Peggy's Fadeout

Peggy's Fadeout
Air date	August 4, 2025
Written by	Jeremy Hsu
Directed by	Kelly Turnbull
Episode guide
Previous	"New Ref in Town"
Next	"Any Given Hill-Day"

"Peggy's Fadeout" is the sixth episode in the fourteenth season, and the 264th episode overall. It is scheduled to air on August 4, 2025. This episode was written by Jeremy Hsu and directed by Kelly Turnbull.

Summary

Hank discovers that Bill's new coworkers at an African-American barbershop think he's married to Peggy. Meanwhile, Bobby discovers Connie's boyfriend may be cheating on her, and Peggy struggles with her identity after getting rejected from a teaching opportunity.

Characters

• Hank Hill
• Peggy Hill
• Bobby Hill
• Dale Gribble
• Nancy Gribble (pictured)
• Jeff Boomhauer
• Bill Dauterive
• John Redcorn (pictured)
• Joseph Gribble
• Minh Souphanousinphone (pictured)
• Connie Souphanousinphone
• Emilio
• Ted Wassanasong
• Chane Wassanasong
• Rosa Sinclair (named)
• Forrest Gump (mentioned)
• Tammy (non-speaking)
• Lucas
• Isaiah Meyers
• Ernie ("E")
• Brian Robertson (mentioned)
• Willow (debut)
• Lenore Dauterive (mentioned)

Stinger Quote

• Bill: "I have the strength that comes from the love of a good woman."

Trivia

• Hank watching Property Twins on TV is a reference to Property Brothers.
• Chane's comments on how "Fox stupidly canceled [King of the Grill] 15 years ago", and Bobby's reply on how "they're bringing it back" is a meta reference to King of the Hill itself, and how the original run of the show aired its final (broadcasted) episode on May 6, 2010, 15 years before the revival's first season aired.
• Bobby holds 15% ownership of the Robata Chane business, at the expense of receiving a reduced salary himself; stating that he makes the same amount as Emilio.
• At Lucas's barbershop, Bill has a photo of Peggy on a motorcycle that was taken in the Season 7 episode "Queasy Rider".
• Peggy's "Substitute Teacher of the Year 1999" award with her name taped over Hank's was featured in the events in the Season 4 episode "Little Horrors of Shop".
• Bobby and Willow are toasting in Japanese and German, Bobby says kanpai! (Japanese: 乾杯) and Willow says prost! (German: prost), which are the direct equivalents of "cheers!".
• Bill's fake eulogy for Peggy references several episodes:
  • Peggy's participation in a Boggle tournament refers to the Season 1 episode "Peggy the Boggle Champ".
  • Peggy's participation in a beauty pageant was refers to the Season 3 episode "Peggy's Pageant Fever".
  • Peggy publishing musings in the newspaper was first refers to the Season 3 episode "Peggy's Headache".

Quotes

"Peggy: (looking at her tablet) Well, would you look at this? Minh started a lifestyle blog! Well, good for her. Unsubscribe."

"Peggy: (in the garage with her husband) "Okay, I know I said I was fine about 'settling into retirement' but I do not know Hank. It just feels like everyone else is doing bigger and better things with their lives. Even Bill!
Hank: Bill's not doing better anything.
Peggy: Well, I just ran into Bill outside, and he says he's going to North Arlen to hang out with his boys.
Hank: Ugh, he called them his 'boys'? He is really fallin' off the reality wagon."

"Hank: (outside the barber shop) What the hell, Bill?!
Bill: I'm sorry, but pretending to be married to Peggy gave me the confidence to make new friends. I mean who wouldn't like the kind of man who was able to get Peggy?
Hank: You photoshopped my wife's head onto some... buxom trollop. Now, I have to imagine you looking at that and... [pause] and "enjoying" it. It's a half a commandment short of adultery Bill!"

"Hank: Look, am I going to have to kick your ass, "BD"?!
Bill: You can't push me around anymore. I have the strength that comes from the love of a good woman!
Hank: You aren't married to Peggy!"

"Peggy: I bet Black Barbershop Peggy would've gotten a job at the community college.
Hank: Because she's Black?
Peggy: No Hank! Because she's probably not boring like I am. I bet Black Barbershop Peggy is leading and exciting life with lots of friends and taking fun, fun trips. Oh! It would probably be like that movie Girls Trip."

"Hank: Are you having some kind of social gathering?
Bill: Yeah... sort of. Sorry for all the cars and noise. But, you can tell Peggy I put an end to the lie.
Hank: Well that's great. Don't you feel better now that the truth is out?
Bill: Oh I didn't tell them the truth.
Hank: Okay. Did you tell them that you're getting divorced?
Bill: I could NEVER divorce Peggy. She was the love of my life, so I just told everyone Peggy died.
Hank: You what?!"

"Peggy: Did he end the charade?
Hank: Oh he ended it alright, by telling everyone that you died.
Peggy: What?!"

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