Baby Got Black
| "Baby Got Black" | |
|---|---|
| Family Guy episode | |
| Episode no. |
Season 12 Episode 18 |
| Directed by | Brian Iles |
| Written by |
Kevin Biggins Travis Bowe |
| Production code | BACX15 |
| Original air date | April 27, 2014 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
|
Keke Palmer as Pam | |
"Baby Got Black" is the eighteenth episode of the twelfth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy and the 228th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on April 27, 2014, and is written by Kevin Biggins and Travis Bowe and directed by Brian Iles.[1] In the episode, Chris falls in love with Jerome's daughter, Pam, much to her father's chagrin. When the two kids run away, Peter and Jerome team up to look for them.
Plot
At the Drunken Clam, Peter, Quagmire, and Joe hear a news story from Tom Tucker of a kid who dies trying to stay awake playing Halo all night. Afterwards, the guys wager each other over who can stay awake the longest. To pass the time, the guys prank call Cleveland Brown and Mort Goldman over their dead wives. Sixty two hours without sleep later, the guys start to hallucinate. Joe falls asleep first as Peter and Quagmire struggle to stay awake. The next morning, Lois comes over to Quagmire's house and wakes Peter, Joe, and Quagmire up so that she can ask Peter if she can remove some episodes of iCarly from the TiVo. Peter and Quagmire review Quagmire's security camera footage and determine Peter won the bet. To celebrate, he takes the family out to eat.
When Chris goes to pick out a lobster, he and Meg bump into their classmate Duncan and his father Jerome. But when they part, Duncan erotically kisses Meg. She later introduces Duncan to the family as her boyfriend to Peter and Lois's unease. Lois nervously notes she voted for Obama (once), and Peter is impressed that he is not fat. But at the Clam, Jerome forbids Pam from seeing Chris, and Peter accuses him of being racist, despite his objections. He invites Jerome and Duncan to dinner, but Jerome strongly resists any overtures of friendship, and Peter's attempt to convince him (in a musical number) that white people have done a lot of good only makes him angrier as he drags Duncan away.
The next day, an enraged Meg mopes over Duncan as he questions whether she will ever find anyone else and decides to go and kill Jerome. Chris then tells Peter and Jerome of finding a note that Meg and Duncan have run away together. As they hide out in a motel, they try to figure out what to do, and Duncan tells him to get undressed while he prepares himself as well in the bathroom. As Meg does the same thing, he finds Randy Quaid in one of the beds sleeping and urinating while talking about his movies. Meg reluctantly admits her inexperience and Duncan admits his as well. As Peter, Jerome, and Chris cruise town, they're pulled over by a cop who harasses Jerome for no reason, and Peter becomes sympathetic to Jerome's having to go through racist "shit" like that all the time. Blowing off some steam, Jerome notes that most of his anger is in his protection of Duncan and that he likes Peter. They arrive at the motel to find Meg and Duncan making out. Jerome is angry and it seems that he's not going to listen to anyone, but after Chris and Duncan both sharply tell him off, Jerome sighs and apologizes for overreacting and gives Duncan and Meg his blessing to date, though both he and Peter are relieved that their kids didn't have sex with each other. When Randy Quaid makes another comment while in his bed, Peter and Jerome plan to kill Randy Quaid.
Reception
Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club gave the episode a D+, saying "“Baby Got Black” is the rare episode of the show that seems like it might have maybe had a tiny impulse to say something interesting, and falls totally and utterly flat, first because, well, it’s Family Guy, and second because it’s not very funny."[2]
The episode received a 2.1 rating in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic and was watched by a total of 4.02 million people. This made it the most watched show on Animation Domination that night, beating American Dad!, Bob's Burgers and The Simpsons.[3]
References
- ↑ "Family Guy Episode Guide 2014 Season 12 – Baby Got Black, Episode 18". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- ↑ Thurm, Eric. "Family Guy: "Baby Got Black"". Avclub.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ↑ "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon A Time', 'Revenge' & 'The Simpsons' Adjusted Up; 'Believe', '60 Minutes', 'Dateline' & 'American Dream Builders' Adjusted Down". Tvbythenumbers. 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
