It currently has been renewed for a 4th production cycle, which will consist of 22 episodes, airing from 2008-2009[1]
While the first season is only 19 episodes production-wise, episodes from the second season were added to it since the season started in May, much earlier than is common for a television series.
| # |
Total |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 1 |
1 |
"Pilot" |
February 6, 2005 |
1AJN01 |
| Steve finds himself unable to score Lisa Silver, a sexy cheerleader, so Stan helps him by rigging the school election to name him student body president, but Steve becomes drunk with power when Lisa admits to using him. Meanwhile, Francine cuts off Roger's junk food supply, and Roger uses Hayley to get his fix by writing her term papers. |
| 2 |
2 |
"Threat Levels" |
May 1, 2005 |
1AJN02 |
| After a deadly virus scare, Francine wishes to do more with her life and becomes a realtor. Meanwhile, Hayley uses one of the houses in her mother's portfolio to set up a homeless shelter, though Steve wants to stage fights between the homeless after his plans to videotape a Girls Gone Wild-esque series of videos falls through. |
| 3 |
3 |
"Stan Knows Best" |
May 8, 2005 |
1AJN03 |
| Hayley takes a job as a stripper after moving into her boyfriend's van and being financially cut off by Stan. Meanwhile, Steve claims that Roger is his horribly disfigured burn-victim sister in order to gain sympathy from and ask out a girl to the school dance. |
| 4 |
4 |
"Francine's Flashback" |
May 15, 2005 |
1AJN05 |
| After forgetting his anniversary, Stan arranges to have the last 20 hours of Francine's memory erased, but a bungling technician accidentally erases 20 years, making Francine think she's a wild and carefree teenager from 1985. |
| 5 |
5 |
"Roger Codger" |
June 5, 2005 |
1AJN04 |
| When Roger slips into a coma after being told off by Stan, the Smiths think he's dead and dispose of his body. While the family copes with their "loss," Roger awakens in a landfill and journeys home, finding himself being pursued by the CIA. |
| 6 |
6 |
"Homeland Insecurity" |
June 12, 2005 |
1AJN06 |
| Stan learns his new neighbors are Iranian and immediately suspects that they are terrorists. Meanwhile, Roger tries to discover any hidden alien powers he may have while Steve is left at the mercy of the Scout Rangers. |
| 7 |
7 |
"Deacon Stan, Jesus Man" |
June 19, 2005 |
1AJN07 |
| Stan, wanting to beat his rival at something, volunteers to become a replacement deacon against him after the previous deacon died. Meanwhile, Roger is going through his reproductive cycle and, in the process, accidentally impregnates Steve. |
| 8 |
8 |
"Bullocks to Stan" |
September 11, 2005 |
1AJN09 |
| Stan finds Deputy Director Bullock, his supervisor, starting a relationship with Hayley. However, he can't risk saying or doing anything about it because he's up for a promotion at the CIA. Meanwhile, Steve finds Dick Cheney's BlackBerry and uses the contact numbers to play pranks on political figures. |
| 9 |
9 |
"A Smith in the Hand" |
September 18, 2005 |
1AJN10 |
| Stan decides to teach Steve sex ed himself, teaching him the "evils" of masturbation. However, Stan suffers an embarrassing accident, and his ointment use turns into an addiction to masturbation. Meanwhile, Roger becomes a bartender after Hayley insults him about doing nothing but watch sleazy reality shows on TV. |
| 10 |
10 |
"All About Steve" |
September 25, 2005 |
1AJN08 |
| Stan discovers and is ashamed of Steve's geekiness and disowns him, only to discover he needs his help to catch a cyber-terrorist on an online game. Meanwhile, Roger tries to find a suitable job that will allow him to interact with humans. |
| 11 |
11 |
"Con Heir" |
October 2, 2005 |
1AJN11 |
| After his father's death, Stan reveals to his family that he was not his father at all; his real father is a master spy...or is he? Francine is willing to find out. Meanwhile, Steve goes out with his pseudo-grandfather's elderly friend. |
