--- title: "Baby Not on Board (S07E04) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e04-baby-not-on-board/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Baby Not on Board: Family Guy season 7 episode 4 (S07E04), first aired 2 November 2008. Writer and director credits." --- # Baby Not on Board Episode 4 of Family Guy season 7 (S07E04), the 114th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Mark Hentemann and directed by Julius Wu. First broadcast on 2 November 2008. ## Story After Peter threatens to sue the Quahog Mini-Mart over remarks by Chris, Carl gives him free petrol for a year. Peter uses the card freely until Lois proposes a trip to the Grand Canyon. They set off early and leave Stewie behind, realising only at the 11 September attack site in New York. Joe does not answer, so Cleveland and Quagmire are asked to check on him. Hearing nothing, Lois insists on going home. Peter causes a crash, spends their last money on curtain rings, and is blamed for everything. Brian finds them a lift in a pickup. At home Stewie enjoys his freedom, mistakes Cleveland and Quagmire for intruders, gases them and chains them in the basement facing the DirecTV help channel. When the food runs out he takes a McBurgertown job and is sacked. He realises how much he needs his family and welcomes them back. ## Production and reception - Mark Hentemann wrote the episode and Julius Wu directed it; the plot is modelled on the film Home Alone. ([Wikipedia: Baby Not on Board](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Not_on_Board)) - It was the first episode in which celebrities were drawn without the show's wide circular eyes, to make them look more realistic than the regular characters. ([Wikipedia: Baby Not on Board](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Not_on_Board)) - Standards and Practices objected to a word in one of Peter's lines, which the writers replaced; the episode also first revealed that Cleveland would get his own show. ([Wikipedia: Baby Not on Board](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Not_on_Board)) - With 9.97 million viewers and a 5.0 Nielsen rating, it was the highest rated episode of the season. ([Wikipedia: Baby Not on Board](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Not_on_Board)) - Ahsan Haque of IGN and Robin Pierson of The TV Critic both reviewed it negatively; The A.V. Club's Steve Heisler graded it C. ([Wikipedia: Baby Not on Board](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Not_on_Board)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 7 | | Episode | 4 of 16 | | Overall | No. 114 | | Code | S07E04 | | First aired | 2 November 2008 | | Directed by | Julius Wu | | Written by | Mark Hentemann | | Production code | 6ACX07 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 7 | | Wikidata | Q612942 | | IMDb | tt1293323 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 9.97 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Phone | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, Bruce the Performance Artist, Morbidly Obese Albert | | Patrick Warburton | Joe Swanson | | Adam West | Mayor Adam West | | H. Jon Benjamin | Carl | | Alexandra Breckenridge | Masseuse, Rape Victim, Kate Austen | | Danny Smith | Robin Williams | 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 - Jon Benjamin as Carl - Joe Flaherty - Jacob Pressman - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Adam West as Mayor Adam West - H. Jon Benjamin as Carl ## Links - Season: [7](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-7/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_7) - Wikidata: [Q612942](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q612942) - IMDb: [tt1293323](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1293323/) - US viewers: [9.97 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Not_on_Board) ## Navigation - Previous: [S07E03 Road to Germany](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e03-road-to-germany/) - Next: [S07E05 The Man with Two Brians](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e05-the-man-with-two-brians/) - Season hub: [Season 7](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-7/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 7: episode 4 of 16 - S07E01 [Love, Blactually](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e01-love-blactually/) - S07E02 [I Dream of Jesus](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e02-i-dream-of-jesus/) - S07E03 [Road to Germany](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e03-road-to-germany/) - S07E04 Baby Not on Board (this entry) - S07E05 [The Man with Two Brians](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e05-the-man-with-two-brians/) - S07E06 [Tales of a Third Grade Nothing](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e06-tales-of-a-third-grade-nothing/) - S07E07 [Ocean's Three and a Half](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e07-oceans-three-and-a-half/) - S07E08 [Family Gay](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e08-family-gay/) - S07E09 [The Juice Is Loose](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e09-the-juice-is-loose/) - S07E10 [Fox-y Lady](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e10-fox-y-lady/) - S07E11 [Not All Dogs Go to Heaven](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e11-not-all-dogs-go-to-heaven/) - S07E12 [420](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e12-420/) - S07E13 [Stew-Roids](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e13-stew-roids/) - S07E14 [We Love You, Conrad](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e14-we-love-you-conrad/) - S07E15 [Three Kings](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e15-three-kings/) - S07E16 [Peter's Progress](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e16-peters-progress/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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