"Untitled Blake McCormick Project", originally titled (though occasionally known as) "Three Men and a Bastard", is the two hundred-twenty-fifth episode of King of the Hill. It was first aired on February 17, 2008. The episode was written by Blake McCormick and directed by Ken Wong.
Summary[]
Bill falls in love after he has a blind date with Charlene, a hot single mother. However, Dale's intuition tells him something is not quite right with Charlene's daughter, Kate, and after he secretly performs a DNA test, he discovers that Kate is related to his son, Joseph (which isn't good when the two start to fall for each other).
Plot[]
Bill becomes involved with an attractive single mother, Charlene (Candi) who has returned to Arlen after being away for some years. When Charlene introduces her two children to Hank, Dale and Boomhauer, Dale immediately dislikes her oldest, Kate. He confides in Hank that he thinks something is wrong with Kate and that he intends to get to the bottom of it. Hank tells him to leave it alone but Dale steals a sample of Kate's hair and orders a DNA analysis. When the test discovers similarities between Kate's DNA and Joseph's, his son, he realizes that they are half-siblings. He hypothesizes the same aliens that impregnated Nancy Gribble also impregnated Charlene with his genetic material to start a Dale-based master race. Not wanting Bill to raise "his" daughter, Dale tries to sabotage his relationship by asking John Redcorn to seduce Charlene.
John Redcorn soon realizes that Charlene is a woman he slept with years ago, although he knew her only by her stage name. Charlene and John Redcorn begin to date, with Charlene using the excuse that she's spending time with her old girlfriends and constantly leaving the kids with Bill. Meanwhile, Nancy finds out and confronts Redcorn in her kitchen. Dale walks in while they're arguing and they quickly switch to using his name, such as when John Redcorn says "Dale would never cheat on you." This just serves to anger Nancy and confuse Dale. At the Hills', Peggy looks out the window and sees chemistry forming between Joseph and Kate. Aware of the relationship between the two, Peggy sends Bobby out to be the "third wheel" in their relationship to prevent anything from developing.
In the end, Charlene leaves Bill for John Redcorn. Dale says "So John Redcorn is going to raise my daughter. Strange, not sure I'd do the same for him." The irony, of course, is that Dale is unknowingly raising John Redcorn's son. Another irony is when Dale says "I will not have that fat slob Bill raising my daughter," eerily reflecting the many times John Redcorn has complained about Dale raising Joseph.
Characters[]
- Hank Hill
- Peggy Hill
- Bobby Hill
- Dale Gribble
- Bill Dauterive
- Jeff Boomhauer
- Charlene
- Nancy Gribble
- Joseph Gribble
- John Redcorn
- Kate
- Drew
- Kahn Souphanousinphone
- Minh Souphanousinphone (non-speaking)
- Sergeant Dawson (mentioned)
Stinger Quote[]
- Joseph Gribble: *laughing maniacally*
Trivia[]
- This episode was originally titled "Three Men and a Bastard" but was renamed, most likely because of censorship issues. Some streaming services, like Hulu and Disney+, still have it as "Three Men and a Bastard", however.
- Brittany Murphy used the same voice for Kate that she did for Joseph in the first few seasons, before hitting puberty.
- Dale refers to the 1987 movie The Stepfather and actor Terry O'Quinn.
- Dale stated in previous episodes (specifically "My Own Private Rodeo") that he thinks John Redcorn is gay (which is why he's not bothered by the fact that his father is homosexual and why he obliviously lets John Redcorn be with Nancy). However, in this episode, he portrays Redcorn as a ladies' man. He even sees John Redcorn exiting an Authorized Personnel Only room, immediately believes that John Redcorn has sex with women, and congratulates him. However, he later suspects something about John Redcorn's sexual orientation, clarifying to him that he wants John Redcorn to sleep with Charlene, not Dale.
Quotes[]
- Dale: "Stars the bald guy from Lost."