 Upset that Cleveland left the quartet to move to Stoolbend , Virginia , Peter , Quagmire and Joe decide to interview potential friends to fill the vacancy , and are approached by a fellow bar patron named Jerome . After impressing the group with his dart skills , they decide to let Jerome join as their new fourth member . Later , when Peter introduces Jerome to Lois , she reveals that the two used to date . Peter grows jealous and , in a fit of drunken rage , throws a bottle through the window of Jerome 's home , inadvertently causing a fire and burning down his house . Jerome , unaware of the fact that Peter was the vandal who burned down his house , later told Lois " When I find the guy who did it , I 'm gonna rip his arms off and do his wife in front of him ! " The next morning , Peter discovers that Lois has invited Jerome to live with them . As time goes on , Peter cannot contain his jealousy and eventually appears to dress as a member of the Ku Klux Klan , though it is immediately revealed that Peter 's intention is to dress as a ghost carrying a torch , kicking Jerome out . During an argument , Lois reveals that Jerome had bought Peter a gift , and he goes on to apologize to Jerome for being so insensitive . Jerome forgives him and he remains friends with Peter , but admits to having had sex with Meg , to which Peter indifferently responds . 
