Season 8 · Episode 8 · First aired 29 November 2009

Dog Gone

Episode 8 of Family Guy season 8 (S08E08), the 134th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Steve Callaghan and directed by Julius Wu. First broadcast on 29 November 2009.

Story

Brian is invited to an award ceremony for his novel, run by the "Rhode Island Society for Special Literary Excellence", and only on arrival grasps what special means. He drinks heavily, drives home and runs over a dog. He buries it outside the house, but Stewie saw everything and plays on his guilt until he confesses. Joe and the family laugh, saying nobody minds when an animal dies. Brian founds the Quahog Animal Equal Rights League, but the townspeople reject the idea and end up chasing him to eat him. Convinced his life has no value, Brian breaks down. Stewie stages Brian's death by transferring the collar to a stray dog and setting a fire that kills it, and the grieving Griffins show how much they cared. Meanwhile Lois hires a maid, Consuela, who refuses to leave the house; Peter finally chloroforms her and leaves her on Joe's porch.

Production and reception

The first broadcast on 29 November 2009 was watched in 8.48 million homes with a 4.4 rating among 18 to 49 year olds. Wikipedia, Dog Gone
Consuela, voiced by Mike Henry, returned after her first appearance in the season six episode "Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air". Wikipedia, Dog Gone
In February 2010 the episode won a Genesis Award for television comedy, beating the South Park episode "Whale Whores" and an episode of Monk. Wikipedia, Dog Gone
Amanda Schinke of PETA criticised the episode on the organisation's blog for its many violent deaths of cartoon dogs. Wikipedia, Dog Gone
Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club gave it a B, and Chris Matthews and opera singer Nathan Gunn were among the guest voices. Wikipedia, Dog Gone

Voices

Voice	Characters
Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex Borstein	Lois Griffin, Cathy
Seth Green	Chris Griffin
Mila Kunis	Meg Griffin
Mike Henry	Consuela, Officer, Bruce
Alexandra Breckenridge	Dog Owner
Ralph Garman	Audience Member
Nathan Gunn	Italian Opera Singer
Mark Hentemann	Randy
Kel MacFarlane	Barney the Dog's Owner

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

Chris Matthews as himself
Fred Tatasciore as Kurtwood Smith
Eddie Sotelo as Mikey
Kel MacFarlane as NPR Dog Owner
Nathan Gunn as Italian opera singer
Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
Adam West as Mayor Adam West
Mike Henry as Consuela
Phil LaMarr as Ollie Williams

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Provenance

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Sources: Wikipedia: Dog Gone
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