User Reviews

A ridiculous premise, but I admit that I laughed quite a bit here. The joke about saying Italian names and having it translate to meaningful dialogue wasn't funny, but this wasn't that bad (given how Family Guy is these days).

In this episode, they overused two jokes. They may have been funny at first, but it got old. Also, the plot wasn't horrible but it wasn't good either. I thought they kinda got lazy at the end. Unfortunately, I give this episode a 4/10 rating. It's like they aren't trying anymore :(

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against jokes about certain countries, nations, etc. And not against stereotypes. But the theme of Italians in Family Guy appeared too often on the show to evoke any emotion. In this episode, jokes are not bad ... But they are not good either! Old fans of the show won't hear anything new. The new audiences are most likely born after mania for the Mafia and Italo-Americans in media, so they won't appreciate these jokes. The few new viewers who watched The Godfather, The Sopranos, etc. find the scenes and parodies too obvious, flat and predictable. I don't know how to spoil the episode, which is clear from the title. But still marked it as "containing spoilers". Ironically, there is nothing to spoil here. Peter misunderstands a word that has more than one meaning - "ha ha, classic." Then the authors decided that "Stand By Meg", "Boopa-dee Bappa-dee", and the constant references in other episodes were not enough. I'm afraid to imagine what would have happened if Vinnie had stayed on the show. This episode is literally a parade of stereotypes. No attempt to rethink other people's ideas, just ripoff. The authors could ridicule the stereotypes about Italians, Italian-Americans and the mafia, showing their inconsistency, they could say, in reality, everything is not the same as in the films. Or ridicule films from the perspective of real Italians or even real logic. For example, the stereotype that the mafia is always run by old, fat and sickly people. On the contrary, the young and energetic are belittled. But no, the viewer shouldn't even think for a second, because: "This is a humorous show, why are you so serious?"

P.S. The problem is that the Italians were not chosen as the central theme by chance. Under the leadership of Disney, the show is more PC than ever. Italians and Christians are among the few who will not complain about "bad representations" and won't try "cancel the show".