--- title: "Send in Stewie, Please (S16E12) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e12-send-in-stewie-please/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Send in Stewie, Please: Family Guy season 16 episode 12 (S16E12), first aired 18 March 2018. Writer and director credits." --- # Send in Stewie, Please Episode 12 of Family Guy season 16 (S16E12), the 301st Family Guy episode overall. Written by Gary Janetti and directed by Joe Vaux. First broadcast on 18 March 2018. ## Story A shove that sent a classmate down the stairs at Quahog Preschool brings Stewie before Dr Cecil Pritchfield, a psychologist who works with children. The session runs as one long conversation. Stewie reads the doctor's marriage from a photograph and lays bare how uneasy the doctor is about the age gap between himself and his husband. Pritchfield in turn names Stewie's loneliness, and Stewie breaks down. Over the rest of the session Stewie sets out his difficulty fitting in, his anxiety and his wish to work on Broadway. He also drops his British accent, which turns out to have been assumed, before deciding to keep it after all. Pritchfield then suffers a heart attack. Stewie withholds the medication and lets the one person who has seen through him die. That night guilt wakes him, and he calls Brian to his bed. ## Production and reception - Gary Janetti wrote the part of Pritchfield for Ian McKellen, whom he had previously cast in Vicious, the British sitcom Janetti co-created. ([Wikipedia: Send In Stewie, Please](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_In_Stewie%2C_Please)) - Fox promoted the broadcast as the first Family Guy episode with limited commercial interruption, running 25 minutes with PlayStation as the sole sponsor. ([Wikipedia: Send In Stewie, Please](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_In_Stewie%2C_Please)) - In the United States 2.24 million people watched the first broadcast, and the Nielsen rating among adults aged 18 to 49 was 1.0. ([Wikipedia: Send In Stewie, Please](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_In_Stewie%2C_Please)) - Steve Greene of IndieWire graded it B minus, picking out the bottle episode format and the absence of cutaway gags. ([Wikipedia: Send In Stewie, Please](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_In_Stewie%2C_Please)) - Seth MacFarlane took a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, losing to his co-star Alex Borstein for "Nanny Goats". ([Wikipedia: Send In Stewie, Please](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_In_Stewie%2C_Please)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 16 | | Episode | 12 of 20 | | Overall | No. 301 | | Code | S16E12 | | First aired | 18 March 2018 | | Directed by | Joe Vaux | | Written by | Gary Janetti | | Production code | FACX10 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 16 | | Wikidata | Q52795049 | | IMDb | tt7635410 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 2.24 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown | | Ian McKellen | Dr. Cecil Pritchfield | | Gary Janetti | Michael | | Nickie Bryar | Preschool Girl, Preschool Girl | 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 - Ian McKellen as Dr. Cecil Pritchfield - Gary Janetti as Michael ## Links - Season: [16](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-16/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 16](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_16) - Wikidata: [Q52795049](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52795049) - IMDb: [tt7635410](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7635410/) - US viewers: [2.24 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_In_Stewie%2C_Please) ## Navigation - Previous: [S16E11 Dog Bites Bear](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e11-dog-bites-bear/) - Next: [S16E13 V Is for Mystery](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e13-v-is-for-mystery/) - Season hub: [Season 16](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-16/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 16: episode 12 of 20 - S16E01 [Emmy-Winning Episode](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e01-emmy-winning-episode/) - S16E02 [Foxx in the Men House](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e02-foxx-in-the-men-house/) - S16E03 [Nanny Goats](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e03-nanny-goats/) - S16E04 [Follow the Money](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e04-follow-the-money/) - S16E05 [Three Directors](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e05-three-directors/) - S16E06 [The D in Apartment 23](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e06-the-d-in-apartment-23/) - S16E07 [Petey IV](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e07-petey-iv/) - S16E08 [Crimes and Meg's Demeanor](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e08-crimes-and-megs-demeanor/) - S16E09 [Don't Be a Dickens at Christmas](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e09-dont-be-a-dickens-at-christmas/) - S16E10 [Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e10-boy-dog-meets-girl-dog/) - S16E11 [Dog Bites Bear](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e11-dog-bites-bear/) - S16E12 Send in Stewie, Please (this entry) - S16E13 [V Is for Mystery](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e13-v-is-for-mystery/) - S16E14 [Veteran Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e14-veteran-guy/) - S16E15 [The Woof of Wall Street](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e15-the-woof-of-wall-street/) - S16E16 [Family Guy Through the Years](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e16-family-guy-through-the-years/) - S16E17 [Switch the Flip](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e17-switch-the-flip/) - S16E18 [HTTPete](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e18-httpete/) - S16E19 [The Unkindest Cut](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s16e19-the-unkindest-cut/) - S16E20 [Are You There God? 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