"The Book of Joe" is the second episode of the thirteenth season of the animated sitcom '' Family Guy'', and the 233rd episode overall. It aired on

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in the United States on October 5, 2014, and is written by Mike Desilets and directed by Mike Kim. In the episode, Peter helps Joe fulfill his dream of getting a book published, only to take over as the writer. In the meantime, Brian develops an extreme thirst for exercise.

Plot

The neighbors are invited over to

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's house for a pool party, and while looking around the house,

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discovers that Joe has been writing a children's book called ''The Hopeful Squirrel'' about a paraplegic squirrel. Peter offers his support even though Joe has doubts about it. Joe sends his book to a publisher and they pick it up, but he decides to use the pen name "David Chicago" as his co-workers on the police force do not support creativity. At a book reading, his wheelchair and monotonous voice intimidate the children and Peter decides to step in for him, becoming a success. Joe and his agent Blake Walker enlist Peter to become the "face" of the pen name. Joe has some misgivings, but decides to go along with it. When interviewed by Tom Tucker, his humorous pokes at the handicapped get under Joe's skin while the fans find it funny. Joe confronts Peter over his angle on the book, but Peter uses the threat of the publisher's support and Joe quits the project. Meanwhile, at a coffee shop,

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obsesses over a runner named Chloe (voice by

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) he sees and tries to impress her, scoring a date. When he arrives to pick her up, she decides they should go for a run and he achieves a “runner's high” more powerful than drugs and sleeps with her despite the fact that they are watched by the

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(who is depicted with a Korean voice). Brian continues his workout and becomes more pretentious as usual, annoying the family. Brian shows off his new in-shape yet rather gaunt figure which frightens Stewie even to the point where he sees Brian's six visible nipples. Brian has dumped Chloe to take up working out on a full-time basis and plans to compete in the Quahog Marathon. Lois tries to talk to Peter after being informed by Bonnie about what happened, but he has bigger problems when he needs to write another book. He goes to Quagmire and

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to come up with a story for the sequel, which differs greatly from the first book. At the debut of ''The Hopeful Squirrel 2'', Peter's

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presentation shocks the parents and their children. The parents and children leave and Peter is fired by Blake Walker while the book is dropped by the publishing company. Peter realizes that Joe is the true spirit of the book and goes to Joe's house to find him throwing away his writing materials and apologizes. Joe forgives Peter and admits he never would have published it in the beginning. At the marathon, Stewie shows up in support but continues to express reservations about Brian's health. As soon as the race starts, Brian's leg snaps due to joint damage from his excessive working out and he is run over by the other runners, allowing Stewie to have the final word. At the Griffin residence, Brian's leg is in a cast as Stewie starts to talk about the itch that he will get on his ankle, but Stewie himself suddenly starts to have an itchy ankle. Peter finishes with some low-brow books he found while in

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Reception

The episode received an audience of 3.63 million, the lowest in its timeslot, but the second-most watched show on Fox that night after ''

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'' episode " The Wreck of the Relationship". Narsimha Chintaluri of ''TV Fanatic'' gave the episode three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying "The best parts of tonight's episode come from the moments where the characters are allowed to be themselves - not the overlong sketches on the side."

References

The plot description was adapted fro
The Book of Joe
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Book Of Joe, The 2014 American television episodes Family Guy (season 13) episodes