Steve starts a work-study program and discovers that nothing is as it seems at Channel 3 News; Roger seeks redemption in the Nashville country music scene.Steve starts a work-study program and discovers that nothing is as it seems at Channel 3 News; Roger seeks redemption in the Nashville country music scene.Steve starts a work-study program and discovers that nothing is as it seems at Channel 3 News; Roger seeks redemption in the Nashville country music scene.
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Seth MacFarlane
- Stan Smith
- (voice)
- …
Wendy Schaal
- Francine Smith
- (voice)
Scott Grimes
- Steve Smith
- (voice)
Rachael MacFarlane
- Hayley Smith
- (voice)
- …
Dee Bradley Baker
- Klaus
- (voice)
Jeff Fischer
- Jeff Fischer
- (voice)
Andy Daly
- Memphis Stormfront
- (voice)
Chris Diamantopoulos
- Roscoe
- (voice)
Tom Kenny
- Gässup E. Piyé
- (voice)
Thomas Lennon
- Raymond
- (voice)
Matt McKenna
- Buckle
- (voice)
Chris Parnell
- James Garfield
- (voice)
Patrick Stewart
- Avery Bullock
- (voice)
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Steve Smith: This really is the end of everything.
- ConnectionsSpoofs Rawhide (1959)
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A wasted subplot spoils a potentially good episode
Sometimes you have to end the world to create a great American Dad episode. This includes the GOAT "Rapture's Delight," written back when the Smith Family had actual personalities and hadn't been reduced to their most obnoxious traits. Then there was the epic 200th episode-one of the best anniversary episodes of any series ever. (200 Rogers...what more needs to be said?)
Sadly, their latest attempts to end the world (Brave N00b World) and now, "Echoes," come nowhere close to capturing the glory of these classics.
It KILLS me to write that. I remember watching the pilot back in college and the Smiths immediately dethroning the Griffins as my favorite MacFarlane family.
With 22 episode seasons, every show is going to have a few misfires. With the latest season of American Dad, the good episodes were so rare that they became the misfires.
On paper, we should love this episode. Their end of the world episodes are great more often than not. There were a handful of decent jokes but the episode's protagonist, Steve, points out exactly what was wrong with the story when he wonders where Roger is at, remarking he'd be perfect in this situation.
He would have been. Instead, the writers decided to remove Roger and Klaus from the main story and forced them into a B storyline that was poorly executed, asinine, predictable, and stopped the main story dead in its tracks. Instead of having Roger team up with Steve or diving deeper into the family dynamic while Steve confronts the end of the human race, they waste precious time on his subplot. Roger's storyline ended precisely how we knew it would in this mess of an episode.
The fact that they felt they needed a secondary plot to fill up the 21 minute run time is a good sign they no longer know how to write for the main characters. The main characters have been completely reduced to their worst qualities that they don't even seem to care what happens during the episode. Neither does the audience.
Roger's best personas are organic to the story and emerge from the events at hand. In recent seasons, the writers seem to have forgotten this. "Echoes" is a prime example of, "What if Roger did (blank)" persona that has no connection to the plot and fails to connect with the viewer.
"Echoes" completely fails to live up to the standard of past "end of the world" episodes and makes even a diehard fan start to wonder if maybe it's time we end the series instead?
Sadly, their latest attempts to end the world (Brave N00b World) and now, "Echoes," come nowhere close to capturing the glory of these classics.
It KILLS me to write that. I remember watching the pilot back in college and the Smiths immediately dethroning the Griffins as my favorite MacFarlane family.
With 22 episode seasons, every show is going to have a few misfires. With the latest season of American Dad, the good episodes were so rare that they became the misfires.
On paper, we should love this episode. Their end of the world episodes are great more often than not. There were a handful of decent jokes but the episode's protagonist, Steve, points out exactly what was wrong with the story when he wonders where Roger is at, remarking he'd be perfect in this situation.
He would have been. Instead, the writers decided to remove Roger and Klaus from the main story and forced them into a B storyline that was poorly executed, asinine, predictable, and stopped the main story dead in its tracks. Instead of having Roger team up with Steve or diving deeper into the family dynamic while Steve confronts the end of the human race, they waste precious time on his subplot. Roger's storyline ended precisely how we knew it would in this mess of an episode.
The fact that they felt they needed a secondary plot to fill up the 21 minute run time is a good sign they no longer know how to write for the main characters. The main characters have been completely reduced to their worst qualities that they don't even seem to care what happens during the episode. Neither does the audience.
Roger's best personas are organic to the story and emerge from the events at hand. In recent seasons, the writers seem to have forgotten this. "Echoes" is a prime example of, "What if Roger did (blank)" persona that has no connection to the plot and fails to connect with the viewer.
"Echoes" completely fails to live up to the standard of past "end of the world" episodes and makes even a diehard fan start to wonder if maybe it's time we end the series instead?
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