8.5/102 votes#1 - In Country... Club
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2009
When Steve is selected to sing the national anthem at the Langley Falls Veterans' Day celebration, he gets some heat from Stan who doesn't think he's ready for such an undertaking. Unimpressed with Steve's vocal talents, Stan decides Steve needs to experience real war in order to sing about our country's military prowess. But things quickly go south when Roger gets involved and Steve goes bananas.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Murray Miller
8.5/102 votes#2 - Don't You Be My Neighbor
Season 20 Episode 12 - Aired 9/18/2023
The Smiths get new neighbors! Meanwhile, Roger dreads having to be a little boy's kite for a day.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Paul Stroud
8.5/102 votes#3 - A Little Extra Scratch
Season 20 Episode 21 - Aired 12/11/2023
Suspicious about Hayley's mysterious, newfound wealth, Francine decides to get to the bottom of it. Roger sets out to make Stan an internet celebrity.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Jeff Kauffmann
8.0/102 votes#4 - Stan Fixes a Shingle
Season 20 Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/2023
Francine insists that Steve let her help with his school project, Stan finally fixes that shingle, and the rest of the family goes on a quest to return Gallagher's mallet.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Tim Saccardo
7.5/102 votes#5 - Merlot Down Dirty Shame
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 4/18/2010
When Roger and Francine go wine-tasting, Roger plants a big kiss on Francine in a drunken moment. Francine decides to tell Stan about this incident, but when they sit down to talk, Roger convinces Stan that Francine started it all.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Brian Boyle
7.5/102 votes#6 - Yule. Tide. Repeat.
Season 17 Episode 24 - Aired 12/21/2020
After Stan's plan for the perfect Christmas goes terribly, tragically wrong, he's given a magical opportunity to make things right.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Jeff Kauffmann
7.4/105 votes#7 - Morning Mimosa
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/2015
When Steve swears at Francine, she refuses to cook for him, and he becomes a successful chef, appearing on a popular morning show. Meanwhile, Stan thinks he can make people invisible by snapping his fingers.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Ali Waller
7.3/103 votes#8 - The Scarlett Getter
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/27/2011
When Stan runs into his former crush from CIA boot camp, his affection for her resurfaces, which drives Francine into a jealous frenzy. By including Roger in her plan for revenge, Francine accidentally leads him straight into the arms of a dangerous alien hunter. Meanwhile, Steve is struck with good luck, when he accidentally wears Hayley’s panties to school.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Matt Fusfeld
7.3/103 votes#9 - First, Do No Farm
Season 17 Episode 16 - Aired 7/27/2020
Concerned that Hayley is too soft-hearted, Stan attempts to make her "farm tough" by turning the house into an urban homestead.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Jeff Kauffmann
7.2/104 votes#10 - The Adventures of Twill Ongenbone and His Boy Jabari
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 1/13/2013
Francine regrets deciding to teach Roger the value of hard work; Steve interviews Stan for a school project.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Brian Boyle
7.2/104 votes#11 - Jambalaya
Season 19 Episode 19 - Aired 11/28/2022
When Francine successfully grows a garden, it reminds Roger he knows a recipe for truly authentic jambalaya.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Nic Wegener
7.0/103 votes#12 - Stan's Food Restaurant
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/2010
Stan is ecstatic when Roger offers to help him live out his lifelong dream of opening a restaurant to rival his favorite childhood haunt - until their different visions for what the eatery should be cause havoc. Meanwhile, Steve meets Ashley, the new girl in school who invites him over while her parents are out of town.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Brian Boyle
7.0/103 votes#13 - A Ward Show
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/2011
Roger becomes Steve's legal guardian, but gets a little overzealous in the parenting department when he gets the principal fired. After getting beat up by the other teachers at the school, Steve decides to run away. Meanwhile, Stan and Francine attempt to make waves after discovering that their vacation at the biggest water park in the world fails to get their hearts pumping.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Erik Durbin
7.0/103 votes#14 - Wheels & the Legman and the Case of Grandpa's Key
