Reminder: KING OF THE HILL Signs Off Tonight
September 13th, 2009
By: Aleks Chan
After 13 seasons on the brink of cancellation, one of television’s most underappreciated family comedies comes to a close with an hour-long finale (Sunday 8PM on FOX). The first half of which is actually just a new episode — the real goodbye is the second half, where Hank and his son finally bond over (in what only seems appropriate for KOTH) their shared love of beef when Bobby joins a meet-inspection team. If you’ve never seen this hilarious, often incisive telling of family issues and red state America, you’ve been missing a series that had more fully-realized characters, sense of storytelling, and things to say (and funny ways to say it) than half of the live-action comedies in the last decade, and you should definitely start catching the re-runs. The final scene is touching, bringing together the Hills and all the characters that made the fictional town of Arlen, Texas a destination long overlooked. Grade: A
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Hils Says:
September 13th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
It’s an awesome show. I watched it when I was younger and it first came out then caught up after college when reruns were shown late at night. I didn’t realize it had gone on for 13 seasons though. It never got old.
Favorite quotes:
“There’s some milk in the fridge that’s about to go bad. . . .And there it goes.” – Bobby Hill (on Ritalin)
“I haven’t even finished breakfast and that boy ain’t right”. – Hank Hill
King of the Hill, you will be missed.