--- title: "Partial Terms of Endearment (S08E21) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e21-partial-terms-of-endearment/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Partial Terms of Endearment: Family Guy season 8 episode 21 (S08E21), first released 20 June 2010. Writer and director credits." --- # Partial Terms of Endearment Episode 21 of Family Guy season 8 (S08E21), the 147th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Danny Smith and directed by Joseph Lee. First released on 20 June 2010. ## Story At her college reunion Lois meets her former roommate Naomi, who calls at the house with her husband Dale and asks Lois to carry a child for them, disappointing Peter, who had expected sex. Lois agrees and undergoes in vitro fertilisation with Dr Hartman. The pregnancy is confirmed the following day, and Peter, opposed throughout, tries to bring on a miscarriage. Naomi and Dale are then killed in a car crash on Interstate 95, leaving Lois to weigh an abortion against adoption. The couple visit a family planning centre and settle on an abortion, but anti-abortion protesters outside show Peter a video and he changes his position. The two argue it out at home, and at dinner Peter turns to the camera to say the abortion went ahead. ## Production and reception - Fox declined to broadcast the episode because of its subject. Its first showing was on BBC Three in Britain on 20 June 2010, with a DVD release that September. ([Wikipedia: Partial Terms of Endearment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Terms_of_Endearment)) - MacFarlane announced the episode at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. Danny Smith wrote it from a storyline pitched by Tom Devanney, and Joseph Lee directed. ([Wikipedia: Partial Terms of Endearment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Terms_of_Endearment)) - MacFarlane asked Smith to read an essay on abortion by Carl Sagan before writing the script, and the finished episode refers to Sagan's 1997 collection Billions and Billions. ([Wikipedia: Partial Terms of Endearment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Terms_of_Endearment)) - Kevin Reilly, president of Fox Entertainment, said the decision came down to advertisers and a struggling economy rather than the writing, which he thought handled the subject well. ([Wikipedia: Partial Terms of Endearment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Terms_of_Endearment)) - The last episode presented in full screen before the series moved to widescreen, and the last to carry the title sequence introduced in the second season. ([Wikipedia: Partial Terms of Endearment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Terms_of_Endearment)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 8 | | Episode | 21 of 21 | | Overall | No. 147 | | Code | S08E21 | | First released | 20 June 2010 | | Releases | 20 June 2010 (BBC Three); 28 September 2010 (DVD) | | Directed by | Joseph Lee | | Written by | Danny Smith | | Production code | 7ACX10 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 8 | | Wikidata | Q4046507 | | IMDb | tt1610750 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 1.04 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Boss | | Gary Beach | Race Host | | Alexandra Breckenridge | Mermaid | | Jackson Douglas | Dale Robinson | | Ralph Garman | Eye Doctor | | Phil LaMarr | 80s Black Guy | 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 - Gary Beach as Various, Dale Robinson - Jackson Douglas as Dale Robinson - Phil LaMarr as Various - Will Sasso as Various - Julia Sweeney as Naomi Robinson - Rutina Wesley as Cheryl - Wil Wheaton as Protester, Anti-Abortion Protester - Michael York as Nature Narrator, Nature Show Narrator - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - John Viener as Abortion Video Spokesman ## 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: [Q4046507](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4046507) - IMDb: [tt1610750](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1610750/) - US viewers: [1.04 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_8) ## Navigation - Previous: [S08E20 Something, Something, Something, Dark Side](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e20-something-something-something-dark-side/) - Next: [S09E01 And Then There Were Fewer](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e01-and-then-there-were-fewer/) - 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 21 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](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 (this entry) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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