Season 12 · Episode 15 · First aired 30 March 2014
Secondhand Spoke
Episode 15 of Family Guy season 12 (S12E15), the 225th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Dave Ihlenfeld and David Wright and directed by Julius Wu. First broadcast on 30 March 2014.
Story
Peter resents the extra breaks his colleague Stella takes to smoke, takes up the habit himself and cannot stop. His appearance and his sex life both suffer, and a visit to a clinic brings him to the notice of Mr Stone, who signs him up as the face of an anti smoking campaign, on condition that he keeps smoking to stay unwell. The advertisements make Peter well known until Stone drops him, and Lois and Brian tell him the damage to his health is permanent. Meanwhile Stewie coaches Chris against four bullies from inside his backpack, and the comebacks make Chris popular enough to be nominated for class president. Chris keeps Stewie in the bag against his will, and drops out of the race once Stewie points out that he has become a bully himself.
Production and reception
- Nielsen figures gave it a 2.1 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49 and an audience of 4.17 million, the largest in Fox's animation block that evening. Wikipedia, Secondhand Spoke
- Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club graded it B, calling it a straightforward and tightly plotted half hour and noting that the main story began unusually early. Wikipedia, Secondhand Spoke
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Bully #3 |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Dee Bradley Baker | Owl |
| Gary Cole | Principal Shepherd |
| Cary Elwes | Watson |
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
- Dee Bradley Baker as Owl
- Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd
- Chris Cox
- Affion Crockett as Far-Away Black Man and Upbeat Black Kid, Perpetually Upbeat Black Kid
- Cary Elwes as Dr. Watson, Watson
- Carrie Fisher as Angela
- Scott Grimes
- Marlee Matlin as Stella
- Rolando Molina as The guy in Meg's Bedroom
- Emily Osment as Schoolgirl
- Christine Marie Cabanos as Schoolgirl
- Josh Robert Thompson as Tony Montana
- Adam Carolla as Death (deleted scenes)
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Jerome
- John Viener as Mr. Stone
Season 12: episode 15 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 God
- E14Fresh Heir
- E15Secondhand SpokeYou are here
- E16Herpe the Love Sore
- E17The Most Interesting Man in the World
- E18Baby Got Black
- E19Meg Stinks!
- E20He's Bla-ack!
- E21Chap Stewie
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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.