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American Dad! Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 2005 - 2006
This animated series made its debut after the 2005 Super Bowl, and it may not have bowled viewers over like co-creator Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy," but it sure scored plenty of comedic points with adult-oriented cartoon fans. The show chronicles the misadventures of gung-ho CIA agent Stan Smith (voice of MacFarlane), and his suburban family, which includes a hippie teen daughter and a geeky teen son. The zany supporting cast includes a randy pet goldfish named Klaus, who was once an East German spy, and an extraterrestrial named Roger. Memorable episodes from the inaugural campaign saw Stan dealing with new neighbors who are Iranian, and whom he suspects are terrorists, and the Smiths mistakenly thinking that a comatose Roger is actually dead, so they get rid of his body.
Episode 1
Pilot Episode
Sun, Feb 6, 2005 30 mins
Cartoon antics from Seth MacFarlane ("Family Guy") about the Smith family of Langley Falls, Va., home of the CIA, where dad Stan (voice of MacFarlane) is a wildly gung-ho agent. Carmen Electra guest stars as a cheerleader who's the object of the affections of 13-year-old son Steve (Scott Grimes). He doesn't have a chance with her until Stan steps in with romance advice and rigs the school election to make Steve class president.
Episode 2
Threat Levels
Sun, May 1, 2005 30 mins
This animated series begins its regular run with super-macho CIA guy Stan Smith (voice of series creator Seth MacFarlane) dealing---badly---with the fact that his wife, Francine (Wendy Schaal), suddenly makes more money than he does after he gets her a job as a real-estate agent. So Stan fights back (literally, as it turns out).
Episode 3
Stan Knows Best
Sun, May 8, 2005 30 mins
When Stan objects to Hayley's new boyfriend, she moves in with him. And when Stan cuts her off, she goes to work at a strip club. Meanwhile, Steve makes a wager with his nerdy friends regarding an upcoming school dance. Zooey Deschanel provides various guest voices, including Kim and the Candy Striper Stripper.
Episode 4
Francine's Flashback
Sun, May 15, 2005 30 mins
After Stan forgets his wedding anniversary (again), he gets a CIA buddy to erase Francine's memory of the previous 20 hours. He erases 20 years' worth instead, leading to flashbacks of Francine's wanton youth and the mismatched couple's first meeting. Meanwhile, a pretty girl agrees to go out with Steve---if he'll find a date for her not-so-pretty friend.
Episode 5
Roger Codger
Sun, Jun 5, 2005 30 mins
Roger's the object of a CIA alienhunt after Stan leaves him for dead in a garbage bin. Guest voices include Patrick Stewart as Stan's boss, Bullock.
Episode 6
Homeland Insecurity
Sun, Jun 12, 2005 30 mins
Francine decides to throw a block party to reconnect with the neighbors, and Stan's security checks aren't exactly neighborly, particularly to an Iranian-American couple. Meanwhile, Stan makes Steve join a nerdy youth group called the Scout Rangers, which turns out to be not so nerdy after all. Guest voices include Richard Kind, Gina Gershon, Matthew Lillard and Ron Livingston.
Episode 7
Deacon Stan, Jesus Man
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 30 mins
When the deacon at the Smith's church suddenly dies, Stan decides he wants to replace him---because his smug neighbor also wants the post. Stan's campaign weapons: Karl Rove and Francine's potato salad. Meanwhile, Steve hits it off with the smug neighbor's cute daughter. Guest voices include Martin Mull, Molly Shannon and Josh Groban.
Episode 8
Bullocks to Stan
Sun, Sep 11, 2005 30 mins
Stan wants a promotion, and buttering up his boss, Bullock (voice of Patrick Stewart), is how he goes about getting it. But complicating matters is Bullock's affair with Hayley. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger get hold of Vice President Dick Cheney's BlackBerry and use it to make crank calls.
Episode 9
A Smith in the Hand
Sun, Sep 18, 2005 30 mins
When Steve comes home from school with a permission slip for sex education, Stan decides to take matters in hand and teach his son about the birds and bees himself. Meanwhile, Roger decides to become a bartender.
Episode 10
All About Steve
Sun, Sep 25, 2005 30 mins
Stan is so upset that his son Steve is a geek that he gets an athletic kid to pose as his boy in a father-son softball game; the CIA can't seem to catch a cyber-terrorist; Roger's depressed because he can't connect with anyone outside the family. Patrick Stewart provides the voice of Stan's boss, Bullock.
Episode 11
Con Heir
Sun, Oct 2, 2005 30 mins
Stan's "superspy" father shows up and makes Stan a career-altering offer he doesn't want to refuse. Meanwhile, Steve has a dalliance with an "older woman" (she's 80). Voices... Jack: Daran Norris. Bullock: Patrick Stewart. Father Donovan: Martin Mull.
