Giving No Quarter

One of the problems with the AV Club providing quick takes on TV episodes is the reviews are often slipshod. For instance, in the discussion of last night's Family Guy episode we get:

In “Yug Ylimaf,” the show doubles back on the time travel premise—not just going back to the beginning of the show, but going back… backward. [....] “What does that even mean?” Brian asks in anguish of Stewie (who is staring out the window in horror, having uttered the devastating pronouncement). Then Brian looks out the window, and watches as everyone walks, bikes, and drives backwards through the street and, presumably, their lives. “Oh,” he observes. “Now I get it.”

This was not the joke.  Stewie already saw that at the window. When Brian gets there, he sees Mort, the Jewish character, stop, take a quarter out of his pocket, and place it on the sidewalk.  Then he says "Okay, now I get it." Commercial.

That's the kind of offensive gag FG is known for--and there were plenty more, including vomiting gags, poop gags, an attack on Republicans, and a throwaway about how pleasant dining was during segregation. Missing the Brian gag makes one not only lose confidence in the reporting, but also the critic's basic understanding of the show.