Lost in Space (American Dad!)

"Lost in Space"
American Dad! episode
Jeff Fischer, aboard a ship owned by Roger's people, before Emperor Zing preparing to take a test to prove his love for Hayley.
Episode no.	Season 9 Episode 18
Directed by	Chris Bennett
Written by	Mike Barker
Featured music	"Majestic" by Wax Fang "At Sea" by Wax Fang "The Astronaut Part 2" by Wax Fang
Production code	7AJN20
Original air date	May 5, 2013 (2013-05-05)
Guest appearances
Michael McKean as Emperor Zing Sean Hayes as Foster Sinbad as himself Paget Brewster as Shape-Shifting Alien Pete Holmes
Episode chronology
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"Lost in Space" is the eighteenth episode of the ninth season of American Dad!. The episode aired on May 5, 2013, on Fox's Animation Domination lineup. The episode was written by series co-creator Mike Barker and directed by series regular Chris Bennett. "Lost in Space" was promoted as episode 150 by Fox and numerous mainstream media reports; it is actually episode 151, while the episode "The Full Cognitive Redaction of Avery Bullock by the Coward Stan Smith" is episode 150. "Lost in Space" continues a plot line established in the episode "Naked to the Limit, One More Time." In addition, several of the episodes that aired in between "Naked to the Limit, One More Time" and "Lost in Space" contribute to the plot line in question.

Not to be confused with Roger's birth planet (Fox has misreported this episode as the revealing of this^[1]), the setting of "Lost in Space" is simply a spaceship owned by members of Roger's alien race. The episode centers around Jeff Fischer's attempts to escape a slave spaceship full of aliens (the slave-owning aliens of which are Roger's race) that he was suddenly shoved onto by Roger in "Naked to the Limit, One More Time". In "Lost in Space," Jeff endeavors to prove to slave-owning aliens the legitimacy of his love for wife Hayley Smith in order to escape the spaceship.

"Lost in Space" is unconventional in that Jeff is, for the most part, the only main character from the show to appear, although Roger and Hayley have brief cameo appearances, and the rest of the family makes a brief appearance together in the beginning recap. The episode received positive reviews from television critics, with praise directed to the visual style and humor.