| # |
S-E |
Code |
Airdate |
Title |
Summary |
| 1 |
1-1 |
4E01 |
12-Jan-1997 |
Pilot (King of the Hill) |
When a baseball hits Bobby in the eye during a Little League game, the resulting black eye and Hank's short temper cause a social worker to suspect Hank of child abuse. |
| 2 |
1-2 |
4E02 |
19-Jan-1997 |
Square Peg |
Peggy is mortified and tongue-tied when she finds out she has been chosen to teach the middle school's sexual education class. |
| 3 |
1-3 |
4E03 |
02-Feb-1997 |
The Order of the Straight Arrow |
A camping trip goes horribly awry when Bobby accidentally kills an endangered bird. |
| 4 |
1-4 |
4E05 |
09-Feb-1997 |
Hank's Got the Willies |
Bobby hits Hank's idol, Willie Nelson, on the head with a golf club. |
| 5 |
1-5 |
4E04 |
16-Feb-1997 |
Luanne's Saga |
Hank's promise to find Luanne a new boyfriend in forty-eight hours backfires when she hooks up with Boomhauer. |
| 6 |
1-6 |
4E07 |
23-Feb-1997 |
Hank's Unmentionable Problem |
Hank's on-going constipation causes great concern for Peggy and, much to Hank's embarrassment, everyone else in Arlen. |
| 7 |
1-7 |
4E06 |
02-Mar-1997 |
Westie Side Story |
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 |
1-8 |
4E08 |
23-Mar-1997 |
Shins of the Father |
Hank and Peggy disagree over whether Hank's sexist father can stay with them, especially after Cotton's bad habits rub off on Bobby. |
| 9 |
1-9 |
4E10 |
13-Apr-1997 |
Peggy the Boggle Champ |
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. |
| 10 |
1-10 |
4E09 |
27-Apr-1997 |
Keeping Up With Our Joneses |
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 |
1-11 |
4E13 |
04-May-1997 |
King of the Ant Hill |
After telling Dale never to spray insecticide on his lawn again, Hank's expansive new lawn becomes mysteriously infested with fire ants. |
| 12 |
1-12 |
4E11 |
11-May-1997 |
Plastic White Female |
Peggy is horrified when she discovers Bobby playing Spin the Bottle with one of Luanne's beautician school plastic practice heads. |
| # |
S-E |
Code |
Airdate |
Title |
Summary |
| 13 |
2-1 |
5E01 |
21-Sep-1997 |
How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying |
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 |
2-2 |
5E02 |
26-Sep-1997 |
Texas City Twister |
Hank must save Peggy and Luanne from a tornado. |
| 15 |
2-3 |
5E04 |
19-Oct-1997 |
The Arrow Head |
Peggy's excitement over finding Indian artifacts in the front yard distresses Hank when the yard is turned into an archeological dig. |
| 16 |
2-4 |
5E06 |
26-Oct-1997 |
Hilloween |
Hank goes to war with a litigous evangelical woman bent on getting Halloween banned in Arlen. |
| 17 |
2-5 |
5E03 |
02-Nov-1997 |
Jumpin' Crack Bass |
Hank finds himself facing possible jail time after buying fish bait that turns out to be crack cocaine. |
| 18 |
2-6 |
5E05 |
09-Nov-1997 |
Husky Bobby |
Hank is determined to save his son from humiliation after Bobby decides to model for a photo shoot and then appear in a fashion show featuring husky-sized models. |
| 19 |
2-7 |
5E07 |
16-Nov-1997 |
The Man Who Shot Kane Skretteberg |
Hank, Boomhauer, Bill, and Dale try to beat neighborhood teenagers in paint-ball.(Trivia: The voices of the teenagers were provided by members of the band Green Day) |
| 20 |
2-8 |
5E08 |
23-Nov-1997 |
The Son That Got Away |
Bobby, Connie, and Joseph run away to "The Caves", where "half of Arlen's unplanned pregnancies occur". |
| 21 |
2-9 |
4E12 |
07-Dec-1997 |
The Company Man |
Hank must act like a stereotypical cowboy in order to appease a rich "Yankee" businessman who wants to invest in Strickland Propane. |
| 22 |
2-10 |
5E10 |
14-Dec-1997 |
Bobby Slam |
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 |
2-11 |
5E09 |
21-Dec-1997 |
The Unbearable Blindness of Laying |
Hank is psychologically shocked into blindness after accidentally catching a glimpse of his mother and her new boyfriend making love on the kitchen table. |
| 24 |
2-12 |
5E12 |
11-Jan-1998 |
Meet the Manger Babies |
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. |
| 25 |
2-13 |
5E11 |
01-Feb-1998 |
Snow Job |
A shaken and confused Hank becomes disillusioned about his life and career after discovering his boss, the owner of Strickland Propane, uses an electric stove in his own kitchen. |
| 26 |
2-14 |
5E13 |
08-Feb-1998 |
I Remember Mono |
While updating files at Arlen High School, Peggy learns that Hank's two-week absence from classes back in 1973 was due to mono, not a back injury. |
| 27 |
2-15 |
5E15 |
15-Feb-1998 |
