You know, the fact that Stewie and Brian both go back in
time to 1999 and Brian tells himself about 9/11 in order to save the world
means that they’ve traveled ten years in
the past. So they never age at all. That’s a point you should know.
“Back To The Pilot” is a sign of a lot of things, the first
of which is that Family Guy is
really, really old in case you haven’t noticed. The animations, the voices, the
characters are pretty drastically different (most evident in the two Stewies)
so this episode is a blatant parody of itself and the show’s history. But “Pilot”
is also a blatant sign that Family Guy is
still running out of ideas: this is perhaps the last of the good ones, but it’s
still not as good as the show can be.
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This is unfortunate, because episodes starring Stewie and
Brian can usually rank among the best hours of the show, but “Pilot” doesn’t
deliver too many jokes. There’s a few physical gags that work, but the
scripting is one of the weaker efforts in a pretty weak season. There’s even a
reference to a future Family Guy where
they comment on just how lazy the show’s gotten, a dangerous statement for a
show that’s actually gotten quite lazy.
I didn’t hate “Road To The Pilot”—it’s certainly the best of
the season so far—but that’s not saying much at all. It uses typical gags and
angles (George W. Bush being an idiot, Matthew McConaughey being terrible, the
Kool-Aid man) to make pretty much the same jokes, ten years later. The fact
that it can’t even bother to notice and change them is a frustrating issue.
SumOlogy: “If one of
me is dead, shouldn’t all the me’s be dead?”
Grade: 7.5/10
Leftovers
That being said, the Kool-Aid guy getting smashed was pretty
funny.
Did Brian really use the term “ahoy” that much?
“There’s one tennis ball out there that’s even cooler
because I peed on it.”
“You look like a prize at some Mexican church carnival.”
“At least Joe gets to be a cyborg.”
“Here’s a cutaway. Matthew McConaughey is terrible.”
“We made 9/11 happen! HIGH FIVE!” (This one line went a very
long way towards me liking the hour, I’ve gotta say.)
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