Season 4 · Episode 5 · First aired 12 June 2005

The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire

Episode 5 of Family Guy season 4 (S04E05), the 55th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Mike Henry and Patrick Henry and directed by James Purdum. First broadcast on 12 June 2005.

Story

At a party on Peter's boat, Quagmire retrieves a fish from Loretta's cleavage. Later Peter and Brian catch Loretta having sex with a man, seeing only a phone number tattooed on his buttocks. They spread the news, and when Cleveland hears he seems unbothered. Loretta throws him out for not being enough of a man. Peter and Brian recognise the tattoo on Quagmire, but Cleveland stays calm even then. Lois says Loretta wants him to show some feeling. Peter's efforts fail until he wrestles Brian in Quagmire and Loretta masks, which enrages Cleveland. Peter hides Quagmire at Mayor West's mansion, but Quagmire returns and rings Cleveland to apologise. Cleveland chases him with a baseball bat yet finds he cannot hurt anyone. Quagmire apologises, Cleveland and Loretta agree to divorce, and the two men later settle things with a boxing match.

Production and reception

Mike Henry and his brother Patrick Henry wrote the episode, and former Futurama director James Purdum directed it. Wikipedia, The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire
According to the DVD commentary, Loretta was written out because Alex Borstein, who also voices Lois, had tired of voicing her. Wikipedia, The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire
It was Loretta's last appearance until the season seven episode "Love, Blactually", and the separation laid groundwork for The Cleveland Show. Wikipedia, The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire
Guest voices included Fred Tatasciore, Jane Carr, Miriam Flynn, Randy Crenshaw and Denis Martell. Wikipedia, The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire
The episode drew 8.35 million US viewers, and its musical sequence about a patient with AIDS drew protests from several AIDS service organisations. Wikipedia, The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire

Voices

Voice	Characters
Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex Borstein	Lois Griffin, Loretta Brown
Seth Green	Chris Griffin
Mila Kunis	Meg Griffin
Jane Carr	Endora
Randy Crenshaw	Barbershop Quartet Member
Miriam Flynn	Samantha
Ralph Garman	Driver #2
David A. Goodman	Mickey Goldmill
Mike Henry	Cleveland Brown, Bruce the Performance Artist, Host of 'Kicked in the Nuts'

Principal voice credits as recorded by IMDb, which lists up to ten credits per episode, so recurring characters can be missing here. Guest voices below come from Wikipedia and TVmaze.

Guest voices

Jane Carr as Endora
Randy Crenshaw as Barbershop Quarter Singer
Miriam Flynn as Samantha
Denis Martell as Santos
Fred Tatasciore as Randy Savage
John Viener as Non
Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson
Alex Borstein as Loretta Brown
Randy Savage as Macho Man Randy Savage

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Provenance

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Sources: Wikipedia: The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire
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