King of the Hill (season 7)
The seventh season of King of the Hill originally aired Sundays on the Fox Broadcasting Company at 8:30–9:00 p.m. (EST), 7:30–8:30 p.m. (EST) and 7:00–7:30 p.m. (EST) from November 3, 2002 to May 18, 2003.[1][2] The Region 1 DVD was released on November 18, 2014.[3]
| King of the Hill | |
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| Season 7 | |
 DVD cover | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | November 3, 2002 – May 18, 2003 |
| Season chronology | |
Production
The showrunners for the season were John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky.[4] The wackier stories from recent years began to be phased out.[4] Series creator Mike Judge described the episodes from this season as "small personal stories like we did in the second season."[4]
The episodes "Goodbye Normal Jeans" and "Pigmalion" were both produced and copyrighted in 2001. "Pigmalion" came from the 5ABE (Season 5) production line and was originally announced as a holdover episode for season 6. It was delayed for unspecified reasons (presumably due to its disturbing content), eventually being shown as an "extra" episode in season 7.
This was also the first season which did not include a Christmas episode.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) |
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| 127 | 1 | "Get Your Freak Off" | Tricia Garcia | Garland Testa | November 3, 2002 | 7ABE01 | 13.0 |
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Hank takes Bobby and his friends to a music concert, but is dismayed to see Bobby and a friend dancing inappropriately to boy band music, so he tries to make Bobby's adolescence more wholesome. Meanwhile, Peggy, Nancy, and Minh try to decide who is the best-looking out of Hank, Dale, Boomhauer, Kahn and Bill. Guest Stars: Eliza Dushku as Jordan Hilgren-Bronson, Milla Jovovich as Serena Shaw, Debra Messing as Mrs. Hilgren-Bronson and Elizabeth Perkins as Jan Shaw | |||||||
| 128 | 2 | "The Fat and the Furious" | Allan Jacobsen | Alex Gregory & Peter Huyck | November 10, 2002 | 7ABE03 | 10.7 |
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Bill becomes a competitive eater after downing Hank's entire platter of hot dogs during a barbecue, but his dreams are soon crushed when Dale (who thinks competitive eating is degrading) beats him. Guest Stars: Pamela Anderson as Cyndi, Jeff Garlin as Dan and Kid Rock as Himself | |||||||
| 129 | 3 | "Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do" | Kyounghee Lim & Boowhan Lim | Tom Saunders & Kell Cahoon | November 17, 2002 | 6ABE19 | 11.2 |
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Connie's criminal cousin, Tid Pau, becomes Bobby's science project partner and makes him an unwitting accomplice in creating a drug lab. Guest Stars: Lucy Liu as Tid Pau | |||||||
| 130 | 4 | "Goodbye Normal Jeans" | Kyounghee Lim & Boowhan Lim | Kit Boss | November 24, 2002 | 6ABE01 | 12.9 |
| Peggy becomes jealous of Bobby when he uses his Home Ec. class cooking skills in the Hill kitchen. | |||||||
| 131 | 5 | "Dances with Dogs" | Anthony Lioi | Norm Hiscock | December 1, 2002 | 7ABE02 | 11.7 |
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Bobby and Hank use Ladybird to compete in a dog dancing contest. Meanwhile, Bill is tricked into buying an ill-tempered Rottweiler from an animal shelter. Guest Stars: Scott Hamilton as Himself | |||||||
| 132 | 6 | "The Son Also Roses" | Dominic Polcino | Dan Sterling | December 8, 2002 | 6ABE22 | 10.8 |
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Bobby becomes a rose grower when he tires of doing the Landry football team's laundry, and recruits the help of two cannabis cultivators to help him win a contest. Guest stars Michael Clarke Duncan as Morgan, a rose growing enthusiast. | |||||||
| 133 | 7 | "The Texas Skillsaw Massacre" | Shaun Cashman | Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland | December 15, 2002 | 6ABE18 | 13.4 |
| The Hills are forced to live with the Gribbles after Dale digs a tunnel underneath the Hills' kitchen, and the inspector declares the Hill house uninhabitable until the necessary repairs are done. Things get worse when Hank is sentenced to take anger management classes after accidentally cutting one of Dale's fingers off with a circular saw. | |||||||
| 134 | 8 | "Full Metal Dust Jacket" | Adam Kuhlman | Dan McGrath | January 5, 2003 | 7ABE04 | 11.9 |
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Peggy takes over the lease of a bookstore, but when the bookstore's business plummets, she allows Dale and his gun group to sell firearms at the store. Guest Stars: Peri Gilpin as Mary Ellen and Allison Janney as Laura | |||||||
| 135 | 9 | "Pigmalion" | Dominic Polcino | Jonathan Collier | January 12, 2003 | 5ABE23 | 7.0 |
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Luanne becomes involved with the psychotic owner (voiced by Michael Keaton) of a pork processing plant who wants Luanne to be just like the woman on the company logo. Guest Stars: Michael Keaton as Trip Larsen | |||||||
| 136 | 10 | "Megalo Dale" | Cyndi Tang-Loveland | J.B. Cook | January 12, 2003 | 7ABE05 | 10.8 |
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Dale is hired to exterminate at the Mega Lo Mart, but it turns out the "pest" is Chuck Mangione, the Mega Lo Mart spokesman. Guest Stars: That '70s Show co-stars Topher Grace as Chris and Danny Masterson as Cory | |||||||
