The BEST episodes directed by Joe Daniello
#1 - Joint Custody
American Dad! - Season 3 - Episode 19
Roger becomes a bounty hunter, and he and Stan race cross-country to turn in Jeff, who is wanted for smuggling pot into Florida.
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#2 - The Unbrave One
American Dad! - Season 8 - Episode 8
When Steve tries to prove himself as a macho man to Stan, he follows in Roger's footsteps and tries to change himself from the outside in with a superhero persona. Meanwhile, Francine is going through an identity crisis of her own when she receives surprising news that could change the family forever.
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#3 - Rapture's Delight
American Dad! - Season 6 - Episode 9
When the Smith family goes to church on Christmas Day, Stan is furious when he can’t get a good seat. While Francine tries to ease his frustration, a moment of divine intervention occurs. Upset that he has been left on earth with Francine during the ultimate fight between good and evil, Stan ditches his wife to get into the pearly gates of heaven, but when Francine is kidnapped, Stan fights to get her back.
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#4 - Stan Time
American Dad! - Season 5 - Episode 9
Stan is ecstatic when a co-worker gives him pills that allow him to stay up all night but feel like he slept for eight hours.
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#5 - Season's Beatings
American Dad! - Season 8 - Episode 7
Father Donovan holds a Christmas play at the mall and casts Stan as Santa Claus and Roger as Jesus. But after the two get in a fight and cause a scene, Stan is kicked out of the church. Meanwhile, Hayley and Jeff adopt a child who turns out to be possessed.
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#6 - Delorean Story-An
American Dad! - Season 5 - Episode 16
Stan is excited about finally building his dream car: a DeLorean. Francine encourages him to include Steve, so the two take a road trip in search of doors for the sports car. The trip veers off-track when there is a mad dash across the country to get the last set of doors available.
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#7 - A Boy Named Michael
American Dad! - Season 11 - Episode 2
Roger disguises himself as Greg and Terry's newly adopted Russian son Michael and moves in with them.
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#8 - Fellow Traveler
American Dad! - Season 20 - Episode 1
A lunar misstep sends Roger on an unexpected detour to New Mexico.
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#9 - Between a Ring and a Hardass
American Dad! - Season 20 - Episode 17
Social Services threatens to take Steve away from the family when someone files a complaint about Steve's chaotic home life.
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#10 - Steve and Snot's Test-Tubular Adventure
American Dad! - Season 10 - Episode 1
When Steve and Snot use a cloning machine to create dates for prom night, they end up having to raise two fast-growing babies.
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#11 - There Will Be Bad Blood
American Dad! - Season 7 - Episode 6
It’s Thanksgiving in Langley Falls, and as usual, Stan invites his half-brother, Rusty, over to show off his cornucopia of wealth and good fortune. But when Stan finds out that Rusty is far wealthier than he led on, Stan tries to take from Rusty what he feels is rightfully his. Things don’t go well, and the Smith family nearly loses it all.
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#12 - Frannie 911
American Dad! - Season 4 - Episode 9
After a big fight between Stan and Roger, Francine comes up with a plan to try and reunite the pair. Hoping to show Roger that Stan still cares about him, Francine fakes Roger's kidnapping, but when Stan never shows up to pay the ransom, it forces Roger to rethink the way he treats people.
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#13 - Roger's Baby
American Dad! - Season 14 - Episode 6
Roger agrees to give birth to Jeff so he can be human again; Steve secretly signs Snot up for a makeover through the TV show Morning Mimosas.
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#14 - Return of the Bling
American Dad! - Season 6 - Episode 13
When Stan admits that his heroes include the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, Roger confesses that he played on the team; Reginald tries to win over Hayley by taking her to a concert.
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#15 - Finger Lenting Good
American Dad! - Season 9 - Episode 8
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.
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#16 - Home Wrecker
American Dad! - Season 7 - Episode 17
Stan and Francine fight over how to redecorate the house. It goes so far that they split the house down the middle and try to live without each other. Meanwhile, Principal Lewis discovers a talent of Barry.
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#17 - Choosey Wives Choose Smith
American Dad! - Season 5 - Episode 4
Stan becomes jealous when he finds out Francine was once engaged to a pilot whose plane crashed. Little does she know that her former fiancé is still alive, and when Stan realizes this, he and Roger try to track him down, while Francine must choose between her husband or her lost love.
#18 - Familyland
American Dad! - Season 10 - Episode 10
When the cryogenically frozen founder of Familyland is mistakenly thawed, the Smiths find themselves prisoners at the theme park.
#19 - Julia Rogerts
American Dad! - Season 14 - Episode 14
Roger runs off in disguise as a Julia Roberts character to a small town after Stan hurts his feelings; Steve plans a meeting when he finds out that Jeff and Barry have never met.
