The Best Episodes Directed By Tim Parsons
Every TV Episode Directed by Tim Parsons Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Tim Parsons Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Tim Parsons is "Man in the Moonbounce", rated 8.1/10 from 3 user votes. It was "written by Brian Boyle". "Man in the Moonbounce" aired on 11/8/2009 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Hurricane! (III)".
8.1/10 3 votes#1 - Man in the Moonbounce
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/2009
Steve must become the man of the house when Stan re-lives his childhood.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Brian Boyle
8.0/10 3 votes#2 - Hurricane! (III)
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2011
When a hurricane hits Langley Falls, the Smiths fight like mad to survive in their home. The crossover starts on The Cleveland Show S03E02 The Hurricane (I) and Family Guy S10E02 Seahorse Seashell Party (II).
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Erik Sommers
7.7/10 3 votes#3 - 100 A.D. (1)
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2010
Stan offers a reward to the person who can stop Hayley and her old boyfriend from eloping.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Keith Heisler
7.7/10 3 votes#4 - I Am the Walrus
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 3/27/2011
When Steve challenges Stan for family dominance, Stan does everything he can to prove to Steve that he is the alpha male of the Smith house. Meanwhile, Hayley and Jeff seek marriage counseling when the honeymoon phase wears off.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Keith Heisler
7.5/10 2 votes#5 - The One That Got Away
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2008
Roger plays detective to track down a case of what he suspects is identity theft. Meanwhile, the Smith family gets sucked into a mean game of Simon Says.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Dan Vebber
7.5/10 2 votes#6 - Weiner of Our Discontent
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 5/3/2009
Roger declares that he was sent to Earth to be "the decider" of humanity's fate, and Stan challenges him on it.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Laura McCreary
7.5/10 2 votes#7 - Cops & Roger
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 4/11/2010
After Roger and Francine are victims of a mugging, Roger joins the police academy so he can learn how to defend himself and his loved ones (including Stan and Steve), but he falls in with a corrupt cop (guest voice Cannavale) who leads him astray. Meanwhile, Hayley's new friendship threatens her long-term relationship. Chaz kidnaps and leaves Stan tied up and tape-gagged. Meanwhile, Roger kills Chaz and rescues Stan, who makes his boss happy.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Erik Durbin
7.5/10 4 votes#8 - The Unincludeds
Season 13 Episode 11 - Aired 4/11/2016
Steve and Snot alter their futures when they throw a party for the uncool kids. Meanwhile, Roger is disgruntled when a waitress doesn't compliment his order.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Ali Waller
7.5/10 4 votes#9 - Standard Deviation
Season 13 Episode 22 - Aired 6/27/2016
To avoid a suicide mission, Stan must beat Bullock in a DJ battle; Jeff starts drinking psychedelic teas and builds an imaginary musical instrument with Roger's help.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Brian Boyle
7.5/10 2 votes#10 - Men II Boyz
Season 17 Episode 15 - Aired 7/20/2020
Klaus enlists Stan, Roger and Jeff to join him on a wild bachelor party weekend.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Alisha Ketry
7.2/10 4 votes#11 - Scents and Sensei-bility
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2014
Steve and Snot are fed up with being bullied. When they enroll in a karate class, Snot is brainwashed by the sensei, and it's Steve's mission to get him back. Meanwhile, Klaus develops a horrible odor and is forced to be an outside pet.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Wayne Dublin
7.2/10 8 votes#12 - Rabbit Ears
Season 16 Episode 4 - Aired 5/6/2019
Stan gets obsessed with a 1960s television show after picking up a secondhand TV. Roger decides to live as a baby and the family cares for him.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Brett Cawley
7.1/10 9 votes#13 - Permanent Record Wrecker
Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 5/4/2014
Stan is fired from the CIA in a round of budget cuts, but since his 20 years of work experience are classified and hidden from his "permanent record", the only job he's able to land is at the local grocery store where Steve is the manager. Meanwhile, Roger bets an annoying coffee shop musician that he can outplay him in one week. To accomplish his goal, he enters into a Faustian bargain with Lorenzo, a guitar-instructing infomercial host.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Brian Boyle
7.0/10 3 votes#14 - Stanny Tendergrass
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 1/29/2012
When Stan finally has enough money to afford a membership at the golf club he has worked at for the past thirty summers, his hard work and perseverance prove to be futile when the club gives a membership to Steve first. However, things are not all what they seem when Stan realizes who the club owner really is.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Keith Heisler
7.0/10 3 votes#15 - Adventures in Hayleysitting
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2012
When Steve's baby sitter is unavailable, Stan and Francine decide to leave him with Hayley; Steve sneaks out to a party to prove he's not a goody-goody.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Matt Fusfeld
7.0/10 4 votes#16 - Holy S***, Jeff's Back!
