Roads to Vegas
First announced at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, the episode was written by Steve Callaghan and directed by Greg Colton.
The episode featured guest performances from Alexandra Breckenridge, Ralph Garman, Gary Janetti, Joe Lomonaco, Patrick Meighan, Emily Osment, Danny Smith, Alec Sulkin, and John Viener.
At the Quahog Gay Pride Day festivities, in a raffle sponsored by Weenie and the Butt, Brian wins tickets to see Celine Dion in Las Vegas.
A flash of light reveals a disappointed Stewie and Brian standing on the device's platform, and they head off to the airport, but they do not realize that the machine produced an identical Brian/Stewie pair who were immediately transported to Vegas.
Meanwhile, the original pair face their impossible situation of being unable to get the money or back or go home, and Brian agrees with Stewie's proposal that they commit suicide.
They prepare to throw themselves off the top balcony of the hotel but Stewie chickens out at the last second, leaving Brian to fall to his death.
[3] In July 2012, the Family Guy panel first announced the episode at San Diego Comic-Con by giving a brief plot outline.
[5][6][7] On a press release, the Fox Network then officially announced the episode and described it as:[8] 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.
Recurring voice actors and series writers Gary Janetti, Danny Smith, Alec Sulkin, and John Viener also made minor appearances throughout "Roads to Vegas".
Club gave the episode a B+ and said that it "isn't typically as heavy on the usual stock jokes that weigh the show down, and the adventures of Brian and Stewie drive more interest than most other characters.
He added "it wasn't the funniest episode, but the way the parallel stories worked and intertwined was at least extremely interesting, lacking much of the lazy humor that at times plagued this season.
