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This is a list of episodes of the FOX animated television series King of the Hill. The show premiered on January 12, 1997.
[edit] Seasons
- See also: King of the Hill DVDs
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Season
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# of
Episodes |
Original airdate |
DVD releases |
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1 |
12 |
1997 |
R1: July 1, 2003
R2: March 13, 2006
R4: March 15, 2006 |
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|
2 |
23 |
1997 – 1998 |
R1: November 11, 2003
R2: March 13, 2006
R4: May 23, 2006 |
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3 |
25 |
1998 – 1999 |
R1: December 28, 2003
R2: August 28, 2006
R4: September 26, 2006 |
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4 |
24 |
1999 – 2000 |
R1: May 3, 2005
R2: January 15, 2007
R4: June 20, 2007 |
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5 |
20 |
2000 – 2001 |
R1: November 22, 2005
R2: February 26, 2007
R4: October 30, 2008 |
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6 |
22 |
2001 – 2002 |
R1: May 2, 2006 |
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|
7 |
23 |
2002 – 2003 |
-- |
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|
8 |
22 |
2003 – 2004 |
-- |
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|
9 |
15 |
2004 – 2005 |
-- |
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10 |
15 |
2005 – 2006 |
-- |
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11 |
12 |
2007 |
-- |
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12 |
22 |
2007 – 2008 |
-- |
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13 |
|
2008 – 2009 |
-- |
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1: 1997
[edit] Season 2: 1997-1998
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 1 |
"Pilot" |
January 12, 1997 |
4E01 |
| When a baseball hits Bobby in the eye during a baseball game, the resulting black eye and Hank's short temper cause a social worker to suspect Hank of child abuse. |
| 2 |
"Square Peg" |
January 19, 1997 |
4E02 |
| Peggy is mortified and tongue-tied when she finds out she has been chosen to teach the middle school's sexual education class. |
| 3 |
"The Order of the Straight Arrow" |
February 2, 1997 |
4E03 |
| While on a camping trip following the wisdom of a Native American spirit called Wimitanyae, Hank, Cotton and Dale send Bobby, Joseph and Randy on a snipe hunt. Although then Bobby catches something in the bag and all are in shock when they find out it's a whooping crane. Meanwhile, Peggy sneaks out to buy special shoes for her large feet. |
| 4 |
"Hank's Got the Willies" |
February 9, 1997 |
4E05 |
| Father-son tensions rise when Bobby hits Hank's idol, Willie Nelson, on the head with a golf club. |
| 5 |
"Luanne's Saga" |
February 16, 1997 |
4E04 |
| Hank's promise to find Luanne a new boyfriend in forty-eight hours after Buckley breaks up with her backfires when she hooks up with Boomhauer. |
| 6 |
"Hank's Unmentionable Problem" |
February 23, 1997 |
4E07 |
| Hank's ongoing constipation causes great concern for Peggy and, much to Hank's embarrassment, everyone else in Arlen. |
| 7 |
"Westie Side Story" |
March 2, 1997 |
4E06 |
| Hank's attempt to be neighborly with the new Laotian family next door is sorely tested after he's convinced they served him hamburgers made from dog meat. |
| 8 |
"Shins of the Father" |
March 23, 1997 |
4E08 |
| Hank and Peggy disagree over whether Hank's sexist father can stay with them, especially after Cotton's bad habits rub off on their son Bobby. |
| 9 |
"Peggy the Boggle Champ" |
April 13, 1997 |
4E09 |
| Hank's promise to coach Peggy at the Texas State Boggle Championship is jeopardized when his buddies try to lure him away to the Ninth Annual Dallas Mower Expo. Meanwhile, Bobby and Luanne freak out when they leave a condensation ring on the new coffee table. |
| 10 |
"Keeping Up With Our Joneses" |
April 27, 1997 |
4E10 |
| When Hank catches Bobby smoking a cigarette, he punishes him by forcing him to smoke an entire carton; the plan backfires, and Hank, Peggy, and Bobby all end up addicted to tobacco. |
| 11 |
"Plastic White Female" |
May 11, 1997 |
4E11 |
| Peggy is horrified when she discovers Bobby playing Spin the Bottle with one of Luanne's beautician school plastic practice heads. |
| 12 |
"Company Man" |
| a new housing development is in need of a propane supplier. Buck instructs Hank to show the owner,an obnoxious yankee,a good time. |
| 13 |
"King of the Ant Hill" |
May 4, 1997 |
4E13 |
| After telling Dale never to spray insecticide on his lawn again, Hank's expensive new lawn becomes mysteriously infested with fire ants. |
|
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 13 |
"How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying" |
September 21, 1997 |
5E01 |
| When Bobby displays a talent for target shooting, Hank signs up for a father/son fun shoot competition—only to discover a buried childhood memory is still sadly affecting his aim. |
| 14 |
"Texas City Twister" |
September 26, 1997 |
