Season 11 · Episode 15 · First aired 17 March 2013
Turban Cowboy
Episode 15 of Family Guy season 11 (S11E15), the 203rd Family Guy episode overall. Written by Artie Johann and Shawn Ries and directed by Joe Vaux. First broadcast on 17 March 2013.
Story
Bored with their routine, the Drunken Clam regulars take up skydiving at Peter's suggestion, and Peter keeps at it despite accident after accident. A crash in Las Vegas puts him in hospital beside Mahmoud, a Muslim man he takes to immediately. Mahmoud does not get on with Peter's friends but introduces him to Islam, and Peter begins studying it closely. Invited to a gathering, Peter finds himself among men planning to blow up the Quahog Bridge. Joe persuades him to stay inside the plot, but his microphone is found and he is made at gunpoint to drive a van of explosives to the bridge. Joe arrives and knocks the detonator from Mahmoud's hand, and the cell is arrested, though the bridge blows up anyway.
Production and reception
- It took a 2.4 rating among adults aged 18 to 49 and 4.92 million viewers, the most watched title on Fox's animation line-up that night. Wikipedia, Turban Cowboy
- Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club graded it D, writing that its handling of Middle Eastern characters as terrorists felt a decade out of date. Wikipedia, Turban Cowboy
- Carter Dotson of TV Fanatic rated it 2.5 out of 5, setting it against "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" and arguing that the series now preferred to give offence rather than write with the warmth of its earlier years. Wikipedia, Turban Cowboy
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin, Meg Griffin |
| Omid Abtahi | Mahmoud |
| Bob Costas | Bob Costas |
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
- Omid Abtahi as Mahmoud
- Bob Costas as himself, Bob Costas
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Alexandra Breckenridge as Woman
- Alex Borstein as Librarian
Season 11: episode 15 of 22
- E1Into Fat Air
- E2Ratings Guy
- E3The Old Man and the Big 'C'
- E4Yug Ylimaf
- E5Joe's Revenge
- E6Lois Comes Out of Her Shell
- E7Friends Without Benefits
- E8Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
- E9Space Cadet
- E10Brian's Play
- E11The Giggity Wife
- E12Valentine's Day in Quahog
- E13Chris Cross
- E14Call Girl
- E15Turban CowboyYou are here
- E1612 and a Half Angry Men
- E17Bigfat
- E18Total Recall
- E19Save the Clam
- E20Farmer Guy
- E21Roads to Vegas
- E22No Country Club for Old Men
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 11 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
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.