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"Brian the Bachelor"
Family Guy episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 7
Directed byDan Povenmire
Written byMark Hentemann
Production code4ACX10
Original air dateJune 26, 2005 (2005-06-26)
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"Brian the Bachelor" is the seventh episode from the fourth season of Family Guy. It originally broadcast on June 26, 2005 and was written by Mark Hentemann and directed by Dan Povenmire. The episode sees Brian becoming a contestant on The Bachelorette and falling in love with the bachelorette, only to be let down by her ignoring him off–camera. Meanwhile, Chris discovers his pimple, "Doug", can talk, and the pair cause mischief across the city.[1] Overall, the episode was received with positive comments by critics and news sources.

Plot

As

his upcoming divorce from Loretta, Peter takes him to audition for the upcoming season of The Bachelorette. Cleveland gets nervous at the audition and in an effort to calm him down, Peter removes Cleveland's clothes and then his own, only for the producers to see this. Brian explains to the producers that Peter was simply trying to help Cleveland, who is struggling from loneliness since his wife left him and is just confused about what he really wants in a relationship, and tries to convince them to give Cleveland a chance. However, when they ask Brian to go on the show instead, Brian reluctantly accepts so he can take advantage of the free food and drinks (especially the martinis), but ends up falling in love with the reality starlet, Brooke Roberts. Quagmire and Brian are the show's final two contestants, and after Brooke's disastrous visits to both their houses, Brian wins her heart and the final rose, but when the cameras are turned off, Brooke wishes Brian good luck and says that it was nice "working with him", revealing the show really is scripted, as Brian suspected. Brian quickly becomes obsessed with Brooke and stalks her, leaving several unanswered messages on her answering machine, and even trying to serenade
her outside her apartment, angering her into throwing her telephone at him. In the end, Brian feels upset about becoming the very thing he mocked earlier.

Meanwhile, Chris has a

spraypaint on the wall of the Quahog Mini-Mart. Lois sees Chris sneaking back into his room and tries to punish him but Chris tells her that Doug said not to listen to her. An outraged Lois goes to Goldman's Pharmacy the next day to get some astringent to get rid of Doug, only to find there has been a break-in, and someone has destroyed Mort's entire stock of acne medication. That night, when Brooke comes over for dinner to meet Brian's family, Doug tells Chris to lift up Brooke's shirt, which he does, shocking and offending the family. Joe comes in, saying he has proof that it was Chris who vandalized, broke into Goldman's Pharmacy and stole Mort's acne medication. Having had enough of Doug's bad influence and terrified of Doug's threats to kill him, Chris finally goes to the dermatology clinic to get him removed, and a struggle ensues as Doug tries to shoot him in the brain, but Chris manages to overpower him and use cortisone
on Doug, finally neutralizing him.

Production

Mark Hentemann wrote the episode.

When this episode was being produced, The Bachelorette was a bigger and more prolific program than when the episode was originally broadcast.[2] In addition, ABC was not doing very well at the time of this episode's production.[3][4] The production staff encountered some trouble when deciding what Peter would be doing in the lobby with Cleveland during his Bachelorette audition; although the series could never come up with ideas they deemed to be suitable,[2][3] they intended for Peter to put his buttocks in an aquarium tank in order to embarrass Cleveland and make him want to leave.[3][5] This scene was not used, and the production staff used a scene of Peter putting his naked buttocks on Cleveland's naked buttocks; they also shortened this more detailed version and used the less-detailed current version.[2][4][5]

During Cleveland's audition for The Bachelorette, an unused scene was created that showed both Peter and Cleveland naked, with Peter sitting on top of Cleveland and bouncing up and down, as if he and Cleveland were engaging in

Chaz Finster on Rugrats, provided their voices for the Snorks reference.[3] The name of Quagmire's cat was originally "Pussy", but broadcasting standards objected.[3][4] The episode was originally to feature a sequence showing Chris breaking entry into Goldman's Pharmacy in order to destroy the acne medication wearing a Balaclava, but the scene was never shown.[3]
The promo features Quagmire in a limo finding the girl of his dreams, but the scene was also cut.

Cultural references

According to the commentary from the DVD, Chris' talking pimple is a reference to

consolation prize", which turns out to be a bill for the Bachelorette mansion.[2]

Reception

As the most-watched Fox program that night, this episode had an audience of 7.29 million.[6]

In a positive review of the episode in Family Guy, Volume 3, Dan MacIntosh of PopMatters praised the performance of Chris:

"Chris' best scenes occur during "Brian the Bachelor", where he is shown developing an unlikely friendship with one of his facial zits."[7]

By contrast, Family Guy, Volume 3, included a negative review by Francis Rizzo III (aka Turdboy) of DVD Talk:

"Among the more frustrating trends in the series is its willingness to stretch an unfunny joke to its very limits. When Stewie berated Brian for not finishing his novel for nearly two minutes, not once, but twice, in "Brian the Bachelor", it tested my patience severely, and didn't even make me smile."[8]

References

  1. ^ "Brian the Bachelor". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  2. ^ a b c d e Goodman, David (2006). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Brian the Bachelor" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i MacFarlane, Seth (2006). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Brian the Bachelor" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  4. ^ a b c d e Sheridan, Chris (2006). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Brian the Bachelor" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  5. ^ a b c d Hentemann, Mark (2006). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Brian the Bachelor" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  6. ^ Aurthur, Kate (2005-06-28). "Sunday Ratings". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  7. ^ MacIntosh, Dan (January 6, 2006). "FAMILY GUY, VOLUME 3". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  8. ^ Rizzo, Francis III (November 29, 2005). "Family Guy Volume 3". DVD Talk.com. Retrieved 2008-10-10.

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