--- title: "Welcome Back, Carter (S09E03) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e03-welcome-back-carter/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Welcome Back, Carter: Family Guy season 9 episode 3 (S09E03), first aired 10 October 2010. Writer and director credits." --- # Welcome Back, Carter Episode 3 of Family Guy season 9 (S09E03), the 150th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Wellesley Wild and directed by Cyndi Tang. First broadcast on 10 October 2010. ## Story Lois and Peter visit her parents, and while fetching Carter Pewterschmidt for dinner Peter finds him having sex with another woman aboard his yacht. Carter demands silence, and Peter, egged on by Brian, Quagmire and Joe at the Drunken Clam, uses the secret to make his father-in-law a servant, extracting limousine jousts, invented catchphrases and a television set. While the two carry the set out of the house, Peter lets the affair slip to Barbara. Carter announces a divorce, and Peter takes him to a club, where a woman named Paula walks out after Carter orders a black customer to fetch his drink. Carter takes roses to Barbara, finds her seeing Roginald, her wartime lover, apologises and declares his love, and she lets him move home. ## Production and reception - Wellesley Wild wrote the episode and Cyndi Tang-Loveland directed it, with music by Ron Jones, who had worked on the series since it began. ([Wikipedia: Welcome Back, Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Back%2C_Carter)) - Seth MacFarlane again voiced Carter Pewterschmidt, while Alex Borstein, a main cast member and former writer on the series, voiced his wife Barbara. ([Wikipedia: Welcome Back, Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Back%2C_Carter)) - Guest voices included Max Burkholder, Rachael MacFarlane and Christine Lakin, with Patrick Warburton also appearing. ([Wikipedia: Welcome Back, Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Back%2C_Carter)) - Nielsen recorded 7.02 million viewers and a 3.4 rating among adults aged 18 to 49, about 15 per cent down on the previous week. ([Wikipedia: Welcome Back, Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Back%2C_Carter)) - Jonathan Lipnicki, whose changed appearance the episode makes a joke of, said he had taken no offence and had himself worked on the series. ([Wikipedia: Welcome Back, Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Back%2C_Carter)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 9 | | Episode | 3 of 18 | | Overall | No. 150 | | Code | S09E03 | | First aired | 10 October 2010 | | Directed by | Cyndi Tang | | Written by | Wellesley Wild | | Production code | 8ACX04 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 9 | | Wikidata | Q4053037 | | IMDb | tt1610753 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 7.02 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Carter Pewterschmidt | | Alex Borstein | Barbara Pewterschmidt, Lois Griffin, Diabeto's Mom | | Seth Green | Diabeto | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin, Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Man | | Alexandra Breckenridge | Paula | | Max Burkholder | Mouse Alter Boy | | Ralph Garman | Church Mouse | | Christine Lakin | Paula's Friend #1 | | Rachael MacFarlane | Paula's Friend #2 | 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 mouse altar boy, Kid - Christine Lakin as Paula's friend - Rachael MacFarlane as Paula's friend - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Seth MacFarlane as Carter Pewterschmidt - Alex Borstein as Barbara Pewterschmidt - Alexandra Breckenridge as Girl In Bar ## Links - Season: [9](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-9/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_9) - Wikidata: [Q4053037](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4053037) - IMDb: [tt1610753](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1610753/) - US viewers: [7.02 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Back%2C_Carter) ## Navigation - Previous: [S09E02 Excellence in Broadcasting](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e02-excellence-in-broadcasting/) - Next: [S09E04 Halloween on Spooner Street](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e04-halloween-on-spooner-street/) - Season hub: [Season 9](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-9/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 9: episode 3 of 18 - S09E01 [And Then There Were Fewer](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e01-and-then-there-were-fewer/) - S09E02 [Excellence in Broadcasting](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e02-excellence-in-broadcasting/) - S09E03 Welcome Back, Carter (this entry) - S09E04 [Halloween on Spooner Street](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e04-halloween-on-spooner-street/) - S09E05 [Baby, You Knock Me Out](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e05-baby-you-knock-me-out/) - S09E06 [Brian Writes a Bestseller](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e06-brian-writes-a-bestseller/) - S09E07 [Road to the North Pole](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e07-road-to-the-north-pole/) - S09E08 [New Kidney in Town](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e08-new-kidney-in-town/) - S09E09 [And I'm Joyce Kinney](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e09-and-im-joyce-kinney/) - S09E10 [Friends of Peter G.](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e10-friends-of-peter-g/) - S09E11 [German Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e11-german-guy/) - S09E12 [The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e12-the-hand-that-rocks-the-wheelchair/) - S09E13 [Trading Places](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e13-trading-places/) - S09E14 [Tiegs for Two](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e14-tiegs-for-two/) - S09E15 [Brothers & Sisters](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e15-brothers-and-sisters/) - S09E16 [The Big Bang Theory](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e16-the-big-bang-theory/) - S09E17 [Foreign Affairs](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e17-foreign-affairs/) - S09E18 [It's a Trap!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s09e18-its-a-trap/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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