Dog Gone (Family Guy)

Dog Gone is the eighth episode of the eighth season of Family Guy. It was aired on November 29, 2009.

Summary
After running over a dog, Brian teaches a lesson about the importance of the life of other animals. Meanwhile Lois hires Consuela, a Hispanic maid, to take care of the house.

Why It Should Be Gone

 * 1) The episode is just cruel and mean-spirited to Brian, who for once, is likable, except for his ego inflating for his book.
 * 2) * When he confesses he ran over another dog, Joe and the Griffins all laugh, saying that no one cares if a dog or any other animal is killed, especially by another animal, which is just awful.
 * 3) Some scenes are very disturbing and gruesome.
 * 4) *Brian accidentally running over the dog, causing it to be in half is just gruesome to see.
 * 5) * There is a scene of a dog scratching a door to the point where its' bones are seen. There is also a scene where some scientists put lipstick on a rabbit and shoot it’s head off.
 * 6) *There is also a scene where a cow gives birth to another cow, and that cow gets put into a shredder and gets turned into meat for burgers. And a fat family eats the burgers.
 * 7) *The scene of Brian letting a dog of its leash, only to attack & kill a smaller dog and a cop, and getting shot by two other cops, is also very graphic, even for Family Guy standards.
 * 8) Quahog's residents are way stupider and even more cruel than usual.
 * 9) * After Brian mentions that some countries eat dogs, Quahog starts to want to eat Brian.
 * 10) The Griffins being upset over Brian's death comes out as hypocritical, as they never cared about other dogs getting killed. It is justified to them, because Brian was more of a family member than a pet.
 * 11) The Griffins, Joe and the Quahog residents never apologize to Brian for their actions.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The plot with Consuela is kind of funny.
 * 2) While forced, the final scene was nice to see that the Griffins do care about Brian.
 * 3) Brian and Stewie are likable, and Brian isn’t flanderized like he usually is.
 * 4) The Peter/PETA argument.

Reception

 * The episode got mixed-positive reviews, as many people liked the Consuela plot, and some also thought the main plot was good.
 * Dog Gone won a Genesis Award for television comedy.
 * However, many people have started to give the episode criticism, particularly for the fact of Brian being treated horribly for most of the episode, and some of the gory scenes.
 * The episode has a 7.5/10 on IMDb.

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