"Brian: Portrait of a Dog" is the final episode of the season one of Family Guy, originally aired on Fox on May 16, 1999. It guest stars Dick Van Patten as Tom Bradford. The episode's title is a reference to the movie Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Brian swallows his pride when Peter convinces him to join a dog show so they can win money for a new air conditioner. But after an argument over a trick gone bad, Brian realizes he's a second-clas...
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"Brian: Portrait of a Dog" is the final episode of the season one of Family Guy, originally aired on Fox on May 16, 1999. It guest stars Dick Van Patten as Tom Bradford. The episode's title is a reference to the movie Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Brian swallows his pride when Peter convinces him to join a dog show so they can win money for a new air conditioner. But after an argument over a trick gone bad, Brian realizes he's a second-class citizen and runs away from home, but his fight for his civil rights lands him in the pound on the death row. It received overwhelmingly positive comments from video game website IGN, who named it one of the "best in the series".
Quahog is in the grip of an unusual heat wave and, not having air conditioning, the Griffins are suffering. Peter learns of an upcoming dog show offering a top prize of $500, which he sees as the perfect way that would enable him to buy an air conditioner. He persuades a reluctant Brian to participate. Brian performs...
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