King of the Hill/Cotton's Plot

Cotton's Plot
Season 4, Episode 2
Airdate	October 3, 1999
Production Number	4ABE01
Written by	Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger
Directed by	Anthony Lioi
← 4x01 Peggy Hill: The Decline and Fall (2)	4x03 → Bills Are Made to Be Broken
King of the Hill — Season Four

Cotton's Plot is the second episode of the fourth season of King of the Hill, and the sixty-second episode overall.

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

and Toby Huss (Doctor, Cotton Hill)

Also Starring: Ashley Gardner (Didi Hill), Phil LaMarr (Ramsey, Committee Member)

Plot Overview

With Peggy out of her cast, she goes through physical therapy. Cotton offers his own help in exchange for helping him to secure a plot at the Texas state cemetery for war heroes.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Cotton: I can't hear you!

Music

• Montell Jordan - "This Is How We Do It"

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Peggy has healed enough to be taken out of her cast and undergoes physical therapy.

• It's revealed that some of Cotton's accounts aren't accurate, but his most repeated appear to be largely real.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• While it's mentioned in passing, the Texas State Cemetery Commission assigns Barry Jenner a plot for his recurring role on Dallas as Dr Jerry Kenderson from 1984 to 1986. The actor and the time he played this character are actually real. The depiction even appears to be based on Jenner's likeness. However, after he died in 2016, there's no indication that he was actually buried in the Texas State Cemetery.

Goofs

• There's no way one bag of cement could make up the ramp.

Quotes

• Hank: Huh. They can make a saw that doesn't cut skin, but they can't make a parachute that opens.

• Peggy: Can we move this along? I have a full day ahead of me: boggle with Nancy at 2:00, softball practice at 4:00, and at some point I should probably take a shower.

• Hank: Aw, come on, Peggy. You'll be back on your feet in no time. Stop moping.

Peggy: I am not moping. I am having trouble supporting my head.

• Ramsey: Great set. You showed that rubber band who was boss.

Peggy: But you told me to do 8 to 12 reps. I maybe did 0 to 1 reps. If you count that last one.

• Cotton: What are you on your knees for, woman? Prayin' ain't gonna help! If God loved you, he'd have opened your sissy chute!

• Peggy: Teach me to walk.

Cotton: You ready to hate me more than you ever hated anyone in your life?

Peggy: I already do.

Cotton: Then we're halfway there.

• Cotton: Sittin' there all high and mighty in your wheelchair like you're some Franklin D. Eleanor Roosevelt!

• Didi: Colonel, I think the baby's crying.

Cotton: Good job. Those parenting classes are starting to pay off.

Didi: Thank you.

• Hank: Well, I don't mean to brag about the steaks here, but, uh, dad, you can take out your teeth.

• Cotton: (to Peggy) Had to get you out of the house. Nothing there but girls and babies. I'm referring to your husband.

• Cotton: Meet the greatest collection of soldiers this country has ever known: Stinky, Fatty, Stinky, Brooklyn, Stinky, Brooklyn, Fatty, Fatty, and Doc. Oh, and Irwin Linker.

• Hank: Uh, Peggy, you remember how you've always hated my father? Well, I never wanted to say anything because I didn't want to hurt your feelings, but, uh, I think my dad is not too fond of you, either, pretty much. Uh, I'm just afraid he's taking advantage of your condition to, uh, well, I don't know. Torture you or something?

Peggy: Oh, Hank, he's not torturing me. The man is inspiring me. And with his help, Peggy Hill is doing things I could never have done on her own.

• Hank: Well, how did my dad fight in Germany and Japan at the same time?

Peggy: Well, let's see. April 30, May 2 - that's two whole days. How long does it take to kill 50 men?

• Cotton: I'm an old man. I got a newborn son. I can't let him visit me in a civilian cemetery. What kind of place is that for a child's birthday party?

• Cotton: You get to the top of that hill and I'll let you dance on my grave.