The eighteenth season of the American TV series American Dad! originally aired on TBS from April 19, 2021 to October 25, 2021,[1] and consisted of 22 episodes.
| American Dad! | |
|---|---|
| Season 18 | |
.jpg) Promotional poster for the 18th season | |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TBS |
| Original release | April 19 – October 25, 2021 |
| Season chronology | |
Production
editIn January 2020, the series was renewed for an eighteenth and nineteenth season.[2]
Episodes
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 301 | 1 | "Who Smarted?" | Chris Bennett | Jeff Kauffmann | April 19, 2021 | FAJN01 | 0.56[3] |
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When Jeff starts to feel that his stupidity embarrasses Hayley, he volunteers for a CIA experiment that makes him a genius. Meanwhile, Roger and Steve hunt for snakes so that they can sell their venom. | |||||||
| 302 | 2 | "Russian Doll" | Josue Cervantes | Zack Rosenblatt | April 26, 2021 | FAJN02 | 0.60[4] |
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Stan becomes obsessed with a doll that he's supposed to give to the CIA as part of a Russian recon mission. Meanwhile, Klaus does taxes for Roger's personas and a serial killer is going after the members of Steve's former boy band, B-12. | |||||||
| 303 | 3 | "Stan Moves to Chicago" | Shawn Murray | Nic Wegener | May 3, 2021 | FAJN03 | 0.62[5] |
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Stan quits his job at the CIA and moves to Chicago to kickstart the comedy career he gave up on when he was in college -- and ends up on the Saturday Night Live-esque sketch show Sketches & Laughs as part of a plot to take down popular cast member Colin Jokes. | |||||||
| 304 | 4 | "Shakedown Steve" | Rodney Clouden | Tim Saccardo | May 10, 2021 | FAJN04 | 0.56[6] |
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Steve bonds with Jeff over Jeff's homemade grilled cheese business. Meanwhile, Stan, Francine, Hayley, Roger, and Klaus go to a low-rent escape room and end up living there. | |||||||
| 305 | 5 | "Klaus and Rogu in "Thank God for Loose Rocks": An American Dad! Adventure" | Jansen Yee | Joe Chandler | May 17, 2021 | FAJN05 | 0.46[7] |
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The Smiths vacation at a dude ranch, and Klaus and Rogu try to survive the wilderness. | |||||||
| 306 | 6 | "The Wondercabinet" | Joe Daniello | Brett Cawley & Robert Maitia | May 24, 2021 | FAJN06 | 0.48[8] |
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Steve gets into New Age mysticism after discovering that life as an adult will be nothing but misery and cynicism. Meanwhile, Roger creates a low-budget porn series called "Bang Van". | |||||||
| 307 | 7 | "Little Bonnie Ramirez" | Jennifer Graves | Parker Deay | May 31, 2021 | FAJN07 | 0.46[9] |
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Roger tries to prove to Francine that he can still come up with interesting personas...and puts Francine in prison for abducting a child pageant star. Meanwhile, Stan, Hayley, and Steve go on a cruise with an actress who played Francine in a re-enactment of her allegedly kidnapping the child pageant star. | |||||||
| 308 | 8 | "Dancin' A-With My Cell" | Tim Parsons | Charles Suozzi | June 7, 2021 | FAJN08 | 0.60[10] |
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Stan uses DNA splicing to change his family's personalities. Meanwhile, Roger, Jeff, and Principal Lewis go skiing and end up stuck in an avalanche. | |||||||
| 309 | 9 | "Mused and Abused" | Chris Bennett | Sam Brenner | June 14, 2021 | FAJN09 | 0.55[11] |
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Roger (dressed as Pablo Picasso) uses Klaus' misery to create art. Meanwhile, Stan and Francine seek revenge after receiving a rejection letter from the management behind the Bazooka Sharks. | |||||||
| 310 | 10 | "Henderson" | Shawn Murray | Joel Hurwitz | June 21, 2021 | FAJN11 | 0.63[12] |
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A man whom Stan believes is his imaginary friend returns to collect a debt. Meanwhile, Klaus has a big date with Danuta and calls upon Jeff to upgrade his fishbowl. | |||||||
| 311 | 11 | "Hot Scoomp" | John O'Day | Nicole Shabtai | June 28, 2021 | FAJN12 | 0.52[13] |
