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Family Guy Season 6 Episode 11

Former Life of Brian

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AIRED: 4/27/08

Brian, afraid that he may have lost his last chance at love, searches for a former flame, Tracy. To his surprise, he discovers that he is the father to her son, Dylan. Tracy decides that Brian should raise the boy, and she drops him off at the Griffin's house. When Dylan runs rough-shot in the house, Brian's attitude towards parenting doesn't settle too well with Lois and Peter.moreless

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Brian has a son

6.0

By fsaenz0125, Jun 24, 2012

Brian, afraid that he may have lost his last chance at love, searches for a former flame, Tracy. To his surprise, he discovers that he is the father to her son, Dylan. Tracy decides that Brian should raise the boy, and she drops him off at the Griffin's house. When Dylan runs rough-shot in the house, Brian's attitude towards parenting doesn't settle too well with Lois and Peter. Another Brian centered episode (Peter didn't has a major role here) and it wasn't as great as play it again, Brian. The reason for my low score is because of the way Dylan (Brian's son) acts in the first two acts. But it quickly improves when Brian turns his life around and he got less annoying and mean. And this episode was boring. Also, one of the most (but not the worst) cutaway was Stewie hanging out with Matthew McConaughery. I don't know why but I was bored to death watching it. The other cutaways here were hilarious. My favorites would be Mexican funeral, the old man annoying his neighbor, and a couple more. I only laughed a few times.here. This is however the writer's worst episode he did because he didn't made that much humor here. There's only at least 8 laughs in this episode. Score 6/10 (tied with Padre de Familia as worst season 6 episode ever)moreless
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Brian goes to see his former Love, and finds out he has a son.

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By Baycityrookie, Oct 10, 2011

This is the WORST EPISODE of Family Guy by far! I watched it once and thought maybe it just came off wrong the first time. I sat down and watched it a 2nd time a few days later and I thought he was even worse. I have seen it a few times since and I can't believe how bad this was. Brian and his son were awful. The son was a stupid worthless character. Brian turned into an idiot when he was trying to act like a dad. The worst thing in the episode, was having The stupid son who should never be in Family Guy ever again, beating up the fan favorite Evil Monkey. Why would have this dumb character beating up the classic Evil Monkey? It makes no sense. The only reason I gave it a 2 of 10, was because Stewie has his moments.moreless
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Great.

8.5

By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011

Brian, afraid that he may have lost his last chance at love, searches for a former flame, Tracy. To his surprise, he discovers that he is the father to her son, Dylan. Tracy decides that Brian should raise the boy, and she drops him off at the Griffin's house. When Dylan runs rough-shot in the house, Brian's attitude towards parenting doesn't settle too well with Lois and Peter.

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great

8.5

By futuramarama, Aug 23, 2011

what i liked- brian and dylan doing pot and crying and hugging each other, the somewhat emotional ending with dylan going back with tracy (would've been a lot better without peter's final line of the episode being a joke. would it kill them to have a sad ending with NO humor? apparently, yes), the cocoa puffs cutaway, the mexican funeral cutaway, the scene where meg was tied to a chair and forced to watch the 'unfunny' Monty Python sketches, amongst other things.

good episode. I liked Dylan as a character and thought it was nice to have a character like him in it. It isn't the best episode of the show or anything but there are some nice moments. I really wish they hadn't killed any emotion this episode could have had by ending it with peter making some lame joke, but i guess you can't have everything your own way. Final grade would be a B- or so.moreless
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Not the best, not the worst

4.5

By tigerdude22, Aug 02, 2011

I thought that this was a poor episode of "Family Guy". I don't know why but this episode just didn't seem really funny to me and I didn't really laugh at many things. This episode isn't the best but I also have to admit that it isn't the worst either. There are much worse "Family Guy" episodes than this episode so that's a good thing that I don't hate this episode. Brian finding love (again) and finding out that the his new love already had a boyfriend in the beginning of the episode was getting tiring. I'm sorry but most of the Brian episodes are always about Brian trying to find love and it gets very tiring... that's how it feels like to me. Brian finding out that he has a son was not that good of a plot either. I also hated how the kid was disrespecting Brian and the others. Man, I would have slapped that kid across the face if that was my child. Brian turning his life around 10 minutes before the episode ended was kinda good. Although, Brian was being so annoying when he was being a parent to his son and gets overprotective and he was just so annoying trying to be a parent. The things I laughed at was the Mexican Funeral cutaway, Pink Panther cutaway, Cocoa Puffs cutaway, Japanese Alcatraz cutaway, and Joe's line "Peter, your dog is giving me diabetes". Pretty much most of things I laughed at were just the cutaways. Overall, it's not the best but it's also not the worst in my opinion... however, it is a poor episode of "Family Guy" in my opinion. 4.5/10moreless
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Seth MacFarlane	Peter / Stewie / Brian / Quagmire / Tom Tucker (and various)
Alex Borstein	Lois (and various)
Seth Green	Chris (and various)
Mike Henry (VI)	Cleveland/Herbert/Performance Artist/Greased-Up Deaf Guy (and various)
Mila Kunis	Meg (Production Season 2+)

