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The Thin White Line
Season 2, Episode 23
Brian the Police Dog
Air date March 14, 2000
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The Thin White Line is the twenty-third episode and season finale of the second season of Family Guy and part one of a two-part special, with "Brian Does Hollywood" being the second. It is the forty-first episode, overall.

Synopsis[]

Taking advice from his therapist to get out of his rut, Brian decides to become a drug-sniffing dog for the police department and becomes the top-dog, but the cocaine may be more than he can handle.

Plot[]

When Brian tells his therapist that he is in a bit of an emotional rut, his doctor suggests that he may be too inwardly focused and that perhaps doing some volunteer work may be a good idea. Brian takes him up on his advice, serving as a guide dog for the blind and elderly. But it isn't until Joe gives Brian the chance to be a drug-sniffing dog for the Quahog Police Department that he really finds something he takes to. In fact, on his first day on duty at the airport, Brian successfully tracks down a suitcase full of cocaine, but inadvertently takes a snort of it himself.

Meanwhile, Peter attends the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Company Picnic and wins Mr. Weed's challenge, walking away with the prize of a week's paid vacation.

Brian continues to excel as a member of the police force, but his problems with cocaine mount until he ends up with a full-blown addiction. After he shows up at the house high on drugs, the family decides to stage an intervention. Ultimately Brian agrees to enter rehab, forcing Peter and the family have to cancel the cruise they had planned until after Brian's treatment. Peter, disappointed at not being able to sail the seas in style and in awe of the fancy amenities at Brian's rehab rehab facility, decides to fake his own addiction in order to "vacation" at the detox clinic.

Before long, Peter's obnoxious behavior attracts the attention of the clinic's head doctor, and despite his initial attempts to ignore Peter, Brian gets sucked into Peter's antics. When the doctor claims that Peter is the "X Factor" responsible for driving Brian to his addiction, Brian indignantly exits rehab with Peter. Back at home, the family celebrates Brian's return, but he drops a bombshell on them. Saying his experience has shown him that everyone is responsible for his own destiny, Brian says he's off to follow his own personal journey. With that, Brian hails a cab, drives off, and the episode ends with the Griffins watching as Brian's cab drives off, with a "To Be Continued..." setting the stage for the next episode, "Brian Does Hollywood".

Characters[]

Major Roles[]

Minor Roles[]

Quotes[]

Peter: Oh, this is my favorite event, catch the Greased Up Deaf Guy.
Mr. Weed: [lifts the cage] Go!
Greased-up Deaf Guy: You're never gonna catch me! You're wastin' your time. Forget about it! Go do somethin' else! [Peter grabs him but slips of his grip] See y'all next year.
Brian: [sniffing Quagmire's crotch] You're back from Manila, you had Lumpia for dinner, then you had sex with two Fillipino women...[sniffs again]...and a man.
Quagmire: Heh...you mean THREE Fillipino women...Noooooooo!!!
[Brian, working as a Seeing Eye dog, sits beside his blind guy in a movie theater]
Brian: Okay, they're-they're in the woods...the camera keeps on moving...Uh, I think they're, they're looking for some witch or something, I-I don't know, I wasn't listening...nothing's happening, nothing's happening, something about a map, nothing's happening, it's over, a lot of people in the audience look pissed.
[The family are at the dinner table, Brian is looking highly edgy]
Lois: So, how was your day?
Brian: My day? Un-freakin'-believable. First-first we nailed this bastard who had the gall to hide his stuff in his daughter's doll. Her doll, for God's sake! Oh, where's the line any more? Well, I got news for you: It's...it's...it's...it's...it's not even on the radar screen! The days of decency and virtue are gone, honey. Bam! Freakin' evaporated like a dingy, stinkin' mud puddle. One-one day you...you...you see your reflection in it, and the next day i...it's a...it's a...it's a damn oil spot on your cracked driveway, staring back at you, mocking you, blah blah blah, knowing the perverted truths that rot in the pit of your soul... that's how my freakin' day was.
[The family looks at Brian, stunned, for a long time. Finally, Peter breaks the silence]
Peter: You know what I haven't had in a while? Big League Chew.
Chris: Hey Dad, I heard if you use tanning beds, you can get something called melanoma.
Peter: Oh, Chris, that's just fancy-talk for sexified.
Stewie: [about Brian] Oh, Splendid!, Fido McCoke-fiend is home.
Peter: What do you think they put in the bug juice?
Brian: Bugs.
Peter: No, they don't! Come on! Shut up!
Meg: Wow, Brian! Have you lost weight? You gotta tell me your secret!
Brian: Here's a hint: Put down the fork! [pushes his hand out] FACE!
Brian: [to Meg] Hey, how about a little less questions and a little more shut the hell up!
[Brian has a good cry after his intervention]
Stewie: I guess now we know what kind of dog he is. A "melancollie".
[no one laughs]
Stewie: Oh wait. I should have said "chi waa-waa".
[no one laughs again]
Stewie: I don't have to fucking impress you!
Rehab Woman: What's your name?
Peter: Um... [attempting to make up a name, he looks at some peas on a plate] Pea... [looks at a woman crying] Tear... Pea-tear... [sees a gryphon in the room] Gryphon! Peter Griffin. Aw, crap.
Quagmire: Hey, Meg, you 18 yet?
Brian: Got milk?
Peter: A degenerate, am I? Well you are a vestiggio! See? I can make up words too, sister!
Lois: Can I get you a washcloth to wipe the dried blood from under your nose?
Peter: I'm on vacation. Oh, and if anyone asks, I'm also on smack.
Joe: Nice work, rookie!
Lois: Somebody say something!
Some: Or better yet, do something!
[After Brian leaves, Stewie came down from the stairs in his pajamas and holding his teddy bear, Rupert and came ran after Brian alongside the other Griffins].
Stewie: Brian, wait!
[Brian ignored them all and continued on]
Brian: Airport, please.
[The taxi drove away from the Griffin household, with the Griffins only being able to stare off]
Stewie: (sadly and tearing up) Brian...

