American Dad! Season 4 poster

American Dad! — Season 4

From the creator of "Family Guy" comes a man who will stop at nothing to protect his country.

200716 episodes6.8/10 (150 votes)

About this season

Attention, terrorists, pinkos, and hippies: your days are numbered! CIA Agent Stan Smith is back, stopping at nothing to make the world safe for right-wing democracy and provide for his outrageously dysfunctional extended family. Amid botched kidnappings and beefcake body doubles, Stan hosts a torturously funny CIA telethon; his wife, Francine, is reunited with her ex-fiance; and resident-alien Roger hosts a booze-soaked spring break that may just push favorite son Steve all the way through puberty. God bless American Dad!

Episodes (16)

The Vacation Goo
E1

1. The Vacation Goo

6.9

Aired 30 September 2007 • 22 min

Francine demands that Stan take the family on a vacation after she learns all of their previous vacations never actually happened: The CIA had planted artificial memories of the "vacations" in their brains so Stan could ditch them. Meanwhile, Roger wants to be a thespian.

Meter Made
E2

2. Meter Made

6.7

Aired 7 October 2007 • 22 min

After Stan punches a male meter maid during a disagreement over a parking ticket, a judge sentences him to two weeks of community service--as a meter maid. Meanwhile, Hayley poses in the nude for an art class, where one of the artists turns out to be Roger.

Dope & Faith
E3

3. Dope & Faith

7.6

Aired 14 October 2007 • 22 min

Stan prays for a friend and one is provided: a guy named Brett who's like him in every way but one--he's an atheist. So Stan has some evangelizing to do. Meanwhile, Steve is accepted into wizardry school.

Big Trouble in Little Langley
E4

4. Big Trouble in Little Langley

6.9

Aired 4 November 2007 • 22 min

Stan seeks out Francine's birth parents because her visiting adoptive parents annoy him so much. But they don't annoy Steve, especially after they give him fireworks.

Haylias
E5

5. Haylias

6.9

Aired 11 November 2007 • 22 min

Stan, who had Hayley brainwashed because he wanted her to be a sleeper CIA agent, activates her and orders her to marry a senator's son. Meanwhile, Roger and Steve decide to open a detective agency like the ones in the '70s TV shows they have been watching.

The 42-Year-Old Virgin
E6

6. The 42-Year-Old Virgin

6.8

Aired 18 November 2007 • 22 min

Although Stan is a veteran CIA agent, it turns out that he has never killed anyone, so three of his buddies from the agency (and Roger) take him out so he can bag his "first kill."

Surro-Gate
E7

7. Surro-Gate

5.7

Aired 2 December 2007 • 22 min

Terry and Greg, the Smiths' gay neighbors, want to have a baby, and Francine offers to be their surrogate. Not surprisingly, Stan objects. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger play a practical joke on Klaus, who vows revenge.

The Most Adequate Christmas Ever
E8

8. The Most Adequate Christmas Ever

6.9

Aired 16 December 2007 • 22 min

Stan dies on Christmas Eve while trying to find a perfect Christmas tree, then wreaks havoc in heaven (and limbo) trying to return to Earth to save his family--who were dragged along on his quest--from freezing to death in the woods.

Frannie 911
E9

9. Frannie 911

6.8

Aired 6 January 2008 • 22 min

Stan and Francine give the constantly nasty Roger an ultimatum: Be nice or ship out. Meanwhile, Klaus and Hayley play truth or dare, and Steve decides to become a backup dancer.

Tearjerker
E10

10. Tearjerker

7.0

Aired 13 January 2008 • 22 min

A James Bond spoof casts Stan as a 007-type agent assigned by B (Bullock) to infiltrate the set of a movie producer named TchochkieSchmear (Klaus), who's in cahoots with the diabolical villain Tearjerker (Roger). Their plan? To kill everyone in the world by making movies so sad, people will cry themselves to death.

Oedipal Panties
E11

11. Oedipal Panties

6.9

Aired 27 January 2008 • 22 min

When Stan's mom gets dumped by yet another boyfriend, she comes running to Stan for support, which he willingly provides (yet again). Francine, feeling threatened, seeks to loosen this umbilical cord, with Roger's help. Meanwhile, Klaus inadvertently gives Steve a fish disease called "ick."

Widowmaker
E12

12. Widowmaker

7.1

Aired 17 February 2008 • 22 min

Francine wants Stan to open up emotionally, and after a few sessions with "pretend psychiatrist" Roger, he's more touchy-feely than she can handle. Meanwhile, Hayley kills the queen bee from Steve's science project, and he vows vengeance.

Red October Sky
E13

13. Red October Sky

7.0

Aired 27 April 2008 • 22 min

Stan hunts for an ex-KGB agent but can't find him--until he moves in next door. And Steve is building a rocket for a school science project, but can't get it to work--until he gets some help from his new next-door neighbor. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus head off on a European vacation.

Office Spaceman
E14

14. Office Spaceman

6.8

Aired 4 May 2008 • 22 min

After outing himself as an alien, Roger (in disguise) finagles his way into being appointed the CIA's chief alien hunter to take advantage of a lavish expense account--while coming up just short in attempts to catch himself. Meanwhile, Francine shocks her family by displaying a prejudice they never knew she had.

Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold
E15

15. Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold

6.3

Aired 11 May 2008 • 22 min

After almost dying in a car crash, Stan decides that he must do something important with his life, so he digs for the gold he claims Iran-Contra figure Oliver North buried beneath his house. Meanwhile, Roger poses as a sexually provocative female office worker, hoping he'll be harassed so he can sue over it.

Spring Breakup
E16

16. Spring Breakup

6.1

Aired 18 May 2008 • 22 min

Francine is out of town, giving Roger an opportunity to host spring break at the Smith house for visiting college students, one of whom becomes the straying Stan's "spring-break buddy." Meanwhile, cable music-channel host Carmen Selectra decides she wants to make Steve her sexual conquest.

Other seasons of American Dad!

Popular Web Series Collections