TV-Reviewed

King of the Hill’s thirteen season run is nearly over and before it goes out, it went back to an old formula which was light on comedic attempts and more about heart. Despite the episode having Bill’s name in it, Bill didn’t play nearly as large of a role as I anticipated. That doesn’t mean he was insignificant. In fact, his role in the episode was important at times.

With the boys in town getting invitations for baseball, Bobby was looking forward to another year of an American classic. Hank, on the other hand, was tired of seeing his boy humiliated by another poor year of baseball. Sports haven’t been Bobby’s thing, with him being particularly bad in baseball.

Hank got Bobby signed up for a relatively unknown team and found that the coach was quite enthusiastic about Bobby’s lack of skills in the game. In fact, it was kind of ridiculous to see the coach cheer on Bobby as he made screw up after screw up. At one point, Bobby realized that his coach was full of it and left the game with his father’s aid.

Bill’s role was very out of the ordinary. It’s strange to see Bill take such an interest in the team. It felt a little out of character to have Bill in a somewhat powerful position within the local team’s organization. He didn’t get to boss Hank around nearly enough. The little bit of comedy could have been much funnier if they had put more emphasis on it.

Rating: 6