The Best Episodes of American Dad! Season 5

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

Writer: Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz

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, Chris McKenna

Bullock makes Stan his "No. 1" at the CIA, a promotion that makes the furious Francine the "No. 1" babysitter for Bullock's baby son. Bullock needs someone to watch the kid because his wife's been kidnapped by Iraqi insurgents.

Director: Rodney Clouden

Writer: David Zuckerman

Stan learns that Francine was engaged to another man before she met him, and tracks the guy down to size him up. Meanwhile, Steve can't stay away from a schizophrenic cat that literally has nine lives.

Director: Joe Daniello

Writer: Matt Fusfeld, Alex Cuthbertson

Steve plots revenge after girlfriend Debbie loses a very dirty election for class president. But it backfires badly.

Director: Bob Bowen

Writer: David Zuckerman, Dan Vebber

Hayley goes on a rampage after her boyfriend breaks up with her, but she calms down when she begins dating Stan's CIA body double, Bill. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger get jobs separating male and female chicks at a Chinatown hatchery.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Nahnatchka Khan, Brian Boyle

Stan emcees a CIA telethon to raise funds for the agency's torture budget after Congress slashed it. But Roger is out to sabotage it because Stan stole the idea for it from him.

Director: Brent Woods

Writer: Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman

When Steve suffers indignities in school because of the back brace he must wear for his scoliosis, Stan confides in him that he wears a wig to cover his baldness. Meanwhile, Roger invites both Francine and Hayley to a posh spa even though he has only two passes.

Director: Jansen Yee, Pam Cooke

Writer: Jim Bernstein

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

The Smiths catch Roger spending time with another family--and it turns out that he has been a family "cheater" for decades.

Director: Rodney Clouden

Writer: Erik Durbin

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

When Stan forgets to pick up grenadine at the grocery store, Roger goes ballistic and vows to get him back by taking over a project close to his heart--the Homeowner’s Association.

Director: Bob Bowen

Writer: Brian Boyle

Steve connects with his ne'er-do-well paternal grandfather, whom Stan despises for many reasons, not the least of which is that he never taught him to ride a bike. Meanwhile, Hayley must find an internship quickly, so Roger hires her to tend his bar.

Director: Rodney Clouden, Joe Daniello

Writer: David Zuckerman, Nahnatchka Khan, Steve Hely

Steve and his friends sabotage a stuck-up kid's bar mitzvah after the kid hits on Steve's girlfriend, Debbie. But when Snot is wrongly accused of stealing the kid's bar-mitzvah money, his own bar mitzvah is put in jeopardy.

Director: Brent Woods

Writer: Chris McKenna, Laura McCreary

Stan is kidnapped in Colombia, but the real trouble begins after he's released and returns home. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger play detective duo "Wheels and the Legman."

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Erik Sommers

Steve and Stan, who don't have much in common, try to bond on a road trip to Albuquerque in search of a pair of the distinctive DeLorean doors to complete a car that Stan has been building. Meanwhile, Roger, Hayley and Francine decide to have an adventure of their own, but they can't decide what to do.

Director: Joe Daniello

Writer: Nahnatchka Khan

Steve joins a football team to please Stan, who then takes over as coach and gives Steve the boot because he isn't good enough. Meanwhile, Francine and Hayley vie for a blue ribbon at the county fair.

Director: Jansen Yee, Pam Cooke

Writer: Steve Hely

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

Francine and Stan swap spouses with their gay neighbours Terry and Greg when Terry's dad, a former football player who doesn't know that his son is gay, arrives for a visit. Meanwhile, Steve goes on a drunken bender.

Director: Albert Calleros

Writer: Nahnatchka Khan

Stan leaves Francine at home to go out with the boys, but guys' night out goes from wild to reckless when Stan finds himself in one compromising situation after another. Meanwhile, Roger and Hayley use their charm and looks to attract a frat boy.

Director: Bob Bowen

Writer: Jim Bernstein