Season 24 came to an end for America’s most chaotic Quahog family, and with it, we won’t be seeing the Griffins again until February 2027, when Fox’s Family Guy returns with new episodes.

It’s been a weird and wildly unpredictable season for the Griffins, as Season 24 of the long-running Fox animated favorite took the family everywhere from absurd celebrity run-ins and chaotic political satire to increasingly bizarre sci-fi detours and classic cutaway-fueled insanity. As always, Peter (Seth MacFarlane) makes everything worse, Stewie (also MacFarlane) continues his plotting, Brian (still MacFarlane) spirals through yet another existential crisis, and the Griffins march on. WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Season 24 of Family Guy. 

What happened in the finale?

In Season 24 Episode 15, “High School History,” Brian hosts three hysterical tales from world history after being sentenced to community service for pestering Jenna Ortega over a bevy of new bedsheets.

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The episode tackles the 1789 French Revolution with Chris (Seth Green) portraying King Louis, who raises taxes to pay for VouzTube Premium, the Civil War, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (Peter) by John Wilkes Booth (Stewie) after Booth loses out on his big break on stage, and an absurd retelling of how the United States entered World War II. Hey, the kids have to get their world history from somewhere these days.

What about the rest of the season?

Season 24 started with one of the best episodes in the series, “Edible Arrangement,” in which Stewie and Lois (Alex Borstein) truly understood each other for the first time. It was a fantastic exploration of their relationship, the dynamics between the other characters on the show, and the series as a whole, balancing emotional insight with the absurd humor that has kept Family Guy running for more than two decades.

Any other standout episodes?

In addition to an outstanding premiere, the season also delivered both a holiday movie and a Halloween special. The Christmas special, “Disney’s Hulu’s Family Guy’s Hallmark Channel’s Lifetime’s Familiar Holiday Movie,” served as a full-length parody of cheesy made-for-TV romance films, following a corporate-driven Lois as she attempts to steal a secret pie recipe from a small-town mechanic named Pete.

There was another mailbag episode titled “Viewer DMs” that offered a long-awaited parody of The Lord of the Rings that pointed out the loopholes in the story (“Why can’t Gandalf just fly me to Modor on a giant eagle?”), how the Griffin clan came to Quohog with their many disposable Megs (Mila Kunis) on the Oregon Trail, and a parody ’60s variety show titled “The Glen Quagmire Giggity Good Time Hour.”

Then there was their very first Halloween special, “A Little Fright Music,” in which Brian and Stewie set out to write a brand-new Halloween anthem in the hopes of finally retiring the endlessly overplayed “Monster Mash.”

And this season also offered “A Few More Ways to Die in the West,” yet another episodic spoof whose title references MacFarlane’s film, A Million Ways to Die in the West. The story follows Quiet Burp and his gang of outlaws, who are hired to escort wealthy businessman Vivienne on a train trip, which goes awry when the man is robbed by the most unlikely thief.

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Any other big developments this season?

Brian develops a keen sense of smell and discovers he can detect when people are dying, leading him to believe Meg has cancer. She’s perfectly fine, but happily plays into it. The boys somehow manage to befriend Tom Brady, while Stewie and Brian get a lift from a pair of stilts in “Tall Stewie,” transforming them into alpha males.

Elsewhere, Brian accidentally mauls Mayor Wild West’s (Sam Elliott) kitten; the guys undergo a group colonoscopy; Stewie confesses his love for Brian and stages a wedding to Rupert in an attempt to make him jealous; Chris uses the fake ceremony to marry the school librarian; and a new drug causes Joe to sleepwalk, creating an improved alter ego known as “Joey Goodtimes.”

Overall, it was a very strong season for the Griffins, with fans praising the writing this season as a return to form on social media, as the season was more focused on parodies.

When will Family Guy be back?

Season 25 will be back on Fox in February 2027, but the exact date has yet to be set.

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