8.5/102 votes#1 - The Pink Sphinx Holds Her Hearts on the Turn
Season 20 Episode 20 - Aired 12/4/2023
Francine enters the strange and dangerous world of poker in order to learn how to hide her true feelings from Steve and Hayley.
Director: Chris Bennett
Writer: Robert Maitia
7.8/104 votes#2 - 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: Robert Maitia
7.6/107 votes#3 - 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: Robert Maitia
7.4/105 votes#4 - Fellow Traveler
Season 20 Episode 1 - Aired 3/27/2023
A lunar misstep sends Roger on an unexpected detour to New Mexico.
Director: Joe Daniello
Writer: Robert Maitia
7.2/105 votes#5 - A Star is Reborn
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/2015
While on vacation in Los Angeles, Stan joins the world of old Hollywood. Meanwhile, Roger kennel-trains Steve and Hayley.
Director: Rodney Clouden
Writer: Robert Maitia
7.2/105 votes#6 - The Shrink
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 3/30/2015
Stan is horrified when he sees a couple die in a car crash, and he goes to see a shrink. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus study for a wine tasting.
Director: Valerie Fletcher
Writer: Robert Maitia
7.2/108 votes#7 - Rabbit Ears
Season 16 Episode 4 - Aired 5/6/2019
Stan gets obsessed with a 1960s television show after picking up a secondhand TV. Roger decides to live as a baby and the family cares for him.
Director: Jennifer Graves
Writer: Robert Maitia
7.0/102 votes#8 - 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: Robert Maitia
7.0/101 votes#9 - The Grocery Store Bank
Season 21 Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/2024
Stan, Francine and Roger concoct the perfect plan to rob a bank but agree never to do it. Peace reigns.
Director: Shawn Murray
Writer: Robert Maitia
6.9/108 votes#10 - Buck, Wild
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2013
Steve decides to prove his manhood by accompanying Stan and his CIA cronies on their annual hunting excursion. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus undertake a cross-country trek.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Robert Maitia
6.7/103 votes#11 - The Long Bomb
Season 14 Episode 18 - Aired 8/14/2017
While having trouble communicating, Stan and Hayley team up to stop a terrorist plot to blow up the Bazooka Sharks arena. Meanwhile, Roger pretends to be an escort.
Director: Josue Cervantes
Writer: Robert Maitia
6.3/103 votes#12 - Ninety North, Zero West
Season 14 Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/2016
The Smith family must rescue Steve after he is kidnapped and taken to the North Pole. There, Santa Claus is using children to mine for precious stones that he needs to perform an ancient ritual.
Director: Valerie Fletcher
Writer: Robert Maitia
6.0/104 votes#13 - The Wondercabinet
Season 18 Episode 6 - Aired 5/24/2021
Steve spins out about his future, but a radio show about new age mysticism gives him a hopeful new understanding of life. Roger struggles to get into the adult film industry.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Maitia
5.9/108 votes#14 - Stan Goes on the Pill
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 3/30/2014
Stan tries an experimental pill from the CIA and turns into a girl. Meanwhile, Klaus and Roger start a business selling Stan's suits as he no longer needs them as a female.
Director: Chris Bennett
Writer: Robert Maitia
5.2/106 votes#15 - Gold Top Nuts
Season 19 Episode 10 - Aired 9/12/2022
The Smiths return from a difficult, quarrelsome vacation, but they can't get a break from one another.
Director: Jennifer Graves
Writer: Robert Maitia
5.1/107 votes#16 - Shell Game
Season 15 Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2018
Steve tries to stop Roger after he joins a mysterious order of birds' egg thieves; Francine buys a new Italian sauce for the family.
Director: Chris Bennett
Writer: Robert Maitia
5.1/1010 votes#17 - Beware What from Portal Comes!
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/21/2021
M.O.D.O.K. drags along his kids, Melissa and Lou, to a GRUMBL leadership conference. Once there, he accidentally unleashes a hedonistic alien menace on the conference while trying to prove his leadership skills to his bosses and children.
Director: Eric Towner
Writer: Robert Maitia
5.0/104 votes#18 - The Future Is Borax
Season 15 Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/2019
Worried about their bickering, Stan and Francine go to extremes to save their marriage. Roger excels at jingle writing.
Director: Rodney Clouden
Writer: Robert Maitia
4.7/109 votes#19 - O, Were Blood Thicker Than Robot Juice!
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/21/2021
The time travelling Young M.O.D.O.K. finally exacts his revenge by kidnapping the family and pitting them against each other in a twisted family therapy / battle to the death.
Director: Eric Towner
Writer: Robert Maitia
4.2/104 votes#20 - Eight Fires
Season 16 Episode 19 - Aired 8/19/2019
Roger helps Francine with her terrible cooking by bringing her to a remote Patagonian island. Stan gets a nail in his head and can’t speak.
Director: Valerie Fletcher
Writer: Robert Maitia
4.0/104 votes#21 - Comb Over: A Hair Piece
Season 18 Episode 15 - Aired 7/26/2021
Stan finally decides to do something about his secret baldness and enlists the help of Josay Bosay, Roger's famed hair-stylist-to-the-stars persona.
Director: Chris Bennett
Writer: Robert Maitia
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"The Pink Sphinx Holds Her Hearts on the Turn" is the best rated episode written by Robert Maitia. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Chris Bennett. It aired on 12/4/2023 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Two Hundred".