Herpe the Love Sore

Herpe the Love Sore is the sixteenth episode of the twelfth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy and the 226th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on April 6, 2014, and is written by Andrew Goldberg and directed by Greg Colton.

Summary
In the episode, Brian gives Stewie herpes. Meanwhile, Peter and his friends fight to rescue their favorite booth in the Clam after it is captured by another group of men.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Brian is very unlikable as he gives Stewie (an infant) herpes without any clear motivation whatsoever. Worse, he attempts to pass it off as "no big deal"
 * 2) Usually everyone has neutral herpes, but the type of herpes Stewie got was a virus.
 * 3) Brian attempted to downplay giving Stewie herpes by claiming what if it had a catchier title like "Boppo." (facepalm).
 * 4) Peter is also very unlikable as he attacks his own children (and Cleveland) with a whip for no apparent reason
 * 5) Brian knew he had herpes, but he didn't care if he gave it to Stewie (his best friend) and Chris (and, possibly, many women he dated).
 * 6) The subplot is extremely mean-spirited because it is just about Peter and his friends getting bullied by soldiers at the bar and everyone else calling them babies for not standing up to them.
 * 7) The incredibly disturbing close-up of Brian's herpes.
 * 8) Terrible ending.
 * 9) Brian gets away with giving Stewie herpes because of a weak excuse: "He was embarrassed to tell him".
 * 10) The whole townspeople are hypocrites for ridiculing Peter, Joe, and Quagmire to fight the guys at the bar only for them to ridicule them again for trying to fight them.
 * 11) Brian apologizes to Stewie at the end, not because he gave the baby herpes, but rather because he lied to him about it.
 * 12) The moral in this episode is that it's alright to pass STD on to someone if you be honest about it immediately and try not to deny where the new sores came from. And if you are in the military, you are exempt from being a thug and a criminal.
 * 13) Despite being a police officer who was assaulted, Joe doesn't arrest the soldiers like a police officer is supposed to do.
 * 14) The fact that this episode took place a few episodes after Brian was back to life was basically character derailment.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Stewie calling out Brian for giving him herpes.
 * 2) The coked up giraffe cut-away.
 * 3) Chris and Stewie give Brian a fair comeuppance by telling his date about Brian's herpes, making her leave.