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Family Guy: Get Stewie (2022)
How is this funny to begin with?
I've personally gave this season of Family Guy way more of a chance than it deserves, since I thought it was alright before this garbage episode aired (aside from the horrible season premiere). I've known a little bit about the plot through the synopsis before it aired, but it was just really abysmal after I watched it. I swear to anything that Fox is giving the show way too much credit, since it'll give the producers any amount of money to keep it alive. The way they keep doing that is like some poor person who went through a terrible accident and is currently on life support.
Onto the episode, it was pretty weak. While Stewie happened to be excited into seeing a former Jolly Farm actress as a superstar, it did not go well once him and Brian got to the concert. For some dumbfounded reason after Stewie sent a tweet to MEBR as to reference her previous role in Jolly Farm, she decided to have her fans harass him constantly for a mere " oink oink pig" tweet. Making it clear that the writers don't care about making anything in terms of quality anymore and would rather become a generic animated sitcom for its social commentary. I don't blame them for going this route, since Fox thinks that this show is still a gem for many viewers. Even though most of their fans quit watching this show a long time ago.
On the B-plot, they decided to have Peter get his weight surgically removed so that he could spend more time with Chris. This... turned out to be disgusting since all of the excess skin is just there and part of the "joke". I couldn't find it entertaining since it's just filler for the remaining parts of the episode. By the end of the episode, they just continued to peddle on Stewie and nothing has been resolved since we're supposed to laugh at the writers' take on stan culture.
Overall, I think this episode is just abysmal. I know what I'm asking for this show is way too much, since the writing team gave up not long ago. However, I just want this show to be mildly entertaining so it won't be a mess. Especially if it's going to be renewed for lord knows how long.
Family Guy: Oscars Guy (2022)
This is just an offensive take on these beloved movies.
This episode is just one big question on why am I still watching this show, even though it hasn't been funny in the past decade. I used to love watching Family Guy when I was younger, but now it's either dull or painfully unfunny. I feel sorry for Seth MacFarlane because he has to keep being involved with these episodes by voicing some of the characters, even though he stated on an interview that the show should just end already. Now someone here might be asking why I keep watching this show when it has a new episode when I'm sick and tired of it. The answer to that is I'm just too familiar with how Family Guy works and I just keep thinking it might be a hidden gem, when it's painfully obvious that it's never going to happen as much again.
The episode overall was not enjoyable in the slightest. In fact, all it does it just makes cheap jokes with how all of the movies were made in the 90s and expects people to laugh about how it was set in the aforementioned decade. Seriously, one joke throughout the episode was just referencing the only licensed song that appeared in the episode. I felt like I wanted to stop watching it after the first skit was over, but unfortunately the familiarity of the show made me watch it more to see if any of it was good. I was dead wrong on that hypothesis.
I just want to stop watching new episodes of this show thanks to this one. It clearly shows me that Fox doesn't care about the quality of their programming whatsoever and that they'll do anything to keep shows like this afloat. It doesn't feel like an overall achievement anymore from watching this garbage, as I haven't felt like a huge fan of Family Guy since I was 13. I feel like Fox could do a huge favor and end the show already, since it's only squeezing a little over a million viewers per episode.