That One Time I Hated Peggy 

Peggy is always projecting her problems into others

Also her intentionally sabotaging Lucky was a failure on her part as a teacher, which she takes so much pride in the throughout the entire series

Lucky freaking loves Luanne, he's so polite and respectful to her. He legit doesn't expect her to do anything for him he just feels lucky to have her. He's not the prettiest person or the smartest but he treats Luanne with all the respect and dignity that she deserves.

Lucky is a sweetheart! I can understand Peggy's concern for Luanne's future, but to set him up for failure is REALLY messed up.

Lucky will never become a brain surgeon, but he loves Luanne, and would never be unfaithful or hurt her, or anyone else. Peggy, on the other hand, is petty, dishonest and selfish, and would harm others on a whim- yet she sees Lucky as beneath her.

Peggy infuriated me in the episode, but honestly Hank doing the shotgun wedding thing for Lucky is still hilarious.

"Woman. How many pretzels did you eat to get this thirsty!?" - Holy hell that may have been the funniest line pointed towards Nancy I have ever heard

The whole retaking the GED really annoyed me. Even if Lucky and Luanne thought you could only take it once, why not just have Peggy tell him you can retake it and have him pass it? That was so stupid to go the shotgun wedding route.

Hank and Peggy are a inversion of the normal sitcom married couple. Hank is wise and calm (mostly) while Peggy is impulsive and emotional

Props to Hank for supporting Luanne sincerely, even if he said "best of the worst situation" he always put Luanne happiness over Peggy's insane ramblings, is funny that he seems to care more about her than her own closest family

Just an even funnier note. Lucky is voiced by Tom Petty. So the famous singer, Tom Petty said the line "I slipped on PP in a cosco"

Honestly, hate the guy if you want, but at least he wanted to have some form of education, and asked peggy for help, and lucky wasnt a bad guy, sure like to get easy money, but as we see he truly does love luanne, and wants the best for her

Out of every dude in the show Luann was with, lucky was absolutely the biggest gem. Never judge a book by its cover always judge it by the way it treats other people and he treats Luann like a queen

The only time Peggy didn't suck was when she called out Cotton for being a terrible father.

Honestly, compared to all of Luanne's ex boyfriends who were rich or handsome (or Buckley), Lucky is the best one. He truly loves Luanne and wants to take care of her.

Chill out Luanne. You’re gonna be pregnant for like three seasons. That’s plenty of time for him to get his GED and marry you

I kinda wish the whole pregnancy thing hasn't happened. It would have been better to have Peggy feel bad because she realized Luanne was happy with Lucky, without the pregnancy reveal basically forcing her to make things right.

I’d believe that Peggy is Code of Honor free in this episode.

"The only way he'd marry Luanne is if was held at gunpoint and they beat him up" Me: haha that's super silly of course they didn't go that rou- "So they held him at gunpoint and beat him up" Me: *WHAT*

Some people view Luann's marriage to lucky and moving into a trailer park to be her returning to the life she tried to run away from. To me it's her triumphing over her painful past and realising that as long as she is with people she love and who love her in kind, she is home.

she got her just desserts in the very first episode the next season when everybody, even drag queens think she look like a man

"These things are designed so even a high school dropout can pass the test!" This coming from a substitute spanish teacher, who's main means of learning spanish is watching daytime Telemundo. I'm pretty sure the only qualification for being a sub is a high school diploma, anyway.

Can we all take a moment to appreciate Tom Petty’s performance? The man was talented in just so many ways

I enjoy how Nancy and John do what can objectively be called one of the more fucked up things in KotH, but Peggy's constant "I'm the smartest in the room" behavior and superior attitude makes her that much less likeable.

Lucky: *has a relatively easy to pronounce German last name* Shady: just nope. not even trying

To be fair, Lucky spends thousands on his truck, doesnt work, and thinks his $25k allowance from an insurance scam will last him the rest of his life.

Peggy being put off by Lucky reminds me of Jane Austen's Emma. It's hard for Peggy to accept her own shortcomings and she's insecure in her own selfhood. Due to that, she projects herself onto Luanne and thinks that Lucky isn't good enough for her, just like the character Emma.

“How many pretzels did you eat to get this thirsty?!” Is literally the best lone ever.

I think the show is self-aware that Peggy and Hank can be so narcissistic how their family “looks” rather than accept how they are and properly love them.