5E02 |
| Hank must save Peggy and Luanne from a tornado after Hank regrets not showing remorse for throwing Luanne out of the house. |
| 15 |
"The Arrowhead" |
October 19, 1997 |
5E04 |
| Peggy's excitement over finding Indian artifacts in the front yard distresses Hank when the yard is turned into an archeological dig. |
| 16 |
"Hilloween" |
October 26, 1997 |
5E06 |
| Hank goes to war with a litigious evangelical woman bent on banning Halloween in Arlen. |
| 17 |
"Jumpin' Crack Bass" |
November 2, 1997 |
5E03 |
| Hank finds himself facing possible jail time after buying crack cocaine to use as fish bait. |
| 18 |
"Husky Bobby" |
November 9, 1997 |
5E05 |
| Hank is determined to save his son from humiliation after Bobby decides to model for a husky boy clothing line. |
| 19 |
"The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteberg" |
November 16, 1997 |
5E07 |
| Hank, Boomhauer, Bill and Dale try to beat a group of garage band teenagers (voiced by the members of the pop-punk group Green Day) in paint-ball. |
| 20 |
"The Son That Got Away" |
November 23, 1997 |
5E08 |
| Bobby, Connie and Joseph run away to "The Caves," where "half of Arlen's unplanned pregnancies begin," after each of them gets in trouble at school for disrupting class. |
| 21 |
"The Company Man" |
December 7, 1997 |
4E12 |
| Hank has to pretend to be a "cowboy" to impress a "city slicker" from Boston |
| 22 |
"Bobby Slam" |
December 14, 1997 |
5E10 |
| Hank is delighted when Bobby announces he's joining the school wrestling team, but Peggy is mortified when she learns her son must first wrestle Connie in order to make the team. |
| 23 |
"The Unbearable Blindness of Laying" |
December 21, 1997 |
5E09 |
| In this Christmas episode, Hank is psychologically shocked into blindness after accidentally catching a glimpse of his mother and her new boyfriend having sex on the kitchen table. |
| 24 |
"Meet the Manger Babies" |
January 11, 1998 |
5E12 |
| Hank faces a dilemma of Biblical proportions when Luanne asks him to portray God in a live TV broadcast of her puppet show which airs on Super Bowl Sunday. Her puppet characters—all ostensibly farm animals present at the Nativity—peculiarly include a penguin, and an octopus missing several arms! |
| 25 |
"Snow Job" |
February 1, 1998 |
5E11 |
| During a snow storm, a shaken and confused Hank becomes disillusioned about his life and career after discovering that his boss uses an electric stove in his house. |
| 26 |
"I Remember Mono" |
February 8, 1998 |
5E13 |
| While updating files at Arlen High School, Peggy learns that Hank's two-week absence from classes back in 1973 was due to monoucleosis, not a back injury. |
| 27 |
"Three Days of the Kahndo" |
February 15, 1998 |
5E15 |
| Kahn's misreading of an advertisement for a Mexican time share results in him, Hank, and Dale getting trapped in Mexico. |
| 28 |
"Traffic Jam" |
February 22, 1998 |
5E14 |
| When Hank and Kahn collide with each other, they are both forced to attend traffic school courses taught by a raunchy comedian (voiced by Chris Rock), who begins mentoring Bobby in stand-up comedy. |
| 29 |
"Hank's Dirty Laundry" |
March 1, 1998 |
5E16 |
| When a pornographic video store clerk accuses Hank of renting a video and not returning it, Hank must clear his name or face a ruined credit report. |
| 30 |
"The Final Shinsult" |
March 15, 1998 |
5E17 |
| After losing his driver's license, Cotton moves in with Dale and plots to steal Antonio López de Santa Anna's wooden leg to use as a bargaining chip with the DMV. |
| 31 |
"Leanne's Saga" |
April 19, 1998 |
5E18 |
| Luanne's mother is released from prison and starts dating Bill, whom she begins to abuse. |
| 32 |
"Junkie Business" |
April 26, 1998 |
5E19 |
| Strickland Propane's new employee whom Hank hires turns out to be a drug addict who uses a legal trick that frees him from responsibility on the job. |
| 33 |
"Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga" |
May 3, 1998 |
5E20 |
| Bobby gets a job at the Arlen race track, where he discovers that his boss is a mentally-challenged sociopath (voiced by Jim Cummings). Meanwhile, Boomhauer is given the chance to drive the pace car in an upcoming race. |
| 34 |
"Peggy's Turtle Song" |
May 10, 1998 |
5E21 |
| An overdose of sugar leads to Bobby being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, prompting Peggy to become a stay-at-home mom and befriend a radical female guitar teacher. |
| 35 |
"Part I:Propane Boom" |
May 17, 1998 |
5E22 |
| Strickland Propane is unable to compete with Mega Lo Mart when they begin selling propane, prompting Hank to work at the Mega Lo Mart. The store then ends up destroyed in an explosion due to a mishandled propane tank. |
[edit] Season 3: 1998-1999
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 36 |
"Part II:Death of a Propane Salesman" |
September 15, 1998 |
5E24 |
| A horrified Hank discovers that the Mega Lo Mart explosion has altered his feelings about propane, while a now bald Luanne laments the loss of her hair, and her boyfriend. |
| 37 |
"And They Call It Bobby Love" |
September 22, 1998 |
3ABE01 |