Three Days of the Khando |
Khan's misreading of an advertisement for a Mexican time share results in he, Hank, and Dale getting trapped in Mexico. |
| 28 |
2-16 |
5E14 |
22-Feb-1998 |
Traffic Jam |
When Hank and Kahn collide with each other, they are both forced to attend traffic school courses taught by Chris Rock, who begins mentoring Bobby in shock comedy. |
| 29 |
2-17 |
5E16 |
01-Mar-1998 |
Hank's Dirty Laundry |
Hank's credit is ruined because he purportedly rented a pornographic film from Arlen Video and never returned it. |
| 30 |
2-18 |
5E17 |
15-Mar-1998 |
The Final Shinsult |
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 |
2-19 |
5E18 |
19-Apr-1998 |
Leanne's Saga |
Luanne's mother is released from prison and starts dating Bill, whom she begins to abuse. |
| 32 |
2-20 |
5E19 |
26-Apr-1998 |
Junkie Business |
Strickland Propane's new employee whom Hank hires turns out to be a drug addict with a legal trick up his sleeve. |
| 33 |
2-21 |
5E21 |
03-May-1998 |
Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga |
Bobby gets a job at the Arlen race track, where he discovers that his boss is a mentally-retarded sociopath. Meanwhile, Boomhauer is given the chance to drive the pace car in an upcoming race. |
| 34 |
2-22 |
5E22 |
10-May-1998 |
Peggy's Turtle Song |
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 lesbian. |
| 35 |
2-23 |
5E23 |
17-May-1998 |
Propane Boom 1 |
Strickland Propane is unable compete with Mega Lo Mart when they begin selling propane. |
| # |
S-E |
Code |
Airdate |
Title |
Summary |
| 36 |
3-1 |
5E24 |
15-Sep-1998 |
Death of a Propane Salesman (Propane Boom 2) |
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. |
| 37 |
3-2 |
3ABE01 |
22-Sep-1998 |
And They Call It Bobby Love |
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 |
3-3 |
5E20 |
06-Oct-1998 |
Peggy's Headache |
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 |
3-4 |
3ABE02 |
13-Oct-1998 |
Pregnant Paws |
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 |
3-5 |
3ABE05 |
03-Nov-1998 |
Next of Shin |
After Hank learns his sperm count is low, his mood worsens when Cotton shows up boasting that his new wife Didi is pregnant. |
| 41 |
3-6 |
3ABE07 |
10-Nov-1998 |
Peggy's Pageant Fever |
Peggy enters the Mrs. Heimlich County Beauty pageant in hopes of winning a truck. |
| 42 |
3-7 |
3ABE08 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men |
Hank is asked to attend a Lawn Mower focus group, along with Bill, Dale and Boomhauer. |
| 43 |
3-8 |
3ABE04 |
01-Dec-1998 |
Good Hill Hunting |
Hank takes Bobby hunting in order to initiate him into the mysteries of manhood. |
| 44 |
3-9 |
3ABE10 |
15-Dec-1998 |
Pretty, Pretty Dresses |
Bill hits rock-bottom when his despair twists into the delusion that he is his ex-wife, Lenore. |
| 45 |
3-10 |
3ABE11 |
12-Jan-1999 |
A Fire Fighting We Will Go |
Hank, Bill, Boomhauer and Dale become fire fighters. |
| 46 |
3-11 |
3ABE03 |
19-Jan-1999 |
To Spank with Love |
A student pulls down Peggy's slacks while she is facing the blackboard, and gets a spanking. |
| 47 |
3-12 |
3ABE12 |
26-Jan-1999 |
Three Coaches & a Bobby |
Hank gets his former football coach to take on guidance of Bobby's football team. |
| 48 |
3-13 |
3ABE14 |
02-Feb-1999 |
De-Kahnstructing Henry |
Hank accidentally makes Kahn lose his new job. |
| 49 |
3-14 |
3ABE09 |
09-Feb-1999 |
The Wedding of Bobby Hill |
The Hill family goes crazy as their mutual tricking escalates, sparked by Luanne's boyfriend's causing Bobby to lose his Prop Comedy Props. |
| 50 |
3-15 |
3ABE15 |
16-Feb-1999 |
Sleight of Hank |
Peggy is chosen to be a magician's assistant and Hank can't stand it. |
| 51 |
3-16 |
3ABE06 |
23-Feb-1999 |
Return to La Grunta |
Luanne buys Hank a ticket to swim with the dolphins, much to his dismay. |
| 52 |
3-17 |
3ABE16 |
16-Mar-1999 |
Escape from Party Island |
Hank drives his mom and her friends to Port Aransas to shop for glass miniatures. |
| 53 |
3-18 |
3ABE13 |
23-Mar-1999 |
Love Hurts and So Does Art |
An X-ray of Hank's colon winds up in an art museum. |
| 54 |
3-19 |
3ABE18 |
06-Apr-1999 |
Hank's Cowboy Movie |
Hank tries to get the Dallas Cowboys to move their training camp from Wichita Falls to Arlen. |
| 55 |
3-20 |
3ABE17 |
13-Apr-1999 |
Dog Dale Afternoon |
After Dale gets a new mower, he brags a little too much and his friends steal it temporarily. |
| 56 |
3-21 |
3ABE19 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Revenge of the Lutefisk |
