Watch American Dad Season 1 Episode 4 Francine’s Flashback Online
Despite Francine’s hints, Stan completely forgets their anniversary, only remembering that it was time for the CIA’s annual fishing trip. When he finally remembers, he panics and brings Whitney Houston home for a private performance, in exchange for giving her a cocaine fix. Unfortunately, Francine doesn’t buy it, and a desperate Stan knocks her out and takes her to the CIA lab to erase the last 20 hours of her memory. However, the technician accidentally and irreversibly erases the last 20 years of her memory instead, making her think it is now 1985.
Taking the advice from “forgettable” actor Bill Pullman, Stan treats Francine as though she is 18 again, moving her to her old apartment and having Hayley as her roommate. Back home, he reminisces about how he and Francine first fell in love: while on a drive, they accidentally hit a raccoon, Stan shot it to put it out of its misery, and Francine was overcome by his compassion in doing so. Stan tries to jog Francine’s memory by reenacting the incident, but things don’t go as planned: Stan misses the raccoon; Francine won’t let him kill it; and when he furiously chases the animal it escapes, leading Francine to view him as psychopathic.