Season 8 · Episode 7 · First aired 22 November 2009
Jerome Is the New Black
Episode 7 of Family Guy season 8 (S08E07), the 133rd Family Guy episode overall. Written by John Viener and directed by Brian Iles. First broadcast on 22 November 2009.
Story
With Cleveland gone, Peter, Quagmire and Joe interview candidates for a fourth friend and pick Jerome, a bar regular who impresses them at darts. Peter then learns that Jerome once dated Lois. Drunk and jealous, he throws a bottle through Jerome's window and accidentally burns the house down. Lois invites Jerome to stay with the family, and Peter's jealousy grows until he throws him out. After Lois reveals that Jerome had bought him a gift, Peter apologises and the two stay friends. Meanwhile Brian asks to join the group and is told that Quagmire dislikes him. He tricks Quagmire into a dinner by pretending the invitation comes from Cheryl Tiegs, then asks him why. Quagmire responds with a long list of Brian's faults. Back home, Stewie cheers Brian up and lets him sleep in his room.
Production and reception
- The first broadcast on 22 November 2009 was watched by about 7.39 million viewers with a 3.8 rating among 18 to 49 year olds. Wikipedia, Jerome Is the New Black
- Kevin Michael Richardson voiced Jerome, basing him on his character Rockefeller Butts from The Knights of Prosperity. Wikipedia, Jerome Is the New Black
- The episode was made to fill the gap left when Cleveland Brown departed for his spin-off, The Cleveland Show. Wikipedia, Jerome Is the New Black
- Jerome did not appear again until "Save the Clam" in season 11. Wikipedia, Jerome Is the New Black
- Ahsan Haque of IGN rated it 6.4 out of 10, and Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club praised Quagmire's speech but felt the episode faded as it went on. Wikipedia, Jerome Is the New Black
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Brenda Quagmire |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| John G. Brennan | Horace |
| Chris Cox | Kevin Connolly |
| Ralph Garman | Clark, Jeffrey Fecalman |
| Mark Hentemann | Man |
| Kevin Michael Richardson | Jerome, Black Jesus |
| Alec Sulkin | York Peppermint Pattie Customer |
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
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Jerome
- Nana Visitor as Woman in restaurant, Brenda Quagmire, Woman
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Johnny Brennan as Horace
Season 8: episode 7 of 21
- E1Road to the Multiverse
- E2Family Goy
- E3Spies Reminiscent of Us
- E4Brian's Got a Brand New Bag
- E5Hannah Banana
- E6Quagmire's Baby
- E7Jerome Is the New BlackYou are here
- E8Dog Gone
- E9Business Guy
- E10Big Man on Hippocampus
- E11Dial Meg for Murder
- E12Extra Large Medium
- E13Go, Stewie, Go!
- E14Peter-assment
- E15Brian Griffin's House of Payne
- E16April in Quahog
- E17Brian & Stewie
- E18Quagmire's Dad
- E19The Splendid Source
- E20Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
- E21Partial Terms of Endearment
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 8 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
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- Note
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