King of the Hill/The Father, the Son, and J.C.

The Father, the Son, and J.C.
Season 6, Episode 4
Airdate	December 16, 2001
Production Number	6ABE04
Written by	Etan Cohen
Directed by	Tricia Garcia
← 6x03 Lupe's Revenge	6x05 → Father of the Bribe
King of the Hill — Season Six

The Father, the Son, and J.C. is the fourth episode of the sixth season of King of the Hill, and the one hundred eighth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Segall Adlon (Bobby Hill), Brittany Murphy (credit only), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Stephen Root (Buck Strickland, Bill Dauterive)

and Toby Huss (Cotton Hill)

Also Starring: Ashley Gardner (Didi Hill), David Herman (Niefko Lubecki, Jimmy Carter)

Plot Overview

Hank's relationship with his father hits its roughest patch when Cotton hears him say he loves his boss. And only one man can break peace between them.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Buck: No-oh, thank you.

Seen, But Not Heard

• Joe Jack

• Enrique

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Hank is actually promoted to manager, but in a rare moment of expressing emotions, he becomes overwhelms and admits to loving Buck. This results in Cotton feeling hurt, although he never says it to Hank and expresses it with anger. This leads Hank to finally admit that he hates his father.

Trivia

Goofs

• After Hank hangs up the phone from Cotton disinviting him, there's a shot of Peggy with the bag in front of her. In the space in the handles, there should be the v in her shirt that reveals her chest, but it's painted in as the same colour as her shirt.

Quotes

• Bobby: Dad! The world's best hammer!

Hank: Sears already sold me the world's best hammer so someone's lying.

• Bobby: I say we just get him a gift certificate.

Peggy: That's a great idea, Bobby. We will give your father, who worked so hard to conceive you, the same thing we give the paperboy, who did nothing.

• Didi: I'm lucky. Cotton is so easy to shop for. Either he likes what I get him and he's happy or he hates it and he shoots it and he's happy.

• Hank: Now, how about I buy you an ornament?

Cotton: A "Peace"? You would like that, you draft dodger! Sure you can't find one with a flag burnin' on it?

Hank: It's Jesus peace; not hippie peace.

Cotton: Either way, we've always been a "Joy" family.

Hank: But--

Cotton: Joy!

• Hank: But why would you call in a false propane emergency? We're looking at a $50 fine once I report us.

• Hank: Tell you what, sir. Why don't you let me drive you around? I like to drive, you like to sit. Everybody wins.

• Hank: And long story short, Mr Strickland tells me I can build the house.

Bill: He did not!

Hank: He did, Bill. Why would I make it up?

Bill: I don't know. Sometimes I lie to get attention.

• Cotton: Come on, Hank. Let's go shoot us a Christmas tree.

Hank: Well, dad, you know how much I love to yell, "Ready, aim, timber," but this year Mr Strickland bought me a tree.

Cotton: But we always... Ah! Only a man with a narrow urethra would think that skinny stick was a tree.

• Peggy: Hank, why don't you invite your father to the groundbreaking?

Hank: Because I already know his answer. No, followed by an insult.

• Hank: Okay, I've put together a schedule which gives us four days to finish this house. The frame's a prefab, so we could build it in two, but let's take four and really enjoy it.

• Cotton: Brought my bayonet. Figured if it was good enough to kill fitty men, it's good enough to slice some dry wall.

Hank: Well, gosh, dad. I know you were saving that for when they unfroze Hitler.

• Buck: So this is gonna be Arlen Pines. Didn't recognise the place without all the tombstones.

• Buck: Hank Hill has been my assistant manager for 20 years. In all that time I've had two wives, dozens of mistresses, five heart valves, three plastic; two pig, but I only needed one Hank. Merry Christmas, Hank. I'm promotin' you to manager.

Hank: Oh! Oh! Manager? Mr Strickland, I... I love you.

• Bobby: Why did dad have to act like a woman in front of grandpa? Grandpa hates women.

• Hank: Now you've gone too far. Cement is permanent.

Dale: As permanent as your love?

Hank: Shut up, Dale!

Niefko: Is okay?

Hank: No. Is not okay, Niefko. My boss demoted me. I was a manager for 10 seconds and all I managed to do was blurt my guts out like a mental patient. I don't know where this stuff comes from. Something must be wrong with me.

Niefko: Ah. Niefko see. Bad to say those things, one man to other man. But still, you much to be lucky for. Texas, USA, police no break down doors say, "Come to Army now! Now you shot!" Here, kids walk to school. Is good school. God bless you, builders of house and driveway. God bless America.

• Niefko: Harley Davidson.

Hank: I think so, too, Niefko.

• Hank: My dad uninvited me for Christmas.

Peggy: Oh, Hank. Honey, why don't you call him back and tell him how that makes you feel?

Hank: Absolutely not. You saw what happened when I, uh, emoted all over Buck.

• Peggy: I want Cotton to re-invite Hank to Christmas dinner.

Didi: Oh, Cotton will not do that because Hank is too cruel.

Peggy: No, Didi, Cotton is the cruel one. Hank is the one who sells propane.

Didi: But Hank is cruel. He said he loved Buck. He should say he loves Cotton. And that's not just what I think, it's what Cotton told me to think.

Peggy: Cotton is jealous? But - But that is a human emotion.

• Cotton: (to Didi) You told me you left G.H. sleepin' in a bag of hammers. How could you trick me like that? You ain't bright.

• Cotton: You hate me, do you? After all the love I allowed your mother to give you.

• Peggy: Hank, you don't really hate your father. These are just bigger emotions than - than you're used to expressing. You got confused. Why don't you go inside and apologise? I also left my purse in there.

• Jimmy Carter: Hank, I understand you told your father you hate him.

Hank: Hate's a strong word, Mr President. That's why I used it. Yep, hate my dad.