"When Joseph Met Lori, and Made Out with Her in the Janitor's Closet" is the 22nd episode of the 13th season of King of the Hill, and the 257th episode overall.
Summary[]
Dale commits himself to the mental hospital for refusing to talk to Joseph about sex and girls after Joseph begins dating a girl who immediately wants her relationship with him to be physical. Meanwhile, Nancy competes with the other reporters at the news station over who can find the best human interest story.
Plot[]
After getting into an argument with Joseph about the girl he has been dating, Dale is unable to remember things. He thinks he has dementia, so he signs himself into a mental health center. Hank and his other friends try to get him to leave, but the owner, Mike Patel, tries to force Dale to stay. He ends up getting out by acting crazier but ends up getting committed to the state mental hospital.
Nancy is jealous of Miguel Hernandez's success with the To Catch a Bully series, so she does a newscast featuring her husband about Dementia Awareness.
Characters[]
- Hank Hill
- Peggy Hill
- Bobby Hill
- Dale Gribble
- Bill Dauterive
- Jeff Boomhauer
- Joseph Gribble
- Nancy Gribble
- Lori
- Carl Moss (final appearance)
- Emily (final appearance)
- Miguel Hernandez (final appearance)
- Mike Patel
- Clark Peters (non-speaking)
- Susie (non-speaking)
- Leventhal (non-speaking)
- Tom (non-speaking)
- Madam Pascal (mentioned)
Stinger Quote[]
- Miguel Hernandez: "Consider yourself 'Hit Hard'." Bully: (gasps)
Trivia[]
- The "To Catch a Bully" segments by Miguel Hernandez on Channel 84 are a parody of the real-life television show "To Catch a Predator".
- The song that plays during Dale's acting insane montage is "Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill.
- When Dale is transferred to the mental institution, this is a parody of Hannibal Lector from the movie Silence of the Lambs.
- Hank reveals that the guys were always facing magnetic north in the alley to appease Dale.
- This episode, and three others were broadcasted out of the season line up schedule. The series finale was broadcasted in September 2009, while this episode and others came out in May 2010.
Quotes[]
- "Out of my way you two; I need some sawdust to clean up some throw up... from... a kid." —Principal Moss "Oh don't go in there, sir. I'm developing pictures. They're almost set!" —Bobby
- Peggy: "Miguel is just pandering to the lowest common denominator. You have to find out who is below that and aim there." Nancy Gribble: "You're right, Sug. Let's go find a worthy cause to shamelessly exploit!"
- "I remember when I got my Birds and Bees talk. Well, it was mostly hand gestures" —Bill Dauterive
- "The other day I got so worked up by Bobby I let the gas get so low that the warning light came on" —Hank
- "Are you talking to Lori again after I told you not to?" —Dale
- Computer: "Are you paranoid?" Dale: "Who wants to know?" Computer: "Did you reply 'Who wants to know?'?" Dale: "...Yes" Computer: "Great job! You've successfully completed our survey. According to your answers, you have dementia."
- "Don't be an idiot, Dale. You're just stressed out about Joseph. You're not crazy...ier than normal" —Hank
- "Please remember me as a person who once remembered things" —Dale
- Hank: "Are you qualified to run this kind of facility?" Mike Patel: "Are you asking if I'm qualified to care? Because the answer is yes. Thankfully the government doesn't regulate 'care'"
- "Going all the way? That's only for married people, and only for a while" —Dale
- "It's like an arms race. He went after bullies, I countered with dementia awareness, then he started some organization called Society for Children No Bones. I mean, I'm not even sure that's a real thing" —Nancy
- DALE: "My Joseph is too young; he's full of snips and snails and puppydog tails." HANK: "He's six feet tall and has a mustache."
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