Christmas guy

Family Guy wait and wait for a visit to the main shopping center in Quahog, where the annual Christmas Carnival should take place. But upon arrival at the store, the family is at a loss: there is no design, no festive music either. Lois and Peter learn from the local guard that the carnival has been canceled. Stewie is very upset, but the whole family has to go home.

Winnie learns that the holiday was canceled by Lois' father, Carter Pyutershmidt . Everything is in shock, and only Peter undertakes to return the carnival to the city. Arriving at Carter’s office, Peter demands that Peterschmidt immediately return the holiday, but Carter says that he hates Christmas because he has to give expensive gifts. Griffin decides to return Father Christmas a Christmas mood, he soon succeeds in telling him that everyone in the city suggests that Carter Pyutershmidt is supposedly a Jew.

Very soon, the whole family was again in the mall. Everyone is happy about the return of the holiday, and only Stewie continues to miss Brian , who died not so long ago. When Stewie meets with Santa , he asks with tears in his eyes to bring Brian back. The family is returning home. Stewie continues to be sad, Vinnie is trying to cheer up Stewie, inviting him to go to the toy store.

In the store, Stewie notices himself - a few weeks ago, even before that. as he destroyed his time machine, Stewie went to this store to buy a new toy. Stewie understands that this Stewie has a working return unit in his backpack that can be used. Winnie helps to steal the return unit from Stewie's backpack from that time. So, Stewie says goodbye to Winnie, recalling that his return back in time means that Stewie never met Winnie. Vinnie understands everything, and Stewie sets off at the very moment when Bryan is hit by a car.

The plan succeeds - Stewie rescues Brian from the car. He quickly tells Brian how difficult it was for him without his best friend. Brian understands everything and thanks Stewie, who, however, will soon disappear, because his timeline has disappeared. Wishing Merry Christmas, this Stewie disappears, at this moment Stewie comes in to replace the alternative time, who does not even know what Stew had to go through.

Christmas is coming. The whole family opens presents. Brian gives Stewie a photograph with them in holiday costumes and thanks him for everything. But this is bad luck: this Stewie doesn’t know what Brian thanks him for, who, in turn, understands that Stewie gave him the best Christmas present you can think of ...

• In the episode “ Life of Brian, ” Stewie Told Brian during the destruction of his time machine that he had recently moved to the store on Christmas Day to buy new toys. It is with this moment that the meeting of two Stewies in the shopping center is connected. However, it is worth noting that in the two versions there are slight differences in the design of the box office in the toy department.
• After the series was released in the USA, the creator of the series, Seth MacFarlane , wrote on his blog: “I mean, you didn’t think that we were really going to kill Brian? Lord, this is how we needed to get smoked. ” And also “ May there be a warm fluffy holiday lesson for us: Never take your loved ones for granted, because they can disappear in an instant. ”
• Recall that after the tragic episode, fans of the series created a petition in which people urged the creators of the series to immediately return Brian to the series. ^[one]

• The rating of the episode was 3.0 among the age group 18-49 years.
• About 6.37 million people watched the series.
• The series became the second most watched Animation Domination on FOX that night, losing the Simpsons with 8.48 million viewers in terms of views. ^[2]

In the AV Club, the episode was rated B +, noting that the Family Family really forgot about Brian, except for Stewie. They also talked about some forceful actions: the death and resurrection of Brian fit into three episodes. “I still liked this plot ... Maybe it’s better to close this contradictory and strange time in“ Family Guy ”on this page. Perhaps this type of plot is most acceptable for fans who are not used to being too surprised at something new. ”The specialist concluded his assessment with the words: “ In the end, I am glad that the Family Guys have tried something new. ” ^{[3 ]}

• "Christmas Guy" on the Internet Movie Database