| Bobby falls in love with a 14-year old classmate, while Hank and the guys become attached to an old couch that Kahn had discarded in the alley. |
| 38 |
"Peggy's Headache" |
October 6, 1998 |
5E20 |
| Peggy's delight at being hired to write the Musings column in the Arlen Bystander is tempered by dismay over learning that Dale's wife, Nancy, is having an affair with John Redcorn. |
| 39 |
"Pregnant Paws" |
October 13, 1998 |
3ABE02 |
| While Hank is busy trying to breed Ladybird, Dale decides to add a little excitement to his life by enrolling in a 4-hour Bounty Hunter training course. |
| 40 |
"Next of Shin" |
November 3, 1998 |
3ABE05 |
| After Hank learns his sperm count is low, his mood worsens when Cotton shows up boasting that his new wife Didi is pregnant. |
| 41 |
"Peggy's Pageant Fever" |
November 10, 1998 |
3ABE07 |
| Peggy enters the Mrs. Heimlich County Beauty pageant in hopes of winning a truck. |
| 42 |
"Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men" |
November 17, 1998 |
3ABE08 |
| While shopping at the mall on the Friday after Thanksgiving, Hank, Dale, Bill, Kahn, and Boomhauer are invited to be part of a focus group for a new mower, Luanne goes ice skating to forget about Buckley, and Peggy falls asleep at a shoe repair shop after tearing her loafer. |
| 43 |
"Good Hill Hunting" |
December 1, 1998 |
3ABE04 |
| Hank takes Bobby hunting in order to initiate him into the mysteries of manhood. |
| 44 |
"Pretty, Pretty Dresses" |
December 15, 1998 |
3ABE10 |
| At Christmas time, Bill hits rock-bottom when his despair twists into delusion when he begins to impersonate his estranged wife, Lenore. |
| 45 |
"A Fire Fighting We Will Go" |
January 12, 1999 |
3ABE11 |
| Hank, Bill, Boomhauer and Dale become fire fighters--with disastrous results. |
| 46 |
"To Spank with Love" |
January 19, 1999 |
3ABE03 |
| Peggy gains a reputation as an abusive disciplinarian when she spanks a student for humiliating her. |
| 47 |
"Three Coaches and a Bobby" |
January 26, 1999 |
3ABE12 |
| Hank gets his former football coach to take on guidance of Bobby's football team, but the plan falls apart when Bobby joins the soccer team. |
| 48 |
"De-Kahnstructing Henry" |
February 2, 1999 |
3ABE14 |
| Hank accidentally gets Kahn fired after revealing one of Kahn's top secret plans for his company. |
| 49 |
"The Wedding of Bobby Hill" |
February 9, 1999 |
3ABE09 |
| The Hill family's mutual prank-playing goes awry when Bobby tampers with Luanne's birth control pills, forcing Luanne to get married. |
| 50 |
"Sleight of Hank" |
February 16, 1999 |
3ABE15 |
| Peggy is chosen to be a magician's assistant, angering Hank, when Peggy won't tell Hank the secret behind one of his tricks. |
| 51 |
"Jon Vitti Presents: ‘Return to La Grunta'" |
February 23, 1999 |
3ABE06 |
| Luanne buys Hank a ticket to swim with the dolphins, where Hank is molested by one of them. Meanwhile, Luanne gets hired at a golf course, where she is sexually harassed by the other players. |
| 52 |
"Escape from Party Island" |
March 16, 1999 |
3ABE16 |
| Hank drives his mom and her friends to Port Aransas to shop for glass miniatures, but loses the women in the chaos of spring break. |
| 53 |
"Love Hurts and So Does Art" |
March 23, 1999 |
3ABE13 |
| An X-ray of Hank's colon winds up in an art museum. Bobby tries to avoid going to the school dance with Connie when he's diagnosed with gout. |
| 54 |
"Hank's Cowboy Movie" |
April 6, 1999 |
3ABE18 |
| Hurt by Bobby's negative views of his hometown, Hank tries to get the Dallas Cowboys to move their training camp from Wichita Falls to Arlen. |
| 55 |
"Dog Dale Afternoon" |
April 13, 1999 |
3ABE17 |
| After Dale gets a new mower, he goes insane when his friends steal it as part of a prank. |
| 56 |
"Revenge of the Lutefisk" |
April 20, 1999 |
3ABE19 |
| Bobby accidentally burns down his church, but Hank's father gets blamed for it due to his sexist attitude towards the church accepting a female pastor. |
| 57 |
"Death and Texas" |
April 27, 1999 |
3ABE20 |
| Peggy is led to believe a convict is a former student of hers, who turns her bringing him a Boggle game set to his own nefarious ends. |
| 58 |
"Wings of the Dope" |
May 4, 1999 |
3ABE21 |
| Hank Hill gets a trampoline for his yard, where Luanne begins seeing the spirit of her dead boyfriend, Buckley. |
| 59 |
"Take Me out of the Ball Game" |
May 11, 1999 |
3ABE22 |
| Hank is picked to coach the company's softball team, spurring friction between Peggy and Hank. |
| 60 |
"Part I:As Old as the Hills" |
May 18, 1999 |
3ABE23 |
| Hank takes Peggy skydiving when Peggy is worried that she's too old to be hip, which ends in disaster when Peggy's parachute fails to open. Meanwhile, Bobby is forced to take Didi to the hospital when her water breaks. |
[edit] Season 4: 1999-2000
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 61 |
"Peggy Hill: The Decline and Fall (Part 2)" |
September 26, 1999 |
3ABE24 |
| Peggy struggles to regain her strength following her skydiving accident. Bobby delivers Cotton's son but gets overwhelmed when neither Cotton or Didi embrace new parenthood. |
