Season 21 · Episode 2 · First aired 2 October 2022
Bend or Blockbuster
Episode 2 of Family Guy season 21 (S21E02), the 391st Family Guy episode overall. Written by Artie Johann and directed by John Holmquist. First broadcast on 2 October 2022.
Story
Envious of another family's closeness, Lois pushes the Griffins to spend a day together. Peter proposes a rented film, and with the local Blockbuster gone he drives everyone to the last branch, in Bend, Oregon. The clerk refuses him over an unpaid late fee. He and a colleague chase the family into the woods and corner them in an abandoned cabin. Amazon drones drive the pair off and carry the Griffins home. Chris has ordered Sliver, but the family lack the cables for their video recorder.
Production and reception
- Haley Joel Osment voiced the second Blockbuster employee who pursues the Griffins across Oregon. Wikipedia, Family Guy season 21
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 | GUNSAM Host, Jeff Bezos |
| Arif Zahir | Cleveland Brown |
| Travis Bowe | Blockbuster Employee #1 |
| Gary Cole | Principal Shepherd |
| Sam Elliott | Wild Wild West |
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
- Mario Lopez as Mario Lopez
Season 21: episode 2 of 20
- E1Oscars Guy
- E2Bend or BlockbusterYou are here
- E3A Wife-Changing Experience
- E4The Munchurian Candidate
- E5Unzipped Code
- E6Happy Holo-ween
- E7The Stewaway
- E8Get Stewie
- E9Carny Knowledge
- E10The Candidate
- E11Love Story Guy
- E12Old West
- E13Single White Dad
- E14White Meg Can't Jump
- E15Adoptation
- E16The Bird Reich
- E17A Bottle Episode
- E18Vat Man and Rob 'Em
- E19From Russia with Love
- E20Adult Education
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 21 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
Facts only- Data refreshed
- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against IMDb: title, year, 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. Guest cast data from TVmaze (https://www.tvmaze.com), CC BY-SA.