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Life of Brian

  • Episode aired Nov 24, 2013
  • TV-14
  • 22m
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4.8/10
3.6K
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Family Guy: Farewell To Brian
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Brian dies and Stewie cannot use his time machine to save him. Meanwhile, Peter replaces Brian with an Italian dog named Vinny.Brian dies and Stewie cannot use his time machine to save him. Meanwhile, Peter replaces Brian with an Italian dog named Vinny.Brian dies and Stewie cannot use his time machine to save him. Meanwhile, Peter replaces Brian with an Italian dog named Vinny.

  • Directors
    • Joseph Lee
    • Dominic Bianchi
    • James Purdum
  • Writers
    • Seth MacFarlane
    • David Zuckerman
    • Alex Carter
  • Stars
    • Seth MacFarlane
    • Alex Borstein
    • Seth Green
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    4.8/10
    3.6K
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    • Directors
      • Joseph Lee
      • Dominic Bianchi
      • James Purdum
    • Writers
      • Seth MacFarlane
      • David Zuckerman
      • Alex Carter
    • Stars
      • Seth MacFarlane
      • Alex Borstein
      • Seth Green
    • 41User reviews
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    Seth MacFarlane
    Seth MacFarlane
    • Peter Griffin
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    Alex Borstein
    Alex Borstein
    • Lois Griffin
    • (voice)
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    Seth Green
    Seth Green
    • Chris Griffin
    • (voice)
    Mila Kunis
    Mila Kunis
    • Meg Griffin
    • (voice)
    Mike Henry
    Mike Henry
      John G. Brennan
      John G. Brennan
      • Mort Goldman
      • (voice)
      • (as Johnny Brennan)
      Yvette Nicole Brown
      Yvette Nicole Brown
      • Black Woman
      • (voice)
      Chris Cox
      Chris Cox
        Ralph Garman
        Ralph Garman
          Ted Jessup
          • Albino
          • (voice)
          Rachael MacFarlane
          Rachael MacFarlane
          • 1920s Woman
          • (voice)
          Patrick Meighan
          • Roman Centurion #1
          • (voice)
          Julius Sharpe
          Julius Sharpe
            Tony Sirico
            Tony Sirico
            • Vinny
            • (voice)
            Danny Smith
            Danny Smith
              Alec Sulkin
              Alec Sulkin
                John Viener
                John Viener
                  Patrick Warburton
                  Patrick Warburton
                  • Joe Swanson
                  • (voice)
                  • Directors
                    • Joseph Lee
                    • Dominic Bianchi
                    • James Purdum
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                    • Seth MacFarlane
                    • David Zuckerman
                    • Alex Carter
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                  2trollinggrinch

                  wow seth, cringe

                  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
                  2kennythao123

                  Bring Back Brian Griffin Essay!!!!!!!!!

                  Why Do They Get Rid of Brian? He was a great character on this show.Without him this show is gonna suck.Ratings gonna go down people if you don't bring Brian back.Just get rid of Meg no one cares about her.Now there is no more Stewie And Brian Adventures.Those were my favorites.But they suddenly cancel it for what to get low ratings now.Family Guy Is never gonna be the same without Brian Griffin.A Huge Mistake From Seth Mcfarlene Green etc. You Guys Are gonna regret losing Brian griffin.All Of our opinions are saying we want Brian to be on this show still he is one of the best characters on this show.This show will drop big time ratings each week now without Brian Griffin. Guys Brian Is Gonna Be Back Soon.
                  6bastard-cynical

                  Pain & gradual acceptance - it's about life

                  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)
                  1knoxfan2008

                  A poorly written publicity stunt that worked incredibly well

                  I loved Family Guy in the first six seasons. I know it is cliché for a fan to become disenchanted with a show after a while, but to me, (and to most others it seems), Family Guy has declined into an unfunny and lazy show.

                  This Episode has become popular for involving the death of Brian, a move which aggravates me in a way seemingly ignored by most people. This episode was incredibly unfunny and uninteresting. Many people are crying and even (pathetically) petitioning for Brian to come back to the show. Why aren't these people mad because the episode contained no funny jokes, or even attempted to make the audience laugh.