| 62 |
"Cotton's Plot" |
October 3, 1999 |
4ABE01 |
| Cotton takes over Peggy's physical therapy in exchange for help getting a burial plot in the Veterans' Administration cemetery. |
| 63 |
"Bills Are Made to Be Broken" |
October 24, 1999 |
4ABE02 |
| Bill's high school football record is broken unfairly and he tries to get back on the field to set things right. |
| 64 |
"Little Horrors of Shop" |
October 31, 1999 |
4ABE03 |
| Buck Strickland insists that Hank take two weeks off from Strickland Propane; meanwhile, Hank begins teaching wood shop at Tom Landry Middle School. |
| 65 |
"Aisle 8A" |
November 7, 1999 |
4ABE04 |
| Kahn and Minh go to Hawaii for Kahn's job and asks Hank to take care of Connie, who's excited that she'll be staying with Bobby, but becomes emotional and mean-spirited when she gets her first period. |
| 66 |
"A Beer Can Named Desire" |
November 14, 1999 |
4ABE05 |
| Hank wins an Alamo Beer contest for a chance to win a million dollars by throwing a football through a one-foot hole in a giant Alamo Beer can, while Bill visits the rest of the Dauterive family in Louisiana. |
| 67 |
"Happy Hank's Giving" |
November 21, 1999 |
4ABE08 |
| The Hills plan to fly to Montana, but when their flight is delayed by a snowstorm, they and their neighbors are forced to stay at the airport. |
| 68 |
"Not in My Back-Hoe" |
November 28, 1999 |
4ABE06 |
| Drew Carey guest stars as a man who befriends Hank Hill after the two discover that they are very much alike. |
| 69 |
"To Kill a Ladybird" |
December 12, 1999 |
4ABE07 |
| Dale and Ladybird may have contracted rabies from a raccoon Bobby befriended. |
| 70 |
"Hillennium" |
December 19, 1999 |
4ABE10 |
| Hank ruins Christmas for everyone when he worries that the world will end due to the Y2K virus. |
| 71 |
"Old Glory" |
January 9, 2000 |
4ABE09 |
| Peggy writes a school essay for Bobby, and they both catch fire for it by a vengeful English teacher. |
| 72 |
"Rodeo Days" |
January 16, 2000 |
4ABE11 |
| Bobby becomes fascinated with being a rodeo clown and becomes one himself much to Hank and Peggy's dismay. |
| 73 |
"Hanky Panky (Part 1)" |
February 6, 2000 |
4ABE13 |
| Buck and Miz Liz separate, a Strickland Propane employee is found dead in a dumpster behind Sugarfoot's restaurant, and Hank mistakes a marijuana cigarette for a tobacco cigarette. |
| 74 |
"High Anxiety (Part 2)" |
February 13, 2000 |
4ABE14 |
| Hank is suspected of the murder of Buck's secretary Debbie Grund, while Peggy struggles with restaurant management at Peggy's Sugarfoot's. |
| 75 |
"Naked Ambition" |
February 20, 2000 |
4ABE12 |
| Bobby accidentally sees Luanne naked, and when Joseph hears the story, his imagination runs wild and he wants to see her nude too. |
| 76 |
"Movin' on Up" |
February 27, 2000 |
4ABE16 |
| Luanne moves out of Hank's den and into her own house with a swimming pool but also three lazy, stupid roommates. |
| 77 |
"Bill of Sales" |
March 12, 2000 |
4ABE15 |
| Peggy and Bill start selling for a pyramid scheme. |
| 78 |
"Won't You Pimai Neighbor?" |
March 19, 2000 |
4ABE18 |
| Bobby undergoes tests to find out if he is the reincarnation of the Buddhist Lama Sanglug. |
| 79 |
"Hank's Bad Hair Day" |
April 9, 2000 |
4ABE19 |
| Hank gets a haircut on base from Bill, and a bill for $900.00 from the United States Army for the tonsorial procedure. |
| 80 |
"Meet the Propaniacs" |
April 16, 2000 |
4ABE17 |
| While working for Hank during the summer at Strickland Propane (instead of going to an acting camp), Bobby, some Strickland co-workers, Dale, and Luanne form a sketch comedy troupe calle The Propaniacs. |
| 81 |
"Nancy's Boys" |
April 30, 2000 |
4ABE20 |
| After her years-long affair with John Redcorn, Nancy decides to stop cheating on Dale. |
| 82 |
"Flush with Power" |
May 7, 2000 |
4ABE22 |
| Arlen's City Council forces Hank to install low-flow toilets against his wishes when a drought hits town. |
| 83 |
"Transnational Amusements Presents: Peggy's Magic Sex Feet" |
May 14, 2000 |
4ABE21 |
| After admitting her real shoe size during a night of bowling, Peggy feels ashamed of her big feet--until a man gives her the chance to be an Internet star on a foot fetish website. |
| 84 |
"Peggy's Fan Fair" |
May 21, 2000 |
4ABE23 |
| While attending a Nashville music festival with Hank and the guys, Peggy becomes convinced that Randy Travis stole her song lyrics. |
[edit] Season 5: 2000-2001
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 85 |
"The Perils of Polling" |
October 1, 2000 |
5ABE02 |
| When Hank finds out George W. Bush has a weak handshake, he becomes unsure on whether or not to vote for him. |
| 86 |
"The Buck Stops Here (King of the Hill)" |
November 5, 2000 |
5ABE01 |
| Bobby becomes a golf caddy for Buck Strickland, who takes him along for the ride on a gambling junket. Brad Renfro guest stars. |
| 87 |
"I Don't Want to Wait for Our Lives to Be Over" |
November 12, 2000 |
4ABE24 |
| With Bobby's 13th birthday approaching, Joseph comes back from summer vacation having grown six inches. Bobby is upset that everyone still treats him like a little kid, and Joseph is being driven crazy by the onset of puberty. Meanwhile, Hank tries to build coffins for himself and Peggy. |