Songs[]

Trivia[]

  • This is the second episode to not use scripted censoring. When Stewie tells a bad joke, he says, "I don't have to fucking impress you." The first time this happened was in "Power Over Peter"
  • This episode has the first appearance of the Greased Up Deaf Guy.
  • This episode is the first episode in which Stewie actually addresses Brian by his name. Unlike previously when it has either been "Dog", "Mutt" or any other Dog related name like Fido, Puddles and Patches.
  • Big League Chew is mentioned when Peter says to Chris, “You know what I haven’t had in a while? Big League Chew.”
  • A flashback shows Brian watching an episode of the VH1 program Behind the Music with Leif Garrett. The show is known for documenting the post-success breakdowns of once-popular recording artists and Garrett’s episode is one of the best-known.
  • Another Brian flashback has him auditioning for a TV commercial with a toucan. It parodies Toucan Sam of Froot Loops.
  • A fantasy sequence shows Stewie and a group of sailors singing a parody of “My Gallant Crew” from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta HMS Pinafore.
  • Peter reads The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
  • A cutaway to when Brian used to be Peter’s “sidekick” shows Peter as The Late Show with David Letterman host David Letterman and Brian as his musical director Paul Shaffer.
  • Brian’s cousin Jasper, in an early, unnamed appearance as a Club Med employee, performs the 1987 Buster Poindexter song “Hot Hot Hot”.
  • The newspaper containing an article about Brian also features the headline “Scientists Mystified by Paper Rain,” referencing the paper confetti thrown on him like in most celebrations in the street.
  • When Brian enters Peter’s room, Peter is lying on the bed drinking from an eight-pack of beer, a notable divergence from the standard “six-pack.”
  • Lois knowing the exact street value of 4.5 kilos of uncut cocaine is one of many instances suggesting familiarity.
  • Brian states that the real hero is God for blessing him with his drug sniffing nose, in a later episode he states that he is an atheist.

Cultural References[]

  • The name of the episode combines The Thin Blue Line, a colloquial term for the police, and "white lines", a slang term for cocaine.
  • The way in which Mr. Weed hunts his employees is reminiscent of the famous 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.
  • Mr. Weed says he has enough tranquilizer darts "to take-out Robert Downey, Jr.", a reference to the actor’s drug problems. A rare self-chastising meta reference has Weed’s audience reacting with umbrage to the remark.
  • After Brian makes Quagmire realize he has made love to a man, he screams and runs away, similar to the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective scene in which Ace realizes Lt Einhorn is actually Ray Finkel, whom Ace had kissed.
  • The next scene in which Brian and Joe catch a perp with cocaine is a reference to the 1977 TV series CHiPs. The CHiPs opening theme is also heard.
  • At the school assembly, Brian is called "McGriffin, the Drug Dog", a reference to the anti-crime mascot McGruff the Crime Dog.
  • After seeing some cocaine on his nose, Brian exclaims "Got Milk?", a reference to the ad campaign.
  • While time traveling, Chris finds himself in "the Bible days" and encounters an angry lion, a reference to the early persecution of Christians.
  • Rocky The Flying Squirrel shows up and says, "And now, here’s something we hope you’ll really like," a frequent segué in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
  • Brian refers to Lois as a 'Stepford wife,' a phrase used to describe a 'perfect' suburban housewife after the satirical novel The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin and its film versions.
  • Peter trying to make up his name in the rehab clinic by referencing random objects he sees references the plot of The Usual Suspects.
  • A flashback shows Peter as a security guard for former Beatle George Harrison, watching Charles in Charge while an intruder invades the home. Harrison was attacked in his home on December 30, 1999.
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