Season 14 · Episode 19 · First aired 15 May 2016
Run, Chris, Run
Episode 19 of Family Guy season 14 (S14E19), the 268th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Damien Fahey and directed by Julius Wu. First broadcast on 15 May 2016.
Story
Principal Shepherd invites nominations for homecoming king, and Neil Goldman puts Chris forward. Chris wins the vote and starts behaving like royalty at home. Meg suspects a prank by the popular pupils. A news report leads Brian and Stewie to conclude that the school voted out of pity, but Chris will not accept it. At the dance he works out the truth for himself and rounds on his classmates before making up with Brian and Stewie. Meanwhile, Peter, Joe and Quagmire slip out of the Drunken Clam and leave Cleveland with the bill. Cleveland takes up with Jerome instead. Attempts to win him back fail, and he tells them Jerome is the better friend. Jerome privately admits he finds Cleveland dull but feels bound to him by race. Cleveland eventually returns to his old friends.
Production and reception
- An audience of 2.65 million watched the first broadcast, placing it second among Fox programmes that evening behind The Simpsons. Wikipedia, Run, Chris, Run
- Gameplay footage of Double Dribble used in the episode came from a YouTube video, and an automated Fox copyright claim took that video down. Wikipedia, Run, Chris, Run
- Fox said the claim had been filed in error by a bot, Seth MacFarlane apologised publicly, and the original video was later restored. Wikipedia, Run, Chris, Run
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 |
| Nickie Bryar | Poor Student |
| Gary Cole | Principal Shepherd |
| Simon Cowell | Simon Cowell |
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
- Simon Cowell as himself, Simon Cowell
- Lucas Grabeel
- Emily Osment as teenage girl/girl at the dance #1
- Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson as themselves
- Jim Rash
- Mae Whitman as sexy female librarian/girl at the dance #2
- Uncredited:
- Jeff Garlin as himself (deleted scenes)
- Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown, Herbert
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Jerome
- Liam Payne as Liam Payne
Season 14: episode 19 of 20
- E1Pilling Them Softly
- E2Papa Has a Rollin' Son
- E3Guy, Robot
- E4Peternormal Activity
- E5Peter, Chris & Brian
- E6Peter's Sister
- E7Hot Pocket-Dial
- E8Brokeback Swanson
- E9A Shot in the Dark
- E10Candy, Quahog Marshmallow
- E11The Peanut Butter Kid
- E12Scammed Yankees
- E13An App a Day
- E14Underage Peter
- E15A Lot Going on Upstairs
- E16The Heartbreak Dog
- E17Take a Letter
- E18The New Adventures of Old Tom
- E19Run, Chris, RunYou are here
- E20Road to India
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 14 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.