You can forgive the writers of Family Guy all the inconsistencies about Brian and Stewie IF those inconsistencies result in very funny jokes. The latest episode really brought to the forefront how the writers are in a constant state of remembering and forgetting that Brian is a dog and Stewie a baby. So Stewie can go clothes shopping at DSW yet is completely clueless as to how to unfasten his diaper? What do you make of all the suggestions that Stewie engages in a lot of gay sex—does he take his diaper off for that (and what kind of sicko...)? Or is it just some weird kind of bravado? And don't get me started on Brian the sometimes dog.
There were few laughs in the episode, made far more worse by a pretension to profundity. It's one thing setting a live action piece all in one room, but animation frees one to go to any place. I know some of you are going to say something like "But they do go to a different place emotionally." Save it. This episode has nothing on the "Road to" episodes. Nor does it illuminate Brian and Stewie's complicated relationship any better.
(Oh, and great job Wikipedia linking "love" in their article about this episode to "platonic love." Even with just this episode alone you have to realize that Brian and Stewie are way beyond "platonic love" despite Brian's unwillingness. That's how Wikipedia is: slander real people but tread lightly with fictional characters.)
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