Let's Get Roger Locked Up

American Dad, S08E01

After hearing Hayley singing at his attic lounge, Roger became dangerously obsessed with Hayley.  Stan wanted to buy a new car, but couldn't find anyone to pay him at least 15,000 dollars for his old car.

I just have to say that Roger is so insane.  Like, it's weird to be saying that after everything else he's done, but when he was targeting Hayley he outdid himself a little.  First of all, he shot her and still showed up in her hospital room to bring her the disgusting gift of Christina Aguilera's larynx, which he played like a kazoo!  Eww!  Then he proceeded to knock out Hayley and kidnap her.  It was really gross watching him cuddle up on her with no clothes (though he usually is naked when he's himself).  It just looked like he was humping her, although Roger has mentioned that he has no genitals (but how does he have all that sex?).  Well, I didn't think it would get much worse from there until he decided to take Jeff's skin.  Ugh...  Seeing him in Jeff's skin was so gross!  Roger really needs to go to a place for the criminally insane.  I often think that he will end up killing them all one day (like he tried to do in a different episode in a sort of spoof of that movie Alien or whatever).

 The side story where Stan was stubbornly trying to sell his car wasn't funny until the very end of it where the lady was trying to escape the lion and crashed the car.  It was sick, but in a funny way, how the lion pounced and attacked her while they were both on fire until they both burned into ash.  That's not how I expected Stan to get over his car not being worth what he wished it to be at all.  I'm thankful for that story even though it wasn't hilarious just to distract me from how creepy Roger was.

I liked this episode even though it was disturbing.  It's interesting that Roger can get even more insane than he already is and all it takes is for him to fall in love.  I'm glad, though, that he got over Hayley in the end (when it was sort of far too late by that time).  I also think it was great that they started their season with a story about Roger because whether it's funny or creepy, it's still much better than stories about the other characters.  I can't wait to see what horrible things Roger is going to do the rest of this season!

Wouldn't A Baby Freeze To Death?

Family Guy, S11E01

After being looked down on by a superior family at dinner, the Griffins were encouraged to take a trip to climb Mt. Everest.  They failed to beat the other family to the top, but in the end had to work together to save the parents from meeting death as their son did.

Hmm, what to say that I liked about this episode.  It wasn't bad for sure.  I did find it hard to believe that they would be able to make it up the mountain with as little trouble as they did.  They did face extreme cold and hunger, but they weren't exactly half dead by the time they reached the top.  I never expected them to make it up there, honestly.  And another thing I found crazy, even if it is this show, is that they would bring a baby to such a place.  You just don't do that.  Stewie would have died, no matter how much of an evil genius he is.  I found more likely that they would eat the frozen boy (that's hardly shocking for the Griffins) than they would think it's a good idea to bring a baby along.  I don't know why, but I kept thinking about that.

I'm surprised that the family wasn't so self-centered that they didn't just leave the Fishmans wandering the mountain until they died, looking for a son that was in the Griffins' bellies.  But I knew that once they saved them and their helicopter was about to take off that Peter would just blurt out that he ate their son.  That's classic Peter (or Family Guy, really).  They tend to do that, like when Peter just came out and told Quagmire that he killed his cat at the end of an episode and slammed the door in his face.  So I couldn't even find that funny because I saw it a mile away.

I guess this episode was more interesting than it was funny.  After all, the Griffins have never climbed a mountain before and nearly died trying to show up another family.  So it was nice to see them working together toward the same goal, instead of being at home acting like assholes to each other.  But I had been hoping for more comedy since it was the premiere.  It's not the best start to season 11, but it doesn't leave me thinking that there won't be some good stories in the future.