| Yacht Rocky | |
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| Season 18, Episode 5 | |
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| Air date | October 20, 2019 |
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Yacht Rocky is the 5th episode of the eighteenth season of Family Guy. It's the 431st episode, overall.
Synopsis
When Peter blacks out from stress, the family (ft. Quagmire, Cleveland and Joe) departs on a Yacht Rock cruise to relax his jangled nerves. But it ends up doing the opposite effect!
Plot
Peter's given such a hard time from his home and work life that during work he ends up blacking out from the stress. After he awakens in the hospital, Dr. Hartman connects him with a 'Yacht Rock' music collection to help him relax. When the guys get hooked on the music as well, they learn of a Yacht Rock Cruise happening and decide to all go along. While attempting to board, Brian finds himself in a dog crate and stored beneath deck. On board, the rest of the family and Peter's friends rub shoulders with numerous stars.
But when the ship's captain gets distracted hanging out with Peter, he leave the bridge unattended as a rogue wave capsizes the ship. Struggling to survive, has to make their way towards the bottom of the ship where the hull is the thinnest. When they finally reach their goal and meet up with Brian in the process, they realize that they have no tools to cut through the hull. Turning fearful as the water rises, the episode is resolved by simply cutting to everybody safe back at home due to the writers having no way to write an ending.
Characters
Major Roles
- Peter Griffin
- Lois Griffin
- Brian Griffin
- Chris Griffin
- Stewie Griffin
- Meg Griffin
- Joe Swanson
- Glenn Quagmire
- Cleveland Brown
- Bert
- Sheila
- Chad
Minor Roles
- Bonnie Swanson
- Stella
- Kimi Quagmire
- Donna Tubbs-Brown
- Opie
- Kenny Loggins
- Nick Viall
- Alan Parsons
- Toto
- Daryll Hall
- John Oates
Quotes
- Lois: I gotta say, Peter. I had reservations about this cruise, but you do seem more relaxed.
- Peter: Hey, good thing I had reservations on this cruise, huh?
- [Brian sees a hot girl walk by]
- Brian: Looks like mine won't be the only tail I'll be chasing this week.
- Stewie: Who the fuck is Bob Welch?
- Chad: You're not from here, are you?
- Meg: From the cruise? No. I'm from a town.
- Chris: Look! Oates is hanging onto Hall for dear life!
- Peter: What else is new? He's been doing that for 40 years.
- Chris: [sarcastic] Ha ha. [annoyed] Yeah, make fun of more people more successful than you. He's a millionaire. You're nothing.
- Meg: Preesh.
- Peter: Oh, we-Oh, we found him!
- Brian: Fuck you! You guys left me down there to drown!
- Chris: Technically, we left you up there to drown. The boat flipped.
- Peter: Yeah, we didn't know how write an ending soooo, yeah.
Trivia
- "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts plays when Peter first plays his 'Yacht Rock' music for the guys.
- "Sailing" by Christopher Cross plays when the guys start to fight, putting an end to the hostilities.
- An archive recording of Toto singing "Rosanna" is played while the band performs onboard.
- "Sentimental Lady" by Bob Welch plays numerous times whenever Welch is mentioned.
- Joe admits he's not enamored of the song "Footloose". When Kenny Loggins offers up "I'm Alright" from Caddyshack, Joe insists that it is the gopher that sings that song.
- Meg's bowel movements are white, which Chad attributes to her diet of powdered donuts.
- Michael McDonald only joins the group long enough to save them by using his voice to summon whales, then vanishes immediately after.
- Meg's would-be boyfriend Chad vanishes when the family is returned home.
- This episode aired on guest star Nick Viall's 39th birthday.
Cultural References
- The title of this episode is a pun on the musical genre, "Yacht Rock".
- The ship is capsized by a wave in a manner similar to the 1972 & 2006 film adaptions of the 1969 novel, The Poseidon Adventure. In the novel, the ship is capsized by an undersea earthquake while in a 2005 television adaption, the ship is damaged by terrorists.
- After the death of Casey Kasem and despite a court order during family infighting granting custody of his body to his daughter Kerri, Casey's wife Jean managed to secret his body out of the country to Oslo, Norway for burial, which occurred six months after his death.[1]
Deleted Scenes
- Peter and Nick Viall having a conversation about Viall's ex-wives.
- Extended dialogue between Peter and Dr. Hartman about genres of music.
- Peter having a run-in with his ex-boyfriend, Lyle from the aquarium.
- Extended dialogue of Cleveland, Quagmire, and Joe begging Lois not to send cruise photos to their wives.
- A bat thinking about the death of Bob Welch.
- The Beer Bar Buddies play hacky sack with Alan Parsons and Kenny Loggins.
- Another scene with Peter and Alan Parsons.
- The guy who helps people introducing himself as Kenny Loggins.
- Cleveland being opinionated about apples.
- Pointless ending credits gag about Casey Kasem talking about his own death.