6.8/10591 votes#1 - 100 Years a Solid Fool
Season 17 Episode 1 - Aired 4/13/2020
While running an errand in Little Columbia, Stan is confronted by his hidden past.
Director: Shawn Murray
Writer: Charles Suozzi
7.1/10567 votes#2 - Downtown
Season 17 Episode 2 - Aired 4/20/2020
Hayley and Steve find themselves stranded in a suburban neighborhood.
Director: Chris Bennett
Writer: Nic Wegener, Joe Chandler
6.8/10539 votes#3 - Cheek to Cheek: A Stripper's Story
Season 17 Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/2020
Roger enlists Jeff as his protégé in order to open his dream strip club; Klaus moves into Steve’s room.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: N/A
6.7/10550 votes#4 - A Starboy Is Born
Season 17 Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/2020
Roger tries to give Steve bubonic plague in order to qualify to Make-A-Wish to meet The Weeknd. Stan abducts The Weeknd to teach Roger a valuable lesson. Meanwhile, Hayley attempts to sleep with the celebrity singer.
Director: Chris Bennett
Writer: Joel Hurwitz, The Weeknd
6.5/10541 votes#5 - Tapped Out
Season 17 Episode 5 - Aired 5/11/2020
Steve discovers his mom has never stopped giving him her breastmilk.
Director: Rodney Clouden
Writer: N/A
6.3/10552 votes#6 - Brave N00b World
Season 17 Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/2020
Stan and Steve enter an e-sports game tournament to save the world. The rest of the family get stuck in a banister.
Director: Jansen Yee
Writer: N/A
6.8/10543 votes#7 - Into the Woods
Season 17 Episode 7 - Aired 5/25/2020
When Stan sees a middle-school classmate, he feels compelled to right an old wrong; Roger feels a cold coming on.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10551 votes#8 - 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: Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons
Writer: N/A
7.1/10552 votes#9 - Exquisite Corpses
Season 17 Episode 9 - Aired 6/8/2020
Jeff, Francine and Roger decide to team up and start their own bus tour business, with murderous results.
Director: Chris Bennett
Writer: Brett Cawley, Robert Maitia
7.4/10702 votes#10 - Trophy Wife, Trophy Life
Season 17 Episode 10 - Aired 6/15/2020
After Stan is injured, Francine nurses him back to health and he becomes dependent to her. The family discovers Tuttle is a Korean reality show star.
Director: Shawn Murray
Writer: Sasha Stroman
6.7/10560 votes#11 - Game Night
Season 17 Episode 11 - Aired 6/22/2020
Stan drags the family to a labyrinth for family game night; Roger gets some geese.
Director: Rodney Clouden
Writer: Zachary Rosenblatt
7.1/10579 votes#12 - American Data?
Season 17 Episode 12 - Aired 6/29/2020
Steve and the boys take part in a prison experiment to earn some cash. Meanwhile, Stan deals with the death of his CIA groundskeeper friend.
Director: Jansen Yee
Writer: Paul Stroud
7.0/10522 votes#13 - Salute Your Sllort
Season 17 Episode 13 - Aired 7/6/2020
Steve's efforts to befriend a Swedish exchange student backfire in a big way; The family calls in an animal behaviorist to deal with Klaus.
Director: N/A
Writer: Parker Deay
6.5/10463 votes#14 - Ghost Dad
Season 17 Episode 14 - Aired 7/13/2020
Stan struggles to cope with the untimely death of his father. Meanwhile, a simple canoeing trip does catastrophic damage to Hayley and Jeff's relationship.
Director: Pam Cooke
Writer: N/A
6.3/10359 votes#15 - 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: Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons
Writer: Alisha Ketry
6.7/10315 votes#16 - 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
6.5/10299 votes#17 - Roger Needs Dick
Season 17 Episode 17 - Aired 8/3/2020
When one of Roger's characters falls in love with Dick, it affects the whole family.
Director: Valerie Fletcher, Pam Cooke
Writer: Nic Wegener, Joe Chandler
6.6/10270 votes#18 - The Old Country
Season 17 Episode 18 - Aired 8/10/2020
Steve wants to know about the Smith Family heritage, but Stan refuses to indulge him. Stan is obsessed with being American and tells Steve that being American is all that matters. Steve steals Stan's DNA for an at-home DNA test and discovers that they are Canadian. Steve rejoices in finally knowing his heritage, but the news devastates Stan.
Director: Shawn Murray
Writer: Tim Saccardo
6.5/10274 votes#19 - Businessly Brunette
Season 17 Episode 19 - Aired 8/17/2020
Hayley takes off her headband and becomes a businesswoman; Stan plans a party.
Director: Rodney Clouden
Writer: Zachary Rosenblatt
6.2/10277 votes#20 - The Chilly Thrillies
Season 17 Episode 20 - Aired 8/24/2020
Francine explores ASMR with Roger. Steve gets a a pole in his head and a secret admirer.
Director: Jansen Yee
Writer: Laura Beason
6.7/10293 votes#21 - Dammmm, Stan!
Season 17 Episode 21 - Aired 8/31/2020
Stan goes to great lengths to find the "right" couple's activity for him and Francine; Hayley and Steve look into some mysterious markings they find on the door frame.
Director: N/A
Writer: Parker Deay
6.3/10300 votes#22 - The Last Ride of the Dodge City Rambler
Season 17 Episode 22 - Aired 9/7/2020
The Smiths take a trip on an old steam locomotive to visit Francine's aunt only to discover it's being hijacked.
Director: Pam Cooke
Writer: Charles Suozzi
5.3/103 votes#23 - 300
Season 17 Episode 23 - Aired 9/14/2020
American Dad becomes the 25th scripted primetime show in the History of Television to reach 300 episodes and Roger's past comes back to haunt him.
Director: Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons
Writer: Jeff Kauffmann, Nic Wegener, Joe Chandler
7.5/102 votes#24 - 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
The Best Episodes of American Dad! Season 17
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Season 17 Ratings Summary
"100 Years a Solid Fool" is the best rated episode of "American Dad!" season 17. It scored 6.8/10 based on 591 votes. Directed by Shawn Murray and written by Charles Suozzi, it aired on 4/13/2020. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Downtown".