"Blood and Sauce" is the two hundred-fourth episode of King of the Hill. It was first aired on February 18, 2007. The episode was written by Dan McGrath and directed by Tricia Garcia.
Summary[]
Bill's barbecue sauce becomes a hit with the neighborhood, and Buck Strickland sees profit in it. However, Bill's cousin Gilbert is not keen on letting him sell a family recipe, especially since the Dauterive family line is about to go extinct, due to death, mental illness, being unable to have children, or not being blood-related.
Plot[]
After hearing Dale gloat about passing on his legacy to his son Joseph, Bill becomes depressed about having no son or legacy of his own to pass on. Upon Hank's suggestion, Bill calls a genealogist for help, resulting in many results.
Back at Hank's house, Peggy teaches Bobby how to bake a cake with success, but Hank catches them in the act and is ashamed that Bobby would compare cooking to shop. He has his son give him the pink oven mitts he was wearing. The scene shifts to the alley where Bill informs them of the results and wants to plan a reunion for all the Dauterives on the list, but Bill having never planned anything this big asks his friends to which they agree and Hank has Bobby help Bill with the food prep (which involves the Dauterive family's secret family BBQ recipes) by saying it is not "cooking", but rather "barbecue". At first, Bobby is ecstatic about helping, but when Bill tells him that he will have to first help build a barbecue pit and stack wood his happiness wanes, and upon seeing the first chance he gets bails to avoid the hard work. Later when the food Bill made has been set for his family, Hank praises Bobby for the "help" he provided, and asks him how he did it, Bill covers for him by saying he swore him to secrecy. After everyone departs, Bill waits for hours until he hears the doorbell ring. He opens the door only to find his cousin Gilbert is the only one at the door.
In Bill's backyard, Gilbert explains that he and Bill are the last living relatives of the Dauterive line, as everyone else is either dead, too mentally ill to have children, revealed not to be a blood relative, or can't naturally have children (in the cases of Bill and Gilbert, Bill has had nothing but bad, childless relationships with women following his wife, Lenore, leaving him while Gilbert is all but stated to be a homosexual). With Bill worried at the situation, Gilbert hands him a periodical entitled "Dauterive's Monthly" a poetry and arts magazine that Gilbert intends to use to continue the family name, having sold the family land to fund the magazine's existence. Bill later arrives at the Hill house and tells him of what he and Gilbert plan to do, giving them some of the BBQ ribs from the party so that it does not go to waste. The scene shifts to the kitchen, where Hank and Peggy fall in love with the surprisingly good food, Bobby soon walks in and asks what they are eating, to which Hank tells him it is the ribs he "helped" Bill make. Before his father can serve him, Bobby admits to not helping Bill, which in turn causes an upset Hank to take the food away from his son for Peggy and Hank to enjoy by themselves as a means of punishing Bobby.
The next day, Gilbert informs Bill that he is leaving for Austin for business, after he departs Hank asks Bill for some more ribs to take to work. At work, Buck Strickland and the employees try and love the ribs as well with Buck being interested in investing in Bill's sauce and recipe. Hank takes the news to Bill who decides to make a tasting batch for the investors. Bobby sees Bill purchasing fresh ingredients for the sauce and food, and feeling bad about what he had done apologizes and says he will do whatever it takes to be a real cook (even doing the hard parts) and Bill accepts.
The next day the food is complete, Buck's business partners arrive to taste the food, and Hank tells Bobby he is proud of his son for sticking with Bill all the way. Things go well until Gilbert shows up in a taxi and overhears Khan and Ted about investing in the family recipe and sauce and decides to investigate. When Buck tells Bill that he and his partners have prepared an offer for him, Gilbert demands to know what is going on, Bill reveals that he intends to take Buck's offer so that he can have a legacy of his own and pass down the Dauterive name to keep it alive just like what Gilbert did with his magazine. Extremely livid about the fact that his family's secret recipes are about to be revealed and turned into a profit, Gilbert protests the sale of the BBQ sauce to local businessmen and orders Bill to shut down the party which he does to not upset his only remaining family member and takes a jug of cooking wine as he and Gilbert enter the house, Bill takes a swig of the wine.
The next day, Hank and Peggy overhear yelling and crying at Bill's house and Hank decides to go and finds a drunken Bill sniffling and crying as an angry Gilbert berates and belittles him. Hank goes to Bill's defense by standing up to Gilbert who tells Bill that he is heading home to New Orleans and departs. The minute he is gone, Hank encourages Bill to let Buck invest in him, but Bill has to get Gilbert to agree as he is the only remaining Dauterive alive who can approve it as he wants to do it with honor. At the bus station where Gilbert is awaiting transport, Bill and Buck arrive to try to change his mind but despite the offers they make, Gilbert still says no to preserve the Dauterive family name and dignity (but not before hitting on Buck Strickland after Strickland offers Gilbert the chance to go with him to New Orleans to party and pick up women). Both Bill and Buck leave disappointed.
A despondent Bill comes home to find Bobby in the kitchen making a new different batch of sauce, Bill tells him that he is not allowed to sell it, but decides that if he cannot sell it he can give it away as a gift and offers to teach Bobby the family secrets. Bobby says that he cannot do so because he is not a Dauterive. Nonetheless, Bill decides to pass the secret on to Bobby anyway so that his family name will be remembered, saying that he would be honored to teach him.
Characters[]
- Hank Hill
- Peggy Hill
- Dale Gribble
- Bill Dauterive
- Jeff Boomhauer
- Gilbert Dauterive
- Nancy Gribble
- Buck Strickland
- Joe Jack
- Lane Pratley (non-speaking)
- Ted Wassanasong
- Kahn Souphanousinphone
- John Redcorn (non-speaking)
- Violetta (mentioned)
Stinger Quote[]
- Homeless man: "Ha-ba-hey."
Trivia[]
- This marks the final appearance of Gilbert and the Dauterive family.
Quotes[]
To be added.
Goofs[]
- This episode contradicts "Goodbye Normal Jeans," as Bobby already showed exemplary skill in cooking and other home-keeping activities (to the point that Peggy becomes jealous of her own son). In this episode, Hank is repulsed over Bobby cooking, though he would later have no problem with Bobby grilling on "To Sirloin With Love." Bobby also seems to be just starting out in cooking in this episode, even though he mastered it in "Goodbye Normal Jeans," since he was taking classes on it in school. These factors could be Hank being uncomfortable with Bill's process of making the sauce and the steps Bobby has to learn, as the barbecue sauce recipe is part of Bill's family not to be shared with anyone who's not a member.
- When Bill is pointing at a younger version of himself and Gilbert in the picture, the bottom of Gilbert's hair isn't colored in.