Family Guy: Oh, my god! I just found out that they killed off (Spoiler) in tonight's episode!

I haven't watched tonight's episode of Family Guy yet, but I was just on E! Online's website, and I found out that they killed off Brian in tonight's episode! WHAT THE FUCK?! How could you do that Seth MacFarlane? This makes me feel even more upset than the tonight's episode of The Mentalist did where they finally wrapped up the whole Red John storyline.

Brian has always been one of my favorite characters on show, along with Stewie. I especially always loved watching Stewie and Brian interact with each other. I don't know how much I'll be able to enjoy Family Guy now that Brian is dead. Hopefully Stewie will rebuild his time machine so he can go back in time and save Brian's life at some point in a future episode, because this is just beyond unacceptable. I seriously need to get my hands on some booze immediately. (Sighs)

Family Guy: Scoop on part one of the two-part season 11 finale from TVLine's Michael Ausiello

Here's some scoop on Family Guy from TVLine's Michael Ausiello.

Family Guy | In part one of the the May 19 finale, “Stewie and Brian use Stewie’s time machine to go to Las Vegas for a Bette Midler concert, but chaos ensues when the machine malfunctions and creates alt-versions of the pair: a ‘lucky’ version and an ‘unlucky’ one.”

Link to the full article:‘Glee’ Season 4 Finale: Rachel Cast in ‘Funny Girl’ on Broadway? - TVLine

New Girl: Good news, Everybody! Jess and Nick are going out on a date! Yay! (My thoughts on episode 2x21 “First Date”)

Let me start off by saying that as I’ve reflected on this episode in preparation for writing this review, I had a really hard time deciding exactly how I feel about it, which is one of the reasons why I’m several days late on posting this review. Don’t get me wrong, I loved this episode as I was watching it; it’s just that the way this episode ended was a major let down to a certain extent, and I also have several other issues with this episode that I’ll address later in this review.

While the writers took a break from focusing heavily on the post-kiss drama between Jess and Nick in the previous episode, they went back to focusing very heavily on the aftermath of their kiss in this episode, especially when it comes to the awkwardness that their first kiss as well as their subsequent make out sessions has created between them.

Personally, I found the whole thing with Nick randomly putting his hand on Jess’ breasts at several different points throughout the episode rather funny. It reminded me a lot of the character Dr. Fitch Cooper on Nurse Jackie and the whole thing with his sexual Tourette’s where he will randomly grab women’s breasts. For the record, Cooper is one of my favorite characters on Nurse Jackie, which is a part of why I thought Nick doing that in this episode was so funny, but I digress.

The more that I think about this episode, the more I realize just how mixed my thoughts on this episode are. On the one hand, this episode had a lot of funny moments throughout it, especially between Jess and Nick. However, at the same time the way things ended between Jess and Nick at the end of this episode is the main thing that makes my reaction to the episode so mixed. One thing that I find myself thinking about a lot is how poorly the ending of this episode was handled compared to the endings of the episodes “Cooler”, “Marriage” and “Quick Hardening Caulk” and how great the buildup to the end of the Jess and Nick’s storylines in those storylines were handled. With this episode, it kind of felt like the writers were trying to build up to some big moment, but once Russell looked at what Jess and Nick had written on the cards when he asked them what they thought their relationship was, I feel like this episode really collapsed.

Another issue that I have with this episode is that I don’t think the episode had a very good flow to it. If there’s one thing that I think really hurt the flow of this episode aside from the way the episode ended, I think it would be the whole thing about Jess and Nick repeatedly flip-flopping about whether or not they were on a date. Towards the start of the episode, Nick pretty much decided that he was going to ask Jess out on a date when he was talking to Tran (The silent old Asian man from the episode “Menzies”) in the park and he even practiced asking Jess out with him, and what he was planning to say to Jess was actually pretty sweet, especially for Nick. However, the writers immediately followed up the scene between Nick and Tran with Nick going to ask Jess out on a date, only to end up coming across as a total idiot, making Jess think that he was only asking her if she wanted to hang out as friends. 

New Girl: Sorry, Nick, you can’t “panic moon walk” your way out of this mess (My thoughts on episode 2x16 “Table 34”)

After the fantastic episode “Cooler” both the writers and the cast have once again outdone themselves with this episode. In my humble opinion, this episode was an excellent follow-up to the previous episode, and there’s definitely a lot to love about it.

For starters, I’m really glad that this episode picked up pretty much right where “Cooler” ended so the viewers could see the immediate aftermath of Jess and Nick’s kiss. The episode began with Nick lying in bed freaking out about the fact that he had just kissed Jess, while Jess was just lying in bed in a state of shock. The next morning Jess was still in shock over Nick kissing her and was unsure of how to tell Sam about it. Sam was being really cute, saying that she always looked so beautiful in the morning that he couldn’t even look at her. Jess tried to confront Nick about the fact that he had kissed her, but he simply “panic moon walked” away from her, because he apparently has a habit of doing that in situations in which he feels uncomfortable. The writers even did a cutaway of several other situations where he has done that. Personally, I thought the whole running joke throughout the episode about Nick’s habit of panic moon walking out of uncomfortable situations was hilarious.

