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, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.
The best episode of "King of the Hill" season 5 is "The Perils of Polling", rated 7.4/10 from 398 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Jim Dauterive. "The Perils of Polling" aired on 10/1/2000 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Buck Stops Here".
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: Dominic Polcino, Adam Kuhlman
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: Dominic Polcino, Tricia Garcia
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