King of the Hill: Season 2

1997 · 23 episodes · ★ 7.4

What Season 2 of King of the Hill

Season 2 of King of the Hill follows the Hill family in Arlen, Texas. Hank works at Strickland Propane and takes his values very seriously, so every new development seems suspicious to him. A shooting tournament with Bobby, an archaeologist who tears up his lawn, or a Halloween called off by a neighbor's protest put his patience to the test. Peggy, Bobby, Luanne, Kahn, and Dale also have their own storylines, and lifelong friendships carry everyday life in a small town where modesty sets the tone of the series.

23episodes

Sep 21, 1997premiered

May 17, 1998latest episode

8.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying
Sep 21, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
When Bobby discovers the one sport he is good at, marksmanship, he and Hank decide to enter a father & son tournament. As it turns out Hank is a terrible marksman.
Directing: Adam Kuhlman · Writer: Paul Lieberstein · Starring: Angela Kinsey, Wallace Shawn, David Herman
2x02 Texas City Twister
Sep 26, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 8.3
Luanne moves back into her home, a trailer, just as a twister is about to hit.
Directing: Jeff Myers · Writing: Cheryl Holliday · Starring: Ashley Gardner, Maurice LaMarche, Neil Giuntoli, Cheryl Holliday
2x03 The Arrowhead
Oct 19, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.8
Hank's excitement over finding Indian artifacts in his front yard turns to distress after an archeologist starts digging up his precious lawn and flirting with Peggy.
Directing: Klay Hall · Writing: Glenn Berger, Jonathan Aibel · Starring: Maurice LaMarche, Jonathan Joss
2x04 Hilloween
Oct 26, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
Hank is excited about Halloween until someone complains and has the holiday canceled.
Directing: John Rice · Writing: David Zuckerman · Starring: Sally Field, David Herman, Dennis Burkley, Neil Giuntoli
2x05 Jumpin' Crack Bass
Nov 2, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
In an effort to catch more fish than his friends, Hank decides to buy special "bait" from a street vendor. He soon finds himself in trouble with the law.
Directing: Gary McCarver · Writing: Alan Freedland, Alan R. Cohen · Starring: Dan Butler, James Carville, Brent Forrester
2x06 Husky Bobby
Nov 9, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.0
Much to Hank's dismay, Bobby becomes a plus sized model.
Directing: Martin Archer · Writing: Jonathan Collier · Starring: David Herman, Joanna Gleason, Patricia Childress, Steve Vinovich
2x07 The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteburg
Nov 16, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
Hank and the guys seek vengeance after a group of teenagers beat them at paint-ball.
Directing: Monte Young · Writing: Johnny Hardwick · Starring: David Herman, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool
2x08 The Son That Got Away
Nov 23, 1997 · 21 min · ★ 8.1
Bobby and Connie get in trouble at school. They skirt their ensuing punishment and are joined by Joseph, as they head to "The Caves". Hank and Kahn quickly pursue them, knowing that the caves are Arlen's make-out point.
Directing: Tricia Garcia · Writing: Jim Dauterive · Starring: Lauren Tom, John Ritter, David Herman, Cheryl Holliday
2x09 The Company Man
Dec 7, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 5.8
Hank struggles to portray himself and his life as that of a stereotypical Texan cowboy's for a Hollywood cowboy movie fan in order to secure a business deal for Strickland Propane.
Directing: Klay Hall · Writer: Jim Dauterive · Starring: Billy West, Stockard Channing, Burt Reynolds
2x10 Bobby Slam
Dec 14, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
Bobby joins the wrestling team and is caught in a dilemma when he has to fight Connie in order to make the team.
Writer: Gina Fattore · Starring: Lauren Tom, Dennis Burkley
2x11 The Unbearable Blindness of Laying
Dec 21, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
Hank's mother bring home her new boyfriend, an affectionate Jewish man named Gary. After Hank sees the two of them having relations, he goes blind.
Directing: Cyndi Tang · Writing: Paul Lieberstein · Starring: Tammy Wynette, Carl Reiner
2x12 Meet the Manger Babies
Jan 11, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
After seeing that Luanne is depressed, Hank volunteers to buy her some hand puppets at a rummage sale. Luanne starts doing a Christian puppet show, The Manger Babies. Hank agrees to play God in the televised version of the puppet show. When it turns out that the show will be on at the same time as the Super Bowl, Hank has to choose between helping Luanne or watching the game.
Directing: Jeff Myers · Starring: Maurice LaMarche, Debi Derryberry, Troy Aikman, Peabo Bryson
2x13 Snow Job
Feb 1, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
When Hank's boss, Buck Strickland, has another heart attack, Hank expects to be put in charge of the company while Buck is recuperating. Instead Buck picks Lloyd Vickers, a business-school graduate, and puts Hank in charge of feeding his dogs. At Buck's house, Hank discovers that Buck's stove is electric, not propane. Realizing that Buck is just in propane for the money, Hank considers leaving the propane business and opening up a general store instead.
