American Dad!: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of American Dad! Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
1600 Candles
Sep 28, 2008
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.
The One That Got Away
Oct 5, 2008
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.
One Little Word
Oct 19, 2008
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
Choosey Wives Choose Smith
Nov 2, 2008
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 lite
Escape from Pearl Bailey
Nov 9, 2008
Steve plots revenge after girlfriend Debbie loses a very dirty election for class president. But it backfires badly.
Pulling Double Booty
Nov 16, 2008
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 separat
Phantom of the Telethon
Nov 30, 2008
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.
Chimdale
Jan 25, 2009
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
Stan Time
Feb 8, 2009
Stan is ecstatic--and energetic--when a coworker gives him pills that allow him to stay up all night.
Family Affair
Feb 15, 2009
The Smiths catch Roger spending time with another family--and it turns out that he has been a family "cheater" for decades.
Live and Let Fry
Mar 1, 2009
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
Roy Rogers McFreely
Mar 8, 2009
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.
Jack's Back
Mar 15, 2009
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, Hayle
Bar Mitzvah Shuffle
Mar 22, 2009
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 mon
Wife Insurance
Mar 29, 2009
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."
Delorean Story-An
Apr 19, 2009
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
Every Which Way But Lose
Apr 26, 2009
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
Weiner of Our Discontent
May 3, 2009
Roger declares that he was sent to Earth to be "the decider" of humanity's fate, and Stan challenges him on it.
Daddy Queerest
May 10, 2009
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. Meanwh
Stan's Night Out
May 17, 2009
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,