--- title: "Brian the Bachelor (S04E07) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e07-brian-the-bachelor/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Brian the Bachelor: Family Guy season 4 episode 7 (S04E07), first aired 26 June 2005. Writer and director credits." --- # Brian the Bachelor Episode 7 of Family Guy season 4 (S04E07), the 57th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Mark Hentemann and directed by Dan Povenmire. First broadcast on 26 June 2005. ## Story Cleveland is downcast about his divorce, so Peter takes him to audition for The Bachelorette. Cleveland freezes, and Peter's attempt to calm him ends with both men naked in front of the producers, who cast Brian instead. On the show he falls for the bachelorette, Brooke Roberts, and beats Quagmire to the final rose. Once the cameras stop, Brooke treats him as a colleague, confirming that the programme is scripted. Brian becomes obsessed, leaving messages and serenading her outside her flat until she throws a phone at him. Meanwhile a talking pimple on Chris's face, named Doug, urges him into mischief. Chris burns a bag of excrement on the Swansons' porch, sprays graffiti on a shop and wrecks Mort's acne stock. When Joe brings proof and Doug threatens to kill him, Chris goes to a dermatologist and destroys Doug with cortisone. ## Production and reception - Mark Hentemann wrote the episode and Dan Povenmire directed it. ([Wikipedia: Brian the Bachelor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_the_Bachelor)) - Broadcast standards rejected a scene of Peter bouncing naked on Cleveland at the audition, and objected to the original name of Quagmire's cat. ([Wikipedia: Brian the Bachelor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_the_Bachelor)) - For a Snorks cutaway, Nancy Cartwright and Michael Bell returned as Allstar Seaworthy and Daffney Gillfin. ([Wikipedia: Brian the Bachelor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_the_Bachelor)) - The DVD commentary points to Little Shop of Horrors as the source of Chris's talking pimple. ([Wikipedia: Brian the Bachelor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_the_Bachelor)) - The episode was Fox's most-watched programme of the night with 7.29 million viewers; Dan MacIntosh of PopMatters praised Chris's scenes while Francis Rizzo III of DVD Talk criticised a repeated joke. ([Wikipedia: Brian the Bachelor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_the_Bachelor)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 4 | | Episode | 7 of 30 | | Overall | No. 57 | | Code | S04E07 | | First aired | 26 June 2005 | | Directed by | Dan Povenmire | | Written by | Mark Hentemann | | Production code | 4ACX10 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 4 | | Wikidata | Q4035415 | | IMDb | tt0576922 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 7.29 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Woman in Club, Crystal Quagmire | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Stoner | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Michael Bell | Allstar Seaworthy | | Jessica Biel | Brooke | | John G. Brennan | Mort Goldman | | Nancy Cartwright | Casey Kelp | | Chris Cox | Bachelor Show Announcer | | Drew Pinsky | The Dermatologist | 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 - Jessica Biel as Brooke - Kevin Michael Richardson as Doug, Doug The Pimple - Michael Bell as AllStar Seaworthy, Allstar - Nancy Cartwright as Daffney Gillfin - Drew Pinsky as The Dermatologist (credited as Dr. Drew), The Dermatologist - Joey Slotnick - Sebastian Siegel - John Erwin as He-Man - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson - Johnny Brennan as Mort Goldman - Alex Borstein as Producer ## Links - Season: [4](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-4/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_4) - Wikidata: [Q4035415](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4035415) - IMDb: [tt0576922](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576922/) - US viewers: [7.29 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_the_Bachelor) ## Navigation - Previous: [S04E06 Petarded](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e06-petarded/) - Next: [S04E08 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e08-8-simple-rules-for-buying-my-teenage-daughter/) - Season hub: [Season 4](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-4/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 4: episode 7 of 30 - S04E01 [North by North Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e01-north-by-north-quahog/) - S04E02 [Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e02-fast-times-at-buddy-cianci-jr-high/) - S04E03 [Blind Ambition](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e03-blind-ambition/) - S04E04 [Don't Make Me Over](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e04-dont-make-me-over/) - S04E05 [The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e05-the-cleveland-loretta-quagmire/) - S04E06 [Petarded](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e06-petarded/) - S04E07 Brian the Bachelor (this entry) - S04E08 [8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e08-8-simple-rules-for-buying-my-teenage-daughter/) - S04E09 [Breaking Out Is Hard to Do](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e09-breaking-out-is-hard-to-do/) - S04E10 [Model Misbehavior](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e10-model-misbehavior/) - S04E11 [Peter's Got Woods](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e11-peters-got-woods/) - S04E12 [Perfect Castaway](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e12-perfect-castaway/) - S04E13 [Jungle Love](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e13-jungle-love/) - S04E14 [PTV](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e14-ptv/) - S04E15 [Brian Goes Back to College](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e15-brian-goes-back-to-college/) - S04E16 [The Courtship of Stewie's Father](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e16-the-courtship-of-stewies-father/) - S04E17 [The Fat Guy Strangler](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e17-the-fat-guy-strangler/) - S04E18 [The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e18-the-father-the-son-and-the-holy-fonz/) - S04E19 [Brian Sings and Swings](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e19-brian-sings-and-swings/) - S04E20 [Patriot Games](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e20-patriot-games/) - S04E21 [I Take Thee Quagmire](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e21-i-take-thee-quagmire/) - S04E22 [Sibling Rivalry](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e22-sibling-rivalry/) - S04E23 [Deep Throats](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e23-deep-throats/) - S04E24 [Peterotica](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e24-peterotica/) - S04E25 [You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e25-you-may-now-kiss-the-uh-guy-who-receives/) - S04E26 [Petergeist](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e26-petergeist/) - S04E27 [The Griffin Family History](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e27-the-griffin-family-history/) - S04E28 [Stewie B. Goode](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e28-stewie-b-goode/) - S04E29 [Bango Was His Name, Oh!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e29-bango-was-his-name-oh/) - S04E30 [Stu and Stewie's Excellent Adventure](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e30-stu-and-stewies-excellent-adventure/) --- Unofficial fan resource. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FOX, Disney, or Fuzzy Door Productions.