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 5/18/2015
Jeff returns from space ... or does he? Meanwhile, Steve watches after Snot's hamster.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Nic Wegener
7.0/10 4 votes#17 - The Nova Centauris-Burgh Board Of Tourism Presents: American Dad
Season 13 Episode 14 - Aired 5/2/2016
Francine joins in on Steve and his pals' live-action role-playing game. Stan opens a knock-off Seaworld in the house.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Jordan Blum
6.8/10 4 votes#18 - Max Jets
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 2/10/2013
Roger announces that Max Jets, a character who showers the Smith family with money, is making a return; a gold-digging waitress romances Max and threatens the family's inheritance.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Keith Heisler
6.6/10 7 votes#19 - Crotchwalkers
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/2013
In a desperate attempt to show Steve that she's still a "cool" mom, Francine teaches him a vast array of shoplifting techniques to try out at the local mall. B when their attempt to pull off the ultimate heist at "The Gash" goes awry, Steve is captured and sent to a Venezuelan sweatshop. Meanwhile, Roger, Hayley and Klaus form Langley Falls' first Russian Balalaika trio.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Dan Vebber
6.6/10 8 votes#20 - Honey, I'm Homeland
Season 10 Episode 15 - Aired 4/6/2014
Stan attempts to infiltrate the "Occupy" movement, based on CIA intelligence that a leftist cell is planning a terrorist attack. But when he's captured and returned home by a group of radicals, Hayley suspects her father may have been "turned".
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Dan Vebber
6.5/10 2 votes#21 - The Talented Mr. Dingleberry
Season 14 Episode 21 - Aired 9/4/2017
Roger becomes a marionette and injures other students to help Steve win the school talent show. Meanwhile, Stan, Hayley and Klaus start their own local honey business.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Jeff Kauffmann
6.0/10 5 votes#22 - Toy Whorey
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 5/13/2012
When Stan catches Steve playing imaginary games with his toys, he decides to take his son down to Mexico to help him become a man. But the trip takes a turn for the worse when Stan and Steve are kidnapped by a drug cartel, and it’s up to Steve to break himself and Stan out of captivity.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Matt Fusfeld
6.0/10 3 votes#23 - Camp Campawanda
Season 14 Episode 13 - Aired 6/5/2017
Steve is upset when Snot threatens their summer camp fun by becoming a counselor-in-training. Meanwhile, Hayley and Jeff become suspicious of Roger when he organizes a "Burning Man" reenactment for their anniversary.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Kirk J. Rudell
6.0/10 2 votes#24 - One Fish, Two Fish
Season 17 Episode 8 - Aired 6/1/2020
Hayley takes extreme measures to help Klaus from being deported while the rest of the family tries to open a coconut.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: N/A
6.0/10 1 votes#25 - Big Gino
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/15/1999
After Sid works off a debt with loan shark Big Gino, the two become friends, but when Sid is told to give Arnold a swirlie, he has to choose between the two.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Joe Purdy