--- title: "Quagmire's Dad (S08E18) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e18-quagmires-dad/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Quagmire's Dad: Family Guy season 8 episode 18 (S08E18), first aired 9 May 2010. Written by Tom Devanney and directed by Pete Michels." --- # Quagmire's Dad Episode 18 of Family Guy season 8 (S08E18), the 144th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Tom Devanney and directed by Pete Michels. First broadcast on 9 May 2010. ## Story Quagmire's father, Lieutenant Commander Dan Quagmire, comes to Quahog, and Peter and Joe are taken aback by his manner. At a naval ball held in his honour the remarks of the other guests lead Quagmire to ask his father whether he is gay. Dan replies that he is instead a woman in a man's body and will have gender reassignment surgery while in town. The operation goes ahead and Dan becomes Ida Davis. Quagmire cannot cope with the change and Ida moves to a hotel. Brian, back from a seminar and knowing none of this, meets Ida there and sleeps with her. Stewie tells him who she is. Ida and Quagmire make up, but when she names Brian, Quagmire finds him and beats him. ## Production and reception - Nielsen figures put the first broadcast at 7.22 million homes, with a 3.8 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49, ahead of American Dad!, The Simpsons and The Cleveland Show. ([Wikipedia: Quagmire's Dad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagmire's_Dad)) - Seth MacFarlane voiced both Dan and Ida. He designed the character to resemble the actor Paul Bettany, and Pete Michels adapted that design. ([Wikipedia: Quagmire's Dad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagmire's_Dad)) - Speaking to the website AfterElton.com in January 2010, MacFarlane predicted that transgender viewers would be pleased with the episode and called it about the most sympathetic such portrayal yet broadcast. ([Wikipedia: Quagmire's Dad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagmire's_Dad)) - The treatment of Ida drew criticism from the Parents Television Council and from GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Reviewers repeatedly compared it with I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, the 2007 film. ([Wikipedia: Quagmire's Dad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagmire's_Dad)) - Tom Eames of Digital Spy placed it tenth in a list of the best episodes of the series. ([Wikipedia: Quagmire's Dad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagmire's_Dad)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 8 | | Episode | 18 of 21 | | Overall | No. 144 | | Code | S08E18 | | First aired | 9 May 2010 | | Directed by | Pete Michels | | Written by | Tom Devanney | | Production code | 7ACX19 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 8 | | Wikidata | Q4047749 | | IMDb | tt1610748 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 7.22 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Wife | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Veteran #6 | | Ralph Garman | Fisherman, Veteran #5, Cab Driver | | Chris Sheridan | Veteran #3 and #4 | | Danny Smith | Husband | | Alec Sulkin | Veteran #2 | | John Viener | Aquaman, Veteran #1 | 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 - Wally Wingert as Wally - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Adam West as Mayor Adam West ## 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: [Q4047749](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047749) - IMDb: [tt1610748](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1610748/) - US viewers: [7.22 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagmire's_Dad) ## Navigation - Previous: [S08E17 Brian & Stewie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e17-brian-and-stewie/) - Next: [S08E19 The Splendid Source](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e19-the-splendid-source/) - 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 18 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](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e17-brian-and-stewie/) - S08E18 Quagmire's Dad (this entry) - 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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