DVD/TV Series Review: American Dad! Volume Eight

 

American Dad! volume 8 actually contains the season seven episodes. This is because, like with the releases of the early seasons of Family Guy, Fox released partial seasons in the volumes, and then after a ton of harsh feedback from fans and the showrunners, started releasing full seasons. So, just be aware of that if you are looking to purchase the DVD sets. Anyone who is looking at getting this likely knows what the show is by now, a story (or stories) of the week show, usually involving some shenanigans of Roger (playing a character) or one of the other characters. Roger tends to get the heavy focus throughout any particular season, but the show does kind of rotate storylines in which the other characters get featured. By this time the show had started to move away from the CIA story arcs that focused mostly on Stan and started intertwining more off-the-wall episodes, like one involving a killer Hot Tub.

The DVD extras include audio commentaries on a few episodes, deleted scenes, and Stan's dance from one of the episodes. So, it is not quite a MOD disc when it comes to little or no extras, but this is really the season where the DVD releases started trending that way. Of course, the show (as of this writing in 2022) is still on the air but no longer being released on DVD in either a "regular" release or a MOD release. So, it is kind of a take-what-you-can-get scenario if you want the physical discs. The DVD releases do contain uncensored jokes that do get bleeped out in the streaming version, which is part of the appeal for some fans. While I generally do not think that the show is as good in this season as it was in the first couple of seasons, I do think it is still entertaining and the stories are not stale (as they have become in later seasons). So, if you are a fan of the show, this is a good pickup.