In Country...Club
| "In Country...Club" | |
|---|---|
| American Dad! episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Albert Calleros Josue Cervantes |
| Written by | Judah Miller Murray Miller |
| Featured music | "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| Production code | 4AJN20 |
| Original air date | September 27, 2009 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Greg Grunberg |
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Greg Grunberg
Estelle Harris as Tourist
David Koechner as Dick
Matt McKenna as Buckle
Robert Patrick
Randy Spears as John Q. Mind
"In Country...Club" is the first episode of the sixth season and the seventy ninth overall episode of the animated comedy series American Dad!. It aired on Fox in the United States on September 27, 2009, and is written by Judah Miller and Murray Miller and directed by Albert Calleros and Josue Cervantes.
In the episode, Stan teaches Steve that the only way he can truly appreciate the national anthem is by participating in a war re-enactment, but the experience leaves Steve looking and acting like a traumatized Vietnam War veteran. Meanwhile, Roger gets a pet bird and badgers Stan into giving him a cable code so he can watch a Barbra Streisand pay-per-view special. And an amputee mental patient who has psychic powers, named John Q. Mind, escapes from a mental hospital on a motorcycle.
Steve has been chosen to sing the national anthem at the veteran's fair. However, he sings it with little passion, leading Stan to believe that the only way he can truly appreciate the national anthem is by experiencing war. Stan signs them both up for a Vietnam War re-enactment held at a local country club's golf course. Upon enlisting, Steve is immediately put on guard duty but he falls asleep, allowing the Viet Cong to attack their base and capture Stan. Steve goes in on a mission to rescue his father and succeeds. But later, while singing the national anthem at the fair, fireworks are lighted, sending Steve into a "war" flashback and breaking out a fight between him and other veterans. This causes Steve to be committed to a mental hospital. Later, Steve escapes from the hospital as the doctor questions a limbless man named John Q. Mind on how he opened the curtain.
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