When Peter is given some daunting tasks by Lois, he decides to get himself and his friends arrested so they can just kick back for a few days without any stress. To their surprise however, they get sent right to prison instead...
Okay, so maybe this plot is a bit similiar to Cool Hand Peter. That doesn't mean it's bad however. I found quite a few laughs throughout this one.
The advertisements for a bunch of generic-looking sitcoms made me chuckle, especially when they all merged together at the end, with one of the characters randomly shouting the name of his show. "LUMP MONKEYS!" The cutaway with Peter and Chris trying to move each side of a table made me laugh once Peter takes up a bottle of vodka and starts making sarcastic comments towards Chris. Chris getting just as annoyed and drinking vodka himself when Brian comes in and points out the obvious problem was a great punchline.
Another highlight is Quagmire telling the guys what he does at Thanksgiving. He asks all the blowup dolls seated around they table if they would like some coffee, then finally Ida at the end. Ida's response when she's asked might be the funniest line in the whole episode.
Joe's Thanksgiving is also really funny. He's annoyed that the husband of Bonnie's sister always acts like such a braggart, when all he does is prolong Joe's name to "Joseph". It has a clever callback too when Joe reveals to Peter that he dressed up as Chris once. Bonnie's sister's husband visiting again and calling Chris "Christopher" made me laugh. It's almost like he knew already it was Joe under there.
Peter and the guys trying to make it in prison has some fun stuff. Quagmire joining a Latino gang, Cleveland first trying out a muslim gang only to realize they don't drink then dressing up as Roman E. Israel for some reason, and Joe being in a gang of "not-cops" all made for some good laughs. That they all start stabbing each other due to gang regulations is perfectly ridiculous. Well, except for Cleveland. He's just tired of Not-Cop member Joe's overt racism against him.
At the start of the subplot, Stewie and Brian have a funny scene when they start having a pun-filled conversation about "Kal Penn's pen pal". Stewie then breaking out into song singing about Kal Penn is priceless.
As for flaws, outside of that aforementioned scene the B-story with Stewie romancing a prisoner really isn't that interesting. They don't spend enough time on it to develop into something interesting, and the final joke with Stewie and the prisoner dancing at the prom was a pretty weak one to end on.
The main plot mostly works, but drags when Peter talks with a gang member who wants him to shank Cleveland, plus ends in a very predictable way with Peter having a speech about how you should spend quality time with your family instead of trying to avoid them. Him and his friends getting out of there thanks to a prisoner dressed up as the warden was also an anticlimactic solution.
Besides those things, this was a very good Thanksgiving-themed entry. It's not quite as great as Turkey Guys, but certainly entertaining. Happy Thanksgiving, pilgrims!
Okay, so maybe this plot is a bit similiar to Cool Hand Peter. That doesn't mean it's bad however. I found quite a few laughs throughout this one.
The advertisements for a bunch of generic-looking sitcoms made me chuckle, especially when they all merged together at the end, with one of the characters randomly shouting the name of his show. "LUMP MONKEYS!" The cutaway with Peter and Chris trying to move each side of a table made me laugh once Peter takes up a bottle of vodka and starts making sarcastic comments towards Chris. Chris getting just as annoyed and drinking vodka himself when Brian comes in and points out the obvious problem was a great punchline.
Another highlight is Quagmire telling the guys what he does at Thanksgiving. He asks all the blowup dolls seated around they table if they would like some coffee, then finally Ida at the end. Ida's response when she's asked might be the funniest line in the whole episode.
Joe's Thanksgiving is also really funny. He's annoyed that the husband of Bonnie's sister always acts like such a braggart, when all he does is prolong Joe's name to "Joseph". It has a clever callback too when Joe reveals to Peter that he dressed up as Chris once. Bonnie's sister's husband visiting again and calling Chris "Christopher" made me laugh. It's almost like he knew already it was Joe under there.
Peter and the guys trying to make it in prison has some fun stuff. Quagmire joining a Latino gang, Cleveland first trying out a muslim gang only to realize they don't drink then dressing up as Roman E. Israel for some reason, and Joe being in a gang of "not-cops" all made for some good laughs. That they all start stabbing each other due to gang regulations is perfectly ridiculous. Well, except for Cleveland. He's just tired of Not-Cop member Joe's overt racism against him.
At the start of the subplot, Stewie and Brian have a funny scene when they start having a pun-filled conversation about "Kal Penn's pen pal". Stewie then breaking out into song singing about Kal Penn is priceless.
As for flaws, outside of that aforementioned scene the B-story with Stewie romancing a prisoner really isn't that interesting. They don't spend enough time on it to develop into something interesting, and the final joke with Stewie and the prisoner dancing at the prom was a pretty weak one to end on.
The main plot mostly works, but drags when Peter talks with a gang member who wants him to shank Cleveland, plus ends in a very predictable way with Peter having a speech about how you should spend quality time with your family instead of trying to avoid them. Him and his friends getting out of there thanks to a prisoner dressed up as the warden was also an anticlimactic solution.
Besides those things, this was a very good Thanksgiving-themed entry. It's not quite as great as Turkey Guys, but certainly entertaining. Happy Thanksgiving, pilgrims!