| 12 |
12 |
"Stan of Arabia: Part 1" |
November 6, 2005 |
1AJN12 |
| After doing a terrible job standing in for Jay Leno at Bullock's anniversary roast, Stan is reassigned to Saudi Arabia. While his family begins to go through hell, Stan discovers all of his greatest fantasies come true under the male-dominated society. |
| 13 |
13 |
"Stan of Arabia: Part 2" |
November 13, 2005 |
1AJN13 |
| Stan has renounced his American citizenship to live in Saudi Arabia, though his family finds themselves in their own awkward situations that lead them to getting sentenced to death by stoning. Meanwhile, Roger is wooed by an Arab prince. |
| 14 |
14 |
"Stannie Get Your Gun" |
November 20, 2005 |
1AJN14 |
| Stan and Hayley attempt to bond, but things are difficult due to Stan's obsession with guns. In the process, Hayley herself accidentally shoots Stan and paralyzes him. Meanwhile, Roger takes revenge on Steve for eating his cookie by convincing him he's adopted. |
| 15 |
15 |
"Star Trek" |
November 27, 2005 |
1AJN15 |
| Steve writes a novel based on Roger and becomes famous. His parents try to exploit his fame and wealth for personal gain, leading to Steve divorcing himself from them. Meanwhile, Roger tries to kill Steve after realizing how unflattering his books are. |
| 16 |
16 |
"Not Particularly Desperate Housewife" |
December 18, 2005 |
1AJN16 |
| Francine tries to join an organization to feel accepted, only to discover she must cheat on Stan to become a member. Meanwhile, Stan and Roger fight over the attention of an adorable little dog, and Hayley locks Steve and Klaus in her closet. |
| 17 |
17 |
"Rough Trade" |
January 8, 2006 |
1AJN17 |
| Stan and Roger experience life in each other's shoes in a Freaky Friday-type switch. As a result, Roger becomes a car salesman while Stan stays around at home all day, both realizing these lives aren't all they're cracked up to be. |
| 18 |
18 |
"Finances with Wolves" |
January 29, 2006 |
1AJN18 |
| Stan gets a hefty bonus at work and uses it on himself while Francine opens a muffin shop without Stan's approval. Now without a housewife at home, Stan puts Klaus's brain back into a human body. The human body in Klaus's brain flushes dead Klaus down the toilet and kidnaps Stan. Stan, still tied up, is expected to stop the human body from stealing Francine. Meanwhile, Steve is convinced he's becoming a werewolf. |
| 19 |
19 |
"It's Good to Be Queen" |
February 26, 2006 |
1AJN19 |
| Stan seeks revenge for being the focus of a prank during his high school years by showing off that he married Francine, who is the homecoming queen. However, when her title is revealed to be a mistake, Stan's pride gets the best of him and goes out with the real queen. |
| 20 |
20 |
"Roger 'n' Me" |
April 23, 2006 |
2AJN01 |
| Stan and Roger become best friends in Atlantic City, taking their friendship to a whole new, unexpected level. They then learn that what happens in Atlantic City doesn't necessarily stay there. Meanwhile, Haley and Steve conspire to break up a good-looking couple. |
| 21 |
21 |
"Helping Handis" |
April 30, 2006 |
2AJN02 |
| Stan wants Steve to be popular and goes to desperate measures by giving him steroids. However, things don't turn out as he expects when Steve grows breasts. Meanwhile, Francine is determined to start a new career as a surgeon. |
| 22 |
22 |
"With Friends Like Steve's" |
May 7, 2006 |
2AJN03 |
| After Steve shows a lack of interest in Stan's job, Stan replaces him with Barry, Steve's retarded friend, who is in fact malicious (without his medication) and plots to replace him completely. Meanwhile, Roger does an impressive keg stand and becomes a fraternity brother. |
| 23 |
23 |
"Tears of a Clooney" |
May 14, 2006 |
2AJN04 |
