Stuck Together, Torn Apart

Season 3, Episode 19, Aired
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Lois runs into an ex-boyfriend while shopping. Knowing Peter would be jealous, she has coffee with him behind Peter's back. Peter, while hanging with the guys in Joe's new police surveillance van, spot Lois. Angered, Peter tries to make Lois jealous by having prostitutes pose as his old girlfriends. After a marriage therapist suggesting a trial separation, Quagmire makes his move on Lois, and Peter goes on his own date... with actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian become superglued together, and must deal with each other waiting for the solvent to arrive, and actually warm up to one another.moreless
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  • An okay episode

    8.0
    "Great"
    By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011 Report Abuse
    Lois runs into an ex-boyfriend while shopping. Knowing Peter would be jealous, she has coffee with him behind Peter's back. Peter, while hanging with the guys in Joe's new police surveillance van, spot Lois. Angered, Peter tries to make Lois jealous by having prostitutes pose as his old girlfriends. After a marriage therapist suggesting a trial separation, Quagmire makes his move on Lois, and Peter goes on his own date... with actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian become superglued together, and must deal with each other waiting for the solvent to arrive, and actually warm up to one another.

    A great episode, I liked how brian and stewie wanted to hold hands at the end.

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  • Probably the weakest episode of Season 3 but I still liked it for the most part

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    By tigerdude22, May 28, 2011 Report Abuse
    Everyone seems to love this episode. I don't love this episode like everyone else but I do like this episode. While this was probably the weakest "Family Guy" episode of Season 3, it wasn't a bad episode and it was pretty funny. The plot with Lois and Peter dating other people wasn't that much of a great idea to me. I thought Brian and Stewie's plot when their hands were glued together were twice as funny than the main plot. It was hilarious when Peter and Lois went to their therapist and the therapist showed the videos such as Lois reading Meg's diary to Peter, Chris, Stewie, and Brian and then Meg comes in the room and gets upset, Chris spanking himself, Brian and Stewie showering together because their hands are glued together, and few more videos. Peter looking through the binoculars and seeing cells in Joe's chin was very funny. I also thought the Pac-Man cutaway was hilarious. It was also funny when Brian and Stewie saved that little girl and then the little girl is thrown back in the well and then the little boy says "Hey, that's my wife" and then the long arm dude comes. Mort and Muriel's niece being Jennifer Love Hewitt was also pretty funny. I kind of didn't enjoy the scene when Peter and Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lois and Quagmire were in the restaurant and seemed to be a little draggy for my taste. It was great when Lois and Peter came back to each other in the end. Overall, not the best episode of Season 3 but I did like it for the most part. 7.5/10moreless

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  • Breathtaking!

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    By amazing_race, Dec 13, 2009 Report Abuse
    This episode was one of the most hilarious ones to date. I loved the first few scenes, especially when Peter attempted to get free sausages repeatedly from the queue.

    It was also great when the piano fell on Meg Griffin. I enjoyed having Brian and Stewie glued to each other; that was just a great concept!

    This episode had me laughing so much! It is certainly one of the best episodes ever, at least in my opinion. I also laughed a lot when Mort said that their niece was Jennifer Love Hewitt!

    In my opinion, this show is just so ridiculous that it is hilarious! I love this episode and I highly recommend it to all!moreless

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  • Flippin hilarious!

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    By ZaleIsBackAgain, Jul 29, 2009 Report Abuse
    This is what I miss about Family Guy that the recent episodes have been lacking. Actual funny jokes and gags! Although it's atypical of Family Guy to include usual minority gags in the mix, the whole scene with Joe's advanced surveillance truck beating up on Cleveland just had me rolling on the floor, and it immediately followed up with the whole joke about Morte and getting spit on his eggs. There are just so many hilarious knee slapping laughs in this episode, such as Morte's dating video and Stewie and Brian's superglue problem, but none of them compared to the whole scene with Peter getting jealous of Louis. Awesome, just awesome!moreless

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  • Laughed till I cried. Probably one of the best episode to date

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    By j19000, Aug 29, 2008 Report Abuse
    This was freaking awesome, especially the Jenniffer Love Hewit being turned on scene by Peter's ridiculas behavious, what a damn crack-up. So much happened on this episode that I wouldn't even know where to begin. Okay, Stewie and Brian got superglued to each others hands because of a small incident in the supermarket that resulted in their hands to be joined together.

    The other side of the story lead to Peter and Lois's troubled marriage. The break-up for a while was funny, for Lois it was when Quagmire wanted to date Lois and when she said yes he starts his loud giggle again, so damn hilarious!
    For Peter, which was the best part of the episode, he and Jennifer Love Hewit were hilariously eating dinner where he started feeding her, OMG, then the s*xiest part was the her turn on and her need for s*x. It was awesome, Lois ruined it but saved it with heaps of laughs!.
    For Brian and Stewie, their hands eventually went loose from each other again, so it was all excellent.

    Overall, so freaking hilarious and probably my favorite episode to date. The laughs, but more importantly, when Jennifer Love Hewitt was turned on by Peter. Great stuff.moreless

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    • Muriel says that she met Mort through a dating service, but in "The Kiss Seen Around The World", Mort said they had known each other since they were kids. Edit
    • In one flashback scene, it shows that Stewie's head was not always shaped like a football and it was all an accident. But, in Chitty Chitty Death Bang (see ep.3) it showed Stewie being born with that head. However, though Stewie remembered his birth, he didn't know how he looked, so in the scene(of him being born) he used how he looks right now Edit

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    • On the DVD series, it states that Peter dates Gwyneth Paltrow and not Jennifer Love Hewitt. Edit
    • The marriage counselor wanted to put cameras in the Griffin's house. This already happened in the episode "Fifteen Minutes of Shame". Edit

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    • (thinking Lois is cheating on him with her old boyfriend) Peter: I saw you and him the other day, breaking the Fifth Commandment! Congress passes these things for a reason, Lois! Edit
    • (After Brian gets off the phone) Stewie: Well? Brian: The good news is the same company makes a solvent that'll get us unstuck. The bad news is it takes two weeks for delivery. Stewie: You're telling me that we're stuck like this for a bloody fortnight? Brian: You can not tell Lois about this. Stewie: Oh, and what if I do? Brian: I'll show her those pictures of you wearing her wedding dress. Stewie: You said there was no film in that camera! Edit
    • (A policeman pulls over Brian) Policeman: You were going sixty-five fella, that's ten miles over the- (he notices Brian and Stewie holding hands) Why are you holding that infant's hand? Stewie: We met on the internet. Brian: Shut up! Stewie: Yes, he lured me down to the park with promises of candy and funny stories. Brian: Officer, you ever hear of that super-industrial adhesive? (The policeman turns to show another policeman stuck on his back) Second Policeman: Actually, yes, we have. Edit

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    • CostMart This is an allusion to Costco, a wholesale supermarket that sells everything in bulk or oversized packages. Edit
    • Peanuts Peppermint Patty and Marci are characters from Charles Schultz' popular comic strip "Peanuts" and the "Charlie Brown" cartoons. Many believe them to be gay. Edit
    • Big Brother Peter: Wow, just like that show Big Brother. Except someone will be watching. Big Brother is a reality series on CBS. Edit

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