Lucky is like Dale. He's a bit cooky but he absolutely loves the woman he's with and would do anything for her. He's a good man and does everything he can for Louane

Yeah I agree I never hated Peggy. But this episode and the one where she drugged Hank just made me so mad at her.

In this episode, Peggy was not only closed minded and controlling. She was mean. Who is she to say whose better than who. Lucky genuinely loves and respects Louanne. And I would think that Peggy would be open minded after seeing for herself that some of the richer and more sophisticated guys Louanne, or even she, met turned out to be creeps.

"She can do better!" Yeah, being a trophy wife, maybe. But in all honesty, no, Luanne cannot do better. She was lucky enough to get a guy who actually wanted to better himself at all.

Im conservative and appreciate sbady for being neutral on this when so many would go on an anti conservative rant. God bless you dude.

Lucky is too dam pure for this show. This man live by his word. And that is something you don’t hardly see in a man any more. Honestly, Lucky is a mature man who loves and Respect Luann.

I'm well aware of John Redcorn's flaws, but at the end of the day, I feel more disgust toward Peggy's flaws than I do John's.

poor Lucky.. i guess he just wasn't that, _lucky_ okay i'll stop with the bad jokes... for now..

6:55 "Personally, I don't much like people. Most of them annoy me." Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.

Lucky is actually really smart, you just have to read *a lot* of philosophy to understand his character

Lucky’s love for Luanne aside, Lucky is also the only love interest of Luanne’s that’s nice to Bobby. It’s always bothered me that NOBODY on the show acknowledges that. That should have been something Hank mentions as a good quality of Lucky’s.

Kleinschmidt is just one of those names where it's hard to break down to make it easier to pronounce, but once you know how to pronounce it, it's easy.

"How many pretzels did you eat to become this thirsty?" is officially the best thing I've ever heard this man say.

This makes me wonder if Peggy doesnt feel ultimately unhappy with hank and thinks she could have done better and thus projects that all into Luane and Lucky.

Hank: "It's part of his weird code of honor" Dale: "You bought that?"😂😂😂

I think the beautiful irony of Lucky’s character is that every now and then, he’s the most insightful and socially aware out of all of all the characters.

It's like with any parental figure, they wants what's best for their kid but are blinded by their own ambitions to see that their kid just needs happiness

Probably Peggys lowest point there. Excellent examination. Perhaps an episode featuring Buck next?

Did you hear they're gonna bring back King of the Hill...? For the "modern times" they say... 😤 God, we already know how that's gonna end, right?

I love how Hank is bothered by what channel Lucky leaves it on. Especially considering he states that he doesn't even know why, he just knows it does

Hank must be a great man to love someone like Peggy, that's all I got to say

The Question is...Is Peggy a Karen?

While I might agree with John being a worse person for his flaws, I hate Peggy more due to the fact that at least John does get punished by not being allowed to raise Joseph without taking even more consequences. Peggy is never punished for her flaws and never grows as a character. The fact that she never has to take accountability for any issues caused by her flaws is why I hate her more. At least John has to accept that he can't raise Joseph without taking accountability. Peggy saying "Yeah yeah yeah..." is disregarding any accountability for ruining both Lucky and Luanne's life, and doesn't get punished for it. Sorry for the rant, it just gets me the same amount as John does to you Shady.

“Well that’s probably why you failed” I lmao’d

I never saw this episode but hearing Lucky say getting his GED would make him good enough for Luanne was so sweet and just made me so much angrier at Peggy. That's pretty low.

I always hated peggy , her and the wife on breaking bad were the worst

I'd love to see a Buck Strickland video. Buck comes up a lot in peoples' "worst" lists, and there are many points where he's almost on par with Redcorn. He cheated on his wife, he's a deadbeat dad, he abandoned Bobby in a dark alleyway while he was gambling, and he's interfered in multiple relationships for Hank, with Bobby, Cotton and Luanne. And don't even get me started on the constant hitting on Luanne and the marriage proposal thing to her when he's old enough to be her grandfather. Redcorn's a douche, but not a pervert. I'm kind of torn between Buck and Redcorn as who is the worst character; Peggy can be awful at times, but there are implications that she had a bad childhood and mental issues that may be contributing to this, and she'll do the right thing once she realizes that she's made a mistake. Redcorn and Buck are just too selfish. The one time that Buck realizes that he's harmed Hank's reputation and tries to save him, somebody else has to remind him, and John Redcorn is deplorable for having multiple love children that he's abandoned throughout Arlen, with no concern for how this will affect them as he tries to worm his way back into their lives.

there was this one time i remember when peggy did this one good thing like a really really good thing the schools football star was allowed to do whatever he wanted cause he is the guy who can help win the schools big game but he doesnt have great grades cause of it ......so peggy tries to help him and everyone hated her it

That Nagasaki joke came out of nowhere. That was perfect.

