Season 20 · Episode 1 · First aired 26 September 2021
LASIK Instinct
Episode 1 of Family Guy season 20 (S20E01), the 370th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Kirker Butler and directed by Steve Robertson. First broadcast on 26 September 2021.
Story
Lois knocks Doug down with her car on the way to his nursery. To avoid charges she agrees to have a treehouse built for him and to have her eyes tested. Dr Hartman talks her into laser surgery, which his cat ruins, leaving her blind. On Meg's advice she vents online, gains a following and makes money from her condition, even once her sight returns. A televised charity presentation forces her to confess. The male Griffins, meanwhile, are made to spend time with Doug under threat of a lawsuit. Stewie discovers that Doug invented the demands because his father neglects him, and offers friendship in private and rivalry in public.
Production and reception
- From this episode onwards Cleveland Brown is voiced by Arif Zahir. Wikipedia, Family Guy season 20
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 | John Herbert |
| Arif Zahir | Cleveland Brown |
| H. Jon Benjamin | Sterling Archer |
| Ralph Garman | Doug's Father |
| Rachael MacFarlane | Wanda |
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.
Season 20: episode 1 of 20
- E1LASIK InstinctYou are here
- E2Rock Hard
- E3Must Love Dogs
- E480's Guy
- E5Brief Encounter
- E6Cootie & The Blowhard
- E7Peterschmidt Manor
- E8The Birthday Bootlegger
- E9The Fatman Always Rings Twice
- E10Christmas Crime
- E11Mister Act
- E12The Lois Quagmire
- E13Lawyer Guy
- E14HBO-No
- E15Hard Boiled Meg
- E16Prescription Heroine
- E17All About Alana
- E18Girlfriend, Eh?
- E19First Blood
- E20Jersey Bore
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 20 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
Facts only- Data refreshed
- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree
- Licence
- Facts are not copyrightable. Source text on Wikipedia is CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikidata is CC0; IMDb data is used for verification under its non-commercial terms.
- 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.