Season 10 · Episode 17 · First aired 18 March 2012
Forget-Me-Not
Episode 17 of Family Guy season 10 (S10E17), the 182nd Family Guy episode overall. Written by David A. Goodman and directed by Brian Iles. First broadcast on 18 March 2012.
Story
Peter breaks a promise to spend Sunday at home and goes off to play laser tag with Brian, Joe and Quagmire. He wins and buys a novelty newspaper front page saying he has destroyed the world. Lois tells Brian that he only sides with Peter because the two happen to live together. Driving to the Drunken Clam, the four run into strange lights and wake in hospital with no memory, finding Quahog deserted. Piecing together the wrong clues, they decide Peter is an alien who has killed everyone. Joe and Quagmire fetch weapons while Brian, who has warmed to Peter, warns him and takes the shot meant for him. Brian then wakes: Stewie had wired the four into a simulation to test the friendship. Lois, Meg and Bonnie are wired to a second machine.
Production and reception
- David A. Goodman wrote the episode and Brian Iles directed. Wikipedia, Forget-Me-Not (Family Guy)
- Goodman's script was nominated in the Outstanding Writing in Animation category of the 65th Writers Guild of America Awards. Wikipedia, Forget-Me-Not (Family Guy)
- Nielsen put the first airing at 5.61 million viewers with a 2.8/7 share in the 18 to 49 group. Wikipedia, Forget-Me-Not (Family Guy)
- Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club graded it C+, noting that the series had committed to a single storyline with no other threads running alongside it. Wikipedia, Forget-Me-Not (Family Guy)
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Red-Head |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Bruce the Performance Artist |
| Alexandra Breckenridge | Blonde Girl, Mother |
| Danny Smith | TV Announcer |
| Alec Sulkin | Janitor |
| Jennifer Tilly | Bonnie Swanson |
| Patrick Warburton | Joe Swanson |
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
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson
- Mike Henry as Bruce the Performance Artist
- Alex Borstein as Lucy Ricardo
Season 10: episode 17 of 23
- E1Lottery Fever
- E2Seahorse Seashell Party
- E3Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q
- E4Stewie Goes for a Drive
- E5Back to the Pilot
- E6Thanksgiving
- E7Amish Guy
- E8Cool Hand Peter
- E9Grumpy Old Man
- E10Meg and Quagmire
- E11The Blind Side
- E12Livin' on a Prayer
- E13Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream
- E14Be Careful What You Fish For
- E15Burning Down the Bayit
- E16Killer Queen
- E17Forget-Me-NotYou are here
- E18You Can't Do That on Television, Peter
- E19Mr. and Mrs. Stewie
- E20Leggo My Meg-O
- E21Tea Peter
- E22Family Guy Viewer Mail #2
- E23Internal Affairs
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Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
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- 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.