'Woman...how many pretzels did you eat to become this thirsty?!' At least a crates ' worth if friggin lucky is getting her motor goin. God damn. Lmfao

Oh, but she's done worse! There was that time she sabotaged Hank, her own husband, when he was substituting for shop class. No good intentions this time. She did it because he was set to win an award that she was after,.

Nancy: THESE PRETZELS ARE MAKIN ME THIRSTY

I still think Peggy was worse when she sabotaged Bobby’s Thanksgiving meal out of jealousy, but this is definitely a close second.

7:57 This part made me laugh.

I always wondered what's that thing on your avatars back

Man this episode I probably hated the most out of all the others in KotH, because not only that Peggy did not receive any backlash or receive consequences for her actions, but also this is my issue with this show's lack of consistency or continuity Lucky still never gotten his GED or even took it again.

There's one thing I WISH Nancy did to help make up to Dale. Have another kid with him. Dale raised JR's kid, unknowingly, during their marriage. It's sweet revenge when Joseph has a stronger bond to Dale than his real father, but Nancy could have mothered Dale's real kid. Plus, I'm curious how Joseph would be as a big brother

"Woman, how many pretzels did you eat to become this thirsty?" I'm going to steal that, sorry not sorry, that is such a great line. Thank you.

@7:18 That's a staple for Peggy's character and it hasn't flipped a switch for you the previous times she's done something unsupportive?

The only good thing Peggy ever did was fail a skydiving attempt and plummet the the ground And she had the nerve to ruin even that by surviving

While I disagree with a lot of what Peggy has done, I still had the feeling at the end of the day that she still cared about her family and still wanted what was best for them in the end.

I'm sorry but I don't believe Lucky was trying to better himself. He was getting a GED not to get a better job, enter college, or find a career path. He got it specifically to marry Luan. The issues Lucky has still exists because he had no prospects outside of getting a GED. He's still dependent on suing people to get his money. He's still lazy. He's still has no future. The fact that he never bothered to go get his GED even after the shotgun wedding is proof that it was never about wanting to better himself. You want to give food to the homeless. Then you stop after giving 1 french fry (singular) to 1 homeless person. No one's going to say that you wanted to better society.

So does anyone else remember that episode of King of the Hill where their friends and neighbors give them grief because they have an old woman arrested after she breaks into their house because she wants to die there?

"The one time." LOL! As if you could hate Peggy only once.("Lupe's Revenge"was another. Incompetence rewarded for no reason.)

This oddly helped me through one of my own problems I'm having with supporting a friend that I feel is making a bad decision.

-nancy berates lucky -bones john redcorn while married

Your one of my favourite cartoon reviewers your pretty funny as well when you were like I can’t make John red corn cause I’m white but then you said WAIT A MINUTE IM BLACK😂 so I’m excused or something. Keep doing what you do best dude👏🏻👏🏻 you should do a episode on buck Strickland next even though he’s a terrible person he’s one of my favourites

In terms of Lucky the only episode I didn’t really like him in was the one where he immediately tried suing Dale for a workplace injury.

$53K for an injury that required two vertebrae to be fused tells me his lawyer was either a crook or a moron.

O nice. I'm early. That pretzel joke killed me lmao

Peggy has flaws yet has her moments. I can forgive it all if she acknowledges that she sucks at spanish. I only studied spanish as an elementary student and I know when you butcher spanish. Also, the gnome episode was one of her worst moments for treating bobby badly. Even hank admitted he was at fault and yet she still faults bobby.

I may have never seen a single full episode of KOTH, but GOD DAMNIT I LOVE IT WHEN SHADEY TALKS ABOUT IT

Honestly, if someone is willing to honestly better themselves for you that is POWERFUL AND RARE and should be respected

8:17 - I was literally wondering this! Can’t he take the exam again or is it a done deal? 👀

I know it was strange that the episode did not mention that lucky can retake it. It would have made the episode more interesting to have that option I believe towards the end of the episode.

