You Debt Your Life

Roger is dancing drunk in a dive bar next to the pinball machines dressed as Jodie Foster from The Accused, asking if any of the clientele want to take him against his will.

After punching a kindly old man and splashing a drink on a bouncer, Roger runs out into the street, into the path of a bus.

Roger's life flashes before his eyes: protesting against the integration of The University of Alabama by knocking the books out of Vivian Malone's hand in front of her military escorts, getting Captain Joseph Hazelwood drunk as he steers The Exxon Valdez into an iceberg, and getting his artwork for Jar Jar Binks approved by George Lucas.

Saddened, Roger moves out of the household and into an apartment, at least until Francine stops by and suggests he try to convince Stan to accept him again.

Steve himself develops such a God complex (or as Principal Lewis calls it, "getting drunk on the mike"), prompting his concerned friends to use the same microphone trick on him.

When Barry is appointed, he immediately swears directly into the microphone, leading to Lewis to kick the entire group out of his office.

Recurring voice actors Curtis Armstrong, Daisuke Suzuki and Eddie Kaye Thomas guest starred as Steve's friends in the episode, while Kevin Michael Richardson would return to play his part as Principal Lewis.

[1] Both the episode's total viewership and rating was lower than those of every other show featured in the animation television night.

In a simultaneous review with The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy, and The Cleveland Show, Rowan Kaiser of The A.V.

"[3] Kaiser further suggested the scene when Roger devises a plan to save Stan at Area 51 was anticlimactic, saying after "some weird stuff happens, the reset button gets hit, the end.