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Upset that Francine doesn't care about her hopes and dreams, Hayley gets stoned and ends up enrolling in an exercise class that turns out to be a cult. | |||||||
| 312 | 12 | "Lumberjerk" | Joe Daniello | Paul Stroud | July 5, 2021 | FAJN14 | 0.60[14] |
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Stan is forced to be partners with Jeff in a lumberjack contest, while Steve, Francine, and Snot try to win a vintage pickup truck in a contest. | |||||||
| 313 | 13 | "Stan & Francine & Stan & Francine & Radika" | Jennifer Graves | Steve Hely | July 12, 2021 | FAJN15 | 0.60[15] |
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Stan and Francine go back in time to the 1990s to settle an argument, and the two end up falling for their past selves, until present-day Stan decides that his life would be better off if he married their Indian roommate, Radika. | |||||||
| 314 | 14 | "Flush After Reading" | Tim Parsons | Laura Beason | July 19, 2021 | FAJN16 | 0.51[16] |
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To cover up a secret shame, Francine hides out in the library to use the library's bathroom, and uses Roger's powers to go inside the books she's reading. Meanwhile, Klaus faces a crisis from being lonely, but when he scores a date, she dumps him for lying in his profile. | |||||||
| 315 | 15 | "Comb Over: A Hair Piece" | Chris Bennett | Brett Cawley & Robert Maitia | July 26, 2021 | FAJN17 | 0.55[17] |
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Stan calls upon Roger's hairstylist persona to help him with his baldness (last mentioned in the episode "Chimdale"). | |||||||
| 316 | 16 | "Plot Heavy" | Jansen Yee | Soren Bowie | August 2, 2021[a] | FAJN13 | 0.42[18] |
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The family turns their backyard into a cemetery, but Klaus ends up recruiting Stan to have the backyard turned into a poolside bar. | |||||||
| 317 | 17 | "The Sinister Fate!!" | Josue Cervantes | Jeff Kauffmann | August 9, 2021 | FAJN18 | 0.50[19] |
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Hayley becomes concerned that she's becoming her mother, so she finds solace in an elderly friend, named Eunice, who has a twisted secret. Meanwhile, Steve, Snot, Barry, and Toshi take part in Roger's improv troupe. | |||||||
| 318 | 18 | "Dr. Sunderson's SunSuckers" | Shawn Murray | Nic Wegener | August 16, 2021 | FAJN19 | 0.59[20] |
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Hayley and Jeff struggle to promote the use of renewable energy, so they join a solar company run by one of Roger's personas. | |||||||
| 319 | 19 | "Family Time" | John O'Day | Zack Rosenblatt | August 23, 2021 | FAJN20 | 0.56[21] |
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Stan takes the family to dinner at a buffet restaurant that ends up being a trap by CIA scientist, Dr. Weitzman. Meanwhile, Roger escapes from his stressful life by becoming a flower, only to be taken by a flower-gathering company and bought by a woman who's cheating on her husband. | |||||||
| 320 | 20 | "Cry Baby" | Jansen Yee | Joe Chandler | August 30, 2021 | FAJN21 | 0.52[22] |
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Stan realizes he can't cry, so he tries to learn empathy from Steve. Meanwhile, Roger tries to remedy his air conditioner business with a nicely worded email. | |||||||
| 321 | 21 | "Crystal Clear" | Joe Daniello | Parker Deay | September 6, 2021 | FAJN22 | 0.46[23] |
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Stan tries to impress Toshi's father after spending a day at his house. Meanwhile, Klaus and Jeff go vacationing in the countryside and Klaus tries to get invited to his friend's bachelor party. | |||||||
| 322 | 22 | "Steve's Franken Out" | Josue Cervantes | Alisha Ketry | October 25, 2021 | FAJN10 | 0.37[24] |
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Steve attempts to save Pearl Bailey High's science club by creating a Frankenstein-esque replica of Principal Lewis. Meanwhile, Langley Falls' drinking water is tainted after Octaduel (Roger's oil company from "Kiss Kiss, Cam Cam") leaks formaldehyde into the town's water supply. | |||||||
Notes
edit- ^ This episode was first released on Video On Demand on July 6, 2021, the day after the episode was originally scheduled to air.
References
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