| "Gronkowsbees" | |||
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| Episodeno. | Season 15 Episode 11 | ||
| Directed by | Jerry Langford | ||
| Written by | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | ||
| Production code | EACX08 | ||
| Original air date | January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15) | ||
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"Gronkowsbees" is the eleventh episode of thefifteenth season of the animated sitcomFamily Guy, and the 280th episode overall. It aired onFox in the United States on January 15, 2017, and was written byCherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed byJerry Langford. In this episode,New England Patriots playerRob Gronkowski (guest starring as himself)[1][2] moves into theGriffins' neighborhood and instantly befriendsPeter,Quagmire,Cleveland andJoe, inviting them to parties every day.[3] In the episodesubplot,Brian andStewie take upbeekeeping.[4][5]
Inspired byQuagmire'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 endRob 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 dressingCleveland as a leprechaun fails and they are all collectively beaten up.
Meanwhile, when forced to play "tea party" withStewie,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 usingMeg 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.
The episode received an audience of 3.55 million viewers, a decrease from theprevious episode,[6] and making it the third-most watched show of the night, behindThe Mick andThe Simpsons.[7]
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