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Here's the whole bit:

Brian: How can you not like me?
Quagmire: OK, I'll tell you. You are the worst person I know. You constantly hit on your best friend's wife, the man pays for your food and rescued you from certain death and that is how you repay him? And to add insult to injury you defecate all over his yard, and you're such a sponge. You pay for nothing and you always say "oh I'll get you later" but later never comes! And what really bothers me is you pretend that you're this deep guy who loves women for their souls when all you do is date bimbos. Yeah, I date women for their bodies but at least I'm honest about it. I don't buy them a copy of Catcher in the Rye and lecture them with some 7th grade interpretation of how Holden Caulfield is some profound intellectual. He wasn't! He was a spoiled brat and that's why you like him so much. He's you! God, you're pretentious. And you delude yourself by thinking you're some great writer even though you're terrible. You know, I should have known Cheryl Tiegs didn't write me that note. She would've known there was no "a" in the word definite. And you know what I hate most about you is your textbook liberal agenda on how we should "legalize pot man", how big business is crushing the underclass, how homelessness is the biggest tragedy in America. What have you done to help? I worked down at the soup kitchen Brian, never seen you down there! You want to help, Grab a ladle! And by the way, driving a Prius doesn't make you Jesus Christ. Oh wait, you don't believe in Jesus Christ or any religion for that matter because "religion is for idiots!" Well, who the hell are you to talk down to anyone? You failed college twice, which isn't nearly as bad as your failure as a father. How is that son of yours you never see? But you know what, I could forgive all of that, all of it, if you weren't such a bore! That's the worst of it, Brian. You're just a big sad alcoholic bore! (sigh) Now see you Brian, thanks for the fucking steak.

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Yeah, Brian. (Loved the Catcher in the Rye and spelling references - only thing missed was a "hipper than thou" comment).

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Watching any other episode with Brian and Quagmire interacting, it pretty much seems as if this storyline was only done for this episode.

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I love this scene. But the writers screwed up in another scene. When Stewie taks to Brian about Chris Farley, he talks about the scene where he falls down the hill in Tommy Boy. That scene was in Black Sheep.

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I'm sorry, this was still comedy done the wrong way.

Family Guy has become the worst show on the whole line-up (okay, it's neck and neck with Cleveland, but I finally jumped off that ship). The show is now painfully unfunny, a culmination of going down the drain for the past two seasons.

Maybe next week they can work in six or seven unfunny 'violence against women' jokes.

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That scene wasn't meant to be funny, but enlightening and, I found, depressing -- because there really was a heavy weight of truth to it about Brian (the character, as he has been written). I wonder if this episode means that MacFarlane plans to put Brian on a new path.

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...And is Jerome really going to become a regular, recurring character/drinking buddy to Peter? It felt like he wasn't just a one-off character by the episode's end.

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I think the rant-scene was just a plot-device to air some of the h8 mail levied against Family Guy, especially the attitudes espoused by the Brian character (voiced by Seth himself). It was Seth giving a little back, showing that he can take it as well as he gives it. Cool.

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This episode SUCKED-- like the beginning of the end.

Ok, Quagmire:
1) Had sex with the wife of his best friend Cleveland
2) ALSO tries to have sex with Lois constantly
3) Had a woman chained up in his basement IN THIS EPISODE
4) Is a sex-slave trafficker of Asian women
5) Killed his wife to get rid of her
6) Also has a child, which he gave up for adoption
7) Is a sexual predator who spies on women and underage girls
8) has NEVER been shown doing volunteer-work

Meanwhile, Brian:
1) Became a police-officer to stop the drug-trade
2) Truly LOVES Lois
3) Married Lois during Peter's disappearance in order to support the family-- even though she wouldn't have sex with him ONCE, but just kept leading him on for over a year
4) has done volunteer-work
5) risked his life to save gay marriage


In short, Quagmire has NO ROOM to talk!

And for all the bad stuff Brian does: IT'S A CARTOON! It's called IRONY!!!
As in HUMOR!!!!
Yeah he craps on Peter's lawn-- HE'S A DOG! He also licks his balls! HELLO!!!

South Park once parodied itself by saying that "At least Family Guy doesn't get all preachy and up its own ass with messages."
Looks like they spoke too soon-- GF has officially "Jumped the Shark."

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Wrong -- it's reaching new heights if anything. Yeah on some episodes some jokes are off or played out, but there's still better humor/satire/slapstick than at the Simpsons or South Park for that matter - at least this show knows not to take itself too seriously...it's a cartoon comedy that usually doesn't get overly preachy in its intent, unlike the other shows.
If one really wants strong social commentary and analysis one can turn to PBS Frontline, 60 Minutes or some other public affairs channel...or read a book.

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Actually, Brian has alot less problems than Quagmire. Quagmire states that Brian is a "failure as a father" even though in the episode just before it Quagmire puts his own child up for adoption; Not realizing until later that it was the best thing he could ever do for the poor girl. Also he has a 20 year old kid in Spain and three sons all going to the same school. When Quagmire got offended when Brian was trying to flatter him about his abused sister, I found it stupid because in a previous episode Glen stated out loud to his mother that he would let her participate in a three-way with him. And in the same episode he drugged a girl and attempted to have sex with her unconscious body. Yeah, thats being REAL "honest" with women. Also telling Brian he was dumb for not knowing how to spell "definite" was foolish as well, because in the movie "Stewie Griffin the Untold Story" Quagmire misspelled the word Country on his Winnebago. The only thing Quagmire actually made a valid point about was Brian being a cynical, alcoholic, bimbo-dating, pot head. I personally don't like Quagmire or Brian anymore. I preferred them from back in the old days where Brian just sat in the background drinking and saying witty comments and Quagmire just made sexual jokes. They've both become way too involved in the series. *Breathes heavily* well see you guys later. Thanks for the F$%#@* steak.

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You people need to stop being a bunch of bitches. Brian had that shit comin'! I can't believe some of you nerds wrote like a page and a half complainin'. Unbunch ya panties, it ain't that serious.

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