Rapture's Delight
"Rapture's Delight" | |
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American Dad! episode | |
Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 9 |
Directed by | Joe Daniello |
Written by | Chris McKenna Matt McKenna |
Production code | 4AJN17 |
Original air date | December 13, 2009 |
Running time | 21 minutes |
Guest appearances | |
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"Rapture's Delight" is the ninth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series American Dad!. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on December 13, 2009. This episode centers around Stan and Francine's life after the vast majority of the church, including Hayley and Steve, are raptured. When Stan begins to blame Francine for not getting into heaven, Francine ends their relationship and befriends a man whom she later finds out to be Jesus. Francine becomes his bride, leaving Stan behind to participate in the armageddon.
This episode was written by Chris and Matt McKenna and directed by
Plot
Seven years pass and the war between Jesus and the
Stan and Jesus meet with the Anti-Christ, depicted as a self-proclaimed supervillain who claims to be the opposite of Jesus. When he tries to trap them, the container breaks apart; being the opposite of Jesus, he is a bad carpenter. After a drawn-out battle, Jesus jumps onto Anti's back and breaks his neck. Anti survives and attempts to shoot Jesus but Stan takes the bullet for him, giving Jesus enough time to throw a cross-shaped shuriken into the Anti-Christ's head, killing him. When Francine tears Stan's shirt away to look at the wound, she sees that he has always kept their wedding rings, and he admits that he had in fact come to save Francine. He activates a bomb to destroy the lair and end the war once and for all. Francine tries to rescue him but Stan asks her to leave lest the explosion kill her too. Stan dies in the blast and is sent to heaven. When Michelle guides him to his own "personalized heaven", Stan enters his home just the way it was at the beginning of the episode, the only difference being Klaus' dead fish body being mounted on a plaque hanging on the wall.
Production
"Rapture's Delight" was directed by series regular
Reception
"Rapture's Delight" was broadcast on December 13, 2009 as part of the animated television block on Fox. It was preceded by
"Rapture's Delight" was met with acclaim from many television critics upon its initial airing. Emily VanDerWerff of
References
- ^ a b c d e Daniello, Joe; McKenna, Chris; McKenna, Matt; MacFarlane, Seth (2009-12-13). "Rapture's Delight". American Dad!. Season 06. Episode 9. Fox.
- ^ a b Gorman, Bill (2009-12-14). "TV Ratings Sunday: Football Wins, Oprah's Christmas Rates Below Brothers & Sisters". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 2011-03-09.
- ^ Bill Gorman (2009-11-30). "TV Ratings Sunday: Of Course Football Wins; Fox Animation Bounces Back; ABC Slumps". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 2011-02-18.
- ^ a b VanDerWerff, Emily (December 14, 2009). "O, Brother, Where Bart Thou?"/"A Cleveland Brown Christmas"/"Business Guy"/"Rapture's Delight". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ TV Squad. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
External links
- "Rapture's Delight" at IMDb