Save the Clam is the 19th episode of the eleventh season and the 207th
overall episode of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It aired on
Fox in the United States on May 5, 2013, and is written by Chris
Sheridan and directed by Brian Iles. The episode's plot revolves
around Peter and his friends trying to save Quahog’s local bar, The
Drunken Clam, from being closed down after the owner Horace is killed
in a freak accident during a ball game.During a Drunken Clam softball
game against Mort's team Goldman's Pharmacy, Jerome is brought in as a
player for Mort's team. To win the game, Horace attempts to strike
Jerome out. Unfortunately for Horace, Jerome uses the bat to hit the
ball so hard that it accidentally flies into Horace's face and
fractures his skull, killing him in the process. During the funeral,
Jerome tells Peter that he just feels awful about the situation;
noting that Horace was a good bartender and a very good guy; he also
wishes there was something he could do. Peter acknowledges that Jerome
didn't mean to do it. The guys say their goodbyes and head out to
drink at The Drunken Clam only to find the bar is foreclosed. The guys
are forced to drink at Peter's home, but Lois objects. Peter and the
guys sneak into the Clam for a night of drinking. Next morning, they
find the building is about to be demolished and Peter pulls out a
Mossberg and demands they stop as he claims ownership of the bar.
During the stand-off, Joe finds himself in an uneasy position and
bails out. Lois shows up and demands he come out. Joe is given the
task to talk the guys out but when he enters, he rejoins their side
and turns against the police chief. As they are all threatened with
arrest, Jerome appears and reveals that he used his sports earnings
from playing lacrosse (which is also his brother's name) to buy the
Clam and keep it open to honor Horace and keep his legacy going,
stating that it was pretty much all his fault that he wound up killing
Horace and that it is seemingly his responsibility to keep the bar
open. The guys find the Drunken Clam modified and themselves relegated
to a space on the floor near the garbage since there are three black
guys in their usual booth.During Horace's funeral, Meg has to go to
the bathroom and stumbles into an embalming session. Her lack of
squeamishness impresses the undertaker and he offers her a job. Soon,
Chris shows up and plays with the deceased bodies to Meg's annoyance
since he got locked out of the house and doesn't have the key. When
she goes to dress the body of Mr. Dugan, she finds it is missing and
accuses Chris of stealing Mr. Dugan's body. Chris admits that he used
it to get into "R" rated movies until it fell apart in the swimming
pool and because of that, during the funeral, Chris poses as Mr. Dugan
(since they weren't able to find Mr. Dugan's body) despite having
itchy balls. As they progress, they learn from Helen Dugan that the
deceased face was donated for a transplant to a woman who lost her
face in a freak chimpanzee accident and Chris loses his. Back at the
house, Chris tells Meg that even though he cannot frown, he is
unhappy.The episode received a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic and
was watched by a total of 4.79 million viewers. This made it the
second most watched show on Fox's Animation Domination line-up that
night, beating The Simpsons and Bob's Burgers but losing to American
Dad!. The episode was met with mixed reviews from critics. Kevin
McFarland of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B, saying "That’s a
pretty standard way to appreciate anything that Family Guy does these
days, tuning out the deliberately provocative jokes as though they're
comments made by an older relative at Thanksgiving who gets a pass
because they 'grew up in a different time.' Family Guy doesn't have
that excuse, so when the material doesn't work because it trades in
lazy stereotypes, it hurts the episode. Still, I laughed more this
week at the remaining bits than I have in a few months." Carter Dotson
of TV Fanatic gave the episode three out of five stars, saying "This
was a rather pedestrian episode of the show, not a classic but not
terrible. If your DVR didn't record it, you didn't miss much." Save the Clam Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter