How come for the last 6-7 years Family Guy episodes have been so extremely inconsistent? Some episodes (most, actually) are absolute crap, while others (like this one) do show promise, and have peak Family Guy moments, like a showtune that's actually good, jokes that are actually good jokes, not just lame, generic political statements 5 years too late, and, you know - featuring the important, funnier characters.
But then it still also has... exactly that - unfunny jokes, unfunny, generic political statements, cringey lame "internet meme" jokes 5 years too late (like a Karen joke, which was made even by her being voiced by Seth's annoying sister, who voices literally any side female character, to the point of it being insufferable and ultra predictable)...
And the ending of this episode (and in turn, the entire season) was absolute cringe. Like, for real, cringe, making you cringe kind of cringe...
I guess ol' Seth hasn't cared about this show for so long, he lets anyone write for it, and of course, most upper-middle-class writers from the bigger US cities are absolute trash.
But yeah, this episode was good. Especially good, considering this show's track record over the last years. But I'm sure the next season will continue the trend of 19 dumpsterfire episodes and 1 decent one.