Season 5 · Episode 8 · First aired 17 December 2006
Barely Legal
Episode 8 of Family Guy season 5 (S05E08), the 88th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Kirker Butler and directed by Zac Moncrief. First broadcast on 17 December 2006.
Story
Mayor Adam West sends almost the whole Quahog police department to Cartagena to look for a character from Romancing the Stone, leaving Joe behind because the city is not accessible to wheelchairs. Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire sign up to help him. Meg, left without a date for the junior prom, is taken by Brian, who drinks steadily through the evening, defends her against Connie D'Amico and kisses her. Meg then treats him as her boyfriend and refuses to accept his refusal. She knocks him out, drives him to the Barrington Hotel and ties him up. Lois, Peter and the new officers find them, and Quagmire takes Meg home, where instead of taking advantage of her he tells her not to rush into growing up and hands her a copy of The Missing Piece.
Production and reception
- Nielsen figures put the first broadcast at 8.48 million homes, with a 3.0 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49. Wikipedia, Barely Legal (Family Guy)
- Writer Kirker Butler and Mila Kunis, the voice of Meg, were both nominated at the 34th Annie Awards, for writing and for voice acting in an animated television production. Wikipedia, Barely Legal (Family Guy)
- The Parents Television Council named it the worst television programme of the week ending 28 December 2006. Wikipedia, Barely Legal (Family Guy)
- Garrett Morris guest starred, reprising a 1970s Saturday Night Live part as headmaster of a school for the hard of hearing. Wikipedia, Barely Legal (Family Guy)
- Meg's lamp and opera routine refers to Fatal Attraction, and the hotel scene to The King of Comedy, which Seth MacFarlane names among his favourite films. Wikipedia, Barely Legal (Family Guy)
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Tricia Takanawa, Deep Sea Trainer #3 |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Jimmy |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, John Herbert, Bruce the Performance Artist |
| Lori Alan | Diane Simmons |
| Drew Barrymore | Jillian Russell |
| Alexandra Breckenridge | Patty |
| John G. Brennan | Mort Goldman |
| Barclay DeVeau | Quagmire's Lady #1 |
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
- Drew Barrymore as Jillian
- Barclay DeVeau as Patty
- Phil LaMarr as Ollie Williams
- Kerrigan Mahan
- Natasha Melnick as Ruth
- Garrett Morris as himself (live-action)
- Tamera Mowry as Esther
- Lisa Wilhoit as Connie D'Amico and Beth, Beth and Connie
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Adam West as Mayor Adam West
- Lori Alan as Diane Simmons
- Mike Henry as Herbert
- Tamera Mowry-Housley as Esther
Season 5: episode 8 of 18
- E1Stewie Loves Lois
- E2Mother Tucker
- E3Hell Comes to Quahog
- E4Saving Private Brian
- E5Whistle While Your Wife Works
- E6Prick Up Your Ears
- E7Chick Cancer
- E8Barely LegalYou are here
- E9Road to Rupert
- E10Peter's Two Dads
- E11The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- E12Airport '07
- E13Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey
- E14No Meals on Wheels
- E15Boys Do Cry
- E16No Chris Left Behind
- E17It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One
- E18Meet the Quagmires
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 5 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
- Verification
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- Licence
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- Note
- The story summary and notes were written for this site from the sources listed, by Claude in Claude Code on 2026-09-08, awaiting editorial review. 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.