American Dad - 8x05 - Why Can't We Be Friends?

    Stan is annoyed at the way Steve acts with his friend Snot.  In order to separate them, Stan fakes a mob hit, and puts Snot into witness protection.  After spending some time with Snot, Stan realizes that he really likes him.  In the meantime, Roger is having Jeff clean his apartment, then is robbing him on his way home.
    While the premise isn't as mind-bending as the best of the American Dad episodes, this one did well with lesser material.  Well enough that they brought the quality of the show up above where it would usually fall.  The animation for Steve and Snot playing air guitar is just great.  The designs for the increasingly evil hallway where Jeff gets mugged are wonderful, and especially surreal.
    It was a pleasure to see Always With Me, Always With You get used at the end.  The camera rotating around them as they go through the tapping part was beautifully done.
    It's also nice to see an episode flesh out Snot without making his life seem weirder.