Still unsure of what to do about the situation, Jess sought refuge at Cece’s apartment where she vented to Cece. Jess told her that she was mad that Nick kissed her because he breaks things that are just fine, while Sam fixes things. In order to illustrate Nick’s tendency to ruin things, they showed a cutaway where Nick was pulling apart something that Jess was knitting for her grandma until he pretty much completely ruined it. The fact that the writers do cutaways on the show in order to illustrate something that the characters are talking about is something that I’ve always loved about the writing for New Girl. It also reminds me a lot of the show Family Guy, which is something that I’ve both loved and found annoying at times when Family Guy does cutaways. Personally, I think the writers for New Girl handle that technique perfectly in the sense that they are short and always help enhance what’s going on in the scene. With Family Guy, sometimes I’ve found the cutaways to be more annoying than they are funny in the more recent seasons. At times I feel like the writers simply do cutaways now because they’ve always done them, and that they aren’t doing them in a way that enhances the episode, especially when they just drag on a bit too long, but I digress.

Jess wanted to spend the day with Cece, but she had plans to go to an Indian marriage convention, so Jess went with her to the convention. I have to say that I’m still not sure what I think about this whole arranged marriage storyline with Cece. It just seems like a pretty weird plot device to keep Schmidt and Cece apart, and I still have very mixed feelings about it. It’s had some pretty funny moments, but for the most part I’m ready for the writers to move on from that storyline. 

Sofia Vergara to guest on 'Family Guy,' 'Cleveland Show' | Inside TV | EW.com

 
According to Entertainment Weekly's Dan Snierson, Sofia Vergara will be guest-starring in an episode of the upcoming 11th season of Family Guy, and she will also be guest-starring in an episode of the upcoming 4th season of The Cleveland Show. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some details on Vergara's roles on Family Guy and The Cleveland Show:



Sofia Vergara is about to be romantically linked to… Peter Griffin? The Modern Family star will cameo as his fantasy love interest in an upcoming episode of Family Guy, EW has learned. In a cutaway gag featuring Peter as a telenovela lothario, Vergara voices his sassy (and, yes, buxom) lover. And that’s not her only role in the episode; she plays a woman selling roses in a restaurant where Quagmire is “wooing” Peter so that Peter will do him a big favor.


In addition, Vergara will pop up this season on another animated Fox comedy, The Cleveland Show. She’ll be voicing a character named Tia Sofia, who tries to talk Cleveland into hosting a quinceañera for Cleveland Jr.’s 15th birthday.



Link to the full article:Sofia Vergara to guest on 'Family Guy,' 'Cleveland Show' | Inside TV | EW.com







My thoughts: I've never really watched The Cleveland Show, because I personally don't think it's very funny at all, so Sofia Vergara guest-starring on The Cleveland Show doesn't really excite me at all. Personally, I'm surprised that The Cleveland Show is still on the air, because I just think it's a terrible show. However, I do love Family Guy and the details on Sofia's guest appearance on the show sound very funny, so I'm really looking forward to her guest appearance on Family Guy.

Family Guy's 9/11 Satire: Did The Show Go Too Far?-TVLine

The envelope. Viewers’ buttons. Its own luck. Family Guy has pushed ’em all, and, in tonight’s episode, the Fox hit may even have pushed them all at once.


During a routine trip back in time with Stewie, Brian tips off his past self about 9/11 so that the old him can play hero and stop the terrorist attacks (with catch phrases, no less). But his good deed doesn’t go unpunished: He accidentally sets in motion a chain of events that leads to a Civil War and a videogame-y sort of apocalypse.

In turn, this forces Stewie to flash them back in time again (and again) so that they can make sure that 9/11 actually occurs. At one point, so many Brians and Stewies wind up in the same place and time that they are able to take a vote: Should they intervene in 9/11 or let it happen?

“Let it happen” wins, resulting in high fives. (Even Stewie acknowledges that, out of context, that isn’t gonna look good.)

So what did you think? Did the show go too far? Or is all fair in a comedy that features an alcoholic dog, a baby sociopath and a time machine?

This article was written by Andy Patrick.

Link to the original article:Family Guy's 9/11 Satire: Did The Show Go Too Far?

***Special Note: The original post includes a poll where you can vote on what you thought of the episode.***

Family Guy: A Video of Funny Moments From the Show

Here's a video of funny moments from Family Guy that I found on YouTube.