Lethal Weapons

"Lethal Weapons"
Family Guy episode
Peter putting Lois in action.
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 7
Written by	Chris Sheridan
Directed by	Brian Hogan
Production no.	2ACX18
Original airdate	August 22, 2001
Guest stars
Michael Chiklis Peter Gallagher Alastair Shearman
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"Lethal Weapons" is the 7th episode from the third season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. It is the 35th episode of Family Guy, and originally aired in the United States on August 22, 2001. Michael Chiklis guest stars on the episode as a "leafer."

Plot summary

The peace of Quahog is disrupted when the leaves start turning fall colors and "leafers" from New York invade town.

When the family drives to church, the kids start arguing. Stewie tries to control them, but Lois tells them to stop, or else they wouldn't get to go to McDonald's after church. Peter says that they would still be able to go to McDonald's, but wouldn't let Chris Super Size his french fries or let Meg get an apple pie to blow on.

Bonnie invites Lois to a Tae Jitsu class where Lois quickly advances to black belt. After getting into a fight with a leafer which is broken up by Lois knocking him out with a single punch, Peter exploits Lois' fighting abilities to drive the leafers back to New York. This gets Lois aggressive enough to challenge and successfully beat up her teacher.

Her victory over her teacher makes her so assertive she immediately kisses Peter and then grabs him by the crotch, to which she claims ownership. That night Lois rapes Peter, who is too frightened to object.

The next morning, Peter feels emasculated and cries. While sharing his feelings with Brian, he eats graham crackers belonging to Stewie. Stewie promptly strikes Peter with a baseball bat. Lois blames herself for serving as a bad role model, and decides to rid the family of anger. Stewie then goes to show he caught her speech on tape, but instead played him doing a radio show.

Family therapy fails to rid Stewie of his rage issues, and so does an attempt by Brian to convince them they've taken mood elevating drugs, when he really gave them placebos.

The family ends up in an all-out brawl to get it out of their system. They start to realize how ridiculous the fighting is after Peter gets his head stuck in a picture of a horse's rear end, but when Stewie smashes Lois' head with a chair, they all resume fighting each other.

Finally exhausted, and showing visible wear and bruises, they eventually blame the violence on TV. Peter wonders how come the government does not control television in order to stop its violence. He then blames "the network" (FOX) for allowing such violence on this very show. Lois nervously warns him not to badmouth the network. Peter doesn't seem afraid, not thinking their budget could be cut. He says he's going into the kitchen for a beer. He then exits in a very slow-transition-of-frame motion.

Cultural References

The title is a reference to the movie "Lethal Weapon" and its sequels.

When Peter says about Lois, "She floats like a butterfly and stings like when I pee," it is a reference to boxer Muhammed Ali's famous phrase, "Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee."

Durning Lois's bar fight when Peter says "Krypton sucks.", the three Krypton criminals from the movie Superman II are shown sitting at the bar then fly at Lois who easily defeates them and sends them into the Phantom Zone that they were put into in the first Superman movie.

External links

This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (February 2008)

• S. Callaghan, "Lethal Weapons". Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 152–155.