how was the original episode received?
Positive reviews along with improvement in the number of views.
Meet the Quagmires
In a significant improvement over the previous week, the episode was viewed in 9.15 million homes in its original airing, according to Nielsen ratings. The episode also acquired a 3.2 rating in the 18–49 demographic, slightly being edged out by "The Simpsons", while significantly winning over "American Dad!", in both rating and total viewership.

Reviews of the episode were mostly positive
family guy back to the future rick astley In an episode the song "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley has been performed. what is meet the quagmires? "Meet the Quagmires" is the 18th and final episode of the fifth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy". who are the characters? Peter , Lois, Quagmire and others. what are the names of the people who do their voice overs? Seth MacFarlane for both Peter and Quagmire, and Alex Borstein for Lois. what is the theme of this cartoon? Comedy. who created it? Seth MacFarlane . who is the director? Dan Povenmire and Chris Robertson. has the first one directed anything else? UNANSWERABLE what about the second? UNANSWERABLE has the show won any awards? Eight Emmy Awards, three Annie Awards and several others. what about the creator? He won several awards for his work on "Family Guy", including five Primetime Emmy Awards and an Annie Award. what cultural references does the original episode have? The "Back to the Future" trilogy is parodied and referenced throughout the episode, along with many other movies and famous people throughout the 1980s. who are the writers? Mark Hentemann when did the show first air? 20 May, 2007. on which channel? Fox. who are the producers? Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman, Danny Smith, Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan and Chris Sheridan acted as executive producers. Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild, Alex Borstein and Mike Henry worked as supervising producers.
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Meet the Quagmires [SEP] Reception
In another positive review, Brett Love of TV Squad called the episode "solid," and praised the scenes set in 1984, and the alternate world. Love went on to state, "The show has lost a little of the luster that it once had, but that's no reason to count them out. There were enough bright spots to give hope for a return to that old form when season six comes around in the fall." He graded "Meet the Quagmires" 5 out of 7. Tom Eames of entertainment website "Digital Spy" placed the episode at number fifteen on his listing of the best "Family Guy" episodes in order of "yukyukyuks" and described it as "a brilliant parody of "Back to the Future"".