King of the Hill: Season 5

2000 · 20 episodes · ★ 7.6

What Season 5 of King of the Hill

The fifth season follows the Hills in Arlen, Texas, where Hank holds firm to his values as modern ideas and outside influences start to clash with his way of life. Bobby wants to be treated like an adult, but his parents still see him as a child, and he takes on jobs as a school officer or caddie that lead him down the wrong path. Peggy stirs up trouble with the soccer team and befriends a new employee at Strickland Propane without knowing what she really does. Cotton, Hank’s father, faces financial trouble and doesn’t give up on his usual schemes. Bill tries to get through a lonely Christmas. The season portrays relationships between parents and children, friendship and loyalty, with the humor of everyday life.

20episodes

Oct 1, 2000aired

May 13, 2001latest episode

7.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 The Perils of Polling
Oct 1, 2000 · 22 min
Bobby's act of heroism leads the Hills to a meeting with candidate George Dub-Ya, who turns Hank's vote from sure to tentative with the shake of a hand.
Writer: Jim Dauterive · Starring: David Herman, Phil Hendrie, Jeanine Jackson, Jim Ward
5x02 The Buck Stops Here
Nov 5, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
Bobby becomes Strickland's personal caddy and picks up some bad habits. Meanwhile, Peggy and Minh compete to donate the most blood.
Directing: Michael Dante DiMartino · Writing: Norm Hiscock · Starring: Norm Hiscock, Myra Dent, Beth Grant, Andrew Lawrence
5x03 I Don't Want to Wait...
Nov 12, 2000 · 22 min
As Hank builds coffins for his family, Bobby struggles with the fact that he's still treated as a child even as Joseph laments how awkward adulthood is for him.
Directing: Adam Kuhlman, Dominic Polcino · Writing: Paul Lieberstein · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Carl Reiner, K Callan, Jill Parker
5x04 Spin the Choice
Nov 19, 2000 · 22 min
Bobby rejects Thanksgiving after history lessons from John Redcorn, who longs to be a real father to his illegitimate son Joseph.
Directing: Allan Jacobsen · Writer: Paul Lieberstein · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Ashley Gardner, Jonathan Joss
5x05 Peggy Makes the Big Leagues
Nov 26, 2000 · 22 min
The Booster Club sends a distraught Hank to talk to Peggy after she fails the football team's star fullback and gets him suspended from the team.
Directing: Tricia Garcia, Dominic Polcino · Writing: Johnny Hardwick · Starring: Amy Hill, Brendan Fraser, James Brown, Howie Long
5x06 When Cotton Comes Marching Home
Dec 3, 2000 · 22 min
Cash-flow problems plague Hank's father, who's forced to work a menial job on Veterans Day instead of marching in the parade.
Directing: Tricia Garcia · Starring: Dave Thomas, David Herman, Ashley Gardner
5x07 What Makes Bobby Run?
Dec 10, 2000 · 22 min
Bobby goes all-out to become school mascot, a high-profile post that suffers a low blow when he avoids a time-honored tradition.
Directing: Cyndi Tang · Writers: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory · Starring: John Ritter, Ryan Janis
5x08 'Twas the Nut Before Christmas
Dec 17, 2000 · 22 min
Bill counters his holiday loneliness by becoming a generous Santa, attracting a nice single mother and a young slacker who takes advantage.
Directing: Jeff Myers · Writing: John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Ryan Phillippe, Kathryn Harrold, David Herman
5x09 Chasing Bobby
Jan 21, 2001 · 22 min
Peggy thinks Hank's tears are indicative of a father-son void, but they're really about his truck, which looks headed for pickup-truck heaven.
Directing: Anthony Lioi · Writing: Garland Testa · Starring: Marcelo Tubert
5x10 Yankee Hankie
Feb 4, 2001 · 22 min
While a distraught Hank tries to deal with the fact that he wasn't born in Texas, Cotton and his buddies once again make plans to assassinate Fidel Castro.
Directing: Adam Kuhlman · Writing: Kit Boss · Starring: Jack Carter, Ed Asner, K Callan
5x11 Hank and the Great Glass Elevator
Feb 11, 2001 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
Bill and former Texas governor Ann Richards hit it off after a chance meeting resulting from Hank's reluctant prank in an Austin hotel.
Directing: Gary McCarver · Writing: Jonathan Collier · Starring: Ellen Barkin, Ann Richards, David Herman
5x12 Now Who's the Dummy?
Feb 18, 2001 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
Bobby's ventriloquist's dummy gets more of Hank's attention than Bobby, but it's Dale who harbors a grudge against the wooden being.
Directing: Dominic Polcino · Writer: Johnny Hardwick · Starring: Tom Poston, Danny Trejo
5x13 Ho Yeah!
Feb 25, 2001 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
Unaware that the new employee at Strickland Propane is a prostitute, Peggy becomes her best friend and even offers her a place to stay--Hank's den.
Directing: Tricia Garcia · Writing: Peter Huyck · Starring: Snoop Dogg, Renée Zellweger, David Herman, Dave Thomas
5x14 The Exterminator
Mar 4, 2001 · 22 min
Repeated exposure to poisons forces Dale out of extermination and into a desk job that leads him back into extermination--of careers.
Directing: Shaun Cashman · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Lisa Kudrow, Stephen Tobolowsky, David Herman
5x15 Luanne Virgin 2.0
Mar 11, 2001 · 22 min
As Luanne's sponsor in a sexual-abstinence program, Peggy has to testify about her lifetime total of sexual partners--and it's more than one.
Directing: Adam Kuhlman, Shaun Cashman · Writing: Kit Boss · Starring: Nathan Fillion, Owen Wilson
5x16 Hank's Choice
Apr 1, 2001 · 22 min
When Bobby develops an allergy to Ladybird, Hank builds a doghouse, an elaborate accommodation that's perfect--for Bobby.
Writing: Jon Vitti · Starring: David Herman
5x17 It's Not Easy Being Green
Apr 8, 2001 · 22 min
Hank joins Bobby's environmental effort, but only to preserve a long-time cover-up concerning a mishap with Boomhauer's car in high school.
Directing: Jeff Myers · Starring: David Herman, Paul Giamatti, Chelcie Ross
5x18 The Trouble With Gribbles
Apr 22, 2001 · 22 min
Dale plans to buy Nancy a face-lift by suing a tobacco company, which countersues--and carelessly bugs his home.
Directing: Shaun Cashman · Writer: Jim Dauterive · Starring: David Herman, Castulo Guerra, Phil Hendrie, Robert Stack
5x19 Hank's Back Story
May 6, 2001 · 22 min
Wearing a prosthetic rump relieves Hank's back pain, but makes him the butt of friends' jokes as they all prepare for a riding-mower race.
Directing: Cyndi Tang · Writers: Alan Freedland, Alan R. Cohen · Starring: Harry Groener, Tom McGowan, Dave Thomas
5x20 Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story Season Finale
May 13, 2001 · 22 min
Bobby avoids a beating by high schoolers by pretending to be one of them.
Directing: Gary McCarver · Writer: Garland Testa · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Natasha Melnick, Madeline Zima, Gwen Stefani