Episode
Family Guy: Breaking Out Is Hard to Do
Overview
Lois’ kleptomania lands her in jail, leaving the Griffin household in a worse state of disarray than usual. Peter and the family break her out and end up fugitives in Asian Town.
Details
- Series
- Family Guy
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2005-07-17
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Breaking Out Is Hard to Do is Episode 9 in Season 4 of Family Guy. It aired on 2005-07-17. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 8: 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter
Peter runs up his tab at Mort’s Pharmacy. When he doesn’t have the money to pay, he decides to sell Meg to the Goldmans. Neil is dating another girl which makes Meg jealous, and Stewie falls in love with Liddane, his new babysitter.
Episode 10: Model Misbehavior
Lois fulfills a lifelong dream of being a model. Stewie starts on a multi-level marketing company. Brian in need of cash to buy his de-worming medication agrees to become his salesman.
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Episode 12: Perfect Castaway
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Episode 3: Blind Ambition
After Mort bowls a perfect game, and Quagmire gets a key to the city by performing CPR, Peter notices he has nothing to be proud of. He then attempts to achieve fame by setting the world's record for most nickels swallowed. However, a slight miscalculation leaves him blind with nickel poisoning.
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