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"Quagmire's Mom" is the tenth episode of the thirteenth season of the animated sitcom ''
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'', and the 241st episode overall. It aired on
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in the United States on February 8, 2015. In the episode,
Glenn Quagmire Glenn Quagmire, who is usually referred to by his surname, is a fictional character from the American adult animated sitcom ''Family Guy''. He is a neighbor and friend of the Griffin family and is best known for his hypersexuality and his catchp ...
is found guilty of unwittingly committing
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towards a girl under 16 and is sentenced to 20 years in prison. At the same time, his previously promiscuous but now
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mother returns to his life, and he struggles to forgive her for what he perceives as
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. With an audience of 2.81 million, it was the most-watched show on Fox that night.


Plot

When
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needs a check for a field trip,
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finds that his checks are fake so he insists on opening his own checking account. At Quahog Savings and Loans, Peter and
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find that his birth certificate gives his real first name as "Justin" with his full name being "Justin Peter Griffin". Although Lois says it makes no difference, Peter immediately decides to change his persona to what he believes a "Justin" should be: young and wild. "Justin" decides to throw a party, where Quagmire meets a girl named Keira. Lois returns and orders everyone to leave, then plans to take "Justin" to City Hall to change his name back to Peter. The next day, Quagmire learns that Keira is not 23 years old as she stated, and she is under the legal age of consent in Rhode Island (16) as well as in most of the
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. Joe arrives at Quagmire's house with some police officers stating that he has received an anonymous tip that Quagmire was having sex with an underage girl. Quagmire confesses due to his pride in having had sex with her and he is arrested by the police for
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. He is put on trial and his only chance for leniency is for
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es, since he is legally guilty once the proof of Keira's age is revealed. At the courthouse, Peter, Joe, and
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try to claim Quagmire's innocence, but they each fail to do so because Peter does not give sufficient evidence, Joe being forced to describe what horrific, disgusting, and extremely degrading things Quagmire did to the girl, and Cleveland refusing to defend him because the judge asks to state his occupation as a form of
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. This causes Quagmire to take the stand himself and talk about his childhood, in particular his promiscuous mother, who was long thought to be deceased. Despite this, the judge finds Quagmire guilty due to the video evidence Quagmire posted online and sentences him to 20 years in prison and revokes his citizenship, declaring him a dangerous offender. Just then, his mother Crystal arrives in the courtroom in an attempt to deny the victim justice; Crystal admits her past then claims to be a
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and asks for leniency. The judge rejects her request and gives Quagmire 24 hours to get his affairs in order. At home, Crystal tries to get Quagmire to accept Christ as his savior, but he refuses and rejects her advice. Quagmire tells Crystal he will not listen to her and leaves the house to avoid her. Outside the maximum-security federal prison, Quagmire starts to say his goodbyes to his neighbors. Just then, the judge arrives with Crystal to tell Quagmire that his sentence has been commuted after " new DNA evidence was produced." He is surprised that despite her religious views Crystal would have sex outside of marriage with the judge, but she responds that it was the most Christian thing to do to protect her son. She admits that she was a horrible mother and that she wants a second chance with him and he happily accepts. Peter happily observes that Quagmire got away with the crime and learned nothing.


Cultural references

* Peter's car insurance commercial is a reference to the commercials for the General Auto Insurance Company. The same animation used for the commercials is used. * When Peter first tries to defend Quagmire, he mentions the 2012 film ''
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'' and its director,
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. * Peter's defense of Quagmire involving letters for
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is a reference to the 1947 film ''
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.'' * In one cutaway, Peter plays the beginning of Baba O’Riley by
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. * Peter's idea that Quagmire should move to
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to make movies after becoming a sex offender is a reference to director
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, who moved to Europe after being arrested for statutory rape.


Reception

The episode received an audience of 2.81 million, making it the most watched show on Fox that night.


References


External links

* {{Family Guy episodes, 13 2015 American television episodes Family Guy season 13 episodes Television episodes about rape