Bobby accidentally burns down his church. |
| 57 |
3-22 |
3ABE20 |
27-Apr-1999 |
Death and Texas |
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 |
3-23 |
3ABE21 |
04-May-1999 |
Wings of the Dope |
Luanne experiences a visitation from Buckley in the form of an angel. |
| 59 |
3-24 |
3ABE22 |
11-May-1999 |
Take Me out of the Ball Game |
Hank is picked to coach the company's softball team, spurring friction between Peggy and Hank. |
| 60 |
3-25 |
3ABE23 |
18-May-1999 |
As Old as the Hills (1) |
When Hank and Peggy go skydiving to celebrate their 20th anniversary, Peggy's parachute fails to open. |
| # |
S-E |
Code |
Airdate |
Title |
Summary |
| 61 |
4-1 |
3ABE24 |
26-Sep-1999 |
Peggy Hill: the Decline and Fall (2) |
Peggy struggles to regain her strength following her skydiving accident. |
| 62 |
4-2 |
4ABE01 |
03-Oct-1999 |
Cotton's Plot |
Cotton takes over Peggy's physical therapy in exchange for help getting a burial plot in the Veterans Administration cemetery. |
| 63 |
4-3 |
4ABE02 |
24-Oct-1999 |
Bills are Made to be Broken |
Bill's high school football record is broken unfairly. |
| 64 |
4-4 |
4ABE03 |
31-Oct-1999 |
Little Horrors of Shop |
Buck Strickland insists that Hank take two weeks off from Strickland Propane; meanwhile, Hank begins teaching shop at Tom Landry Middle School. |
| 65 |
4-5 |
4ABE04 |
07-Nov-1999 |
Aisle 8A |
Kahn and Minh go to Hawaii for Kahn's job, and while staying with the Hills, Connie has her first period. |
| 66 |
4-6 |
4ABE05 |
14-Nov-1999 |
A Beer Can Named Desire |
Hank wins an Alamo Beer contest for a chance to win a million dollars by throwing a football through a 1 foot hole in an giant Alamo Beer can, while Bill visits the rest of the Dauterive family. |
| 67 |
4-7 |
4ABE08 |
21-Nov-1999 |
Happy Hank's Giving |
The Hills plan to fly to Montana, but when their flight is delayed by a snowstorm, they are forced to stay at the airport. |
| 68 |
4-8 |
4ABE06 |
28-Nov-1999 |
Not in My Back Hoe |
Hank meets a guy that reminds him of himself and Bill and Dale have something to say about it! |
| 69 |
4-9 |
4ABE07 |
12-Dec-1999 |
To Kill a Ladybird |
Dale and Ladybird may have contracted rabies from a raccoon Bobby befriended. |
| 70 |
4-10 |
4ABE10 |
19-Dec-1999 |
Hillennium |
Hank gets caught up in Y2K hype. |
| 71 |
4-11 |
4ABE09 |
09-Jan-2000 |
Old Glory |
Peggy writes a school essay for Bobby, and they both catch fire for it when the deed is uncovered. |
| 72 |
4-12 |
4ABE11 |
16-Jan-2000 |
Rodeo Days |
Bobby becomes fascinated with being a rodeo clown and becomes one himself much to Hank and Peggy's dismay. |
| 73 |
4-13 |
4ABE13 |
06-Feb-2000 |
Hanky Panky (1) |
Buck and Miz Liz separate, a Strickland Propane employee is found dead in a dumpster behind Sugarfoot's restaurant, and Hank has a funny experience with a cigarette. |
| 74 |
4-14 |
4ABE14 |
13-Feb-2000 |
High Anxiety (2) |
Hank is suspected of the murder of Buck's secretary Debbie Grunds, while Peggy struggles with restaurant management at Miss Peggy's Sugarfoot's. |
| 75 |
4-15 |
4ABE12 |
20-Feb-2000 |
Naked Ambition |
Bobby accidentally sees Luanne naked, and when Joseph hears the story, his imagination runs wild and he wants to see her nude too. |
| 76 |
4-16 |
4ABE16 |
27-Feb-2000 |
Movin' On Up |
Luanne moves out of Hank's den and into her own house with a swimming pool. |
| 77 |
4-17 |
4ABE15 |
12-Mar-2000 |
Bill of Sales |
Peggy and Bill start selling for a pyramid scheme. |
| 78 |
4-18 |
4ABE18 |
19-Mar-2000 |
Won't You Pimai Neighbor? |
Bobby undergoes tests to find out if he is the reincarnation of the Buddhist Lama Sanglug. |
| 79 |
4-19 |
4ABE19 |
09-Apr-2000 |
Hank's Bad Hair Day |
Hank gets a haircut on base from Bill, and a bill for $900.00 from the United States Army for the tonsorial procedure. |
| 80 |
4-20 |
4ABE17 |
16-Apr-2000 |
Meet the Propaniacs |
Bobby and employees of Strickland Propane form a comedy troupe called the Propaniacs, whose skits go horribly awry! |
| 81 |
4-21 |
4ABE20 |
30-Apr-2000 |
Nancy's Boys |
After her years-long affair with John Redcorn, Nancy decides to stop cheating on Dale. |
| 82 |
4-22 |
4ABE22 |
07-May-2000 |
Flush with Power |
Arlen's City Council forces Hank to install low-flow toilets against his wishes when a drought hits town. |
| 83 |
4-23 |
4ABE21 |
14-May-2000 |
Transnational Amusements Presents: Peggy's Magic Sex Feet |
Peggy unwittingly gets caught up in the Internet world by taping videos for a foot-fetish website, thinking that she's helping contribute to the self-esteem of ladies with plus-sized tootsies. |
