Review: Family Guy “Cool Hand Peter”

Episode Synopsis: Feeling henpecked, Peter, Joe, Quagmire and Cleveland decide to take a road trip. Destination: New Orleans. But they get lost on the way and soon find themselves face-to-face with a small-town sheriff. So begins a Deep South adventure. Back in Quahog, Lois, Bonnie and the visiting Donna (voice of Sanaa Lathan) don’t miss their men at all.

Spoilers Below

Cleveland’s in town and the guys are questioning their place in marital society.  So the guys decide to go on a road trip cross country, and the girls agree to stay back at home and do what ladies do. They eventually get pulled over by a cop and after a corrupted search of their vehicle, they get taken in. They experience all the downfalls of prison(like getting beat), but they also get to experience the lighter side of prison with sing-alongs and prison gift shops. On the eve of their release, they guys find out that their prison terms aren’t over so they decide to try and break out. They eventually do but just end up at the sheriff’s house!But, as luck would have it they catch the first train outta town!

Back in Quahog, the ladies just sit around and talk shit and get drunk and do silly things like put a bumble-bee outfit on Brian(Ill admit, I have one for my dog).

This episode was a jekyll and hyde of sorts of being really great or really lame. On one hand, the guys’ story had a lot of great moments like Quagmire’s thought bubble, Peter’s “Cleveland Show” themed ringtone, Joe falling out of the wheelchair with the guards not caring, even a guest spot by Bob Gunton as the warden, but there was really no rhyme or reason for the girls’ sub plot because there was barely any mention of it at all. There was only really the one joke in it and it needed to include Stewie and Brian, otherwise that whole part was a waste of time.