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Season 20 · Episode 9 · First aired 28 November 2021

The Fatman Always Rings Twice

Episode 9 of Family Guy season 20 (S20E09), the 378th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Alex Carter and directed by Joe Vaux. First broadcast on 28 November 2021.

Story

The episode plays as a 1940s detective story with the cast recast. Peter is a private investigator hired by Lois's character to find her missing daughter, a nun played by Meg. The trail leads to a cardinal, played by Carter, before word arrives that the young woman has been shot. A roll of film found with her body ties both the client and the cardinal to the mob, whose junior member, played by Chris, is running illegal drink. The cardinal is stabbed before he can be questioned, and the detective is framed for the shooting. Brian's reporter bails him out. The culprit proves to be his secretary, played by Stewie, an orphan avenging his treatment. Seamus stops a final attempt on the detective's life.

Voices

VoiceCharacters
Seth MacFarlanePeter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex BorsteinLois Griffin
Seth GreenChris Griffin
Mila KunisMeg Griffin
Patrick WarburtonJoe Swanson
Arif ZahirCleveland Brown
John G. BrennanMort Goldman
Mark HentemannSoldier

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

Season 20: episode 9 of 20

  1. E1LASIK Instinct
  2. E2Rock Hard
  3. E3Must Love Dogs
  4. E480's Guy
  5. E5Brief Encounter
  6. E6Cootie & The Blowhard
  7. E7Peterschmidt Manor
  8. E8The Birthday Bootlegger
  9. E9The Fatman Always Rings TwiceYou are here
  10. E10Christmas Crime
  11. E11Mister Act
  12. E12The Lois Quagmire
  13. E13Lawyer Guy
  14. E14HBO-No
  15. E15Hard Boiled Meg
  16. E16Prescription Heroine
  17. E17All About Alana
  18. E18Girlfriend, Eh?
  19. E19First Blood
  20. E20Jersey Bore

Season hub with air dates and credits for all 20 episodes

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