I must say, overall, I am dissapointed. It was an okay episode it did have it’s funny points. The part where the monkey took Chris to a father son event was humerous. The rest of the show; however, I could just not get into. Usually there are many laughs in every episode I watch and this is the first where that just was not the case. During this whole grueling episode I found myself just wanting the current scene to be over so I could see if there was going to be something funny in the next. The fact of the matter is that, that never actually happened save one or two instances. I barely laughed or smiled. I mustered a giggle a few times though. I was in high hopes when Peter went to Chris’s high school and posed as him. He proclaimed he was gay and was looking for someone to do “gay stuff” with. After that him and a guy went off somewhere. To where? We don’t know. Usual Family Guy protocol is to show what happens. Which should have been either Chris going to school and there being something “off” or some odd audio dealing with Peter and the boy. I can understand why they couldn’t do the former. It would have changed the direction of the story. A much better one, I feel.
What I did not like was the lack of comedy. It played out more like a father son drama, with a hint of comedy. Which is a let down for a show that is all about comedy. Besides just that I also found this episode a little disturbing. I am no newbie to the stylings of Family Guy, so that should be proof enough that I was really caught off guard. When Chris crushed his fathers head I didn’t think it had actually happened. When it got to the part where we see Peter in the kitchen saying “It’s not funny now is it” with his crushed up head , I was disturbed and not pleased.
The story of the monkey and the coming of age like concept of Chris and his father were gentle touches that belong in some kind of drama, not this show. I couldn’t have cared less about the monkey in all honestly.
Hopefully the next episode will bring back what I loved about Family Guy. The humor, the random flashbacks and, the comedy. A 4 out of 10.
