Dog Gone

**Dog Gone** is the eighth episode of the eighth season of the American animated television sitcom *Family Guy*, and the 134th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on November 29, 2009.

## Summary

When Brian accidentally hits and kills a dog with his car, he gets frustrated when no one shows any sympathy for his own kind. So he makes it his mission to show that a dog’s life matters. Meanwhile, Lois hires Consuela as the Griffins' maid after she grows tired of Peter making a mess everywhere in the house.

## Why it should be Dog Gone?!

1. Peter can be unlikable at the beginning of the maid subplot of the episode, as it shows him as an irresponsible husband and father when he makes a mess everywhere in the house, but he does get better throughout the rest of it.
2. While Peter is unlikable, Consuela (despite it being her very first major role of the show) is extremely annoying when she puts Brian outside, listens to public radio in Spanish, sleeps with Chris (which is disturbing, especially since she is in her mid-50s or 60s and Chris is 14 years old), and refusing to leave.
3. This episode consists of 3 major foreshadowing of the events of "Life of Brian", such as:
	* Brian accidentally running over and killing a dog, which would probably be the same car that killed him in that episode.
	* Many people in the world, especially the townspeople, not caring about a dog's life, which is a continuity error when they're seen crying at Brian's funeral even though they don't know nor care about him.
	* And finally, the Griffins crying after they believe that Brian is dead, when suddenly Brian is seen in Stewie's room which he summons him to see the Griffins crying over him.
4. Brian's plot of accidentally killing a dog is awful (depending on your view), especially when his family and Joe laugh at him since nobody gives a damn about it.
5. A crazy dog eating a chihuahua is one of the scariest scenes of this episode depending on your view.
6. Peter just puts Consuela to sleep and brings her to Joe's house to get rid of her, which wastes the ending of the subplot of this episode.
7. **Half-Bad ending:** Stewie burns down a liquor store and murders a dog offscreen, which makes the Griffins believe that Brian is dead. It also became pointless when in the final scene of this episode, it shows Peter telling the viewers that no animals were harmed during the filming of it.

## Redeeming Qualities that are not Dog Gone!

1. Stewie's reaction to Brian killing a dog and Brian's reaction to finding out that Stewie knew about the death of a dog can be funny at times.
2. Brian does confess to his crimes of murder, until he ruins it when he reveals that he ran over a dog which resulted in his family and Joe laughs at him.
3. Despite the wasted ending of the subplot, Peter putting Consuela on Joe's front porch was pretty funny.
4. **Half-Good ending:** Despite its half-bad ending, it was also pretty heartwarming when Brian finally gets what he rightfully deserves, his importance to his family. And him and Stewie decide to let their family keep crying over his apparent death.
5. There are a lot funny moments in this episode like:
	* Joe sleep-dragging which he thinks that he's flying.
	* The 20 seconds of listening to the Hispanic radio (depending on your view).
	* Peter's joke about Meg's cervical cancer.
	* The cutaway gag where a cat apparently killed another cat with feline aids.
	* Consuela sleeping with Chris (depending on your view).
	* A crazy dog eating a chihuahua (depending on your view).
	* The final cutaway of this episode where a performer gets interrupted by the curtain closing on him.

## Reception

While there was nothing wrong with this episode, this episode received mixed reviews due to the controversial scenes where people say that a dog's life doesn't matter. The Counsela subplot is boring because of her lack of humor and her character development. The ending also received mixed reviews because it foreshadows the events of the extremely notorious and controversial episode "Life of Brian", where Brian dies in a car accident. But other than that, most of this episode is pretty good.