A Fish Out of Water

The best episodes of this or any other show are written by one guy who sells the script to the producers. An example is "I Dream of Jesus" from Season 7, which was written by Brian Scully.

This Poor Fish (which should've been the title) seems to have been written by committee: Seth MacFarlane and the cast. You can imagine them sitting around a table with a case of beer, throwing out ideas, none of which work. The "Jaws" take-off is especially weak and obvious, and the Spring Break sub-plot is a good idea, but it goes nowhere. It all smells like they were desperate to come up with an episode quick, and the result is what you would see in the week's trash.

Every show has good and bad episodes, but this entire episode lacks in laughs or anything original, and as everyone knows, the only good thing made by a committee is the giraffe.