--- title: "Family Guy season 12 episode guide | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-12/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "All 21 episodes of Family Guy season 12, first broadcast 29 September 2013 to 18 May 2014, with air dates, writers and directors." --- # Family Guy season 12 21 episodes, first broadcast 29 September 2013 to 18 May 2014. Titles, air dates, writers and directors for each, in broadcast order. ## Episodes | No. | Code | Title | First aired | Written by | Directed by | Story | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | S12E01 | [Finders Keepers](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e01-finders-keepers/) | 29 Sept 2013 | Mike Desilets and Anthony Blasucci | John Holmquist | Peter's breath drives everyone away until a dentist finds a shrimp that has been in his mouth for a week. | | 2 | S12E02 | [Vestigial Peter](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e02-vestigial-peter/) | 6 Oct 2013 | Brian Scully | Julius Wu | A shop assistant spots a lump on Peter's neck, and Dr Hartman diagnoses an undeveloped twin lying under the skin. | | 3 | S12E03 | [Quagmire's Quagmire](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e03-quagmires-quagmire/) | 3 Nov 2013 | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | Pete Michels | Quagmire meets Sonya at a computer service counter after his new machine crashes, and they find they share a taste for extreme sex. | | 4 | S12E04 | [A Fistful of Meg](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e04-a-fistful-of-meg/) | 10 Nov 2013 | Dominic Bianchi and Joe Vaux | Joe Vaux | Meg spills her lunch over Mike Pulaski, a new pupil, who challenges her to a fight after school. | | 5 | S12E05 | [Boopa-dee Bappa-dee](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e05-boopa-dee-bappa-dee/) | 17 Nov 2013 | Wellesley Wild | Mike Kim | Lois books tickets to Italy during an airline price war and lets Peter believe they are going to a water park until the plane is in the air. | | 6 | S12E06 | [Life of Brian](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e06-life-of-brian/) | 24 Nov 2013 | Alex Carter | Joseph Lee | Brian and Stewie flee an altered timeline created when Stewie armed the attackers at Jamestown, and put history back. | | 7 | S12E07 | [Into Harmony's Way](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e07-into-harmonys-way/) | 8 Dec 2013 | Julius Sharpe | Brian Iles | Peter and Quagmire find by accident that their voices harmonise, and start writing songs together. | | 8 | S12E08 | [Christmas Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e08-christmas-guy/) | 15 Dec 2013 | Patrick Meighan | Greg Colton | The Griffins find the Christmas carnival at Quahog Mall cancelled, and Vinny learns that Carter is behind it. | | 9 | S12E09 | [Peter Problems](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e09-peter-problems/) | 5 Jan 2014 | Teresa Hsiao | Bob Bowen | Angela promotes Peter to forklift operator at the Pawtucket Brewery, and he masters the machine before lifting a vat of beer, drinking it and driving through a wall... | | 10 | S12E10 | [Grimm Job](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e10-grimm-job/) | 12 Jan 2014 | Alec Sulkin | Joe Vaux | Stewie cannot sleep, so Peter reads him three fairy tales with the people of Quahog in the parts. | | 11 | S12E11 | [Brian's a Bad Father](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e11-brians-a-bad-father/) | 26 Jan 2014 | Chris Sheridan | Jerry Langford | Brian's teenage son Dylan comes back to Quahog. | | 12 | S12E12 | [Mom's the Word](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e12-moms-the-word/) | 9 Mar 2014 | Ted Jessup | John Holmquist | Peter soils himself at work after eating a tube of raw cookie dough and a taco picked up in the car park, and comes home to the news that a stroke has killed his... | | 13 | S12E13 | [3 Acts of God](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e13-3-acts-of-god/) | 16 Mar 2014 | Alec Sulkin | Bob Bowen | The Patriots lose a tenth straight game, this one to the Bills, and two Buffalo players credit God in a postgame interview, so Peter sets out to find him. | | 14 | S12E14 | [Fresh Heir](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e14-fresh-heir/) | 23 Mar 2014 | Steve Callaghan | Mike Kim | Peter turns Chris down when he asks to spend time together. | | 15 | S12E15 | [Secondhand Spoke](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e15-secondhand-spoke/) | 30 Mar 2014 | Dave Ihlenfeld and David Wright | Julius Wu | Peter resents the extra breaks his colleague Stella takes to smoke, takes up the habit himself and cannot stop. | | 16 | S12E16 | [Herpe the Love Sore](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e16-herpe-the-love-sore/) | 6 Apr 2014 | Andrew Goldberg | Greg Colton | Peter opens a parcel addressed to Quagmire and keeps the whip he finds inside. | | 17 | S12E17 | [The Most Interesting Man in the World](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e17-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/) | 13 Apr 2014 | Tom Devanney | Joseph Lee | Lois goes shooting with Bonnie and leaves Peter to take Stewie to the park. | | 18 | S12E18 | [Baby Got Black](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e18-baby-got-black/) | 27 Apr 2014 | Kevin Biggins and Travis Bowe | Brian Iles | Peter, Quagmire and Joe hear a news item about a boy who died staying awake to play Halo, and bet on who can go longest without sleep. | | 19 | S12E19 | [Meg Stinks!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e19-meg-stinks/) | 4 May 2014 | Danny Smith | Bob Bowen | At the James Woods High School college fair, Meg turns out to be a top student, and Principal Shepherd arranges her an interview at Green Mountain College in Vermont. | | 20 | S12E20 | [He's Bla-ack!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e20-hes-bla-ack/) | 11 May 2014 | Julius Sharpe | Steve Robertson | Cleveland comes back to Quahog after the cancellation of his spin-off and takes ribbing from his friends at the Drunken Clam about the show's logo, its ratings and... | | 21 | S12E21 | [Chap Stewie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e21-chap-stewie/) | 18 May 2014 | Artie Johann and Shawn Ries | Joe Vaux | Peter and Chris destroy the television during a mattress game, and Stewie bites Lois, headbutts Meg and is sent to bed early. | ## Navigation - Previous season: [Season 11](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-11/) - Next season: [Season 13](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-13/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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