Cotton's Plot

Season 4, Episode 2, Aired
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When Peggy gets out of her body cast, she is unable to walk and depressed by the long, slow process of rehabilitation. Cotton decides to teach her to walk again by challenging her, military-style, and inspires her with tales of his wartime heroism. But Peggy starts to lose confidence when she finds out that Cotton's war stories were all fake.moreless
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  • great

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    By futuramarama, Nov 21, 2010 Report Abuse
    peggy is out of her cast but she still cannot walk. so she needs help. she decides not to go to proffesional help but instead has cotton help. cotton tells her stories about the war to motivate her, but what will happen when peggy learns that maybe cotton exaggerated his stories a little?

    good episode, not really one of my favorite episodes ever but it did have a good plot and it continues from the past two episodes in a pretty nice way. because of all this, my overall grade for this episode would have to be a B methinksmoreless

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  • Okay showing.

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    By cactusjack39, Feb 12, 2009 Report Abuse
    I wasn't that thrilled with this episode. It was just okay, but overall I felt like it was a big letdown. There wasn't really any comedy high points and the plot was just dull. I didn't rate it lower because it was actually okay in terms of progressing the characters on the show, but other than that, I found it to be a waste of an episode. It wasn't all bad. I thought that the few bright spots had to be where Cotton makes Peggy listen to him to get back on her feet. It was kind of funny but also weird. Thank you.moreless

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  • Good Cotton episode in which you certainly get to see a more human side of the man

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    By thomasmj99, Jul 19, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is really part three of the season 3 finale / season 4 premiere as it continues the peggy revovery storyline. I have to say this is much more entertaining than the previous episode and I think the prominant role of Cotton helps to make this a better episode. I particuarly like his part in the episode because we get to see a more human side to him, and I think he is typicaly funny as well. Overall the storyline is still pretty repetative and a lack of sub story doesn't help but it is still a fine episode with some cool momentsmoreless

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  • Peggy gets Cotton help to recover from her accident.

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    By hsimpson44, Aug 26, 2007 Report Abuse
    Since Peggy's accident she's weak and Cotton offers to help her. Despite his training tough, Peggy doesnt quit. She then learns most of Cottons old war stories are fake, which puts Cotton in danger because when he dies he wants to be buried in a army gravesight. Peggy finally decides (because Hank tells her how Cotton really did get hurt in the war) to not only come back to his treatment, but get him a spot in the graveyward. They visit the spot and Cotton tells Peggy if she crawls the hill to his spot, she can dance on his grave. She does, and together the two dance.moreless

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  • This episode shows possibly the one time when peggy is in need of cotten

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    By hobbesathome1, Jan 17, 2006 Report Abuse
    This episode is about peggy's rehab after she gets out of her body cast. Cotten then takes peggy out of her rehab and trains her himself if she helps him with his application to get into the Texas State Cematary. Cotten puts her through a number of obstacles such as crawling around without her wheel chair. Which hank calls torture. Hank tries to convince her to stop listening him, but she belives that he is actually helping him.

    This is a good episode in the series because it shows the small kindness to the angery Cotten Hill. Oh yes and the joke of Hank's friends using peggy's body cast.moreless

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    • What was the point of Cotton obtaining a grave, as shown in a more recent episode, he was cremated and then flushed down a toilet? Edit
    • Cotton complains about Peggy's inability to raise the flag to more than "half mast." Cotton is an Army veteran so it is not very likely he would use that expression-- it is more common to the Navy. He would probably say "half staff." Edit
    • Cotton's height is revealed in this episode as five-foot, even. (Before he lost his shins, he was 6' 4".) Edit

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    • Tagline: "I can't hear you." - Cotton Edit

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    • Cotton: The Tojos was comin' at me faster than I could gut 'em, so's I had to gut 'em faster! Edit
    • Hank: (on Cotton) When he came back from the Pacific, he was five foot even. A Japanese machine gun blew away his shins. The doctor said he'd never walk again. Eighteen months later, my father walked right over to that doctor, reached up, and punched him in the kidneys. Now, I can't prove what he did at those battles. In fact, I'm not even sure if the part about hitting the doctor is true. But I do know this: my father doesn't have shins, and somehow he walks. And that's pretty heroic to me. Edit
    • (The guys are drinking beer in the alley when Cotton walks up in his full uniform) Dale: Colonel, from your dress and demeanor, can I assume you are about to take your own life in a cheap motel room with your service revolver? Edit

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    • Bobby: Is that the bionic man or the wrestler? As the family walks towards Cotton's alotted grave they pass the grave of Stephen Austin and Bobby asks "Is that the bionic man or the wrestler?" This is a gag about how ignorant Bobby (and children in general) are. Stephen Austin, aka "The Father of Texas," was the founder and secretary of state of Texas. Edit

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