Rapture’s Delight
Season: 5
Air Date: December 13, 2009
Best Quote: “Apparently God does love gays but only if they’re tops.” – Terry, on why his partner was Raptured but he was not.
Oh man, this is one of my favorite episodes and it really starts to show its roots in horror starting here. Basically, Stan and Francine have sex in church on Christmas when the Rapture happens and Stan and Francine are left behind. Their kids get Raptured and escorted to their own personal Heaven (Steve’s involves Valkyries riding unicorns that poop out cheeseburgers with pepperjack cheese). Stan ditches Francine to please a man who he thinks is Jesus but turns out to be a hobo, but Francine finds the real Jesus and he falls in love with her so she gets Raptured while Stan gets left on Earth. Flash forward seven years and the episode has turned into a Mad Max film. There are demons and monsters flying around, pentagrams painted on buildings, etc. Jesus goes to find Stan because the Antichrist has captured Francine so they wage battle against the forces of Hell. In a particularly darkly humorous moment, Stan murders a child whom he thinks is the Antichrist, but is actually just a kid from the prep school next door to the Antichrist’s lair. Oh and the Antichrist does and says everything that’s the opposite of Jesus, which is used to hilarious effect. This is one of the most entertaining episodes of American Dad! and I recommend you watch it right away.