Bill's House

Bill's House
Air date	November 6, 2005
Written by	Tony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca May
Directed by	Robin Brigstocke
Episode guide
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Next	"Harlottown"

"Bill's House" is the one hundred-eighty-ninth episode of King of the Hill. It was first aired on November 6, 2005. The episode was written by Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May, and directed by Robin Brigstocke.

Summary

After helping the Hill family overcome the flu, Bill opens his house to recovery addicts but quickly finds himself exhausted and overrun when the main half-way house closes down. Meanwhile, when Bobby makes her keep a promise she made when she was sick, Peggy finds herself struggling to learn to ride a bike.

Plot

Hank, Bobby, and Peggy all have the flu. When Hank leaves the house to get his prescription for flu medicine, he passes out next to his truck. Dale and Boomhauer merely gawk at him, but Bill carries him home and takes care of the Hills until they are healthy again.

When they recover, Bill realizes taking care of others is something he enjoys greatly and looks for a volunteer job. After talking to Philip Draper, he decides to help homeless alcoholics, and after being informed the halfway house is full, volunteers to keep them at his own house. At first Bill thrives in his work, but soon finds the burden overwhelming.

Hank comes to help but the two are unable to manage the entire share of their work, especially when the halfway house closes, resulting in even more patients being dropped off at Bill's house. Hank visits the manager of the halfway program, Mr. Draper, who says the funding for the "opportunity house" was not enough and had to shut it down.

Hank returns to Bill despondent. However, Hank soon learns from Bill that the government sends each of Bill's patients' stipends of $600 a month, which were all being pocketed by Draper. Hank has the patients sign over the checks to Bill instead. With enough money, Hank and Bill rent a large house for the alcoholics across the street from Draper, much to his dismay. He quickly decides to re-open the halfway house, freeing Bill from the burden.

Meanwhile Bobby teaches Peggy how to ride a bike after she made a promise, but she keeps falling off all the time. After numerous attempts, Bobby realizes that Peggy can never ride a bike.

Characters

• Hank Hill
• Peggy Hill
• Bobby Hill
• Bill Dauterive
• Dale Gribble
• Boomhauer
• Kahn Souphanousinphone
• Joe Jack
• Enrique
• Buck Strickland
• Philip Draper
• Clark Peters (mentioned)
• Nancy Gribble (mentioned)
• Mikey
• Randy
• Stuart (Appleseed)
• Gary
• Dominga
• Opportunity House driver
• Proud father

Stinger Quote

• Mikey: "Went to a Spurs game, long story short, lost my job."

Trivia

• The movie Bill recommends that Peggy and Bobby watch is called They Only Kill Their Masters, as it stars James Garner and a Doberman.
• Appleseed from "Phish and Wildlife" makes a reappearance in this episode, where he reveals that Stuart is his real name while "Appleseed" is a nickname.

Goofs

• Right before the episode ended, Boomhauer is seen to pass around four beers from the cooler. Dale took a sip of his beer without opening the tab.

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