

    9.0
    This was one of the best episodes of the season and the treatment of someone with down syndrome was refreshing and the musical number was great the best since the FCC song. I found it funny that Seth MacFarlane picked on Sarah Palin for once cos we all hate her and once Ellen said that her mother was the former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin probably threw her down syndrome kid at the TV. One of the greatest episodes of the season B+.moreless
  • Boring.

    1.5
    After Stewie and Chris go missing for several days, Lois goes to a psychic, who reassures her that the kids are safe. Newly obsessed with psychics, Lois and Peter start charging people for Peter's "abilities". Meanwhile, Chris develops a crush on a girl at school.

    The song was WAY too long, but Chris' plot was better than peter's



    1.5/10
  • COME ON People!!! this episode wasn't anywhere close to being bad or being offensive

    9.0
    I thought that this was a very enjoyable episode of Family Guy". I honestly don't see how some people can hate this episode. It wasn't offensive or terrible at all, at least in my opinion it wasn't bad. I was laughing all the way in this episode. Chris and Stewie being in stuck in the woods for like the first 5 minutes was funny. The cutaway with the founding father was hilarious. Mayor West's cameo appearance was hilarious. Stewie helping Chris' confidence by Chris asking out the girl (who has down syndrome) that he like. The cutaway with the snail on the turtle had me laughing hard. Meg and Stewie making bubbles in the bathtub and then Stewie runs out of the bathtub was very funny. That song that Stewie sang which was called "Down Syndrome Girl" was a very enjoyable and fun song to listen to... in fact, I can't get that song out of my head because it gets stuck in my head. Peter thinking that he is a psychic is so hilarious. It was very funny when Peter ruined a family's picnic and then he says "psychic". That "Doggy Dominatrix" cutaway really made me laugh so hard and I couldn't stop laughing. Peter being a psychic at a theatre and predicting the silliest things was hilarious. The ending was also funny when Peter said "I'm not a physchic" (although kind of rushed there). The only thing I didn't like was that girl that Chris went out on a date with... she was just treating Chris like he was a slave by telling Chris to give her a back massage, telling Chris to make her an ice cream and then she gets mad when Chris puts chocolate syrup on the sundae. She was just a rude and nagging girl and I'm glad that Chris stood up to her. Overall, an enjoyable episode of "Family Guy" and I really don't see how people can hate this episode except for that rude and nagging girl (that's the only thing I will understand) but I really like it in my opinion for the most part. 9/10moreless
  • Not Very Funny.

    1.0
    I know that Family Guy is suppose to offened everybody in the name of comedy, and they do it very well, but I think that they went way too far in this episode. Their portrayal of a girl with downs syndrome as a nagging witch I found terribly offenseive. I went to school with people with downs syndrome, and they were very nice people. I ti s totally understandable why Sarah Pailin was offened since her baby has it. The only good part of this episode was Stewie's song and dace as he prepared Chris for his date. I give this episode a one, even if it deserves even less than that.moreless
Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane

Peter Griffin/Brian Griffin/Stewie Griffin/Glenn Quagmire/Carter Pewterschmidt/Tom Tucker/Captain Kirk/Mr. Sulu

Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

Lois Griffin/Barbara Pewterschmidt

Seth Green

Seth Green

Chris Griffin

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis

Meg Griffin

Mike Henry (VI)

Mike Henry (VI)

Bruce the Performance Artist

Jennifer Birmingham

Jennifer Birmingham

Voice

Guest Star

Andrea Fay Friedman

Andrea Fay Friedman

Ellen

Guest Star

Michelle Lee

Michelle Lee

Estelle Harris

Guest Star

Lori Alan

Lori Alan

Diane

Recurring Role

Jackson Douglas

Jackson Douglas

Various

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Phil LaMarr

Phil LaMarr

Various

Recurring Role

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

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  • QUOTES (5)

    • Chris: Stewie, are we gonna die out here?
      Stewie: Hey, hey... probably.

    • Peter: Brian, I felt something. Just now talking to that bitch cancer widow. I think... I may have a gift.
      Brian: Peter, we were just doing a demonstra--
      Peter: No Brian! This is real. I believe I am psychic. My first prediction, I am either gonna fly, or ruin that family's picnic. (runs over and jumps in the air, landing in the middle of a family picnic)
      Woman: Hey! You've ruined our picnic!
      Peter: Psychic!

    • Stewie: Wait a minute. That's the girl?
      Chris: Yeah, isn't she special?
      Stewie: That's the way the state of Rhode Island would put it.

    • Adam West: Will you answer one question for me?
      Psychic: Yes.
      Adam West: Thank you so much. (gets up and walks away)

    • Stewie: Hey Chris, you know your backne spells "Citi Bank" in braille?

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  • ALLUSIONS (4)

    • Who's on First?

      Peter and Joe's exchange at the end mimics the famous Who's on First? vaudevillian routine from the comedy duo Abbott and Costello.

    • Walden

      Stewie's line to Chris in the woods is from the second chapter of Henry David Thoreau book Walden, also known as Walden; or, Life in the Woods.

    • Crossing Over

      During Peter's opening of his psychic show and how he just guess how people got is a spoof to the cancelled series Crossing Over with John Edwards.

    • Psych

      Peter being a fake psychic as well as Joe and the police force enlisting his help in solving a case is a possible reference to the show Psych.

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