Brian goes back to college

Peter , Joe , Cleveland and Quagmire attend a costume contest for the characters in Team A. Friends win the contest, and Brian writes a report about it to the local newspaper , and a little later, noticing him, Brian is invited to work on The New Yorker weekly. At first, things are going well at the dog’s new place, but he is immediately dismissed after learning that he never graduated from college .

Meanwhile, upset that their career with Team A ended, Peter decides to organize his team with his friends. Peter equips the Team A van , and three of his friends join him, ready to do good deeds in his native Quahog .

Brian decides to graduate from college to continue working at The New Yorker. Stewie secretly rides with him.

At college, at first, teachers disliked the dog, but their attitude towards him changed, as soon as he, having cheated , received the "five". Later, Brian repented of fraud and was about to admit, but his teacher told him that Brian had inspired him, or he was about to commit suicide ( Brian has inspired him, and he was so depressed that he was planning to commit suicide ).

Peter is pleased with the work of his new team, but only until they fail to save the park ; after that the team is disbanded.

On the final test, Brian understands that he can only pass it by deception, and therefore decides to return home with Stewie, but Lois requires him to try to pass the final exam .

Brian, under the guidance of Stewie, is busy a lot, and suddenly realizes that he does not have time for the exam. Then Lois asks Peter to resurrect his “Team A” in order to deliver Brian to college on time. Brian succeeds, but he never passes the exam. Nevertheless, the dog is proud of himself that he did not cheat, and his family is disappointed with this fact.

Script writer: Matt Fleckenstein.

Director: Greg Colton .

Guest celebrities: Ralph German , Mark Hentemann and Phil Lamarr ^[1] .

References to cultural phenomena

• The plot of the episode is based on the plots of the series “Team A” ( 1983 - 1987 ) ^[2] .
• The scene in which Brian climbs a mountain under the supervision of Stewie and then shouts there is a parody of the movie Rocky 4 ( 1985 ) ^[2] .

Trivia

• The title of the episode was “ Brian Goes Back to College, and Stewie Goes to Have a Nice Party” ( “Brian Goes Back to College and Stewie Goes With Him for Obvious Comedic Reasons” ), but it was deemed too long ^[3] .
• The creator of the animated series, Seth MacFarlane , stated that "this episode will be a real pleasure for fans of the series" Team A "" ( to be a real treat for " The A-Team " fans ) ^[2] .
• Ron Jones (composer of “Team A”) wrote music for the scene where Peter and his friends help a person in a bar ^[2] .
• The episode contains several references to The New Yorker ; in response to this, a favorable article about this episode appeared in the magazine ^[4] .
• The role of the professor and his wife was voiced not by living people, but by a computer ^[2] .
• Park, which could not defend the team of Peter - the real Roger Williams Park in Rhode Island ^[5] .
• Non-smoking Peter appears several times with a cigar in his mouth.

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