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The Best Episodes of American Dad!

Every episode of American Dad! ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of American Dad!!

Best episode
S5E9 Stan Time
8.82,040 votes
Worst episode
S10E14 Stan Goes on the Pill
4.01,835 votes
Top season
Season 3
7.5avg
Binge time
6d 2h
401 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    American Dad! Season 5 Episode 9 - Stan Time
    8.8/10(2040 votes)

    S5:E9

    Stan is ecstatic--and energetic--when a coworker gives him pills that allow him to stay up all night.

    Director:Joe Daniello
    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  2. American Dad! Season 14 Episode 4 - Portrait of Francine's Genitals
    8.7/10(1366 votes)

    S14:E4

    A mold of Francine's vagina is displayed in a museum.

    Director:Rodney Clouden
    Writer:Steve Hely

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  3. American Dad! Season 6 Episode 8 - G-String Circus
    8.6/10(1354 votes)

    S6:E8

    Upset that Hayley no longer wants his advice, Stan decides to prove that she is missing out on his sage counseling. After meeting a stripper on an important CIA mission, Stan takes it upon himself to improve her life and show Hayley that his advice works. But when he opens a new business, hoping to prove Hayley wrong, he finds himself dancing for cash to cover up his failures.

    Director:Bob Bowen
    Writer:Erik Durbin

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  4. American Dad! Season 8 Episode 18 - Toy Whorey
    8.5/10(1367 votes)

    S8:E18

    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.

    Directors:Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons
    Writers:Matt Fusfeld, Alex Cuthbertson

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  5. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 10 - Bush Comes to Dinner
    8.4/10(1350 votes)

    S3:E10

    When Stan enters an essay contest to have his personal hero, President Bush, come over for dinner, he is overcome with joy when the President arrives at his doorstep. However, not everyone in the Smith family shares Stan's excitement. Hayley tries to drill President Bush on the Iraq war, and Steve and Roger attempt to convince him that they've found Osama Bin Laden, but instead get him drunk. Stan tries to save the President from public humiliation, while Hayley revels in his fall from glory.

    Director:Mike Kim
    Writers:Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker

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  6. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 1 - Camp Refoogee
    8.2/10(1243 votes)

    S3:E1

    When Stan tries to trick Steve into attending summer camp, things go horribly wrong and Steve ends up in a refugee camp. However, Stan, being the eternal optimist, joins Steve and manages to stage a camp Olympics between the refugees and the rebel faction living across the river.

    Director:Albert Calleros
    Writers:Josh Bycel, Jonathan Fener

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  7. American Dad! Season 5 Episode 1 - 1600 Candles
    8.2/10(1212 votes)

    S5:E1

    It's Roger's 1600th birthday, but the Smiths are too freaked out by Steve's impending puberty to celebrate. So Roger decides to make his own birthday fun.

    Director:Caleb Meurer
    Writers:Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz

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  8. American Dad! Season 7 Episode 2 - Son of Stan (2)
    8.2/10(1197 votes)

    S7:E2

    Francine and Stan compare parenting skills after Stan creates a clone of Steve; Roger searches for the missing bride and groom.

    Director:Chris Bennett
    Writer:Erik Sommers

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  9. American Dad! Season 5 Episode 18 - Weiner of Our Discontent
    8.2/10(1002 votes)

    S5:E18

    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

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  10. American Dad! Season 13 Episode 16 - Daesong Heavy Industries II: Return to Innocence
    8.2/10(711 votes)

    S13:E16

    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

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  11. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 3 - Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option
    8.1/10(1150 votes)

    S3:E3

    Stan loses his confidence, and his job, when a car salesman gets the best of him in a negotiation. Meanwhile, Roger and Steve set up a makeshift drive-in to try to get to first base with popular schoolgirls.

    Director:Rodney Clouden
    Writer:Etan Cohen

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  12. American Dad! Season 9 Episode 7 - National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story
    8.0/10(1004 votes)

    S9:E7

    A talk show reveals that Francine was the toddler who, famously, was rescued from a well by a firefighter; Francine makes a discovery when she falls down the well on the anniversary of her rescue; Stan and Roger come up with a business idea.

    Director:Chris Bennett
    Writer:Murray Miller

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  13. American Dad! Season 5 Episode 11 - Live and Let Fry
    8.0/10(994 votes)

    S5:E11

    When Langley Falls bans trans fats, Stan and Steve become smugglers. Meanwhile, Klaus gets word that he has received an inheritance but can't collect it because the CIA has turned him into a fish.

    Director:Rodney Clouden
    Writer:Laura McCreary

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  14. American Dad! Season 2 Episode 2 - A Smith in the Hand
    7.9/10(1242 votes)

    S2:E2

    When Steve brings home a permission slip to take sex ed at school, Stan flips out and demands to teach it himself. However, after Stan unrealistically explains the birds and the bees to Steve, he gets into an accident that causes him to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, Roger becomes a bartender in hopes of making something of himself.

