The Best Episodes of King of the Hill Season 5

Bobby's act of heroism leads the Hills to a meeting with candidate George Dub-Ya, who turns Hank's vote from sure to tentative with the shake of a hand.

Director: N/A

Writer: Jim Dauterive

Bobby becomes Strickland's personal caddy and picks up some bad habits. Meanwhile, Peggy and Minh compete to donate the most blood.

Director: Michael Dante DiMartino

Writer: Norm Hiscock

As Hank builds coffins for his family, Bobby struggles with the fact that he's still treated as a child even as Joseph laments how awkward adulthood is for him.

Director: Adam Kuhlman, Dominic Polcino

Writer: Paul Lieberstein

Bobby rejects Thanksgiving after history lessons from John Redcorn, who longs to be a real father to his illegitimate son Joseph.

Director: Allan Jacobsen

Writer: Paul Lieberstein

The Booster Club sends a distraught Hank to talk to Peggy after she fails the football team's star fullback and gets him suspended from the team.

Director: Tricia Garcia, Dominic Polcino

Writer: Johnny Hardwick

Cash-flow problems plague Hank's father, who's forced to work a menial job on Veterans Day instead of marching in the parade.

Director: Tricia Garcia

Writer: N/A

Bobby goes all-out to become school mascot, a high-profile post that suffers a low blow when he avoids a time-honored tradition.

Director: Cyndi Tang

Writer: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory

Bill counters his holiday loneliness by becoming a generous Santa, attracting a nice single mother and a young slacker who takes advantage.

Director: Jeff Myers

Writer: John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky

Peggy thinks Hank's tears are indicative of a father-son void, but they're really about his truck, which looks headed for pickup-truck heaven.

Director: Anthony Lioi

Writer: Garland Testa

While a distraught Hank tries to deal with the fact that he wasn't born in Texas, Cotton and his buddies once again make plans to assassinate Fidel Castro.

Director: Adam Kuhlman

Writer: Kit Boss

Bill and former Texas governor Ann Richards hit it off after a chance meeting resulting from Hank's reluctant prank in an Austin hotel.

Director: Gary McCarver

Writer: Jonathan Collier

Bobby's ventriloquist's dummy gets more of Hank's attention than Bobby, but it's Dale who harbors a grudge against the wooden being.

Director: Dominic Polcino

Writer: Johnny Hardwick

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.

Director: Tricia Garcia

Writer: Peter Huyck

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

Director: Shaun Cashman

Writer: N/A

As Luanne's sponsor in a sexual-abstinence program, Peggy has to testify about her lifetime total of sexual partners--and it's more than one.

Director: Adam Kuhlman, Shaun Cashman

Writer: Kit Boss

When Bobby develops an allergy to Ladybird, Hank builds a doghouse, an elaborate accommodation that's perfect--for Bobby.

Director: N/A

Writer: Jon Vitti

Hank joins Bobby's environmental effort, but only to preserve a long-time cover-up concerning a mishap with Boomhauer's car in high school.

Director: Jeff Myers

Writer: N/A

Dale plans to buy Nancy a face-lift by suing a tobacco company, which countersues--and carelessly bugs his home.

Director: Shaun Cashman

Writer: Jim Dauterive

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.

Director: Cyndi Tang

Writer: Alan Freedland, Alan R. Cohen

Bobby avoids a beating by high schoolers by pretending to be one of them.

Director: Gary McCarver

Writer: Garland Testa