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

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 7 Klaustastrophe.TV Grade: A A little meta referential humor and serial killer Klaus goes a long way, I’ve found. I even liked the senseless violence this week. The dialogue about how the rest of the … Continue reading “Klaustastrophe.TV” American Dad! S15 E7

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 6 The Mural of the Story Grade: B- A Breaking Bad reverse-watch leads to a scavenger hunt while Haley fights the CIA in a series of near-miss jokes and sub-plots that *almost* but not quite, … Continue reading “(You Gotta) Strike for Your Right” American Dad! S15 E6

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 5 The Mural of the Story Grade: D A largely laugh-free American Dad! split its time between Roger’s Whiplash clown parody and Stan’s raging narcissism in an inexplicable low. Nothing was really working tonight, with … Continue reading “The Mural of the Story” American Dad! S15 E5

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 4 Shell Game Grade: A+ All the individual segments of American Dad were firing on all cylinders tonight, with Rogers getting to preform an exotic madness, and Steve somehow bringing together a triangle of grim … Continue reading “Shell Game” American Dad! S15 E4

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 3 The Census of the Lambs Grade: B For an episode premised on a throwaway Hannibal Lecter line, confused with Buffalo Bill, and further confused with Law & Order, the themes it had mostly worked. … Continue reading “The Census of the Lambs” American Dad! S15 E3

American Dad! Season 15 Episode 2 Paranoid Frandroid Grade: A- The first regular season episode of American Dad! this year opens on a perfunctory note, with a fairly basic plot. Nevertheless, the overall episode quality was quite good, from Stan … Continue reading “Paranoid Frandroid” American Dad! S15 E2

American Dad! Season 14 Episode 22 West to Mexico Grade: A The kind of episode you could see the show ending on, the full commit to characters having new roles in such a complicated script reminded me of “Blood Crieth … Continue reading “West to Mexico” American Dad! S14 E22

American Dad! Season 14 Episode 21 The Talented Mr. Dingleberry Grade: B A weird cold open (seemed like part of a longer bit or an outtake) and a laggy middle couldn’t sink some great jokes. Roger being accepted as a … Continue reading “The Talented Mr. Dingleberry” American Dad S14 E21