History Recap / KingOfTheHillS4E13HankyPanky

* PlotIncitingInfidelity: The opening scene has Hank accepting the Blue Flame of Valor award from the Texas Propane Gas Association with Buck attending the ceremony with Debbie. As Hank is in the middle of his acceptance speech which honors Buck, Miz Liz barges in and publicly confronts Buck about the affair, leading to a heated exchange ending with Liz throwing Buck out of the house and initiating divorce proceedings.

-->'''Peggy:''' Somebody shot Debbie!

* MsFanservice: Debbie is a very attractive blonde not afraid to show off her body, mainly seen in a [[BareYourMidriff tiny shirt showing off her belly]] and short shorts. And when she tries to seduce Hank, she has nothing on but [[BlackBraAndPanties black underwear.]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: As a result of Hank gaining ownership of Sugarfoot's from Buck, Peggy gains ownership of it as well (due to Texas being a community property state), and she congratulates Hank while shamelessly congratulates herself for it. She then takes over the restaurant, running it as she sees fit (rebranding it "Peggy's Sugarfoot's"), mainly by changing the decor to her liking and even having a toy train running around saying "No substitutions" with her face on it. And when Hank asks if she's seen Debbie after she threatens to tell Peggy about the fake affair, Peggy gets offended with how her husband doesn't even comment on all the work she's done.

* AssholeVictim: Due to her threats to wreck Hank's marriage and how [[WomanScorned she was presumably planning to kill Buck and Miss Liz]] (and possibly Hank and Peggy, although more of that is established in the following episode), the audience won't be shedding any tears for Debbie.

* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Dealing with the stress of his problems with Miss Liz and fearing he'll lose his job (though he's not really willing to admit it), Hanks asks Dale for a cigarette. After some ribbing, Dale gives him one, with Hank visibly shaking as he smokes.

* ADeadlyAffair: A LoveTriangle between Buck, Miss Liz and Debbie (with Hank being roped into it) ends with Debbie being found dead in a dumpster.
* FirstGirlWins: In the end, Buck comes to his senses and begins to pine for Miss Liz, and after Hank arranges a secret get-together with both of them, they rekindle their relationship. Buck decides to commit himself to her (at least for now) and end his affair with Debbie.

* KickTheDog: Buck has the nerve to give Debbie earrings which belonged to Miss Liz's mother.
* LightswitchSurprise: After his encounter with Debbie, Hank returns home, only to find Buck waiting in the living room with his rifle, and confronts Hank about making out with Miss Liz. Hank then reassures him he would never mess around like this. Buck believes him and laments that he screwed up, crying that he wants Liz and his money back.

* PlotIncitingInfidelity: The opening scene has Hank accepting the Blue Flame of Valor award from the Texas Propane Gas Association with Buck attending the ceremony with Debbie. As Hank is in the middle of his acceptance speech which honors Buck, Miss Liz barges in and publicly confronts Buck about the affair, leading to a heated exchange ending with Liz throwing Buck out of the house and initiating divorce proceedings.
* RestaurantOwningEpisode: Buck gives Hank ownership to his restaurant Sugarfoot's (and plans for Hank to transfer ownership back to Buck after the divorce) and because of Texas ownership laws within marriages, Peggy owns half and runs the restaurant herself. Her reign results in changes, doing away with the wooden BBQ house-style look with sawdust on the floor and turning it into a regular style restaurant with a feminine touch. Those changes don't really go over with anyone, especially Buck and Miz Liz.

* SerialHomewrecker: Debbie initially appears as TheMistress for Buck, but during the aftermath of the affair, she tries to have an affair with Hank, who refuses and threatens to tell Peggy they're messing around if he doesn't play along.
* SpecialGuest: Creator/KathleenTurner as Miss Liz and Creator/ReeseWitherspoon as Debbie.

* UnderNewManagement: With help from her lawyer, Jewel Crawford, