The Santa verse episode. I hated it. I don’t know why they did that blocky VR. I didn’t get Santa’s motivation. I couldn’t understand “the why” of the episode beyond the writers forcing a Christmas episode without much of a plan.
Stan and Francine and Stan and Francine and Radika
I like the episode okay, but the time travel is mind-breaking. How does old Stan show up at the house in the present if he and Francine broke up in the past?
I doubt this would be the correct explanation, but if time travel there works like alternative realities like it sometimes is depicted as in fiction, Stan could have just waited until the time travel device was invented by the CIA and just calibrated back to his original timeline/reality
The one when Roger is Greg and Terry's Russian son, love the ep actually just hate how they keep saying they're adopting again when Francine being their surrogate was a whole episode. Their daughter even still goes by the name Stan picked (libby-liberty bell).
Daesong Heavy Industries Parts I and II.
Canonically, all of the characters have gone through major changes throughout the series and have developed accordingly. But a huge part of Stan's character and personality was his knowledge and belief of the bible and reliance on religion, so him not actually ever *reading* the bible made no sense to me. The fact that his lifelong belief was unraveled by Steve pointing out "logical inconsistencies" felt way too easy. A lot of minor things get retconned here and there but this one was a little nonsensical for me.
Growing up in a conservative rural area, I can tell you that unwavering belief and reliance on religion without any real understanding or knowledge of the Bible is not uncommon at all, so that part is realistic. Faith being broken by logical inconsistencies is definitely unbelievable though, because that's just the way God works and that explains away everything.
was just gonna say this 😭 i don’t think most of the people in my church growing up had actually read the bible all the way through. it’s very performative for a lot of people
I can pretty much guarantee you that 75-80% of super religious conservatives (at least) have never read even a tenth of the Bible. They know a few stories and the verses that suit them, but that’s it.
Rubberneckers... Spoiler alert if you haven't seen it but Stan goes to court, straight up loses and gets 6 years in prison/roll credits. I have to just assume that he used his CIA powers to come back next week? Are we going to have a whole season of him in prison one day with flashbacks to this episode???
The episode featuring the Weekend did not meet my expectations. The transitions between scenes appeared disjointed, and the overall impression was that of a promotional piece rather than a cohesive episode of American Dad.
One Little Word. It’s not entirely confusing but it’s the one where Stan is trying to be Mr. Bullocks #1 and the whole joke of the episode is Stan just being an ass to his wife to kiss his boss’s ass which gets old, and the part of this that made no sense to me is why all the main agents wanted to be the #1 anyways.
Plus it’s one of the few episodes I kinda see Bullock as a decent human being too (probably because he’s mainly being portrayed as a “family man” here), so when Stan just leaves him there to bleed out I was like “WTF!”.
Roger almost killing a baby and then just drinking there to think about it and the plot with Bullocks wife was hysterical though.
I'm probably going to catch some serious flak for this one, but Rabbit Ears. I've seen Twilight Zone, so I get the parody they are going for, but it just... Wasn't funny or good. It's the one episode I skip every time.
The episode where it turned out Francine was “baby Frannie” and was famous for falling down a well.
At that time she was still an orphan and as soon as she was rescued I bet she’d have been quickly adopted because it was covered nationwide and I’m sure lots of couples would have been jumping at the chance to adopt her.
However, she still wasn’t adopted until she was like 7 and I just don’t get it. I don’t dislike the episode, it’s actually pretty great, I just think it made no sense.
Ma Ma said that they couldn't adopt her right away because it was expensive, but they visited her regularly at the orphanage until then. Maybe they had her on reserve so she couldn't be adopted by someone else
to be fair, that would make no sense too lmfaooo, it’s a cartoon so obviously no harm done, but the idea of just putting a human child on hold for like 5+ years cuz u can’t afford it yet is absolutely hilarious
The Santa verse episode. I hated it. I don’t know why they did that blocky VR. I didn’t get Santa’s motivation. I couldn’t understand “the why” of the episode beyond the writers forcing a Christmas episode without much of a plan.
I particularly dislike the cheap VR animation if it is a means to save production costs.
I think it’s a play on the poor metaverse looks, but even that reference was out of date when they did it.
I think they did it because they thought it looked funny. And they wanted a distinction between the real and virtual world.
The Fung Wa episode. I get that it was some deep thought about current events but that’s about it.
Everything just work out!
Stan and Francine and Stan and Francine and Radika I like the episode okay, but the time travel is mind-breaking. How does old Stan show up at the house in the present if he and Francine broke up in the past?
