Family Guy

This would have been such a great "Family Guy" episode if Seth MacFarlane didn't take the relgion thing too far and focused on more on Stewie with the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" plot instead. I thought it was hilarious when Stewie wanted to ask a question at the Star Trek convention and then he didn't get to ask a question. I thought it was hilarious when Stewie transported the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Genertaion" to his bedroom so they will be forced to answer his questions... the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Genertaion" was also hilarious especially when them and Stewie went to go to McDonald's. The very ending was also hilarious when Stewie told the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" that they stink and he never wants to them again and transports them back. Stewie's plot was the reason why score is a little higher... now to get to the reason why score is very low. Meg becomes extremely religious and then Brian tells everyone that is an atheist (which means that he does not believe in God) and everyone in Quahog hates him because of that. I didn't like how Brian keeps convincing everyone that there is no thing as God. I am a Catholic and I definitely believe in God so this episode was kind of offensive to me. Also, the scene with Meg burning books and Brian telling her that their is no such thing as God because he said "What kind of God would put you in a home where nobody cares about you? What kind of God gives you a hot mom like Lois? What kind of God gives you a fat dad like Peter? etc." and then Meg was convinced that there is no such thing as God (which angered me). I didn't get the point with the live-action scene with Adam West and Rob Lowe but it was pretty funny and this scene was before Stewie transported the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" back. Overall, why does Seth MacFarlane need to go too far with relgion?... like I said in the beginning of my review, they should have focused more on Stewie's plot. 4/10

Seeing promos for this episode, it looked rather promising. This episode of Family Guy was going to have the whole cast of Star Trek TNG. From Patrick Stewart to Brent Spiner the whole cast would be there. It sounded so promising considering that I love Star Trek TNG, and was ready for a good laugh from them, but only to be really disappointed. The main plot for this episode is that Meg becomes a Christian and spread the name of Jesus and God to the whole family. However Meg discovers Brian is an Atheist and tries to convert him. When that fails, Meg turns the whole town against Brian and he is forced to hide. Brian then pretends to convert to have his normal life back and then at a book burning, Brian tells Meg to stop being Christian and convince her that there is no God and to follow her own path. Now I am all for making my own path, and we all do, but where does Brian and Meg get off for the religious pressure they put on one on other? Have these two ever heard of Freedom of Religion at all? I am not that religious, but Brian and Meg should have been able to respect each others beliefs and not get after each other and convert them. Now you are probably wondering why I haven't mentioned the Star Trek cast, well it's because they are never there. Most of the time the episode focuses on Meg, Brian, or the whole religious stuff. The times we do see the Star Trek cast are not enough time and are not given enough screen time at all. They are also shockingly unfunny and for an episode about a parody of them this was just inexcusable and they never made me laugh. The rest of the humor in this episode is also just stupid and the cut away gags were really boring. This episode was such a letdown, there is too much religion involved, the humor is bad, and the Star trek cast in really underused. I will give Seth credit for having a famous cast do a parody, and make them really unentertaining. Words of advice for you Seth. One, next time you have a famous cast on your show make them funny, and two split the main plot and sub plot evenly so they are each given enough screen time.

Meg becomes extremely religious, and tries to convert Brian from Atheism. Meanwhile, after the family visits a Star Trek convention, Stewie kidnaps the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation and forces them to hang out with him.

What more is there to say, this episode was horrible

1/10

Meg becomes extremely religious, and tries to convert Brian from Atheism. Meanwhile, after the family visits a Star Trek convention, Stewie kidnaps the entire cast ofStar Trek: The Next Generationand forces them to hang out with him. This was a decent episode of Family Guy. I thought it was decent because of the subplot with Stewie and the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. My score is lower cause the main plot. It relies onreligion. First of all, I didn't like how Meg did something to Brian that causes him to be hated. Second, the part before a sequence with Rob Lowe and Adam West was kinda offending (the part where Meg said "there no such thing as God"). Also, even though I love the sub-plot, I didn't like Stewie killing Denise Crosby.Anyway, I'm going to move on the funny parts on this episode. It was hilarious when Peter wear the glasses and got scared. It was funny when the people asked different questions that has nothing to do with ST:TNG. I laughed so hard when Peter was wearing a suit thing and then Stewie farted on it. I thought it was hilarious when Stewie try to work on that thing and then Quagmire and a bunch of Asian chicks appeared. It was funny when Stewie says Wil Wheaton wrong. Also, it was super hilarious when Patrick Stewart (who played Stan's boss in American Dad") was pretending to have girl boobs when those two bowling balls. The end credits was funny as well when Stewie told them to die. Overall, a somewhat hilarious episode, but only the Stewie plot. 7/10

