The Best Episodes of American Dad! Season 9

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

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

When Francine invites Stan's father to a party, a dark secret about the Smith family's past is revealed.

Director: Joe Daniello

Writer: Brian Boyle

Francine regrets deciding to teach Roger the value of hard work; Steve interviews Stan for a school project.

Director: Josue Cervantes

Writer: Brian Boyle

When Roger hires Hayley as a singer in his new bar, he becomes enthralled by her voice; Stan tries to prove his masculinity by negotiating a good deal on a new car.

Director: Josue Cervantes

Writer: Erik Durbin

During the Smith family's tropical vacation, Stan is ordered to kill the activities director at their resort; Jeff and Hayley try to rekindle their romance.

Director: Rodney Clouden

Writer: Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz

Francine thinks Stan spends too much time with his friends; a boy band recruits Steve and his friends for a music video.

Director: Valerie Fletcher, Pam Cooke

Writer: Judah Miller

When Stan gets amnesia, Francine tries to turn him into her ideal husband; Steve is drawn into the corrupt side of Roger's paper route business.

Director: Jansen Yee

Writer: Erik Sommers

Jeff must prove his love for Hayley to Emperor Zing in order to find his way home from the spaceship that abducted him.

Director: Chris Bennett

Writer: Mike Barker

When Stan refuses to switch Klaus back into his original body, he steals Stan's body; Roger builds a gym in the attic.

Director: Rodney Clouden

Writer: Matt Weitzman

When Stan invites his recently widowed mother to move in, she and Roger fall in love and wed; Steve and his friends find a lost movie script.

Director: Shawn Murray

Writer: Jordan Blum, Parker Deay

When Steve's baby sitter is unavailable, Stan and Francine decide to leave him with Hayley; Steve sneaks out to a party to prove he's not a goody-goody.

Director: Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons

Writer: Matt Fusfeld, Alex Cuthbertson

Roger announces that Max Jets, a character who showers the Smith family with money, is making a return; a gold-digging waitress romances Max and threatens the family's inheritance.

Director: Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons

Writer: Keith Heisler

When Black Villain shoots Stan's new wife, Sexpun Tocome, on their honeymoon, Stan teams up with his nemesis to take him down.

Director: Jansen Yee

Writer: Jonathan Fener

Francine tries to rig the school spelling bee so that Steve will win; Stan and Roger try to rush Hayley's grieving process so she will be available to judge their badminton game.

Director: Rodney Clouden

Writer: Lesley Wake Webster

Roger pretends to be Jeff's imaginary friend so he can roam around the house without a disguise; when Jeff realizes Roger is an alien, Stan issues an ultimatum -- either Roger or Jeff must be killed; Steve becomes insecure about his body.

Director: Chris Bennett

Writer: Keith Heisler

Francine tries to get Stan to spice up their sex life; Hayley tries to get back into dating and accepts a date with Snot.

Director: Valerie Fletcher, Pam Cooke

Writer: Jeff Chiang, Eric Ziobrowski

Stan is shocked when he is told that Deputy Director Bullock is showing early signs of dementia and needs his memory erased; Roger hires an old friend to help Steve with a bully at school.

Director: Shawn Murray

Writer: Erik Durbin

When Stan decides that Snot isn't cool enough to be Steve's best friend, he tries to separate them by staging a shooting at an ice cream parlor.

Director: Jansen Yee

Writer: Jonathan Fener