Family Guy: Season Two

Family Guy: Season Two
Series	Family Guy
Distributor	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
First released	January 27, 2003 (Region 2) August 2, 2004 (Region 4)
Discs	2
Episode count	14
Runtime	333 minutes
Source

Family Guy: Season Two is a two-disc DVD release of Family Guy released exclusively for the Region 2 and 4 areas. It features the remaining 14 episodes from the second broadcast season, including "There's Something About Paulie" and the then un-aired "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein".

Description

""TAKE THE SIMPSONS, THROW IN A HEALTHY DOSE OF SOUTH PARK AND PLENTY OF SURREAL MOMENTS AND THE CHANCES ARE YOU WILL END UP WITH FAMILY GUY" -The Times

Family Guy Season 2 sees the return of television's most dysfunctional family in 15 awe-inspiring episodes including one never before seen episode "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" that was considered 'too offensive' for television audiences!

In this hilarious 2nd season the Griffin family face a whole load of new family dilemmas including Brian's peeing problem, Peter's addiction to liposuction, and Meg's run-in with the law when she is blamed for slanderously 'outing' teen heartthrob Luke Perry.

Meanwhile, Peter and Brian embark on a Willy Wonker inspired brewery contest and Stewie gets kidnapped by a band of mutants."

Episodes

Disc 1

• "Da Boom" - Peter is paranoid about the end of the world and makes the family cancel all their Millennium New Year's Eve plans. For once, he is right about something: On January 1st, 2000, bombs destroy every building in the world, except for a surprisingly sturdy Twinkle factory. The Griffins set out to find the factory, but along the way Stewie is kidnapped by a band of mutants.
• "Brian in Love" - After cleaning up more than a few pee stains around the house, Lois thinks it may be time to potty-train Stewie. Stewie, outraged that he's being blamed for the carpet stains, totally resists Peter's efforts to train him. Meanwhile, Brian knows the truth that he's the one responsible for the "accidents." Mortified, he continues to blame Stewie until the truth comes out. Brian goes to a therapist (Guest Voice: Sam Waterston) who suggests a European (you're-e-pee-n?) vacation to ease Brian's stress. Not until he returns from his travels does Brian realise the true source of his problem - his secret crush on Lois!
• "I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar" - Peter starts telling inappropriate jokes at work and a female co-worker sues him for harassment. After being forced to go on a retreat for women, the effects of female bonding kick in and Peter becomes a sensitive male. Back at home, no one finds Peter's new "female" behaviour charming, least of all Lois, who is annoyed when he tries to breast-feed Stewie. When they both attend a women's charity dinner, Lois and the guest speaker get into a knockdown, drag out fight- and Pater gets so turned on by the "chick" wrestling, he snaps out of his female phase.
• "A Picture is Worth a 1000 Bucks" - During a birthday visit to Funland, Peter runs into a former classmate who happens to be the founder of the amusement park. Peter starts to think that he won't have a great legacy like Funland to leave once he dies. Chris gives Peter a painting to cheer him up, and Peter sells it to a New York gallery for five grand. Deciding that Chris is his only hope for a legacy. Peter moves the family to New York so Chris can become a famous artist.
• "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" - In an effort to improve her popularity, Meg has a slumber party. However, the night is disrupted by the embarrassing antics of both Lois and Peter. Mortified, Meg takes the family on a talk show where they are "discovered" by network execs. The Griffins become a 'reality TV sensation when they are followed around by cameras 24-hours a day in a show called "The Real Griffins." However, soon after the show's premiere, executives decide that Meg la too boring and have her recast with a slutty teen girl.
• "Road to Rhode Island" - When Stewie begins causing trouble at his grandparents house in Palm Springs, Brian offers to go across country to bring him home. But as Brian drinks in an airport bar, Stewie manages to lose the airline tickets, forcing them to road trip back to Quahog. Along the way, they stop at the puppy mill in Austin where Brian was born. After finding out that his mother has died, been stuffed, and now serves as a table, Brian and Stewie manage to steal the table (er, Mum) to give her a proper burial.
• "Let's Go to the Hop" - When the kids at Quahog High discover that licking toads will get them high, Peter poses as a student at Meg's school to narc out the young offenders. But the undercover work goes a little too well -- Peter soon finds himself the big man on campus, living the high school life he always wanted but never got. Next thing you know, Peter's going to the big school dance with Meg's rival Connie, the most popular girl in school.
• "Dammit Janet!" - Fearing that Stewie has no social skills, Lois places him in daycare. Stewie hates the bureaucracy of the playground until he sets his eyes on doe-eyed toddler, Janet. While he tries various ways to impress her, he finally wins her over by sharing his cookies. Meanwhile, Lois now has nothing to do all day so Peter talks her into becoming a flight attendant and promptly starts abusing the privilege of free travel. When Peter and Lois land on the same flight, Peter's game is over! Unfortunately the plane is hijacked and forced to land in Cuba, where they remain stranded until they manage to gain passage back to the U.S. on a lifeboat filled with refugees.

