Season 12 · Episode 7 · First aired 8 December 2013
Into Harmony's Way
Episode 7 of Family Guy season 12 (S12E07), the 217th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Julius Sharpe and directed by Brian Iles. First broadcast on 8 December 2013.
Story
Peter and Quagmire find by accident that their voices harmonise, and start writing songs together. Mort, who sells them paper and mentions his own musical past, becomes their manager, books them an open mic slot at the library and posts the recording online, which gets them onto a music festival bill. The set goes well, they drop Mort for a manager named Ricky and go on tour over Lois's objection that she needs Peter at home for Thanksgiving. Peter begins making decisions for both of them, and during a performance on Conan he drops his plectrum into his guitar, so Quagmire smashes it and walks off. Peter goes home and is forgiven, Quagmire apologises as well, and Peter then shoots himself on the tour bus.
Production and reception
- It was the first episode without Brian Griffin, who had died in the previous one. Vinny replaced him in the story and in the opening sequence, part of a three episode run covering the death, the replacement and the return. Wikipedia, Into Harmony's Way
- Nielsen figures gave it a 2.7 rating and an audience of 5.36 million, second in Fox's animation block that evening behind The Simpsons on 6.85 million. Wikipedia, Into Harmony's Way
- Alasdair Wilkins of The A.V. Club graded it B minus and remarked on the show treating two very different character deaths within a fortnight. Wikipedia, Into Harmony's Way
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Glenn Quagmire |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| John G. Brennan | Mort Goldman |
| Carrie Fisher | Angela |
| Ralph Garman | Newspaper Guy, Doctor, Larry |
| Nick Kroll | Ricky |
| Rachael MacFarlane | Rape Victim |
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
- Carrie Fisher as Angela
- Nick Kroll as Ricky
- Conan O'Brien as himself, Conan O'Brien
- Tony Sirico as Vinny
Season 12: episode 7 of 21
- E1Finders Keepers
- E2Vestigial Peter
- E3Quagmire's Quagmire
- E4A Fistful of Meg
- E5Boopa-dee Bappa-dee
- E6Life of Brian
- E7Into Harmony's WayYou are here
- E8Christmas Guy
- E9Peter Problems
- E10Grimm Job
- E11Brian's a Bad Father
- E12Mom's the Word
- E133 Acts of God
- E14Fresh Heir
- E15Secondhand Spoke
- E16Herpe the Love Sore
- E17The Most Interesting Man in the World
- E18Baby Got Black
- E19Meg Stinks!
- E20He's Bla-ack!
- E21Chap Stewie
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 12 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree
- Licence
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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.