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The Best Episodes of American Dad! Season 4

Every episode of American Dad! Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Dad! Season 4!

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better...
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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Vacation Goo" is the best rated episode of "American Dad!" season 4. It scored 7.8/10 based on 862 votes. Directed by Albert Calleros and written by Josh Bycel, Jonathan Fener, it aired on 9/30/2007. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Meter Made".

  • The Vacation Goo
    7.8/10862 votes

    #1 - The Vacation Goo

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2007

    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

    Writer: Josh Bycel, Jonathan Fener

  • Meter Made
    7.9/10915 votes

    #2 - Meter Made

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2007

    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

  • Dope & Faith
    7.0/10713 votes

    #3 - Dope & Faith

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2007

    Stan prays for a friend and one is provided: a guy named Brett who's like him in every way but one--he's an atheist. So Stan has some evangelizing to do. Meanwhile, Steve is accepted into wizardry school.

    Director: Rodney Clouden

    Writer: Etan Cohen, Michael Shipley

  • Big Trouble in Little Langley
    7.5/10749 votes

    #4 - Big Trouble in Little Langley

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/2007

    Stan seeks out Francine's birth parents because her visiting adoptive parents annoy him so much. But they don't annoy Steve, especially after they give him fireworks.

    Director: John Aoshima

    Writer: Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz

  • Haylias
    7.6/10837 votes

    #5 - Haylias

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2007

    Stan, who had Hayley brainwashed because he wanted her to be a sleeper CIA agent, activates her and orders her to marry a senator's son. Meanwhile, Roger and Steve decide to open a detective agency like the ones in the '70s TV shows they have been watching.

    Director: Brent Woods

    Writer: David Zuckerman, Jim Bernstein

  • The 42-Year-Old Virgin
    7.3/10762 votes

    #6 - The 42-Year-Old Virgin

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/2007

    Although Stan is a veteran CIA agent, it turns out that he has never killed anyone, so three of his buddies from the agency (and Roger) take him out so he can bag his "first kill."

    Director: Pam Cooke

    Writer: Steve Hely

  • Surro-Gate
    7.7/10836 votes

    #7 - Surro-Gate

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/2/2007

    Terry and Greg, the Smiths' gay neighbors, want to have a baby, and Francine offers to be their surrogate. Not surprisingly, Stan objects. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger play a practical joke on Klaus, who vows revenge.

    Director: Tim Parsons

    Writer: Brian Boyle

  • The Most Adequate Christmas Ever
    7.1/10735 votes

    #8 - The Most Adequate Christmas Ever

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/16/2007

    Stan dies on Christmas Eve while trying to find a perfect Christmas tree, then wreaks havoc in heaven (and limbo) trying to return to Earth to save his family--who were dragged along on his quest--from freezing to death in the woods.

    Director: John Aoshima

    Writer: Jim Bernstein, Chris McKenna

  • Frannie 911
    7.3/10738 votes

    #9 - Frannie 911

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/6/2008

    Stan and Francine give the constantly nasty Roger an ultimatum: Be nice or ship out. Meanwhile, Klaus and Hayley play truth or dare, and Steve decides to become a backup dancer.

    Director: Joe Daniello

    Writer: Brian Boyle

  • Tearjerker
    7.2/10713 votes

    #10 - Tearjerker

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/2008

    A James Bond spoof casts Stan as a 007-type agent assigned by B (Bullock) to infiltrate the set of a movie producer named TchochkieSchmear (Klaus), who's in cahoots with the diabolical villain Tearjerker (Roger). Their plan? To kill everyone in the world by making movies so sad, people will cry themselves to death.

    Director: Mike Kim

    Writer: Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman

  • Oedipal Panties
    7.2/10728 votes

    #11 - Oedipal Panties

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/27/2008

    When Stan's mom gets dumped by yet another boyfriend, she comes running to Stan for support, which he willingly provides (yet again). Francine, feeling threatened, seeks to loosen this umbilical cord, with Roger's help. Meanwhile, Klaus inadvertently gives Steve a fish disease called "ick."

    Director: Rodney Clouden

    Writer: Nahnatchka Khan

  • Widowmaker
    7.5/10854 votes

    #12 - Widowmaker

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/2008

    Francine wants Stan to open up emotionally, and after a few sessions with "pretend psychiatrist" Roger, he's more touchy-feely than she can handle. Meanwhile, Hayley kills the queen bee from Steve's science project, and he vows vengeance.

    Director: Joe Daniello

    Writer: Dan Vebber

  • Red October Sky
    7.1/10692 votes

    #13 - Red October Sky

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 4/27/2008

    Stan hunts for an ex-KGB agent but can't find him--until he moves in next door. And Steve is building a rocket for a school science project, but can't get it to work--until he gets some help from his new next-door neighbor. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus head off on a European vacation.

    Director: Caleb Meurer

    Writer: Steve Hely, Laura McCreary

  • Office Spaceman
    7.5/10778 votes

    #14 - Office Spaceman

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 5/4/2008

    After outing himself as an alien, Roger (in disguise) finagles his way into being appointed the CIA's chief alien hunter to take advantage of a lavish expense account--while coming up just short in attempts to catch himself. Meanwhile, Francine shocks her family by displaying a prejudice they never knew she had.

    Director: Brent Woods

    Writer: Laura McCreary

  • Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold
    7.6/10770 votes

    #15 - Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 5/11/2008

    After almost dying in a car crash, Stan decides that he must do something important with his life, so he digs for the gold he claims Iran-Contra figure Oliver North buried beneath his house. Meanwhile, Roger poses as a sexually provocative female office worker, hoping he'll be harassed so he can sue over it.

    Director: Pam Cooke

    Writer: David Zuckerman

  • Spring Breakup
    7.3/10743 votes

    #16 - Spring Breakup

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 5/18/2008

    Francine is out of town, giving Roger an opportunity to host spring break at the Smith house for visiting college students, one of whom becomes the straying Stan's "spring-break buddy." Meanwhile, cable music-channel host Carmen Selectra decides she wants to make Steve her sexual conquest.

    Director: Rodney Clouden

    Writer: Nahnatchka Khan