| 84 |
4-24 |
4ABE23 |
21-May-2000 |
Peggy's Fan Fair |
While attending a Nashville music festival with Hank and the guys, Peggy becomes convinced that Randy Travis stole her song lyrics. |
| # |
S-E |
Code |
Airdate |
Title |
Summary |
| 85 |
4-25 |
5ABE02 |
01-Oct-2000 |
The Perils of Polling |
When Hank finds out George W. Bush has a weak handshake, he becomes unsure whether to vote for him or not. |
| 86 |
5-1 |
5ABE01 |
05-Nov-2000 |
The Buck Stops Here |
Bobby becomes a golf caddy for Buck Strickland, who takes him along for the ride on a gambling junket. |
| 87 |
5-2 |
4ABE24 |
12-Nov-2000 |
I Don't Want to Wait for our lives to be Over, I want to know right now, Will it be... Sorry. Do Do Doo Do Do Do Do Doo Do Do Do Do Doo Do Do... |
Bobby becomes jealous when Joseph, who is younger, enters puberty first. |
| 88 |
5-3 |
5ABE05 |
19-Nov-2000 |
Spin the Choice |
Despite Hank's promise to let him carve the turkey this year, Bobby boycotts Thanksgiving after talking with John Redcorn. |
| 89 |
5-4 |
5ABE04 |
26-Nov-2000 |
Peggy Makes the Big Leagues |
Peggy substitute-teaches at Arlen High School, but arouses the enmity of nearly all when she flunks the school's slackademic football star. |
| 90 |
5-5 |
5ABE03 |
03-Dec-2000 |
When Cotton Comes Marching Home |
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 |
5-6 |
5ABE07 |
10-Dec-2000 |
What Makes Bobby Run? |
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 |
5-7 |
5ABE08 |
17-Dec-2000 |
'Twas the Nut Before Christmas |
Bill opens a year-round Christmas village in his yard, and takes in who he sees as a "wayward waif" as a surrogate son. |
| 93 |
5-8 |
5ABE09 |
04-Mar-2001 |
The Exterminator |
Dale is forced to quit the exterminating business after learning that the cumulative effect of on-the-job exposure to poisons may doom him before age 50, so he accepts a position at an adhesives company called "Stik Tek" (formerly Stik Co), where his job is firing other employees. |
| 94 |
5-9 |
5ABE10 |
21-Jan-2001 |
Chasing Bobby |
Bobby finally convinces Hank to buy a new truck when his old one dies. |
| 95 |
5-10 |
5ABE06 |
04-Feb-2001 |
Yankee Hankee |
Hank deals with the utter shock of discovering that he was born in New York City, not Texas, while Cotton and his cronies hatch a hare-brained scheme to assassinate Castro. |
| 96 |
5-11 |
5ABE12 |
11-Feb-2001 |
Hank and the Great Glass Elevator |
Hank moons the former Governor of Texas, Ann Richards, and Bill enters into a relationship with her. |
| 97 |
5-12 |
5ABE14 |
18-Feb-2001 |
Now Who's the Dummy? |
Bobby acquires a ventriloquist's dummy named Chip Block, which dredges up childhood anxieties for Dale. |
| 98 |
5-13 |
5ABE15 |
25-Feb-2001 |
Ho Yeah! |
Tammi, a prostitute from "The OKC" hires on at Strickland Propane, moves in with the Hills, and encourages Peggy to add spice to her own life. Things heat up when Hank encounters her ex-pimp Alabaster Jones on the street. |
| 99 |
5-14 |
5ABE16 |
04-Mar-2001 |
Luanne Virgin 2.0 |
Luanne becomes a "born-again virgin", with Buck S. and Octavio joining her swimming pool Bible class, and Peggy reveals to her that she had pre-martial sex before she met Hank. |
| 100 |
5-15 |
5ABE11 |
01-Apr-2001 |
Hank's Choice |
It turns out that Bobby is allergic to Ladybird, and Hank must decide whether Bobby goes or Ladybird goes. |
| 101 |
5-16 |
5ABE18 |
08-Apr-2001 |
It's Not Easy Being Green |
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 |
5-17 |
5ABE19 |
22-Apr-2001 |
The Trouble with Gribbles |
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 you should smoke / Toke after toke after toke..."), claiming that second-hand smoke has made his Nancy unattractive. |
| 103 |
5-18 |
5ABE17 |
06-May-2001 |
Hank's Back Story |
Hank finds out his back problems are caused by "diminished gluteal syndrome", and attempts to come to terms with wearing a prosthetic posterior, meanwhile preparing to compete in a lawn-mower race. |
| 104 |
5-19 |
5ABE22 |
13-May-2001 |
Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story |
Bobby pretends to be a high school student with a kidney disorder, who helps the student body win a radio station contest, with No Doubt's performing at the high school prom as the prize. |
| # |
S-E |
Code |
Airdate |
Title |
Summary |
| 105 |
6-1 |
5ABE24 |
11-Nov-2001 |
Bobby Goes Nuts |
Bobby is empowered after taking a women's self-defense class at the Y, where he learns, much to Hank's horror, to kick his attackers below the belt. Oof! |
