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The Best Episodes of King of the Hill Season 2

Every episode of King of the Hill Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of King of the Hill Season 2!

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 2 Ratings Summary

"How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying" is the best rated episode of "King of the Hill" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 643 votes. Directed by Adam Kuhlman and written by Paul Lieberstein, it aired on 9/21/1997. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Texas City Twister".

  • How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying
    7.7/10643 votes

    #1 - How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1997

    When Bobby discovers the one sport he is good at, marksmanship, he and Hank decide to enter a father & son tournament. As it turns out Hank is a terrible marksman.

    Director: Adam Kuhlman

    Writer: Paul Lieberstein

  • Texas City Twister
    8.1/10662 votes

    #2 - Texas City Twister

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1997

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

    Director: Jeff Myers

    Writer: Cheryl Holliday

  • Arrow Head
    7.3/10613 votes

    #3 - Arrow Head

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1997

    After Hank finds an arrow head in his lawn, Peggy gives a archaeologist permission to have an archaeological dig their yard.

    Director: Klay Hall

    Writer: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger

  • Hilloween
    8.1/10696 votes

    #4 - Hilloween

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1997

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

    Director: John Rice

    Writer: David Zuckerman

  • Jumpin' Crack Bass (It's a Gas, Gas, Gas)
    8.0/10646 votes

    #5 - Jumpin' Crack Bass (It's a Gas, Gas, Gas)

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1997

    In an effort to catch more fish than his friends, Hank decides to buy special "bait" from a street vendor. He soon finds himself in trouble with the law.

    Director: Gary McCarver

    Writer: Alan Freedland, Alan R. Cohen

  • Husky Bobby
    7.5/10625 votes

    #6 - Husky Bobby

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1997

    Much to Hank's dismay, Bobby becomes a plus sized model.

    Director: Martin Archer

    Writer: Jonathan Collier

  • The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteburg
    7.6/10616 votes

    #7 - The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteburg

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1997

    Hank and the guys seek vengeance after a group of teenagers beat them at paint-ball.

    Director: Monte Young

    Writer: Johnny Hardwick

  • The Son That Got Away
    7.5/10569 votes

    #8 - The Son That Got Away

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1997

    Bobby and Connie get in trouble at school. They skirt their ensuing punishment and are joined by Joseph, as they head to "The Caves". Hank and Kahn quickly pursue them, knowing that the caves are Arlen's make-out point.

    Director: Tricia Garcia

    Writer: Jim Dauterive

  • The Company Man
    7.2/10551 votes

    #9 - The Company Man

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1997

    Hank struggles to portray himself and his life as that of a stereotypical Texan cowboy's for a Hollywood cowboy movie fan in order to secure a business deal for Strickland Propane.

    Director: Klay Hall

    Writer: Jim Dauterive

  • Bobby Slam
    7.7/10559 votes

    #10 - Bobby Slam

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1997

    Bobby joins the wrestling team and is caught in a dilemma when he has to fight Connie in order to make the team.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Gina Fattore

  • The Unbearable Blindness of Laying
    7.9/10597 votes

    #11 - The Unbearable Blindness of Laying

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/1997

    Hank's mother bring home her new boyfriend, an affectionate Jewish man named Gary. After Hank sees the two of them having relations, he goes blind.

    Director: Cyndi Tang

    Writer: Paul Lieberstein

  • Meet the Manger Babies
    7.2/10569 votes

    #12 - Meet the Manger Babies

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/1998

    After seeing that Luanne is depressed, Hank volunteers to buy her some hand puppets at a rummage sale. Luanne starts doing a Christian puppet show, The Manger Babies. Hank agrees to play God in the televised version of the puppet show. When it turns out that the show will be on at the same time as the Super Bowl, Hank has to choose between helping Luanne or watching the game.

    Director: Jeff Myers

    Writer: N/A

  • Snow Job
    7.4/10517 votes

    #13 - Snow Job

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1998

    When Hank's boss, Buck Strickland, has another heart attack, Hank expects to be put in charge of the company while Buck is recuperating. Instead Buck picks Lloyd Vickers, a business-school graduate, and puts Hank in charge of feeding his dogs. At Buck's house, Hank discovers that Buck's stove is electric, not propane. Realizing that Buck is just in propane for the money, Hank considers leaving the propane business and opening up a general store instead.

