--- title: "Family Guy season 4 episode guide | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-4/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "All 30 episodes of Family Guy season 4, first broadcast 1 May 2005 to 21 May 2006, with air dates, writers and directors." --- # Family Guy season 4 30 episodes, first broadcast 1 May 2005 to 21 May 2006. Titles, air dates, writers and directors for each, in broadcast order. ## Episodes | No. | Code | Title | First aired | Written by | Directed by | Story | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | S04E01 | [North by North Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e01-north-by-north-quahog/) | 1 May 2005 | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Shin | Peter tells the family the show has been cancelled and lists 29 Fox series that must fail before it can return. | | 2 | S04E02 | [Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e02-fast-times-at-buddy-cianci-jr-high/) | 8 May 2005 | Ken Goin | Pete Michels | When the English teacher at Chris's school leaves, Brian steps in as a substitute. | | 3 | S04E03 | [Blind Ambition](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e03-blind-ambition/) | 15 May 2005 | Steve Callaghan | Chuck Klein | Lois catches Quagmire spying on her in the ladies' toilet at the bowling alley. | | 4 | S04E04 | [Don't Make Me Over](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e04-dont-make-me-over/) | 5 Jun 2005 | Gene Laufenberg | Sarah Frost | Meg has a makeover to lift her confidence. | | 5 | S04E05 | [The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e05-the-cleveland-loretta-quagmire/) | 12 Jun 2005 | Mike Henry and Patrick Henry | James Purdum | At a party on Peter's boat, Quagmire retrieves a fish from Loretta's cleavage. | | 6 | S04E06 | [Petarded](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e06-petarded/) | 19 Jun 2005 | Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild | Seth Kearsley | At a games night, Lois feeds Peter preschool Trivial Pursuit questions so that he wins, and he boasts he is smarter than everyone. | | 7 | S04E07 | [Brian the Bachelor](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e07-brian-the-bachelor/) | 26 Jun 2005 | Mark Hentemann | Dan Povenmire | Cleveland is downcast about his divorce, so Peter takes him to audition for The Bachelorette. | | 8 | S04E08 | [8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e08-8-simple-rules-for-buying-my-teenage-daughter/) | 10 Jul 2005 | Patrick Meighan | Greg Colton | Peter opens a tab at Mort's pharmacy without grasping how it works and runs up a $34,000 debt. | | 9 | S04E09 | [Breaking Out Is Hard to Do](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e09-breaking-out-is-hard-to-do/) | 17 Jul 2005 | Tom Devanney | Kurt Dumas | Short of money at the supermarket, Lois steals a ham. | | 10 | S04E10 | [Model Misbehavior](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e10-model-misbehavior/) | 24 Jul 2005 | Steve Callaghan | Sarah Frost | A newspaper photo of Lois in her underwear launches her as a model, a lifelong ambition. | | 11 | S04E11 | [Peter's Got Woods](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e11-peters-got-woods/) | 11 Sept 2005 | Danny Smith | Chuck Klein and Zac Moncrief | Lois asks Peter to attend a parents' meeting at Meg's school, and he sends Brian instead. | | 12 | S04E12 | [Perfect Castaway](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e12-perfect-castaway/) | 18 Sept 2005 | John Viener | James Purdum | Peter goes fishing with Joe, Cleveland and Quagmire, and a storm sinks the boat under them. | | 13 | S04E13 | [Jungle Love](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e13-jungle-love/) | 25 Sept 2005 | Mark Hentemann | Seth Kearsley | Before Chris starts high school, Joe describes the Freshman Hunt: older pupils and staff paddle the new arrivals. | | 14 | S04E14 | [PTV](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e14-ptv/) | 6 Nov 2005 | Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild | Dan Povenmire | A cold open has Stewie fight Osama bin Laden and ride a tricycle through film scenes, nearly hitting Homer Simpson. | | 15 | S04E15 | [Brian Goes Back to College](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e15-brian-goes-back-to-college/) | 13 Nov 2005 | Matt Fleckenstein | Greg Colton | Dressed as The