Family Announcement!  Stan has an appointment to the  Shaquille O’Neal Center for Sleep Apnea.  But it’s on the 3rd Friday of the month, Friday Fun Night.  Stan gets Jeff to take Francine out for a night on the town.   He … Continue reading “Wild Women Do” American Dad! S16E10

Steve goes undercover as a school hall monitor. Roger and Stan go catatonic after witnessing a grisly escalator accident. Francine and Haley deal with fowl trouble. Klaus is a lunch lady?  Sure, why not Lots of good stuff here.  Some … Continue reading “The Hall Monitor and the Lunch Lady” American Dad! S16E09

Haley! No phones at work, Don’t want you thinking of the outside world Avocado on that?  Go to Work Go Home Avocado on that?  Go to Work Go Home Avocado on that? Go to Work Go Home Avocado on that?  Go … Continue reading “The Long March” American Dad! S16E08

Not gonna lie, I found this one very mediocre. Steve has a shark phobia so Stan and Roger team up to get Steve over this fear Things go wrong when Roger goes off script and literally bites Steve’s arm off … Continue reading “SHARK?!” American Dad! S16 E07

Friendiversary time.  Steve and the boys (Snot , Berry and Toshi) are celebrating 10 years of being friends ever since they all met in the ball bit at Chuck E Cheese. Meanwhile Roger needs a squash partner because reasons.  Of … Continue reading “Lost Boys” American Dad! S16 E06

This one is pretty much a “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, except replace Jeff with Willie Wonka (portrayed by Snoop Dogg of course) and Chocolate Factory with Dank Ass Weed Factory The story opens this week with Stan making … Continue reading “Jeff and the Dank Ass Weed Factory” American Dad! S16 E05

Now this was a very special episode of American Dad Very whacked and quite different.  Stan finds an old school large projection TV on the curb and puts it in the basement to the family’s chagrin.  Weird stuff starts to … Continue reading “Rabbit Ears” American Dad! S16 E04

When Stan and Francine won’t let Steve live as free as his friend Barry, Steve “goes bananas” (in an absolutely delightful vignette of over-the-topness that wouldn’t be half as delightful if it weren’t for Scott Grimes’ trademark shrieks).  Then Barry … Continue reading “Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted” American Dad! S16E03

Somehow this is the beginning of season 16, a week after the end of season 15.  I don’t know how this works, either, but whatever. After Stan insults Steve’s obsession with being a “Dungeon Master” for D&D, Steve creates a … Continue reading “Fantasy Baseball” American Dad! S16E01

Stan’s a fan of Barry again?  Is Barry off his anti-psychotic pills again?  They don’t tell us, but he serves as a very convenient vehicle to get Stan and Francine from everyday bickering to a couple’s make-up retreat.  They get … Continue reading “The Future is Borax” American Dad! S15E22

Jeff Fischer is a very reliable vehicle for plots that require things that are both stupid and hilarious.  His earnestness in everything he attempts is infectious and joyous, enough so that even the most head-shaking things can become entertaining.  This … Continue reading “Fleabiscuit” American Dad! S15 E21

Not a whole lot of fresh ground broken here, but still a decent episode with a lot of solid laughs.  Stan sets up a home security system named STAAN, which determines that Stan is actually the biggest threat to Francine’s … Continue reading “Funnyish Games” American Dad! S15 E20

Not too shocking of an episode setup here: Steve and Roger (again in “Steve’s brother” guise) run away from home for something as trivial as one would expect (in this case, Stan asserting his dominance by using the boys’ rain … Continue reading “Top of the Steve” American Dad! S15 E19

Steve and Roger… TWINS?  Well, maybe a bit of a stretch, but there is precedent here:  in S07 E14, Roger pretends to be Steve when Stan needs Steve to go to a private school to which powerful, well-connected Senator Buckingham … Continue reading “Twinanigans” American Dad! S15 E18

American Dad! is on a roll.  This season has been almost as great as the golden age of seasons 4 through 8.  And it’s great seeing Tuttle (Richard Kind) in a more prominent role.  (Oh yeah, and holy shit the … Continue reading “The Legend of Old Ulysses” American Dad! S15 E17

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 13 Mean Francine Grade: B+ I wasn’t on board with either the A or B-plots this episode, but the show won me over. Janitor Roger was a delight, and even though I’d rather have seen … Continue reading “Mean Francine” American Dad! S15 E13

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 12 OreTron Trail Grade: A Roger revealing a second family made sense, as with all his identities and the apparent time turner he has to live out all those lives at once, that’s hardly novel, but … Continue reading “OreTron Trail” American Dad! S15 E12

Hey folks!  Dik here, subbing for Aranaktu, and what a great episode to step in for.  I’ve said it time and again, it still boggles my mind that the show can still turn out good stuff after 15 seasons, and … Continue reading “My Purity Ball and Chain” American Dad! S15 E11

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 10 The Never-Ending Stories Grade: A American Dad does Marge vs. the Monorail in the age of Trump and actually does really well with it. And hey! Reginald is back alive for some reason! Putting Roger in … Continue reading “Railroaded” American Dad! S15 E10

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 9 The Never-Ending Stories Grade: B+ A great Stan monologue with his family desperate to escape him was a fabulous intro to the episode. Tasering Steve… spider eye… great stuff. Stan’s weaponized, (horrifyingly) boring life paid … Continue reading “The Never-Ending Stories” American Dad! S15 E9

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 8 Death by Dinner Party Grade: B+ Theme episodes are usually American Dad!’s strong point, and tonight was no exception. The Colonel (of the ‘yup, been here this whole time’ variety) was an inspired touch. … Continue reading “Death by Dinner Party” American Dad! S15 E8