| Haunted by memories of George Clooney, Francine resolves to win his heart with the intention of breaking it. However, her plan is sabotaged. Meanwhile, Roger builds a vineyard and starts up a private sweat shop using foster children and Hayley suffers from an unknown disease. |
| # |
Total |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 1 |
24 |
"Camp Refoogee" |
September 10, 2006 |
2AJN06 |
| Stan tries to get Steve to attend summer camp; the only one available that he can find, however, turns out to be a refugee camp in Africa. Meanwhile, Roger and Francine take up role-playing, though they can't come up with a mutual backstory. |
| 2 |
25 |
"The American Dad After School Special" |
September 17, 2006 |
2AJN05 |
| After meeting Steve's new overweight girlfriend, Stan becomes obsessed with keeping his own weight under control and becomes anorexic; Steve must then make a hard choice to save his life. Meanwhile, Roger tries to break up Steve and his new girl. |
| 3 |
26 |
"Failure is not a Factory-Installed Option" |
September 24, 2006 |
2AJN07 |
| Stan loses his confidence when a car salesman gets the best of him in a negotiation, and plots his revenge. Meanwhile, Roger and Steve set up a makeshift drive-in to try to get to first base with popular schoolgirls. |
| 4 |
27 |
"Lincoln Lover" |
November 5, 2006 |
2AJN11 |
| Stan, who is normally homophobic, tries to live out his dream of speaking at the Republican National Convention by acting gay. While the people around him disapprove of his new lifestyle choice, Stan decides to follow his heart to speak on their behalf. |
| 5 |
28 |
"Dungeons and Wagons" |
November 12, 2006 |
2AJN08 |
| After discovering Francine is looking for some 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 joins Steve's world of online gaming. |
| 6 |
29 |
"Iced, Iced Babies" |
November 19, 2006 |
2AJN09 |
| After Steve begins taking his relationship with his girlfriend to a new level, Francine develops empty nest syndrome and tries to convince Stan to have another baby. Meanwhile, Roger becomes a college professor and Hayley finds a new crush in her classmate Ethan. |
| 7 |
30 |
"Of Ice and Men" |
November 26, 2006 |
2AJN10 |
| Francine discovers Stan's passion for figure skating and becomes his pairs partner, but Stan's competitive nature gets the best of him. Meanwhile, Steve's classmate Snot finds new respect among his peers when he parades his mail-order bride around the playground. |
| 8 |
31 |
"Irregarding Steve" |
December 10, 2006 |
2AJN12 |
| When Roger helps Steve see how stupid Stan is, they run away to New York to become successful. Meanwhile, the rest of the family is certain that the two have just run away to the tree house, which is promptly destroyed during a lightning storm. |
| 9 |
32 |
"The Best Christmas Story Never" |
December 17, 2006 |
2AJN14 |
| With Stan's Christmas 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 the Vietnam War and killing Jane Fonda. |
| 10 |
33 |
"Bush Comes to Dinner" |
January 7, 2007 |
2AJN13 |
| President Bush come over to the Smiths' house for dinner after Stan wins an essay-writing contest, prompting Hayley to drill him on the Iraq War. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger are convinced they know where Osama bin Laden is hiding, but ultimately get the President drunk. |
| 11 |
34 |
"American Dream Factory" |
January 28, 2007 |
2AJN16 |
| Stan turns entrepreneur and opens a teddy-bear factory when he feels he's slowing down at work. But when he discovers that quick profit equals hard work, he resorts to using illegal aliens for cheap labor. Meanwhile, Roger begins to take over Steve's rock band. |
| 12 |
35 |
"A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial" |
February 11, 2007 |
2AJN17 |
| When Roger is rejected by Steve, he heads out in search of a new human companion. But when his new friend starts to abuse Roger, Steve and Hayley plot to get Roger out of the bad relationship. Meanwhile, Stan tours the Mr. Pibb factory and meets the man himself. |
| 13 |
