Peter Problems (Family Guy)

Peter Problems is the 219th episode of Family Guy. It was released on January 5th, 2014, as the 9th episode of the 12th season.

Plot
When Peter loses his job and has trouble performing his husbandly duties, he enlists Quagmire and Joe to help him regain his mojo.

Why It's a Peter Problem

 * 1) The infamously disturbing "forklift whale" scene. Peter eviscerates a whale with a forklift in a full minute, complete with disembowelment and just being forced to look at it.
 * 2) *The line "You're Whale-come", while clever, comes off as bad timing because of Peter just committed animal abuse.
 * 3) The plot where Peter can't get a boner while having sex after he lost his job makes no sense whatsoever.
 * 4) The Griffin family (except Peter) are unlikable as they laugh at Peter because he can't get a boner.
 * 5) Aside from the infamous forklift whale scene, Many of the other jokes in this episode are disgusting and unfunny:
 * 6) *The cutaway where Peter doing a podcast where he lists all the hats, and it goes a bit long.
 * 7) *The scene where Lois at the job interview where she answers "Groceries" at every question, except the trick question, which she answered "I'm hired" (The trick question is "Groceries?").
 * 8) *The scene where Peter puts Chris in the oven, Meg's head in a microwave, and Stewie in the freezer is both unfunny and disturbing.
 * 9) *The cutaway with Peter working at the bowling alley.
 * 10) *Dr. Hartman trying be "sexy" to give Peter a boner.
 * 11) Like many modern Family Guy episodes, jokes are explained before they happen:
 * 12) *Peter says he can set up a cutaway with a fancy transition after getting a raise and a promotion.
 * 13) *Lois tells Chris and Meg to run behind another kid when they getting there picture taken because they can't afford them.
 * 14) It never explained if whether or not Lois still works at the grocery store after Peter gets his job and his sex drive back.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The first act was decent.
 * 2) While most jokes where unfunny, some of the jokes are funny.
 * 3) *The Bach and Debussy joke is hillarious.
 * 4) *Although the joke explained before it happened, the Fancy Transition cutaway is neat.
 * 5) The scenes where Peter and the forklift is pretty fun to watch, minus the whale scene.
 * 6) *The Lion King scene where Peter lift a baby lion cub.
 * 7) Peter (except for the first act), Joe and Quagmire were the only likeable characters in this episode, and Peter and Quagmire aren’t flanderized like they usually are.

Reception
The episode has a 6.5/10 rating on IMDb. Many viewers find this episode bad due to the scene where Peter eviscerates a whale with a forklift.

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