Family Guy: Season 16
Season 16 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 15.
- 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 16 Progress Shield
Emmy-Winning Episode
Oct 1, 2017 · 23 min
Tired of not winning an Emmy, Peter embarks on his own For Your Consideration campaign for Family Guy by making the show more like Emmy-winning shows - and no category is off limit
Foxx in the Men House
Oct 8, 2017 · 23 min
Peter becomes friends with a cool, handsome paramedic named Stryker Foxx. Wrapped up in his newfound "coolness," he soon dumps Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland.
Nanny Goats
Oct 15, 2017 · 23 min
Peter and Louis find themselves with a golden opportunity to reconnect as a couple after Lois' parents get a nanny to take care of the children for them.
Follow the Money
Oct 22, 2017 · 23 min
Chris receives a special one-dollar bill as a birthday present, but he quickly loses it and the dollar passes into the possession of everybody in Quahog.
Three Directors
Nov 5, 2017 · 23 min
The story of Peter's firing from the brewery, as told in the styles of Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, and Michael Bay.
The D in Apartment 23
Nov 12, 2017 · 23 min
When Brian posts an offensive tweet that goes viral and the rest of the Griffins are also treated as outcasts, he's forced to move out of the Griffin house.
Petey IV
Nov 19, 2017 · 23 min
Vladimir Putin comes to Quahog after Peter writes to him about an alternate ending to the Russian version of Rocky IV (1985).
Crimes and Meg's Demeanor
Dec 3, 2017 · 23 min
Peter encourages Meg to attend a high school party, where she takes up drinking, which both concerns and delights her father. Meanwhile, Brian begins spying on his neighbors and su
Don't Be a Dickens at Christmas
Dec 10, 2017 · 23 min
In this special holiday episode, a selfish Peter loses his Christmas spirit and is visited by ghosts of Christmas past, present and future who take him on a journey around Quahog i
Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)
Jan 7, 2018 · 23 min
Brian is smitten with a female show dog and enters a show dog competition in which the winner gets to breed her; Peter and Lois go to extreme measures to try to convince Chris that
Dog Bites Bear
Jan 14, 2018 · 23 min
Stewie and Brian get into a friendship-ending fight after Brian commits a terrible act to one of Stewie's beloved toys. Meanwhile, Peter refuses to wash his hand after meeting his
Send in Stewie, Please
Mar 18, 2018 · 27 min
When Stewie gets sent to see his school's child psychologist for a surprising session, he reveals major secrets about himself.
V Is for Mystery
Mar 25, 2018 · 23 min
Stewie and Brian are detectives who embark on solving a string of mysterious murders set in Victorian-era London.
Veteran Guy
Apr 1, 2018 · 23 min
After Peter and the guys get caught pretending to be military veterans and are found guilty of the Stolen Valor Act, a judge sentences them to join the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Woof of Wall Street
Apr 8, 2018 · 23 min
Brian convinces Stewie to teach him how to invest in the stock market after learning Stewie has a knack for making money from it. Meanwhile, Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe loo
'Family Guy' Through The Years
Apr 22, 2018 · 23 min
FAMILY GUY is reimagined as a series that’s been on the air for 60 years and, in a special retrospective, it looks back at the cultural events and issues that were tackled on the s
Switch the Flip
Apr 29, 2018 · 23 min
To help get Brian's life in order, Stewie and Brian swap bodies using a machine that Stewie invents, but chaos quickly ensues around Quahog when the machine goes haywire.
HTTPete
May 6, 2018 · 23 min
To help promote the brewery to millennials, Peter adopts the millennial lifestyle, and his methods soon attract the attention of a high-powered Silicon Valley executive.
The Unkindest Cut
May 13, 2018 · 23 min
Quagmire's most treasured body part gets cut off in a freak accident and he is forced to learn how to live without it. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian search for Mort after learning th
Are You There God? It's Me, Peter
May 20, 2018 · 23 min
After Peter falls into a coma, Peter meets God face-to-face, which leads him to ask some of life's tough questions.