Controlling, semi-abusive relationships, drugging, mental illness and basically shock therapy and being chopped into hot dogs? Very unusual for a king of the hill episode I tell ya h'wat. I felt so uncomfortable by the end when he was dressed as a pig and chased her out. Then he gets shocked and he said the voices stopped. Sounds like Schizophrenia. Very dark topic for king of the hill. I never realized when he yelled at luanne to drink all the milk he roofed her so he could dye her hair red which was why he said she was asleep for 14 hours. 14 hours! That's very unusual of a long time to sleep. She was drugged. All I remember from this episode growing up was the beginning when Peggy yelled at luannes boss and the boss goes something like I wasn't going to fire her. But it was too late Peggy made luanne quit already.but this episode paints a very obvious picture about mentally illness. It's so hard to detect it can be affecting many lives we may not even know it. Mental health matters.
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Probably The Strangest Episode of King of the Hill
satanenterprises11 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Every time I see this episode I wonder what was going on in the writers room.
Was it a Halloween episode? No. It came out in January. I almost wonder if they just wanted to just get Michael Keaton recorded saying some weird lines. It's difficult to describe how strange it is, not only because it veers off the "realism" that King of the Hill tries to go for but also because it basically turns into a horror franchise.
The episode literally ends with Peggy and Luanne committing manslaughter, having a little "I learned something today" moment then heading back home to the twanging end credit guitar.
Was it a Halloween episode? No. It came out in January. I almost wonder if they just wanted to just get Michael Keaton recorded saying some weird lines. It's difficult to describe how strange it is, not only because it veers off the "realism" that King of the Hill tries to go for but also because it basically turns into a horror franchise.
The episode literally ends with Peggy and Luanne committing manslaughter, having a little "I learned something today" moment then heading back home to the twanging end credit guitar.
Excellent political and psychological undertones
z-2956119 June 2024
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Even though this wasn't one of my favorite King of the Hill episodes in the context of enjoyment, I really did appreciate the political and psychological undertones.
It is clear from the get-go that Trip Larsen is a stead-fast conservative principles following, greedy, very controlling, and abusive person. He knows that Luanne is vulnerable to his manipulation and therefore takes her under his belt.
I have always that throughout the entire show that even though Luanne isn't the smartest person, the writers of the show do a poor job of exhibiting her resilient, creative, and wise side that she can exhibit when given a little push and trying to convince herself that she is a failure. In Layman's terms, I don't think Luanne is as dumb as the people behind the show want us to believe she is.
Despite my beef about that because I think it isn't right to portray characters as their superficial qualities only, instead of being honest and expressing people's strengths and weaknesses and whether or not a person is good or bad, I do want to give credit that this episode demonstrated how Luanne was able to stand up for what was right and not allow herself to be treated submissively when she didn't consent to it.
If one is consenting to be controlled, that's okay. If one asks you to stop being demanding and they continue. Cut them out of your life!!
I don't know what psychological complex it is that Trip Larsen has where he wants to be like the family in the portrait but it's unsettling.
It is clear from the get-go that Trip Larsen is a stead-fast conservative principles following, greedy, very controlling, and abusive person. He knows that Luanne is vulnerable to his manipulation and therefore takes her under his belt.
I have always that throughout the entire show that even though Luanne isn't the smartest person, the writers of the show do a poor job of exhibiting her resilient, creative, and wise side that she can exhibit when given a little push and trying to convince herself that she is a failure. In Layman's terms, I don't think Luanne is as dumb as the people behind the show want us to believe she is.
Despite my beef about that because I think it isn't right to portray characters as their superficial qualities only, instead of being honest and expressing people's strengths and weaknesses and whether or not a person is good or bad, I do want to give credit that this episode demonstrated how Luanne was able to stand up for what was right and not allow herself to be treated submissively when she didn't consent to it.
If one is consenting to be controlled, that's okay. If one asks you to stop being demanding and they continue. Cut them out of your life!!
I don't know what psychological complex it is that Trip Larsen has where he wants to be like the family in the portrait but it's unsettling.
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