King of the Hill/The Texas Skilsaw Massacre

The Texas Skilsaw Massacre
Season 7, Episode 7
Airdate	December 15, 2002
Production Number	6ABE18
Written by	Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland
Directed by	Shaun Cashman
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King of the Hill — Season Seven

The Texas Skilsaw Massacre is the seventh episode of the seventh season of King of the Hill, and the one hundred thirty-third episode overall.

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

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone, Judge, Cotton Hill, Garbageman)

Special Guest Voice: Phil Hendrie (City Inspector, Cop, Big Jim)

Special Guest Voice: Chuck Mangione (Himself)

Also Starring: Ashley Gardner (Nancy Gribble, Didi Hill), David Herman (Nurse, Barry)

Plot Overview

After cutting off Dale's finger, Hank is ordered by court to attend an anger management class.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Bill: Yes, yes, I would please like a piece of candy!

Seen, But Not Heard

• Joseph Gribble

Arc Advancement

Referbacks

• The flashes Hank sees are from the pilot, "Hank's Got the Willies", "Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga", "A Firefighting We Will Go", "The Arrowhead", "The Trouble with Gribbles", "I Remember Mono", "'Twas the Nut Before Christmas", and "Hank's Unmentionable Problem".

Trivia

Allusions and References

• The episode title is a play on the 1974 horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Goofs

• As Big Jim begins accosting him, Dale's hand is, in one shot, no longer bandaged.

Quotes

• Hank: Dale, what the hell were you thinking? Digging a tunnel under my house?

Dale: You should be flattered. Think of it as a two-way friendship tube. I can escape to your house when the Feds come a-knockin' and you can slip over to mine when some jealous husband comes looking for you.

Peggy: There will always be husbands jealous of Hank for marrying me. There is no place on Earth he can hide from them.

• Hank: No wonder I fell through. My floor joists are missing.

Dale: Uh, is that what that was? I thought it was underground driftwood. I used it to reinforce the walls of my tunnel. Did you want me digging in an unsafe tunnel? Did ya, Hank?

Hank: It's going to take a lot of hard work to repair this floor. And since this is all your fault, mister, I'm not going to let you help me.

• Bobby: I don't mind us staying at grandpa's, but I won't share a bed with baby G.H. He always tries to suck on my boobie.

• Dale: Look, Hank, I dug a tunnel, you fell through it. Mistakes were made on both sides.

• Dale: Hank, you don't want to use that remote.

(Hank pushes a button on the remote and we hear an explosion)

Dale: There goes the mailbox.

Hank: You have an exploding mailbox?

Dale: That was your mailbox. And yes, I do.

• Dale: Hank, did you use the towels that were hanging in the bathroom? Those are just for decoration. Now they're ruined.

Hank: Dale, those were paper towels.

• Hank: I can't believe I cut off my best friend's finger. And I just reread that safety manual.

• Hank: Then they tell me if someone does something stupid I'm supposed to think of a calming phrase like, "Relax, Mister Angry Slacks." Or, "Cool it down, grumpy clown." You see, it's asinine.

Peggy: Take it easy, Parcheesi.

• Didi: Hank has always been angry. When we were in kindergarten and the other children would use the finger paints, he would pinch them.

Hank: You are a bald-faced liar!

Cotton: Amen!

• Dale: Hank Rutherford Hill, you are within 100 feet of me and much as I like to scoff at the law I also like to arbitrarily enforce it.

• Dale: Back off, Hank, or Octavio will mess you up.

Octavio: Gribble, I don't care if he stays or goes. Where's the money you owe me, esse?

Dale: You heard him.

• Hank: That could be me lying there.

Peggy: It does not have to be, Hank. You are taking a class that gives you the tools to handle your anger. You love tools. Go ahead and use them.

• Barry: I know a lot of you thought you wouldn't make it to graduation, but you have. Well, not all of you. As much as it pains me, I have to fail Big Jim. I mean, he died of anger. My hands are tied.

• Hank: My idiot friends rented a ditch witch and they're in the tunnel under the alley. So if you drive over there, you'll probably crush 'em to death.

Garbageman: Buddy, I used to be just like you, drinking, hanging around alleys, making up stories just to get attention. Get it together.

• Dale: Watch the anger. You don't want to end up like Big Jim. Remember? He's dead.