Movin' Out

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"Movin’ Out (Brian’s Song)"
Family Guy episode
Stewie reveals he's been paying Brian's rent
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 2
Written by	John Viener
Directed by	Cyndi Tang
Production no.	5ACX14
Original airdate	September 30, 2007
Guest stars
Audrey Wasilewski Carla Delaney Anthony Tavera H. Jon Benjamin as Carl Drew Barrymore as Jillian
Episode chronology ← Previous Next → "Blue Harvest" "Believe It or Not, Joe’s Walking on Air"
Family Guy (season 6) List of Family Guy episodes

"Movin' Out (Brian's Song)" is the second episode of the sixth season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. It is the 100th episode, though it is labeled as 98th by FOX, since it does not include the three edited-for-TV episodes that make up Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story and counts the double-length episode "Blue Harvest" as two separate episodes. The episode title is a play on Billy Joel's 1977 top 20 hit "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" as well as the 1971 TV movie Brian's Song.^{[citation needed]} The show was the second highest-viewed on FOX that night with 7.59 million viewers, slightly behind The Simpsons episode "Homer of Seville" which drew 8.43 million.

Plot summary

Brian turns down a chance to see Disney on Ice with Jillian, so he decides to give his ticket to Peter. After Peter and Jillian spend the entire day together and greatly enjoy each other's company, Peter convinces Jillian to either force Brian to let her move in with him or leave him. An angry Brian agrees to get an apartment with Jillian. Much to his surprise, Brian has a good time living with Jillian, but he comes to the realization that there is no way he can pay the rent by himself and he decides to allow Stewie to move in with them, who now makes money with his own paper route. Brian does not tell Jillian that Stewie is helping with the rent, rather he tells her Stewie misses him. Stewie quickly gets in the way of Brian and Jillian's happiness living together and after arguing with Brian one night while he is having sex with Jillian, Stewie reveals that he is paying half the rent, prompting Brian to admit he never wanted to move in with Jillian at all. Heartbroken, Jillian leaves Brian.

After many failed attempts to lift a saddened Brian's spirits, Stewie convinces Brian to try to get Jillian back. Brian goes to her apartment, only to find that she has now moved in with Mayor West. As the two go their separate ways, Brian moves back in with the Griffins, where he manages to move on with his life. It is at this point where we discover details of Brian's long awaited novel, Faster than the Speed of Love, for the first time.

In the side story, Meg is given a job at a local convenience store. Meg is extremely happy with her job and she decides to help Chris get a job there who was taking a sabbatical. Chris immediately clicks with the store owner, Carl (played by H. Jon Benjamin), and he is given a large promotion which Carl originally promised to Meg. When Meg takes issue with this, she is fired. Lois, to whom Meg has told of her plight, explains the situation to Chris and tells him to stand up for Meg by getting her job back. Chris is able to do this after bribing Carl by withholding his opinions of movies he and Carl normally discuss until Carl re-hires her. Meg, in turn, rejects working at the store again, as she only had Chris get her job back to see if he would stand up for her.

External links

• Movin' Out (Brian's Song) on Family Guy Wiki, an external wiki
• Movin' Out (Brian's Song) at the Internet Movie Database
• "Movin' Out (Brian's Song)" at TV.com

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