Disc 2

• "There's Something About Paulie" - Peter and Lois go to buy a second car, but as usual, Peter refuses to listen to Lois's good advice and ends up with a lemon. Peter gets an offer from the mob to steal his car so he can get insurance to pay for another one, and despite warnings from his friend, he takes the deal. Of course, shortly thereafter, the mob comes to ask for a favour. The Don wants Peter to take his annoying nephew, Big Fat Paulie, out to the movies. After annoying the entire family, Peter tells Paulie that he can't hang out with him anymore because Lois doesn't like him, so Paulie takes out a hit on Lois.
• "He's Too Sexy for His Fat" - Due to Brian's embarrassing flea problem, the Griffin's move into a hotel while the house is fumigated. Lois and Peter soon discover that Chris has been skipping gym class because he's self-conscious about his body. Peter unsuccessfully tries to talk Chris into getting liposuction, but instead convinces himself to have it. The new, svelte Peter loves the results of his lipo and decides to have some work done on his face. Unfortunately karma catches up to the new, handsome Peter. Unable to take his eyes off himself, Peter plunges his car over a cliff. The nasty fall - and subsequent crash-landing into a large vat of lard - leaves him horribly disfigured (ie: back to normal).
• "E Peterbus Unum" - It's tax refund season, and everyone's cashing in except Peter! Tired of watching his neighbours buy expensive toys, Peter decides to get an accountant that can net him a profit and announces to the family that he's going to use the money to put in a pool. While excitement at the Griffin house grows, Peter goes to get a building permit. He's shocked to learn that the city codes do not allow swimming pools. Outraged, Peter digs deeper (so to speak) and learns that the county has no record of his land. Armed with this new info, Peter decides to declare his land a country and make himself the president!
• "The Story on Page One" - After an interview at Brown University, Meg realises she needs more extra-curricular activities to gain entrance to this prestigious school. She joins every club but fails miserably at them all. Finally, she decides to join the school newspaper. Her journalism career goes nowhere, until Peter fabricates a story claiming Luke Perry is gay. When the article is published it creates a sensation, and Meg and Peter soon become embroiled in a headline-grabbing lawsuit when Luke cues them for defamation of character.
• "Wasted Talent" - When the local brewery has a contest offering tours of the plant, Peter and his friends go on a drinking binge trying to find the winning beer can. Through a stroke of dumb luck, Peter and Brian actually find one of the winning "scrolls." In a Willy Wonka homage, Peter and Brian start the tour, but are quickly kicked out after breaking the rules. Meanwhile, Lois's students have a big piano recital/competition coming up- but, after working Ling, her piano prodigy too hard, she drops out. In an odd twist, Peter - in a drunken stupor over being booted from the contest - sits down at the plano and plays brilliantly. Lois is thrilled and keeps Peter drunk long enough to win the piano recital.
• "Fore Father" - After a father-son camping trip, Peter realises how irresponsible Chris is after raccoons steal their food and their car. Back at home, Peter gets Chris a job at the local golf course to try and teach him to be more responsible. However when Peter enters the father-son golf tournament, with Cleveland Jr., Chris rebels by hanging out with Quagmire at strip clubs. Ultimately, Cleveland Jr. abandons Peter who recruits Chris at the last minute. However, when they lose, Peter must deal with an angry group of gamblers who put money on Cleveland Jr. Despite all the recent heartache, Chris gives his dad his first paycheck in order to save his butt!
• "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" - When Peter spends the family emergency funds on volcano insurance he is forced to enlist the help of a Jewish accountant to sort out his money worries. So impressed is he with the accountant's skills, that he tries to convince Lois that Chris should become Jewish to make him smarter. When Lois refuses, Peter is forced to runaway to Las Vegas to get Chris a quickie Bar mitzvah. Peter is pursued by a bus load of angry nuns after they detect his entry into a synagogue. Lois catches up with Chris and stops his conversion to Judaism and they conclude that a person's religion is no guarantee of success, the nuns do not agree.

Trivia

• This is the first time "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" has been released to the public, as the Region 2 release predates Family Guy: Volume Two by eight months.
• Some of the episode descriptions in the guide feature incorrect details about the episodes:
  • "Da Boom" mentions that "Stewie gets kidnapped by a band of mutants", which doesn't happen in the final episode. This does however happen in the episode's table draft (and only from there as by the time recording for the episode started four days later, the entire Stewie getting kidnapped plot was removed and replaced with the more familiar New Quahog plot). It's possible the info for the description came from early drafts and not corrected.
  • "He's Too Sexy for His Fat" mentions Chris has been skipping gym class because he's self-conscious about his fat, which doesn't happen.
  • "Fore Father" states Peter recruits Chris at the last minute when Cleveland Jr. abandons the former at the golf tournament, which they lose and Chris gives Peter his paycheck to save his father from angry gamblers who betted money on Cleveland Jr.

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