Season 12 · Episode 9 · First aired 5 January 2014
Peter Problems
Episode 9 of Family Guy season 12 (S12E09), the 219th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Teresa Hsiao and directed by Bob Bowen. First broadcast on 5 January 2014.
Story
Angela promotes Peter to forklift operator at the Pawtucket Brewery, and he masters the machine before lifting a vat of beer, drinking it and driving through a wall into an executive meeting. She sacks him. Lois takes an assistant manager's post at Stop & Shop while Peter keeps house badly, and when she wants sex he finds that he cannot perform. Dr Hartman's pills do nothing, and Joe and Quagmire's attempts to help go no better. Quagmire decides the cure is Peter's old job and puts the case to Angela, who accepts a redo coupon and takes him back. Peter tells Lois at the shop that both his job and his sex drive have returned.
Production and reception
- The opening sequence returned to its usual form after the character of Brian was restored in the previous episode. Wikipedia, Peter Problems
- Nielsen figures gave it a 3.1 rating and an audience of 5.76 million, third in Fox's animation block that evening behind Bob's Burgers and The Simpsons. Wikipedia, Peter Problems
- Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club graded it D, finding the plot predictable and drawn out and short of jokes. Wikipedia, Peter Problems
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Alexandra Breckenridge | Woman |
| Steve Callaghan | Crossing Guard, Giraffe #2 |
| Carrie Fisher | Angela |
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
- Marlee Matlin as Stella
- Uncredited:
- Nev Schulman as Himself (deleted scenes)
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
Season 12: episode 9 of 21
- E1Finders Keepers
- E2Vestigial Peter
- E3Quagmire's Quagmire
- E4A Fistful of Meg
- E5Boopa-dee Bappa-dee
- E6Life of Brian
- E7Into Harmony's Way
- E8Christmas Guy
- E9Peter ProblemsYou are here
- 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.