Description of Episode Family Guy is a provocative animated series following the middle class Griffin Family who reside in Quahog, Rhode Island. Head of household Peter works at a beer brewing company and his wife Lois, a former beauty pageant star and current stay at home mom, live with their three children and their talking dog Brian. Brian is hopelessly in love with Lois, oldest daughter Meg is the family’s scapegoat and black sheep of the family, Chris is a clueless 13-year old with an evil monkey in his closet, and Stewie is a sexually confused evil-genius one year old baby whose goal is world domination. The episode titled “Stewie Kills Lois” begins on Lois’s birthday after Brian gives her two cruise tickets in hopes that she will invite
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In just a 30 minute period the tv show displayed 77 counts of physical violence and 15 counts of verbal violence. Most of the physical violence count was racked up in the scene where Stewie uses a machine gun to shoot and kill his mother in which I counted 25 shots. The verbal violence is showcased by mostly verbal threats like, for example, when Stewie drags a red wagon full of weapons like chainsaws, gas cans and axes into the room and exclaims “I’ll teach that hussy to go on a boat ride without me. When she returns I’m going to put bamboo splinters under all her fingernails!” Then after Lois returns and tells everyone that Stewie was the one who tried to kill her he begins taking his family hostage and holds them at gun point threatening their lives if they don 't comply with his demands. The actions of Stewie Griffin meet all aspects of the definition of violence. He not only exhibits characteristics of verbal aggression and violence but also willful physical violence that leads to the murder of one person and the attempted murder of his mother, Lois. Stewie wants to get back at Lois for leaving him behind when she goes on the cruise and he does not care if he has to inflict harm on those around him. He actually finds pleasure in hurting others as it gets him closer to his goal of ruling the
In just a 30 minute period the tv show displayed 77 counts of physical violence and 15 counts of verbal violence. Most of the physical violence count was racked up in the scene where Stewie uses a machine gun to shoot and kill his mother in which I counted 25 shots. The verbal violence is showcased by mostly verbal threats like, for example, when Stewie drags a red wagon full of weapons like chainsaws, gas cans and axes into the room and exclaims “I’ll teach that hussy to go on a boat ride without me. When she returns I’m going to put bamboo splinters under all her fingernails!” Then after Lois returns and tells everyone that Stewie was the one who tried to kill her he begins taking his family hostage and holds them at gun point threatening their lives if they don 't comply with his demands. The actions of Stewie Griffin meet all aspects of the definition of violence. He not only exhibits characteristics of verbal aggression and violence but also willful physical violence that leads to the murder of one person and the attempted murder of his mother, Lois. Stewie wants to get back at Lois for leaving him behind when she goes on the cruise and he does not care if he has to inflict harm on those around him. He actually finds pleasure in hurting others as it gets him closer to his goal of ruling the