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Peter-assment is a episode of Season 8 Family Guy. It is the 14th episode of that season and was released on March 21, 2010 and is the 140th overall episode of the series.
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 Behold: the exact point where the violence and sex a certain old-fashioned New England family swore to combat ended up assimilating them in the most brutal manner imaginable, which also happens to be the exact moment Family Guy has gone downhill and hasn’t recovered since.
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Summary
After Peter has some luck selling footage of a celebrity he caught off-guard, he decides to become a full-time paparazzo. To make matters worse, his new boss, Angela, finds him irresistible and plagues him with unwanted advances. When Peter rebuffs her, he winds up getting the ax. Meanwhile, Stewie makes his theatrical debut in a school play, only to be overcome with stage fright.
Why It Deserves Torture
- Angela is extremely unlikable in this episode, as she is willing to hit on Peter and goes as far as to sexually harass him.
- She also gets no repercussions for sexually harassing Peter.
- It's a long Peter torture episode.
- Stewie's musical is in bad taste. It's about someone who's on life support and has to have the plug pulled.
- It's also a reference to a real-life situation of a girl named Terri Schiavo.
- The episode suffers from a few plotholes:
- Stewie has been performing on stage in "From Method to Madness" and "Jungle Love", but how come in this episode is he having stage fright?
- Why couldn't Quagmire or Peter call Joe and the police department to get Angela charged with sexual assault?
- Lois is very stupid in this episode. When Peter tells her that he's been sexually harassed at work by his boss Angela, she says that doesn't make sense and that men are supposed to enjoy being sexually harassed by women, which is not true. Even worse, later in the episode, when Angela calls the Griffins' house and demands to talk to Peter, instead of standing up for her husband, Lois blatantly makes fun of it prompting Peter to talk to Angela. Keep this in mind, Angela was openly demanding to talk to Peter to harass, and Lois was very much aware of it.
- Horrible morals: Through that infamous Lois scene and the way Peter is harassed and it's played for laughs, the episode tries to tell that man can't be sexually harassed and if they are they will enjoy it, and that only women and girls can be victims of sexual harassment. Not only that but it also uses a very serious topic for laughs as if men suffering from sexual harassment are something funny, which is not. If you shouldn't rape women, then you shouldn't rape men either.
- Peter is also fired over this after being coerced multiple times by Angela. In real life, you can't be fired if someone's demanding to have sex with you, and that person can end up with serious charges.
- But an even worse moral is when Peter rejects Angela, she tries to commit suicide because she said that she only harassed him because she was lonely. This sends a bad message that people who sexually harass you are lonely and you're supposed to comfort them, which is ultimately not true.
- Quagmire serves no purpose to this episode other than filler.
- Quagmire is also unlikable in the episode due to display a sheer amount of hypocrisy and refusal to help Peter with his problem. He told Peter that if he refused to have sex with Angela then that will prove that Peter is gay. However, Quagmire also refused to have sex with Angela on grounds that she looked “ugly” and was disgusted with Peter when he seemingly went through with the act.
- Men who don't have sex are not considered gay. According to Family Guy though, that appears to be false in this episode! It's also homophobic.
- For all the hate and animosity toward Peter, he didn't deserve to be sexually harassed.
- Overall, this episode started the dreaded downfall of Family Guy, and has not recovered since.
Redeeming Qualities
- The first act with Peter becoming a paparazzi was decent.
- Peter getting smacked by Ollie Williams and his glasses getting destroyed was pretty funny.
- Peter and Stewie are the only likable characters in this episode. Peter, especially, as he is very sympathetic in this episode, and apart from being annoying in the beginning, he was pretty tolerable for the remaining part of the episode, and he isn’t flanderized like he usually is.
- The voice acting in the presence of the late Carrie Fisher of Star Wars fame is okay at best.
- The ending when Peter reveals that he used Mort to have sex with Angela to not cheat on Lois is somewhat funny.
- It also highlights how Peter doesn't try to cheat on Lois despite the countless times Lois cheats on him.
Reception
- Peter-assment has a rating of 6.8/10 on IMDb[1], and had a 6.2/10 rating on TV.com.
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