| 88 |
"Spin the Choice" |
November 19, 2000 |
5ABE05 |
| Despite Hank's promise to let him carve the turkey this year, Bobby boycotts Thanksgiving after talking with John Redcorn about the shameful history behind it. |
| 89 |
"Peggy Makes the Big Leagues" |
November 26, 2000 |
5ABE04 |
| Peggy substitute-teaches at Arlen High School, but arouses the enmity of nearly all when she flunks the school's slackademic football star. |
| 90 |
"When Cotton Comes Marching Home" |
December 3, 2000 |
5ABE03 |
| Cotton moves to the VFW, and wants to march in the Veterans' Day parade, but his boss will not let him have the time off. |
| 91 |
"What Makes Bobby Run?" |
December 10, 2000 |
5ABE07 |
| When Bobby becomes the school mascot, the "Landry Longhorn," he is deemed a coward after he runs away from a traditional half-time beating by the opposing team's band. |
| 92 |
"Twas the Nut Before Christmas" |
December 17, 2000 |
5ABE08 |
| Bill opens a year-round Christmas village in his yard, and takes in a deliquent boy whom he sees as a "wayward waif" as a surrogate son. |
| 93 |
"Chasing Bobby" |
January 21, 2001 |
5ABE10 |
| Bobby finally convinces Hank to buy a new truck when his old one dies. |
| 94 |
"Yankee Hankee" |
February 4, 2001 |
5ABE06 |
| Hank deals with the utter shock of discovering that he was born in New York City, while Cotton and his cronies hatch a hare-brained scheme to assassinate Castro. |
| 95 |
"Hank and the Great Glass Elevator" |
February 11, 2001 |
5ABE12 |
| Hank moons the former Governor of Texas, Ann Richards, and Bill enters into a relationship with her, but his no good ex-wife Lenore soon enters the picture. |
| 96 |
"Now Who's the Dummy?" |
February 18, 2001 |
5ABE14 |
| Bobby acquires a ventriloquist's dummy named Chip Block, which dredges up childhood anxieties for Dale. |
| 97 |
"Ho Yeah!" |
February 25, 2001 |
5ABE15 |
| Tammi (Renee Zellweger), a prostitute from "The OKC" (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) hires on at Strickland Propane, moves in with the Hills, and encourages Peggy to add spice to her own life. Things heat up when Tammi's ex-pimp Alabaster Jones (Snoop Dogg) comes to Arlen and mistakes Hank for a pimp trying to steal Tammi away from him. |
| 98 |
"The Exterminator" |
March 4, 2001 |
5ABE09 |
| Dale is forced to quit the exterminating business after learning that the cumulative effect of on-the-job exposure to poisons may kill him before he turns 50 years old, so he accepts a position at an adhesives company called "Stik Tek" (formerly Stik Co), where his job is firing other employees. |
| 99 |
"Luanne Virgin 2.0" |
March 11, 2001 |
5ABE16 |
| Luanne becomes a "born-again virgin", and Peggy reveals to her that she had pre-marital sex before she met Hank. |
| 100 |
"Hank's Choice" |
April 1, 2001 |
5ABE11 |
| When it turns out that Bobby is allergic to Ladybird, Hank must decide between his son and his dog. |
| 101 |
"It's Not Easy Being Green" |
April 8, 2001 |
5ABE18 |
| When the quarry is going to be drained for a landfill, Hank must pretend he is interested in environmental issues in order to keep a secret from Boomhauer. |
| 102 |
"The Trouble with Gribbles" |
April 22, 2001 |
5ABE19 |
| When Nancy turns 40, the television station replaces her with Luanne, who is much younger. Then Nancy tells Dale that she wants a facelift. Dale plans to pay for it by filing suit against the makers of his favorite brand, Manitoba Cigarettes ("Manitoba is the brand to smoke, you'll enjoy it toke for toke..."), claiming that second-hand smoke has made his Nancy unattractive. |
| 103 |
"Hank's Back Story" |
May 6, 2001 |
5ABE17 |
| Hank finds out his back problems are caused by "diminished gluteal syndrome", and attempts to come to terms with wearing a prosthetic posterior while preparing to compete in a lawn-mower race. |
| 104 |
"Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story" |
May 13, 2001 |
5ABE22 |
| Bobby pretends to be a high school student with a kidney disorder that stunted his growth, who helps the student body win a radio station contest, with No Doubt performing at the high school prom as the prize. |
[edit] Season 6: 2001-2002
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 105 |
"Bobby Goes Nuts" |
November 11, 2001 |
5ABE24 |
| Bobby is empowered after taking a women's self-defense class at the YMCA, where he learns, much to Hank's horror, to kick his attackers below the belt. |
| 106 |
"Soldier of Misfortune" |
December 9, 2001 |
6ABE02 |
| Dale is running for re-election as the Arlen Gun Club president, but his chances seem to be shot when he accidentally discharges his gun. To give Dale his confidence back, Hank pretends to be "Mr. Big," answers Dale's ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine, and assigns Dale to pick up a briefcase. But Dale bungles the job, and nearly gets his friends killed by his opponent at the Gun Club. Ed Harris guest stars. |
| 107 |
"Lupe's Revenge" |
December 12, 2001 |
5ABE13 |
