The Witches of East Arlen

Season 7, Episode 23, Aired

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Hank is enthusiastic about Bobby's new hobby of cards, envisioning his son as an aspiring poker shark. But they're really tarot cards, and Bobby's fortune-telling brings him to a coven led by a nerdy thirty-something who urges him to focus his energies on developing otherworldly powers and defying his father.moreless
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    bobby gets a new hobby with cards. carot cards. hank thinks they are playing cards, like poker, and is shocked and dismayed when he learns the true meaning of what his son has been doing.

    good episode. kinda bizarre. i have not seen it for a while nut i do not remmber it being funny. my score mostly reflects the plot, which while weird, was still a pretty good plot. poor hank, can't he just have a normal son? Haha. Overall a decent episode and i think a good one so my grade overall is in the "B" range somewheremoreless
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    Bobby learns about tarot cards and starts getting into it. Hank thinks that Bobby is playing poker plus he starts calling him 'Ace'. Bobby meets a guy name Ward as well as his friends at Ward's house. All of them are incredibly nerdy which makes it hilarious when ever you hear how they talk. Hank soon learns that Bobby is hanging out with these nerds and he does not like it, obviously, and does not want Bobby hanging out with them anymore. Ward convinces Bobby to stay with them. How nerdy they are continues to crack me up. They want Bobby to drink dog blood, but Bobby realizes that they are nerds. This is a 'resplendent' episode. It is very funny and the nerds are hilarious to laugh at. One of my favorite parts is when this punk kid says "I cast a spell on his ass with my foot". If you like Bobby it should be a very good episode.moreless
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    • Bill mentions things are going pretty well for him since he met his girlfriend Laioma, a woman he began dating in the previous episode, "Maid in Arlen." However, Laioma never appears again.

    • This is the first mention of Jon Redcorn's band, Big Mountain Fudge Cake. The band's struggle to find gigs is the subject of the ninth season episode "Redcorn Gambles with His Future."

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    • Bobby: You guys are so nerdy, even I feel like giving you a wedgie.

    • Hank: You're Ward Rackley? Ward Rackley: It's one of my many monikers, yes. I am also known as Manolgar of the North Woods, and in certain circles, Austin Aussman Straklabartar. Hank: How old are you? 30? 40? Ward Rackley: Not even close. I am 5000. Hank: Don't you have any friends your own age? Someone to drink with? Maybe a girlfriend? Ward Rackley: And waste my seed on a common harlot? Not likely. When the time is right, a maiden will be delivered up to me. Probably from the East. Hank: Some of this isn't your fault. I mean, a man can only take so many wedgies before he goes to pieces.

    • Peggy: Hank, I may be a mother, but I am still a woman, and I know a girl repellent when I see it. I want grandchildren! Will you fix this?

    • Ward Rackley: Our kind have always been persecuted by those who understand not. From the Salem witch trials of the 1600s to the locker-room beatings and swirlies of today. 'Tis all one.

    • Hank: See, Bobby? I knew you'd find your thing. And doesn't that sound like more fun than being in a musical about Oklahoma?

    • Hank: Dammit, Dale, I told you to stop painting your house number on my curb. Dale: Sorry, Hank, but I gotta lay low for a while. You have no idea how far the jackals at the Franklin Mint will go to collect a debt.

    • Hank: Ah, the flea market. It's like America's garage.

    • (The coven meets at a baseball diamond for their caninus spiritus ceremony) Ward: Everyone take their positions on the pentagram. Mitchell: Uh, Ward? A pentagram is supposed to have five points, but there are only four bases. Ward: Why do you always test me, Mitchell? Just go stand at shortstop!

    • Bobby:(about his tarot cards) They're like baseball cards for hobbits!

    • Hank (examining the cost of Bobby's book on black magic): 45 dollars? The family bible cost that much, and it was written by Jesus.

    • (Trying to divert Bobby's attention from witchcraft.) Hank: This is a carburetor. Take it apart, put it back together, repeat until you're normal.

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    • Hank complains that Dale keeps spray-painting over the house number on the curb and replacing it with the Gribbles' address, which, according to this episode is at 86 Rainey Street. However, in the eighth season episode "Redneck on Rainey Street," Kahn and Minh are shown to live at that address.

    • This episode was billed as the "150th episode", but it is actually 151st in the production order and only the 149th aired.

    • Tagline: "Resplendent!" - Bobby

    • Ward Rackley is named after an intern at the KotH offices.

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