36 |
"Black Mystery Month" |
February 18, 2007 |
2AJN20 |
| While researching a paper about George Washington Carver in celebration of Black History Month, Steve uncovers a conspiracy thats been going on since the Civil War and strives to expose it to the public. Meanwhile, Roger stalls during a game of Jenga with Hayley. |
| 14 |
37 |
"An Apocalypse to Remember" |
March 25, 2007 |
2AJN19 |
| A misunderstanding at the CIA leads Stan to believe it's the end of the world. Even after he realizes his error, he keeps his family convinced they are the last people on Earth so they can respect him. Meanwhile, Roger gets married so he can buy a new blender. |
| 15 |
38 |
"Four Little Words" |
April 1, 2007 |
2AJN18 |
| Stan goes to great lengths to never, ever end up in a situation ending with Francine telling him, "I told you so." She lets him hook his boss Bullock up with her friend, but when Bullock accidentally kills the woman, Stan frames Francine so that she'll stop asking questions. |
| 16 |
39 |
"When a Stan Loves a Woman" |
April 29, 2007 |
2AJN23 |
| Stan feels his marriage is on shaky ground after discovering Francine's secret sex garden, so Francine insists on a divorce in order to rekindle their romance, and so that Stan can experience life as a bachelor again. Meanwhile, Steve becomes addicted to an energy drink. |
| 17 |
40 |
"I Can't Stan You" |
May 6, 2007 |
2AJN15 |
| Stan brings some special CIA equipment home to eavesdrop on neighbors, discovering what they really think about him. To get back at them, he has the entire neighborhood evicted. Meanwhile Roger convinces Steve to join him in scamming store owners out of money. |
| 18 |
41 |
"The Magnificent Steven" |
May 13, 2007 |
2AJN21 |
| Stan recounts his story of how he set out on a quest to make Steve a man, which gets him prosecuted for slaughtering contaminated cattle. Meanwhile, Roger starts a cat fight between Francine and Hayley after he unintentionally gives one a little more attention. |
| 19 |
42 |
"Joint Custody" |
May 20, 2007 |
2AJN24 |
| Roger and Stan turn into bounty hunters and chase Jeff, who is wanted for smuggling marijuana across the country. But when the truth is revealed, Stan offers some fatherly advice. Meanwhile, Steve becomes convinced that he has been cursed with a psychic gift. |
| # |
Total |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 1 |
43 |
"The Vacation Goo" |
September 30, 2007 |
2AJN22 |
| When Francine discovers that all of their family vacations have been artificial memories created by the CIA so that Stan could ditch the family, she demands a real vacation. Meanwhile, Roger makes a desperate effort to be the greatest actor who ever lived. |
| 2 |
44 |
"Meter Made" |
October 7, 2007 |
3AJN01 |
| During an attempt to gain respect and be a "somebody," Stan finds himself becoming a meter maid. He and Francine then use his authority as such in everyday life to get away with anything. Meanwhile, Roger paints a nude picture of Hayley. |
| 3 |
45 |
"Dope & Faith" |
October 14, 2007 |
3AJN02 |
| Stan thinks God has sent him a friend after praying for one. The man turns out to be an atheist, however, so Stan tries to convince his friend that God exists by making his life miserable. Meanwhile, Roger convinces Steve that he has been accepted at Hogwarts. |
| 4 |
46 |
"Big Trouble in Little Langley" |
November 4, 2007 |
3AJN03 |
| Francine's foster parents come to stay with the Smiths; Stan is greatly annoyed by their presence that he decides to find Francine's real parents, hoping it will set things right. Meanwhile, Steve tries to live to the extreme in order to get to second base with the class hottie. |
| 5 |
47 |
"Haylias" |
November 11, 2007 |
3AJN04 |
| Hayley, having been brainwashed as a child by the CIA, is placed under Stan's control after he activates her trigger word to stop her from moving to France; Stan, however, discovers that doing so has deadly consequences for him. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger become rival detectives. |
