Season 8 · Episode 14 · First aired 21 March 2010

Peter-assment

Episode 14 of Family Guy season 8 (S08E14), the 140th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Chris Sheridan and directed by Julius Wu. First broadcast on 21 March 2010.

Story

At a preschool play Peter films Stewie's stage fright and pesters Richard Dreyfuss in the audience. He sells the footage to TMZ, buys a proper camera and hounds local celebrities until Ollie Williams breaks it and his glasses. Wearing contact lenses to work, Peter attracts his boss Angela, who demands sexual favours and invites him to her house. He hides Quagmire inside his clothes to stand in for him, but Quagmire backs out and Angela sacks Peter for refusing her. Resolving to confront her, Peter drives to her house and finds her trying to kill herself in her car. He revives her, and she admits she has been alone for ten years. Disguised as an Englishman called Reginald Knickerbocker, Peter takes her to dinner and, with Mort hidden in his clothes, sleeps with her. Her will to live restored, Angela sees through the disguise and rehires him.

Production and reception

The first broadcast on 21 March 2010 was watched by 6.65 million viewers with a 3.5/8 rating among 18 to 49 year olds. Wikipedia, Peter-assment
Carrie Fisher returned as Angela, a role she first voiced in the fourth season episode "Jungle Love". Wikipedia, Peter-assment
The title combines Peter and harassment, following the fourth season titles "Petarded", "Peterotica" and "Petergeist". Wikipedia, Peter-assment
Bobby Schindler Jr., brother of Terri Schiavo, condemned the opening musical number about his sister. Wikipedia, Peter-assment
Ramsey Isler of IGN and Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club both reviewed it negatively, while Jason Hughes of TV Squad found the Peter and Angela scenes uncomfortable. Wikipedia, Peter-assment

Voices

Voice	Characters
Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex Borstein	Lois Griffin, Renee Russo, Sally
Seth Green	Chris Griffin, Jared
Mila Kunis	Meg Griffin
Mike Henry	Crowd Member
John G. Brennan	Mort Goldman, Horace
Max Burkholder	Kid in Play
Richard Dreyfuss	Richard Dreyfuss
Carrie Fisher	Angela
Ralph Garman	Maître d'

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

Max Burkholder as child doctor, Kid
Richard Dreyfuss as himself
Carrie Fisher as Angela
Jim Goldenberg as himself
Max Hodges as himself
Maurice Lamont
Harvey Levin as himself
Jack Samson
Will Shadley as child singer
Anthony Skillman as child singer
Steve Urquilla
Adam West as Mayor Adam West

Season 8: episode 14 of 21

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Provenance

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