Spoilers forward for all of King of the Hill season 14!
King of the Hill has returned after a 15-year hiatus, and one storyline has been defended by the showrunner. King of the Hill season 14 picks up years after the unique sequence finale and options older variations of the characters. Hank and Peggy return to their house in Arlen, TX, from Saudi Arabia, the place Hank was promoting propane and propane equipment.
In an interview with TVLine, showrunner Saladin Patterson particulars exploring Bobby’s intercourse life within the premiere episode. He notes that he and sequence creators Mike Decide and Greg Daniels all have kids of their 20s and that a part of parenting is adjusting to seeing their “personal youngsters in grownup conditions.” Bobby unintentionally calls his mom throughout intercourse, which Peggy hears and assumes Bobby is consuming one thing.
We went forwards and backwards about how a lot we wished to push the envelope in that first episode. [We] all have youngsters who’re of their 20s…and I feel that’s a standard parenting expertise. We’re not able to see our personal youngsters in grownup conditions, proper? As a result of in our minds, we prefer to hold them as youngsters. However time strikes on, and part of our personal private progress is beginning to settle for that they, too have grown.
King of the Hill, if it’s by no means been the rest, it’s at all times been a superb instance of grounded, real-life interactions with individuals and characters, proper? So we wished to take the viewers on that journey that Hank himself goes by. In [Peggy’s] thoughts, she creates a complete different state of affairs happening as a result of she will’t actually wrap her head round what it might be.
What This Means For King Of The Hill
King of the Hill takes Bobby in a brand new path. Now not a younger pre-teen boy, Bobby is now neck-deep within the trendy world of courting and being in his 20s. Though Bobby is continually annoyed by the courting world, he’s very profitable at it. All through 10 episodes, he has intercourse with two totally different ladies, is obtainable an off-the-cuff hookup, and is courting Connie by the finale.
One of many funnier elements of courting within the present is seeing how a lot of Hank is in Bobby. Regardless of being in his early 20s, Bobby is befuddled by texting tradition, what punctuation means, and the best way to digitally flirt. Connie is proven in an open relationship with Chane Wassanasong, a lot to the dismay of Bobby, after Connie’s mother and father have been at all times making an attempt to set them up within the authentic sequence.
Bobby admits to Hank that he’s nonetheless in love with Connie, and his making an attempt to navigate being in his 20s is lifelike. King of the Hill has at all times been extra grounded than different animated sitcoms, and seeing Bobby courting in a contemporary context is smart. Nonetheless, very like for Peggy, it is unusual for viewers to consider Bobby having intercourse, contemplating he is at all times been a baby in our minds.
Our Take On The Aged-Up Characters
King of the Hill‘s time soar is without doubt one of the advantages of the sequence. Given how lengthy it has been away, the viewers has gotten older. Whereas the time soar does not line up with actual time, that is much less of a priority. Having the characters be older permits for brand spanking new tales, which makes King of the Hill really feel contemporary with its return.
King of the Hill opinions have been primarily optimistic, despite the fact that among the storylines might make viewers uncomfortable. As a lot of the unique run options Hank and Peggy discovering themselves in uncomfortable conditions, the King of the Hill revival continues that custom.
Supply: TVLine
King of the Hill
7/10
- Launch Date
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January 12, 1997
- Community
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FOX, Hulu
- Administrators
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Tricia Garcia, Adam Kuhlman, Dominic Polcino, Gary McCarver, Anthony Lioi, Jeff Myers, Allan Jacobsen, Shaun Cashman, Klay Corridor, Ken Wong, Ron Rubio, Tony Kluck, Wes Archer, Matt Engstrom, Anthony Chun, John Rice, Michael Dante DiMartino, Monte Younger, Brian Sheesley, Julius Wu, Lauren MacMullan, Yvette Kaplan, Steve Robertson, Pat Shinagawa
- Writers
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Jim Dauterive, Package Boss, Dan McGrath, Paul Lieberstein, Jonathan Collier, Christy Stratton, Etan Cohen, Garland Testa, Norm Hiscock, Johnny Hardwick, Rebecca Could, Tony Gama-Lobo, Peter Huyck, Dan Sterling, J.B. Cook dinner, Alan Freedland, Alan R. Cohen, Brad Walsh, Joe Stillman, Jon Vitti, Paul Corrigan, Judah Miller, Murray Miller, Sivert Glarum
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Mike Decide
Hank Hill / Boomhauer (voice)
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Kathy Najimy
Peggy Hill (voice)