american dad thirteenth episode seventh season american dad airing fox united_states march mainly centers stan son steve competing dominant role house steve person finish meal stan dismay stan intimidated son afraid stance alpha male household jeff suffering marital relationship problems seek marriage counseling directed serving director episode written featured guest appearances recurring actors actresses series critics gave episode positive reviews praise stemming main storyline viewed million viewers acquiring rating demographic initial airing according nielsen ratings plot smith family dinner stan talks events occurred documentary animals aired earlier shortly conversation steve person finish meal stan surprise stan later insecure incident afraid stance alpha male household morning steve watching movie television stan abruptly pushes couch claims territory steve furious tells situation kitchen tells stan intimidated feels dominance steve talks stan issue openly challenges position dominant person household steve manages stan inspired documentary thing son sex turning roger help steve suggested party laid informed stan rushes party stop son arriving stan learns steve attempts sex girl failed boy having mental breakdown roger explains threat steve challenging stan threat steve future son shall born challenging stan later apologizes admits having failed raise man chain events continuously getting arguments jeff decide marriage counseling arrive class dedicated pottery session intended start learning counselor session jeff insists stay plan couple later arrive home tells goal accomplish clean house confused jeff refuse forcing lewis hold gunpoint tasks jeff later pulls drugs ability takes jeff steal rare watch escape returns watch tells fixed jeff relationship gets watch takes stephen pills later stan teach steve roger away unknown possibly sexual reasons production directed series regular second episode season episode parsons direct season episode served director episode written series regular second time written episode season having written season episode creator executive producer american dad sister shows cleveland served executive producer episode series veterans animation producer episode tenth episode season served production manager episode bell tenth episode season served production manager recurring voice actors featured episode guest starred steve friends episode return play return resume role husband richardson previously reprised roles season episode debt life fischer previously reprised role season episode bell tolls cultural references episode makes references pop culture referencing films music media roger takes persona help steve lose steve excitement finally able use dance moves scene cuts steve roger taking turns ottoman nod video went viral teenagers danced similarly song pony plays sequence steve roger distracted problem stan watching airplane quote classic don scene watch airplane sequel steve says better film actual reception generally negative title episode reference beatles song sequence steve picks line comic books repeatedly says family guy episodes peter got woods woods eats trail candy says piece candy repeatedly reception broadcast march animation television night fox episode ended line time american dad episode ended animation television night fox season episode bell tolls new episode american dad shortly following month long hiatus preceded simpsons bob sister family guy relative cleveland notably absent air date viewed million viewers original airing despite airing simultaneously nbc cbs abc total viewership episode slightly higher bob significantly lower simpsons achieved rating demographic group according nielsen ratings highest rating line episode total viewership ratings significantly previous episode debt life viewed million viewers initial airing garnered rating demographic episode ratings total viewership highest season episode bell tolls viewed million viewers acquired rating demographic met positive reviews critics gave episode positive review review episode opined episode didn quality half hour jokes kaiser praised argument stan steve calling superb sequence concluding review kaiser went write despite episode manages successfully come emotional resolution stan realizing steve utter failure attempted mating resolves steve son instead potential masculine competition rape joke american dad actually surprisingly funny rape joke went episode scoring higher simpsons episode love thing scoring lower bob episode western reacted positively writing good american dad lineup roger fine form appreciate trying figure jeff work family dynamic got maybe things work better way critical sub plot review episode hughes opined story left wanting writers trying figure new dynamic having married jeff living house thing barely addressed week got fairly weak exploration having fairly standard marital problems
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