"Chap Stewie" | |
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Family Guy episode | |
Episode no. | Season 12 Episode 21 |
Directed by | Joe Vaux |
Written by | Artie Johann Shawn Ries |
Production code | BACX18 |
Original air date | May 18, 2014 |
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"Chap Stewie" is the twenty-first episode and season finale of the twelfth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy and the 231st episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on May 18, 2014, and is written by Artie Johann and Shawn Ries and directed by Joe Vaux. In the episode, Peter and Chris ruin Stewie's TV time, prompting him to get revenge by travelling back in time to split Lois and Peter up so he is never conceived, but the plan goes awry when he is reborn into a British household similar to the ITV period drama Downton Abbey.
Stewie and Brian are watching Stewie's favorite show, called The Cadwalliders of Essex (a parody of Downton Abbey). Meanwhile, Peter and Chris play a game called "Unga Bunga", where they try to knock each other down using mattresses. This ultimately results in Chris hitting, knocking down and breaking the TV Stewie is watching. Fed up with Peter and Chris after their horseplay destroys the TV, he throws a temper tantrum. Later when Lois tries to comfort Stewie, he bites her right thumb and throws a framed picture of Meg against a door. Meg enters the living room and tries to give Stewie a hug only for Stewie to break her nose by headbutting it, and then Lois puts Stewie in his room for a time-out for everything he did until he learns to behave again.
The next day, Stewie reveals that he has built a new time machine and uses it to stop his conception. Going back three years into the past, he observes the events prior to his conception, like Peter having his own public access show and Lois improvising some lyrics in the theme song in Stewie's place. Getting back to business, he discovers that Peter and Lois were truly in love but sets out to ruin things. Money fails to work so he shaves Peter's hair to get them to argue, but Lois flatters Peter, thinking that he can pass off as a celebrity. Peter even claimed that he was Bruce Willis. But he finally succeeds when he gives Peter's porn collection to Goodwill and writes "Vile Woman" on the wall. This causes Peter to leave Lois and as a result, Stewie fades from existence, but is reborn into a wealthy British family.