American Dad, S08E12
Roger was determined to be free to walk around without an outfit when Jeff was home, so he pretended to be Jeff's imaginary friend. Klaus later revealed to Jeff that Roger was real, and Stan refused to let both Jeff and Roger live if Jeff wouldn't be able to keep Roger a secret. Steve also struggled to avoid ridicule about his flat ass at school.
Roger was being a straight dumbass thinking that being naked whenever he felt like it was worth risking his life. That's what it boiled down to when he tried to find a way to be outfit-less around Jeff. He really makes dangerous decisions based on silly or small benefits. He could have either worn less heavy clothing (tweed--really?) or stayed up in the attic when he wanted to be nude. It wasn't that hard. But it is Roger and he likes to have his cake and eat it too.
I was almost lured into the false impression that Roger would sacrifice the freedom he enjoys on Earth so that neither he nor Jeff would have to die. After all, he was disappointed when he found at that the gun pointed at him in the garage didn't have bullets after all. He doesn't give a damn if Jeff lives or die or about Hayley's feelings. So to see him pack up and see that montage of him to the tune of M.A.S.H.'s theme song, I was just waiting for Roger to pull the rug from underneath everyone. He did have me going for a while--it was nearly the end before he betrayed Jeff and shoved him into the beam of that spaceship. Nicely played, Roger. It was funny that Stan was impressed by Roger's move and not upset at all that Jeff was gone. I just wonder if Jeff will stay gone (probably not, though).
My favorite part of this story was the very beginning when Stan was reading a newspaper. He was caught off-guard by a bra ad on the second page and kept searching for a real article:
I also liked what Roger said when Stan had tackled him later for being naked in front of Jeff:
Steve's story was a nice twist on puberty. Instead of making fun of someone for their boobs or something not growing in, it was asses. That school Steve goes to keeps getting weirder and weirder. I felt bad for Steve, though, because all of his friends had enough behind to dance appropriately to the "Wally World" song. Plus, Barry showed what a ham-crazy bastard he is by exposing the hams Steve had used to stuff his pants. That idiot isn't much of a friend to him. I think he probably would have still eaten Steve's hams even if Steve had explained to his friends what he was trying to do.
My favorite part of the story was when Steve went to "Ba-Donkin Donuts." That name for that place was great, but it was even greater that the fire started there was because a fat guy in courdoroy pants had his thighs rubbing together too fast. That had me cracking up. I couldn't even feel sorry for all the people who got trapped in there knowing that fat thighs were the cause of the fire. That was hilarious.
It was nice that Steve realized that his mom was right about his flat ass having a purpose since he was able to escape from the restaurant, but it was strange to me that all those people couldn't escape. There were two windows in the front--couldn't someone have thrown a chair or something at it to make a hole? That was crazy. As crazy as Steve calling 9-11 to report to the dispatcher that he had overcome his hatred of his own ass. Steve essentially killed all those people in there. That was a pretty unexpected ending.
This was a pretty good episode. I thought I would be over stories about Roger being exposed as an alien, but this one went down a different path. I never thought they would have Roger leave Earth because they need his wacky ass on this show, but I didn't really imagine that he would send Jeff away either. You never know what Roger will do. The same sort of applies for Steve. I wouldn't have figured that his ass would have saved him from a burning restaurant, nor would I have thought that he wouldn't help the people stuck in there. In a way, Steve's as crazy of a bastard as Roger is sometimes.
Roger was being a straight dumbass thinking that being naked whenever he felt like it was worth risking his life. That's what it boiled down to when he tried to find a way to be outfit-less around Jeff. He really makes dangerous decisions based on silly or small benefits. He could have either worn less heavy clothing (tweed--really?) or stayed up in the attic when he wanted to be nude. It wasn't that hard. But it is Roger and he likes to have his cake and eat it too.
I was almost lured into the false impression that Roger would sacrifice the freedom he enjoys on Earth so that neither he nor Jeff would have to die. After all, he was disappointed when he found at that the gun pointed at him in the garage didn't have bullets after all. He doesn't give a damn if Jeff lives or die or about Hayley's feelings. So to see him pack up and see that montage of him to the tune of M.A.S.H.'s theme song, I was just waiting for Roger to pull the rug from underneath everyone. He did have me going for a while--it was nearly the end before he betrayed Jeff and shoved him into the beam of that spaceship. Nicely played, Roger. It was funny that Stan was impressed by Roger's move and not upset at all that Jeff was gone. I just wonder if Jeff will stay gone (probably not, though).
My favorite part of this story was the very beginning when Stan was reading a newspaper. He was caught off-guard by a bra ad on the second page and kept searching for a real article:
Finally, here's an article. "A woman choked on her own bra." What newspaper is this?I'm curious to know what kind of specialty newspaper he was reading too. It's rare that I'm laughing that early on in an episode.
I also liked what Roger said when Stan had tackled him later for being naked in front of Jeff:
This is the talkiest rape ever.I don't know why he is so calm about being raped. I guess because he's no stranger to committing that crime himself.
Steve's story was a nice twist on puberty. Instead of making fun of someone for their boobs or something not growing in, it was asses. That school Steve goes to keeps getting weirder and weirder. I felt bad for Steve, though, because all of his friends had enough behind to dance appropriately to the "Wally World" song. Plus, Barry showed what a ham-crazy bastard he is by exposing the hams Steve had used to stuff his pants. That idiot isn't much of a friend to him. I think he probably would have still eaten Steve's hams even if Steve had explained to his friends what he was trying to do.
My favorite part of the story was when Steve went to "Ba-Donkin Donuts." That name for that place was great, but it was even greater that the fire started there was because a fat guy in courdoroy pants had his thighs rubbing together too fast. That had me cracking up. I couldn't even feel sorry for all the people who got trapped in there knowing that fat thighs were the cause of the fire. That was hilarious.
It was nice that Steve realized that his mom was right about his flat ass having a purpose since he was able to escape from the restaurant, but it was strange to me that all those people couldn't escape. There were two windows in the front--couldn't someone have thrown a chair or something at it to make a hole? That was crazy. As crazy as Steve calling 9-11 to report to the dispatcher that he had overcome his hatred of his own ass. Steve essentially killed all those people in there. That was a pretty unexpected ending.
This was a pretty good episode. I thought I would be over stories about Roger being exposed as an alien, but this one went down a different path. I never thought they would have Roger leave Earth because they need his wacky ass on this show, but I didn't really imagine that he would send Jeff away either. You never know what Roger will do. The same sort of applies for Steve. I wouldn't have figured that his ass would have saved him from a burning restaurant, nor would I have thought that he wouldn't help the people stuck in there. In a way, Steve's as crazy of a bastard as Roger is sometimes.