Directing: Adam Kuhlman · Starring: David Herman, Dennis Burkley, Cheryl Holliday
2x14 I Remember Mono
Feb 8, 1998 · 22 min
On Valentine's Day, Peggy finds out that Hank lied to her when they were dating: he told her he was at home one week with a football injury, when he actually got mono from kissing another girl. She sets out to uncover the whole truth, and finds herself face to face with the past.
Directing: Wes Archer · Writing: Paul Lieberstein · Starring: Kerri Strug, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joanna Gleason, Mark Humphrey
2x15 Three Days of the Kahndo
Feb 15, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
Hank and his family go with Kahn and his family to spend a weekend in a duplex condo in Mexico. When Kahn discovers that only the bottom half of the condo has been rented, he breaks into the top half and lets Hank stay there. Dale shows up to stay with the Hills, and when Hank, Kahn and Dale are arrested for breaking into the upstairs condo, they have to sneak back across the border.
Directing: Lauren MacMullan · Starring: Lauren Tom, Castulo Guerra, Paul Rodríguez, Alex Dent
2x16 Traffic Jam
Feb 22, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
After Hank has a car accident, he has to go to traffic school. The teacher of the traffic school is a comedian, Booda Sack, who gets laughs by insulting the audience. Inspired by Booda Sack, Bobby tries developing a stand-up act of his own. Booda Sack tells Bobby that to be funny, he needs to get in touch with his roots as a white man. Looking for something about "white roots" on the internet, Bobby comes across all the material he needs on a site called the White Nationalist Brotherhood.
Directing: Klay Hall · Writer: Johnny Hardwick · Starring: Amy Hill, Orlando Jones, Chris Rock, John Amos
2x17 Hank's Dirty Laundry
Mar 1, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
When Hank tries to buy a new dryer, he is told that his credit is no good because he owes money to Arlen Video. The video store's computer says he rented and never returned a pornographic movie, Cuffs and Collars. Hank refuses to pay for a movie he never rented, and sets out to prove that the computer was wrong.
Directing: Shaun Cashman · Starring: Lynne Thigpen, Billy West, David Herman
2x18 The Final Shinsult
Mar 15, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
When Cotton learns that the U.S. government is giving the artificial leg of General Santa Ana back to Mexico, he teams up with Dale to steal the leg from the Arlen Museum.
Starring: David Herman, Erica Clare, Lauren Tom
2x19 Leanne's Saga
Apr 19, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
When Luanne's mother, Leanne, is released from prison, she starts living in the Hills' garage, and becomes romantically involved with Bill. Bill is busy fighting a foot fungus, with every last dime.
Directing: Tricia Garcia · Writing: David Zuckerman · Starring: David Herman, Jennifer Coolidge, Jonathan Joss, Joanna Gleason
2x20 Junkie Business
Apr 26, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
After Hank realizes that his new employee at Strickland Propane is a drug addict, he can't fire him, because drug addiction counts as a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Directing: Cyndi Tang · Writer: Jim Dauterive · Starring: David Herman, Bertila Damas, Jim Dauterive, Brent Forrester
2x21 Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga
May 3, 1998 · 22 min
To teach his son the value of a dollar, Hank makes Bobby get a job selling drinks at the racetrack, and tells Bobby to do everything his boss says. What Hank doesn't know is that Bobby's boss, Jimmy Witchard, is a complete moron who makes Bobby do humiliating and even dangerous tasks. Meanwhile, Boomhauer competes for the right to drive the pace car in the NASCAR race.
Directing: Adam Kuhlman · Starring: David Herman, Tara Strong, Dale Earnhardt
2x22 Peggy's Turtle Song
May 10, 1998 · 22 min
After Bobby eats too much sugar one morning, he is mistakenly diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. Feeling guilty about not spending enough time with her son, Peggy decides to give up teaching and be a stay-at-home mother, a decision Hank fully approves of. But Peggy is so bored at home that she starts taking guitar lessons, and composes a symbolic song about a turtle trapped in her shell. Meanwhile, Bobby takes pills for his ADD, and Luanne becomes convinced that she caught ADD from Bobby.
Directing: Jeff Myers · Writing: Brent Forrester · Starring: Tammy Wynette, Ani DiFranco, Beth Grant, Maurice LaMarche
2x23 Propane Boom Season Finale
May 17, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 8.8
When Mega Lo Mart starts selling propane, Strickland Propane can't compete with their prices, and Hank loses his job. He winds up working in the propane department at Mega Lo Mart, under the supervision of Luanne's boyfriend Buckley. Hank and other Mega Lo Mart employees decide to protest the way the company destroys small businesses, by disrupting a concert by the company spokesman, Chuck Mangione. Meanwhile, Luanne, who wanted Buckley to give her the job that he gave to Hank, tells Buckley she's breaking up with him. And Hank, Luanne and Buckley are the only people in the Mega Lo Mart when Hank notices a leak...
Directing: Gary McCarver · Writing: Norm Hiscock · Starring: David Herman, Jennifer Coolidge, Chuck Mangione, Jim Cummings