I enjoyed this episode of family guy myself. Although it lacked the usually line of flashbacks and jokes, it still had it's moments. The people complaining about the fact that Brian had to lick Stewie clean are just idiots. This in no way promotes 'pedophilia'. If you had actually been paying attention we are supposed to be taking him as a serious adult, not actually an innocent child. GROW UP. We're all adults and it was funny. If that bothers you go watch another show. This is what you should be expecting from family guy, especially the Brian & Stewie episodes. They always end up bonding over something that they can both laugh about afterwords.
They did a good job of touching on the issue of suicide without being overly sappy and still managed to bring their spirits in the end. I think this was a well done episode. They didn't try to make it too dramatic, it is still a cartoon after all. Not the best, but, certainly not the worse. It's pretty hard to come up with any new material after so many seasons. I'm glad they aren't just ripping off all the latest headlines every single week like south park does these days.

This episode is without a doubt the best one ever made it reminds me a lot of the 1985 film "The Breakfast Club" because Brian and Stewie poor their hearts out to each other especially Brian. This episode is heartfelt, funny, smart, touching, and dramatic Seth Mcfarlane is a genius.