Plot Summary
Lois' campaign for school board president is interrupted when Brian tells Lois that he got a call from the principal, saying that Chris has taken part in voyeurism. Peter tries to suppress Chris' behavior with pornographic which he sells to his friends, while Lois finally holds a campaign for Head of the School Board of Education. Meanwhile, Peter runs into his favorite teacher from his schooldays, Mr. Fargus (voiced by Dwight Schultz), but is disappointed to discover that he has been reduced from his eccentric former self to a catatonic old man due to medication. Peter tells Fargus to stop taking his medication, which instantly makes his behavior reckless and gets him fired. Lois' rival for school board president quits, so Lois wins by default; however, when Peter finds that she will not re-hire Fargus, he himself runs for election to do so.
The two run tight campaigns against each other, but Peter humiliates himself at a debate. Desperate to turn this around, Peter airs a political advertisement with a sexually provocative photograph of Lois to humiliate her. Lois is shocked and upset when Peter actually wins the school board election in a landslide and does not seem to take his new position very seriously, making ridiculous changes to the school. A huge scandal erupts for Peter during a TV interview when it is revealed that the school's students are reading the pornography which he gave to Chris. Peter is advised to blame the situation on Lois, but during a press conference, he cannot bring himself to do that because every woman in the crowd turns into her. Due to this, he finds himself apologizing for his horrible behavior and resigning. Meanwhile, Mr. Fargus, back to taking his pills, is shot dead by a robotic hall guard.
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