Episode 12
Stan of Arabia: Part One
Sun, Nov 6, 2005 30 mins
Part 1 of two. After insulting Bullock (voice of Patrick Stewart) at a party, Stan is transferred to Saudi Arabia, where he soon discovers that the local culture is to his liking, especially the part in which men get to boss their wives around. Francine doesn't like it so much, nor does Hayley. Voice of Thundercat: Paget Brewster.
Episode 13
Stan of Arabia: Part Two
Sun, Nov 13, 2005 30 mins
Conclusion. After Stan renounces his American citizenship to stay in Saudi Arabia, Francine runs afoul of the police of vice and virtue. Very afoul. Meanwhile, Hayley, on the run from the police of vice and virtue herself, meets a dashing young man. And Steve meets God in the desert; she looks a lot like Angelina Jolie. Gina Gershon has voice cameos as an unnamed woman and an unnamed teenager.
Episode 14
Stannie Get Your Gun
Sun, Nov 20, 2005 30 mins
Stanley tries to bond with Hayley by taking her to her favorite childhood amusement park, where she learns to her horror that it has become a gun group's theme park. But Hayley soon becomes a shooter. Meanwhile, Steve steals a cookie from Roger, who makes him pay for it (with Stan and Francine's inadvertent assistance). Beau Bridges lends his voice to two roles, a doctor and Lt. Thacker.
Episode 15
Star Trek
Sun, Nov 27, 2005 30 mins
Steve gains fame as a children's author after his English paper, a story about Roger, is published. Of course, the notoriety goes to Steve's head, and he goes to Hollywood, where the story plays out as an homage to 1950's "Sunset Boulevard." Bryan Cranston voices the publisher.
Episode 16
Not Particularly Desperate Housewives
Sun, Dec 18, 2005 30 mins
Francine gets mixed up with sophisticated, cheating housewives (voices include Molly Shannon and Paget Brewster) after they find her in an inadvertently compromising position with an art-gallery valet. Meanwhile, Stan becomes very attached to a tiny girly-dog named Fussy, and Hayley catches Steve and Klaus reading her diary. Voice of Bullock: Patrick Stewart.
Episode 17
Rough Trade
Sun, Jan 8, 2006 30 mins
Stan and Roger switch roles, with stay-at-home Stan drinking and watching TV all day while head-of-the-household Roger gets a job as a car salesman and makes the family decisions. Lt. Goldberg: Beau Bridges. Philip: Andy Richter. Officer Bays: Jason Lee. Bob Memari: Ron Livingston. Linda Memari: Megyn Price.
Episode 18
Finances With Wolves
Sun, Jan 29, 2006 30 mins
Despite Stan's objections, Francine realizes a long-standing dream of opening a kiosk at the Langley Falls Mall to sell her muffins, while Hayley becomes an eco-warrior to fight the mall's expansion. Meanwhile, Stan decides to give Klaus a new human body so Klaus can cook for him; and Steve thinks he's a werewolf.
Episode 19
It's Good to Be Queen
Sun, Feb 26, 2006 30 mins
It's homecoming queen Francine's 20th high-school reunion, and Stan, who was a geek in high school, wants to bask in her reflected glory. At home, Steve and Roger play a practical joke on a pizza-delivery guy (voice of Jeremy Sisto), and receive gentle wisdom in return. Quaky: Jon Cryer. Dark-Haired Man/Medic: Ioan Gruffudd.
Episode 20
Roger 'n' Me
Sun, Apr 23, 2006 30 mins
After a wild night in Atlantic City, Stan and Roger bond in a way that turns out to be most alien to Stan. It'll have repercussions with Francine. Meanwhile, Steve and Hayley try to break up a couple so they can date them individually. Guest voices: Peter Scolari; Wendie Jo Sperber; Jennie Garth; Peter Facinelli.
Episode 21
Helping Handis
Sun, Apr 30, 2006 30 mins
Stan is concerned because Steve's a geek, so he feeds him steroids to pump him up. It works, but in an unexpected way. Also, Francine's upset because Hayley thinks her life is meaningless, so she gets a (very) quickie medical diploma, followed by a job offer she has a hard time refusing. Meanwhile, Roger takes up housekeeping chores and soon becomes a neatness freak.
Episode 22
With Friends Like Steve's
Sun, May 7, 2006 30 mins
Steve loses interest in his activities with Stan, who quickly dumps him for Barry, a kid who appreciates him. But Barry's very different when he's not taking his "vitamins." Meanwhile, Roger's beer-swilling skills come in handy when he wants to join a fraternity at Hayley's college. Voice of Evil Barry: Craig Ferguson.
Episode 23
Tears of a Clooney
Sun, May 14, 2006 30 mins
Stan learns that Francine despises George Clooney and organizes a CIA-style mission for her to "seduce and destroy" the star while he's filming a movie in Prague. Back in Langley Falls, Roger starts a vineyard in the backyard, using foster children as workers. He's a stern taskmaster, to put it mildly. Kate Jackson has a voice cameo as herself.