A-Team, Peter, Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland win a costume contest. | | 16 | S04E16 | [The Courtship of Stewie's Father](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e16-the-courtship-of-stewies-father/) | 20 Nov 2005 | Kirker Butler | Kurt Dumas | At the Pawtucket Brewery, Peter misses Employee of the Month and fails to charm his supervisor Angela. | | 17 | S04E17 | [The Fat Guy Strangler](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e17-the-fat-guy-strangler/) | 27 Nov 2005 | Chris Sheridan | Sarah Frost | Peter skips his medical to eat steak with friends, so Lois takes him to Dr Hartman, who calls him healthy but fat. | | 18 | S04E18 | [The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e18-the-father-the-son-and-the-holy-fonz/) | 18 Dec 2005 | Danny Smith | James Purdum | Peter's Catholic father Francis visits and insists Stewie be baptised. | | 19 | S04E19 | [Brian Sings and Swings](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e19-brian-sings-and-swings/) | 8 Jan 2006 | Michael Rowe | Chuck Klein and Zac Moncrief | Peter reverses his car into Brian, putting him in hospital and leaving him depressed about mortality. | | 20 | S04E20 | [Patriot Games](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e20-patriot-games/) | 29 Jan 2006 | Mike Henry | Cyndi Tang | At his high school reunion Peter poses as a secret agent, astronaut and millionaire, but Tom Brady exposes the lie. | | 21 | S04E21 | [I Take Thee Quagmire](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e21-i-take-thee-quagmire/) | 12 Mar 2006 | Tom Maxwell, Don Woodard and Steve Callaghan | Seth Kearsley | Peter wins the bonus round on Wheel of Fortune; his prizes include a week of free maid service. | | 22 | S04E22 | [Sibling Rivalry](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e22-sibling-rivalry/) | 26 Mar 2006 | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | Dan Povenmire | After a pregnancy scare Peter agrees to a vasectomy, first depositing sperm at a bank in case of another child. | | 23 | S04E23 | [Deep Throats](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e23-deep-throats/) | 9 Apr 2006 | Alex Borstein | Greg Colton | Meg interns for Mayor West, and Brian, afraid of becoming the family's new Meg, starts driving a taxi. | | 24 | S04E24 | [Peterotica](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e24-peterotica/) | 23 Apr 2006 | Patrick Meighan | Kurt Dumas | At a sex shop with Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland, Peter buys an erotic novel and finds it poor. | | 25 | S04E25 | [You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e25-you-may-now-kiss-the-uh-guy-who-receives/) | 30 Apr 2006 | David A. Goodman | Dominic Polcino | Brian's cousin Jasper arrives with his Filipino boyfriend Ricardo and announces they are to marry. | | 26 | S04E26 | [Petergeist](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e26-petergeist/) | 7 May 2006 | Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild | Sarah Frost | Joe builds a home cinema, so Peter starts digging a multiplex in his back garden out of spite. | | 27 | S04E27 | [The Griffin Family History](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e27-the-griffin-family-history/) | 14 May 2006 | John Viener | Zac Moncrief | Burglars break into the Griffin house and the family retreats to Peter's attic panic room. | | 28 | S04E28 | [Stewie B. Goode](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e28-stewie-b-goode/) | 21 May 2006 | Gary Janetti and Chris Sheridan | Pete Michels | At the Quahog community pool Peter throws Stewie in to teach him to swim, and he nearly drowns. | | 29 | S04E29 | [Bango Was His Name, Oh!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e29-bango-was-his-name-oh/) | 21 May 2006 | Alex Borstein | Pete Michels | Peter buys a TiVo. | | 30 | S04E30 | [Stu and Stewie's Excellent Adventure](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s04e30-stu-and-stewies-excellent-adventure/) | 21 May 2006 | Steve Callaghan | Pete Michels | Stewie's future self, Stu, is holidaying in the present by time travel. | ## Navigation - Previous season: [Season 3](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-3/) - Next season: [Season 5](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-5/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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