10 American Dad Episodes That Pissed People Off

10. Hot Water (S8E1)

American Dad! over the years has produced some genuinely funny and intelligent stories. From down to Earth family matters, to those that could only be brought to life by a CIA man and an alien. However, this was not one of those episodes.

The opening outing of season eight saw the Smith family buy a hot tub that started to tear Stan and Francine apart. Voiced by Cee-Lo Green, who also narrated the episode, this hot tub was sentient, and tried to break them up.

Firstly, it’s a terrible concept for an episode, with the framing device of the real life Cee-Lo missing the mark. It wasn’t funny, it was just weird, and while musical episodes are rarely ever received particularly well, this was worse than most.

There was nothing necessarily offensive about the episode, particularly when compared to some of the outings that will appear higher on this list, fans hated it instead just because it was one of the worst episodes the show has ever put out. An unfunny, uninspired waste of 20 minutes.