This episode of Family Guy reunites the Star Trek:Next Generation cast. Other than that, there is nothing special about this episode. The scene where they convey the whole universe is in a lamp is directly lifted a Simpsons opening where the whole universe was in Homer's head. They had already used the 'Cool Whip' joke like, three times before. However, it certainly is an improvement from last week's episode. But it was worse than this week's Simpsons episode; that's how bad it was! It certainly was disappointing how limited the role of the Star Trek cast was. Not a single laugh out loud moment in this episode. Just some smiles here and there.

Don't bother watching all of it. Just skip around on Hulu to find the parts with the Star Trek cast. The rest of the episode is pure dreck, which would be forgiveable, except that the Star Trek cast is only in about 4 minutes (if that) of the show. This leaves a good ~18 min of unfunny preaching. Brian, the supposed intellectual force of the show, will claim he doesn't believe in God because 1) the Hubble telescope has never taken a photograph of a god, & 2) sometimes life sucks. This is lame & lazy comedy, & almost makes you grateful the seasons have become shorter. Fail.

The main story of this episode focuses on Meg and Brian, while the sub-plot, on Stewie, kidnapping the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode has a problem: the main story fails. It is a real pity because the episode could have been fantastic if it wasn't because of that. It has some nice moments, like Brian depicted as 'Worse than Hitler but other than that, not much. Meg is painfully not funny, and annoying as usual. Like Peter said, no one will blame you if you change the channel. The sub-plot however, is really entertaining, the ST TNG cast was great. Overall, a good episode that could have been much better.

This was a really bad episode. When Meg gets the mumps at a Star Trek convention, she has to stay in bed and watch TV. When watching a religious show, she becomes extremely religious. Brian admits that hes an athiest, and Meg tries to convert him, and the whole town hates him.



Meanwhile, Stewie teleports the entire cast of Star Trek the next genaration to his room, so he can hang out with them. But he soon finds out that they are very immature. I liked this plot much better than the main plot. I hated the main plot so much, It was completely unfunny, and it had the weirdest ending with Adam West and that other guy.



Overall Grade: 40%/F

the sub plot with the annoyance of the star trekkies was funny. the end of that was hilarious, they were very annoying but it was funny for the viewer.



the main plot... isn't good. i liked how it started with meg getting the mumps but i didn't like it when it was revealed brian was an atheist and all of Quahog hated him. i also was not fond of him pretending to be religious just for beer. though to be honest, i liked the scene where brian asked "What kind of God would put you in a home where nobody cares about you" or something. Persuasive IMO. But the ending itself sucked. Overall grade- C

Meg becomes extremely religious, and tries to convert Brian from Atheism. Meanwhile, after the family visits a Star Trek convention, Stewie kidnaps the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation and forces them to hang out with him.



Im greatly disappointed with this episode. Especially Brian's character because his 2 reasons for being atheist are 1) the Hubble Space Telescope never has taken a picture of God. 2) Life isn't perfect. For someone who is the voice of reason on the show those were two horrible reasons why God doesnt exist. IMO this ruined Brian's character as the only sensible one on the show. He just totally pissed me off in this episode, and not to mention nothing really was funny. Even the star trek parts got a little dull at times. Anyways this was just horrible to watch, dont watch it. Hopefully Family Guy will bounce back.

