Peter's Two Dads

Peter's Two Dads
"Peter's Two Dads"
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Peter meets his biological father, Mickey McFinnigan
Episode no. Season 5
Episode 10
Directed by Cyndi Tang[1]
Written by Danny Smith
Production code 5ACX05
Original air date February 11, 2007
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"Peter's Two Dads" is the tenth episode of season five of Family Guy. The episode originally aired on Fox on February 11, 2007. The plot follows Peter traveling to Ireland to find his biological father, after he accidentally kills his stepfather at his daughter's birthday party. Meanwhile, Stewie undergoes a phase of selfishness, believing everything belongs to him. This results in Lois spanking him, which makes him realize he is a masochist.[2][3]

The episode was written by Danny Smith and directed by Cyndi Tang. It received mostly positive reviews from critics for its storyline and many cultural references. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 7.97 million homes in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Dan Conroy, Phyllis Diller, Charles Durning and Fred Tatasciore. It was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, for the episode's song entitled "Drunken Irish Dad", at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.[4]

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Plot

Meg asks Lois and Peter if she can have a birthday party, preferably a teenager-type party with a band playing at her house. Unfortunately, Peter and Lois don't even know how old Meg is going to be. They have bought sixteen candles, but Meg tells them that she is seventeen years old, and calls them jerks. Meg notices that her birthday party is kiddie-type, with games such as pin the tail on the donkey. At the party, Peter dresses up as Pee Pants the Inebriated Hobo Clown, and asks Meg for a long scarf, which is attached to his tongue, which causes him to vomit. Peter hands Meg the long scarf from his tongue, and Meg refuses to hold it. Meg asks her parents if she can open her gifts, and Meg notices Stewie opening most of them. Peter gets drunk, and attempts to ride a unicycle down the steps, but falls off and crushes his father, Francis, who later dies from the accident. When Francis dies, Francis calls Peter "a fat stinking drunk". Peter is angry since Francis does not care about him. Lois assumes that Francis does not care about Peter since he's a heavy drinker. Peter gives up drinking, and does crack. Brian visits Peter, notices that he is doing crack, and tells him that crack is not a good substitute for drinking. As a result, Peter sees a hypnotherapist, who helps Peter discover that Francis was not his biological father. Peter confronts his mother, Thelma, who admits she had an affair forty years earlier and that his real father resides in Ireland.

Brian and Peter travel to a village in Ireland to find Peter's real father. They discover Peter's father is Mickey McFinnigan, the local town drunk. At first horrified, Peter finds out it is considered an honorable position in Ireland by the locals. McFinnigan refuses to believe Peter is his son, making fun of him. When Peter sees the ghosts of the Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Francis and Hayden Christensen, the first three call him a "fat stinking drunk", Francis' last words to Peter, which gives him an idea. In an attempt to persuade him, Peter challenges McFinnigan to a drinking contest, which Peter wins. During the contest, Peter and Mickey talk about American looks and diet in a drunk language. After the contest, McFinnigan believes Peter to be his son, as only a member of his family could beat him at drinking. After Mickey says "So what?" to Peter's statement, "You knocked up my mom and never called her again." Peter says "So what? So let's dance!". Peter, Mickey and the Irish crowd enter dancing and singing to "Drunken Irish Dad". During the last few seconds of the dance, Mickey states that the Irish do not tan well.

Meanwhile, Lois spanks Stewie while going through his "it's mine" phase, claiming everything in the house as his own. At first he is traumatized by the ordeal, but he soon comes to realize that he likes the adrenaline rush that he gets from them, and starts deliberately misbehaving in the hope that Lois will hurt him again, but fails yet realizing he has a problem.

Production

This episode marks the third appearance of Francis Griffin.[5] Show creator Seth MacFarlane comments that the episode came together and played great from start to finish.[6] Prior to the making of the episode, there had been several different ideas and disagreements for Peter's father's appearance.[6] MacFarlane comments that he had always pictured Peter's father to be a fat, drunk leprechaun.[6] The negativity of Francis was becoming "dull to write for", hence the storyline of Peter finding his biological father. MacFarlane also mentions not having ideas to write for Kevin, Joe Swanson's son, who was mentioned in a later episode that he died in the war of Iraq (Stew-Roids).[7] A deleted scene showed Peter pretending to quit drinking, but continuing quietly was one of several scenes that was removed from airing as it and the others were described by the producers to be "not going anywhere."[5]

