12 and a Half Angry Men is the sixteenth episode of the eleventh
season and the 204th overall episode of the animated comedy series
Family Guy. It aired on Fox in the United States on March 24, 2013,
and is written by Ted Jessup and directed by Pete Michels. In the
episode, Mayor Adam West is brought on trial for murder. Brian Griffin
is on the jury and tries to clear his name. The episode was inspired
by the 1957 film classic, 12 Angry Men.When an aide to Mayor Adam West
is found stabbed to death, evidence that the victim attempted to
blackmail the Mayor points to Mayor Adam West and he is put on trial
for murder. The jury selected for the trial consists of Peter, Brian,
Quagmire, Mort Goldman, Tom Tucker, Herbert, Carter, Dr. Hartman,
Seamus, Bruce, Carl, and Consuela. Brian is the only one voting "not
guilty" and he tries to persuade his fellow jurors that there is a
reasonable doubt of the Mayor's guilt. His insistence frustrates the
others who do not trust the Mayor because he is a politician. Brian's
examination of the evidence leads him to notice the paper the
blackmail note was written on matches a love letter he received from
Quagmire's transgender father after they had sex. Brian agrees that if
no one is convinced of the possibility of Mayor West's innocence then
he will change his vote, but the vote comes up with an agreement from
Herbert that there is a chance of innocence. The other jurors just
want to go home. Bruce calls for a break and Quagmire berates Brian
for not going along when he had the chance.Back in the jury room,
Brian questions the witness' testimony of seeing the crime during an
orgy. Quagmire tries to prove that it could really happen, but finds
that Brian may be on to something when his demonstration proves that
the witness' position could not have allowed her to look out a window
during the orgy, admitting that Brian was right. The jury finds itself
dead locked at 6-6 and Tom Tucker still holds out for a guilty verdict
until Dr. Hartman convinces him otherwise. Peter changes his vote
after he finds out what "guilty" means. Later, with just Carter as the
lone holdout for guilty, Brian challenges his thought until Carter
reveals that he felt betrayed by the Mayor as he always endorsed West
and was not allowed to sink most of Quahog for his real estate
developing plans. Carter breaks down into tears and gives in on his
guilty vote. Acquitted of the crime, Mayor Adam West resumes his
duties. Back at the Griffin home, Stewie is unsatisfied that they
proved Mayor Adam West was innocent and reveals that more murders have
occurred, proving that a maniac is still on the loose. The lights go
out, prompting Stewie to say, "And we're dead."The episode received a
2.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and was watched by a total of 5.16
million viewers. This made it the most watched show on Fox's Animation
Domination line-up that night, beating The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers and
The Cleveland Show. The episode was met with mixed reviews from
critics. Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club gave the episode a Bâ€",
saying "Every beat of the 12 Angry Men homage shows up exactly when it
should, but that reliability doesn’t come off as lazy, since at
least some work has to go into creating all the little twists, and
whoever’s responsible for Quagmire’s orgy recreation certainly had
a bit of time on their hands." Mark Trammell of TV Equals wrote, "I
don't know if I can truthfully say that '12 and a Half Angry Men'
worked entirely, but it wasn't an embarrassment, either, I suppose. As
those of you who got the allusion from the title already know, the
main plot line was taken from the classic Twelve Angry Men, a stage
play that later became the source for several movies." 12 and a Half Angry Men Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter