We Love You, Conrad

"We Love You, Conrad"

Family Guy episode

Brian, Lauren Conrad and Stewie in the promotional image for the episode, parodying an "iconic" The Hills photoshoot.

Episode no.

Season 7
Episode 14

Directed by

John Holmquist

Written by

Cherry Chevapravatdumrong

Production code

6ACX19

Original air date

May 3, 2009

Guest appearance(s)

Drew Barrymore as Jillian
Lauren Conrad as herself
Jimmy Fallon as himself (live-action sequence)
Craig Ferguson as himself (live-action sequence)
Bryce Dallas Howard
Jay Leno as himself (live-action sequence)
Audrina Patridge as herself
Kate Todd as Heidi Montag
Sarah Utterback as Lindsay Lohan

Episode chronology

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"We Love You, Conrad" is the fourteenth episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on May 3, 2009. In the episode, Brian's ex-girlfriend Jillian is getting married. As he tries to move on, he starts dating The Hills star Lauren Conrad and the media begins raving about their relationship. Brian is starting to think they are the perfect match, but realizes he still has feelings for Jillian.

The episode was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by John Holmquist. Drew Barrymore returned as Jillian, and Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge guest starred as themselves. In her second guest appearance on the series, Conrad played a smart version of herself, which she proclaimed as being fun to play. She took the recording sessions seriously and did not do any improvisation with her lines. The show's staff was ultimately impressed with her performance, and series creator Seth MacFarlane praised her stamina and how prepared she was before the recording sessions. The episode also featured live-action sequences with talk show hosts Jay Leno, Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Fallon.

"We Love You, Conrad" was met with generally positive reviews from critics, who enjoyed the episode and praised the live-action footage, in contrast to the negative reactions towards live-action clips of Conway Twitty from previous episodes. According to Nielsen ratings, "We Love You, Conrad" was watched by 6.67 million viewers in its original airing. The episode was released on DVD along with six other episodes from the season on June 15, 2010.

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