After getting fired from his job at the toy factory for putting hazardous material in the toys while suffering a hangover, Peter signs on to welfare, though he gets much more than he expected. Meanwhile, Stewie's matricidal tendencies are born.

One of Lois' relatives passes away, leaving Lois and the rest of the family her posh summer home in a will. Peter likes the place so much that he sells their house so that they could live there, where Brian trains Peter to be more sophisticated.

Peter wins the family a week's paid vacation after winning a competition at the company picnic. Meanwhile, in search of a thrill in life, Brian becomes a police dog. However, he gets addicted to cocaine and the family must cancel their plans to help Brian.

Lois and Peter try to bring the spark back in their marriage with a second honeymoon, running afoul of Mel Gibson in the process after they try to destroy another one of his bad films (a sequel to The Passion Of The Christ). Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie team up to discipline Chris after they catch him drinking vodka at a school dance.

After Lois saves Stewie's teddy bear, Rupert, Stewie has a change of heart and takes an extreme liking to his mother, though Lois eventually gets sick of all his love and attention when it becomes too much for her to handle. Meanwhile, Peter undergoes a prostate exam and is convinced that he was molested by his doctor.

In this hour-long special episode of Family Guy, the Griffins are watching TV when their house suffers a power outage. With nothing else to do for entertainment, Peter retells the story of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, with several Family Guy characters recast as those from the film.