King of the Hill/Square Peg

Square Peg
Season 1, Episode 2
Airdate	January 19, 1997
Production Number	4E02
Written by	Joe Stillman
Directed by	Gary McCarver
← 1x01 Pilot	1x03 → The Order of the Straight Arrow
King of the Hill — Season One

Square Peg is the second episode of the first season of King of the Hill.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer, Dooley), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill, Bonnie), Pamela Segall (Bobby Hill), Brittany Murphy (Luanne Platter, Joseph Gribble)

and Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble)

Also Starring: Toby Huss (Cotton Hill), Mary Scheer (Gracie, Peggy's Mother, Mom)

Uncredited: Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, Administrator)

Plot Overview

When Bobby needs his parents' permission to take Sex Ed, their difficulty in talking with their son about the birds and bees gets difficult when Peggy is made the substitute teacher for the class.

Notes

Music

• Randy Travis - "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)"

Arc Advancement

Characters

• It's shown that Peggy is a substitute teacher and won Substitute Teacher of the Year in 1996.

Trivia

The Show

• First appearances of Strickland Propane and Tom Landry Middle School.

Allusions and References

• Bobby asks Joseph if he wants his Ross or Chandler, referring to the characters from the sitcom Friends.

Goofs

• At the breakfast scene, when Bobby sits his arm down, it comes down in front of the upper part of the glass.

• As the other students leave, Bobby's shorts appear white.

Quotes

• Peggy: I never even kissed a boy until I was 20. 'Course, he's dead now.

• Hank: (answering phone) Hello?

Dale: (disguising his voice) You don't know who I am, but I know where you live. And if you teach that Sex Ed class, so help me, I'll --

Hank: Dale? Is that you?

Dale: (speaking normally) Oh, Hank. Can I speak with Peggy?

Hank: Uh, Peggy, it's for you. It's Dale.

Peggy: (taking phone) Yello, Dale.

Dale: (disguising his voice) You don't know who I am, but I know where you live.

• Bobby: Dad?

Hank: What?

Bobby: I just wanted to say, you don't have to worry about me 'cause I'm never gonna have sex.

Hank: Oh, Bobby! Now don't say that.

Bobby: I thought that's what you wanted.

Hank: Well, yes, if you were my daughter, but you're my son.

Bobby: Why is it not okay for girls, but it's okay for boys?

Hank: It's called the double standard, Bobby. Don't knock it. We got the long end of the stick on that one.