Well, Here it is. The Infamous Ab0rtion Episode.
Certainly maximally offensive which was evidently the writers objective in this episode. Personally, this would not bother me very much, as I have a rather thick skin, if there was some reason behind this offensiveness, which in this episode veers far beyond offensiveness; into sheer nastiness. But unlike in the far superior South Park, or indeed in earlier Family Guy episodes, the offensiveness is entirely crass and nihilistic in Partial Terms of Endearment. Moreover, it is rarely if ever intelligent or funny - just puerile, lazy and offputting. I didn't laugh once over the course of twenty minutes, and I am a Family Guy fan. However, in this episode in particular, I am not sure whether the scriptwriters were even aiming to make their audience laugh, or were they simply making an episode as revoltingly odious and amoral as they possibly could, so pundits in the media would cover a show that was already far past its peak in the national consciousness by 2010, when this episode came out. Unsurprisingly, the pundits eagerly fell for the bait.... However, in 2023, I would highly recommend any would-be viewer to give this episode a skip, wherever the viewers themselves fit on the political spectrum or on the ab0rtion issue. Perhaps, the only audience I feel would enjoy this tripe, would be the 13-15 year old boy target audience, who might get a kick out of watching the Banned Family Guy episode. As I write this review, it becomes increasingly obvious to me, however, that it was this audience, for whom this episode was made.....
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