| 106 |
6-2 |
6ABE02 |
09-Dec-2001 |
Soldier of Misfortune |
When Dale tries to run for re-election at The Arlen Gun Club, his chances seem to backfire when he accidentally shoots the cash register. |
| 107 |
6-3 |
5ABE13 |
12-Dec-2001 |
Lupe's Revenge |
While on a field trip to Mexico, Peggy accidentally smuggles a Mexican girl back into America. |
| 108 |
6-4 |
6ABE04 |
16-Dec-2001 |
The Father, the Son and J.C. |
While Hank is building a Habitat for Humanity house for Buck Strickland, he and Cotton get into an altercation, which must be solved by Jimmy Carter. Buck makes Hank the manager of Strickland Propane and overcome with gratitude, Hank says "I love you" to Buck, who declares himself the manager again! |
| 109 |
6-5 |
6ABE06 |
06-Jan-2002 |
Father of the Bribe |
Kahn attempts to bribe Bobby and Connie to break-up. They pretend to break-up to keep the money, but when Connie's grades fall, Kahn and Minh ask them to get back together. |
| 110 |
6-6 |
6ABE09 |
10-Feb-2002 |
I'm with Cupid |
Bill creates trouble when he gives Bobby love advice after Bobby's break up with Connie. |
| 111 |
6-7 |
6ABE12 |
17-Feb-2002 |
Torch Song Hillogy |
Hank is chosen to carry the Olympic Torch through Arlen. |
| 112 |
6-8 |
6ABE03 |
24-Feb-2002 |
Joust like a Woman |
Peggy creates trouble at a Renaissance Fair, where Hank is trying to land a propane account. |
| 113 |
6-9 |
6ABE14 |
24-Feb-2002 |
The Bluegrass is Always Greener |
Connie and the guys form a bluegrass band, against Kahn's wishes. |
| 114 |
6-10 |
5ABE21 |
3-Mar-2002 |
The Substitute Spanish Prisoner |
Peggy scores high on an IQ test taken over the Internet, and along with other local "geniuses" who also took the test, is inveigled into further dealings with the test's presenter. |
| 115 |
6-11 |
5ABE20 |
10-Mar-2002 |
Unfortunate Son |
Cotton's VFW is foreclosed and he holds a yard sale to raise money after Hank regretfully cuts off the veterans' propane due to a failure to pay the bill. |
| 116 |
6-12 |
6ABE07 |
17-Mar-2002 |
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Hill |
Peggy must pretend she is a nun after she gets a job at a Catholic school. |
| 117 |
6-13 |
6ABE10 |
31-Mar-2002 |
Tankin' it to the Streets |
After Bill finds out the Army performed a secret medical experiment called "Operation Infinite Walrus" on him, he gets drunk and steals a tank. |
| 118 |
6-14 |
6ABE08 |
07-Apr-2002 |
Of Mice and Little Green Men |
Dale comes to the conclusion that Joseph is actually the offspring of an alien. |
| 119 |
6-15 |
6ABE11 |
14-Apr-2002 |
A Man Without a Country Club |
Hank is asked to join the exclusive all-Asian Nine Rivers Country Club because he is white, enraging a highly envious Kahn. |
| 120 |
6-16 |
6ABE13 |
14-Apr-2002 |
Beer and Loathing |
Peggy lands a job at Alamo Beer, and she cannot tell Hank why the beer is making people sick. |
| 121 |
6-17 |
6ABE15 |
21-Apr-2002 |
Fun with Jane and Jane |
Luanne and Peggy unwittingly join a cult. |
| 122 |
6-18 |
6ABE16 |
28-Apr-2002 |
My Own Private Rodeo |
Dale and Nancy renew their wedding vows, and Nancy invites Dale's gay dad, whom Dale hates, to the ceremony. |
| 123 |
6-19 |
6ABE05 |
05-May-2002 |
Sug Night |
Hank has an erotic dream about grilling in the nude with Nancy. |
| 124 |
6-20 |
6ABE17 |
05-May-2002 |
Dang Ol' Love |
Boomhauer falls in love with a woman who wanted only a one-night stand. |
| 125 |
6-21 |
6ABE20 |
12-May-2002 |
Returning Japanese (1) |
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 |
6-22 |
6ABE21 |
12-May-2002 |
Returning Japanese (2) |
Hank discovers he has a Japanese half-brother. They must prevent Cotton from spitting in the face of the Japanese Emperor. |
| # |
S-E |
Code |
Airdate |
Title |
Summary |
| 127 |
7-1 |
7ABE01 |
03-Nov-2002 |
Get Your Freak Off |
Hank is dismayed to see Bobby and a friend dancing inappropriately at a concert. |
| 128 |
7-2 |
7ABE03 |
10-Nov-2002 |
The Fat and the Furious |
Bill becomes a competitive eater. Kid Rock and Jeff Garlin guest star. |
| 129 |
7-3 |
6ABE19 |
17-Nov-2002 |
Bad Girls, Bad Girls Whatcha Gonna Do |
Bobby becomes a science fair partner to Connie's cousin, Tid Pau. |
| 130 |
7-4 |
6ABE01 |
24-Nov-2002 |
Goodbye Normal Jeans |
Peggy becomes jealous when she thinks Bobby is replacing her in the kitchen. |
| 131 |
7-5 |
7ABE02 |
01-Dec-2002 |
Dances With Dogs |
Bobby and Hank join a dog dancing contest. |
| 132 |
7-6 |
6ABE22 |
08-Dec-2002 |
