The writer just relised that when they came back on the air that Fox needs them because the public likes them so much that he can cross lines he couldn't before...I dunno...I've met Seth McFarlyn before on TRL...he's pretty great in person.
"The belonging you seek is not behind you, it's ahead."
--Maz Kanata
I didn't like how they took Stewie's hate for Lois almost completely out of the series. I know it may have just been one of his baby 'phases', but they would've stayed more on track with that.