Brian's Play is the tenth episode of the eleventh season and the 198th
overall episode of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It aired on
Fox in the United States on January 13, 2013, and is written by Gary
Janetti and directed by Joseph Lee. In the episode, Brian writes a
play that becomes a hit in Quahog, but loses his confidence when he
finds that the play Stewie wrote is better than his. But when Stewie
sees how upset Brian is, he decides to make things right.Brian writes
a play, entitled A Passing Fancy, which is a hit in Quahog. Just as he
lets his success go to his head, Stewie asks him to read a play he has
written. Brian humors him and reads the play after a night of drinking
and philosophical discussion with aspiring writers, but he realizes
Stewie's play, entitled An American Marriage, is much better than his.
His confidence shaken, Brian tells Stewie the play is bad and attempts
to destroy the script, but Stewie finds it buried in the yard.
Angered, he reveals that he knew Brian's work was inferior because it
was easy for even Chris and Peter to follow the plot of A Passing
Fancy. Stewie claims that he has "a voice" when it comes to writing,
while Brian uses clichés and plagiarism. This makes Brian emotionally
fall apart and chase and kill a squirrel.As Brian sinks into
depression, Stewie says that his play is Broadway-bound and demands
Brian escort him around New York. At a party for playwrights, Brian
tries to ingratiate himself with big-name writers, but they mention
that they have seen his play and pronounce it the worst piece of
writing they have ever seen. Outside, Stewie finds Brian even further
depressed, and Brian admits he knew Stewie's writing was better but
had hoped that he could have at least had a chance to be the good
writer in the family before he dies far sooner than the rest of them.
Stewie says that Brian is speaking with his own voice and he should
write from his heart and mind.At the opening of Stewie's play, the
crowd leaves unhappy, and Brian is confused as to why Stewie changed
it. Stewie claims that he just wanted to "tweak" it a bit, though he
really wanted to make Brian happy again by sabotaging his own play. As
they leave the theater, Stewie admires New York and professes a desire
to live there one day until they are snatched by a pterodactyl. Brian's Play Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter