Season 6
200122 episodes
7.3
December 9, 2001
After an accident at his gun club destroys Dale's confidence, Peggy proposes sending him on a bogus mercenary mission, which he fouls up.
Episode 3
Lupe's Revenge
December 12, 2001
A female cop gets a hankerin' for Hank; Peggy accidentally brings back a native child after a school field trip to Mexico.
Episode 4
The Father, the Son, and J.C.
December 16, 2001
Hank's emotional outburst pushes him further from his father, so Bobby drafts Jimmy Carter to broker a Christmas peace.
Episode 5
Father of the Bribe
January 6, 2002
After Bobby feigns taking Connie's father's bribe to break up with her, Connie lets her grades slip to show how upset she is without him.
Episode 6
I'm With Cupid
February 10, 2002
Bobby adjusts to his breakup with Connie, until Bill's depressing experiences break his spirit. So Hank sends him to ladies' man Boomhauer.
Episode 7
Torch Song Hillogy
February 17, 2002
Peggy nominates Bobby to carry the Olympic torch through Arlen, but it's Hank who wins the honor--and bungles it.
Episode 8
Joust Like a Woman
February 24, 2002
Peggy leads a troupe of "wenches" to protest their unfair treatment at the Renaissance Faire, where Hank is trying to land a big-money propane account.
Episode 9
The Bluegrass Is Always Greener
February 24, 2002
Hank and the boys recruit Connie for a bluegrass fiddle contest, but Kahn insists that she focus on classical music.
Episode 10
The Substitute Spanish Prisoner
March 3, 2002
A con man offers "genius" Peggy an at-home doctorate course, which she finances with the Hills' retirement fund.
Episode 11
Unfortunate Son
March 10, 2002
Cotton's financially strapped VFW group moves into Hank's home, prompting Hank to recruit Vietnam vets, to whom Cotton doesn't exactly cotton.
Episode 12
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Hill
March 17, 2002
Unable to find a full-time teaching job, Peggy pretends to be a nun to land a position at a Catholic school, ending her budding career at Strickland Propane.
Episode 13
Tankin' It to the Streets
March 31, 2002
After learning the Army used him as a guinea pig for an experimental drug, Bill gets drunk and steals a tank. And it's up to his friends to try to return it.
Episode 14
Of Mice and Little Green Men
April 7, 2002
When Hank and Dale find more interest in the activities of the other's son, Dale concludes he's not Joseph's father--and that an alien is.
Episode 15
A Man Without a Country Club
April 14, 2002
Kahn covets membership in an all-Asian country club, but it's Hank who's asked to join--as a token white to secure a PGA tournament.
Episode 16
Beer and Loathing
April 14, 2002
Peggy gets a job at Alamo Beer, but a clause in her contract prevents her from telling Hank why Texas is completely devoid of the brew for the next 36 hours.
Episode 17
Fun with Jane and Jane
April 21, 2002
Oblivious to its cultlike ways, Luanne joins a sorority and gets Peggy in too; Hank and the boys rescue emus from death, but don't know what to do with them.
Episode 18
My Own Private Rodeo
April 28, 2002
Hank learns that the incident estranging Dale from his cowboy father was a cover to keep him in the dark about Dad being in the closet.
Episode 19
Sug Night
May 5, 2002
Hank is shaken after having a dream about grilling burgers...naked...with Nancy. And the situation is stirred when Peggy finds out.
Episode 20
Dang Ol' Love
May 5, 2002
Bill is heartbroken when the beautiful jogger he's pining for falls for Boomhauer, who is in turn heartbroken himself when the jogger dumps him.
Episode 21
Returning Japanese (1)
May 12, 2002
The Hills are off to Japan so Cotton can apologize to the widow of a soldier he killed in WWII, but something about Cotton's story doesn't quite add up.
Episode 22
Returning Japanese (2)
May 12, 2002
Cotton runs amuck in Tokyo when rejected by his newly found Japanese son.
