Life of Brian

Life of Brian is the sixth episode of the twelfth season of Family Guy, and is the first episode of a three-part story arc revolving around the death of main character Brian Griffin.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) This episode serves as nothing put a pointless ratings trap. In fact, it is the LITERAL definition of a ratings trap.
 * 2) It uses emotional manipulation, as it tends to make viewers feel sorry for the hated character Brian Griffin. It also attempts to make him more likable by killing him off instead of fixing some qualities of his Flanderization to make him more likable. This use of emotional manipulation would be used later in the Simpsons episode Clown in the Dumps.
 * 3) It started out as a major "Wham Episode", but became completely pointless after Brian came back just two episodes later.
 * 4) The jokes are as unfunny as a hobo attempting to have sex with a beaver on prom night.
 * 5) The infamous scene where Brian is hit by a car.
 * 6) Overuse of zoom-ins during all of the sad scenes.
 * 7) Many characters appear crying at Brian's funeral, even though most of them don't care about or know him.
 * 8) Use of Native American stereotypes at the beginning of the episode.
 * 9) Terrible ending.
 * 10) The "emotional" scenes are ruined by a tasteless joke where a squirrel kicks Brian's corpse and spits on it, and a racist joke in which a black woman repeatedly hits Joe with her purse at Brian's funeral.

Redeeming Qualites

 * 1) The scene where a headless chicken tells Peter not to talk to him due to Peter having a bad reputation in the chicken community was pretty funny.