8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter

"8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter"

"8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter" is an episode from the fourth season of the FOX animated series Family Guy which guest starred Joanna García as Stewie’s babysitter, Liddane. It was rated TV-14 for suggestive dialogue (D), offensive language (L), sexual content (S), and violence (V) in the United States.

Plot summary

When Peter goes to the pharmacy to buy condoms, he realizes he has forgotten his wallet. Mort Goldman, the pharmacist, offers to open a tab for him; Peter quickly begins spending unnecessarily. For instance, he buys eight cases of ipecac so he can hold a vomiting contest with Brian, Chris, and Stewie; although Chris technically wins, all four vomit in a scene lasting 56 seconds. Soon, Mort calls in Peter's debt of $34,000. In desperation, Peter seizes upon a picture of Mort's son Neil, who is infatuated with Meg. Peter offers to sell Meg to the Goldmans to settle the bill, offering a contract; Mort agrees, but everyone is shocked to discover that Neil has started dating another girl named Cecilia. Meg becomes unexpectedly jealous and hunts desperately for a boyfriend to make Neil jealous; she ends up settling for Jake Tucker, who only wants her to buy him things. She finally tells Neil that she wants to be his girlfriend and signs the original contract to prove her sincerity; the Goldmans quickly put her to work as a slave plowing a field in their front yard. Brian finds a clause in the contract stating that it is null and void if Neil cheats on Meg, so Peter convinces Lois to dress as Mystique and seduce him at a fake X-Men convention. Neil tells Meg that he only wants her to be with him if she wants to be with him, tears up the contract, and quickly reconciles with his previous girlfriend. Meg's relief quickly gives way to renewed jealousy.

Meanwhile, after Meg had complained that she was tired of babysitting Stewie while their parents went out, Lois interviews candidates for a new babysitter. Stewie instantly falls in love with LeDawn, an attractive young applicant. LeDawn already has a boyfriend, however, and in a jealous rage, Stewie clubs him with a tire iron, ties him up, duct tapes his mouth shut, and locks him in the trunk of Brian's car. After LeDawn prevents Stewie from touching her breasts, he drugs her and tells Lois that she invited friends over and that they were "smoking merry-joo-wanna and hero-ween! And they were all taking Eczema and touching each other!". Lois fires LeDawn, who departs tearfully after giving Stewie a mixtape. Stewie regrets his actions and pursues her, but she has disappeared. Two weeks later, Stewie realizes that he forgot to release her boyfriend from Brian's trunk, and mildly assumes that he is dead, without much remorse.

Production

The babysitter is named after Liddane Sanders, the production controller of Family Guy and American Dad!, according to the DVD commentary for this episode. Said commentary also states that this is the first episode of Family Guy to make a reference to The Simpsons.

Reception

This episode was the most-watched program on its original airdate among adults 18 to 49, with a viewership of 6.1 million.

Cultural references

Lois tells an applicant for the babysitting job that "the position has been filled" this is most likely a reference to Mary Poppins when Mary Poppins flies into the room and then awards herself the position of Nanny for the Banks children. This is also Mrs. Doubtfire when Sally Field's character says this line in response to Robin William's character's false phone call to her seeking the nanny position. The title is a pun on the sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.

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Preceded by Brian the Bachelor

Family Guy (season 4)

Succeeded by Breaking Out Is Hard to Do