7.8/10336 votes#1 - Hank's on Board
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2005
Hank discovers that Dale and Boomhauer take yearly vacations together, and assumes that they are trying to avoid Bill. He invites his family and Bill along for a weekend at the beach, but during the trip, Hank realizes that his friends are actually trying to avoid him because he’s uptight and bossy. Peggy advises Hank to throw caution to the wind and have some fun with his buddies, but the results leave Hank and the guys overboard.
Director: Allan Jacobsen
Writer: Sivert Glarum, Michael Jarmin
7.1/10306 votes#2 - Bystand Me
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2005
When the Arlen Bystander gets a new editor, Peggy gets a job writing a household hints column. Except Peggy doesn't know any household hints, so she gets Minh to supply her with housekeeping tips in exchange for the answers to the New York Times crossword puzzles. Meanwhile, Hank makes Bobby get a paper route.
Director: Dominic Polcino
Writer: Kit Boss
7.3/10313 votes#3 - Bill's House
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/2005
After Bill nurses Hank, Peggy and Bobby through the flu, he starts to feel lonely when there is no one else to take care of. Hank gets Bill to volunteer at a halfway house for alcoholics, and Bill invites the residents to stay with him. As more and more houseguests show up, Hank becomes determined to find them a permanent residence. Meanwhile, Peggy makes a promise to God that if she gets over the flu, she'll learn to ride a bike, and Bobby makes her keep her promise.
Director: Robin Brigstocke
Writer: Tony Gama-Lobo, Rebecca May
7.3/10335 votes#4 - Harlottown
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 11/20/2005
When Hank and Peggy try to clean up a historic Arlen landmark, they find out that the town was founded by harlots and was once a place of ill-repute. The new city manager uses the city's rediscovered history to turn the town into a tourist trap for the adult porn industry. Frustrated by the changes, Hank decides to move the family – that is, until he is aided by adult actress Candee.
Director: Tricia Garcia
Writer: Greg Thompson, Aron Abrams
7.2/10329 votes#5 - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2005
Hoping to get Bobby to stop cracking jokes in school, Hank enrolls Bobby in a clown class at the local community college. The pretentious instructor teaches Bobby classical comedic theory and sucks all the fun out of him.
Director: Kyounghee Lim
Writer: Christy Stratton
7.2/10312 votes#6 - Orange You Sad I Did Say Banana?
Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/2005
Kahn is accused of having become so assimilated that he's a "banana" -- the Asian equivalent of an "Oreo." To get back to his Laotian heritage, Kahn adopts a simple lifestyle and abandons the swimming pool his neighbors helped build.
Director: Adam Kuhlman
Writer: Dan Sterling
6.9/10311 votes#7 - You Gotta Believe (In Moderation)
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 1/29/2006
In order to raise money to save the Tom Landry Middle School baseball program, Hank invites a Harlem Globetrotters-type softball team to compete against his community league Arlen Zephyrs. But Hank ruins the show by deciding to take the game seriously.
Director: Yvette Kaplan
Writer: Kit Boss
7.7/10338 votes#8 - Business Is Picking Up
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 3/19/2006
When Bobby attends the school's job shadow program, he winds up interning for Peter Sterling, a man who runs a pooper-scooper business. Bobby is so impressed by Peter that he decides to pursue the same career. Meanwhile, Hank is trying to train Joseph at Strickland Propane.
Director: Matt Engstrom
Writer: Dan Sterling
7.2/10301 votes#9 - The Year of Washing Dangerously
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 3/26/2006
Hank gets sucked into Kahn's get-rich-quick scheme when Kahn buys the car wash that hosts car cruising on Friday nights. But Kahn wrecks the business by trying to cut corners, and gets bought out by Buck Strickland. Meanwhile, Peggy tries to figure out if Nancy is deliberately refusing to take her calls.
Director: Cyndi Tang, Ken Wong
Writer: J.B. Cook
6.9/10305 votes#10 - Hank Fixes Everything
Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 4/2/2006
Buck Strickland embarks on a propane price war with Thatherton and two other rivals, and hires the guys from "American Chopper" to boost sales at the Propane Expo. When the 'war' goes too far, and the companies are all losing profit, Hank takes matters into his own hands, and calls a meeting. Unfortunately, the owners decide to 'price fix' and get caught. Meanwhile, Lucky and Luanne wait for Brownsville Station tickets, in line 6 days before tickets go on sale.
Director: Dominic Polcino, Ron Rubio
Writer: Kit Boss
7.2/10334 votes#11 - Church Hopping
Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 4/9/2006
When Reverend Stroup gives the Hills' pew at the Arlen First Methodist Church to another family, Hank and his family decide to find another church. A slick pastor tries to bribe the Hills into worshipping at his Megachurch.
Director: Robin Brigstocke
Writer: Jim Dauterive
6.9/10309 votes#12 - 24 Hour Propane People
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 4/23/2006
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.
Director: Robin Brigstocke
Writer: Greg Thompson, Aron Abrams
7.6/10327 votes#13 - The Texas Panhandler
Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 4/30/2006
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.
Writer: Tony Gama-Lobo, Rebecca May
7.4/10353 votes#14 - Hank's Bully
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 5/7/2006
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.
Director: Kyounghee Lim
Writer: J.B. Cook
7.3/10311 votes#15 - Edu-macating Lucky
Season 10 Episode 15 - Aired 5/14/2006
Lucky asks Peggy to help him get his GED in the hopes of improving his chances of marrying Luanne. Peggy intentionally teaches him the wrong information so he'll fail and give up the idea of marrying her niece, but then she starts to suspect that Luanne might be pregnant.
Director: Adam Kuhlman
Writer: Sivert Glarum, Michael Jamin
The Best Episodes of King of the Hill Season 10
Every episode of King of the Hill Season 10 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of King of the Hill Season 10!
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,...
Genres:AnimationComedyFamily
Network:FOX
Season 10 Ratings Summary
"Hank's on Board" is the best rated episode of "King of the Hill" season 10. It scored 7.8/10 based on 336 votes. Directed by Allan Jacobsen and written by Sivert Glarum, Michael Jarmin, it aired on 9/18/2005. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Bystand Me".