| Peggy takes the school Spanish club on a field trip to Mexico, and ends up in trouble for kidnapping a Mexican girl named Lupe thanks to Peggy's horrible comprehension of the Spanish language. Meanwhile, Hank finds himself the object of a female cop's affections, who keeps pulling him over for various reasons, in order to spend time with him. |
| 108 |
"The Father, the Son, and J.C." |
December 16, 2001 |
6ABE04 |
| While Hank is building a Habitat for Humanity house for Buck Strickland, Buck promotes him to manager of Strickland Propane. In the excitement of the moment, Hank emotes and declares, "I love you" to Mr. Strickland. Because of this, Cotton Hill is angry with Hank. Peggy's attempts to bring father and sons together only throws gasoline onto the fire. They get into an altercation, which must be solved by Jimmy Carter. |
| 109 |
"Father of the Bribe" |
January 6, 2002 |
6ABE06 |
| Kahn tries to bribe Bobby to break up with Connie. Connie and Bobby decide to pretend to break up so they can get the money. When a schoolteacher thinks Connie may be depressed, her parents try to push her and Bobby back together. After endless double dates with the parents, they become tired of each other, and decide to break up, to Kahn's horror. Meanwhile, Dale hosts a pirated radio show. |
| 110 |
"I'm with Cupid" |
February 10, 2002 |
6ABE09 |
| Bobby adjusts to his breakup with Connie, until an afternoon talking to Bill sends him right back into a depression. Not knowing where to go with this issue, Hank sends him to ladies' man Boomhauer, for a lesson in picking up on women. When Bobby sees him in action, he loses respect when he sees him strike out time after time, and decides to take his own approach with the opposite sex. |
| 111 |
"Torch Song Hillogy" |
February 17, 2002 |
6ABE12 |
| Peggy nominates Bobby to carry the 2002 Winter Olympic Torch through Arlen, but it's Hank who wins the honor—and bungles it. |
| 112 |
"Joust Like a Woman" |
February 24, 2002 |
6ABE03 |
| Peggy stirs up rebellion among female workers at a Renaissance Faire where Hank is trying to land a big propane account. When she is assigned to be a cleaning wench, she has a hard time staying in character, and behaving inferior to the men. When she tries to approach the King, he dismisses her, which starts a war that Peggy needs to win. Features Alan Rickman as King Phillip. |
| 113 |
"The Bluegrass Is Always Greener" |
February 24, 2002 |
6ABE14 |
| Connie and the guys form a bluegrass band and head to Branson, Missouri, against Kahn's wishes. |
| 114 |
"The Substitute Spanish Prisoner" |
March 3, 2002 |
5ABE21 |
| After handing back tests to her class, Peggy is dumbfounded when Dooley asks her to explain the answer to a question. To restore her self confidence, Peggy takes an internet IQ test and discovers she's a genius. She attends a seminar with other local 'geniuses' and ends up buying a phony Ph.D. Angered that Peggy has spent their retirement money, Hank explains to her that she is the victim of a scam. Peggy must prove that she is smart by getting the money back, and is inveigled into further dealings with the con man. |
| 115 |
"Unfortunate Son" |
March 10, 2002 |
5ABE20 |
| Cotton's VFW is in dire straits as members are lost to the grim reaper. First, they're behind on their propane bill, then their fundraiser goes awry, and are finally evicted from their building. To Peggy's displeasure, Hank invites the VFW into their house. In order to get them back into their own building, Peggy suggests that the VFW should invite Vietnam vets to join their organization. Cotton and the WWII vets don't like this idea and it leads to a new confrontation. Meanwhile, Dale gets a pet falcon that likes to attack Bill constantly. |
| 116 |
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Hill" |
March 17, 2002 |
6ABE07 |
| Peggy must pretend she is a nun after she gets a job at a Catholic school. |
| 117 |
"Tankin' It to the Streets" |
March 31, 2002 |
6ABE10 |
| After Bill finds out the Army performed a secret medical experiment called "Operation Infinite Walrus" on him, he gets drunk and steals a tank, leaving his friends to try and save him from life in prison; meanwhile, Peggy works hard to win a free-sundae contest at Mega Lo Mart. |
| 118 |
"Of Mice and Little Green Men" |
April 7, 2002 |
6ABE08 |
| When Hank and Dale find they have more in common with each others' sons than their own, Dale comes to the conclusion that Joseph is actually the offspring of an alien. |
| 119 |
"A Man Without a Country Club" |
April 14, 2002 |
6ABE11 |
| Hank is asked to join the exclusive all-Asian Nine Rivers Country Club because he is white, enraging a highly envious Kahn. |
| 120 |
"Beer and Loathing" |
April 14, 2002 |
6ABE13 |
| Peggy lands a job at Alamo Beer, and she cannot tell Hank why the beer is making people sick. |
| 121 |
"Fun with Jane and Jane" |
April 21, 2002 |
6ABE15 |
| Luanne and Peggy unwittingly join a cult; Hank and the boys are given emus but don't know what to do with them. |
| 122 |
"My Own Private Rodeo" |
April 28, 2002 |
6ABE16 |
| Dale and Nancy renew their wedding vows, and Nancy invites Dale's gay dad, whom Dale hates, to the ceremony. |
