Patriot Games (Family Guy)
Peter plays versus the Patriots and loses, but still receives Brady's respect before he and the Griffin family return home.
"Patriot Games" was written by Mike Henry and directed by Cyndi Tang, Pete Michels, Peter Shin and Dan Povenmire, and guest starred Tom Brady, Troy Brown, Jay Leno, Carol Channing, and Bob Costas as themselves.
[1] At his high school reunion, Peter pretends to be a secret agent-astronaut-millionaire who wears a cowboy hat to impress his classmates, but the truth comes out when he meets Tom Brady.
Peter is soon fired for showboating in a game versus the Dallas Cowboys, driving on to the field then performing a massively-choreographed version of the song "Shipoopi" after scoring one touchdown.
Meanwhile, Stewie becomes a bookie and takes a $50 bet from Brian on a Celebrity Boxing match pitting Mike Tyson against Carol Channing.
Stewie attacks him on another occasion, using such means as a golf club, shooting him in both knees with a pistol, and burning him up with a flamethrower to coerce him into paying up.
"Patriot Games" was written by Mike Henry,[2] and directed by Peter Shin, Pete Michels and Cyndi Tang.
Comedian Jay Leno voiced himself in two short scenes that show him, respectively, threatening and attempting to kill Brady.
[4] Two scenes in which Stewie brutally beats up Brian using a glass filled with orange juice, various household objects, and guns polarized people who viewed it.
[4] When Lois gives the finger to the camera during the interview with Peter and Brady, her hand was blurred out on Fox airings of the episode.
In it, Brian considers voting for the fellow nominees—The Office,[6] Flight of the Conchords,[7] Entourage,[8] 30 Rock,[9] How I Met Your Mother,[10] and Weeds.
[12] The rendition was directed by Dan Povenmire, who would later go on to co-create Phineas and Ferb with fellow Family Guy worker Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.
[4] Ryan J. Budke from AOL's TV Squad gave the episode a positive review, specifically praising the scene in which Stewie beats up Brian.
