Season 5 · Episode 15 · First aired 29 April 2007

Boys Do Cry

Episode 15 of Family Guy season 5 (S05E15), the 95th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by Brian Iles. First broadcast on 29 April 2007.

Story

Lois takes a job as organist at the local church and has the family attend with her. Stewie mistakes the communion wine for punch, drinks too much and is sick, which convinces the town that he is possessed. With the priest and a crowd preparing an exorcism, the Griffins escape to Lois's sister Carol in Texas. Peter takes to ranch life, Brian is repelled by the bigotry around him, and Stewie hides as a girl called Stephanie and enters a beauty pageant. Meg and Chris break into George W. Bush's ranch to steal underwear as a club initiation. Lois hears that the search has been called off but keeps it from the family. Peter is nearly put to death by ranchers after telling them he is intellectually disabled. Stewie's wig comes off at the crowning and the family flees home.

Production and reception

Nielsen figures put the first broadcast at 8.13 million homes, with a 2.9 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49, level with The Simpsons. Wikipedia, Boys Do Cry (Family Guy)
Camilla Stull, a leukaemia patient who had wanted to record a voice for the show, spoke two lines as one of the pageant contestants. She has since died of the disease. Wikipedia, Boys Do Cry (Family Guy)
Guest performers included Drew Barrymore and the comedians Bill Engvall and Gilbert Gottfried. Brian Iles directed, his first episode for the series. Wikipedia, Boys Do Cry (Family Guy)
Ahsan Haque of IGN rated it 4 out of 10, faulting the pacing and the handling of the plot about Lois wanting a more wholesome home life. Wikipedia, Boys Do Cry (Family Guy)
Sneakers O'Toole, a one off character seen in a cutaway, later became an internet meme. Wikipedia, Boys Do Cry (Family Guy)

Voices

Voice	Characters
Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex Borstein	Lois Griffin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Old Lady
Seth Green	Chris Griffin
Mila Kunis	Meg Griffin
Mike Henry	John Herbert, Bruce the Performance Artist, RJ
Lori Alan	Diane Simmons
Drew Barrymore	Jillian Russell
Alexandra Breckenridge	Emcee
Kirker Butler	Man on News
Chris Cox	George W. Bush

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
Bill Engvall as Duke Dillon
Gilbert Gottfried as Gilbert Gottfried Horse, Horse
Camilla Stull as beauty pageant contestant, Baby Girl
Adam West as Mayor Adam West
Lori Alan as Diane Simmons
Kirker Butler as George W. Bush
John Viener as Priest
Alec Sulkin as Announcer #2

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Provenance

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Sources: Wikipedia: Boys Do Cry (Family Guy)
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