American Dad!: Season 5

2008 · 20 episodes · ★ 7.5

What Season 5 of American Dad!

Stan Smith is a Republican, patriotic CIA agent who lives in Langley Falls with his wife, Francine, their children Steve and Hayley, and Roger, an alcoholic alien who has moved into the house. Stan's political views clash daily with those of Hayley, a hippie and Democrat, and every family member brings their own quirks. Stan tries to keep order at home while carrying out secret missions. The main conflicts come from the parents' determination to keep Steve from entering puberty, Roger's revenge as he impersonates Roy Rogers McFreely to take the neighborhood association presidency away from Stan, and the pressure Bullock puts on Stan at work. The episodes mix family chaos with absurd situations.

20episodes

Sep 28, 2008premiered

May 17, 2009latest episode

7.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 1600 Candles
Sep 28, 2008 · 22 min · ★ 8.4
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.
Directing: Caleb Meurer · Writing: Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz · Starring: Allen Alvarado
5x02 The One That Got Away
Oct 5, 2008 · 22 min · ★ 8.2
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.
Directing: Tim Parsons · Writing: Dan Vebber, Chris McKenna
5x03 One Little Word
Oct 19, 2008 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Directed by: Rodney Clouden · Written by: David Zuckerman · Starring: Patrick Stewart
5x04 Choosey Wives Choose Smith
Nov 2, 2008 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directing: Joe Daniello · Writing: Matt Fusfeld, Alex Cuthbertson · Starring: Mike Barker, Curtis Armstrong
5x05 Escape from Pearl Bailey
Nov 9, 2008 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
Steve plots revenge after girlfriend Debbie loses a very dirty election for class president. But it backfires badly.
Directing: Bob Bowen · Writing: Dan Vebber, David Zuckerman · Starring: Stacey Dash, Lizzy Caplan, Michelle Krusiec, Amanda Seyfried
5x06 Pulling Double Booty
Nov 16, 2008 · 22 min · ★ 6.0
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.
Directing: John Aoshima · Writing: Brian Boyle, Nahnatchka Khan · Starring: Leslie Bega, Gedde Watanabe, Keone Young, Josh Gad
5x07 Phantom of the Telethon Mid-Season Finale
Nov 30, 2008 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directed by: Brent Woods · Written by: Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker · Starring: Mike Barker, Patrick Stewart
5x08 Chimdale
Jan 25, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Jansen Yee, Pam Cooke · Writing: Jim Bernstein · Starring: Forest Whitaker, Henry Rollins, Ari Graynor, Jon Cryer
5x09 Stan Time
Feb 8, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 7.0
Stan is ecstatic--and energetic--when a coworker gives him pills that allow him to stay up all night.
Directing: Joe Daniello · Writing: Brian Boyle · Starring: Devon Werkheiser, Paget Brewster
5x10 Family Affair
Feb 15, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 6.8
The Smiths catch Roger spending time with another family--and it turns out that he has been a family "cheater" for decades.
Directing: Rodney Clouden · Writing: Erik Durbin · Starring: Will Forte, Mike Barker
5x11 Live and Let Fry
Mar 1, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Rodney Clouden · Writing: Laura McCreary · Starring: Jon Tenney, Forest Whitaker, Alan Rosenberg, Mike Barker
5x12 Roy Rogers McFreely
Mar 8, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directed by: Bob Bowen · Written by: Brian Boyle · Starring: Martin Mull
5x13 Jack's Back
Mar 15, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Directing: Rodney Clouden, Joe Daniello · Writing: David Zuckerman, Nahnatchka Khan, Steve Hely · Starring: Charles Dennis, Amir Talai, Daran Norris
5x14 Bar Mitzvah Shuffle
Mar 22, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 8.2
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.
Directing: Brent Woods · Writing: Chris McKenna, Laura McCreary · Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Andrew Lewis Caldwell, Judd Hirsch, Caroline Aaron
5x15 Wife Insurance
Mar 29, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
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."
Directing: John Aoshima · Writing: Erik Sommers · Starring: Beth Littleford, Amy Sedaris, Patrick Stewart
5x16 Delorean Story-An
Apr 19, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Joe Daniello · Writing: Nahnatchka Khan · Starring: Joe Flaherty
5x17 Every Which Way But Lose
Apr 26, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Jansen Yee, Pam Cooke · Writing: Steve Hely · Starring: Liz Torres, Ken Jeong, Will Forte
5x18 Weiner of Our Discontent
May 3, 2009 · 22 min
Roger declares that he was sent to Earth to be "the decider" of humanity's fate, and Stan challenges him on it.
Directed by: Tim Parsons · Written by: Laura McCreary · Starring: John Lehr, Glenn Howerton, Grey DeLisle, Bob Odenkirk
5x19 Daddy Queerest
May 10, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 5.7
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.
Directing: Albert Calleros · Writing: Nahnatchka Khan · Starring: Mike Barker, Erik Durbin, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Chris Diamantopoulos
5x20 Stan's Night Out Season Finale
May 17, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: Bob Bowen · Writing: Jim Bernstein · Starring: Steven Bauer, Suzanne Cryer, Donald Fullilove, Mark Hentemann