TV-Reviewed

After a solid season premiere last week, my expectations were high with the premiere of “The One That Got Away.” Sadly this episode of American Dad wasn’t nearly as good as “1600 Candles.”

After a night of drinking, Roger came home to a Smith family intervention. They were all upset about his behavior of late. He had apparently been drinking more, has been stealing clothes, and has been an all-around jerk to the Smiths. As I mentioned last week, American Dad is a new show for me, so I’m not that familiar yet with each of the characters, but I had to assume that all of these complaints were new.

Roger and Klaus

When Roger tried to charge some alcohol to his credit card, he realized he was a victim of identity theft and took action. He made the poor guy’s life a wreck, getting him fired from his job as a bible maker, destroying his garden, and even messing things up between he and his girlfriend.

I liked seeing Roger take initiative, but I was a little surprised to learn that Roger’s alter ego is the one who was responsible for the credit card problem. Sydney, Roger’s alter-ego, fell in love with a young lady and bought her an expensive diamond ring for a marriage proposal.

With the fire, the shooting, and the threats of being killed, there was almost as much drama in this episode as there was comedy. Speaking of comedy, there weren’t any laugh-out-loud moments for me. I did enjoy the making fun of the stupid girl Sydney fell in love with, but the Simon Says subplot involving Stan and the family was more sad and pathetic than funny. Klaus, the little goldfish was the only one involved in that plot who brought out anything funny.

Rating: 6.5