King of the Hill/The Passion of the Dauterive

The Passion of the Dauterive
Season 11, Episode 7
Airdate	April 29, 2007
Production Number	BABE07
Written by	Tony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca May
Directed by	Anthony Chun
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King of the Hill — Season Eleven

The Passion of the Dauterive is the seventh episode of the eleventh season of King of the Hill, and the two hundred eighth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Adlon (Bobby Hill, Female Deacon), Brittany Murphy (credit only), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, Male Deacon #2)

Also Starring: Ashley Gardner (Reverend Stroup), Scott Klace (Male Deacon #1, Temp Reverend), James Sie (Dr. Money) (archive audio)

Plot Overview

After his roof collapses on his bed, Bill gets the sense that he should be doing more with his life and spends a lot of time finding what this is at church. It's soon that Hank, to his horror, discovers that Bill is dating Reverend Stroup.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Bill: God told me to come here tonight.

Seen, But Not Heard

• Nancy Gribble

• Joseph Gribble

Arc Advancement

Referbacks

• The episode opens with Bill sleeping during a Dr. Money infomercial, the same one from "The Year of Washing Dangerously".

• When Bill and Stroup go to the movies, one of the movies on the marquee is The Flowers of Time, the film everyone went to see in "Chasing Bobby".

Trivia

Allusions and References

• The episode title is a play on the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ.

• Boomhauer talks about the meaning of life, citing the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the 1979 Douglas Adams book and mentions the number 42, which is said to be " The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything."

Goofs

• There's a second, close-up shot of Bill and Stroup holding a That's Amore menu where the 'e' is missing.

Quotes

• Dale: A bed, huh? I always pictured you sleeping in a pile of shredded newspaper like a hamster.

• Bill: Boy, facing your own mortality really makes you think. Feels like someone's trying to tell me something.

Hank: Yeah, that was me six months ago when I said you needed to get your roof inspected.

• Dale: Look, Bill, I'm on your deathbed. Now I'm bouncing on your deathbed.

• Peggy: Maybe Bill's purpose in life should be to proofread the bulletin. Apparently spellcheck is a sin.

• Bill: Hey, Hank. Can you scooch over?

Hank: Come on, Bill. It's kind of tight in here already. I can't focus on God if I'm afraid we're going to touch knees.

• Reverend Stroup: Our Old Testament reading can be found on page 451 of your pew Bibles. Let us hear the Word. "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than the wine."

Hank: Uh, what is this?

Peggy: Song of Solomon.

Hank: Isn't it a little PG-13 for church?

• Dale: Who could Bill be talking to? We're all right here.

• Bobby: Hey, Mister Dauterive, I think Joseph and I saw you out at Lake Arlen today when we were riding bikes.

Hank: Uh, I'm sure it was someone else. Mister Dauterive has a very common shape.

Bobby: It sure looked like him. He was in his car with some woman.

Bill: She was a prostitute!

Hank: Bill!

Bill: (laughs nervously) Just kidding. Wasn't me.

• Bill: Hi, everybody.

Hank: Afternoon, Bill, Reverend Stroup.

Reverend Stroup: Aw, Hank, please, call me Karen.

Hank: Yeah, I'm - I'm not gonna do that.

• Bill: I hope you're happy, Hank. You've got my Karen so riled up, she's down at the church talking to your love-hating deacon buddies right now.

Hank: They don't hate love, Bill.

Dale: They just hate your love.

• Dale: Wow, Stroup chose you over God.

Bill: Huh.

• Dale: Can someone roll me another beer?

Hank: Get it yourself, Dale.

Dale: No way. Stroup's ex is bound to take vengeance on Bill and I don't want to be collateral damage from one of His lightning bolts.

• Bill: I thought this was all part of God's plan. But if it is, then why am I so miserable?

Dale: Someone's got to be. Maybe God was tired of her, too, and His plan was to dump her on your doorstep.

Bill: Please take her back! Wait I - I don't mean "kill her" take her back.

• Dale: Brilliant, Boomhauer! Act like an ass, she dumps you, you're off the hook. Why has no one ever tried that before?

• Bobby: What's going on out there, dad?

Hank: Mister Dauterive and Reverend Stroup are breaking up... on my patio.

Peggy: Really? Bobby, dry slower.

Hank: Peggy, we can't watch this.

Peggy: Hank, we have to. When good people fail to watch, bad things happen.

• Peggy: Huh, I pegged her for a crier, not a screamer.

Bobby: Should I be seeing this? I feel like I'm growing up too fast.

Hank: Dang it, don't stomp on the grass! I just reseeded that section.

• Bill: You know, I can't help but think that this is partly my fault.

Hank: Uh, it's kind of all your fault, Bill.

Bill: Yeah, I guess you're right. You know, Hank, I think I finally figured out what God's plan is for me.

Hank: Really? What's that?

Bill: You know how you told me to fix my roof and then you told me not to secret date our minister, and then after I did that I should break up with her like a man?

Hank: Yeah?

Bill: Well, I think God's plan for me is to always listen to you.

Hank: Well, I don't know about that, but it has been 3,000 miles since your last oil change. Don't forget to take your car in.

Bill: Thanks, Hank.