The Son Also Roses |
Bobby quits the football team, and decides to become a rose-grower. |
| 133 |
7-7 |
6ABE18 |
15-Dec-2002 |
The Texas Skilsaw Massacre |
When Hank cuts Dale's finger off, the judge sentences him to an anger management class. |
| 134 |
7-8 |
7ABE04 |
05-Jan-2003 |
Full Metal Dust Jacket |
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 |
7-9 |
5ABE23 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Pigmalion |
Luanne becomes involved with a psychotic owner of a pork processing plant. |
| 136 |
7-10 |
7ABE05 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Megalo Dale |
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 |
7-11 |
7ABE07 |
02-Feb-2003 |
Boxing Luanne |
Luanne becomes a boxer. |
| 138 |
7-12 |
7ABE09 |
09-Feb-2003 |
Vision Quest |
John Redcorn is worried about how Dale is raising Joseph so he gets Hank to take Joseph on a "vision quest". |
| 139 |
7-13 |
7ABE10 |
16-Feb-2003 |
Queasy Rider |
Hank and Peggy buy a motorcycle and then travel across country to a bike festival. |
| 140 |
7-14 |
7ABE08 |
02-Mar-2003 |
Board Games |
Peggy, Nancy, and Minh run for school board against each other. |
| 141 |
7-15 |
7ABE06 |
09-Mar-2003 |
An Officer and a Gentle Boy |
Hank sends Bobby to Cotton's old military academy. |
| 142 |
7-16 |
7ABE11 |
16-Mar-2003 |
The Miseducation of Bobby Hill |
Bobby becomes a salesman at Strickland Propane. |
| 143 |
7-17 |
7ABE13 |
30-Mar-2003 |
The Good Buck |
Luanne tutors Buck on the Bible. |
| 144 |
7-18 |
7ABE14 |
13-Apr-2003 |
I Never Promised You an Organic Garden |
Peggy takes over the organic garden at the school, but she is caught using pesticides on the garden. |
| 145 |
7-19 |
7ABE12 |
27-Apr-2003 |
Be True to Your Fool |
Bill gives all the guys lice, and they are forced to shave their heads and Hank discovers that he has a tattoo on his head. |
| 146 |
7-20 |
7ABE17 |
04-May-2003 |
Racist Dawg |
Hank hires a repairman who happens to be African-American, who Ladybird attacks. Everyone in Arlen then believe Hank to be a racist who raised his dog to be racist. |
| 147 |
7-21 |
7ABE16 |
11-May-2003 |
Night and Deity |
After Bill attracts pigeons to the alley, Dale must work with an attractive, female exterminator, who makes Nancy jealous. |
| 148 |
7-22 |
7ABE18 |
18-May-2003 |
Maid in Arlen |
Bill and Laoma, Kahn's mother, enter into a romantic relationship. |
| 149 |
7-23 |
7ABE20 |
18-May-2003 |
Witches of East Arlen |
Bobby gets involved with warlocks and tarot cards. |
| # |
S-E |
Code |
Airdate |
Title |
Summary |
| 150 |
8-1 |
8ABE01 |
02-Nov-2003 |
Patch Boomhauer |
Boomhauer's brother, Patch (voiced by Brad Pitt), is getting married to a woman Boomhauer has always been in love with. |
| 151 |
8-2 |
8ABE02 |
09-Nov-2003 |
Reborn To Be Wild |
Hank starts to fear that Bobby is succumbing bad influences, so he takes him to a Christian youth group |
| 152 |
8-3 |
7ABE15 |
16-Nov-2003 |
New Cowboy on the Block |
The guys are excited that a former Dallas Cowboys player is moving in the neighborhood, but he turns out to be a nuisance. |
| 153 |
8-4 |
8ABE04 |
23-Nov-2003 |
The Incredible Hank |
Peggy secretly introduces testosterone pills into Hank's food, which causes him to go through puberty again. Meanwhile, Bobby is afraid of taking showers after gym class. |
| 154 |
8-5 |
7ABE22 |
30-Nov-2003 |
Flirting With the Master |
Television star Monsignor Martinez invites Peggy to come to Mexico with him to teach his kids temporarily. |
| 155 |
8-6 |
7ABE19 |
07-Dec-2003 |
After the Mold Rush |
Hank's house is declared uninhabitable due to mold. |
| 156 |
8-7 |
8ABE05 |
14-Dec-2003 |
Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane |
Hank rents an eighteen wheeler in order to deliver furniture to his mother. Meanwhile, Peggy and Luanne attempt to write a Christmas song. |
| 157 |
8-8 |
7ABE21 |
04-Jan-2004 |
Rich Hank, Poor Hank |
Bobby thinks Hank is secretly a rich miser, and Bobby steals Hank's credit card to go on a shopping spree. |
| 158 |
8-9 |
8ABE03 |
25-Jan-2004 |
Ceci N'est Pas Une King of the Hill |
Peggy is hired to be an artist, but finds out the people who hired her think she is a hick. |
| 159 |
8-10 |
8ABE06 |
08-Feb-2004 |
That's What She Said |
A new Strickland Propane employee (Ben Stiller) makes Hank uncomfortable by making jokes of a sexual nature. |
| 160 |
8-11 |
8ABE09 |
15-Feb-2004 |
My Hair Lady |
Luanne and Bill get hired at "Hottyz", the new salon in Arlen, and Bill pretends to be gay so that he can work there. |
