People who are not really interested, or already have their judgement ready before actually watching something, very often take just a quick look at Family Guy and American Dad and say: "Oh it's basically the same show...."
But there are so many BIG differences!! And to name one: American Dad is actually RIDICULOUSLY consistent with characters and occurances! Seriously, if Stan told a weird neighbor he smells bad today, there is a good chance that four seasons later you find that neighbor is STILL pissed about that. And Family Guy being the exact opposite: not taking stories or even themselves seriously at all, and if Lois loses her leg in this scene, it's completely up to the Family Guy Gods if that is still the case even two minutes later... and I love both shows for being EXACTLY what they are!
So me being the type of fan that actually remembers Meg has not been Meg for a long time now since she was murdered and replaced by a Russian look-a-like clone agent, when Meg started speaking Russian in this episode I immediatly thought: "oooh they're gonna play that storyline now!"
But no, it was completely unrelated and Meg is still really Meg and this is NOT American Dad. I really enjoyed this episode. It wasn't the best ever and the 'laugh-or-grin' ratio was definitely a bit low... But that was well compensated by TWO actually fun storylines that kept me engaged and smiling throughout the whole episode. I wasn't bored or annoyed even for a second, I had fun, and am looking forward to the 'sequel' to this next week! A couple more real laughs would be nice though ;-)