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Harvey Fierstein	Tracy	Guest Star
Chace Crawford	Boyfriend	Guest Star
Erinn Hayes	Jared's Mom	Guest Star
Max Burkholder	Kid	Recurring Role
Patrick Warburton	Joe	Recurring Role
Rachael MacFarlane	Various	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (2)
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- When Brian meets Stewie, Stewie has a facepaint of a cat, after the Pink Pather clip he is shown without it.
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- Brian says to Stewie "If you don't like it, go on the internet and complain." This is a response from the writers to those fans of Family Guy who often posts blogs or forum comments with their gripes about the show, and about some inaccuracy within the show.
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QUOTES (14)
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- Lois: Brian, you have to get Dylan under control. He's terrorizing the whole family.
  Peter: Yeah, you won't believe what he did to Meg the other day. He made her watch all the other 178 hours of Monty Python that aren't funny or memorable.
  (Cut to a scene of Meg tied to a chair and looking at a TV)
  British Guy on TV: I have a pet hedgehog that will take with me to town and whenever I put my foot down, I shall say "Boing, boing, boing."
  Meg: I'm a girl! I don't even like the good Monty Python sketches!
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- Dylan: Mom? What are you doing here?
  Peter: Tracy came because she wants you back. Don't you want your son back, Tracy? (Tracy vomits) What a joyous family reunion!
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- Dylan: I hate you all! I didn't ask to be born! If I had a gun, I'd shoot you all! (runs off)
  Peter: Well Lois, now we know what to get him for Chrstmas. (sing-song voice) I love the holidays!
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- Brian; So, Dylan... shouldn't you be in school?
  Dylan: I dunno.
  Brian: It's Wednesday.
  Dylan: Up yours!
  Stewie: Nice kid.
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- (Dylan walks in and smashes a vase with flowers against the wall)
  Peter: (Slightly annoyed) Something on your mind son?
  Dylan: Shut up! You're just a fat old bastard!
  Peter: Well not to get technical sir, but you are the bastard.(He laughs but only his head moves up and down)
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- Tracy: Brian, this is Dylan, he's (pause) your son.
  Stewie: Oh, no way! Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!
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- Stewie: You need more than that, you need an act. Listen, I'll be your assistant, and we'll put on a whole big show.
  Brian: Really?
  Stewie: Yeah, we'll do all the great tricks. You can even split me in half.
  Brian: What?
  Stewie: Saw me in half.
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- Brian: Don't worry, I got it under control Lois. I'm monitoring Dylan from here on Stewie's baby monitor.
  (conversation is heard over the monitor)
  Stewie: Hey Dylan? Hey, come on in here for a sec.
  Dylan: Stewie, why are you nude?
  Stewie: Oh just a little something I do once a week around here called a "naked tea party." Got my teacup here, now all I need is a tea bag. That something that interests you my friend?
  Dylan: You're weird.
  Stewie: Yeah, and you're attractive. Now take your f***ing pants off!
  Dylan: I'm outta here.
  Stewie: Huh, did you see that Rupert? "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Seconds" starring Stewie Griffin huh? Gee whiz.
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- (After Dylan beats up the Evil Monkey)
  Chris: Yay! I haven't been in my closet for years! Boy... there is a lot of feces in here.
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- Lois: I don't know, Brian. Raising a child is a very rewarding experience.
  Peter: You know what else is rewarding, Lois? Shutting your Vag.
  Lois: What?
  Peter: What?
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- Stewie: Say Brian, now that I think about it, how can you possibly have a thirteen year old son, when you yourself are only seven?
  Brian: Well, those are dog years.
  Stewie: That doesn't make any sense.
  Brian: You know what Stewie, If you don't like it, go on the internet and complain.
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- Brian: Gosh, this is a... lovely home Tracy.
  Stewie: That's so weird. It smells like there's a cat, but I bet there's no cat.
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- Stewie: Brian, this is painful. It's like listening to those two foreign guys down at the coffee shop who've been living in the US almost long enough to sound American.
  (scene cuts to coffee shop)
  Guy #1: Oh man, what a good bunch of partying at that disco-tech. They played one of my audience requests.
  Guy #2: Way awesome! I myself drank like five liters of beer. Any more and I would have ended up in hospital man.
  Guy #1: Oh you said it friend, but I wanted to stay, because I almost had sex on this girl.
  Guy #2: Oh yeah, but it was so expensive. Each drink was like six dollars forty!
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- Dylan: Knock Knock?
  Brian: Who's there?
  Dylan: You're there.
  Brian: I'll always be there, Dylan.
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- During the Jun 22nd, 2008, rerun of the episode, Peter's last line, "She looks like a really hot Tim Russert" was edited to censor the words 'Tim Russert', because Russert had died nine days earlier.
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- Tracy: Brian, this is Dylan, he's (pause) your son.
  Stewie: Oh, no way! Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!
  
  This is a reference to The Jerry Springer Show.
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- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
  
  Stewie: Did you see that Rupert? "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Seconds" starring Stewie Griffin.
  
  Stewie references this Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey comedy from 2003 after talking to Dylan in his room.
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- The Former Life of Brian
  
  The title of this episode is a parody of the Monty Python movie The Life of Brian.
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