The Most Pointless and Vile Episode In The Show's History I like Family Guy, despite that some jokes can be off putting (i.e - rape, racism etc.), though I do like some jokes they pull. However, this episode is vile in it's history. First off is Brian, I hate his character. Years ago he was the 'voice of reason' character and he didn't come off as too arrogant and too cocky. In the newer episodes, he did. In one episode, 'Brian Writes a Besteller', he was really arrogant and rude because his book was incredibly popular in America, which cost him his friendship with Stewie and he (Brian) had no remorse for him as he thought his arrogance had come from him. Plus it would've been good for his character development to know that he should move on from writing and focus on another interest, maybe acting?
Back to the episode, what makes this so vile is that in the beginning of the episode, Brian is all a saint and that he was never an arrogant guy or dog or whatever you want to call his breed. Yet in the past he had no remorse for Stewie in 'Brian Writes a Bestseller' because of his arrogance (Brian), never met his son and used him in an episode, despite that he showed remorse for his actions, although will still overlook and neglect him in future episodes, AFTER THIS POINTLESS DRIBBLE, I'll get back to that later, telling Stewie to go kill himself over his guitar playing, despite that Brian has no talent himself making him a hypocrite etc. Qugmire's rant will help out too, well most of it.
Yet the writers, back in the day, made him arrogant in the first place. They want you to hate him because of his arrogance and ego. Plus it was how the family handled the aftermath of his death, it was a month since Brian's death and the family thinks it's time to move on, it doesn't work like that. It takes more then one month to get over the death of an animal, I once lost two cats and it me a few months that he and she passed away until I got a new one. Plus I know a friend in the UK who lost two dogs when he was younger and despised this episode as the writers were trying to make you love Brian as if he's your pet.
The new character Vinny, I'm not a big fan of him though, but they (the writers) want you to hate him because he 'replaced Brain'. I hate it how the way they've handled death in this episode, if they've really killed of Brian by making him permanently leave the show, it would open up to new story lines like what The Simpsons did with Maude Flanders. Which brings me to 'The Christmas Guy' the lousy excuse of Brain's comeback that left a huge plot hole in the episode and that plot hole is Stewie meeting the Stewie that had travelled to the future to get a 'Jolly Farm' play set in 'Life of Brain'. It's theorised that if we travel back in time and alter the past a new past is created, time travel is impossible though. But since that the Christmas Stewie was purchasing a new playset when most likely Brain would still be alive then, wouldn't the death of Brian result the Stewie from travelling into the past, despite that he destroyed his time machine and that his return pad was destroyed in 'Life of Brain'. Sure it's a cartoon and they can do whatever they want, but most shows, movies etc. tend to use the scientific theory.
It's a confusing plot hole that can never be fulfilled and they've showed the past being alliterated before! What makes Brian's death so pointless and bad is that in 'Chap Stewie', Stewie remade his time machine in the episode. It's a bad idea and bad episode and it's definitely one of my least favourite episodes from the series. I'm still watching the show, despite a few off putting jokes, but this episode is something I'll never watch over and over. I'm not a Brian Griffin fan and I'm glad that I didn't get tattoo on me. Plus the ending of 'Christmas Guy' knows that Brian wouldn't treat Stewie like a great friend, remember when I point out earlier that Brian told Stewie to go and kill himself over his singing and songwriting? Yeah that happened four months after 'Life of Brain', despite calling him a 'great friend'.