• Air date: 29 Sep '13 21 episodes
      Family Guy's twelfth season began airing on Fox on September 29, 2013. The series follows the Griffin family, a dysfunctional family consisting of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and the family dog Brian, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. During this season, the Griffins will travel to Italy; Peter will get a twin; Quagmire and Peter will form a folk band; and as confirmed by series creator Seth MacFarlane, Cleveland will move back to Quahog along with his family, since The Cleveland Show was cancelled. It has also been confirmed by MacFarlane that a member of the Griffin family will die in this season, to be replaced by an upcoming member of the family. Planned guest stars for the season include: Conan O'Brien, Jeff Daniels, Michelle Dockery, Tony Sirico, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gary Cole, Cesar Milan, Lauren Bacall, Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer, Liam Neeson, Bryan Cranston, Billie Joe Armstrong, Peter Dinklage, and Adam Levine.
  • List of Episodes (21)
    • 1. Finders Keepers

      29 Sep '13
      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 against each other.
    • 2. Vestigial Peter

      06 Oct '13
      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. However, after Peter gets into trouble, he realizes he needs Chip more than ever.
    • 3. Quagmire's Quagmire

      03 Nov '13
      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 must search the seedy back alleys of Quahog to rescue him. In the meantime, Brian, Stewie and Rupert get involved in a most unusual love triangle.
    • 4. A Fistful of Meg

      10 Nov '13
      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.
    • 5. Bobba-Dee Babba-Dee

      17 Nov '13
      The Griffins go to Italy and are faced with annoying immigration laws after Peter destroys their passports.
    • 6. Life of Brian

      24 Nov '13
      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 it when Brian dies after being hit by a car. Devastated by his death, the Griffin family goes out and adopts another dog from the pet store, Vinnie, who is quickly accepted by all the members of the Griffin family, other than Stewie, who can't get over the loss of Brian.
    • 7. Into Harmony’s Way

      08 Dec '13
      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, tensions run high when fame gets to Peter’s head.
    • 8. Christmas Guy

      15 Dec '13
      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 order to salvage the event. Meanwhile, Stewie devises a master plan to get the one and only thing he wants for Christmas.
    • 9. Peter Problems

      05 Jan '14
      or, How Peter Got His Groove Back. When Peter finds he can't perform his, um, er, uh, manly duties, he enlists Quagmire and Joe to help him get his mojo back.
    • 10. Grimm Job

      12 Jan '14
      From Grimm to Griffin, three classic fairy tales get a new Quahog spin, including "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Cinderella."
    • 11. Brian's a Bad Father

      26 Jan '14
      Brian tries to use Dylan's television connections to further his career.
    • 12. Mom's the Word

      09 Mar '14
      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.
    • 13. 3 Acts of God

      16 Mar '14
      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 quest to find God and ask Him to stop interfering with the outcome of professional football games.
    • 14. Fresh Heir

      23 Mar '14
      Chris becomes the heir to Carter's fortune but refuses to accept the money; Peter desperately tries to keep the wealth in the family.
    • 15. Secondhand Spoke

      30 Mar '14
      Peter takes up smoking cigarettes, and is approached by Mr. Stone (guest voice Peter Dinklage), an advertising executive who wants Peter to be the face of his anti-smoking campaign under the caveat that Peter continues to smoke. Meanwhile, Stewie helps Chris battle bullies at school.
    • 16. Herpe the Love Sore

      06 Apr '14
      Brian gives Stewie an STD. Meanwhile, Peter and the guys fight back when another group claims their booth at The Drunken Clam.
    • 17. The Most Interesting Man in the World

      13 Apr '14
      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 he's a responsible adult, Peter goes on a business trip to Chicago and returns as an intelligent, classy person.
    • 18. Baby Got Black

      27 Apr '14
      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.
    • 19. Meg Stinks!

      04 May '14
      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 entering the house.
    • 20. He’s Bla-ack

      11 May '14
      Cleveland returns to town, but is instantly banned from spending time with Peter when Lois and Donna get into a big fight over parenting.
    • 21. Chap Stewie

      18 May '14
      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 “Downton Abbey”-esque British household.