1st October 2005, 7:09 PM
I loved most of the new episodes, with a few exceptions: Petarded was a bit subpar. 8 Simple Rules For Buying My Teenage Daughter wasn't very good. Model Misbehavior also sucked. The last two episodes (Perfect Castaway and Jungle Love) were kinda weak. Then there've been some good episodes, such as The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire, probably the best of the season. My only complaint is that Loretta was out of character in that episode. (Not that I'll miss her or anything, but two episodes earlier, she was condemning Quagmire for being a sex hound; now she's tempting him!) Otherwise, it was a great episode, mainly for the Hindenpeter and Rock Lobster jokes as you mentioned. (And the part where Cleveland starts chasing Quagmire around and hitting stuff, thus causing beds to appear.) I also enjoyed the Mel Gibson episode North By North Quahog, the one where Chris fell in love with his teacher (Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High), the one where Peter is blinded by nickels (Blind Ambition), and a few other good ones. Overall, I'm glad that Family Guy is back, but I can't help but feel that it'd be better had it not been gone for three years. Prior to its cancellation, it never had a bad episode, and now it doesn't seem like Seth is trying as hard. He's just rewashing some old gags. I hope he gets back on track soon.