I tuned in for the Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion I was promised and only got five unfulfilling minutes of that coupled with an overly-preachy episode about how religious people are stupid and there's no God because Meg is ugly. You know, I've lived in the South forever and I haven't witnessed a single book burning. The portrayal of believers in this episode was unfair and insulting; like portraying black people with fried chicken and watermelon only with the meanness of the KKK and without a shread of humor I'm an atheist myself, but this episode was embarrassingly condescending and pandering, the kind of self-important spew that gives us all a bad name. You have to give this episode credit, though. To reunite the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation and NOT make it entertaining takes talent.

A lot of hype and not much substance. For some reason, instead of making it a Star Trek show(consider how successful the Star Wars show was), they under utilized the voice actors that they had and turned it into a "You don't need Religion" episode. Lame.



Whatever your religious views are, are your own business, however it just seems so out of place when you take advantage of your creation(Family guy) to tell the world that you don't believe in God. Good for you Seth, what's next, your "Coming Out" episode. This was just damned disappointing considering the hype. Quite frankly Family Guy is getting old. Basically this show is just trying to see how far they can push the sensor barrier before becoming South Park. The creativity that Family Guy once had(see the earlier seasons) is fading. It's just not that funny anymore. Instead of being creative, we just get the "chuck the food into your sick daughters face" routine...wow a classic laugh....when I was 10 maybe. Could have been a lot better episode, what little they did utilize of the ST cast was funny. Tasha's one liner, Weaton's whining. All good stuff, just needed more of that, and less of Seth's personal religious views.

This was better than the last two episodes. After so many Peter and Brian episodes this season so far, Meg finally gets a chance to shine. Peter, being the moron he is, carelessly gives Meg the mumps at a Star Trek convention. She is put to bed and watches the religion channel. After watching Kirk Camerons' strong message, she becomes more of a believer in God. Brian shocks her by telling her he is an athiest. She tries to convert him and even got the town to ostricized him. At a book burning, Brian tries to question her, why she was put on this earth. I didn't like Brian when he belittle her and I thought he knew better. At least Meg was very passionate in this and if you are reading Seth, stop the Meg abuse. It is not funny anymore. Move on. The Star Trek subplot was funny and I loved it when they acted like kids. Overall, the best episode this season.

This episode was very funny.I loved that part at McDonalds and Stewie got very mad at them because they asked for some things that they don't even serve.I also loved it at that Bowling Alley scene where Stewie kept correcting them for everything that they did that was stupid.Another thing I loved about this episode is when Peter throws milk and soup in front of Meg's face when she got the mumps.This episode was very good and it wasen't terrible or bad or anything like that.It's still one of the best episodes made by this show.It's a best good episode.

Don't have a bias while watching this! It features atheism so a lot of Christians will bash it and rate it one star. Anyway the beginning is hilarious. I mean just the beginning alone gives it 5 of it's 9 stars. It sets the plot up nicely. Meg getting the mumps is hilarious. Stewie hanging out with the cast of Star Trek is also hilarious and is a good side plot. The only thing thats unoriginal is that Meg is obsessed with Brian (yet again). The ending is also funny. Remember just don't have a bias or you won't truly understand this episode and all of its glory.

I loved the b-story in this episode. I'm not very familiar with Star Trek or the cast, but watching Stewie hang out with the cast of Star Trek was hilarious. The only cast member I am kinda famililar with is Patrick Stewart, mostly from his role on American Dad, but he was very funny in this episode. The rest of the Star Trek cast were funny as well. I like how they made fun of themselves. The scene with Stewie and the cast in the car at the drive-thru was my favorite moment of the episode, and Stewie getting so annoyed with them at the end and sending them back was funny too.



The main storyline was ok, but I was more focused on Stewie's story. I was kinda confused when Brian told everyone he was an athiest and they were all shocked, because in Love Blactually, he announced he was an athiest. But when does Family Guy ever make sense.



I liked the scene with Adam West and Rob Lowe in the bedroom, even though I didn't really get it. I was thinking its probably a parody of something I haven't seen.



Overall, I thought it was a pretty good episode and one of the best episodes of this season so far.

I've been very cruel to Family Guy in my reviews, I'm not eager to give it a 10, but why i gave it 10 is simple, it's memorable.



