--- title: "Brian & Stewie (S08E17) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e17-brian-and-stewie/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Brian & Stewie: Family Guy season 8 episode 17 (S08E17), first aired 2 May 2010. Writer and director credits." --- # Brian & Stewie Episode 17 of Family Guy season 8 (S08E17), the 143rd Family Guy episode overall. Written by Gary Janetti and directed by Dominic Bianchi. First broadcast on 2 May 2010. ## Story Brian and Stewie are shut in a bank vault over a weekend after Brian calls at his safe deposit box. Stewie soils his nappy and, holding the revolver from the box, makes Brian help him clean up. He then spends the last of his phone battery on a call to a clothes shop. The two drink a bottle of scotch from the box, argue and trade insults, and Stewie sets the gun off. Sobering up, Stewie asks why Brian owns a firearm. Brian says he keeps it in case he decides to kill himself, having never found a purpose of his own. Each then admits how much the other matters. Stewie falls asleep as Brian reads to him, and in the morning Brian carries him out. ## Production and reception - The half hour has no cutaway gags, no music and no other characters. Seth MacFarlane was the only performer, and repeats drop the title sequence and the end credit music. ([Wikipedia: Brian & Stewie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_%26_Stewie)) - Nielsen figures put the first broadcast at 7.68 million homes, with a 3.7 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49. ([Wikipedia: Brian & Stewie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_%26_Stewie)) - Producer Kara Vallow said the idea came from an All in the Family instalment in which Archie Bunker is shut in a cellar, and described the result as close to a one act stage play. ([Wikipedia: Brian & Stewie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_%26_Stewie)) - On first broadcast Brian and Stewie introduced the programme in front of a red curtain and afterwards presented a set of musical numbers from earlier seasons, making up an hour long special. ([Wikipedia: Brian & Stewie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_%26_Stewie)) - The Parents Television Council attacked a sequence in which Brian eats Stewie's waste and vomit. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly called the episode tedious, vulgar and, by the close, sentimental. ([Wikipedia: Brian & Stewie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_%26_Stewie)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 8 | | Episode | 17 of 21 | | Overall | No. 143 | | Code | S08E17 | | First aired | 2 May 2010 | | Directed by | Dominic Bianchi | | Written by | Gary Janetti | | Production code | 7ACX20 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 8 | | Wikidata | Q4035409 | | IMDb | tt1582289 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 7.68 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin, Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, Cleveland Brown, John Herbert, John Herbert | 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. ## 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: [Q4035409](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4035409) - IMDb: [tt1582289](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1582289/) - US viewers: [7.68 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_%26_Stewie) ## Navigation - Previous: [S08E16 April in Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e16-april-in-quahog/) - Next: [S08E18 Quagmire's Dad](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e18-quagmires-dad/) - 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 17 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](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e11-dial-meg-for-murder/) - 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 (this entry) - 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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