--- title: "Family Guy season 8 episode guide | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-8/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "All 21 episodes of Family Guy season 8, first broadcast 27 September 2009 to 20 June 2010, with air dates, writers and directors." --- # Family Guy season 8 21 episodes, first broadcast 27 September 2009 to 20 June 2010. Titles, air dates, writers and directors for each, in broadcast order. ## Episodes | No. | Code | Title | First aired | Written by | Directed by | Story | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | S08E01 | [Road to the Multiverse](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e01-road-to-the-multiverse/) | 27 Sept 2009 | Wellesley Wild | Greg Colton | At the county fair Stewie reveals that his prize pig came from a parallel universe and shows Brian a remote control that moves them between worlds. | | 2 | S08E02 | [Family Goy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e02-family-goy/) | 4 Oct 2009 | Mark Hentemann | James Purdum | Peter falls for a cardboard cutout of Kathy Ireland, then rips it in half and buries it in the garden. | | 3 | S08E03 | [Spies Reminiscent of Us](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e03-spies-reminiscent-of-us/) | 11 Oct 2009 | Alec Sulkin | Cyndi Tang | With both bathrooms at home occupied, Peter starts using the toilet in Cleveland's empty house. | | 4 | S08E04 | [Brian's Got a Brand New Bag](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e04-brians-got-a-brand-new-bag/) | 8 Nov 2009 | Tom Devanney | Pete Michels | Peter buys the film Road House at a closing video shop and starts kicking everything in sight. | | 5 | S08E05 | [Hannah Banana](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e05-hannah-banana/) | 8 Nov 2009 | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | John Holmquist | Chris blames a failed test on the Evil Monkey in his closet and sets a trap to prove it exists. | | 6 | S08E06 | [Quagmire's Baby](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e06-quagmires-baby/) | 15 Nov 2009 | Patrick Meighan | Jerry Langford | At Quagmire's garage sale Peter buys an amateur radio and thinks he is talking to Ronald Reagan's spirit, until the voice proves to be impressionist Rich Little. | | 7 | S08E07 | [Jerome Is the New Black](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e07-jerome-is-the-new-black/) | 22 Nov 2009 | John Viener | Brian Iles | With Cleveland gone, Peter, Quagmire and Joe interview candidates for a fourth friend and pick Jerome, a bar regular who impresses them at darts. | | 8 | S08E08 | [Dog Gone](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e08-dog-gone/) | 29 Nov 2009 | Steve Callaghan | Julius Wu | Brian is invited to an award ceremony for his novel, run by the "Rhode Island Society for Special Literary Excellence", and only on arrival grasps what special means. | | 9 | S08E09 | [Business Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e09-business-guy/) | 13 Dec 2009 | Andrew Goldberg and Alex Carter | Pete Michels | On the Pewterschmidt yacht Peter learns that Carter has never had a stag party, and takes him to a strip club. | | 10 | S08E10 | [Big Man on Hippocampus](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e10-big-man-on-hippocampus/) | 3 Jan 2010 | Brian Scully | Dominic Bianchi | The Griffins audition for Family Feud and reach the final round. | | 11 | S08E11 | [Dial Meg for Murder](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e11-dial-meg-for-murder/) | 31 Jan 2010 | Alex Carter and Andrew Goldberg | Cyndi Tang | Peter enters a rodeo and falls straight off his bull. | | 12 | S08E12 | [Extra Large Medium](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e12-extra-large-medium/) | 14 Feb 2010 | Steve Callaghan | John Holmquist | On a family hike Chris and Stewie wander off after a butterfly and are lost for several days. | | 13 | S08E13 | [Go, Stewie, Go!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e13-go-stewie-go/) | 14 Mar 2010 | Gary Janetti | Greg Colton | Stewie is watching Jolly Farm Revue again, and Brian mentions auditions for an American version of the programme. | | 14 | S08E14 | [Peter-assment](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e14-peter-assment/) | 21 Mar 2010 | Chris Sheridan | Julius Wu | At a preschool play Peter films Stewie's stage fright and pesters Richard Dreyfuss in the audience. | | 15 | S08E15 | [Brian Griffin's House of Payne](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e15-brian-griffins-house-of-payne/) | 28 Mar 2010 | Spencer Porter | Jerry Langford | Stewie finds an old television script of Brian's in the basement and leaves it on the kitchen table. | | 16 | S08E16 | [April in Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e16-april-in-quahog/) | 11 Apr 2010 | John Viener | Joseph Lee | Local news reports that Stephen Hawking has found a new black hole out at the edge of the solar system. | | 17 | S08E17 | [Brian & Stewie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e17-brian-and-stewie/) | 2 May 2010 | Gary Janetti | Dominic Bianchi | Brian and Stewie are shut in a bank vault over a weekend after Brian calls at his safe deposit box. | | 18 | S08E18 | [Quagmire's Dad](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e18-quagmires-dad/) | 9 May 2010 | Tom Devanney | Pete Michels | Quagmire's father, Lieutenant Commander Dan Quagmire, comes to Quahog, and Peter and Joe are taken aback by his manner. | | 19 | S08E19 | [The Splendid Source](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e19-the-splendid-source/) | 16 May 2010 | Mark Hentemann | Brian Iles | Chris is suspended from school for repeating a dirty joke he heard from Quagmire. | | 20 | S08E20 | [Something, Something, Something, Dark Side](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e20-something-something-something-dark-side/) | 23 May 2010 | Kirker Butler | Dominic Polcino | A power cut prompts Peter to retell The Empire Strikes Back, with the family and their neighbours in the roles. | | 21 | S08E21 | [Partial Terms of Endearment](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e21-partial-terms-of-endearment/) | 20 Jun 2010 | Danny Smith | Joseph Lee | At her college reunion Lois meets her former roommate Naomi, who calls at the house with her husband Dale and asks Lois to carry a child for them, disappointing... | ## Navigation - Previous season: [Season 7](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-7/) - Next season: [Season 9](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-9/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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