It's been a while since the last Steve and Roger episode, and this week reminded me why that's such a classic American Dad pairing. This is a genuinely fun episode, filled with some great one liners and even a great callback to the show's past.
"Twinanigans" centers around the heretofore unmentioned acting careers of Roger and Steve, who twinned it up as the Smith Brothers. I'm not going to question whether this backstory actually makes sense to the overall timeline; no one watches American Dad for continuity. Steve had to give up acting to attend kindergarten, and wants to give Roger a second chance at greatness. The two head to auditions, where Steve impresses and Roger blows it. It's here the episode kinda misfires, as it's never made abundantly clear why Roger struggles so much at acting. Is he just trying too hard, does he have some form of stage fright, does he not even know what acting is? This part of the story is just never explained, which is unfortunate. Roger's insecurity about being rejected leads the two to go their separate ways, as Steve gets the gig while Roger is stuck working as a cater waiter, eventually being pulled into a sting operation by the DEA.
After Roger once again struggles to act the part, he and Steve reunite to take on the cartel. I absolutely adored the callback to "Cops and Roger" with the dealer's head exploding, such a fun piece of animation. It gets even gorier, when Roger uses a gun in his stomach to kill "Nose Candy" Andy Benedict in another brilliant piece of animation. I enjoyed just about every part of this week's main storyline, with a few quibbles about logic and exposition aside. It felt quite refreshing to me to move away from Stan as the focus of every episode, and "Twinanigans" revels in the chaos that only Steve and Rogers can provide.
Speaking of Stan, he gets run over by a car, which somehow leads to the family going on a spending spree at Spencer's Gifts. There's a ton of detail in every scene with all the novelty gifts, which I appreciated. The actual story just ends when the driver of the car is revealed to be Spencer himself, who just leaves. That's that then, I guess.
8/10
"Twinanigans" is almost on the verge of feeling like a truly classic episode of American Dad, but gets held back by a few missed steps along the way. Still, I loved the vast majority of what it had to offer, so I'll give it a solid thumbs up. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to watch an episode of Boy Bait, starring Ludacris and Meryl Streep.
"Twinanigans" centers around the heretofore unmentioned acting careers of Roger and Steve, who twinned it up as the Smith Brothers. I'm not going to question whether this backstory actually makes sense to the overall timeline; no one watches American Dad for continuity. Steve had to give up acting to attend kindergarten, and wants to give Roger a second chance at greatness. The two head to auditions, where Steve impresses and Roger blows it. It's here the episode kinda misfires, as it's never made abundantly clear why Roger struggles so much at acting. Is he just trying too hard, does he have some form of stage fright, does he not even know what acting is? This part of the story is just never explained, which is unfortunate. Roger's insecurity about being rejected leads the two to go their separate ways, as Steve gets the gig while Roger is stuck working as a cater waiter, eventually being pulled into a sting operation by the DEA.
After Roger once again struggles to act the part, he and Steve reunite to take on the cartel. I absolutely adored the callback to "Cops and Roger" with the dealer's head exploding, such a fun piece of animation. It gets even gorier, when Roger uses a gun in his stomach to kill "Nose Candy" Andy Benedict in another brilliant piece of animation. I enjoyed just about every part of this week's main storyline, with a few quibbles about logic and exposition aside. It felt quite refreshing to me to move away from Stan as the focus of every episode, and "Twinanigans" revels in the chaos that only Steve and Rogers can provide.
Speaking of Stan, he gets run over by a car, which somehow leads to the family going on a spending spree at Spencer's Gifts. There's a ton of detail in every scene with all the novelty gifts, which I appreciated. The actual story just ends when the driver of the car is revealed to be Spencer himself, who just leaves. That's that then, I guess.
8/10
"Twinanigans" is almost on the verge of feeling like a truly classic episode of American Dad, but gets held back by a few missed steps along the way. Still, I loved the vast majority of what it had to offer, so I'll give it a solid thumbs up. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to watch an episode of Boy Bait, starring Ludacris and Meryl Streep.
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