American Dad!: Season 9

2012 · 19 episodes · ★ 7.3

What Season 9 of American Dad!

Stan Smith, a CIA agent and staunch Republican, lives in Langley Falls with Francine, their children Steve and Hayley, and Roger, the alcoholic alien who has moved into the house. Stan tries to keep family order while juggling his secret missions, but his political clashes with Hayley, a Democrat and hippie, are constant. This season brings together stories about each family member. Roger becomes obsessed with Hayley, Steve and his friends get into music and a fake ID business, and Stan is kidnapped by left-wing protesters. Krampus also shows up to ruin Christmas. The result is a season with good pacing that keeps the show's tone intact.

19episodes

Sep 30, 2012premiered

May 12, 2013latest episode

7 hrtotal runtime

Season 9 Episodes

9x01 Love, AD Style
Sep 30, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 6.4
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.
Directing: Josue Cervantes · Writing: Erik Durbin · Starring: Jeff Fischer, Laura McCreary, Nathan Fillion, June Diane Raphael
9x02 Killer Vacation
Oct 7, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directing: Rodney Clouden · Writing: Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz · Starring: Jeff Fischer, Rupert Grint, James Karen, Eric McCormack
9x03 Can I Be Frank with You?
Nov 4, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
Francine thinks Stan spends too much time with his friends; a boy band recruits Steve and his friends for a music video.
Directing: Valerie Fletcher, Pam Cooke · Writing: Judah Miller · Starring: Jon Hamm, Lew Schneider, Susie Essman, Alex Cuthbertson
9x04 American Stepdad
Nov 18, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 7.9
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.
Directing: Shawn Murray · Writing: Jordan Blum, Parker Deay · Starring: Jeff Fischer, Jonathan Fener, Brian Boyle, Judah Miller
9x05 Why Can't We Be Friends?
Dec 2, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
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.
Directing: Jansen Yee · Writing: Jonathan Fener · Starring: Jeff Fischer, Jonathan Fener, Eric Edwards, Curtis Armstrong
9x06 Adventures in Hayleysitting
Dec 9, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons · Writing: Matt Fusfeld, Alex Cuthbertson · Starring: Jeff Fischer, Charlie Day, Alison Brie, Keith Heisler
9x07 National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story Mid-Season Finale
Dec 23, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 6.9
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.
Directing: Chris Bennett · Writing: Murray Miller · Starring: Jeff Fischer, Michelle Dockery, Will Forte, Alex Cuthbertson
9x08 Finger Lenting Good
Jan 6, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: Joe Daniello · Writing: Laura McCreary · Starring: Jeff Fischer, Rhea Perlman, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Diamantopoulos
9x09 The Adventures of Twill Ongenbone and His Boy Jabari
Jan 13, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
Francine regrets deciding to teach Roger the value of hard work; Steve interviews Stan for a school project.
Directing: Josue Cervantes · Writing: Brian Boyle · Starring: Yana Galuz, Wayne Brady, June Diane Raphael, Mike Barker
9x10 Blood Crieth Unto Heaven
Jan 27, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 6.8
When Francine invites Stan's father to a party, a dark secret about the Smith family's past is revealed.
Directing: Joe Daniello · Writing: Brian Boyle · Starring: Patrick Stewart, Daran Norris, Swoosie Kurtz
9x11 Max Jets
Feb 10, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: Jennifer Graves, Tim Parsons · Writing: Keith Heisler · Starring: Affion Crockett, Michelle Monaghan, Mariah Carey, George Segal
9x12 Naked to the Limit, One More Time
Feb 17, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
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.
Directing: Chris Bennett · Writing: Keith Heisler · Starring: Jeff Fischer, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Curtis Armstrong, Kevin Michael Richardson
9x13 For Black Eyes Only
Mar 10, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
When Black Villain shoots Stan's new wife, Sexpun Tocome, on their honeymoon, Stan teams up with his nemesis to take him down.
Directing: Jansen Yee · Writing: Jonathan Fener · Starring: Morris Chestnut, Jackée Harry, Octavia Spencer, Kasey Bell
9x14 Spelling Bee My Baby
Mar 24, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Rodney Clouden · Writing: Lesley Wake Webster · Starring: Grace Park, Amy Hill, Tzi Ma, Alex Cuthbertson
9x15 The Missing Kink
Apr 14, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 6.9
Francine tries to get Stan to spice up their sex life; Hayley tries to get back into dating and accepts a date with Snot.
Directing: Valerie Fletcher, Pam Cooke · Writing: Jeff Chiang, Eric Ziobrowski · Starring: Victor Raider-Wexler, Michael Peña, Keaton Simons, Gillian Vigman
9x16 The Boring Identity
Apr 21, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
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.
Directing: Jansen Yee · Writing: Erik Sommers · Starring: Hali Lula Hudson, Wayne Brady, Mike Barker, Alan Tudyk
9x17 The Full Cognitive Redaction of Avery Bullock by the Coward Stan Smith
Apr 28, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Shawn Murray · Writing: Erik Durbin · Starring: John Leguizamo, Phil LaMarr, Erik Durbin, Alex Cuthbertson
9x18 Lost in Space
May 5, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
Jeff must prove his love for Hayley to Emperor Zing in order to find his way home from the spaceship that abducted him.
Directing: Chris Bennett · Writing: Mike Barker · Starring: Jeff Fischer, Sean Hayes, Michael McKean, Pete Holmes
9x19 Da Flippity Flop Season Finale
May 12, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
When Stan refuses to switch Klaus back into his original body, he steals Stan's body; Roger builds a gym in the attic.
Directing: Rodney Clouden · Writing: Matt Weitzman · Starring: Jonny Moseley, Shaun White, Matt E. Mixer, Amir Talai