"New Cowboy on the Block" is the one hundred-fifty-second episode of King of the Hill. It was first aired on November 16, 2003. The episode was written by Dean Young and directed by Cyndi Tang-Loveland.
Summary[]
A washed-up former Dallas Cowboys player moves into the neighborhood, and no one, not even Hank, can admit that he is a jerk—until the man starts harassing Hank.
Plot[]
A moving truck arrives on Rainey Street, giving the gang a new neighbor. Bobby hopes it is a family with kids his age who just sit around watching TV (due to Joseph being too active), while Bill pines for a single woman he can date. Later, the new owner arrives and while Bill is disappointed that the person is a large man and not a woman, and the homeowner reveals that he is actually washed-up former Dallas Cowboys player Willie Lane, who moves into the neighborhood.
The guys take a liking to him and look the other way for his antics, even when he cuts Kahn's telephone wire when he complains about his neighbor's loud parties. When Willie and his friends dig up Kahn's lawn, Hank decides that he has had enough. He calls Officer Brown and other cops but they also look the other way when they notice Willie's Super Bowl ring. Hank reminds them about the charges, but Willie denies it and says Hank did it, which the police quickly believe.
When Willie teaches Bobby some dirty football moves (which involve him punching Joseph in the face), tears up Hank's fence, and then roll a car onto his lawn, Hank has had enough and calls the police again. Once again, Hank is ticketed after Willie convinces the police he did not do it and blames Hank for rolling Deion Sanders's car onto his own lawn. Hank and the guys confront him, but Willie is confident that no one will touch him and punches Hank in the face. The former's friends try to talk Hank into hitting him back, but Hank says he will not since only one punch thrown is assault, and if Hank throws one back, then it will be classified as a fight. However, Willie's Super Bowl ring leaves a distinct imprint on Hank's face (Willie mentions early in the episode that it is hard to take off the ring), so Dale quickly takes a picture and puts it in a safe, having enough evidence to officially charge Willie and show the police proof. Hank tells Willie he has two weeks to leave or he will press aggravated assault charges, which Willie can't afford. The neighborhood has been shaken but will recover.
Characters[]
- Hank Hill
- Peggy Hill
- Bobby Hill
- Dale Gribble
- Joseph Gribble
- Jeff Boomhauer
- Bill Dauterive
- Big Willie Lane
- Kahn Souphanousinphone
- Minh Souphanousinphone
- Kahn's grandmother (mentioned)
- Connie Souphanousinphone (mentioned)
- General Gum (mentioned)
- Officer Brown (debut)
- Officer McMurtry (non-speaking)
- Officer Collins (non-speaking)
- Officer Winchell
- Bear, Fitzy, Tom, Tommy, Jack, and Joe
- Candy (non-speaking)
- Switzer
- Roger Staubach's pool cleaner (mentioned)
- Deion Sanders (mentioned)
Stinger Quote[]
- Willie Lane: "Rock on!"
- Kahn: "Yes, hello. Rock on."
Trivia[]
- Willie Lane's #64 is fictional, but in real life #64 is Tom Rafferty from 1976-1989. Willie got cut in 1979, like Dale said, but in real life, Thomas Henderson was mugged during the Cowboys and Redskins game, and he was on reserve-retired list four days later.
- This is the first appearance of Kahn's mower, the only one of the gang's mowers to be modeled after a real model (in this case, a Yard-Man TF-series). It makes a cameo appearance during the closing shot of "Born Again on the Fourth of July".