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King of The Hill Season 12 Episode 5

Death Picks Cotton

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AIRED: 11/11/07

When the family goes out to a restaurant where the food is cooked at the table Cotton throws a tantrum and gets into a fight with the chef. The fight leaves Cotton near death in the hospital.

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R.I.P. Cotton Hill, even if you don't deserve it.

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By gideonbernstein, Dec 02, 2010

In this episode of King of the Hill, the show lost a pivotal character as Hank's miserable father, Cotton Hill, died the way he lived, as an ungreatful, obnoxius, rude, hateful excuse for a human being who didn't want to be loved, mourned, or even remembered because he realized that he didn't deserve it. After the uncalled for tounge-lashing he gave to Hank and Peggy, it's understandable why she chewed him out on his deathbed and why she lied to Hank about his dying words. Hank deserves at least one fond memory of his old man. I feel that this is a perfect Veterans Day episode.moreless
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Farewell Cotton

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By futuramarama, Nov 15, 2009

So, Cotton gets in a fight with some chef at a restaurant, and he is in the hospital, in bad condition. He keeps stopping his heart and trying to scare everyone. At the end of the episode, sadly, he does in fact die.

This episode surprised me. If anything, I thought Cotton would die in the final season or something. This episode was a really funny and well-written episode with some good emotion when they needed it. The main plot was mostly emotion and the sub plot was mostly humor, which worked well for this episode. Definitely one of the best, IMOmoreless
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Funny episode!

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By rjr_1987, Oct 29, 2009

I really like this episode. I like the scenes with Bobby at Luanne and Lucky's house, as well as the scenes with Cotton in the hospital. There are many funny lines in the episode. One of my favorites is when Lucky and Bobby are about to roll down the hill in the tire and Luanne yells, "Lucky no, it's not safe." Then after a few cars drive by she says, "okay, now it's safe." Also, I found it funny how Peggy lied to Hank and told him that Cotton said he loved him. And when Hank said, "Do I have to cut his head off?" (which was Cotton's request for when he died), Peggy replied, "Oh, he said he changed his mind and doesn't want that." Loved it! Gets a perfect score.moreless
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Definitely not as good as it could have been but at the same time not as bad as it could have been but watchable nonetheless.

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By scaletrix, Dec 12, 2008

Although this episode wasn't dreadful there are a lot of questionable points such as ......where were didi and g.h.....why was Hank seemingly non chalant about the prospect his father could die soon. The situation which led to Cotton being hospitalized was surreal for KOTH's standards and seemed like it was a forced plot element not having any logical build up. The actual death of cotton had its emotional impact dampened by his repeated "deaths" in the episode and the ending seemed out of character for peggy. There were some genuinly good lines in the episode such as cotton's remark about peggy's lasagne.moreless
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What will happen to G.H. ??

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By Rezsurfer, Feb 17, 2008

Poor cotton One of my favorite charectors and he dead. one the Funniest episode to me, this one is on my dvr protected. I watch it still. Sad sad day ... Cant kill the show tell we see G.H. and what happens to him. Maybe dee dee can lose it finally and give g.h. to the hills and hank can raise his little brother. What will happen next to them . . . . . ...... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .moreless
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Kathy Najimy	Peggy Hill
Pamela Adlon	Bobby Hill
Johnny Hardwick	Dale Gribble
Mike Judge	Hank Hill, Boomhauer
Brittany Murphy	Luanne Platter
Stephen Root	Bill Dauterive

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- Bobby is 13, he should be old enough to know that his own grandfather is about to die.
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- We learn that Cotton grew up with only his father as his mother died giving birth to him.
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- Cotton's last words were "Do ya now?", in response to Peggy's wish that he live for all eternity in the hell he has created for himself on Earth.
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- Didi and Cotton's youngest son "Good" Hank does not appear in this episode.
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- Cotton also has flashbacks to his days in the war in the sixth season episode "Turning Japanese" and becomes convinced the Asian flight attendants are trying to kill him.
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QUOTES (6)
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- Luanne: Lucky, you look so handsome tonight.
  Lucky: Thanks, baby doll. You can't tell, but the toes of my socks are gold!
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- Lucky: (to Bobby) Don't talk back to your pretend mother!
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- Hank: I can't believe my last words to my father were 'I don't love you.'
  Peggy: Cotton loved fighting - you probably made death fun for him!
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- Cotton: Hank when I die, I wants you to cut my head and mail it to the Japanese Emperor, Ohh and put some worms in my mouth so I can scare that son of a bitch.
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- Hank: I know we don't say it enough, or at all I guess, but I love you, too, Dad.
  Cotton: You loves me?!
  Hank: Dad?
  Cotton: What kind of man tells another man that he loves him? I don't wanna die with my sissy son who LOVES me! YOU GONNA BRING ME ROSES 'CAUSE YOU LOOOVES ME?!!!
  Hank: No, Dad, it's not like that, it's just--
  Cotton: Get out of here! I can't even look at you! How dare you love me!
  Hank: But I don't! I don't love you!
  (Cotton flat-lines)
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- Luanne: (About the restaurant) ...and then they flip the food right into your mouth!
  Bobby: You mean just like Scooby-Doo?
  Luanne: Yes, Bobby. Like Scooby-Doo, for adults!
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NOTES (4)
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- For this episode, the show was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)".
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- International Airdates:
  - Denmark: July 25, 2008 on TV3
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- Tagline: "You finally got me Tojo. Ah!" - Cotton
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- Bobby dances to the Pussy Cat Dolls song "Don't Cha".
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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- Cotton died on Veteran's Day, November 11, 2007, a tribute to all war heroes.
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