"42-Year-Old Virgin" is the sixth episode of the third season of American Dad!

American Dad!

American Dad! is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane and owned by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions. It is produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television...

. It initially aired in the United States on Fox on November 18, 2007. This episode mainly centers around Stan

Stan Smith

Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith is a former American tennis player and two time Grand Slam singles champion who also, with his partner Bob Lutz, formed one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world...

, who admits to Roger that he has never killed anyone. He meets up with his covert buddies at a bar, only to be ridiculed by them once his secret comes out. Stan receives mixed signals from his family: Hayley

Hayley Smith (American Dad!)

Hayley Dreamsmasher Smith Fischer is a character from the animated television series American Dad!. She is voiced by Rachael MacFarlane, the younger sister of one of the series co-creators, Seth MacFarlane....

 is proud of her father, but Steve

Steve Smith (American Dad!)

Steven Anita “Steve” Smith is a character from the animated television series American Dad!. He is Stan and Francine Smith's only son and Hayley's younger brother as well as the youngest of the series' 6 main characters. Steve is voiced by Scott Grimes.According to TVTDB.com, Steve's original...

 and Francine

Francine Smith

Francine Smith is a fictional character on the animated television series American Dad!. She is the wife of Stan Smith and the mother of Steve and Hayley. Francine is voiced by Wendy Schaal.-Fictional character biography:...

 lose all respect for him. Roger tries to persuade Stan to go out an kill someone. Meanwhile, Steve meets a registered sex offender named Randy, who later kidnaps him and his friends, and only Stan can save him.

This episode was written by Nahnatchka Khan and directed by Pam Cooke.

Plot

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...

 coworkers Ray and "Bad" Larry learn that Stan

Stan Smith (American Dad!)

Stan Smith is a character from the animated television series American Dad!. Stan is a Central Intelligence Agency officer. Although once a case officer, he is now a weapons expert. Stan is voiced by the series' creator and executive producer, Seth MacFarlane.-Summary:Stan Smith born 12 February,...

 has never actually assassinated anyone; his previous victims are killed at the last second from causes other than Stan's bullets. He is labeled as a "killing virgin" by his fellow covert buddies. When news of this spreads by Roger, the rest of the Smiths display mixed reactions to Stan as a non-killer: Steve

Steve Smith (American Dad!)

Steven Anita “Steve” Smith is a character from the animated television series American Dad!. He is Stan and Francine Smith's only son and Hayley's younger brother as well as the youngest of the series' 6 main characters. Steve is voiced by Scott Grimes.According to TVTDB.com, Steve's original...

 accuses him of lying about being a killer, Hayley

Hayley Smith (American Dad!)

Hayley Dreamsmasher Smith Fischer is a character from the animated television series American Dad!. She is voiced by Rachael MacFarlane, the younger sister of one of the series co-creators, Seth MacFarlane....

 is proud of him, Klaus loses faith (again), and Francine

Francine Smith

Francine Smith is a fictional character on the animated television series American Dad!. She is the wife of Stan Smith and the mother of Steve and Hayley. Francine is voiced by Wendy Schaal.-Fictional character biography:...

 seems turned off sexually.

Roger, along with Ray and Larry, seek to help Stan find his first victim, his "one". Stan attempts to kill people at bars and poison a group of alien fanatics, to no avail. A child molester named Randy moves into the neighborhood and takes prurient interest in Steve and his friends, whom willingly walk into his van as a means to mock at Stan's inability to kill others. Stan, Ray, and Larry track them down at a water park, Randy's former workplace. When Stan attempts to arrest Randy, Randy notes he would get bailed from prison quickly because he has a good lawyer and his mother is rich. Stan decides that this is unacceptable and shoots him. Due to his horrific aim, however, he accidentally shoots Larry. When the dying cohort commends Stan, Stan realizes he found his "one", and the rest of the family's views on Stan return to normal.

Production

"42-Year Old Virgin" was written by Nahnatchka Khan and directed by series regular Pam Cooke. This would be the first episode of the third season

American Dad! (season 3)

American Dad!'s third season aired from September 23, 2007 to May 18, 2008.The season consisted of sixteen episodes. The first half of the season is included within the Volume Three DVD box set, which was released on April 15, 2008 and the second half is included within the Volume Four DVD box set,...

 that would be directed by Cooke.

Censorship

After the scene where Francine covers herself and goes to bed because she lost interest in having sex with Stan, the DVD version adds a part where we hear the sound of a vibrator. Francine says, stumbling through the words, that it is her pencil-sharpener, and she is "sharpening my... pencils for my... meeting tomorrow". This was the first episode of American Dad! to receive a 15 certificate from the BBFC instead of the usual 12 certificate(from that point on, the future American Dad DVD releases received a 15, but if not for the crude nature of the commentaries and this episode, the set would've been a 12), due to the plot point where Steve and his friends are abducted by a child molester and the scene with Francine using a vibrator for masturbation (which was cut on American TV, but not in the UK).