--- title: "Joe's Revenge (S11E05) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e05-joes-revenge/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Joe's Revenge: Family Guy season 11 episode 5 (S11E05), first aired 18 November 2012. Writer and director credits." --- # Joe's Revenge Episode 5 of Family Guy season 11 (S11E05), the 193rd Family Guy episode overall. Written by Julius Sharpe and directed by Bob Bowen. First broadcast on 18 November 2012. ## Story News at the Drunken Clam reports the capture of Bobby Briggs, the heroin dealer who shot Joe in the legs during an undercover operation fifteen years earlier. Joe admits how he was really crippled, then learns that Briggs has escaped custody and that the case will go to other officers. He accepts Peter and Quagmire as unofficial help. In Atlantic City, Quagmire gets an address out of a stripper, but Briggs escapes a rooftop pursuit and the three are arrested by policemen Joe recognises as corrupt. They take the police car to the Mexican border at El Paso, where Joe corners Briggs, shoots him in the legs and watches him bleed to death. At home, Lois is left minding Quagmire's Persian cat, to Brian's jealousy. ## Production and reception - It took a 2.6 rating and 5.14 million viewers, the most watched title on the Fox animation line-up that night, ahead of The Simpsons on 5.06 million. ([Wikipedia: Joe's Revenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe's_Revenge)) - The story replaces the account Joe had previously given of losing the use of his legs in a rooftop fight with the Grinch. ([Wikipedia: Joe's Revenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe's_Revenge)) - The criminal shares his name with a character in Twin Peaks. ([Wikipedia: Joe's Revenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe's_Revenge)) - Carter Dotson of TV Fanatic rated it 4 out of 5, describing the whole half-hour as self-aware and written with unusual care for the series, and singling out its nods to earlier continuity. ([Wikipedia: Joe's Revenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe's_Revenge)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 11 | | Episode | 5 of 22 | | Overall | No. 193 | | Code | S11E05 | | First aired | 18 November 2012 | | Directed by | Bob Bowen | | Written by | Julius Sharpe | | Production code | AACX03 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 11 | | Wikidata | Q6208230 | | IMDb | tt2535114 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 5.14 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Spider-Man | | Ralph Garman | Dunkin' Donuts Employee | | Scott Grimes | Kevin Swanson | | Gary Janetti | Grant, Africa | | Rachael MacFarlane | Tanya | | Jim Parsons | Gay-jacker | 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 - Scott Grimes as Kevin Swanson - Jim Parsons as Gay-Jacker, Gayjacker - Will Sasso as Bobby "The Shirt" Briggs, Bobby Briggs - Patrick Stewart as Susie Swanson (inner monologue voice), Susie Swanson - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - John Viener as Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson - Rachael MacFarlane as Stripper ## Links - Season: [11](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-11/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 11](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_11) - Wikidata: [Q6208230](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6208230) - IMDb: [tt2535114](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2535114/) - US viewers: [5.14 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe's_Revenge) ## Navigation - Previous: [S11E04 Yug Ylimaf](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e04-yug-ylimaf/) - Next: [S11E06 Lois Comes Out of Her Shell](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e06-lois-comes-out-of-her-shell/) - Season hub: [Season 11](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-11/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 11: episode 5 of 22 - S11E01 [Into Fat Air](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e01-into-fat-air/) - S11E02 [Ratings Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e02-ratings-guy/) - S11E03 [The Old Man and the Big 'C'](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e03-the-old-man-and-the-big-c/) - S11E04 [Yug Ylimaf](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e04-yug-ylimaf/) - S11E05 Joe's Revenge (this entry) - S11E06 [Lois Comes Out of Her Shell](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e06-lois-comes-out-of-her-shell/) - S11E07 [Friends Without Benefits](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e07-friends-without-benefits/) - S11E08 [Jesus, Mary and Joseph!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e08-jesus-mary-and-joseph/) - S11E09 [Space Cadet](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e09-space-cadet/) - S11E10 [Brian's Play](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e10-brians-play/) - S11E11 [The Giggity Wife](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e11-the-giggity-wife/) - S11E12 [Valentine's Day in Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e12-valentines-day-in-quahog/) - S11E13 [Chris Cross](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e13-chris-cross/) - S11E14 [Call Girl](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e14-call-girl/) - S11E15 [Turban Cowboy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e15-turban-cowboy/) - S11E16 [12 and a Half Angry Men](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e16-12-and-a-half-angry-men/) - S11E17 [Bigfat](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e17-bigfat/) - S11E18 [Total Recall](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e18-total-recall/) - S11E19 [Save the Clam](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e19-save-the-clam/) - S11E20 [Farmer Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e20-farmer-guy/) - S11E21 [Roads to Vegas](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e21-roads-to-vegas/) - S11E22 [No Country Club for Old Men](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e22-no-country-club-for-old-men/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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