I Take Thee Quagmire

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"I Take Thee Quagmire"
Family Guy episode

Quagmire proposing to Joan.
Episode no. Season 4
Episode 21
Written by Tom Maxwell
Don Woodard
Steve Callaghan
Directed by Seth Kearsley
Guest stars Adam Carolla, Nicole Sullivan, Alex Trebek, Bryan Cranston
Production no. 4ACX23
Original airdate March 12, 2006
Season 4 episodes
Family Guy season 4
May 1, 2005 – May 21, 2006
  1. North by North Quahog
  2. Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High
  3. Blind Ambition
  4. Don't Make Me Over
  5. The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire
  6. Petarded
  7. Brian the Bachelor
  8. 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter
  9. Breaking Out Is Hard to Do
  10. Model Misbehavior
  11. Peter's Got Woods
  12. Perfect Castaway
  13. Jungle Love
  14. PTV
  15. Brian Goes Back to College
  16. The Courtship of Stewie's Father
  17. The Fat Guy Strangler
  18. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz
  19. Brian Sings and Swings
  20. Patriot Games
  21. I Take Thee Quagmire
  22. Sibling Rivalry
  23. Deep Throats
  24. Peterotica
  25. You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives
  26. Petergeist
  27. Untitled Griffin Family History
  28. Stewie B. Goode (1)
  29. Bango Was His Name Oh! (2)
  30. Stu and Stewie's Excellent Adventure (3)
List of Family Guy episodes

"I Take Thee Quagmire" is the twenty-first episode of season four of Family Guy, originally broadcast on March 12, 2006.[1] Peter wins free maid service for a week, where he intentionally creates extra work for her. Quagmire meets her and instantly falls in love with her, leading him to propose to her after the second date. After the marriage, Quagmire comes to regret his new relationship, but learns Joan, his new wife will kill him and herself if he divorces her, so he fakes his own death.[2]

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[edit] Plot

Peter is a contestant on Wheel of Fortune and wins. He chooses the prize of one week of free maid service. When his maid Joan arrives, Peter has her pull items out of his belly button, and rides her back to the store. Quagmire meets Joan at the Griffin household. While alone outside, he announces he is in love with her. Peter decides to over-work Joan on her last night by giving Meg a watermelon, which explodes in her face. After dating Joan, Quagmire proposes marriage to her, which she accepts and the couple prepares their marriage ceremony. Lois, Peter and their neighbors visit Quagmire's house, finding that he has changed his personality significantly. Peter still believes this to be a prank and shows Quagmire porn magazines in an attempt to change him back to his former ways. Lois begins to question whether she should breastfeed Stewie any longer, as he is hurting her when feeding.

Lois discovers her bra size has largely increased, thus making her clothes break. Peter accidentally spills wine on her and shakes her boobs dry, both these incidents make Quagmire realize he has made a mistake by marrying Joan. He informs Joan that some of his friends think they should get a divorce after discussing it with Peter, Joe and Cleveland, but she threatens to cut herself if he divorced her. As a result, Peter decides to help Quagmire fake his death. He shows Joan a video of Quagmire being attacked by a ninja, Nazis, a pots and pans robot, and the body being consumed by a dinosaur held by Peter. Joan is unconvinced by the video. Peter and his friends operate plan B; which consists of Quagmire pretending to suffer a heart attack and dying. Quagmire is buried in a coffin with enough oxygen to last him a short period of time so Peter can return after the funeral has finished and dig him up. However, when Mayor West announces all coffins must be buried in concrete, Peter exclaims he is not dead, and brings Quagmire out of the coffin, alive. Death shows up to retrieve his body. After plea for Quagmire's life, Death ends up taking his Joan instead, as she was suicidal. Lois allows Stewie to be breastfeed again, thus delighting him[3]

[edit] Production

This episode is one of the first to begin with a scene which is not the Griffin family household or the town center. It starts by depicting the game show Wheel of Fortune.[4] When Brian is watching Malcolm in the Middle on television, a scene begins showing the mother of the fictional family screaming at the children and father. Jane Kaczmarek was asked to do the voice as she was the original actor in the series, however she refused. MacFarlane said that he gets a message that Kaczmarek wishes to portray that character as likable, and does not wish to jeopardize that.[5] The father during that scene was voiced by Bryan Cranston, the original actor in the series, who accepted the role.[5] Seth MacFarlane comments that "this is the first real Quagmire story we've ever done."[5] A scene was made of Stewie attending a meeting similar to those at Alcoholics Anonymous, however the meeting was designed for those who are too addicted to breast milk.[6] The format of Wheel of Fortune is somewhat similar to the layout of the modern-day program, however the scene also features several aspects which are now no longer broadcast, and were featured in the 1980s.[5]

[edit] Censorship

Two scenes during this episode were censored for television broadcasting. When Quagmire meets Joan and invites her out on a date, Cleveland asks, "Is that a banana in your pocket, or an erection in your pocket?" Although this entire scene was not censored, Fox Broadcasting Company bleeped "boner" (which, according to DVD commentary, made what Cleveland said sound worse than what was intended).[7] The scene where Peter is promoting 'Crystal Pepsi' was shown only on the DVD, because it is prohibited to promote one product over another on television.[5]

[edit] Cultural references

When Mayor West is playing as a contestant on Jeopardy!, he spells the name of the host, Alex Trebek backwards, sending him back to the fifth dimension; this is a reference to former animated series Super Friends where Superman's villain Mister Mxyzptlk is sent to the fifth dimension when someone makes him say his own name backwards.[5] When Peter and the children are flying through space and singing, this is a reference to The Great Space Coaster.[5] The two Asian men who meet Peter at the traffic lights when riding Joan's back speak in a very similar tone to Howard Cosell, a reference to 1985 cult film Better Off Dead.[5][6] When Quagmire fantasizes about being alone in the forest with Joan and speaking to her in Elvish, this is a reference to a scene from Lord of the Rings.[5][7]

[edit] Reception

Bob Sassone of TV Squad commented that "this episode had one of the more hysterical/disturbing images of this TV season: Lois flashing her breasts to Brian after giving Stewie his lunch."[8] Michael Drucker of IGN noted that "the Volume four episodes are easily funnier than the volume three ones", thus referring to the episode.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "I Take Thee Quagmire (2006)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772467/. Retrieved on 2007-12-26. 
  2. ^ "I Take Thee Quagmire". British Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074g9q. Retrieved on 2007-12-26. 
  3. ^ Plot synopsis information for the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire". [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. 2005. 
  4. ^ Michel, Pete. (2005). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire". [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i MacFarlane, Seth. (2005). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire". [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. 
  6. ^ a b Callaghan, Steve. (2005). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire". [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. 
  7. ^ a b Goodman, David. (2005). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire". [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. 
  8. ^ Sassone, Bob (March 12, 2006). "Family Guy: I Take Thee, Quagmire". TV Squad. http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/03/12/family-guy-i-take-thee-quagmire/. Retrieved on 2007-12-04. 
  9. ^ Family Guy - Volume Four, Drucker, Michael. Retrieved on 2007-12-26

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