| 161 |
8-12 |
8ABE10 |
22-Feb-2004 |
Phish and Wild Life |
When Hank, Bobby, and the guys go camping, they discover they are camping during a hippie festival. |
| 162 |
8-13 |
8ABE07 |
07-Mar-2004 |
Cheer Factor |
Peggy becomes the cheerleading coach at the school. |
| 163 |
8-14 |
8ABE11 |
14-Mar-2004 |
Dale Be Not Proud |
A race car driver needs a kidney, and Dale is the only one that can give him one. |
| 164 |
8-15 |
8ABE08 |
21-Mar-2004 |
Après Hank, le Deluge |
When a flood threatens Arlen, Bill becomes leader of the emergency shelter. Meanwhile, Hank must protect the town from a potential dam break. |
| 165 |
8-16 |
8ABE12 |
28-Mar-2004 |
DaleTech |
Dale starts a security company called "DaleTech", but his business is threatened by Cotton. |
| 166 |
8-17 |
8ABE14 |
18-Apr-2004 |
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Alamo |
When Hank finds out Bobby's new Texas history schoolbook is missing a chapter on The Alamo, he attempts to produce a play about it. This episode also includes a Peggy and Luanne subplot to photograph Flat Stanley in several locations. |
| 167 |
8-18 |
8ABE16 |
25-Apr-2004 |
Girl, You'll Be a Giant Soon |
Hank becomes outraged when he finds out that "The Texas State Grill-Off" doesn't include propane. He teams up with Luanne to protest, and she ends up making Hank more upset. |
| 168 |
8-19 |
8ABE13 |
02-May-2004 |
Stressed For Success |
Bobby joins the school's Quiz Bowl team because of his extensive knowledge of pop culture, but he becomes stressed out by the pressure. |
| 169 |
8-20 |
8ABE15 |
09-May-2004 |
Hank's Back (a.k.a. The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hank) |
Hank suffers a back injury and none of his doctors can fix it, so he turns to Yoga. Meanwhile, Peggy tries to keep the "Pink and White" grocery store open. |
| 170 |
8-21 |
8ABE17 |
16-May-2004 |
The Redneck on Rainey Street |
After Kahn Jr. gets rejected from a prestigious summer education camp, Kahn and Minh decide to become an El Camino driving, Possum Quesidilla eatin' pair of rednecks. |
| 171 |
8-22 |
8ABE20 |
23-May-2004 |
Talking Shop |
Bobby signs up for peer counseling, but after a few days, Bobby is the one who needs counseling. |
| # |
S-E |
Code |
Airdate |
Title |
Summary |
| 172 |
9-1 |
8ABE22 |
7-Nov-2004 |
A Rover Runs Through It |
The Hills travel to Montana to visit Peggy's mother. There, they find out the family is losing the ranch to Henry Winkler. |
| 173 |
9-2 |
9ABE05 |
19-Dec-2004 |
Ms. Wakefield |
Ms. Wakefield, who grew up in the Hill's home, wants to die in the house. |
| 174 |
9-3 |
8ABE18 |
16-Jan-2005 |
Death Buys a Timeshare |
Cotton wants to buy a timeshare in Mexico. |
| 175 |
9-4 |
8ABE19 |
23-Jan-2005 |
Yard, She Blows! |
Peggy is jealous that Hank always gets complimented on his yard, so she starts a garden in the front yard. When that doesn't work she puts "Winklebottom" the garden gnome in their front yard, which drives Hank nuts! |
| 176 |
9-5 |
9ABE02 |
30-Jan-2005 |
Dale To the Chief |
Conspiracy-theorist Dale is stunned to find out that the Government was right about who killed John F. Kennedy. Meanwhile, when Hank gets his new driver's license his sex is listed as "female"! |
| 177 |
9-6 |
9ABE06 |
13-Feb-2005 |
The Petriot Act |
Hank agrees to pet-sit a pet for a soldier, but gets a cat - against his wishes. |
| 178 |
9-7 |
9ABE12 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Enrique-cilable Differences |
Enrique, who is separating from his wife, becomes attached to Hill family and a burden to Hank. |
| 179 |
9-8 |
9ABE03 |
6-Mar-2005 |
Mutual of Omabwah |
When Hank finds out his home insurance policy has lapsed, he and Bobby try and protect the home from damage. Peggy and Luanne must stay the weekend at a rest stop. |
| 180 |
9-9 |
9ABE01 |
13-Mar-2005 |
Care-Takin' Care of Business |
When the long-time caretaker of the school football field starts being senile, the guys try to secretly take care of the football field. Luanne dates Lucky. |
| 181 |
9-10 |
9ABE07 |
27-Mar-2005 |
Arlen City Bomber |
Luanne starts skating with a roller derby team to pay off some debts; later Peggy joins, too. They end up more in debt when they try to start their own team from money they borrowed. |
| 182 |
9-11 |
9ABE09 |
10-Apr-2005 |
Redcorn Gambles With His Future |
John Redcorn opens a casino to promote his band, "Big Mountain Fudgecake". |
| 183 |
9-12 |
9ABE10 |
17-Apr-2005 |
Smoking and the Bandit |
