Lois runs into Ross Fishman, her old boyfriend, and the two families have dinner. The Fishman’s are smug about their superiority to the point where Peter claims that the Griffin’s will climb Mount Everest before they do. Lois pushes them to go through with it and despite reaching the summit, the Fishman’s got their first. On the way down though their son Ben freezes to death and the Griffin’s eat him.

The Griffins are invited to become a Nielsen family. Tom Tucker offers to change the news to suit Peter’s whims and follows through. Peter steals a whole load of other Nielsen boxes so that he can change TV to whatever he feels like. Everyone in Quahog is furious with him and he becomes a social outcast. He heads to Hollywood to fix things.

At a baseball game Quagmire’s toupee falls off and he is humiliated. He embraces his bald self but becomes an insufferable bore. He decides to get a hair transplant and while at the hospital Brian sees Carter getting a bad cancer diagnosis. Brian tells Lois and they rush over to see Carter who, surprisingly, is fine. Brian enlists Stewie’s help and they go to Pewterschmidt Industries to find the truth.

Brian uses Stewie’s time machine to sleep with women. However when he tries to turn back the ‘mileage’ he sets off an explosion which reverses time. He and Stewie watch events from the past unfold in reverse and realise that soon Stewie will be unborn and won’t be able to fix the time machine.

The police finally catch Bobby Briggs, the man who caused Joe to end up in a wheelchair. When he escapes from prison Joe is determined to catch him and Peter and Quagmire go with him. They track him to El Paso where they lie in wait.

Lois feels old and when Peter gives an insensitive speech at her birthday party she tries to reclaim her youth. Her wild antics appeal to Peter at first but then wear him out. Meanwhile Stewie adopts a tortoise he found at the park but soon realises that it is evil.

Meg is obsessed with hunky high schooler Kent and eventually works up the courage to ask him out. He says yes but then reveals that he is gay and interesting in Chris. Instead of accepting it Meg decides to try and turn him or find another way to get him out of her system.

Peter tells the family the story of Jesus’ birth from his own unique point of view.

Chris’ lack of intelligence get him in trouble at school and he is upset to hear his parents talking negatively about him. Brian gives Lois the idea of sending him to a Summer Camp which might boost his confidence. He chooses space camp and Lois is afraid that he won’t be smart enough to take part. After a while he asks if he can go home and the family come to pick him up but not before a tour of the space shuttle.

Brian produces a play called “A Passing Fancy” which is shown at the Quahog Playhouse. Everyone loves it and Stewie is inspired to write his own play called “An American Marriage.” When Brian finally gets round to reading it he is shocked at how good it is. He lies to Stewie and tries to hide the script but Stewie finds it and has it produced for Broadway.

Brian produces a play called “A Passing Fancy” which is shown at the Quahog Playhouse. Everyone loves it and Stewie is inspired to write his own play called “An American Marriage.” When Brian finally gets round to reading it he is shocked at how good it is. He lies to Stewie and tries to hide the script but Stewie finds it and has it produced for Broadway.

A romantic comedy parody starring the residents of Quahog. Peter and Lois agree to spend all day in bed. Quagmire turns into a woman. Stewie travels back in time and runs into baby Lois. Meg goes on a date with a guy who steals her kidney. Stewie gathers all of Brian's former lovers to help him work out why he's still single. Mayor West tracks down Carol who has been cheating on him with another Mayor. Mr Herbert tells his Grand Niece Sandy what to say to get Chris' attention.

Stewie gets hooked on Anne Murray's singing and converts Brian too. Chris is roundly mocked for his lame shoes. In desperation he steals money from Lois and buys new ones. Meg witnesses the crime and blackmails Chris into doing her chores. He becomes so fed up that he runs away to live with Herbert.

Peter becomes a Falconer and naturally hijinks ensue. Peter and Xerxes steal a motorcycle and are subsequently sued. Lois decides to get a job to help pay the bills and becomes a phone sex worker. Local Quahog men call her and eventually Quagmire recommends her to Peter. Lois comes home tired and not in the mood for sex and so Peter is excited to talk to a woman who he can interact sexually with.

Peter, Quagmire and Joe go skydiving and Peter falls in love with it. He begins recklessly crashing everywhere around town until he injures himself. In hospital he makes friends with a Muslim named Mahmoud. They spend time together and Peter becomes a Muslim. He unwittingly ends up in a terrorist plot to blow up the Quahog Bridge.

Mayor West is arrested for murder and Brian, Peter, Quagmire, Carter and Tom Tucker amongst others are on the jury. Only Brian thinks he might be innocent.

Quagmire offers to take Peter and Joe to Montreal to see the strip clubs. He hires a private plane but Peter crashes it. Stranded in the wilderness Peter heads out to find help. Joe and Quagmire find rescue but months pass before Peter is found. Once he is recovered he has become feral and no one seems to be able to reach him.

A national news story alerts Lois to the danger posed to Stewie by the defective brand of teddy bear which Rupert comes from. Stewie is aghast to have him sent away and he and Brian head out to rescue him. Meanwhile Lois loves Peter's deep voice while he is ill. He tries to re-infect himself to maintain her enthusiasm but while he is sick she spends her time with Quagmire and Joe.

During a softball game Jerome kills Horace by hitting the ball straight back at him. The bank seize the bar and Peter, Joe and Quagmire refuse to leave. Meanwhile Meg gets a job helping dress corpses for their funerals and Chris steals a body.

As the crime rate in Quahog climbs Peter buys a farm in the countryside to keep his family safe. The farm won't turn a profit though until Peter finds a meth lab in the basement.

Brian wins a trip to Vegas and takes Stewie with him. Stewie suggests that they travel by teleportation. The device doesn't seem to work so they fly instead. Meanwhile another version of them does teleport there and has an amazing time. The versions who fly have a miserable time and soon the two pairs cross paths.

Chris meets a Amanda Barrington whose family are the most blue blooded in Quahog. Her father Reginald takes a shine to Peter and Carter is jealous. When Carter gets kicked out of the club Peter has to help him get back in.