| 137 | 11 | "Boxing Luanne" | Mike DiMartino | Dean Young | February 2, 2003 | 7ABE07 | 7.1 |
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To prove to men that she is more than just a pretty face and a sexy body, Luanne becomes a boxer. By the time she finds out that Buck has paid all her opponents to take a dive, though, she is scheduled for a real bout against George Foreman's daughter, Freeda. Guest Stars: Bruce Dern as Randy Strickland, Carmen Electra as Angela, George Foreman as Himself, Freeda Foreman as Herself and George Foreman III as Himself | |||||||
| 138 | 12 | "Vision Quest" | Dominic Polcino | Etan Cohen | February 9, 2003 | 7ABE09 | 6.1 |
| John Redcorn is worried about how Dale is raising Joseph, so he gets Hank to take Joseph on a "vision quest", but Dale is the one who gets a vision and mistakenly believes that he is a Native American. | |||||||
| 139 | 13 | "Queasy Rider" | Wes Archer | Kit Boss | February 16, 2003 | 7ABE10 | 8.9 |
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Hank and Peggy try to fix their strained marriage by buying a motorcycle and immersing themselves in the biker lifestyle, only to find that the biker lifestyle is very misogynistic. Guest Stars: Jamie Kennedy as Dr. Tim Rast and Jennifer Aniston as Pepperoni Sue/Stephanie | |||||||
| 140 | 14 | "Board Games" | Kyounghee Lim & Boowhan Lim | Sivert Glarum & Michael Jamin | March 2, 2003 | 7ABE08 | 8.8 |
| Peggy, Nancy, and Minh run for school board against each other after Tom Landry Middle School cuts all after-school programs out of the budget -- and all three women will stop at nothing to get the empty seat. | |||||||
| 141 | 15 | "An Officer and a Gentle Boy" | Gary McCarver | Dan Sterling | March 9, 2003 | 7ABE06 | 9.6 |
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Fed up with Bobby's laziness, Hank sends him off to Cotton's old military school Fort Berk Academy, but Cotton is dismayed that Fort Berk has softened up and sets out to make it as brutal as possible. NOTE: The sole episode of the series to not feature Johnny Hardwick. | |||||||
| 142 | 16 | "The Miseducation of Bobby Hill" | Tricia Garcia | Tim Croston & Chip Hall | March 16, 2003 | 7ABE11 | 8.3 |
| Bobby becomes a salesman at Strickland Propane (although Hank doubts his ability, citing his inexperience) and uses underhanded tactics learned from Joe Jack to sell more grills. Meanwhile, Dale builds a Lawnchair Larry flight-inspired flying lawn chair and tests it out on Bill, who ends up battered, bruised, and lost in Mexico. | |||||||
| 143 | 17 | "The Good Buck" | Allan Jacobsen | Alex Gregory & Peter Huyck | March 30, 2003 | 7ABE13 | 7.5 |
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Buck becomes a born-again Christian (courtesy of Luanne) after his wife divorces him, but Hank is worried that Buck only wants Luanne for sex. Meanwhile, Bobby hides out from his track coach and makes friends with two old ladies at Hotel Arlen's restaurant during tea time. Guest stars Dave Thomas as Lane Pratley. | |||||||
| 144 | 18 | "I Never Promised You an Organic Garden" | Adam Kuhlman | Tony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca May | April 13, 2003 | 7ABE14 | 6.5 |
| Peggy takes over the organic garden at the school, but she is caught using pesticides on the garden when every organic treatment fails to save the garden from bug infestation. | |||||||
| 145 | 19 | "Be True to Your Fool" | Anthony Lioi | Dan McGrath | April 27, 2003 | 7ABE12 | 7.4 |
| When Bill accidentally infects Hank, Dale, and Boomhauer with lice, they are forced to shave off their hair, only for Hank to discover the word "Bill" tattooed on the back of his head. Meanwhile, Bill befriends prisoners at the county jail after being arrested for being drunk in public. | |||||||
| 146 | 20 | "Racist Dawg" | Mike DiMartino | J.B. Cook | May 4, 2003 | 7ABE17 | 7.3 |
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Peggy calls an African-American repairman (guest-voiced by Bernie Mac), whom Ladybird attacks, prompting the town to think that Hank and his dog are racists. Guest Stars: Bernie Mac as Mack the Repairman | |||||||
| 147 | 21 | "Night and Deity" | Gary McCarver | Garland Testa | May 11, 2003 | 7ABE16 | 7.7 |
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After Bill attracts pigeons to the alley, Dale must work with an attractive female exterminator (voice of Janeane Garofalo), who makes Nancy jealous. Guest Stars: Janeane Garofalo as Sheila Refkin | |||||||
| 148 | 22 | "Maid in Arlen" | Kyounghee Lim & Boohwan Lim | Dan Sterling | May 18, 2003 | 7ABE18 | 4.8 |
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Kahn's mother Laoma arrives and soon becomes the Hills' housekeeper, much to Kahn's annoyance. Bill and Laoma later enter into a romantic relationship that Kahn works overtime to sabotage. Guest Stars: Amy Hill as Laoma Souphanousinphone | |||||||
| 149 | 23 | "The Witches of East Arlen" | Matt Engstrom | Sivert Glarum & Michael Jamin | May 18, 2003 | 7ABE20 | 7.0 |
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After losing out on playing Curly in the school production of Oklahoma!, Bobby gets involved with a group of post-adolescent geeks who are into tarot cards and witchcraft. Guest Stars: David Cross as Ward Rackeley | |||||||
References
- TV Listings for November 3, 2002
- TV Listings for May 18, 2003
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://www.macleans.ca/authors/jaime-weinman/a-koth-kronology/%5B%5D
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