The BEST episodes written by Mike Barker
#1 - Lost in Space
American Dad! - Season 9 - Episode 18
Jeff must prove his love for Hayley to Emperor Zing in order to find his way home from the spaceship that abducted him.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#2 - Bush Comes to Dinner
American Dad! - Season 3 - Episode 10
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.
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Family Guy - Season 2 - Episode 15
Lois fears that Stewie needs to learn how to be social, so she sends him off to pre-school, where he falls in love with Janet, a girl who likes his cookies. Meanwhile, Lois becomes a flight attendant, and Peter takes advantage of the free flights.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#4 - Wasted Talent
Family Guy - Season 2 - Episode 20
In homage to “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, a local brewery has a contest offering tours of the plant to whoever finds a scroll placed in their beer. Lois’ prodigy piano student, Ling, drops from an upcoming competition leaving Lois at a loss, until Peter comes home drunk and sits down at the piano.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#5 - The Deflower Half Hour
Off Centre - Season 2 - Episode 5
When Euan's date, Lindsey, announces to everyone that she wants Euan to deflower her when she turns 18 at midnight, Euan, Mike, Chau, Status and Liz flashback to their own first sexual encounters.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?
Family Guy - Season 3 - Episode 14
While trying to teach Chris about his Irish roots, Peter stumbles upon Nate Griffin, a black man in his family tree. Peter tries to embrace his new-found heritage, but can’t quite get the hang of it. When Lois’ father, Carter Pewtershmidt, sits the Griffin kids down for a look at his family genealogy, a dark secret is uncovered.
Watch Now:Apple TV#7 - Pilot
American Dad! - Season 1 - Episode 1
Stan Smith uses his CIA skills to help 13-year-old son Steve win class president and the heart of the hottest girl in class, Lisa Silver. But when being class president makes Steve mad with power, Stan must jump in to save the day. Meanwhile, Roger, the alien Stan saved from Area 51, helps 18-year-old Hayley with her school paper. In return, she hooks him up with boatloads of junk food to curb his sweet tooth. Unfortunately, some Chocodiles send him over the edge and a sugar crash prohibits him from finishing one of her papers, forcing Hayley to pick up the pieces. And Klaus, the goldfish with the brain of a German guy, pines after mother Francine. Unfortunately for Klaus, the closest he'll ever get to a date with her is the spin cycle with her sports bra.
Watch Now:Apple TV#8 - My Morning Straitjacket
American Dad! - Season 6 - Episode 7
When Hayley goes to a My Morning Jacket concert against Stan’s wishes, he crashes the show to bring her back home, but when he hears their music for the first time, it calls to him and he’s smitten. Stan becomes obsessed with the band and decides to follow them on the road as a groupie.
Watch Now:Apple TV#9 - Phantom of the Telethon
American Dad! - Season 5 - Episode 7
Roger suggests Stan hold a telethon to raise funds after the CIA's budget cut, but when Stan takes all the credit for the idea, Roger tries to sabotage it.
Watch Now:Apple TV#10 - Love Thy Trophy
Family Guy - Season 2 - Episode 5
Everyone on Spooner Street becomes enemies when a trophy they all won mysteriously goes missing. Meg makes extra tips as a waitress by telling everyone she's Stewie's teenage mother.
Watch Now:Apple TV#11 - Stan Knows Best
American Dad! - Season 1 - Episode 3
Hayley comes home from a Green Party rally with her hair dyed green, instigating a fight with Stan. While she's sleeping, Stan cuts her hair (for her own good, of course). After learning of what Stan did, a wigged Hayley defies her father yet again by moving into the van of her new boyfriend. When Stan cuts her off financially, she gets a job as a waitress in a strip club, which pushes Stan right off the edge. Meanwhile, Steve tries to pass Roger off as his disfigured sister in order to cop a feel with a female classmate.
Watch Now:Apple TV#12 - Let's Go to the Hop
Family Guy - Season 2 - Episode 14
A plane smuggling psychedelic toads from Colombia crashes in Quahog, and toad-licking becomes the new drug of choice in Quahog High. Peter infiltrates the school undercover of a cool kid named Lando Griffin and convinces the kids to quit licking toads - but he can't help living out his own fantasies of being the coolest kid in school.
Watch Now:Apple TV#13 - From Method to Madness
Family Guy - Season 3 - Episode 18
When Brian auditions for a role at the local theatre, Stewie is 'discovered' and enters the Quahog School of Performing Arts. Meanwhile, Peter rescues a man from the ocean only to discover that the man is a naturist.
Watch Now:Apple TV#14 - Blonde Ambition
American Dad! - Season 12 - Episode 1
When her efforts to save the planet prove hopeless, Hayley decides that she might get more attention if she becomes a blonde. Meanwhile, Stan and Steve go on a mission to find a new home for the Smiths.
Watch Now:Apple TV#15 - A Hero Sits Next Door
Family Guy - Season 1 - Episode 5
Peter becomes very jealous when his new handicap neighbor turns out to be the new star player on the toy company's softball team.
Watch Now:Apple TV#16 - Scents and Sensei-bility
American Dad! - Season 12 - Episode 3
Steve and Snot are fed up with being bullied. When they enroll in a karate class, Snot is brainwashed by the sensei, and it's Steve's mission to get him back. Meanwhile, Klaus develops a horrible odor and is forced to be an outside pet.
Watch Now:Apple TV#17 - And the Wiener is...
Family Guy - Season 3 - Episode 5
Peter feels jealous when he finds out Chris has a larger penis than he does, so he tries various tactics like buying a new car and joining a gun club. He then takes Chris on a father-son hunting trip only for Chris to eventually save the day. Meanwhile, Meg finds herself to be a target of abuse from the cool kids at school when she joins the flag girl squad.
Watch Now:Apple TV#18 - Miracle Cleaner on 134th Street
The PJs - Season 3 - Episode 7
To warn Sharique of the dangers of being an entrepreneur in the projects, Thurgood tells her about a cleaning solution he invented, Formula Forty-O Nine, and how a big corporation tried to take advantage of his accidental brilliance.
Watch Now:Amazon#19 - Feeling Shellfish
Off Centre - Season 1 - Episode 2
When Mike and then Liz contract a certain sexually transmitted condition, Mike blames the assumed originator Euan. The irritating malady hampers both Mike and Liz's anniversary dinner and Euan's date with a friend from college.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - The Good, the Bad and the Lazy
Off Centre - Season 1 - Episode 11
In dire need of a job he actually enjoys, Mike seeks advice from a decidedly unreliable career counselor. Euan, meanwhile, concentrates his efforts on trying to win over their new neighbor, a B-movie actress.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - Euan's Brush With Love
Off Centre - Season 1 - Episode 5
Euan's quest to find a steady girlfriend lands him Ginger, an artist who Mike believes is taking Euan for all he's worth. Meanwhile, Liz proves to Mike that her revealing clothing makes him uncomfortable.
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