Trek fans may be a little disapointed at the lack of Trek and the TNG cast's limited participation, but it was still a good take that was hardly predictable. Credit to the cast for making fun of themselves too.



Meg's storyline was good too. Although its whole point was make a overly cliched political statement, which I hate shows doing, it didn't drive the point hard and the whole joke with Brian being hounded for being an athieist i think was pulled off very humoerously.



Throughout thier was sense of direction and hardly any time wasting, all repeated jokes (eg cool whip) were well worth it particulary Stewies over pronunciaction of H's again with Patrick Stewart on the Transporter pad.



I enjoyed every minute of this episode and have watched it again and intend to again, which is rare for me and family guy. This certainly goes in my list of top 10 episodes.

Hardly any TREk stuff in it.

Mostly Meg rubbish Dont watch



All the parts youve seen in trailers , teasers and spoilers are all thats there .the so called star trek Next Generation episode is anything but.

Its a meg episode and a religous ram it down your throat-athon.

Angels and minsters of grace preserve us.

I Felt cheated by the lack of trek stuff as thats how it was billed,its cover about 2% of the show.

The rest is brian whos worse than hitler apparently.Id say the people that conned me into watching this under false pretences are at about the same level.

Girl boobs indeed

After some really bad and overly preachy episodes, I feared that this episode was going to take the same direction given that it was about Meg trying to convert atheist Brian to Christianity. The story doesn't become incredibly bias like it was in previous episodes such as "Family Gay and "FOX-y Lady". I mean, yeah, the population of Quahog becomes judgemental and stubborn when Meg reveals Brian is an atheist, but I saw it more as the townspeople being standard Family Guy stupid as opposed to being religiously bias. Lately we've had more overly-preachy Brian and less funny Brian, but we got some good funny from him in this episode such as when he's chewing on the cross and when he has the alcohol bottle hallucination. While he doesn't approve of what Meg's doing, he's not a total jerk about it (the dog would not shut up about his anti-Fox News bias last week) and at the end of the episode he gives a really impressive speech that doesn't put down her beliefs but gets her to open her eyes and question if she was really doing God's work.



Stewie's B-story was all around hilarious no matter how immature it may have seemed. All in all, we're seeing a slight improvement: plenty of funny and less preachy-boring...surprising for a Meg episode.

trying to convice the vans into the Atheism is something wired for family guy to do showing the Religion people so stubid i say try doing more work on the script dont relay on people love because in the last couple of episodes me and my friends really start to hate our beloved family guy this epsoide is really not funny at all it seems that thay ran out of jokes...i didnt like it at all only stiewe is still so funny we still love family guy but please dont take it to the drain i hope next one will be better

This episode was average, it was not great or exceptional. The story was kind of all over the place, and the jokes were definitely hit or miss, although in my opinion they were mostly miss. Still, it was without doubt an improvement compared to other recent episodes, although I certainly hope that this was not the high point of season 7. Hopefully they continue to improve the story and jokes, and that the remaining episodes are much better. Bottom Line - An OK episode that wasn't great, but for the first time in quite some time, it wasn't disappointing either.

First, I must say that this episode did have some good jokes. Such as when Peter handed the audeince a remote after he said this was going to be a Meg episode. I also enjoyed the Star Trek references as alot of the jokes in this episode did make me laugh. However, the episode suffered a bit with the multiple story lines going on all at once. I would have prefered a more focused story such as just on Star Trek or religion.



Also, a draw back for me is that the shows satire has regressed from being its smart comentary on social events (the first 3 seasons of the show in particular) to being outragous (and perhaps cheap) satire. A perfect example of this is the book burning by religious people. I even felt a sting watching them burn a book titled "logic for first graders" and I'm not even religious. I think it is fair to say that Seth did not even come close to hitting the mark when he potrayed religious people and that made the social comentary on this subject come off as weak with a lack of understanding towards the religous mind set.



