7.6/10351 votes#1 - Suite Smells of Excess
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2007
When the guys take Bobby to a college football game, their hijinks land them in a VIP box suite and calling plays for the visiting team.
Director: Michael Loya
Writer: Dave Schiff
6.8/10329 votes#2 - Bobby Rae
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2007
To impress a girl, Bobby protests against soda machines in the school. However, since the teachers have been using the drink machine money to pay for their "retreat", they decide to fight back. Meanwhile, Dale decides to record his friends' witty quotes and put them all in a book.
Director: Ken Wong
Writer: Tim Croston, Chip Hall
6.6/10329 votes#3 - The Powder Puff Boys
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2007
Hank encourages Bobby when he is asked to cheerleader for the girls in the school's annual Powder Puff game. Bobby soon learns that there is a tradition and Hank, Bill, Dale and Principal Moss were once "Powder Puff Boys" themselves. However, the boys learn that Peggy and the PTA Are trying to put a stop to the tradition.
Director: Ron Rubio
Writer: Christy Stratton
7.4/10328 votes#4 - Four Wave Intersection
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2007
Arlen is hit by a heat wave and Hank and the gang take the kids to the water park. Unfortunately, when they have to tangle with a group of surfer bullies, Boomhauer, who is usually cool, winds up embarrassing himself. Meanwhile, Bill becomes known as the famous "Heat-Waver" when he begins to stand on the side of the highway and wave to motorists.
Director: Anthony Chun
Writer: Judah Miller, Murray Miller
7.7/10373 votes#5 - Death Picks Cotton
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2007
When the family goes out to a restaurant where the food is cooked at the table Cotton throws a tantrum and gets into a fight with the chef. The fight leaves Cotton near death in the hospital.
Director: Tony Kluck
Writer: Judah Miller, Murray Miller
7.7/10336 votes#6 - Raise the Steaks
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/2007
After Hank falls in love with organic food he starts his own mini co-op garden in his back yard.
Director: Robin Brigstocke
Writer: Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh
6.4/10314 votes#7 - Tears of an Inflatable Clown
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/2007
Bobby gets mixed up with racial intolerance at Tom Landry Junior High. Meanwhile, Lucky hurts himself by catching a frisbee made of barbed wire and the gang has to convince him to go to the hospital.
Director: Tricia Garcia
Writer: Erin Ehrlich
7.4/10305 votes#8 - The Minh Who Knew Too Much
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/2007
Mihn joins the Arlen Gun Club so that she can practise her skeet-shooting skills and become a member of the Nine Rivers Country Club team. However, Minh loses track of the goal when she starts to identify with her "hillbilly" neighbors.
Director: Kyounghee Lim
Writer: Dan McGrath
7.0/10308 votes#9 - Dream Weaver
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/2007
After they have financial troubles, Nancy convinces Dale to go on a "vocation vacation" to learn a new career. Unfortunately, Dale picks basket-weaving, and he's not very good at it. Meanwhile, Peggy, Bill and Kahn try to create the next great Internet video.
Director: Ken Wong
Writer: Jennifer Barrow
7.0/10298 votes#10 - Doggone Crazy
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2008
Ladybird is put on a list of vicious dogs after she gets a little crazy and bites Hank. Afterwards, Hank is urged by a veterinarian to take Ladybird to a "dog spiritualist".
Director: Michael Loya
Writer: Dave Schiff
7.3/10321 votes#11 - Trans-Fascism
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 2/10/2008
Hank helps Buck Strickland battle the Arlen City Council and a rival restaurant after "Sugarfoots" loses its business due to a local ban on the sale of foods containing trans fats.
Director: Kyounghee Lim
Writer: Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh
7.7/10326 votes#12 - Untitled Blake McCormick Project
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/2008
Bill falls in love after he has a blind date with Charlene, a hot single mother. However, Dale's intuition tells him something is not quite right with the whole situation.
Director: Ken Wong
Writer: Blake McCormick
7.5/10324 votes#13 - The Accidental Terrorist
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 3/2/2008
Hank buys Peggy a new car, and like he has always done he pays sticker price for it. However, after he realizes that he has been ripped off for years, he plots revenge against the car salesman.
Director: Robin Brigstocke
Writer: Tim Croston, Chip Hall
7.2/10314 votes#14 - Lady and Gentrification
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 3/9/2008
Hank's agrees to speak at Enrique's daughter's quinceañera. However, some of Peggy's real-estate clients fall in love with the quaint Mexican neighborhood and start to move in.
Director: Anthony Chun
Writer: Judah Miller, Murray Miller
6.8/10305 votes#15 - Behind Closed Doors
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 3/16/2008
Peggy becomes over-protective after a child goes missing in Arlen.
Director: Tony Kluck
Writer: Christy Stratton
7.0/10296 votes#16 - Pour Some Sugar on Kahn
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 3/30/2008
Kahn escapes to the bar and takes up Karaoke after Minh's father comes to visit. Meanwhile, Bobby and Peggy compete in an escalating game where they try to outdo each other.
Director: Tricia Garcia
Writer: Sanjay Shah
6.8/10317 votes#17 - Six Characters in Search of a House
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 4/6/2008
Peggy has trouble selling a house when she realizes that the current residents are scaring away the buyers, so she hires actors to play their parts.
Director: Ron Rubio
Writer: Erin Ehrlich
6.6/10290 votes#18 - The Courtship of Joseph's Father
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 4/13/2008
Dale's son becomes the star quarterback for Landry High School, but Dale pushes the boy to accept a private school's offer, which includes a cash contract.
Director: Michael Loya
Writer: Tony Gama-Lobo, Rebecca May
7.6/10323 votes#19 - Strangeness on a Train
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 4/27/2008
Stressed that her birthday parties never live up to her expectations, Peggy plans herself a disco-themed party on a mystery train, but after Luanne ruins the surprise, Peggy worries her parties will always end badly. However, a new mystery arises after a couple sneaks away for some private time in the train bathroom, and the partygoers must figure out who did it.
Director: Kyounghee Lim
Writer: Jim Dauterive
7.3/10312 votes#20 - Cops and Robert
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2008
Bobby has to work as a deputy for the school's police officer after he is framed for throwing a soda can. Meanwhile, Hank accidentally takes the wallet of a man he thought stole his own wallet, however when he tries to return the wallet the man does not take it too well.
Director: Ken Wong
Writer: Dave Schiff
7.0/10295 votes#21 - It Came from the Garage
Season 12 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2008
Wanting to spend some quality time with his son, Hank distracts Dale, Bill and Boomhauer with a boat building competition. However, when bats attack the construction garage, Hank has to give up his idea of spending time with Bobby.
Director: Robin Brigstocke
Writer: Blake McCormick
6.8/10305 votes#22 - Life: A Loser's Manual
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2008
Luanne's long-lost father and Peggy's brother Hoyt, a two-strike felon, comes to Arlen. After Hoyt gets caught committing another crime, Lucky feels bad and takes the blame, leaving Hoyt free to continue his life of crime.
Director: Anthony Chun
Writer: Dan McGrath
The Best Episodes of King of the Hill Season 12
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Season 12 Ratings Summary
"Suite Smells of Excess" is the best rated episode of "King of the Hill" season 12. It scored 7.6/10 based on 351 votes. Directed by Michael Loya and written by Dave Schiff, it aired on 9/23/2007. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Bobby Rae".