When Hayley suffers kidney damage and needs a transplant in "The Kidney Stays in the Picture", Francine is forced to reveal that Stan may not be Hayley's real father. Francine and Stan head back to the past in a CIA time machine to meet up with themselves and find out the truth. As they meet young Francine, they spot her heading off to make out with Joel but Stan interrupts them and Francine tells him he may have just upset history, leaving Stan to try to get her hooked up with the Joel again. Joel is seen at the Chinese Theatre in "A Star Is Reborn". Joel is voiced by Nathan Fillion.