Review: American Dad “The Sickness”
Overview
When Rogu comes down with a mysterious illness, the Smiths struggle to find a cure.
Our Take
If you’re looking for an episode of American Dad with a bunch of cameos from seldom-used characters then boy do I have an episode for you! Chief among the seldom used characters is that of Rogu who is the focal point of tonight’s episode and is on the other end of a sickness (note the title of the episode) that eventually hits everyone not-named Roger. With that said, this week’s episode from Zack Rosenblatt makes for a great evening that everyone should check out.
I always thought the best retail candle jokes came from The Office, but Zack and co. come up with some pretty good ones. Not just the fact that retail candles come in ridiculous varieties but the fact that they are typically packaged in death-dealing materials only to be shipped off to an alien that has a YouTube channel with a rather strong following is the type of story build-up that American Dad on TBS is best at. Just adding in the crazy until it’s filled to the top is a garden variety American Dad only to watch it all avalanche due to some arbitrary reason. It may sound like I’m being condescending, but I’m not, these are my favorite episodes of American Dad.
There are a number of comedic scenes and sight gags like Roger’s increasingly erratic parking jobs on the lawn to his job at the Greasy Spoon which is where we get our cameo-fest literally sitting all at one table. I’m not even going to spoil who is there, but it’s a good group for longtime Dadders.
Overall, “The Sickness” is one of the funniest episodes of American Dad of the year thus far and you should definitely make sure to watch it. For hardcore fans of the show it’s a requirement, for everyone else, it’s going to be a laugh riot.
"There are also other characters that come and go (also owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery conglomerate media company)."
Huh. Is that just referring to other characters from the show itself, or is this implying that the new season is going to have cameos from other WBD IPs