The Worst Episodes of King of the Hill
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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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "King of the Hill" is "Returning Japanese (2)", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by Anthony Lioi and written by Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory. "Returning Japanese (2)" aired on 5/12/2002 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Enrique-cilable Differences".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - Returning Japanese (2)
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2002
Cotton runs amuck in Tokyo when rejected by his newly found Japanese son.
Director: Anthony Lioi
Writer: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory
6.5/10 320 votes#2 - Enrique-cilable Differences
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2005
Hank cringes when an employee with personal problems turns to him for solace.
Director: Dominic Polcino
Writer: Greg Cohen
6.5/10 304 votes#3 - 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
6.5/10 282 votes#4 - Manger Baby Einstein
Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 5/10/2009
Luanne tries to become a breakout star in the children's entertainment industry.
Director: Kyounghee Lim
Writer: Sanjay Shah
6.6/10 321 votes#5 - 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
6.6/10 283 votes#6 - 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
6.6/10 382 votes#7 - Uh-Oh Canada
Season 13 Episode 18 - Aired 5/17/2009
After Boomhauer trades houses with a Canadian family for the summer the Arlen gang tries to make some new neighbors at feel welcome. However it soon becomes apparent that Canadians and Arlenites do not see eye to eye.
Director: Tony Kluck
Writer: Jerry Collins
6.7/10 313 votes#8 - Flirting with the Master
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/30/2003
A Latin TV star hires Peggy to come to his home in Mexico to tutor his kids, but Peggy senses his interest is not entirely academic.
Director: Anthony Lioi
Writer: Norm Hiscock
6.8/10 461 votes#9 - Peggy's Pageant Fever
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1998
A beauty pageant offers Peggy the chance to win a truck. If she can endure a series of rigorous makeovers to impress the judges.
Director: Tricia Garcia
Writer: Norm Hiscock
6.8/10 305 votes#10 - Luanne Gets Lucky
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2007
When Lucky ditches Luanne to go stumping with Hank and the gang, Luanne accepts an invitation to attend Arlen High School's Senior Prom. Lucky's friends Mud Dobber and Elvin take it upon themeselves bully Luanne's 15-year-old date.
Director: Ken Wong
Writer: Jonathan Collier
6.8/10 305 votes#11 - Glen Peggy Glen Ross
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2007
Peggy loses her job at The Arlen Bystander and begins a new career as a real estate agent. Meanwhile, after Dale buys a set of titanium golf clubs at a police auction, he gives the clubs to Hank. However, Hank has trouble playing with a set of clubs that once belonged to a convicted murderer.
Director: Tony Kluck
Writer: Jim Dauterive
6.8/10 320 votes#12 - 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
6.8/10 297 votes#13 - 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
6.8/10 307 votes#14 - 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
6.8/10 289 votes#15 - Straight as an Arrow
Season 13 Episode 7 - Aired 11/30/2008
Hank tries to help Bobby become a member of the Order of the Straight Arrow, but he disagrees with the "Arrowmaster" who is a new member of Arlen. Meanwhile, Peggy gets involved in the disagreement as she is the local Welcome Wagon representative.
Director: Robin Brigstocke
Writer: Tony Gama-Lobo, Rebecca May
6.9/10 353 votes#16 - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Hill
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 3/17/2002
Unable to find a full-time teaching job, Peggy pretends to be a nun to land a position at a Catholic school, ending her budding career at Strickland Propane.
Director: Gary McCarver
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 322 votes#17 - Board Games
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 3/2/2003
Peggy, Minh and Nancy bond to save a school program, but split up when Minh decides she's the best candidate for a school-board seat.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 314 votes#18 - Girl, You'll Be a Giant Soon
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/2004
Luanne helps Hank protest a grilling competition that bans propane; Peggy negotiates to see an infamous murder site.
Director: Cyndi Tang
Writer: Dan McGrath
6.9/10 305 votes#19 - 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
6.9/10 297 votes#20 - 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
6.9/10 296 votes#21 - 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
7.0/10 315 votes#22 - Cheer Factor
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 3/7/2004
Peggy's aggressive approach as cheerleading coach brings football wins, and a hearing when one routine is deemed offensive.
Director: Boohwan Lim, Kyounghee Lim
Writer: Christy Stratton
7.0/10 306 votes#23 - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Alamo
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 4/18/2004
Ignorance of the Alamo in Bobby's Texas History class prompts Hank to help organize a reenactment, but the author's version is revisionist.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Christy Stratton
7.0/10 341 votes#24 - The Petriot Act
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2005
Hank excitedly joins a new military program that allows civilians to adopt pets while G.I.s serve their tour of duty but the dog, Duke, turns out to be a mean-spirited cat.
Director: Robin Brigstocke
Writer: Christy Stratton
7.0/10 302 votes#25 - 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