Normally, American Dad isn't a show that holds my attention beyond some of the short spurts of crude humor that one typically expects from it. However, as I was catching up with the world(i.e. TV) and saw this episode called "Shallow Vows", I laughed non-stop and got to thinking about the message it was really trying to get across.

**SPOILER ALERT**

The general gist of things is that Stan is renewing his marital vows and he admits that the primary factor in marrying his wife, Fran, was her beauty and good looks. The rest of the episode is Stan trying to cope with Fran vengefully letting herself go until he finally gets the idea to have the CIA remove his retinas so that he's blind. It is at that point that Stan then becomes far more interested in Fran as a person and develops a very intimate relationship with her since Fran's appearance no longer affects his blind eyes. Fran is all smiles until she finds out that his blindness and new-found intimacy have also made him an invalid and now require her to get a job to take care of him. Fran then has the epiphany that she got married to be taken care of and not to have to work for the rest of her life. Finally, they both realize how mutually superficial they really are.  

It makes you wonder how hypocritical you are and  how deep is your love really?
[shout-out to my infamous classmate Dave Choi]