    Director: Adam Kuhlman

    Writer: N/A

  • I Remember Mono
    7.3/10522 votes

    #14 - I Remember Mono

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1998

    On Valentine's Day, Peggy finds out that Hank lied to her when they were dating: he told her he was at home one week with a football injury, when he actually got mono from kissing another girl. She sets out to uncover the whole truth, and finds herself face to face with the past.

    Director: Wes Archer

    Writer: Paul Lieberstein

  • Three Days of the Kahndo
    8.0/10551 votes

    #15 - Three Days of the Kahndo

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1998

    Hank and his family go with Kahn and his family to spend a weekend in a duplex condo in Mexico. When Kahn discovers that only the bottom half of the condo has been rented, he breaks into the top half and lets Hank stay there. Dale shows up to stay with the Hills, and when Hank, Kahn and Dale are arrested for breaking into the upstairs condo, they have to sneak back across the border.

    Director: Lauren MacMullan

    Writer: N/A

  • Traffic Jam
    7.3/10556 votes

    #16 - Traffic Jam

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1998

    After Hank has a car accident, he has to go to traffic school. The teacher of the traffic school is a comedian, Booda Sack, who gets laughs by insulting the audience. Inspired by Booda Sack, Bobby tries developing a stand-up act of his own. Booda Sack tells Bobby that to be funny, he needs to get in touch with his roots as a white man. Looking for something about "white roots" on the internet, Bobby comes across all the material he needs on a site called the White Nationalist Brotherhood.

    Director: Klay Hall

    Writer: Johnny Hardwick

  • Hank's Dirty Laundry
    8.3/10590 votes

    #17 - Hank's Dirty Laundry

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1998

    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.

    Director: Shaun Cashman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Final Shinsult
    7.2/10496 votes

    #18 - The Final Shinsult

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/1998

    When Cotton learns that the U.S. government is giving the artificial leg of General Santa Ana back to Mexico, he teams up with Dale to steal the leg from the Arlen Museum.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Leanne's Saga
    7.6/10528 votes

    #19 - Leanne's Saga

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/19/1998

    When Luanne's mother, Leanne, is released from prison, she starts living in the Hills' garage, and becomes romantically involved with Bill. Bill is busy fighting a foot fungus, with every last dime.

    Director: Tricia Garcia

    Writer: David Zuckerman

  • Junkie Business
    7.6/10512 votes

    #20 - Junkie Business

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/1998

    After Hank realizes that his new employee at Strickland Propane is a drug addict, he can't fire him, because drug addiction counts as a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

    Director: Cyndi Tang

    Writer: Jim Dauterive

  • Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga
    7.7/10506 votes

    #21 - Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/1998

    To teach his son the value of a dollar, Hank makes Bobby get a job selling drinks at the racetrack, and tells Bobby to do everything his boss says. What Hank doesn't know is that Bobby's boss, Jimmy Witchard, is a complete moron who makes Bobby do humiliating and even dangerous tasks. Meanwhile, Boomhauer competes for the right to drive the pace car in the NASCAR race.

    Director: Adam Kuhlman

    Writer: N/A

  • Peggy's Turtle Song
    7.2/10506 votes

    #22 - Peggy's Turtle Song

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1998

    After Bobby eats too much sugar one morning, he is mistakenly diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. Feeling guilty about not spending enough time with her son, Peggy decides to give up teaching and be a stay-at-home mother, a decision Hank fully approves of. But Peggy is so bored at home that she starts taking guitar lessons, and composes a symbolic song about a turtle trapped in her shell. Meanwhile, Bobby takes pills for his ADD, and Luanne becomes convinced that she caught ADD from Bobby.

    Director: Jeff Myers

    Writer: Brent Forrester

  • Propane Boom
    8.2/10558 votes

    #23 - Propane Boom

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/17/1998

    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...

    Director: Gary McCarver

    Writer: Norm Hiscock