Overall, if you want a few good gags then this episode will be fun to watch. But this episode lacks the witty social comentary Old family guy episodes had and should be avoided if you're looking for a good satirical episode.

and I only got to laugh out loud a few times at this one. I found myself agreeing with most of the other reviews, both the ones that like the episode and the ones that did not. Most of what they're saying is absolutely correct. Both plot points were good ones, the stuff with Stewie and the cast of Star Trek was very funny (but they could've done more with it) the Wil Wheaton stuff was hilarious. No, not Stewie's "cool whip" bit on its third or fourth retread, although it was funnier this time, than the last time (thanks to the comment about, Patrick Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg; that made it work) it is getting a bit old. I mean the stuff between Wil Wheaton and Patrick Stewart. Having the whole cast act like little children on a field-trip was very funny, but it got old fast.



I agree, there's something lacking in the humor for most of this season. This episode wasn't actually all that bad, the problem was it had very few random flashback type moments (there was one Calvin and Hobbes moment, and that might have been it [we could count the visor that makes LeVar Burton, see everyone as KKK]), which is a lot of what we [or at least I] find so great about the show. And there wasn't a lot of completely ridiculous situations, except for the old diving suit Peter uses, and Stewie's uses of a transporter and disrupter.



What I find so much better about Family Guy, compared with other cartoon comedies, is that it keeps us off balance with its rapid fire humor, that way, when a really good joke comes along your caught off guard, and it's all the more funny. But lately, it's been leaving me wanting, if they come up with more of that they'll have much better episodes (I think the time travel episode might have been the best one this season). And they should learn from the mistake the Simpsons made; don't try to have the show parody itself, if it happens fine, but don't make that the focus of the show. All too often they get dangerously close to doing just that, and not coming up with new material. The "Cool Whip" bit was one of the funniest things they ever came up with, but they've used it three times in this one season! on a minor note, I never have had (and don't think I ever will have any issue with the show being used to express the writers own viewpoints on things like religion, but usually they're able to get their much more subtly, and with a lot more sarcasm. I don't remember an episode where the end resolution (between Meg and Brian) and message came across, so much like it was being shoved down our throats. They used to get there with them by showing how ridiculous one (or sometimes both) sides of an argument were humorously. (The end pull-out was funny though; any body else think it looked like Ernie and Bert's bedroom?)



I know that at some point, Family Guy was getting flak for the fact that, the way it got laughs was its use of all the ridiculously random clips that cropped up throughout the episode, but in my opinion there is nothing wrong with that, and there is something wrong with the fact that they have so little of it these days. I'll bet that if you took either of the two main plots on their own (I say on their own because otherwise the episode would be longer than its runtime) and added a lot more of the random flashes that family guy is known for, either one could've been one of the best episodes yet.

Family Guy gets its nerd on this week with an episode that combines a high quantity of cult-humour (high than usual, at least) that reunites the cast of Star Trek Next Gen. Overall, I enjoyed the episode, and found that there was a lot of gags that made me laugh out loud-sure, I'm a dork who loves Trek as much as McFarlane, but there you go. To be honest, I could have done with the two stories being switched around in order to have the whole Star Trek B-story given full attention, but the Meg/Brian tangent wasn't that bad either, and I enjoyed the moral debating shenanigans on religion and God. But yeah, this was a highlight of the season for me, purely because I found all the references to nerdy Trek fandom hilarious.

I thought this was a very good episode, mainly because i like Star trek and actually got the star trek puns and gags. If you don't like or watch Star Trek though, you'll still enjoy. The episode did not have as many flashbacks as I would have liked. Actually, many of the newer episodes don't have an awful lot of them. I think that was a major comedic aspect and they need to use it a lot more. Any comments? This episode also almost reveals Stewie's sexual identity. He is talking about Patrick Stewart and Brian asks him if he's gay and he says probably. Has anyone noticed that Family Guy is talking about gay subjects more lately. I don't know-just a side point. Oh, can anyone explain to me what that whole bit with Adam West was at the end. A little confusing...

T his show is like watching repeats, but with different filler .



