--- title: "Meg Stinks! (S12E19) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e19-meg-stinks/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Meg Stinks!: Family Guy season 12 episode 19 (S12E19), first aired 4 May 2014. Written by Danny Smith and directed by Bob Bowen." --- # Meg Stinks! Episode 19 of Family Guy season 12 (S12E19), the 229th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Danny Smith and directed by Bob Bowen. First broadcast on 4 May 2014. ## Story At the James Woods High School college fair, Meg turns out to be a top student, and Principal Shepherd arranges her an interview at Green Mountain College in Vermont. A lost bet leaves Peter to drive her there. On the way the two find common ground over Bob Seger on a diner jukebox, and Peter explains how the family cost him a career in podiatry. They crash a student party and miss the interview. Meg defends the trip to Lois but tires of Peter's stunts, reschedules and goes alone, telling him she wants a responsible father rather than a friend. She gets in. In a second storyline, Brian is sprayed by a skunk, is made to live outdoors, takes to hunting on all fours and returns only when a thunderstorm breaks. ## Production and reception - The broadcast took a 2.2 rating among adults aged 18 to 49 and 4.40 million viewers, the best figures of the night on Fox. ([Wikipedia: Meg Stinks!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Stinks!)) - Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club graded the episode B, calling it a large improvement on the earlier Meg story "A Fistful of Meg" and praising the plot between Peter and Meg. ([Wikipedia: Meg Stinks!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Stinks!)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 12 | | Episode | 19 of 21 | | Overall | No. 229 | | Code | S12E19 | | First aired | 4 May 2014 | | Directed by | Bob Bowen | | Written by | Danny Smith | | Production code | BACX17 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 12 | | Wikidata | Q16746230 | | IMDb | tt3673538 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 4.40 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Gary Cole | Principal Shepherd | 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 - Jon Daly - Chris Diamantopoulos - Jackson Douglas - Jonathan Morgan Heit as Child - Catherine Reitman - Nana Visitor as Woman - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Adam West as Mayor Adam West - Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson - Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd ## Links - Season: [12](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-12/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 12](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_12) - Wikidata: [Q16746230](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16746230) - IMDb: [tt3673538](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3673538/) - US viewers: [4.40 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Stinks!) ## Navigation - Previous: [S12E18 Baby Got Black](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e18-baby-got-black/) - Next: [S12E20 He's Bla-ack!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e20-hes-bla-ack/) - Season hub: [Season 12](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-12/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 12: episode 19 of 21 - S12E01 [Finders Keepers](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e01-finders-keepers/) - S12E02 [Vestigial Peter](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e02-vestigial-peter/) - S12E03 [Quagmire's Quagmire](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e03-quagmires-quagmire/) - S12E04 [A Fistful of Meg](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e04-a-fistful-of-meg/) - S12E05 [Boopa-dee Bappa-dee](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e05-boopa-dee-bappa-dee/) - S12E06 [Life of Brian](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e06-life-of-brian/) - S12E07 [Into Harmony's Way](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e07-into-harmonys-way/) - S12E08 [Christmas Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e08-christmas-guy/) - S12E09 [Peter Problems](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e09-peter-problems/) - S12E10 [Grimm Job](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e10-grimm-job/) - S12E11 [Brian's a Bad Father](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e11-brians-a-bad-father/) - S12E12 [Mom's the Word](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e12-moms-the-word/) - S12E13 [3 Acts of God](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e13-3-acts-of-god/) - S12E14 [Fresh Heir](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e14-fresh-heir/) - S12E15 [Secondhand Spoke](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e15-secondhand-spoke/) - S12E16 [Herpe the Love Sore](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e16-herpe-the-love-sore/) - S12E17 [The Most Interesting Man in the World](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e17-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/) - S12E18 [Baby Got Black](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e18-baby-got-black/) - S12E19 Meg Stinks! 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