--- title: "Family Gay (S07E08) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e08-family-gay/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Family Gay: Family Guy season 7 episode 8 (S07E08), first aired 8 March 2009. Written by Richard Appel and directed by Brian Iles." --- # Family Gay Episode 8 of Family Guy season 7 (S07E08), the 118th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Richard Appel and directed by Brian Iles. First broadcast on 8 March 2009. ## Story Sent for groceries, Peter comes home with a brain-damaged horse. He enters it in a race, where it runs amok, causes 100,000 dollars of damage and dies of a heart attack. Peter dumps the body in Mort Goldman's pharmacy. To pay the debt he joins medical trials, one of which injects an experimental gene that makes him gay. Lois is upset, then warms to the change, then reconsiders when Peter rejects her advances. Told the effect may be permanent, she tries to accept it, but Peter leaves her for a man named Scott. Stewie and Brian kidnap Peter and send him to a straight camp. When Scott comes looking, Brian confesses. Lois collects him and tells him to go back to Scott. The gene wears off during an orgy and Peter goes home. The family agree never to mention it, and Mort throws the horse through the window. ## Production and reception - Richard Appel wrote the episode, his only writing credit on the show, and Brian Iles directed it; Seth MacFarlane found the premise on a list of season three story ideas. ([Wikipedia: Family Gay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Gay)) - Seth Rogen and Meredith Baxter-Birney guest starred, and John G. Brennan voiced Peter's boyfriend Scott. ([Wikipedia: Family Gay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Gay)) - The racehorses are named after Fox shows cancelled between May 2005 and the episode's airing, echoing a gag in "North by North Quahog". ([Wikipedia: Family Gay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Gay)) - The episode received a 4.2 rating and 6 share, and was one of three submitted for the 2009 Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy, for which the series was nominated. ([Wikipedia: Family Gay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Gay)) - The Parents Television Council filed an indecency complaint with the FCC and named it Worst TV Show of the Week; Ahsan Haque of IGN rated it 7.9 out of 10. ([Wikipedia: Family Gay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Gay)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 7 | | Episode | 8 of 16 | | Overall | No. 118 | | Code | S07E08 | | First aired | 8 March 2009 | | Directed by | Brian Iles | | Written by | Richard Appel | | Production code | 6ACX12 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 7 | | Wikidata | Q2066080 | | IMDb | tt1329675 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 7.09 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Asian Son | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, John Herbert | | Meredith Baxter | Meredith Baxter | | Alexandra Breckenridge | Bond Girl | | John G. Brennan | Mort Goldman, Scott | | Kirker Butler | Midget #2 | | Mark Hentemann | Ray | 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 - Seth Rogen as Peter under the "Seth Rogen gene" - Meredith Baxter as herself - John G. Brennan as Scott/Mort Goldman - Wellesley Wild as Various - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - J. Lee as Black Guy - John Viener as Tony - Johnny Brennan as Scott ## 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: [Q2066080](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2066080) - IMDb: [tt1329675](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329675/) - US viewers: [7.09 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_7) ## Navigation - Previous: [S07E07 Ocean's Three and a Half](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e07-oceans-three-and-a-half/) - Next: [S07E09 The Juice Is Loose](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e09-the-juice-is-loose/) - 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 8 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](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e04-baby-not-on-board/) - 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 (this entry) - 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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