When Arlen bans smoking in all restaurants and bars, Dale becomes the "Smoking Bandit" to impress Joseph. |
| 184 |
9-13 |
9ABE08 |
1-May-2005 |
Gone with the Windstorm |
When Channel 84 hires a new meteorologist, Irv Bennett, Nancy and her less-than-accurate weather reports are left out in the cold. Determined to remain an integral member of the news team, Nancy drives a stolen news van into a raging wildfire, aiming to scoop the competition. Meanwhile, Bobby is always frightened at school by a boy who keeps jumping out and startling him. |
| 185 |
9-14 |
9ABE13 |
8-May-2005 |
Bobby On Track |
Bobby is asked to join the track team to motivate the other player's because of his poor skills. |
| 186 |
9-15 |
9ABE19 |
15-May-2005 |
It Ain't Over Till The Fat Neighbor Sings |
Bill joins an all-male chorus (obviously a parody of the Dallas-based men's chorus the Vocal Majority); when Bill goes AWOL to tour with the Harmonaholics, the guys go after him. |
| # |
S-E |
Code |
Airdate |
Title |
Summary |
| 187 |
10-1 |
9ABE14 |
18-Sep-2005 |
Hank's on Board |
Hank finds out the other guys don't want to go on vacation with him. |
| 188 |
10-2 |
8ABE21 |
25-Sep-2005 |
Bystand Me |
When the Arlen Bystander newspaper gets a new editor, Peggy gets a job writing a household hints column. However, Peggy doesn't know any household hints. Meanwhile, Hank makes Bobby get a paper route. |
| 189 |
10-3 |
9ABE15 |
6-Nov-2005 |
Bill's House |
Bill turns his house into a rehabilitation center for alcoholics. (Trivia: The official episode description states that Bill opens a halfway house. The people who stayed at Bill's house were not in prison; thus, the official episode descriptions use the term 'halfway house' incorrectly.) |
| 190 |
10-4 |
9ABE04 |
20-Nov-2005 |
Harlottown |
Peggy and Hank protest when Arlen's city manager wants to open a Museum of Prostitution and host the Adult Video Awards. |
| 191 |
10-5 |
9ABE16 |
4-Dec-2005 |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown |
Bobby goes to clown college and becomes a classical clown, but he discovers his new act isn't funny. |
| 192 |
10-6 |
9ABE11 |
11-Dec-2005 |
Orange You Sad I Did Say Banana? |
Upon being told that he is too Americanized, Kahn vows to return to his Laotian roots. |
| 193 |
10-7 |
9ABE17 |
29-Jan-2006 |
You Gotta Believe (In Moderation) |
Hank invites a softball team to compete against his own team of misfits, to raise money to save Arlen High School's baseball team. Vernon, Manitoba is the place where Hank gets the check back from the King. |
| 194 |
10-8 |
9ABE18 |
19-Mar-2006 |
Business is Picking Up |
On career day at Tom Landry Middle School, the career that Bobby likes the most is to be a professional pooper-scooper. |
| 195 |
10-9 |
9ABE20 |
26-Mar-2006 |
The Year of Washing Dangerously |
Kahn buys the local car wash as part of a plan to get rich, but when he loses money, he ends up selling to Buck Strickland. |
| 196 |
10-10 |
9ABE21 |
2-Apr-2006 |
Hank Fixes Everything |
Buck Strickland hires the guys from the show "American Chopper" to perform at Strickland Propane in order to win a price war with Thatherton Fuels. |
| 197 |
10-11 |
9ABE22 |
9-Apr-2006 |
Church Hopping |
When the Hill family finds out that their pew of many years has been given away to another family at church they abandon their staid Methodist church and come about to worship at a new Megachurch. |
| 198 |
10-12 |
AABE01 |
23-Apr-2006 |
24 Hour Propane People |
When Buck gets banned from his favorite strip club, he refocuses on making Strickland Propane a "fun" place to work. He makes his employees dress in costumes, have sleepovers in the office and use hip catchphrases. It's up to Hank to get everyone focused on selling propane again. |
| 199 |
10-13 |
AABE02 |
30-Apr-2006 |
The Texas Panhandler |
Instead of getting a job, Bobby and Joseph discover that they can make more money, and look cooler, by hanging out on street corners and begging. |
| 200 |
10-14 |
AABE03 |
7-May-2006 |
Hank's Bully |
A young boy, Caleb, starts following Hank around, making fun of him and generally annoying him. Hank isn't sure how to deal with such a young bully. (Actual 200th episode) |
| 201 |
10-15 |
AABE04 |
14-May-2006 |
Edu-macating Lucky |
Lucky asks Peggy to help him get his GED in the hopes of improving his chances of marrying Luanne. Peggy agrees to help him study for the test, but is torn between her wish to help him and her wish to keep him away from her niece. (Credited as 200th episode) |