| 123 |
"Sug Night" |
May 5, 2002 |
6ABE05 |
| Hank has an erotic dream about grilling in the nude with Nancy. |
| 124 |
"Dang Ol' Love" |
May 5, 2002 |
6ABE17 |
| Boomhauer falls in love with a woman who wanted only a one-night stand, and Bill pines hopelessly. |
| 125 |
"Returning Japanese" |
May 9, 2002 |
6ABE20 |
| Cotton wants to return to Japan to apologize to the widow of a soldier he killed, and Hank is dumbfounded when he discovers Cotton actually had an affair with her. |
| 126 |
"Returning Japanese II" |
May 12, 2002 |
6ABE21 |
| Hank discovers he has a Japanese half-brother. They must prevent Cotton from spitting in the face of the Japanese Emperor. |
[edit] Season 7: 2002-2003
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 127 |
"Get Your Freak Off" |
November 3, 2002 |
7ABE01 |
| Hank takes Bobby and his friends to a music concert but is dismayed to see Bobby and a friend dancing inappropriately. Meanwhile Peggy, Nancy and Minh discuss who is the best looking out of Hank, Dale, Boomhauer, Kahn and Bill. Minh and Nancy agree that Boomhauer is the best looking and that Hank and Bill are the worst looking out of the group. |
| 128 |
"The Fat and the Furious" |
November 10, 2002 |
7ABE03 |
| Bill becomes a competitive eater. Jeff Garlin, Pamela Anderson, and Kid Rock guest star. |
| 129 |
"Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do" |
November 17, 2002 |
6ABE19 |
| Connie's criminal cousin, Tid Pau ( voiced by Lucy Liu), becomes Bobby's science project partner and makes him an unwitting accomplice in creating a drug lab. |
| 130 |
"Goodbye Normal Jeans" |
November 24, 2002 |
6ABE01 |
| Peggy becomes jealous when she thinks Bobby is replacing her in the kitchen. |
| 131 |
"Dances with Dogs" |
December 1, 2002 |
7ABE02 |
| Bobby and Hank join a dog dancing contest. Morgan Freeman guest stars. |
| 132 |
"The Son Also Roses" |
December 8, 2002 |
6ABE22 |
| Bobby becomes a rose grower and recruits the help of two cannabis cultivators to help him win a contest. |
| 133 |
"The Texas Skilsaw Massacre" |
December 15, 2002 |
6ABE18 |
| Hank is sentenced to take anger management classes after accidentally cutting Dale's finger with a skilsaw. |
| 134 |
"Full Metal Dust Jacket" |
January 5, 2003 |
7ABE04 |
| Peggy takes over the lease of a bookstore, but when the bookstore's business is not so good, she allows Dale to sell guns at the store. |
| 135 |
"Pigmalion" |
January 12, 2003 |
5ABE23 |
| Luanne becomes involved with the psychotic owner of a pork processing plant who wants Luanne to be just like the woman on the company logo. |
| 136 |
"Megalo Dale" |
January 12, 2003 |
7ABE05 |
| Dale is hired to exterminate at the Mega Lo Mart, but it turns out the "pest" is Chuck Mangione, the Mega Lo Mart spokesman. |
| 137 |
"Boxing Luanne" |
February 2, 2003 |
7ABE07 |
| Luanne becomes a foxy boxer. |
| 138 |
"Vision Quest" |
February 9, 2003 |
7ABE09 |
| John Redcorn is worried about how Dale is raising Joseph so he gets Hank to take Joseph on a "vision quest." |
| 139 |
"Queasy Rider" |
February 16, 2003 |
7ABE10 |
| Hank and Peggy buy a motorcycle and then travel across country to a bike festival. |
| 140 |
"Board Games" |
March 2, 2003 |
7ABE08 |
| Peggy, Nancy, and Minh run for school board against each other. |
| 141 |
"An Officer and a Gentle Boy" |
March 9, 2003 |
7ABE06 |
| Hank sends Bobby to Cotton's old military academy, where Cotton tries to break the boy's spirit. |
| 142 |
"The Miseducation of Bobby Hill" |
March 16, 2003 |
7ABE11 |
| Bobby becomes a salesman at Strickland Propane. |
| 143 |
"The Good Buck" |
March 30, 2003 |
7ABE13 |
| Luanne tutors Buck on the Bible. |
| 144 |
"I Never Promised You an Organic Garden" |
April 13, 2003 |
7ABE14 |
| Peggy takes over the organic garden at the school, but she is caught using pesticides on the garden. |
| 145 |
"Be True to Your Fool" |
April 27, 2003 |
7ABE12 |
| Bill gives all the guys lice, they shun him and they are forced to shave their heads and Hank discovers that he has a tattoo on his head with a fascinating back story. |
| 146 |
"Racist Dawg" |
May 4, 2003 |
7ABE17 |
| Hank hires an African-American repairman, whom Ladybird attacks. Everyone in Arlen then believe Hank to be a racist who raised his dog to be racist. Bernie Mac guest stars. |
| 147 |
"Night and Deity" |
May 11, 2003 |
7ABE16 |
| After Bill attracts pigeons to the alley, Dale must work with an attractive, female exterminator, who makes Nancy jealous. |
| 148 |
"Maid in Arlen" |
May 18, 2003 |
7ABE18 |
| Bill and Laoma, Kahn's mother, enter into a romantic relationship that Kahn works overtime to sabotage. |
| 149 |
"The Witches of East Arlen" |
May 18, 2003 |
7ABE20 |
| Bobby gets involved with warlocks and tarot divination and Hank tries to guide him away from the group of nerds. |
[edit] Season 8: 2003-2004
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Prod. code |
| 150 |
"Patch Boomhauer" |
November 2, 2003 |
8ABE01 |
| Boomhauer's brother, Patch (voiced by Brad Pitt), is getting married to a woman Boomhauer has always been in love with. Things then go wrong at the Bachelor Party. |
