King of the Hill: Season 6

2001 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.5

What Season 6 of King of the Hill

Season 6 keeps the Hills in Arlen, Texas, where Hank continues to defend his values against the changes brought by modernity and newcomers. Peggy throws herself into projects that tend to go wrong, such as a job at a brewery or a long-distance doctorate paid for with the family's retirement fund. Bobby goes from being a bullying victim to an aggressor after learning a self-defense technique, and then he takes his breakup with Connie badly. Dale tries to win back lost trust after an accident at the shooting club, while Bill sinks into sadness over his romantic failures. Hank, meanwhile, aims to land a major propane account and gets caught up in the Olympic torch relay through Arlen.

22episodes

Nov 11, 2001Aired

May 12, 2002latest episode

8.1 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 Bobby Goes Nuts
Nov 11, 2001 · 22 min
Bobby goes from bullied to bully after learning a counterattack move in a self-defense class--for women.
Directing: Tricia Garcia · Writing: Norm Hiscock · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Ashley Gardner, Madeline Zima, Dennis Burkley
6x02 Soldier of Misfortune
Dec 9, 2001 · 22 min
After an accident at his gun club destroys Dale's confidence, Peggy proposes sending him on a bogus mercenary mission, which he fouls up.
Directing: Anthony Lioi · Writing: J.B. Cook · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Ashley Gardner, Gary Busey, Phil LaMarr
6x03 Lupe's Revenge
Dec 12, 2001 · 22 min
A female cop gets a hankerin' for Hank; Peggy accidentally brings back a native child after a school field trip to Mexico.
Directing: Allan Jacobsen · Starring: Carlos Alazraqui, Castulo Guerra, Marisabel García, Marcelo Tubert
6x04 The Father, the Son, and J.C.
Dec 16, 2001 · 22 min
Hank's emotional outburst pushes him further from his father, so Bobby drafts Jimmy Carter to broker a Christmas peace.
Directing: Tricia Garcia, Cyndi Tang · Writing: Etan Cohen · Starring: Ashley Gardner, David Herman
6x05 Father of the Bribe
Jan 6, 2002 · 22 min
After Bobby feigns taking Connie's father's bribe to break up with her, Connie lets her grades slip to show how upset she is without him.
Directing: Cyndi Tang · Writing: Dean Young · Starring: David Herman, Dennis Burkley
6x06 I'm With Cupid
Feb 10, 2002 · 22 min
Bobby adjusts to his breakup with Connie, until Bill's depressing experiences break his spirit. So Hank sends him to ladies' man Boomhauer.
Directing: Allan Jacobsen · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Eliza Schneider, Angela Kinsey, Tara Strong
6x07 Torch Song Hillogy
Feb 17, 2002 · 22 min
Peggy nominates Bobby to carry the Olympic torch through Arlen, but it's Hank who wins the honor--and bungles it.
Directing: Anthony Lioi · Writing: Emily Spivey · Starring: Ashley Gardner, Caitlyn Jenner, Phil LaMarr, David Herman
6x08 Joust Like a Woman
Feb 24, 2002 · 22 min
Peggy leads a troupe of "wenches" to protest their unfair treatment at the Renaissance Faire, where Hank is trying to land a big-money propane account.
Directing: Dominic Polcino · Writing: Garland Testa · Starring: Alan Rickman, David Herman, Andy Siegel, Laura Dern
6x09 The Bluegrass Is Always Greener
Feb 24, 2002 · 22 min
Hank and the boys recruit Connie for a bluegrass fiddle contest, but Kahn insists that she focus on classical music.
Directing: Tricia Garcia · Writing: Norm Hiscock · Starring: Yakov Smirnoff, Vince Gill, Charlie Daniels
6x10 The Substitute Spanish Prisoner
Mar 3, 2002 · 22 min
A con man offers "genius" Peggy an at-home doctorate course, which she finances with the Hills' retirement fund.
