The Dating Game (''Family Guy'')

"The Dating Game" is the fourteenth episode of the fifteenth season of the animated sitcom Family Guy, and the 283rd episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on March 5, 2017, and is written by Tom Devanney and directed by Brian Iles.^[1]

Prior to its rerun on June 18, 2017, FOX dedicated this rerun in memory of Adam West who died from leukemia on June 9, 2017 sometime after this season ended.

Plot

At the Drunken Clam, Peter Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Cleveland Brown, and Joe Swanson pointedly ignore Joe's attempts to tell them about a problem with his never-seen sister and discover that Medieval Castle, a crummy kingdom-themed restaurant, is being put up for auction due to various issues and decide to buy it. At the auction, the guys lose Medieval Castle to Mayor West, Mort, Carl, and Seamus. Peter, Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland try and take Medieval Castle by force, but only manage to burn the entire site down. While the guys apologize and accept six months' probation, Quagmire is shocked to discover that Mort has a hot date courtesy of Tinder, since he had never heard of Tinder and can't believe something like it exists. Intrigued by Tinder and with some help from his friends Quagmire decides to use the app to score with women. He succeeds at having gargantuan amounts of sex but also becomes gross and withdrawn.

Peter, Cleveland, and Joe find that Quagmire's obsession with Tinder has reduced him to a Gollum-like state. Horrified, they try to cure his obsession through various means, but Quagmire refuses to quit the app. One night at the Clam, when a woman shows comfort to Quagmire, his conscience causes him to snap out of his addiction and he picks up the woman. It turns out the woman was supposed to be a prostitute hired by his friends to get Quagmire out of his gross sex app spiral, but the woman he scored with is probably a mass murderer and Peter squares the account with the real prostitute by hiring her to play soccer for two hours.

Meanwhile, Stewie's back is sore, so Lois and Brian take him to the hospital. Dr. Hartman reveals that he has a case of scoliosis and gives him a back brace. Stewie is at first mortified at the brace, but discovers that everyone at his school is treating him with respect because of it, and he uses it to benefit himself. During another doctor's appointment, Dr. Hartman reveals that Stewie's scoliosis has been healed and the brace can come off, but Stewie refuses to stop wearing it, as he enjoys the benefits he gets in response. When Stewie wakes up one morning, he finds that he has muscle atrophy and his head is too heavy for his body. He is forced to wear a neck brace to cure the new condition.

Reception

The episode received an audience of 2.48 million viewers, making it the second most-watched show of the night, behind The Simpsons.^[2]

References

External links

• "The Dating Game" on IMDb
• "The Dating Game" at TV.com