The Best Episodes Directed By Cyndi Tang

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - A Firefighting We Will Go

   S3:E101/12/1999

   Hank and his friends become volunteer firefighters. They manage to wreck a fire hydrant, ruin a funeral, and finally burn down the Arlen firehouse. When the Fire Captain comes to ask what happened, the trio turns the story around to match each of their scenarios.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Rodeo Days

   S4:E121/16/2000

   Bobby's new calling is rodeo roping, but his first experience with livestock introduces him to an ambition even greater--at least to Bobby.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - My Own Private Rodeo

   S6:E184/28/2002

   Hank learns that the incident estranging Dale from his cowboy father was a cover to keep him in the dark about Dad being in the closet.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - The Year of Washing Dangerously

   S10:E93/26/2006

   Hank gets sucked into Kahn's get-rich-quick scheme when Kahn buys the car wash that hosts car cruising on Friday nights. But Kahn wrecks the business by trying to cut corners, and gets bought out by Buck Strickland. Meanwhile, Peggy tries to figure out if Nancy is deliberately refusing to take her calls.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - What Makes Bobby Run?

   S5:E712/10/2000

   Bobby goes all-out to become school mascot, a high-profile post that suffers a low blow when he avoids a time-honored tradition.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Megalo Dale

   S7:E101/12/2003

   Dale exterminates at the Mega Lo Mart, thanks to an endorsement from a reluctant Hank.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - Hank's Back Story

   S5:E195/6/2001

   Wearing a prosthetic rump relieves Hank's back pain, but makes him the butt of friends' jokes as they all prepare for a riding-mower race.

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   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #8 - The Unbearable Blindness of Laying

   S2:E1112/21/1997

   Hank's mother bring home her new boyfriend, an affectionate Jewish man named Gary. After Hank sees the two of them having relations, he goes blind.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Junkie Business

   S2:E204/26/1998

   After Hank realizes that his new employee at Strickland Propane is a drug addict, he can't fire him, because drug addiction counts as a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - And They Call It Bobby Love

    S3:E29/22/1998

    Bobby starts dating Marie, a girl who's two years older than him. Bobby takes the relationship more seriously than Marie does, and is heartbroken when she dances with other guys. Marie decides to "move on" leaving Bobby an emotional wreck. Meanwhile, Hank and the guys find an abandoned couch in the alley, and grow to depend on it.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Father, the Son, and J.C.

    S6:E412/16/2001

    Hank's emotional outburst pushes him further from his father, so Bobby drafts Jimmy Carter to broker a Christmas peace.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - New Cowboy on the Block

    S8:E311/16/2003

    The thrill of an ex-Dallas Cowboy moving onto the block is lost on Hank when the one-time hero breaks neighborhood rules.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Smoking and the Bandit

    S9:E124/17/2005

    Dale dons a disguise to defy Arlen's smoking ban, and Peggy sets out to uncover his identity.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Care-Takin' Care of Business

    S9:E93/13/2005

    Covert work by Hank and the boys turns a befuddled groundskeeper into a hero when his field is credited with hampering opponents.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - That's What She Said

    S8:E102/8/2004

    A new Strickland employee's constant double entendres delight all but Hank, who considers suing for sexual harassment.

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    7.3/10(27 votes)

    #16 - Peter's Two Dads

    S5:E102/11/2007

    After Peters dad, Francis, dies, Thelma tells him that his real father actually lives in Ireland. So Peter and Brian decide to head there in search of his father, who ends up being the town drunk. They decide to play a drinking game to prove his paternity. Meanwhile, Stewie acts out and Lois spanks him. Realizing that he likes being spanked, Stewie does whatever he can to get into trouble.

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    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #17 - Dial Meg for Murder

    S8:E111/31/2010

    Brian gets a gig writing for a teen magazine about the average American girl, but when he starts trailing Meg for research he discovers that her desperate attempts at dating have led her to a guy in the slammer. When Brian tries to expose Meg’s secret to the family, he finds out that her boyfriend, Luke, has broken out of jail and has been hiding in the Griffin’s house.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Wings of the Dope

    S3:E235/4/1999

    While studying for her beauty school exam, Luanne sees someone bouncing on Buckley's old trampoline. It's Buckley, who has come back as an angel. Hank and Peggy think Luanne was hallucinating after using too many hair-dying chemicals, but Hank's friends come to believe in the existence of Buckley's Angel. But Luanne finds that Buckley isn't much more help to her as an angel than he was when he was alive.

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    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #19 - Patriot Games

    S4:E201/29/2006

    At his high school reunion, Peter tries to impress his fellow classmates. When Peter, heading for the bathroom, charges through the crowd of people, impresses quarterback Tom Brady, who offers Peter a spot on the New England Patriots. Meanwhile, Brian owes Stewie money, after Stewie becomes a sports bookie.

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    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Welcome Back Carter

    S9:E310/10/2010

    After Peter catches Carter having an affair, he is forced into keeping a secret. But when Peter accidentally spills the beans, Lois' mom demands a divorce, and Peter is in charge of Carter's return to bachelorhood.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Girl, You'll Be a Giant Soon

    S8:E184/25/2004

    Luanne helps Hank protest a grilling competition that bans propane; Peggy negotiates to see an infamous murder site.

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    6.7/10(30 votes)

    #22 - Saving Private Brian

    S5:E411/5/2006

    Chris is approached to join the military. Brian goes to the recruiting headquarters to voice his opinion, when Stewie signs himself and Brian up for the military. They pass Boot Camp and are shipped to Iraq, where they try to get honorably discharged by doing anything they can. Meanwhile, Chris decides to join a goth band.

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    6.6/10(29 votes)

    #23 - Movin' Out (Brian's Song)

    S6:E29/30/2007

    Peter convinces Brian to move in with his girlfriend Jillian and Stewie tags along to help pay the rent but he tries to interfere with their relationship. Meanwhile Meg and Chris get jobs at the convenience store where Chris befriends the manager Carl who leaves Meg to do all the work. Carl soon fires her and promotes Chris to the co-boss.

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    6.6/10(23 votes)

    #24 - Spies Reminiscent of Us

    S8:E310/11/2009

    Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd move to Quahog. Brian and Stewie find out about their secret agency. They are told that there are Russian Sleeper Cells all over US. They go talk to Mayor West, and find out he is one of the sleeper cells. They follow Mayor West to Russia where they disable a nuke aimed at the US.

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    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #25 - German Guy

    S9:E112/20/2011

    Chris's search for a new hobby leads him to befriend a puppeteer named Franz, until his checkered past is revealed.

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