King of the Hill (TV Series) The Father, the Son and J.C. (2001) User Reviews

One of the better episodes exploring Hank and Cotton's relationship.

[s_j_macon · 7/10 · 2 December 2006]

This episode is great in it shows the tense but honest attempts by Hank and Cotton to try and overcome their past to become closer. Cotton is great character on this show who deserves our pity instead of our anger. The story regarding the immigrant family is a little heart warming. They are over-joyed that they have come to a country (as put by the patriarch's speech) where they matter. It tugs at you and makes you realize that in other countries people do not have th ability to bitch and complain about their government without being tortured/killed for it. Jimmy Carter's appearance (though it is not him but is still very hilarious) is quite apt for this episode. His mediation is funny especially when he is dealing with cotton. I personally see it as one of the stronger episodes of this series that help show that Mike Judge is a great artist with this fine example of a television program.

There would have been an intelligent way to write Carter/Habitat for Humanity into KOTH, but this wasn't it

[JasmineFIowers · 5/10 · 12 February 2016]

There are really tired ways to write comedy, and ways to cleverly pull in historical references which is amusing and occasionally, hilarious.

This is the longer.

Injecting a poorly executed southern accent and a whole bunch of clichés (showing a lack of research) as a comic foil is just tired. There could have been real promise here - Carters' administration focused on energy (hello, propane jokes) and foreign policy negotiation, and specific reference could have been made about Egyptians and how they'd both met them (Given WW2 was in Egypt too). Really, one of the weaker episodes of the series up until this point. The Cotton and Hank stuff was okay, but nothing really extraordinary.

A shame.