American Dad, Vol. 3: DVD Review (2008)

The CIA under direct fire.

The third season of “American Dad” follows CIA agent Stan Smith, whose life, shall we say, continues to be unconventional in ways that perhaps only animation can best underscore--the medium finds truth in the abstract, and this show is all about the abstract.

Highlights include the episodes “An Apocalypse to Remember” and “Bush Comes to Dinner,” in which the president is enthusiastically skewered.

Developed by the creators of “The Family Guy,” the show has yet to mine its predecessor’s potential, but with this season proving a vast improvement over what came before it, there's every indication that it will.

Grade: B

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- American Dad, Vol. 3 - Episodes 1-8

1. Main Titles/Bush Essay [5:47]
2. The Winner [4:03]
3. Off the Wagon [3:41]
4. The Drunken President [5:36]
5. Lost Cause/End Titles [2:40]
1. Main Titles/Unregistered [6:10]
2. Cele-Bear-Tions [3:44]
3. A Different Direction [3:33]
4. La Migra [2:52]
5. Country Roads End Titles [5:33]
1. Main Titles/The Bad Times [3:24]
2. Useless [4:54]
3. Saving Mr. Pibb [6:39]
4. Help! [2:40]
5. Going Home/End Titles [4:15]
1. Main Titles/Peanut Butter [4:38]
2. Find the Monocle [4:01]
3. The Illuminuti [4:30]
4. Following the Clues [3:29]
5. If Only../End Titles [5:14]
1. Main Titles/What a Boob [3:20]
2. Nuclear War [3:40]
3. First Date [3:54]
4. Mutants! [4:35]
5. Happily Ever../End Titles [6:21]
1. Main Titles/Nose Job [5:59]
2. Honed Reflexes [4:30]
3. Footloose [4:11]
4. Closure [4:12]
5. Redemption/End Titles [3:08]
1. Main Titles/Meaningless [5:35]
2. Addicted [5:29]
3. On Ice [3:00]
4. Honeymoon [4:26]
5. Just Sex/End Titles [3:21]
1. Main Titles/Highly Illegal [3:22]
2. An Honest Buck [3:37]
3. War On Terror [6:43]
4. All Alone [3:47]
5. Everyone/End Titles [4:22]

Disc #2 -- American Dad, Vol. 3 - Episodes 9-16

1. Main Titles/Soft [3:18]
2. A Man Never Quits [3:09]
3. The Prettiest [5:59]
4. Mad Cow [4:35]
5. Scratchfest/End Titles [4:48]
1. Main Titles/The Bounty [4:54]
2. Hiding On the Farm [3:45]
3. Lost [3:54]
4. The Gift [3:23]
5. Father Figure/End Titles [5:55]
1. Main Titles/Just a Memory [4:12]
2. Show Business [4:30]
3. In the Goo - Not! [4:02]
4. Hunted [5:11]
5. Bonding/End Titles [3:54]
1. Main Titles/Posing Nude [6:38]
2. It's Called Respect [3:43]
3. Paint Job [3:09]
4. Turned On [3:13]
5. Regular Schnook/End Titles [5:04]
1. Main Titles/Friendless [4:41]
2. Answered Prayer [2:38]
3. Irrefutable Proof [4:46]
4. Spiritual Crisis [4:33]
5. Awesome!/End Titles [5:09]
1. Main Titles/Adopted [7:15]
2. Fireproof [2:48]
3. How It's Supposed to Be [3:02]
4. Skeleton in the Trunk [2:33]
5. Monsters/End Titles [6:02]
1. Main Titles/Project Daycare [4:15]
2. Activated [3:07]
3. A Totally Different Person [5:05]
4. Lovely Wedding [3:01]
5. Unstoppable/End Titles [6:23]
1. Main Titles/Never? [5:24]
2. Killer of Truth [3:58]
3. Looking for the One [3:32]
4. Blueberries for Peace [2:51]
5. Stan's First/End Titles [5:57]

Disc #3 -- American Dad, Vol. 3 - Episodes 17-18

1. Main Titles/Severe Mistake [4:39]
2. Withholding the News [3:06]
3. Rumble [4:04]
4. You Can Do This [2:19]
5. Like Normal/End Titles [7:40]
1. Chapter 1 [6:13]
2. Chapter 2 [4:13]
3. Chapter 3 [4:07]
4. Chapter 4 [3:15]
5. Chapter 5 [3:53]