Play It Again, Brian

Recurring voice actors Lori Alan, Lisa Wilhoit, Bruce Lanoil, Danny Smith, Alec Sulkin, John Viener and Rachael MacFarlane also performed.

Brian announces that he has won an award for an essay he wrote and has been invited to Martha's Vineyard to receive it, and offers to take them with him on vacation to ease the anxiety.

With Quagmire busy, Joe and Bonnie out of town, and Cleveland touring with Black Box, Peter and Lois hire Herbert to look after Meg, Chris and Stewie while they are away.

Towards the end of the day, Lois is dismayed to find that Peter has gone off again so she decides to spend the evening with Brian.

Regretting his actions and saddened by Lois' rejection, Brian calls Stewie to tell him what happened.

Lois chooses to remain faithful to Peter; they sing "The Spirit of Massachusetts" before returning to Quahog.

[2][1] Series regulars Peter Shin and James Purdun acted as supervising directors for the episode.

[1] The two musical numbers in the episode that aired on television were performed by show creator Seth MacFarlane, while a third musical number performed by Mike Henry as Herbert can be found on DVD releases, having been cut from the broadcast version of the episode due to time constraints.

[1] The character first appeared in the episode "To Love and Die in Dixie" and since then he has been criticized for the style of humor that he brings to the show.

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

The song "As Time Goes By", which was featured heavily in Allen's film, can be heard in the episode sung by Seth MacFarlane.

The show itself reopened and furthered some of the slowly developing subplots of the Family Guy universe and proves that it is willing to go places that The Simpsons considers beneath them.

Club wrote that "the gags being, as always, hit-or-miss, there wasn't enough story-based humor to maintain the momentum", but called the ending "kinda sweet, but at the same time devoid of any sentimentality whatsoever".