35. Saving Private Brian
Season: 5
Episode: 4
Original Air Date: November 5th, 2006 Another "Stewie and Brian" episode, this time in another "only on Family Guy" plot. A United States Army recruiter makes a trip to the high school to talk to the kids about signing up. Unhappy with the recruiter's means of trying to deceive the kids and paint the Army out to be some kind of fun time, Bryan and Stewie go to the recruitment office to have a talk, only to end up being conned into enlisting themselves. Thinking they could use some discipline, they vow to finish basic training, only to get deployed to Iraq right away after training was completed. The rest of the main plot revolves around them trying to find ways to be discharged from the Army and get sent home. Because it's Family Guy, their plots fail and fail spectacularly. The side plot involves Chris joining a heavy metal band and changing his attitude completely, only for Peter and Lois to think Marilyn Manson has corrupted their son. They seek out Manson (unfortunately, not voiced by Manson himself), and it's up to the singer to "fix" Chris before it's too late.