    Director:Pam Cooke
    Writer:David Hemingson

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  15. American Dad! Season 2 Episode 9 - Not Particularly Desperate Housewives
    7.9/10(1163 votes)

    S2:E9

    As Stan continues to dominate the household, Francine finds herself idolizing a group of women who seem to have it all. She tries to impress them and even lies in order to gain acceptance into their group, until she realizes they aren't as perfect as they seem. Meanwhile, loyalties are tested when Stan gets a new best friend.

    Director:Brent Woods
    Writer:Dan Vebber

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  16. American Dad! Season 4 Episode 2 - Meter Made
    7.9/10(1100 votes)

    S4:E2

    After Stan punches a male meter maid during a disagreement over a parking ticket, a judge sentences him to two weeks of community service--as a meter maid. Meanwhile, Hayley poses in the nude for an art class, where one of the artists turns out to be Roger.

    Director:Bob Bowen
    Writer:Dan Vebber

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  17. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 8 - Irregarding Steve
    7.9/10(1065 votes)

    S3:E8

    When Roger helps Steve see that his father isn't as smart as he always believed, the power-hungry pair set their sights on fame and fortune in New York City. It doesn't take long for Roger to lose everything on Wall Street, and Steve contemplates prostitution after Jon Stewart shoots down his comedy routine. Meanwhile, the rest of the family is certain that the two have just run away to the tree house, so when it explodes in a lightning storm, they are devastated, but console themselves with Steve's college fund.

    Director:Pam Cooke
    Writer:Chris McKenna

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  18. American Dad! Season 7 Episode 5 - White Rice
    7.9/10(942 votes)

    S7:E5

    After an argument between Stan and Francine breaks out, Stan suggests they go see a counselor, who hypnotizes Francine and reawakens her lifelong dream of being a comedian. Meanwhile, back in Langley Falls, Steve brings home a potential love interest for Klaus.

    Director:Bob Bowen
    Writers:Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz

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  19. American Dad! Season 7 Episode 7 - The People vs. Martin Sugar
    7.9/10(924 votes)

    S7:E7

    If there’s one thing that Stan Smith loves, it’s a good jury trial. He anxiously awaits his annual jury summons. But when Roger is the defendant in the trial where Stan is the foreman, he is finally in a position to make Roger accountable for his misdeeds. Meanwhile, Jeff and Hayley move in with the Smiths, and Francine tries to get Jeff to clean up his act.

    Director:Pam Cooke
    Writer:Jonathan Fener

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  20. American Dad! Season 19 Episode 13 - The Fast and the Spurious
    8.0/10(463 votes)

    S19:E13

    Roger is forced to confront himself after a series of accidents. Klaus and Jeff bond.

    Director:Joe Daniello
    Writer:Curtis Cook

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  21. American Dad! Season 9 Episode 8 - Finger Lenting Good
    7.8/10(1240 votes)

    S9:E8

    The Smiths get drunk at Roger's Mardi Gras party and make a pact with Bullock; Roger tries to find the person who left a pastie in the attic.

    Director:Joe Daniello
    Writer:Laura McCreary

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  22. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 2 - The American Dad After School Special
    7.8/10(1076 votes)

    S3:E2

    Stan realizes his own weight problem after he criticizes Steve about his new, overweight girlfriend, so he goes overboard with exercising, and develops anorexia. Steve realizes that his overweight girlfriend is the root of his father's problems, and he has to make a hard choice in an effort to save his father's life.

    Director:Pam Cooke
    Writer:Dan Vebber

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  23. American Dad! Season 7 Episode 17 - Home Wrecker
    7.8/10(1052 votes)

    S7:E17

    Stan and Francine fight over how to redecorate the house. It goes so far that they split the house down the middle and try to live without each other. Meanwhile, Principal Lewis discovers a talent of Barry.

    Director:Joe Daniello
    Writers:Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland

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  24. American Dad! Season 2 Episode 13 - Roger 'n Me
    7.8/10(1049 votes)

    S2:E13

    When Stan goes to Atlantic City for a bachelor party and is shunned by his so-called best friend, Roger steps in and becomes Stan's new sidekick. Their friendship goes to a whole new level, but when they return home and face Francine, Stan realizes that what happens in Atlantic City doesn't necessarily stay there. Meanwhile, Hayley and Steve team up to break up a good-looking couple.

    Director:Anthony Lioi
    Writers:Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz

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  25. American Dad! Season 4 Episode 1 - The Vacation Goo
    7.8/10(1040 votes)

    S4:E1

    Francine demands that Stan take the family on a vacation after she learns all of their previous vacations never actually happened: The CIA had planted artificial memories of the "vacations" in their brains so Stan could ditch them. Meanwhile, Roger wants to be a thespian.

    Director:Albert Calleros
    Writers:Josh Bycel, Jonathan Fener

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Best Episodes Summary

"Stan Time" is the best rated episode of American Dad!. It scored 8.8/10 from 2,040 votes. Directed by Joe Daniello and written by Brian Boyle, it aired on February 8, 2009. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Portrait of Francine's Genitals".

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