| 151 |
"Reborn to Be Wild" |
November 9, 2003 |
8ABE02 |
| Fearing that Bobby is succumbing to bad influences, Hank makes him join a local church youth group. Bobby discovers that the group consists of cool punks (including their tattooed pastor, Pastor K) who worship God through skateboarding and rock. Hank approves of Bobby's newfound interest in religion, but disapproves of the way Bobby starts to dress and talk, and when Bobby gets his ear pierced, Hank forbids Bobby to attend the big Christian rock festival, Messiahfest. Meanwhile, Hank's friends (and Kahn) decide that death row convicts shouldn't be the only ones to get great meals, so they create the Last Meal Club, dedicated to creating perfect "last meals" for themselves. |
| 152 |
"New Cowboy on the Block" |
November 16, 2003 |
7ABE15 |
| A washed-up former Dallas Cowboys player moves into the neighborhood, and nobody can admit that he's a jerk. Hank becomes so star-struck by meeting "Big" Willie Lane, that he forgets all about his duties as "Block Captain," bending and breaking the rules to accommodate his idol. When things go too far, Hank has to draw the line, and take charge of a former hero, to maintain his standing in the neighborhood. |
| 153 |
"The Incredible Hank" |
November 23, 2003 |
8ABE04 |
| Hank takes Bobby to the doctor to get him some testosterone supplements to boost his energy. The doctor informs the Hills that he just doesn't hand out testosterone to kids "who are mediocre at Dodgeball." He does, however, give it to adult males who suffer from Irritable Male Syndrome (IMS). Peggy secretly fills the prescription, and furtively slips the drug to Hank. Soon, Hank's a born again teenager, with boundless energy and drive. Soon Peggy notices Hank's increased temper. When the prescription runs out, she discovers how dangerous it is to fool around with hormones. Meanwhile, Bobby is afraid of taking showers after gym class. |
| 154 |
"Flirting with the Master" |
November 30, 2003 |
7ABE22 |
| The actor who plays TV's "Monsignor Martinez" invites Peggy to Mexico City to tutor his children for an English language exam. In Mexico, Peggy starts to suspect that her suave employer might be hitting on her. Meanwhile, Luanne takes on Peggy's duties at home. |
| 155 |
"After the Mold Rush" |
December 7, 2003 |
7ABE19 |
| When Hank's house sustains minor water damage, a man from the insurance company sets out to get rich, by determining that the Hill household is infested with mold. The parade of homes was just about to commence, and Hank was proud to have their home featured for the first time, when the mold removal team shows up, and starts making holes in the walls. When he can't reason with them to make them stop, he joins them. |
| 156 |
"Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane" |
December 14, 2003 |
8ABE05 |
| Hank needs to take some antique furniture to his mother in Arizona, so he rents an 18-wheeler and takes Bobby on a road trip (with Dale, Bill and Boomhauer stowing away). At a truck stop, they meet several tough truckers who scoff at Hank for trying to "play trucker." Meanwhile, Peggy and Luanne try to write a Christmas novelty song. |
| 157 |
"Rich Hank, Poor Hank" |
January 4, 2004 |
7ABE21 |
| Bobby thinks Hank is secretly a rich miser after hearing Peggy talking about Hank's new $1,000 bonus, and Bobby steals Hank's emergency credit card to go on a shopping spree. |
| 158 |
"Ceci N'Est Pas Une King of the Hill" |
January 25, 2004 |
8ABE03 |
|
When Hank asks Peggy to design an art piece for Strickland Propane, she creates the "Probot," a statue made out of propane tanks. Her sculpture is rejected by the city board, but picked up by an art dealer from Dallas. Unfortunately, Peggy finds out that the dealer presents her to the public as an uneducated hillbilly. Meanwhile, Dale starts wearing a suit of armor and uses his newfound invincibility to insult people without consequences. The title parodies the famous painting by René Magritte titled The Treachery of Images. Martin Scorsese guest stars.
The episode won an Annie Award for writing.[3] |
| 159 |
"That's What She Said" |
February 8, 2004 |
8ABE06 |
| When Rich (Ben Stiller) gets hired on at Strickland Propane, Hank goes out of his way to welcome him into the Strickland family. Rich starts to test the waters, with some sexual jokes and comments, and gets a positive reaction from the employees. Everyone except Hank finds this new employee hilarious, and when things go too far, he seeks out an attorney who recommends that Hank file a sexual harassment suit against Strickland Propane. |
| 160 |
"My Hair Lady" |
February 15, 2004 |
8ABE09 |
| Luanne and Bill both get jobs at the hippest hair salon in Arlen, "Hottyz." But to land the coveted spots, they make some major changes. Changes that don't sit too well with their friends and families, or themselves after a while. |
| 161 |
"Phish and Wild Life" |
February 22, 2004 |
8ABE10 |
| Hank takes Bobby and the guys on a fishing trip, where they vow to eat only what they catch. A very hung | |