#20 - Gifted Me Liberty
American Dad! - Season 13 - Episode 20
Stan goes on a mission to find out who didn't bring a gift to the CIA's Secret Santa party; Steve poses as the good boyfriend for several female classmates.
#21 - No Weddings and a Funeral
American Dad! - Season 16 - Episode 18
Klaus decides to leave the Smith family following one too many insults.
#22 - West to Mexico
American Dad! - Season 14 - Episode 22
Stan becomes a wanted man, running from Roger the bounty hunter, and ends up in a town in need of a good guy to help Principal Lewis, Francine, Steve and Hayley.
#23 - Great Space Roaster
American Dad! - Season 6 - Episode 18
It’s Roger’s birthday, and he begs to be roasted, but when he ends up devastated by the jokes, he vows to pull his life together. Things take a turn for the worse when Roger takes it one step too far, causing the Smith family to go on the run.
#24 - The Dentist's Wife
American Dad! - Season 13 - Episode 12
Roger loses his identity after becoming fascinated by a local dentist's wife. Meanwhile, Klaus throws a party when Stan and the kids are unable to move from being sore after working out.
#25 - LGBSteve
American Dad! - Season 12 - Episode 7
Hayley is dying to be on a roller derby team, but they only will let her play if her 'sister' Steve gets to play. Meanwhile, a magical carpenter visits Stan and Francine, and Roger runs the roller rink.
#26 - A Song of Knives and Fire
American Dad! - Season 19 - Episode 8
Stan and Francine inject some much-needed fire into their relationship.
#27 - A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial
American Dad! - Season 3 - Episode 12
When Roger is rejected by Steve, who seems to be over him, Roger heads out in search of a new human companion. But when this new friend starts to abuse Roger and the relationship turns into a lot of excuses and sorry's, Steve and Hayley scheme to get Roger out of the bad relationship and back home where he belongs. Meanwhile, Stan tours the Mr. Pibb factory and meets the man himself.
#28 - N.S.A. (No Snoops Allowed)
American Dad! - Season 13 - Episode 4
Steve goes to work with Stan and discovers the N.S.A.. Hayley decides to let go of being a vegetarian and eat meat for one day.
#29 - My Affair Lady
American Dad! - Season 12 - Episode 9
Hayley gets a job and starts to fall for a co-worker. Meanwhile, Stan chauffeurs Steve and Francine to a Mother-Son dance.
#30 - Persona Assistant
American Dad! - Season 15 - Episode 16
In the show's 250th episode, Stan has to take over Roger’s different personas after a tumor takes him out of commission. Principal Lewis pressures Steve and the school choir to do whatever it takes to win.
#31 - I Am the Jeans: The Gina Lavetti Story
American Dad! - Season 16 - Episode 2
Francine tries to be a better friend to one of Roger's personas who is selling her homemade jeans on TV. Stan and Steve swap eyebrows.
#32 - Wild Women Do
American Dad! - Season 16 - Episode 10
Jeff is forced to take Francine out for a not-so-wild night on the town. Klaus forces Steve to watch his celebrity impressions.
#33 - Santa, Schmanta
American Dad! - Season 15 - Episode 1
It's Christmas time. Roger is jealous because he is not getting enough attention. He tries to ruin Christmas and shenanigans follow.
#34 - Into the Woods
American Dad! - Season 17 - Episode 7
When Stan sees a middle-school classmate, he feels compelled to right an old wrong; Roger feels a cold coming on.
#35 - Lumberjerk
American Dad! - Season 18 - Episode 12
Stan is being forced to partner with Jeff in a lumberjack competition. Steve, Francine and Snot are entering a contest to win a vintage pickup truck.
#36 - The Fast and the Spurious
American Dad! - Season 19 - Episode 13
Roger is forced to confront himself after a series of accidents. Klaus and Jeff bond.
#37 - The Wondercabinet
American Dad! - Season 18 - Episode 6
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.
#38 - Blood Crieth Unto Heaven
American Dad! - Season 9 - Episode 10
When Francine invites Stan's father to a party, a dark secret about the Smith family's past is revealed.
#39 - Better on Paper
American Dad! - Season 20 - Episode 6
When Stan discovers anonymous love letters written to Francine, he worries that this secret admirer could threaten their relationship.
#40 - Dammmm, Stan!
American Dad! - Season 17 - Episode 21
Stan goes to great lengths to find the right couple's activity for him and Francine. Hayley and Steve look into some mysterious markings they find on the doorframe.
#41 - Salute Your Sllort
American Dad! - Season 17 - Episode 13
Steve's efforts to befriend a Swedish exchange student backfire in a big way; the family calls in an animal behaviorist to deal with Klaus.
#42 - Crystal Clear
American Dad! - Season 18 - Episode 21
Stan gets in over his head trying to impress Toshi's dad. Klaus and Jeff head to the country for a weekend getaway.