The BEST episodes of American Dad! season 3

Every episode of American Dad! season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of American Dad! season 3!

CIA Agent Stan Smith is constantly fighting off terrorists who threaten the safety of the USA (sometimes causing more harm than good). His wife Francine is an average housewife with two kids: Hayley, an average rebellious teenager and Steve, a geek who enjoys Dungeons and Dragons, gaming and comic book conventions. Then there’s Roger, the home’s illegal (space) alien who the Smith’s are keeping protected. Last but not least, there’s Klaus, the Smiths’ wisecracking talking fish (swapped from his human body years ago by the CIA).

Last Updated: 12/5/2024Network: TBSStatus: Continuing
Joint Custody
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7.82
933 votes

#1 - Joint Custody

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/20/2007

Roger becomes a bounty hunter, and he and Stan race cross-country to turn in Jeff, who is wanted for smuggling pot into Florida.

Directors: Joe Daniello
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The Magnificent Steven
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7.63
974 votes

#2 - The Magnificent Steven

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/13/2007

After Stan is prosecuted for sending contaminated cattle to a slaughterhouse, he says that it began as a quest to make a man out of Steve. Meanwhile, Roger sparks a cat fight between Francine and Hayley, for reasons of his own.

Directors: Mike Kim
Writer: Steve Hely
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When a Stan Loves a Woman
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7.59
1102 votes

#3 - When a Stan Loves a Woman

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/29/2007

After Stan discovers that Francine has a secret sex garden, he feels like their marriage may be crumbling. Looking to rekindle their romance, Francine asks for a divorce so that Stan can experience life as a bachelor again, and both learn a valuable lesson in love. Meanwhile, addicted to an energy drink, Steve finds himself panhandling in the streets to support his new habit.

Directors: Rodney Clouden
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Bush Comes to Dinner
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7.58
1299 votes

#4 - Bush Comes to Dinner

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2007

When Stan enters an essay contest to have his personal hero, President Bush, come over for dinner, he is overcome with joy when the President arrives at his doorstep. However, not everyone in the Smith family shares Stan's excitement. Hayley tries to drill President Bush on the Iraq war, and Steve and Roger attempt to convince him that they've found Osama Bin Laden, but instead get him drunk. Stan tries to save the President from public humiliation, while Hayley revels in his fall from glory.

Directors: Mike Kim
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An Apocalypse to Remember
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7.55
1115 votes

#5 - An Apocalypse to Remember

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/25/2007

Stan arrives late to a CIA nuclear drill and thinks it's real. He decides to move the family into the mountains to survive the apocalypse. Even though he realizes his error, he begins to enjoy the attention that he gets from the family so much that he doesn't tell them the truth. However, when the family meets a mountain man and learns the truth, Stan has some explaining to do.

Directors: John Aoshima
Writer: Erik Durbin
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American Dream Factory
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7.49
1217 votes

#6 - American Dream Factory

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/28/2007

When Stan feels like he's not climbing the ladder fast enough at work, he turns to his lifelong ambition of making festive teddy bears. However, when he realizes that making a quick profit takes a lot of work, he resorts to using illegal aliens as cheap labor. Meanwhile, Hayley sees her father's new business model as an atrocity and takes matters into her own hands by calling Uncle Sam.

Directors: Rodney Clouden
Dungeons and Wagons
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7.48
1522 votes

#7 - Dungeons and Wagons

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/2006

After Francine tells Stan she's looking for excitement in their marriage, Stan gets in the driver's seat and becomes involved in drag racing to spice things up. Meanwhile, Hayley breaks up with her boyfriend, Jeff, who is emotionally crushed until he joins Steve's world of online gaming. When Hayley finds out, she tries to sabotage their fun.

Black Mystery Month
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7.45
1257 votes

#8 - Black Mystery Month

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/2007

While researching a paper about George Washington Carver in celebration of Black History Month, Steve uncovers a conspiracy that's been going on since the Civil War. When the curator of the Smithsonian Peanut Museum reaches out to tell Steve the truth, he's mysteriously murdered, and Steve and Stan are tracked by a secret society that will stop at nothing to keep this scandalous secret of American history.

