Cleveland introduces his Jamaican cousin, Madame Claude, to his friends, saying she is a psychic and offering to have her read their palms and determine past lives they have had; Joe was once an octopus whose legs were bitten off by a shark, and Quagmire was Jack the Ripper. When Claude reads Peter’s palm, she discovers that he was Griffin Peterson, the founder of Quahog (retconning the story of “Miles ‘Chatterbox’ Musket and the Magic Clam” established in “Fifteen Minutes of Shame” as a myth), and proceeds to relay the events of his life.

In 17th century England, Griffin proposes to the love of his life, Lady Redbush (Lois). The ruthless King Stewart III (Stewie), however, spots Redbush while strolling through town and decides he must be the one she should marry. While Griffin is on the way to his wedding, Stewart secretly kidnaps and exiles him to the New World and tells his distressed bride that Griffin is dead, and proceeds to marry her himself. Upon reaching the New World, Griffin establishes the colony of Quahog, which eventually grows into a thriving settlement, and moves on with his life, marrying another woman (Meg). Redbush, meanwhile, suffers a very dull marriage with King Stewart, and continues to lament Griffin’s supposed death until King Stewart’s jester (Brian) empathetically reveals the truth to Redbush. Redbush immediately departs for Quahog and happily reunites with Griffin, who has fortunately grown irritated with his current wife and “divorces” with her by shooting and killing her with a musket.

After learning of Redbush’s disappearance (six months after she first left), King Stewart makes his way to Quahog to reclaim his wife, kill Griffin, and terrorize the colony (complete with a modified version of the “Ballad of Rock Ridge” from Blazing Saddles). Upon being discovered, Griffin threatens to kill Stewart’s Cockney First Lieutenant (Chris), while Stewart threatens to kill Redbush. After exchanging threats without getting anywhere, Griffin and Stewart decide to settle their dispute with a talent show. For his act, King Stewart steals his jester’s mostly unfunny jokes about his Aunt Frida; Griffin and his colonist friends, on the other hand, effectively steal the show with a rock number from Revenge of the Nerds. Griffin and Redbush remain in Quahog to live happily ever after, though they suggest that they will not live to be older than 30, and that Redbush will die at childbirth.

“Peter’s Progress” is the sixteenth episode and season finale of the seventh season of Family Guy. The episode aired on May 17, 2009 on FOX. Before the episode and during the episode’s commericals, Eminem guest starred as himself with Stewie promoting his new album Relapse which goes on sale May 19th 2009.

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