--- title: "Dial Meg for Murder (S08E11) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e11-dial-meg-for-murder/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Dial Meg for Murder: Family Guy season 8 episode 11 (S08E11), first aired 31 January 2010. Writer and director credits." --- # Dial Meg for Murder Episode 11 of Family Guy season 8 (S08E11), the 137th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Alex Carter and Andrew Goldberg and directed by Cyndi Tang. First broadcast on 31 January 2010. ## Story Peter enters a rodeo and falls straight off his bull. Brian is hired by the editor of Teen People to write about the average American girl and follows Meg for research with Stewie. They learn she has fallen for Luke, a prisoner she met through a school pen-pal scheme. Brian tells Peter and Lois, who ban her from seeing him. Luke escapes during a riot and hides in Meg's room, and when Peter finds him Joe arrests them both. Meg serves three months for harbouring a convict and comes home a hardened criminal, terrorising the family and beating up Connie D'Amico at school. Planning to leave, she forces Brian at gunpoint to drive her to rob Mort's pharmacy. He shows her his article, which describes her as far kinder than the typical girl. Moved, Meg drops the act and returns home. ## Production and reception - The first broadcast on 31 January 2010 was watched in 6.21 million homes, against the Grammy Awards and the Pro Bowl. ([Wikipedia: Dial Meg for Murder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_Meg_for_Murder)) - Allison Janney voiced the Teen People editor and Chace Crawford voiced Luke. ([Wikipedia: Dial Meg for Murder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_Meg_for_Murder)) - The title refers to the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film Dial M for Murder. ([Wikipedia: Dial Meg for Murder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_Meg_for_Murder)) - The Parents Television Council named it Worst TV Show of the Week in early February 2010, citing the violence involving Meg and the rodeo scene. ([Wikipedia: Dial Meg for Murder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_Meg_for_Murder)) - Ahsan Haque of IGN and Jason Hughes of TV Squad reviewed it positively, while Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club was critical. ([Wikipedia: Dial Meg for Murder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_Meg_for_Murder)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 8 | | Episode | 11 of 21 | | Overall | No. 137 | | Code | S08E11 | | First aired | 31 January 2010 | | Directed by | Cyndi Tang | | Written by | Alex Carter and Andrew Goldberg | | Production code | 7ACX12 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 8 | | Wikidata | Q4037295 | | IMDb | tt1578953 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: Wikidata lists fewer writers | | US viewers | 6.21 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Prisoner | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | John Herbert, Consuela | | Lori Alan | Diane Simmons | | David Boat | Latino in Hardhat | | John G. Brennan | Mort Goldman | | Steve Callaghan | College Student | | Peter Chen | Chinese NASCAR Driver | 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 - Dave Boat as Various - Peter Chen as Various - Chace Crawford as Luke - Camille Guaty as Various - Victor J. Ho as Various - Allison Janney as Teen People Editor - Rachael MacFarlane as Various - Lisa Wilhoit as Connie D'Amico, Connie DiMico - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Adam West as Mayor Adam West - Johnny Brennan as Mort Goldman - Lori Alan as Diane Simmons - John Viener as Rodrico ## Links - Season: [8](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-8/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_8) - Wikidata: [Q4037295](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4037295) - IMDb: [tt1578953](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1578953/) - US viewers: [6.21 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_Meg_for_Murder) ## Navigation - Previous: [S08E10 Big Man on Hippocampus](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e10-big-man-on-hippocampus/) - Next: [S08E12 Extra Large Medium](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e12-extra-large-medium/) - Season hub: [Season 8](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-8/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 8: episode 11 of 21 - S08E01 [Road to the Multiverse](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e01-road-to-the-multiverse/) - S08E02 [Family Goy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e02-family-goy/) - S08E03 [Spies Reminiscent of Us](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e03-spies-reminiscent-of-us/) - S08E04 [Brian's Got a Brand New Bag](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e04-brians-got-a-brand-new-bag/) - S08E05 [Hannah Banana](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e05-hannah-banana/) - S08E06 [Quagmire's Baby](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e06-quagmires-baby/) - S08E07 [Jerome Is the New Black](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e07-jerome-is-the-new-black/) - S08E08 [Dog Gone](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e08-dog-gone/) - S08E09 [Business Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e09-business-guy/) - S08E10 [Big Man on Hippocampus](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e10-big-man-on-hippocampus/) - S08E11 Dial Meg for Murder (this entry) - S08E12 [Extra Large Medium](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e12-extra-large-medium/) - S08E13 [Go, Stewie, Go!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e13-go-stewie-go/) - S08E14 [Peter-assment](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e14-peter-assment/) - S08E15 [Brian Griffin's House of Payne](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e15-brian-griffins-house-of-payne/) - S08E16 [April in Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e16-april-in-quahog/) - S08E17 [Brian & Stewie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e17-brian-and-stewie/) - S08E18 [Quagmire's Dad](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e18-quagmires-dad/) - S08E19 [The Splendid Source](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e19-the-splendid-source/) - S08E20 [Something, Something, Something, Dark Side](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e20-something-something-something-dark-side/) - S08E21 [Partial Terms of Endearment](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e21-partial-terms-of-endearment/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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