6.5/10492 votes#1 - Roots
Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2016
Stan sets out to stop a tree that he considers his father from being cut down. Steve realizes he's stopped growing and considers surgery.
Director: Shawn Murray
Writer: Brett Cawley, Robert Maitia
7.2/10488 votes#2 - The Life Aquatic with Steve Smith
Season 13 Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/2016
Steve joins the high school water polo team to get girls. Meanwhile, Roger and Stan get a boat.
Director: Rodney Clouden
Writer: Kirk J. Rudell
6.8/10445 votes#3 - Hayley Smith, Seal Team Six
Season 13 Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2016
Hayley mentally regresses to a 6-year-old. Steve and his pals get a slow cooker.
Director: Jansen Yee
Writer: Teresa Hsiao
6.9/10503 votes#4 - N.S.A. (No Snoops Allowed)
Season 13 Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/2016
Steve goes to work with Stan and discovers the N.S.A.. Hayley decides to let go of being a vegetarian and eat meat for one day.
Director: Joe Daniello
Writer: Steve Hely
6.7/10448 votes#5 - Stan Smith as Keanu Reeves as Stanny Utah in Point Breakers
Season 13 Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2016
Stan goes undercover as a surfer a la Point Break. Steve befriends a drifter, Hayley might be pregnant, and Roger wants the World Cup to be held in the backyard.
Director: Valerie Fletcher, Pam Cooke
Writer: Nic Wegener, Joe Chandler
6.8/10435 votes#6 - Kiss Kiss, Cam Cam
Season 13 Episode 6 - Aired 2/29/2016
Stan gets Francine baseball tickets for her birthday but is upset when they have a horrible kiss on the kiss cam. Steve and Roger head to Nevada to help clean polluted water.
Director: Chris Bennett
Writer: Jordan Blum, Parker Deay
6.9/10449 votes#7 - 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
7.6/10495 votes#8 - Stan-Dan Deliver
Season 13 Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/2016
Roger becomes a teacher at Steve's school and gets involved with a class of underprivileged kids. Meanwhile, Stan and Francine visit a retirement home and Stan decides to stay.
Director: Shawn Murray
Writer: Rachael Bogert, Emily Wood
6.8/10445 votes#9 - Anchorfran
Season 13 Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2016
Francine sets out to help news anchor Greg when he and Terry split up. Roger becomes obsessed with a fictional boy from an old game called Dream Phone.
Director: Rodney Clouden
Writer: Jeff Kauffmann
6.7/10424 votes#10 - The Two Hundred
Season 13 Episode 10 - Aired 3/28/2016
Stan, tattooed and haunted, travels a barren Langley Falls alone. Meanwhile, a mysterious element known as "The Two Hundred" has reigned terror on the town and separated Stan from his family.
Director: Jansen Yee
Writer: Brett Cawley, Robert Maitia
7.3/10469 votes#11 - 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: Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons
Writer: Ali Waller
7.6/10466 votes#12 - The Dentist's Wife
Season 13 Episode 12 - Aired 4/18/2016
Roger loses his identity after becoming fascinated by a local dentist's wife. Meanwhile, Klaus throws a party when Stan and the kids are unable to move from being sore after working out.
Director: Joe Daniello
Writer: Charles Suozzi
6.8/10435 votes#13 - Widow's Pique
Season 13 Episode 13 - Aired 4/25/2016
When Stan is on a mission, Francine pretends she's a widow. Steve and his friends play wrestling and get beat up by Principal Lewis.
Director: Valerie Fletcher, Pam Cooke
Writer: Sam Brenner
6.8/10434 votes#14 - 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: Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons
Writer: Jordan Blum, Parker Deay
6.3/10448 votes#15 - Daesong Heavy Industries
Season 13 Episode 15 - Aired 5/9/2016
Stan loses his faith in religion after Steve questions everything in the Bible. He takes the family to Korea to investigate the rumors of a reinvented "Noah's Ark."
Director: Chris Bennett
Writer: Greg Cohen
8.1/10563 votes#16 - 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
6.8/10415 votes#17 - Criss-Cross Applesauce: The Ballad of Billy Jesusworth
Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 5/23/2016
When Roger breaks his ankle, Francine convinces Stan to let him play in his basketball league. Meanwhile, Steve sings a song that parodies R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet".
Director: Shawn Murray
Writer: Nic Wegener, Joe Chandler
6.9/10398 votes#18 - Mine Struggle
Season 13 Episode 18 - Aired 5/30/2016
When Stan discovers a salt mine in the backyard, the Morton Salt Company wants to buy it. It turns out Steve is the rightful owner of the land, and he faces pressure from the family to sell.
Director: Rodney Clouden
Writer: Kirk J. Rudell
7.3/10452 votes#19 - Garfield and Friends
Season 13 Episode 19 - Aired 6/6/2016
Stan brings President Garfield back to life to teach Hayley about history; Steve joins the school newspaper.
Director: Jansen Yee
Writer: Teresa Hsiao
7.1/10377 votes#20 - Gifted Me Liberty
Season 13 Episode 20 - Aired 6/13/2016
Stan goes on a mission to find out who didn't bring a gift to the CIA's Secret Santa party; Steve poses as the good boyfriend for several female classmates.
Director: Joe Daniello
Writer: Charles Suozzi
6.8/10393 votes#21 - Next of Pin
Season 13 Episode 21 - Aired 6/20/2016
Stan and Steve start bowling for more quality time together; Klaus holds a contest to see whether Roger or Hayley has the worse attention span.
Director: Valerie Fletcher, Pam Cooke
Writer: Jeff Kauffmann
7.0/10381 votes#22 - 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: Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons
Writer: Brian Boyle
The Best Episodes of American Dad! Season 13
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Season 13 Ratings Summary
"Roots" is the best rated episode of "American Dad!" season 13. It scored 6.5/10 based on 492 votes. Directed by Shawn Murray and written by Brett Cawley, Robert Maitia, it aired on 1/25/2016. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Smith".