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The Episode Where Cotton Dies

posted 8 years ago by joshwinkler87
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That episode was one of the stupidest, most poorly written, least funny, unbelievable and cringe worthy episodes of the series. You can tell by this point the writers were wanting to end the show but FOX kept renewing it and they weren't trying it anymore.

Not only was it unrealistic, it portrayed Cotton as being completely evil when in earlier episodes he was shown to be sexist and hateful but deep down inside he cared about others even if he cared about himself first.

I hate that episode. In fact I hate just about every episode of King of the Hill after Lucky came along. That is when the show Jumped The Shark.

[–] comic_guy87 8 years ago

I completely agree, the entire thing was rushed and poorly written, they should've had him die doing something heroic, like maybe saving Peggy from a criminal's bullet and fighting him off, and during his funeral have Junichiro attend and show each character mentioning their relationship with him, and it should've been a two part episode.

[–] ZakkWyldeMyLittlePony 8 years ago

I thought it was bullcrap when Cotton was a dick to Hank when Hank told him he loved him.

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[–] Crystal-Raindrops 8 years ago

I agree. From the beginning, the episode made no sense. There was no reason Bobby couldn't go to the restaurant with them. And he didn't need a babysitter, since he's stayed home by himself before. Then the chef keeps flipping shrimps, even though he can see that a customer just climbed up and is standing next to the hot cooktop. Then it just went downhill even more after that. They don't even let Bobby know what's going on or give him a chance to say goodbye to his grandfather.

But the ashes/toilet episode might be even worse, especially since the episode disregards the "Cotton's Plot" episode.

[–] joshwinkler87 8 years ago

Like I said you can tell by the time this episode came along the writers obviously wanted to end the show but FOX kept renewing it. They weren't trying anymore.

[–] DSNFan 8 years ago

Anyone have any commented from the writer? I doubt they intended to annoy you five people. I like the episode.

[–] alonzo9772 8 years ago

There was not even a need to kill off Cotton. If the actor really felt the need to quit the show, just stop writing in the character into the plots.

Also, the part where Cotton got a sudden World War 2 flashback from seeing the sushi worker made no sense. He made his peace with the Japanese when the family went to Tokyo.

[–] DSNFan 8 years ago

The actor didn't leave; Toby Huss was also the voice of Kahn.