--- title: "He's Bla-ack! (S12E20) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e20-hes-bla-ack/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "He's Bla-ack!: Family Guy season 12 episode 20 (S12E20), first aired 11 May 2014. Writer and director credits." --- # He's Bla-ack! Episode 20 of Family Guy season 12 (S12E20), the 230th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Julius Sharpe and directed by Steve Robertson. First broadcast on 11 May 2014. ## Story Cleveland comes back to Quahog after the cancellation of his spin-off and takes ribbing from his friends at the Drunken Clam about the show's logo, its ratings and its lack of an audience. He also turns up in the title sequence in Mort's place. The Browns move into their old house, which past tenants have wrecked, and Rallo is rebuffed by Stewie. Chris breaks a vase over Rallo's head, Donna spanks him, and Lois and Donna fall out over parenting and forbid their husbands to meet. Peter and Cleveland resort to meeting on an aeroplane and at a staged traffic stop, and are caught both times. At Susie's first birthday party the two men insist on running the three-legged race together, and their wives make peace. ## Production and reception - The broadcast took a 2.1 rating among adults aged 18 to 49 and 4.16 million viewers, the best figures of the night on Fox. ([Wikipedia: He's Bla-ack!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He's_Bla-ack!)) - Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club graded the episode B minus, calling the montage of past moments between Peter and Cleveland cynical but effective, and marking down the many race jokes. ([Wikipedia: He's Bla-ack!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He's_Bla-ack!)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 12 | | Episode | 20 of 21 | | Overall | No. 230 | | Code | S12E20 | | First aired | 11 May 2014 | | Directed by | Steve Robertson | | Written by | Julius Sharpe | | Production code | BACX19 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 12 | | Wikidata | Q16867134 | | IMDb | tt3683124 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 4.16 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin, Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, Rallo Tubbs | | John G. Brennan | Mort Goldman | | Sanaa Lathan | Donna Tubbs | 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 - Sanaa Lathan as Donna Tubbs-Brown - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Johnny Brennan as Mort Goldman - Mike Henry as Rallo ## 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: [Q16867134](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16867134) - IMDb: [tt3683124](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3683124/) - US viewers: [4.16 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He's_Bla-ack!) ## Navigation - Previous: [S12E19 Meg Stinks!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e19-meg-stinks/) - Next: [S12E21 Chap Stewie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e21-chap-stewie/) - 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 20 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!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e19-meg-stinks/) - S12E20 He's Bla-ack! 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