11th episode of the 15th season of Family Guy
"
Gronkowsbees
" is the eleventh episode of the
fifteenth season
of the animated sitcom
Family Guy
, and the 280th episode overall. It aired on
Fox
in the United States on January 15, 2017, and was written by
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
and directed by
Jerry Langford
. In this episode,
New England Patriots
player
Rob Gronkowski
(guest starring as himself)
[1]
[2]
moves into the
Griffins'
neighborhood and instantly befriends
Peter
,
Quagmire
,
Cleveland
and
Joe
, inviting them to parties every day.
[3]
In the episode
subplot
,
Brian
and
Stewie
take up
beekeeping
.
[4]
[5]
Plot
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]
Inspired by
Quagmire
's mention of having to undergo flight training for drones,
Peter
buys one. But in a flight around the neighborhood, it is captured by a hawk and taken to the house behind the Griffin family's home. In the attempt to see if the neighbor could help them recover it, they find he has died. The home is quickly purchased by New England Patriots tight end
Rob Gronkowski
. At first, the guys are amazed, but his non-stop partying soon gets on Peter's nerves, but when he tries to get them to quiet down, he is abused for his trouble. He tries to enlist the guys to help him, but their stunt of dressing
Cleveland
as a leprechaun fails and they are all collectively beaten up.
Meanwhile, when forced to play "tea party" with
Stewie
,
Brian
finds he has taken up beekeeping and suggests marketing the honey at a farmers' market with him. They quickly sell out of their original production at a major profit, so to encourage the bees to make more honey, Stewie feeds them steroids. While the bees do increase their output, the boys find they have also become stronger and more aggressive, chasing them out of the market and following them home.
After using
Meg
to temporarily distract the bees, Stewie launches the hive over the back fence to get rid of the queen. The hive lands on Gronk, who samples the honey but becomes very frightened by the handful of stray bees and departs Quahog. Later on the news, the Griffins find that Gronk was suspended from the Patriots after steroids from the ingested honey caused him to fail a drug test. However, Gronk pitches a bus through the roof of the Griffin home in revenge.
Reception
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The episode received an audience of 3.55 million viewers, a decrease from the
previous episode
,
[6]
and making it the third-most watched show of the night, behind
The Mick
and
The Simpsons
.
[7]
References
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]
- ^
"Rob Gronkowski visits 'Family Guy' offices"
.
www.patriots.com
. Retrieved
2019-02-25
.
- ^
"Rob Gronkowski Brings the Party to 'Family Guy' This Weekend"
.
Boston Magazine
. 2017-01-10
. Retrieved
2019-02-25
.
- ^
"
'Family Guy' taps Kyle Chandler, Rob Gronkowski, David Tennant as guests"
.
EW.com
. Retrieved
2019-02-25
.
- ^
"
'Gronkowsbees'
"
.
The Futon Critic
. Retrieved
December 20,
2016
.
- ^
ET, 2017 at 9:38a (2017-01-10).
"Patriots star Rob Gronkowski parties on 'Family Guy'
"
.
FOX Sports
. Retrieved
2019-02-25
.
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- ^
"
'The Simpsons' and FOX adjust down, still above average: Sunday final ratings"
.
TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com
. January 10, 2017. Archived from
the original
on January 11, 2017
. Retrieved
April 11,
2017
.
- ^
"
'The Simpsons,' many others adjust down, final NFL numbers: Sunday final ratings"
.
TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com
. January 18, 2017. Archived from
the original
on January 19, 2017
. Retrieved
April 11,
2017
.
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