Season 10 · Episode 4 · First aired 6 November 2011

Stewie Goes for a Drive

Episode 4 of Family Guy season 10 (S10E04), the 169th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Gary Janetti and directed by Julius Wu. First broadcast on 6 November 2011.

Story

Brian collects Stewie from a play date. Stewie stays behind in the car to hear out a Carrie Underwood song, nudges the gear shift and decides that he can drive. He takes the car out alone, then loses control while ringing a radio competition and hits a lamp post head on. Brian spots the damage and threatens to tell Peter and Lois, so Stewie runs away. He ends up in the wrong part of town, where the family's former maid Consuela takes him in and refuses to let him leave; Stewie shoots her in the foot and gets away with Brian. Meanwhile a cartoon version of the actor Ryan Reynolds moves in across the street and befriends Peter, who flees a dinner when the character makes a pass at him, and the two fall out.

Production and reception

Showrunners Steve Callaghan and Mark Hentemann announced the episode at San Diego Comic-Con in 2011. Gary Janetti wrote it, Julius Wu directed and Ron Jones composed the music. Wikipedia, Stewie Goes for a Drive
Ryan Reynolds voiced himself. Tara Strong, Ralph Garman, Rachael MacFarlane, Adam Alexi-Malle, Joe Lomonaco and Wendee Lee also guest starred. Wikipedia, Stewie Goes for a Drive
Reynolds lists his own films, among them The Proposal and The Change-Up, and says he is playing Adolf Hitler in a picture being shot in Quahog. Stewie sings along to "Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood. Wikipedia, Stewie Goes for a Drive
Nielsen put the first airing at 5.73 million viewers with a 3.0/7 share in the 18 to 49 group, down on "Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q". Wikipedia, Stewie Goes for a Drive
Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club graded it C minus and felt the series had wasted Reynolds. Reviewers likened the plot to the season two episode "The Story on Page One". Wikipedia, Stewie Goes for a Drive

Voices

Voice	Characters
Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex Borstein	Lois Griffin, Natalia
Seth Green	Chris Griffin, Chris Griffin
Mila Kunis	Meg Griffin, Meg Griffin
Mike Henry	John Herbert, Consuela
Ana-Sofia Mastroianna	Adzin
Ralph Garman	Color Number Host
Joe Lomonaco	Weenie
Rachael MacFarlane	Shelley Duvall
Ryan Reynolds	Ryan Reynolds

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

Adam Alexi-Malle
Ralph Garman as Mexican flatulence, Mexican Fart
Joe Lomonaco as Weenie
Rachael MacFarlane as Shelley Duvall
Ryan Reynolds as himself, Ryan Reynolds
Tara Strong as Android
Seth MacFarlane as Adzin
Seth Green as Consuela's Relative
Wellesley Wild as Moroccan Fart

Season 10: episode 4 of 23

Season hub with air dates and credits for all 23 episodes

SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 10 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.

Provenance

Facts only

Sources: Wikipedia: Stewie Goes for a Drive
Wikidata Q6134305
IMDb
TVmaze
Data refreshed: 6 September 2026
Verification: Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree
This page as: Markdown, JSON-LD, or request it with Accept: text/markdown
Licence: Facts are not copyrightable. Source text on Wikipedia is CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikidata is CC0; IMDb data is used for verification under its non-commercial terms.
Note: The story summary and notes were written for this site from the sources listed, by Claude in Claude Code on 2026-09-08, awaiting editorial review. Facts only; no dialogue is reproduced. Voice credits: Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Guest cast data from TVmaze (https://www.tvmaze.com), CC BY-SA.