Luanne was so cute. Rest in piece Brittany.

What people don't understand about the traditional family unit is that it's the optimal way to raise kids, of course it goes out the window if the parents suck but it is still better to have 2 parents

The media wasn't promoting single parent lives. They were just showing that there's no shame in it. Just found this channel by the way and I'm watching a lot of the videos bit by bit

0:08 that Easton gonna happen anyway.

I came for the BoJack stayed for the King of the Hill

That one time? Don’t you mean the entire show? Lol I’m pretty sure Peggy’s easy to hate personality was completely intentional by Mike Judge.

I still don't hate Peggy, and I'm almost at the end of watching the series from start to finish. I always see her as a flawed character. I had moments where I was going soft on John Redcorn, but he managed to undo all the good will that I've gathered for him. Peggy to me, never betrayed that. This episode did make her do something very bad, but I still could how she saw her actions as good. .... but it was truly bad, no doubt!

I always felt bad for Lucky because people always treat him like crap. The dude has some great philosophy in how to treat others and himself that some really smart people still cant figure out. 11:15 exactly, she may be smart (well... mostly) but no morals.

Lucky had one of the best lines in the entire show: "Lucky is on the case. Now, that's usually what I say when I'm drinkin' beer, but..."

I hated this episode so much peggy like always jeez

I just realized Luanne has Peggy's hair but longer. lol

Hank is an absolute legend. He has endless flaws with his Conservative outlook but every other episode he learns to accept when it's flawed and to adapt to being a better man. He's also completely dedicated to being a 'good' man in his own mind. He's very kind and mostly positive. He's an amazing father and also an amazing person in general.

I usually hated Peggy throughout the series, simply because she was so frequently smug. She has similar values as Hank, but he never sees himself as better than others simply for his values. That said, there is one episode I love Peggy in. "Cotton's Plot" is up there as one of my favorite episodes of the entire show. The mutual disdain between Peggy and Cotton, and the mutual respect for each other at the end is nearly perfect.

It’s a shame that Tom Petty passed away, because Lucky had so much more potential to improve as a character.

I always enjoy your analysis on characters and plot by plot progressions of characters. I enjoy your take on this episode (I'm normally Pro Peggy but this was executed poorly even with her best intentions) and it made me reassess my annoyances with Lucky. He's part of a trend where writers like a character(Tom Petty said he would come back anytime) and try to justify their inclusion into random plots for no reason by pairing them with teenaged, barely young adult women as a love interest (Haley from American Dad and the Reginald Saga for example). The character canon wise is 38, so as old as Hank and Peggy and possibly Luanne's Father. He does have a lot of negative qualities, despite his "code" tends to mooch off and take stuff from the Hills without asking after the marriage so he doesn't have to pay for stuff but claims he thought it was OK because their family . But this episode focuses on his attempts to improve his life, even if Luanne is the offscreen plot device inspiration, and he does deserve not to be backstabbed. He also started becoming "The 5th Alley Guy " in later seasons since at least Dale liked him. I think Lucky and Luanne fully believed that you can only attempt to get your GED once. I also believe Lucky and Luanne conceived their child in the Hill home and that was never remarked on. I would love to see you review the first episode that Lucky and Luanne get together, since Peggy was in full Mama Bear mode to protect Luanne from Lucky once she realized he was interested in her and dropping by/ nonchalantly vandalizing the house while Luanne's at work/during date nights in the driveway. He also encouraged Luanne to fight Peggy prison style if she doesn't let them date and Luanne was about to do it with a straight face because "He reminds her of the trailer park people she grew up around" i.e. he reminds her of the dysfunctional life she was running from when she came to stay with the Hills. She had anxiety about even living in a trailer in season 2, and was generally on a more independent path in seasons 2 through 5. I blame the writers, but if Lucky was a drop by character for project stuff I feel like he would be better suited to the cast. More or less, Luanne is the main breadwinner with the Manger Babies and hairstyling. They end up buying a house on Rainey Street with Hank's mentorship about Lucky's last $5,000 so they're stable and have a support system. Lucky more or less survives on settlements and does whatever he wants all day, but I can see him being a devoted stay at home dad to Gracie. And he does make Luanne happy and is supportive so he's not all bad.

Hey Shady, can you do another King of the Hill video explaining something about 'Dysfunctionality' by showing the season 3 episode 10 "A Fire Fighting We Will Go", which is one of my favorite episodes of all time.