Season 4 · Episode 11 · First aired 11 September 2005
Peter's Got Woods
Episode 11 of Family Guy season 4 (S04E11), the 61st Family Guy episode overall. Written by Danny Smith and directed by Chuck Klein and Zac Moncrief. First broadcast on 11 September 2005.
Story
Peter sends Brian to a parents' meeting at Meg's school in his place. There Brian falls for Shauna Parks, a black teacher, and to impress her proposes renaming James Woods Regional High School after Martin Luther King Jr. Peter, a fan of the actor, brings the programme's version of James Woods to the board meeting. The character accepts the change, and the board is so taken with his modesty that it keeps the name. Brian and Peter fall out, and Peter makes the character his new best friend. Shauna makes Brian choose between her and Peter, and he picks Peter. Brian finds himself replaced at home, his rival even sleeping in Peter and Lois's bed. Peter and Brian tire of the separation and make up, but the character has become obsessive. They lure him into a crate with a trail of Reese's Pieces and send it to a storage warehouse.
Production and reception
- Danny Smith wrote the episode and Peter Shin, Chuck Klein and Zac Moncrief directed; it was moved forward a week from 18 September 2005 when Fox held back "Perfect Castaway" after Hurricane Katrina. Wikipedia, Peter's Got Woods
- Gabrielle Union voiced Shauna Parks and James Woods voiced himself. A cutaway brought back Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes and Patrick Stewart in their Star Trek: The Next Generation roles. Wikipedia, Peter's Got Woods
- Marina Sirtis recorded a scene as her Star Trek: The Next Generation character Deanna Troi, but it was cut from the broadcast and survives only in the DVD extras. Wikipedia, Peter's Got Woods
- Most Family Guy episodes carry a TV-14 rating, but this one was rated TV-PG. Wikipedia, Peter's Got Woods
- Figures for the first US audience disagree, at 9.22 and 9.72 million viewers; Ryan J. Budke of TV Squad reviewed the episode favourably. Wikipedia, Peter's Got Woods
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, McDonald Cashier #2 |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Alexandra Breckenridge | Christina Aguilera |
| Gary Cole | Principal Shepherd |
| Michael Dorn | Lieutenant Worf |
| Susana G. Esteban | Spanish Woman |
| Jonathan Frakes | Commander William T. Riker |
| Mike Henry | Bruce the Performance Artist |
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
- Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd
- Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf, Lieutenant Worf
- Susana Esteban as various characters, varoius
- Jonathan Frakes as Commander Riker, Commander William T. Riker
- Rachael MacFarlane as various characters
- Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard
- Fred Tatasciore as Arnold Palmer
- Gabrielle Union as Shauna Parks
- Wally Wingert as various characters
- James Woods as himself
- Jeff Bergman as Barney Rubble
- Adam West as Mayor Adam West
- Alexandra Breckenridge as Christina
- Marina Sirtis as Commander Troi
- Nicole Sullivan as Drunk Chick
Season 4: episode 11 of 30
- E1North by North Quahog
- E2Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High
- E3Blind Ambition
- E4Don't Make Me Over
- E5The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire
- E6Petarded
- E7Brian the Bachelor
- E88 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter
- E9Breaking Out Is Hard to Do
- E10Model Misbehavior
- E11Peter's Got WoodsYou are here
- E12Perfect Castaway
- E13Jungle Love
- E14PTV
- E15Brian Goes Back to College
- E16The Courtship of Stewie's Father
- E17The Fat Guy Strangler
- E18The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz
- E19Brian Sings and Swings
- E20Patriot Games
- E21I Take Thee Quagmire
- E22Sibling Rivalry
- E23Deep Throats
- E24Peterotica
- E25You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives
- E26Petergeist
- E27The Griffin Family History
- E28Stewie B. Goode
- E29Bango Was His Name, Oh!
- E30Stu and Stewie's Excellent Adventure
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 4 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
Facts only- Data refreshed
- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: Wikidata differs on director
- Licence
- Facts are not copyrightable. Source text on Wikipedia is CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikidata is CC0; IMDb data is used for verification under its non-commercial terms.
- Note
- The story summary and notes were written for this site from the sources listed, by Claude in Claude Code on 2026-09-08, then checked against those sources in a separate review pass by Claude in Claude Code on 2026-10-06; not read by a person. Facts only; no dialogue is reproduced. Voice credits: Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Guest cast data from TVmaze (https://www.tvmaze.com), CC BY-SA.