| 6 |
48 |
"The 42-Year-Old Virgin" |
November 18, 2007 |
3AJN05 |
| At a poker game with the guys, Stan reveals that he has never actually killed anyone and is therefore a "killing virgin." Stan's image in the house changes quite a bit, so Roger and the guys decide to help him pop his killing cherry. |
| 7 |
49 |
"Surro-Gate" |
December 2, 2007 |
3AJN07 |
| Francine decides to be a surrogate, against Stan's wishes, for her gay neighbors Terry and Greg. Meanwhile, after Klaus swears horrible revenge on Steve and Roger after a prank, the two become reclusive and hide in the attic. |
| 8 |
50 |
"The Most Adequate Christmas Ever" |
December 16, 2007 |
3AJN12 |
| Stan dies during his ambition to find the perfect Christmas tree. He arrives in Limbo where he learns his family's lives are threatened, so he goes to desperate measures to return to Earth and receive a second chance at life. |
| 9 |
51 |
"Frannie 911" |
January 6, 2008 |
3AJN06 |
| Francine tries to show Roger that Stan still loves him by faking his kidnapping. But when Roger can't help but act up, she forces him to act nice. Meanwhile, Steve practices becoming a backdancer while Hayley and Klaus play "Truth or Dare." |
| 10 |
52 |
"Tearjerker" |
January 13, 2008 |
3AJN08 |
| In this James Bond parody, Stan plays a 007-type secret agent sent to stop the diabolical Tearjerker (played by Roger) from fulfilling his master plan to create a movie so sad that it causes anyone who watches it to cry themselves to death. |
| 11 |
53 |
"Oedipal Panties" |
January 27, 2008 |
3AJN09 |
| Feeling threatened by Stan's mother, to whom Stan is once again giving support with her failing relationships, Francine seeks to loosen the umbilical cord and find out what goes wrong with her boyfriends. Meanwhile, Steve accidentally catches the Ich from Klaus. |
| 12 |
54 |
"Widowmaker" |
February 17, 2008 |
3AJN10 |
| Francine pushes Stan to open up to her emotionally but, after a few psychiatrist sessions with Roger, he's more touchy-feely than she can handle when he tells her he killed her friend's husband. Meanwhile, Steve vows vengeance when Hayley kills the queen bee from his science project. |
| 13 |
55 |
"Red October Sky" |
April 27, 2008 |
3AJN11 |
| Stan is assigned to track down a former KGB agent, eventually discovering that the man is his new next-door neighbor and is trying to turn Steve into a communist. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus head to Europe for a little R & R. |
| 14 |
56 |
"Office Spaceman" |
May 4, 2008 |
3AJN13 |
| When the CIA initiates an Alien Task Force, a peculiar twist of fate puts Roger in charge of the task force in disguise, who marks Stan as an alien to protect his own identity. Meanwhile Francine comes to grips with being left-handed. |
| 15 |
57 |
"Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold" |
May 11, 2008 |
3AJN14 |
| After officially dying and coming back to life, Stan decides to leave a legacy on the world and begins to search for legendary buried treasure. As the search for gold goes "North," life at home heads south as Hayley turns to body-piercing, Steve creates a robotic girlfriend and Roger files for sexual harassment. |
| 16 |
58 |
"Spring Breakup" |
May 18, 2008 |
3AJN17 |
| Stan has a Spring Break-induced mid-life crisis. With Francine away visiting her parents, Roger "Scotch Bingeington" invites Spring Breakers to party at the Smith household. But Stan nearly has a "Spring Breakdown" when he falls prey to a sexy booze-cruiser and Steve tries to lose his virginity. |
Season four has been picked up and will air in the 2008-2009 television season. It will consist mostly of the 22 fourth production cycle episodes (4AJNxx) ordered, but will also include some holdover production season three episodes (3AJNxx) that were leftover from season 3. [4]