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 2/12/2012
Stan joins Roger and Steve's fictional detective agency, but he ruins the fun by being extremely incompetent at his "job." Roger demands that Steve fire Stan, but Steve cannot bring himself to do it and ends up lying to Roger. Things take a turn for the worse when Stan is kidnapped, and Steve must tell Roger the truth.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Laura McCreary
7.0/104 votes#15 - Seizures Suit Stanny
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 6/1/2015
When Stan lies about his texting-and-driving accident, he takes a seizure medication and suffers from the side effects. Meanwhile, Roger helps Steve with his performance anxiety.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Erik Durbin
6.9/108 votes#16 - Buck, Wild
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2013
Steve decides to prove his manhood by accompanying Stan and his CIA cronies on their annual hunting excursion. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus undertake a cross-country trek.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Brett Cawley
6.8/104 votes#17 - Daesong Heavy Industries II: Return to Innocence
Season 13 Episode 16 - Aired 5/16/2016
Everyone is separated after the ship explodes: Stan and Francine lose their memories and resort to primitive living on an island; Hayley and Jeff are rescued by the Navy and Jeff decides to enlist; and Roger and Steve try to survive on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Zachary Rosenblatt
6.7/103 votes#18 - The Long Bomb
Season 14 Episode 18 - Aired 8/14/2017
While having trouble communicating, Stan and Hayley team up to stop a terrorist plot to blow up the Bazooka Sharks arena. Meanwhile, Roger pretends to be an escort.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Brett Cawley
6.6/107 votes#19 - Minstrel Krampus
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 12/15/2013
When Steve starts acting like a spoiled brat during the holidays, Stan takes him to see his incarcerated Grandpa Jack, who tells him the story of how he caught Minstrel Krampus, a legendary demon who punishes naughty children on Christmas. Stan decides that releasing Krampus is the only way to straighten out Steve's attitude. But when Krampus kidnaps Steve, it's up to Stan and Roger to get him back. Meanwhile, Hayley gets a job at the airport, but quickly realizes that she might not be cut out for customer service.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Murray Miller
6.5/102 votes#20 - Fight and Flight
Season 14 Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/2016
Steve becomes a pilot.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Jeff Kauffmann
6.4/108 votes#21 - Roger Passes the Bar
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/2014
Roger is forced to sell his beloved attic bar to a restaurant chain after suffering a heart attack, and a sexy new next-door neighbor promises to take Steve and his friends’ virginity in return for housework.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Charles Suozzi
6.3/103 votes#22 - The Devil Wears a Lapel Pin
Season 13 Episode 7 - Aired 3/7/2016
When Stan is given the task of putting together the CIA calendar, Hayley attempts to destroy it. Meanwhile, Roger gets a Discover card and fakes his death to get out of paying the enormous balance.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Zachary Rosenblatt
6.3/103 votes#23 - A Nice Night for a Drive
Season 14 Episode 10 - Aired 4/24/2017
Klaus gets transferred into the navigation system of Stan's car when Stan refuses to pay for life-saving surgery; Steve and his friends prank Roger, who then terrorizes them for revenge.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Sam Brenner
6.2/109 votes#24 - Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 3/16/2014
Roger forges a radical plan to help Steve date the hot girl at school. Roger will switch faces with Steve "Face/Off"-style, seduce her, then tag Steve back in after she's fallen for him. But, Roger soon decides he may actually want to keep her for himself. Meanwhile, Stan and Francine become "Charlie's Angels"-type airline stewardesses to thwart an evil plan by Mark Cuban who wants to blow up the sun.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Judah Miller
6.0/105 votes#25 - OreTron Trail
Season 15 Episode 12 - Aired 4/30/2018
Roger becomes worried about outliving the family; Klaus opens a convenience store in the attic.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Paul Stroud
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"In Country... Club" is the best rated episode directed by Josue Cervantes. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Murray Miller. It aired on 9/27/2009 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Don't You Be My Neighbor".