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The Best Episodes of King of the Hill

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The Best Episodes of King of the Hill

Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy,...

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  1. 8.9/10(779 votes)

    #1 - Bobby Goes Nuts

    S6:E1

    Bobby goes from bullied to bully after learning a counterattack move in a self-defense class--for women.

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  2. 8.8/10(728 votes)

    #2 - Ho Yeah!

    S5:E13

    Unaware that the new employee at Strickland Propane is a prostitute, Peggy becomes her best friend and even offers her a place to stay--Hank's den.

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    Director:Tricia Garcia
  3. 8.6/10(754 votes)

    #3 - A Firefighting We Will Go

    S3:E10

    Hank and his friends become volunteer firefighters. They manage to wreck a fire hydrant, ruin a funeral, and finally burn down the Arlen firehouse. When the Fire Captain comes to ask what happened, the trio turns the story around to match each of their scenarios.

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  4. 8.6/10(567 votes)

    #4 - Aisle 8A

    S4:E5

    Hank is the only one home when houseguest Connie has her first encounter with menstruation--and neither knows what to do. Meanwhile, someone has to explain PMS to Bobby.

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  5. 8.6/10(551 votes)

    #5 - High Anxiety

    S4:E14

    Hank becomes the prime suspect in an investigation led by Sheriff Buford.

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  6. 8.5/10(517 votes)

    #6 - Returning Japanese (1)

    S6:E21

    The Hills are off to Japan so Cotton can apologize to the widow of a soldier he killed in WWII, but something about Cotton's story doesn't quite add up.

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  8. 8.5/10(495 votes)

    #7 - To Sirloin with Love

    S13:E20

    Thankful to finally have something in common with his son, Hank is proud when Bobby’s knowledge of beef earns him a spot on a college team bound for the State Championships.

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  9. 8.4/10(610 votes)

    #8 - A Beer Can Named Desire

    S4:E6

    Bill meets Cajun relatives and Hank competes for $1 million in a beer promotion at a football game in New Orleans.

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    Director:N/A
  10. 8.3/10(626 votes)

    #9 - Hank's Dirty Laundry

    S2:E17

    When Hank tries to buy a new dryer, he is told that his credit is no good because he owes money to Arlen Video. The video store's computer says he rented and never returned a pornographic movie, Cuffs and Collars. Hank refuses to pay for a movie he never rented, and sets out to prove that the computer was wrong.

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    Director:Shaun Cashman
    Writer:N/A
  11. 8.3/10(521 votes)

    #10 - Hanky Panky

    S4:E13

    Hank and Peggy are caught in the middle after Strickland's wife catches him with his girlfriend.

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  12. 8.3/10(489 votes)

    #11 - Naked Ambition

    S4:E15

    Bobby's accidental glimpse of a naked Luanne has Joseph yearning to get his own look. But Connie catches them trying to peep, and thinks she's the target.

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    Director:Anthony Lioi
    Writer:N/A
  13. 8.2/10(820 votes)

    #12 - Keeping Up with Our Joneses

    S1:E10

    Hank and Peggy's love of cigarettes is rekindled after Hank catches Bobby smoking, but Luanne is determined to nip their habit in the butt.

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  14. 8.2/10(587 votes)

    #13 - Propane Boom

    S2:E23

    When Mega Lo Mart starts selling propane, Strickland Propane can't compete with their prices, and Hank loses his job. He winds up working in the propane department at Mega Lo Mart, under the supervision of Luanne's boyfriend Buckley. Hank and other Mega Lo Mart employees decide to protest the way the company destroys small businesses, by disrupting a concert by the company spokesman, Chuck Mangione. Meanwhile, Luanne, who wanted Buckley to give her the job that he gave to Hank, tells Buckley she's breaking up with him. And Hank, Luanne and Buckley are the only people in the Mega Lo Mart when Hank notices a leak...

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  15. 8.2/10(469 votes)

    #14 - Little Horrors of Shop

    S4:E4

    Forced to take a vacation, Hank becomes a substitute shop teacher, and a popular one, rousing jealousy in Peggy.

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    Director:Adam Kuhlman
    Writer:Kit Boss
  16. 8.2/10(454 votes)

    #15 - Nancy Boys

    S4:E21

    After joining the Hills for a free romantic dinner, the Gribbles sleep together, and guilt grabs Nancy for cheating on her lover, John Redcorn.

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    Director:Tricia Garcia
    Writer:N/A
  17. 8.2/10(467 votes)

    #16 - The Exterminator

    S5:E14

    Repeated exposure to poisons forces Dale out of extermination and into a desk job that leads him back into extermination--of careers.

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    Director:Shaun Cashman
    Writer:N/A
  18. 8.2/10(447 votes)

    #17 - Hank's Back Story

    S5:E19

    Wearing a prosthetic rump relieves Hank's back pain, but makes him the butt of friends' jokes as they all prepare for a riding-mower race.

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  19. 8.2/10(451 votes)

    #18 - Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane

    S8:E7

    Hank and Bobby take an 18-wheeler to Arizona, with Dale, Bill and Boomhauer as stowaways.

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    Director:John Rice
  20. 8.1/10(693 votes)

    #19 - Texas City Twister

    S2:E2

    Luanne moves back into her home, a trailer, just as a twister is about to hit.

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  21. 8.1/10(727 votes)

    #20 - Hilloween

    S2:E4

    Hank is excited about Halloween until someone complains and has the holiday canceled.

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    Director:John Rice
  22. 8.1/10(589 votes)

    #21 - Pretty, Pretty Dresses

    S3:E9

    At Christmastime, Bill becomes even more depressed than usual, because it's the anniversary of when his wife Lenore left him. Bill tries to commit suicide, and when that doesn't work out, he dresses up in Lenore's old clothes and declares that he is Lenore.

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  23. 8.1/10(556 votes)

    #22 - The Wedding of Bobby Hill

    S3:E14

    Angry that Luanne cost him his job house-sitting Boomhauer's house, Bobby replaces her birth control pills with candy.

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    Director:N/A
  24. 8.1/10(501 votes)

    #23 - Jon Vitti Presents: "Return to La Grunta"

    S3:E16

    Hank gets Luanne a job as a golf course drink girl at the La Grunta resort. In gratitude, Luanne gets Hank a chance to swim with a dolphin. Hank pets the dolphin, and the dolphin becomes aroused and tries to become sexually intimate with him. In return for his silence, the hotel pays him off, and Hank tells Luanne never to talk about what happened. Luanne gets sexually harassed by one of the golfers, she decides to follow Hank's example and not talk about it.

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    Director:Gary McCarver
    Writer:Jon Vitti
  25. 8.1/10(525 votes)

    #24 - Love Hurts... and So Does Art

    S3:E18

    Worried at the prospect of going to a school dance with Connie, Bobby starts overeating at the local deli, and develops gout. Meanwhile, Hank goes to an art gallery in Dallas and finds that they are displaying an X-ray of his constipated colon.

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    Director:Adam Kuhlman
    Writer:N/A
  26. 8.1/10(495 votes)

    #25 - Revenge of the Lutefisk

    S3:E21

    Arlen's new minister is a woman, which everyone except Cotton seems to accept. When Bobby eats all of a Midwestern fish dish prepared by the minister, it somehow leads to him accidentally burning down the church. Everyone assumes that Cotton did it, and he is arrested for a hate crime.

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    Director:N/A
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Best Episodes Summary

"Bobby Goes Nuts" is the best rated episode of "King of the Hill". It scored 8.9/10 based on 779 votes. Directed by Tricia Garcia and written by Norm Hiscock, it aired on 11/11/2001. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Ho Yeah!".