The scene with Peter in the hypnotherapist's office was censored from television, as Peter discusses his genitals and reproductive organs.[6] When Peter comes to the realization that Francis is not his real father and when Stewie dreams about being tortured by Lois, a harp sound can be heard; MacFarlane comments that even small things like that take a lot of work to produce.[6] The alcohol bottles being pushed by the airplane that Peter and Brian are traveling on were animated by computer, as is the taxi driving along the street. On the DVD commentary, MacFarlane notes that the scene would not have looked good without computer aid. He said it makes the animations seem more realistic than without a computer.[6] The two men circling each other for fifty years and waiting for the other to throw the first punch was not broadcast for television.[5][8]

In addition to the regular cast, actor Dan Conroy, actress Phyllis Diller, actor Charles Durning and voice actor Fred Tatasciore guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actors Alex Breckenridge, Chris Cox, writer Danny Smith, writer Alec Sulkin and writer John Viener made minor appearances.

Cultural references

Peter confronts his mother she asks where the television set is, and he states he sold it for crack, which could be a reference to the opening scenes of "Requiem for a Dream" or a scene in "Trainspotting" where Renton asks Sick Boy where the TV is to which Sick Boy responds "I got a good price for it.". Peter briefly transforms into Wonder Woman after discovering his biological father is not Francis: this is a reference to Wonder Woman, and although the show could not receive rights to reproduce the original music, the scene was still broadcast.[5] Peter comments and says that Ireland has the highest beer consumers in the world however the Czech Republic out rank Ireland. When Francis showed up as a ghost along with Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Hayden Christensen said "And I'm Hayden Christensen", as a reference to the ending of Return of the Jedi in the remastered DVD. The song Chris and Herbert sing at the party and up in a tree is Friends and Lovers by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson.[6]

Reception

In a significant decrease from the previous week, the episode was viewed in 7.97 million homes in its original airing, according to Nielsen ratings. The episode also acquired a 2.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic, being slightly edged out by The Simpsons, while still winning over American Dad!.[9]

A reviewer from Boxxet commented that "when I checked the schedule and saw the title of this episode was 'Peter's Two Dads', I was a little torn. First, the Peter-centric episodes generally have a much higher chance of going off the rails,"[10] following on to comment that "the episode that we did see still left me with something of a mixed reaction." concluding with a positive comment that the episode "was well constructed."[11] IGN's Ahsan Haque noted that "despite a couple of underdeveloped plotlines and an overabundance of offensive and uncomfortable jokes, this week's episode of Family Guy somehow manages to succeed with just enough truly hilarious moments and actual story elements."[12] MacFarlane has said that this is one of his favorite episodes, alongside "PTV" and "Road to Rhode Island."[13]

References

  1. ^ Henry, Mike (2007). Family Guy season 5 DVD commentary for the episode "Peter's Two Dads" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. 
  2. ^ Plot synopsis information for the episode "Peter's Two Dads" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. 2007. 
  3. ^ "Peter's Two Dads". British Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007vqzx. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
  4. ^ "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)". Emmys.org. 2007. http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/59thnominations.php. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 
  5. ^ a b c d Goodman, David (2007). Family Guy season 5 DVD commentary for the episode "Peter's Two Dads" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g MacFarlane, Seth (2007). Family Guy season 5 DVD commentary for the episode "Peter's Two Dads" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. 
  7. ^ Smith, Danny (2007). Family Guy season 5 DVD commentary for the episode "Peter's Two Dads" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. 
  8. ^ Tang, Cyndi (2007). Family Guy season 5 DVD commentary for the episode "Peter's Two Dads" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. 
  9. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. 2007-02-13. http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=021307_05. Retrieved 2010-05-01. 
  10. ^ "Peter's Two Dads". Boxxet.com. 2007. http://www.boxxet.com/Family_Guy/Review_Family_Guy_Peter_s_Two_Dads.y5b13.d. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 
  11. ^ "Family Guy: Peter's Two Dads". Tvsquad.com. 2007. http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/12/family-guy-peters-two-dads/. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 
  12. ^ Haque, Ahsan (2007). "Family Guy: "Peter's Two Dads" Review". Tv.ign.com. http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/763/763625p1.html. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 
  13. ^ "Seth MacFarlane on Family Guy #100". Craveonline.com. August 25, 2007. http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648396/seth_macfarlane_on_family_guy_100.html. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 

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