Writing: Etan Cohen · Starring: Lupe Ontiveros, David Herman, Jeff Goldblum, Patricia Place
6x11 Unfortunate Son
Mar 10, 2002 · 22 min
Cotton's financially strapped VFW group moves into Hank's home, prompting Hank to recruit Vietnam vets, to whom Cotton doesn't exactly cotton.
Directing: Anthony Lioi · Writing: Peter Huyck · Starring: Jack Carter, Ed Asner, David Herman, John C. McGinley
6x12 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Hill
Mar 17, 2002 · 22 min
Unable to find a full-time teaching job, Peggy pretends to be a nun to land a position at a Catholic school, ending her budding career at Strickland Propane.
Directing: Gary McCarver · Starring: Cynthia Stevenson, Kathryn Harrold, Dennis Burkley
6x13 Tankin' It to the Streets
Mar 31, 2002 · 22 min
After learning the Army used him as a guinea pig for an experimental drug, Bill gets drunk and steals a tank. And it's up to his friends to try to return it.
Directing: Monte Young · Writing: Alan Freedland, Alan R. Cohen · Starring: David Herman
6x14 Of Mice and Little Green Men
Apr 7, 2002 · 22 min · ★ 5.0
When Hank and Dale find more interest in the activities of the other's son, Dale concludes he's not Joseph's father--and that an alien is.
Directing: Shaun Cashman · Writing: Sivert Glarum, Michael Jamin · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Ashley Gardner
6x15 A Man Without a Country Club
Apr 14, 2002 · 22 min
Kahn covets membership in an all-Asian country club, but it's Hank who's asked to join--as a token white to secure a PGA tournament.
Directing: Kyounghee Lim, Boohwan Lim · Writing: Kit Boss · Starring: Peter Kwong, Denice Kumagai
6x16 Beer and Loathing
Apr 14, 2002 · 22 min
Peggy gets a job at Alamo Beer, but a clause in her contract prevents her from telling Hank why Texas is completely devoid of the brew for the next 36 hours.
Directing: Dominic Polcino · Writing: Etan Cohen · Starring: Megan Mullally, David Herman
6x17 Fun with Jane and Jane
Apr 21, 2002 · 22 min
Oblivious to its cultlike ways, Luanne joins a sorority and gets Peggy in too; Hank and the boys rescue emus from death, but don't know what to do with them.
Directing: Adam Kuhlman · Writing: Garland Testa · Starring: Anna Faris, Tara Strong, David Herman, Stephanie Fybel
6x18 My Own Private Rodeo
Apr 28, 2002 · 22 min
Hank learns that the incident estranging Dale from his cowboy father was a cover to keep him in the dark about Dad being in the closet.
Directing: Cyndi Tang · Writing: Peter Huyck · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Ashley Gardner, David Herman
6x19 Sug Night
May 5, 2002 · 22 min
Hank is shaken after having a dream about grilling burgers...naked...with Nancy. And the situation is stirred when Peggy finds out.
Directing: Adam Kuhlman · Writing: Peter Huyck · Starring: Ashley Gardner, Jonathan Joss
6x20 Dang Ol' Love
May 5, 2002 · 22 min
Bill is heartbroken when the beautiful jogger he's pining for falls for Boomhauer, who is in turn heartbroken himself when the jogger dumps him.
Directing: Gary McCarver · Writing: Dean Young · Starring: Laura Linney, Alie Ward
6x21 Returning Japanese (1)
May 12, 2002 · 22 min
The Hills are off to Japan so Cotton can apologize to the widow of a soldier he killed in WWII, but something about Cotton's story doesn't quite add up.
Directing: Allan Jacobsen · Writing: Kit Boss, Etan Cohen · Starring: David Herman, James Sie, Jonathan Joss, Amy Hill
6x22 Returning Japanese (2) Season Finale
May 12, 2002 · 22 min
Cotton runs amuck in Tokyo when rejected by his newly found Japanese son.
Directing: Anthony Lioi · Writing: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory · Starring: David Herman, James Sie, Jonathan Joss, Amy Hill