There's no specific reason for me to be writing about a random episode of King of the Hill right? This time in One Shot Posts an episode of King of the Hill where uh Bobby moves into a dog house.
"Hank's Choice" Season 5, Episode 16: April 1, 2000 - Episode 100
Also, it's funny there are two episodes with the word "choice" in them in season 5, don't confuse this one for "Spin the Choice".
Bobby at first appears to be sick but Hank notices his temperature is the average temperature. Peggy checks the internet but decides to take him to the doctor. They find out that Bobby is allergic to the dog. It is funny that Hank tells the doctor why don't you think Peggy is bringing in the dandruff. Hank loves his dog, LadyBird, a ton it also seems to be the one he shows the most affection towards in ways he doesn't with his wife or son. It's an interesting thing about his character. Also the dog is 13-years-old, so it's a very close long bond. Something the show showed a few times before and after this episode.
Dog doctors aren't approved/ Copyright Fox
Peggy tells him she wants the dog to be outside. Hank doesn't want to do that. Peggy, of course, here is kind of the rational one. She puts her son above the dog and wants a solution to his problem and will follow the doctor along. Hank even goes for the quick solution of pills after hearing the symptoms of "rectal bleeding". (I'm concerned.) Hank gets an idea from Bill to make a doghouse for his dog.
Since this is Hank he puts tons of work into making a model of a dog house, that was funny. He end's making a dog house better than many people's homes. This dog house is excessive. He even has an opening show for it, but there's one factor: Lady Bird doesn't want to be in it. Then apparently, Hank gets a strange idea, an oddly random and strange idea: the plot. He suggests why not just have Bobby live in the dog house because they are going to have to clean their house anyway, and the dog hasn't been in there at all, so... (gestures).
This is a dog house with electricity, heating, lighting, etc. Peggy, again being rational, thinks this plan is insane. Bobby seems to like the idea. This dog house is also wild, it's like Snoopy's it can fit 3 kids around age 13 inside with no problem and room to spare, what did Hank build? Peggy is bothered by this, especially since she's the more social one and doesn't like that people are talking about it. Hank is like yay dog.
Bobby, actually, enjoys being in the dog house, even if the combo of allergy pills has been working. We get three converging paths. Peggy doesn't like how people are talking about the situation, Hank really wants to be with his dog, and Bobby is enjoying this freedom. Peggy gets mad and decides to do flip back and have Bobby move back into the house.
To show that Hank does care, he decides that he has let Lady Bird live with Bill. Bobby misses the freedom and fun of the doghouse. He fake sneezes to get back to his spot. I also love how on TV shows it's really easy to get pizza where kids can pay the price for it easily. [See: The Weekenders] Hank and Peggy get to work to deep clean the house. Bobby is beginning to let the dog house go down hill. Connie is bothered.
This makes Hank dead inside/ Copyright Fox
Hank has to deal with seeing Bill and Lady Bird getting along together and can't interact with him. Peggy and Hank show how much work they did to get the house clean enough for him, he fakes a sneeze. He hears his dad feeling bad that there's no dog and no son. (But still TV)
The boy brings Lady Bird back home with him and shows Hank that he found away to deal with the dandruff. Episode ends with Peggy now using the doghouse because of course a full grown woman can fit in there now, after Hank said she couldn't fit earlier. Doesn't matter, doghouse is gone after this.
This episode is strange, but not bad. Hank loves his dog, but we see his love of Bobby and as hard as he tried, he would still put Bobby above his dog. Peggy played the rational one here well, while still letting the strangeness happen. One can understand that they probably would be embarrassed too if there were people making fun of their kid living in a dog house. She acts within reason and works here. Bobby's part was good too, he does bring the comedy to the episode. I think it's reasonable he enjoyed the freedom of the doghouse, but his realization was great and perfect for the ending.
So there we go, an odd episode of King of the Hill, but one that finds some heart and has some funny moments. This one was kind of light on the comedy which is fine, we kind of had to accept the absurdity of the plot. I think it's a good episode.
That's it for now, tune in next time, when someone figures out this episode predicted the tiny house craze.
