--- title: "Brian Goes Back to College (S04E15) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e15-brian-goes-back-to-college/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Brian Goes Back to College: Family Guy season 4 episode 15 (S04E15), first aired 13 November 2005. Writer and director credits." --- # Brian Goes Back to College Episode 15 of Family Guy season 4 (S04E15), the 65th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Matt Fleckenstein and directed by Greg Colton. First broadcast on 13 November 2005. ## Story Dressed as The A-Team, Peter, Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland win a costume contest. Brian's report on it earns him a job offer from The New Yorker. The magazine sacks him on day one, when he admits he never finished college. Lois sends Brian back to Brown University, with Stewie tagging along in secret. His professor dislikes him until a high test score, copied from Stewie with Stewie's consent, changes that. When Brian tries to confess, the professor says the result has lifted him out of a suicidal depression. Meanwhile the four form their own A-Team, but disband after chatting with builders instead of saving a park from demolition. Facing a final exam he can only pass by cheating, Brian goes home; Lois sends him back. The A-Team reunite and drive him to the exam. Brian fails but is proud he did not cheat, which disappoints the family. ## Production and reception - Ron Jones, who had scored the original The A-Team in the 1980s, wrote the music for the scene in which Peter's team helps a man in a bar. ([Wikipedia: Brian Goes Back to College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Goes_Back_to_College)) - The professor and his wife were voiced by a computer speech system rather than actors; the wheelchair-using professor had appeared before in "Ready, Willing, and Disabled" and "Brian the Bachelor". ([Wikipedia: Brian Goes Back to College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Goes_Back_to_College)) - Several viewers contacted director Greg Colton to ask whether Roger Williams Park in Rhode Island was really to be demolished, one couple because they planned to marry there. ([Wikipedia: Brian Goes Back to College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Goes_Back_to_College)) - The working title was much longer, also mentioning Stewie going along, but it was shortened for length. ([Wikipedia: Brian Goes Back to College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Goes_Back_to_College)) - The New Yorker responded with a friendly article about the episode, and TV Squad's Ryan J. Budke praised the episode's 30-second remake of the opening titles of The A-Team. ([Wikipedia: Brian Goes Back to College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Goes_Back_to_College)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 4 | | Episode | 15 of 30 | | Overall | No. 65 | | Code | S04E15 | | First aired | 13 November 2005 | | Directed by | Greg Colton | | Written by | Matt Fleckenstein | | Production code | 4ACX18 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 4 | | Wikidata | Q4035410 | | IMDb | tt0576918 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 9.20 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Amelia Bedford-Furthington-Chesterhill, Kelly McGillis | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | John G. Brennan | Horace | | Ralph Garman | Father | | Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, Male Student #1 | | Mark Hentemann | Livingston Winstofford, Kaleb | | Phil LaMarr | Gary Coleman | | Anne-Michelle Barrett | Female Student | 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 - Ralph Garman - Mark Hentemann - Phil LaMarr as Gary Coleman - Dolph Lundgren (stock footage) - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Chris Sheridan as James William Bottomtooth - John Viener as Emcee ## 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: [Q4035410](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4035410) - IMDb: [tt0576918](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576918/) - US viewers: [9.20 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_4) ## Navigation - Previous: [S04E14 PTV](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e14-ptv/) - Next: [S04E16 The Courtship of Stewie's Father](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e16-the-courtship-of-stewies-father/) - 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 15 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](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e07-brian-the-bachelor/) - 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 (this entry) - 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... 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