Directors: Brent Woods
Four Little Words
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7.43
1053 votes

#9 - Four Little Words

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/1/2007

Stan sets Bullock up on a date with one of Francine's friends. Fearing that Francine will be right about the outcome of the date, Stan goes to great lengths to make sure it goes well by getting everyone drunk. Unfortunately, Bullock accidentally kills the woman, to which Stan frames Francine for the murder in order to keep her from asking so many questions.

Directors: Caleb Meurer
Irregarding Steve
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7.43
1241 votes

#10 - Irregarding Steve

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/2006

When Roger helps Steve see that his father isn't as smart as he always believed, the power-hungry pair set their sights on fame and fortune in New York City. It doesn't take long for Roger to lose everything on Wall Street, and Steve contemplates prostitution after Jon Stewart shoots down his comedy routine. Meanwhile, the rest of the family is certain that the two have just run away to the tree house, so when it explodes in a lightning storm, they are devastated, but console themselves with Steve's college fund.

Directors: Pam Cooke
The American Dad After School Special
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7.42
1454 votes

#11 - The American Dad After School Special

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2006

Stan realizes his own weight problem after he criticizes Steve about his new, overweight girlfriend, so he goes overboard with exercising, and develops anorexia. Steve realizes that his overweight girlfriend is the root of his father's problems, and he has to make a hard choice in an effort to save his father's life.

Directors: Pam Cooke
Writer: Dan Vebber
Lincoln Lover
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7.39
1392 votes

#12 - Lincoln Lover

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/2006

Stan has his heart set on speaking at the Republican National Convention on behalf of the Langley chapter, but when they pass him up for another candidate, he accepts the only endorsement he gets from the local chapter of Gay Republicans. While the people around him disapprove of his new lifestyle choice, Stan decides to follow his heart to speak on their behalf.

Directors: Brent Woods
Iced, Iced Babies
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7.39
1282 votes

#13 - Iced, Iced Babies

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/2006

When Steve's new relationship with his girlfriend gives Francine empty nest syndrome, she tries to convince Stan to have another baby. Meanwhile, Roger tries to enroll in college with Haley in order to experience college life, but while Roger ends up teaching the class, Haley finds a new crush in her classmate Ethan (Elijah Woods), who turns out to be far from normal.

Directors: Caleb Meurer
Writer: Steve Hely
Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option
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7.36
1427 votes

#14 - Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/2006

Stan loses his confidence, and his job, when a car salesman gets the best of him in a negotiation. Meanwhile, Roger and Steve set up a makeshift drive-in to try to get to first base with popular schoolgirls.

Directors: Rodney Clouden
Writer: Etan Cohen
A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial
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7.32
1268 votes

#15 - A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/2007

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.

Directors: Joe Daniello
Writer: Dan Vebber
I Can't Stan You
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7.31
938 votes

#16 - I Can't Stan You

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/6/2007

When Stan brings home CIA equipment designed to eavesdrop on conversations, he finds out that his neighbors don't think too highly of him. In retaliation, Stan has the entire neighborhood evicted so that he can live free of any criticism. However, when an unexpected friend comes to his rescue, he realizes that gossip is a two-way street.

Directors: Pam Cooke
Camp Refoogee
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7.29
1463 votes

#17 - Camp Refoogee

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2006

When Stan tries to trick Steve into attending summer camp, things go horribly wrong and Steve ends up in a refugee camp. However, Stan, being the eternal optimist, joins Steve and manages to stage a camp Olympics between the refugees and the rebel faction living across the river.

Directors: Albert Calleros
The Best Christmas Story Never Told
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7.24
1090 votes

#18 - The Best Christmas Story Never Told

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/2006

When an injunction prevents Langley Falls from lighting their annual Christmas tree, Stan blames secular non-believers for ruining his favorite holiday. With Stan's holiday spirit at an all-time low, the Ghost of Christmas Past visits him and tries to show him the true meaning of Christmas. However, Stan is convinced that Christmas can be saved by changing the outcome of Vietnam, but finds that changing the past only dramatically changes the future.

Directors: Albert Calleros
Writer: Brian Boyle
Of Ice and Men
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7.15
1252 votes

#19 - Of Ice and Men

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/2006

When Francine discovers Stan's secret, decades-old passion for competitive figure skating, she decides to be supportive and becomes his pairs partner until Stan's competitive nature gets the best of him and he ditches her for a new partner. Meanwhile, Steve's classmate Snot finds new respect among his peers when he parades his mail-order bride around the playground.

Directors: John Aoshima
Writer: Brian Boyle