Valentine's Day in Quahog

"Valentine's Day in Quahog"
Family Guy episode
Episode no. Season 11
Episode 12
Directed by Bob Bowen
Written by Daniel Palladino
Featured music "I Gotta Feeling"
by The Black Eyed Peas
Production code AACX11
Original air date February 10, 2013
Guest actors

"Valentine's Day in Quahog" is the twelfth episode of the eleventh season and the 200th overall episode of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It aired on Fox in the United States on February 10, 2013, and is written by Daniel Palladino and directed by Bob Bowen.[1]

In the episode, to engage in romance for Valentine's Day, Peter and Lois decide to spend the day in bed. Meanwhile, Stewie travels back in time to the 1960s and kisses a girl who turns out to be his mother; Meg has a kidney stolen by the boy she met online; Quagmire appears to be a woman; Chris grows a crush on Herbert's niece; Consuela crosses the border to be with her husband; Brian is visited by his ex-girlfriends; and Mayor West saves Carol from making another love mistake.

Plot

Following a special Valentine's Day opening set to "I Gotta Feeling" (and referencing the film Valentine's Day), the episode is shown in different Valentine's Day stories occurring on the same day:

At the end of the day, the following scenes occur as Nat King Cole's "L-O-V-E" is played in the background:

The final scene shows Peter and Lois sleeping in bed until Peter has a seizure.

Reception

The episode received a 2.5 rating and was watched by a total of 4.71 million people, this made it the most watched show on Animation Domination that night beating The Cleveland Show, Bob's Burgers, American Dad! and The Simpsons.[2] The episode was met with generally positive reviews from critics. Carter Dotson of TV Fanatic gave the episode four and a half stars out of five, saying "But, really, what made this tick was that there was an intelligence to the established characters. The situations were ludicrous, but all the characters felt like they acted in the ways that they are expected to. The episode is credited to Daniel Palladino (husband of Gilmore Girls and Bunheads creator Amy Sherman-Palladino), and as the intro said, he was a writer on Who’s the Boss? It’s digging deep for a reference, but including every single girlfriend Brian has had (including Seabreeze!) fits the bill too. This was just all-around a well-constructed run-through for the series. They may be self-deprecating and joke about their decline, but they can still pump out a winner."[3] Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B, saying "This is a proficient parody of an easy target, skewering the bloated, monotonous romantic vignette films that somehow made a dent at the box office over the past few years. It’s not a standout, but “Valentine’s Day In Quahog” manages to avoid being just another Valentine’s Day episode by deriding the most basic examples of the form."[4]

References

  1. "Family Guy Episode Guide 2013 Season 11 - Valentine's Day in Quahog, Episode 12". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  2. Kondolojy, Amanda (February 12, 2013). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Family Guy' & 'The Cleveland Show' Adjusted Up; 'The Simpsons', '60 Minutes' & 'Revenge for Real' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  3. Nathaniel (2013-02-11). "Family Guy Review: Crazy Little Thing Called Love". TV Fanatic. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  4. McFarland, Kevin (February 10, 2013). "Valentine's Day in Quahog". The A.V Club. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

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