--- title: "Friends Without Benefits (S11E07) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e07-friends-without-benefits/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Friends Without Benefits: Family Guy season 11 episode 7 (S11E07), first aired 9 December 2012. Writer and director credits." --- # Friends Without Benefits Episode 7 of Family Guy season 11 (S11E07), the 195th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by Jerry Langford. First broadcast on 9 December 2012. ## Story Meg tells her school friends about her long-standing crush on a popular boy, Kent Lastname, and works up the courage to ask him out. Kent treats the evening as friendly, and when Meg tries to kiss him he tells her that he is gay and drawn to her brother Chris. Brian suggests Kent may be uncertain, but Kent is clear about himself, and he ends the friendship when Meg asks him to pose as her boyfriend. Meg then presses Chris to sleep with Kent and plans to drug him, but changes her mind after Chris shows her a photograph of the two of them he has kept for years. She forgets to tell Kent, who turns up at Chris's room, and both boys round on her. ## Production and reception - It took a 2.9 rating and 5.64 million viewers, second on the Fox animation line-up that night behind The Simpsons on 7.44 million. ([Wikipedia: Friends Without Benefits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_Without_Benefits)) - Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club graded it B, and Carter Dotson of TV Fanatic rated it 2.5 out of 5. ([Wikipedia: Friends Without Benefits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_Without_Benefits)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 11 | | Episode | 7 of 22 | | Overall | No. 195 | | Code | S11E07 | | First aired | 9 December 2012 | | Directed by | Jerry Langford | | Written by | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | | Production code | AACX02 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 11 | | Wikidata | Q5504215 | | IMDb | tt2519214 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 5.64 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Chris Cox | Kent Lastname | | Andrew Hibbard | Customer | | Martha MacIsaac | Patty | 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 - Chris Cox as Kent Lastname, Kent - Andrew Hibbard as Peter's Customer - Rachael MacFarlane - Martha MacIsaac as Patty - Natasha Melnick as Ruth - Christina Milian as Esther - Emily Osment as Quagmire's Asian Date - Robert Wu as Overzealous Asian Kids - Adam West as Mayor Adam West ## 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: [Q5504215](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5504215) - IMDb: [tt2519214](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2519214/) - US viewers: [5.64 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_Without_Benefits) ## Navigation - Previous: [S11E06 Lois Comes Out of Her Shell](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e06-lois-comes-out-of-her-shell/) - Next: [S11E08 Jesus, Mary and Joseph!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e08-jesus-mary-and-joseph/) - 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 7 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](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e05-joes-revenge/) - S11E06 [Lois Comes Out of Her Shell](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s11e06-lois-comes-out-of-her-shell/) - S11E07 Friends Without Benefits (this entry) - 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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