Fart-Break Hotel
| "Fart-Break Hotel" | |
|---|---|
| American Dad! episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Rodney Clouden |
| Written by | Chris McKenna Matt McKenna |
| Featured music | "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra |
| Production code | 5AJN18 |
| Original air date | January 16, 2011 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
"Fart-Break Hotel" is the ninth episode of the seventh season of American Dad!. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 16, 2011. The episode follows housewife Francine as she becomes frustrated and bored with her daily routine of taking care of her family. Due to an accident at the house, the family moves into a luxury hotel for a week. While there, Francine decides to assume the identity and life of a familyless career woman, the CEO of a concrete company.
The episode was written by Chris and Matt McKenna, and directed by Rodney Clouden. It received mixed reception among television critics upon its release, with many going on to criticize the main storyline. It was viewed by 3.58 million homes upon its original airing. The episode features guest appearances from Héctor Elizondo, Will Forte, Richard Gant, Missi Pyle, Kevin Michael Richardson, J.K. Simmons, and Alan Tudyk.
Francine's daily routine starts to get to her when the family complains about dinner being prepared with the wrong vegetable (okra). She imagines herself killing the family in revenge; after Francine threatens them, they agree to eat the dinner anyway. Roger warns the family that he will have a bad reaction to the okra but eats it at Stan's urging. He farts a lethal gas during the middle of the night, prompting the family to leave their residence and stay at a hotel for a week. Discovering that she has never taken the time to get in touch with herself, Francine decides to spend the day assuming the identity of a recently deceased concrete saleswoman, Sarah Blanch. At the work convention in the hotel, Francine becomes more and more impressed with the exciting life she has fabricated for Sarah and fully assumes her identity, demonstrating business prowess that lands her a CEO job in Portland, Oregon. Francine decides to give up her former life and her family to pursue a new life as Sarah.
Meanwhile, at the hotel, Steve becomes drawn to a Patrick Nagel painting of a woman and the concierge, Héctor Elizondo, explains that the portrait was painted in 1981 at the hotel. Steve is disappointed that he cannot meet the woman in the portrait, but Héctor tells him that if he uses the power of his mind, he can will himself to travel back in time to meet his dream girl. He successfully travels though time and meets Nagel. However, Nagel drugs his champagne. He awakens naked on the bed and sees the painting of the woman. Nagel explains that he painted Steve, revealing that Steve himself is the woman in the painting and the shock returns him to his own time. The concierge then asks Steve if the woman in the painting was him (Steve). Steve then asks how he knows and the concierge reveals that he once fell in love, a painting of him as a woman is then shown.
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