Too many reused jokes these days . Examples : Stewie before : " Mom , Mom, mama , mama etc "

Stewie this ep : " Mr. Stewart, Mr. Stewart, stew, stew , ste , ste. . . "



The " cool whip " brian - stewie call back was redone with Stewie and Mr. Stewart . Except this time with the name "Will Weaton (sp?) "



More barfing this episode too . Seems like an episode-ly occurrence .



This has been a pretty regular occurrence this season, its getting quite annoying .

Okay, we get it Seth, you're an Atheist! How many episodes do you have to repeat the same statement before it gets old? I think it finally happened with this episode since the promise was a reunion of the TNG cast and we barely get that. All we get from most of the cast is one line here and there and an episode almost not involving them. Why even bother? Needless to say that this episode sucked. If you want to see a real Trek reunion, definitely go see the Futurama episode that has most of the TOS cast. "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" is a far superior episode, and actually funny!!

The episodes shows family is getting out of its rut and getting better. It was actually funny this time and i let out a few chuckles. The scenes i like best where when peter tells the audience its a meg episode and every scene with Stewie and the star trek cast. The scenes that were stupid and completly uncessary is the one where Peter talks to William Shatner, and when Brian asks Stewie if he is queer Enough already we know, we know. Anyway this episode was pretty good hope the next is much better, well thats it gotta fly.

Star Trek and religion go hand-in-hand in this very special Family Guy episode. Special because this is the first Family Guy in a long time, aside from Ocean's Three and a Half, that FEELS like the Family Guy of old: the powerful, satiric, almost brutal comedy. In this episode they decide to take a few swipes at organized religion and organized Star Trek. The family takes a trip to a Star Trek: TNG convention. Stewie is overjoyed to see his favorite TNG actors but he is incensed after his questions go unheard. To solve this problem, he decides to build a teleport device to beam the actors to him. Strange they never see the irony. Meanwhile, thanks to the carelessness of Peter, Meg catches the mumps from a fan. Bedridden, one of the few channels she can watch is the Religion Channel. She watches Kirk Cameron talk on the joys of God and Meg is sucked in, attracted by God's love when her family never shows her any. She embraces Christianity and she passes the practice to her family. Brian gets itchingly pissy and when Meg tries to sell her beliefs, he outs himself as an atheist. This was established in Love, Blacktually but there are certain problems with that fact. I know it's funny because Brian is a dog and Christianity speaks nothing on the condition/afterlife of other animals, but one, Jesus showed up in I Dream of Jesus and exhibited his powers. How can Brian explain that? However, if Family Guy is going to ignore I Dream of Jesus, I don't think most people will mind. Two, there is a Family Guy version of God. Brian's revelation happens to piss off the family because while they may not like Meg's zealousy, they at least believe in God. In Family Guy terms, atheism is the worst crime someone can commit as Brian soon finds out. Meg outs Brian to Quahog and Brian is soon pelted, thrown rocks at, and had a car thrown through a room. Meanwhile, Stewie's teleportation device works and all the TNG cast is beamed to him. Stewie decides to take Cast around the town and spend some quality time with them, fan to cast. He adores the Star Trek people, but he realizes that they're too good to be true and they are just airheaded, pretenious d-bags. Brian is cut off from beer due to no tavern serving him so he lies to Meg about finding the "true" way so he lies to her. He gets his beer but Meg drags him to a book burning, where Christians toss Darwin, logic, and science texts. Brian finally comes clean but derides Meg's faith by asking her if there was a God, why is she so ugly? Why is she in a family that treats her like dirt? Ugh. Meg snaps out of her high and sadly asks if Brian what the truth of existence is? Brian says it's the questions are a part of living. Family Guy's version of existence? I'm really not sure what the end scene shows but it has something to do with Rob Lowe and Adam West. Shrug. They were probably trying to point out that the true answers might never be known but they could have easily left it with Brian explaining that. Not that I mind a Rob Lowe cameo but, Rob Lowe? Oh yeah, and Stewie finally sends the TNG crew home. This was a fun, largely clever episode that has Family Guy shining most of the way through. It was clever utilizing both religion and Star Trek, since to some Star Trek fanatics, Star Trek is almost a religion. It was nice to see Family