King of the Hill/Bill Gathers Moss

Bill Gathers Moss
Season 13, Episode 21
Airdate	unaired
Production Number	DABE14
Written by	Aron Abrams & Gregory Thompson
Directed by	Michael Loya
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King of the Hill — Season Thirteen

Bill Gathers Moss is the twenty-first episode of the thirteenth season of King of the Hill, and the two hundred fifty-sixth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer, Octavio, Dooley), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Adlon (Bobby Hill, Clark Peters, Ramon Alejandro), Brittany Murphy (credit only), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble, Artist), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive)

and Toby Huss (Yuri)

Special Guest Voice: Mimi Rogers (Kadee Calhoun)

Also Starring: Dennis Burkley (Principal Moss), David Herman (Leif, Jimmy Wichard, Octavio's Brother #2), Breckin Meyer (Joseph Gribble, Chad, Octavio's Brother #1), Lauren Tom (Connie Souphanousinphone, Woman)

Plot Overview

Bill decides to get a roommate. Hank, weary of letting Bill make his own choices, pairs him up with Principal Moss who lost his home in a divorce. The two don't get along and it only gets worse when Bill takes the initiative to fix it himself.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Leif: Oh, no, you did-n't.

Seen, But Not Heard

• Nancy Gribble

Music

• Barry White - "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby"

Arc Advancement

Characters

• It's revealed that Moss was married, but they split up.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

• This is one of four episodes that were produced for the season, but FOX decided not to air. It premiered in syndication on May 4, 2010, followed two weeks later by its Adult Swim broadcast of May 18.

Quotes

• Dale: Gentlemen, today I achieved a significant milestone. I killed my ten-thousandth rat. Mrs Dunphy's Weimaraner gets co-credit, but I got my mallet in there.

Boomhauer: Wow, man.

Bill: Wow.

Boomhauer: Like a dang ol' exclusive club, man.

Hank: Well, congratulations, Dale. That's exciting news.

Dale: Look who's telling me about exciting. The man who stood behind Waylon Jennings on an escalator.

Hank: Well, I was five people back.

• Hank: Uh, so, Bill, what have you been up to?

Bill: I, uh, I gave my ten-thousandth Army haircut. Mm-hmm. And I'm getting a plaque.

Dale: Wait a second. I feel like I saw that in a movie or something.

Octavio: You disguised certain facts, ése, but the story is Gribble's intellectual property.

Hank: Bill, tell us something that's happened to you.

Bill: Well, recently I stole Dale's story and tried to pass it off as mine.

• Principal Moss: Move along, kids. You want to have a conversation, do it in the back of class.

• Clark Peters: Principal Moss, have you heard anything about Tom Landry being haunted by a headless prom queen?

Principal Moss: No, we had a couple kids choke on erasers, but no hauntings. I'd probably remember something like that.

• Bill: No, Hank, having a roommate will be instant fun all the time. Roommates go on double dates, they swap clothes. When the phone rings and it's a person you're avoiding, you can whisper, "I don't want to talk to him," and your roommate will say, "He's right here."

Dale: That's hilarious! Bill, you and your roommate crack me up. What can possibly happen next?

• Hank: I'm sorry, but we're taking over your roommate search.

Bill: I still get final decision, right?

Hank: Yes. But we reserve ultimate decision.

Bill: Fair enough.

• Joseph: What's that rattling? Is it the spirit board? Maybe she's trying to tell us something.

Bobby: No, I couldn't find the spirit board, so I brought Word Scramble.

Joseph: Maybe she's trying to tell us something in spelling.

• Peggy: Here's a good way to save money. Instead of throwing away calendars, save them and use them again in 7 to 14 years.

• Hank: Bobby, you're grounded. Joseph, I'm sure your dad will have his own punishment for you.

Dale: Oh, I will. For starters, mister, you will be my shield when we encounter the headless prom queen.

• Hank: All of this could have been avoided with an egg timer in the bathroom. It got Peggy and me through the roughest patch in our marriage.

• Bill: Kadee and her ex-husband, Yuri, have lots of authentic-looking merchandise at low, low prices. They even get all the hit Hollywood movies while they're still in the theatres.

Yuri: Eye-popping CGI, man.

Kadee: And because he's the principal, handsome here said we could sell our things at Tom Landry Middle School.

Moss: Especially the movies. That way, kids won't be downloading them off the Internet, which is illegal.

• Peggy: Like all Russians, he's just after your blue jeans. I'm afraid to put our laundry on the line.

• Moss: I supervise a lot of math teachers, Yuri, and your dividing by three skills need a lot of work.

• Bill: Once the police get a handle on things, I think we'll agree that my plan was a good one.