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Season 3  "Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?"  3x14

Aired 22 years ago - Dec 06, 2001

While trying to teach Chris about his Irish roots, Peter stumbles upon Nate Griffin, a black man in his family tree. Peter tries to embrace his new-found heritage, but can’t quite get the hang of it. When Lois’ father, Carter Pewtershmidt, sits the Griffin kids down for a look at his family genealogy, a dark secret is uncovered.

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Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 1
Meg, start at Psalm 41. Don't stop readin' till I tell you. The power of Christ compels you!
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 2
Like those two weeks you spent narrating your life.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 3
Lois had always been full of energy and life, but lately I had grown aware of her ageing.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 4
"I had to fend for myself with my own two hands
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 5
Some player-haters be throwin' salt in my game, grillin' me over my gear.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 6
- I just need to get their attention. - OK. That was much better.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 7
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 8
Consider yourselves lucky I'm not after your gully holes.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 9
because he doesn't know enough about his own.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 10
Dad, I don't wanna be here. I wanna be chillin' with my homeys.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 11
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 12
have found a way to convert our entire population to pure energy.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 13
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 14
Way to go, son. Here's a picture of your great-great-granddad, Osias Griffin.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 15
Thomas, would you please go look for a job?
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 16
Holy crap, I'm black!
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 17
"I was brushing down Lucy, the new colt, when she let out a fart right near my face. "
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 18
I gotta tell Bonnie I'm sleeping with a black man!
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 19
I'm telling you, Juice, she's screwin' around behind your back.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 20
Have yet to discover the secret of their mind-control powers.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 21
- I've found out I have a black ancestor. - Is that right? That's fantastic, Peter.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 22
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 23
Yeah, that's right. Y'all know that Exxon Valdez thing? That ain't how it happened.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 24
Although I think Connie Chung might've been substituting for him that night.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 25
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 26
Oh. Found the fire door.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 27
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 28
The family has become poor white trash since then, so they only gave what they could.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 29
He doesn't look very black to me.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 30
But... but... but I was also there for the bad times.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 31
So before you decide that I don't belong here, remember this: I was there!
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 32
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 33
Yep. I even got my own posse. Big Dog, T-Bone, Shades, go make some sandwiches.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 34
Here's Silas Pewterschmidt bartering with some local Indians.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 35
Well... 'bout time for me to be hittin' the old dusty trail.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 36
Babs, it's time we went to bed. Things'll look better tomorrow.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 37
There must be some clue to the source of their mental manipulation techniques.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 38
That totally sucked! You guys call yourselves cheerleaders?
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 39
Mission objective: Eliminate Cindi and take her place at the top of the pyramid.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 40
It's a dashiki. And don't call me Peter. That's my slave name. Call me Kichwa Tembo.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 41
Actually there is. I want reparations, just like Cleveland got.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 42
Not enough? Make it 20. How do you spell "Kichwa"?
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 43
Well, the money helps, but I'll always feel my ancestor's pain.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 44
"It's a crazy, messed-up place where anything can happen
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 45
- OK, say it. - Mekka lekka hi... God, I hate you so much.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 46
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 47
So it's agreed: We'll keep on pretending to like pigs' feet just to confound the white man.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 48
I've brought you the greatest gift of all.
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 49
Uh, hey, how's it goin'?
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 50
Oh, and that cockadoodie smiley face you use to dot it. You sicken me!

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Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 2
Like those two weeks you spent narrating your life.
#2
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 3
Lois had always been full of energy and life, but lately I had grown aware of her ageing.
#3
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 4
"I had to fend for myself with my own two hands
#4
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 5
Some player-haters be throwin' salt in my game, grillin' me over my gear.
#5
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 6
- I just need to get their attention. - OK. That was much better.
#6
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 7 #7 Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 8
Consider yourselves lucky I'm not after your gully holes.
#8
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 9
because he doesn't know enough about his own.
#9
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 10
Dad, I don't wanna be here. I wanna be chillin' with my homeys.
#10
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 11 #11 Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 12
have found a way to convert our entire population to pure energy.
#12
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 13 #13 Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 14
Way to go, son. Here's a picture of your great-great-granddad, Osias Griffin.
#14
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 15
Thomas, would you please go look for a job?
#15
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 16
Holy crap, I'm black!
#16
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 17
"I was brushing down Lucy, the new colt, when she let out a fart right near my face. "
#17
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 18
I gotta tell Bonnie I'm sleeping with a black man!
#18
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 19
I'm telling you, Juice, she's screwin' around behind your back.
#19
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 20
Have yet to discover the secret of their mind-control powers.
#20
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 21
- I've found out I have a black ancestor. - Is that right? That's fantastic, Peter.
#21
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 22 #22 Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 23
Yeah, that's right. Y'all know that Exxon Valdez thing? That ain't how it happened.
#23
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 24
Although I think Connie Chung might've been substituting for him that night.
#24
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 25 #25 Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 26
Oh. Found the fire door.
#26
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 27 #27 Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 28
The family has become poor white trash since then, so they only gave what they could.
#28
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 29
He doesn't look very black to me.
#29
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 30
But... but... but I was also there for the bad times.
#30
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 31
So before you decide that I don't belong here, remember this: I was there!
#31
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 32 #32 Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 33
Yep. I even got my own posse. Big Dog, T-Bone, Shades, go make some sandwiches.
#33
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 34
Here's Silas Pewterschmidt bartering with some local Indians.
#34
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 35
Well... 'bout time for me to be hittin' the old dusty trail.
#35
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 36
Babs, it's time we went to bed. Things'll look better tomorrow.
#36
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 37
There must be some clue to the source of their mental manipulation techniques.
#37
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 38
That totally sucked! You guys call yourselves cheerleaders?
#38
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 39
Mission objective: Eliminate Cindi and take her place at the top of the pyramid.
#39
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 40
It's a dashiki. And don't call me Peter. That's my slave name. Call me Kichwa Tembo.
#40
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 41
Actually there is. I want reparations, just like Cleveland got.
#41
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 42
Not enough? Make it 20. How do you spell "Kichwa"?
#42
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 43
Well, the money helps, but I'll always feel my ancestor's pain.
#43
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 44
"It's a crazy, messed-up place where anything can happen
#44
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 45
- OK, say it. - Mekka lekka hi... God, I hate you so much.
#45
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 46 #46 Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 47
So it's agreed: We'll keep on pretending to like pigs' feet just to confound the white man.
#47
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 48
I've brought you the greatest gift of all.
#48
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 49
Uh, hey, how's it goin'?
#49
Recap of Family Guy Season 3 Episode 14 (S03E14) - 50
Oh, and that cockadoodie smiley face you use to dot it. You sicken me!
#50