Guy rip on Kirk Cameron again after The Father, Son, and the Holy Fonz :]. It was hilarious to see Star Trek get ribbed and to Family Guy, it's an expected win, because hey, they love Star Trek. If they fouled up a Star Trek-centered episode, that would be completely diasterous. Never mind the cruddy and atrocious episodes before it. Some funny moments: the TNG crew and Stewie in a McDonald's drive-through, Stewie being possibly more blunt that he might be gay Adam West explaining why an atheist is worst than a terrorist, Stewie accidently teleporting Quagmire and his harlot (nice to see Quagmire for a change), Brian growling Right Stuff, and two TNG members going to the bathroom together. I wonder if that means anything :}. There were a few rehashed gags: Stewie misprouncing yet another word (enough, it stopped being funny after Cool Whip, move on!) And what's worst, Meg is still the runt of the family. I loved Peter's Daughter but that was too good to last. I'm tired of Meg's cruel treatment. She can be funny without getting tortured. Seasons One and Two proved that. Seth and crew think mean Meg jokes are gold. They're not anymore. Move forward. There were a couple of missed opportunities: I would have loved to see TNG crew be in some heated rivalry between original Star Trek and Patrick Stewart have a heated fued with William Shatner, trading some barbs and Patrick snidely saying that TNG was technically more successful ratings-wise; there could have been TNG ribbing on the new Star Trek movie members or someone reference Nemesis; there could have been God or Jesus or some religious deity show up in some form to try and shape up Brian. Some of the religious aspects of the story were too brutal, even by Family Guy standards. The tone was right, as it balanced how ridiculously outrageous people can get in their beliefs but it was way, way too harsh. Meg is too out of control and was way out of line condemning Brian as an atheist. Brian was not much better as he derided anyone who believed in something not scientifically-proven and more out of line asking if God really was out there, wouldn't Meg be pretty and be in a loving family? Y-ouch. Telling a girl who's mistreated by her family that there is no one up there that really loves her? Harsh. Why is that proof? I assume Family Guy is siding more with Brian since Brian is voiced by the creator and Seth MacFarlane, according to what I found on IMDB, is atheist himself. I don't mind Family Guy railing religion, believe me, I don't, as long as it's balanced and open-minded. I will give Family Guy credit by the end-message stating that religious answers are not easy to find and the answer is different for anyone. But Family Guy isn't great at explaining religion or any established belief. They are best at slamming belefs and leaving viewers to decide what they want to believe in, no strings attached. Still, this was a badly needed win for Family Guy after Seasons 1/2 and Seven majority episodes being terrible. It may not be as good as Ocean's Three and a Half, (to me), and I'd like to see more non sequiters and pop cultures jokes but not bad. Definitely not bad. At least Family Guy still tries with Star Trek. That means the Star Wars spoof sequels are safe for the time-being.

Those hoping for a spiritual comeback of the good famiy guy will not be disappointed with this latest delivery of our favourite animated family.

'Not all dogs go to heaven' is this season's most balanced episode yet, featuring a consistent production, immense entertainment value, and most importantly, several scenes which will make their way into family guy's best moments.



Unlike several past episodes, the eleventh showing of the seventh season is centered around a rich storyline which not only threads the entire episode together, but also manages to keep the viewer interested with paralell storylines and multiple character development.



Talking about character development in a Family Guy review is like talking about artificial sweetner in your favourite diet soda. Sure at first it tastes like regular soda, but you soon find that bitter, unsatisfying taste of truth. The jokes are funny because the characters are funny, and this episode is an example of that.



From Quagmire's sexual adventures to stewie's psycopathic tendencies, this episode is sure to make you laugh, and more importantly, it will remind you why you watch Family Guy.



Regarding this episodes' religious aspect, there's only one thing to say: you know you're watching family guy, and if you complain about it's open mouth jokes and comments about religion, then you're barking at the wrong Brian, because Family Guy doesn't care. It doesn't care one bit.



Because is a TV show.



On TV.



And you have a remote.



And we don't care.



Oh and both the animation and drawings are much better this episode. It doesn't look like someone drew it with a ruler.