Season 12 · Episode 13 · First aired 16 March 2014
3 Acts of God
Episode 13 of Family Guy season 12 (S12E13), the 223rd Family Guy episode overall. Written by Alec Sulkin and directed by Bob Bowen. First broadcast on 16 March 2014.
Story
The Patriots lose a tenth straight game, this one to the Bills, and two Buffalo players credit God in a postgame interview, so Peter sets out to find him. He and his friends try a church, then Carrie Underwood in Nashville, then Mount Olympus, where Chronos hands them a gift basket and tells them the time, then Israel and India. Back at the Drunken Clam, Death calls in and takes them to Heaven. God puts the losing run down to the coach Bill Belichick never smiling, and agrees to leave the team alone if they can make him laugh, which Joe's condition finally does. Lois says Peter should have asked for more, and he replies that he did, as Meg starts to fade from existence.
Production and reception
- Mario Williams and C. J. Spiller of the Buffalo Bills voiced themselves in the postgame interview. Wikipedia, 3 Acts of God
- Nielsen figures gave it a 2.3 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49 and an audience of 4.62 million, the largest in Fox's animation block that evening. Wikipedia, 3 Acts of God
- Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club graded it B, calling the scenes set in Jerusalem and India mean but noting that more of the cutaways landed than in the two seasons he had reviewed. Wikipedia, 3 Acts of God
- A writer in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz held that one scene was evidence of long standing antisemitism on Seth MacFarlane's part. Wikipedia, 3 Acts of God
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown |
| John G. Brennan | Mort Goldman |
| Adam Carolla | Death |
| Jonathan Morgan Heit | Boy |
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
- Adam Carolla as Death
- Emily Osment as Carrie Underwood
- C.J. Spiller as himself, C.J. Spiller
- Mario Williams as himself, Mario Williams
- Christine Lakin as Sarah Palin (Uncredited, deleted scenes)
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Johnny Brennan as Mort Goldman
- Jonathan Morgan Heit as Child
Season 12: episode 13 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 Problems
- E10Grimm Job
- E11Brian's a Bad Father
- E12Mom's the Word
- E133 Acts of GodYou are here
- 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
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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.