Season 6 · Episode 4 · First aired 4 November 2007
Stewie Kills Lois
Episode 4 of Family Guy season 6 (S06E04), the 102nd Family Guy episode overall. Written by David A. Goodman and directed by John Holmquist. First broadcast on 4 November 2007.
Story
Brian gives Lois cruise tickets for her birthday, hoping to go with her, but she takes Peter instead. Left behind, Stewie is furious; after Brian says he never carries out his threats, he resolves to prove him wrong. On the ship Peter embarrasses Lois repeatedly. When she steps out on deck alone, Stewie arrives by speedboat and shoots her overboard with a submachine gun. Joe calls off the search after six days. Over the next year Peter dates again and has Joe impersonate Lois for Chris's sake. Stewie lets slip to Brian that he was responsible and dumps his gun and drawings. A cashed life insurance policy makes Joe, Quagmire and Cleveland suspect Peter, and the discarded evidence seems to confirm it. Peter is tried for murder and Carter testifies falsely against him. As a life sentence looms, Lois walks into the courtroom and names Stewie as her attacker.
Production and reception
- David A. Goodman wrote the episode and John Holmquist directed it, and it was made as a two part story. Wikipedia, Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
- A 100th episode tribute special hosted by Seth MacFarlane aired on Fox before the episode, showing clips from the previous 99 episodes. Wikipedia, Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
- The cliffhanger nods to The Best of Both Worlds, a two-part Star Trek: The Next Generation story; Paramount withheld the rights to its music, so Ron Jones, who had composed it, wrote a new score. Wikipedia, Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
- These were the final new episodes broadcast ahead of the Writers Guild of America strike of 2007 to 2008. Wikipedia, Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
- Ahsan Haque of IGN rated it 9 out of 10 and Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club gave it a B+, while Richard Keller of TV Squad found it disjointed and disappointing. Wikipedia, Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Asian Hooker, Sandra Bullock |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Random Man |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, John Herbert, Bruce the Performance Artist |
| David Boat | Rupert |
| Alexandra Breckenridge | Cancer Sufferer |
| Kirker Butler | Captain #2, George Harrison |
| Mark Hentemann | Streisand's Husband, Jury |
| Phil LaMarr | Judge Dignified Q. Blackman |
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
- Patrick Stewart as Avery Bullock
- Paula Abdul as herself
- Randy Jackson as himself
- Simon Cowell as himself
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson
- Phil LaMarr as Judge
Season 6: episode 4 of 12
- E1Blue Harvest
- E2Movin' Out (Brian's Song)
- E3Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air
- E4Stewie Kills LoisYou are here
- E5Lois Kills Stewie
- E6Padre de Familia
- E7Peter's Daughter
- E8McStroke
- E9Back to the Woods
- E10Play It Again, Brian
- E11The Former Life of Brian
- E12Long John Peter
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 6 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
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