                  It is not impossible for a TV episode about death to be without laughs, I draw your attention to the quirky 'Twin Peaks', but more importantly to the South Park episodes "Stanleys' Cup" and "Kenny Dies". These South Park episodes examine a wholly tragic and depressing subject matter whilst also being hilarious and a little provocative. They did this by transcending the depressing elements of death prominent in other shows or films that deal with death in an overly melodramatic way.

                  Family Guy's new writers are not smart or witty enough to use humour to lighten-up a dramatic moment, instead, lazily having the Griffins cry and mope for the majority of the episode to no humorous effect. Family Guy main objective is to make the audience laugh, and in this episode they failed. In fact, this episode was hypocritical, as often family guy uses humour to invert the tragedies of life (Anne Frank, WW2, 9/11) yet when it came to Brians' death, the writers just said "That'll be enough, we don't need to make this interesting or funny".

                  To me and other fans, 'Family Guy' died when Seth Macfarlane lost passion for the show and declared it has gone on too long. This is why they have to pull attention-seeking publicity stunts like this, and judging from the reaction, audience members have eaten it all up, showing that they are happy to be easily manipulated by hacks. I do not care Brian is dead, he hasn't been interesting or funny for over 5 seasons, just annoying. That is the tragedy.
                  1joonas134

                  Seth MacFarlane are you serious or just trolling badly? I hope not.

                  I was so excited for upcoming episode. Have no clue what is going to happen? My only clue was "Life of Brian" on episode title? What that could mean? Something entertaining life story about Brian? How he was borned and raised etc. I wondered.

                  Well... I was wrong, completely wrong! They didn't spoiled episode name like "Death of Brian" because then everybody went mental, crazy, full of anger what we are going through now, which is really devastating and cruel our fans. After watching this episode I was so disappointed, depressed and raging on my TV! WHAT! WHY! WHY THE HELL YOU KILL one of the most beloved characters on TV? Are you Seth this desperate on your show, you have to kill one of the entertaining character on the show? I mean Seth is going nuts and sets bar way too high and just don't think overall what are the consequences. Doing this unthinkable and one of the saddest thing ever on this show.

                  It's sometimes stupid to think why everyone is going mad because this is just TV SHOW. Well it is TV show, but one of my favouritest, never laughed so hard television series. It's just really emotional feeling when you care these characters so much, than any animated TV show ever.

                  Well.. I think Seth is very brave to do something cruel like this, however I think this is the message for End of an era for FG. I watched all the seasons and almost every episode was gold and just stomach hurting laughable.. I never expected on my freaking life.

                  Thanks for the awesome years Seth. It's sad to see if you given up, but I don't hate you. I understand the feeling writers are out of ideas and these new episodes is just lazy writing and ridiculous jokes with adding just stupidness on the limit. I'm not giving up on this show, it's optional this is just really bad joke, troll whatsoever and Brian is coming back I hope. I just admire Seth because he has guts to do something so dangerous I never seened before which can end this show! Period.

                  I hope we can see Brian again on further episodes and we can all watch FG in peace again.

                  No hard feelings or anything.

                  Still the best show I have watched ever on cartoon series. Peace!

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                  • Trivia
                    Around 25,000 fans of the show signed a petition on Change.org to resurrect Brian. Seth killed Brian as a marketing stunt to make people talk and generate buzz. He, however, did not expect the reaction to exceed what they had in mind.
                  • Goofs
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                  • Quotes

                    Peter Griffin: [Seeing a decapitated chicken] Shouldn't you be running around?

                    Chicken: Don't talk to me. You have a bad reputation in the chicken community.

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                    Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Family Guy Episodes (2013)
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                    Girls Just Want to Have Fun
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                    Written by Robert Hazard

                    Performed by Cyndi Lauper

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                  • Release date
                    • November 24, 2013 (United States)
                  • Country of origin
                    • United States
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                  • Language
                    • English
                  • Production companies
                    • 20th Century Fox Television
                    • Fuzzy Door Productions
                    • Fox Television Animation
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                    • 22m
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                    • Dolby
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                    • 16:9 HD

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