Baby Not on Board

"Baby Not on Board" is the fourth episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series Family Guy.

The episode features Stewie (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) after he is accidentally left at home when the Griffins head for the Grand Canyon.

After he threatens to sue the store for Chris' "sexual remarks", Peter is given an unlimited gas coupon for a year by Carl.

When the family attempts to ride a train home, Peter spends the last of their saved money on curtain rings.

"Baby Not on Board" was written by eventual series showrunner and executive producer Mark Hentemann, who joined the show as a writer in its third season.

[5] "Baby Not on Board", along with the first eight episodes of the seventh season, were released on DVD by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada on June 16, 2009, one month after it had completed broadcast on television.

[6] The "Volume 7" DVD release features bonus material including deleted scenes, animatics, and commentaries for every episode.

[4] After Lois chastises Peter, he recites the speech John Candy made in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles nearly verbatim.

[8] Chris asks his friend why in The Lord of the Rings films Frodo and Gandalf walk to get to Mordor instead of taking the Eagle that was used at the end of the story.

[8] When Lois says they have not heard from Joe, he is seen screaming the Rifleman's Creed at his wheelchair like marines do with their rifles in the bootcamp sequence in Full Metal Jacket.

[10] Other references included jokes about the television series Lost and actors John Forsythe and Sean Connery.

[5] In its original broadcast on Fox in the United States on November 2, 2008, "Baby Not on Board" was watched by 9.97 million homes and acquired a 5.0 Nielsen rating, the audience measurement systems developed to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States, making it the highest rated episode of the season.

[10] Robin Pierson of The TV Critic also gave the episode a negative review, calling it "pointless television", but said that it featured some entertaining jokes.