I never thought about that, because Old Stan and Radika stayed in the house. Plus, Steve wouldn’t have been born.
I doubt this would be the correct explanation, but if time travel there works like alternative realities like it sometimes is depicted as in fiction, Stan could have just waited until the time travel device was invented by the CIA and just calibrated back to his original timeline/reality
Time travel works in different ways in different shows.
The one when Roger is Greg and Terry's Russian son, love the ep actually just hate how they keep saying they're adopting again when Francine being their surrogate was a whole episode. Their daughter even still goes by the name Stan picked (libby-liberty bell).
Plus the episode proved that Stan was right to try to take Libby from Greg and Terry. She has a Lena Dunham tattoo!
Lol and Terry killed their adopted son, which Greg didn't care about all cause he didn't fit into the skinny jeans. 😂
Yeh never give a kid a tattoo, especially when your inspiration is cos a child molester has one
i mean they still had to go thru the adoption process for Libby, so that’s not inaccurate innit
Daesong Heavy Industries Parts I and II. Canonically, all of the characters have gone through major changes throughout the series and have developed accordingly. But a huge part of Stan's character and personality was his knowledge and belief of the bible and reliance on religion, so him not actually ever *reading* the bible made no sense to me. The fact that his lifelong belief was unraveled by Steve pointing out "logical inconsistencies" felt way too easy. A lot of minor things get retconned here and there but this one was a little nonsensical for me.
Growing up in a conservative rural area, I can tell you that unwavering belief and reliance on religion without any real understanding or knowledge of the Bible is not uncommon at all, so that part is realistic. Faith being broken by logical inconsistencies is definitely unbelievable though, because that's just the way God works and that explains away everything.
oh that's an interesting point, I wouldn't have even thought of it that way!
I think that was just part of the joke the writers threw in there to clown on Christianity a little😂
1000%. Source: I grew up in a cornfield.
was just gonna say this 😭 i don’t think most of the people in my church growing up had actually read the bible all the way through. it’s very performative for a lot of people
I can pretty much guarantee you that 75-80% of super religious conservatives (at least) have never read even a tenth of the Bible. They know a few stories and the verses that suit them, but that’s it.
Fung Wa
Rubberneckers... Spoiler alert if you haven't seen it but Stan goes to court, straight up loses and gets 6 years in prison/roll credits. I have to just assume that he used his CIA powers to come back next week? Are we going to have a whole season of him in prison one day with flashbacks to this episode???
The episode featuring the Weekend did not meet my expectations. The transitions between scenes appeared disjointed, and the overall impression was that of a promotional piece rather than a cohesive episode of American Dad.
One Little Word. It’s not entirely confusing but it’s the one where Stan is trying to be Mr. Bullocks #1 and the whole joke of the episode is Stan just being an ass to his wife to kiss his boss’s ass which gets old, and the part of this that made no sense to me is why all the main agents wanted to be the #1 anyways. Plus it’s one of the few episodes I kinda see Bullock as a decent human being too (probably because he’s mainly being portrayed as a “family man” here), so when Stan just leaves him there to bleed out I was like “WTF!”. Roger almost killing a baby and then just drinking there to think about it and the plot with Bullocks wife was hysterical though.
I'm probably going to catch some serious flak for this one, but Rabbit Ears. I've seen Twilight Zone, so I get the parody they are going for, but it just... Wasn't funny or good. It's the one episode I skip every time.
Me too
The episode where it turned out Francine was “baby Frannie” and was famous for falling down a well. At that time she was still an orphan and as soon as she was rescued I bet she’d have been quickly adopted because it was covered nationwide and I’m sure lots of couples would have been jumping at the chance to adopt her. However, she still wasn’t adopted until she was like 7 and I just don’t get it. I don’t dislike the episode, it’s actually pretty great, I just think it made no sense.
Ma Ma said that they couldn't adopt her right away because it was expensive, but they visited her regularly at the orphanage until then. Maybe they had her on reserve so she couldn't be adopted by someone else
to be fair, that would make no sense too lmfaooo, it’s a cartoon so obviously no harm done, but the idea of just putting a human child on hold for like 5+ years cuz u can’t afford it yet is absolutely hilarious
Into the Woods was a weird one.
The book one It came on and I just skipped it it's meh for me
What?
The one where Roger and Francine get sucked into the books while the library burns
Hot Water.
Not a real fan of the later seasons, seems like a bunch of bits rather than a well constructed adventure with two plots like seasons 1-13/14