Life of Brian

I didn't feel that I wanted to watch an episode widely publicised as portraying Brian's death.

We have lost sufficient family, friends and pets not to need a lesson in grief or any reminder of the intense pain that accompanies loss. However, this was handled in true FG style, and I was therefore pleasantly surprised to see an element of sensitivity creeping in.

Whilst not the best FG episode around, but it is a fair reflection of how terrible life can be, and I felt the message that "you never get over the pain of losing a loved one, it just subsides to the point where you can live with it" was put across extremely well.

Whether it was "trolling" or not, it was successful in attracting publicity to the show. Perhaps it was the writer's way of telling us that the show cannot go on forever?

(Yes, this is written in real English)

Okay, I see why this episode got a 3.8/10. Because Brian Griffin got ran over by probably Quagmire. And he got replaced by that ugly, gay, pathetic dog, Vinny with the worst accent ever (Ariana Grande's Cat voice is a lot worse, she's such an attention begging harlot). I was very, very happy when Brian came back. They could have killed off Meg after the events of A Fistful of Meg, which got a SIX point 7 out of 10 when it should have gotten an EIGHT or maybe NINE point 7 out of 10 cause they kept on hurting Meg. I know one episode where they ALMOST killed off Meg because Meg hanged herself at the end of the episode, which I laughed at.

With hindsight, it seems that season 12 was when Seth MacFarlane told Fox that they needed to give him complete creative control to do whatever he wanted.

The result was an episode that fails as both comedy, and drama, because there was never any reason doubt that MacFarlane writing out what he'd already told us was his favourite character in favour of another voice actor would only ever be a temporary stunt.

That 25,000 people fell for it and demanded the inevitable return of Brian was rather sad.

The episode isn't a total dud: there are the usual racist tropes, and a couple of moderately well observed character jokes even after The Incident.

But the core concept is rushed and forced, like the rape jokes that MacFarlane is obsessed with making.

At this point we were already four seasons beyond MacFarlane's interest with the whole show, and he was already busy stinking up the screen elsewhere, in Ted, and hosting the Oscars. Everything since then has just been managed decline.

I cant beleive that my all time favoritest show would be ruined, i come and watch family guy to have some laughs, to have joy, but wow, i cant beleive they would pull a curvedball our way, brians death scene is one of the few movies to make me cry, brian was basically my friend and seth macfarlined ruined it, they bringed him back later but i can tell brian was never the same. r.i.p brian.

the one star was because they acheive the emotion they looking for

This is one of my favorite episodes. I could watch the beginning a 1000 times and never get sick of it. The word loath is a massive understatement when it comes to my feelings for brian. The only real problem is they brought this vile character back. I wish they would do an episode similar to this but leaving that mutant gone forever. Maybe one day I'll get what i want. But that day doesnt seem to be coming anytime soon.

This is one of my favorite episodes. I could watch the beginning a 1000 times and never get sick of it. The word loath is a massive understatement when it comes to my feelings for brian. The only real problem is they brought this vile character back. I wish they would do an episode similar to this but leaving that mutant gone forever. Maybe one day I'll get what i want. But that day doesnt seem to be coming anytime soon.