Family Guy: Season 12
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Family Guy Season 11.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 12 Progress Shield
Finders Keepers
Sep 29, 2013 · 22 min
Peter is convinced that a restaurant placemat is a treasure map. Word quickly spreads about the alleged cache, sparking a city-wide search and turning the citizens of Quahog agains
Vestigial Peter
Oct 6, 2013 · 22 min
After a vestigial twin grows out of Peter's neck, which he names Chip, he eventually starts realizing that people like Chip more than they like him, so Peter has him amputated. How
Quagmire's Quagmire
Nov 3, 2013 · 22 min
Quagmire dates a woman named Sonja, who is just as sexually active as he is, but things take a turn for the worse when she kidnaps him to be her sex slave, so Peter, Joe and Ida mu
A Fistful of Meg
Nov 10, 2013 · 22 min
When Meg spills her lunch on the new kid at school, he makes plans to end her. Meanwhile, Peter keeps harassing Brian in the nude until it reaches the breaking point.
Boopa-Dee Bappa-Dee
Nov 17, 2013 · 22 min
The Griffins go to Italy and are faced with annoying immigration laws after Peter destroys their passports.
Life of Brian
Nov 24, 2013 · 22 min
Stewie and Brian travel back in time to 17th-century Jamestown and make too many close calls with changing history. Stewie decides to destroy his time machine, but comes to regret
Into Harmony's Way
Dec 8, 2013 · 22 min
When Peter and Quagmire discover that their singing voices create beautiful harmony together, they form a singing/songwriting team, in the vein of Simon and Garfunkel. However, ten
Christmas Guy
Dec 15, 2013 · 22 min
When Carter Pewterschmidt cancels the annual Quahog Christmas carnival, because he hates the holiday, Peter must transform his father-in-law from a Scrooge into a hometown hero in
Peter Problems
Jan 5, 2014 · 22 min
When Peter gets fired for crashing a forklift into a business meeting, Lois takes a job at the grocery store while Peter becomes a stay-at-home dad — which leads to poor bedroom pe
Grimm Job
Jan 12, 2014 · 22 min
From Grimm to Griffin, three classic fairy tales get a new Quahog spin, including "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Cinderella."
Brian's a Bad Father
Jan 26, 2014 · 22 min
Brian tries to use Dylan's television connections to further his career.
Mom's the Word
Mar 9, 2014 · 22 min
When Peter's mother dies, he befriends her longtime pal Evelyn, who tries to seduce him. In the meantime, Stewie feels despair upon dealing with the realities of death.
3 Acts of God
Mar 16, 2014 · 22 min
Peter grows frustrated when players on opposing teams continue to thank God after defeating his beloved New England Patriots football team, so he and the guys embark on a global qu
Fresh Heir
Mar 23, 2014 · 22 min
Chris becomes the heir to Carter's fortune but refuses to accept the money; Peter desperately tries to keep the wealth in the family.
Secondhand Spoke
Mar 30, 2014 · 22 min
Peter takes up smoking cigarettes, and is approached by Mr. Stone, an advertising executive who wants Peter to be the face of his anti-smoking campaign under the caveat that Peter
Herpe, the Love Sore
Apr 6, 2014 · 22 min
Brian gives Stewie an STD. Meanwhile, Peter and the guys fight back when another group claims their booth at The Drunken Clam.
The Most Interesting Man in the World
Apr 13, 2014 · 22 min
When Peter takes Stewie to the park for some quality father-son time, he mistakenly takes the wrong baby home, prompting Lois to call him an idiot. Determined to prove to her that
Baby Got Black
Apr 27, 2014 · 22 min
Chris is forbidden to see Jerome's daughter Pam, so when the kids run away together, Jerome and Peter must work together to find them.
Meg Stinks!
May 4, 2014 · 22 min
Meg has fun partying with Peter when he takes her to a college for an interview. Brian must learn how to live in the wild when he gets sprayed by a skunk and is prohibited from ent
He's Bla-ack!
May 11, 2014 · 22 min
Cleveland returns to town, but is instantly banned from spending time with Peter when Lois and Donna get into a big fight over parenting.
Chap Stewie
May 18, 2014 · 22 min
When Peter and Chris interrupt Stewie’s TV time, the angry baby goes back in time to break up Peter and Lois so he’s never conceived, but is shocked when he is reborn into a “Downt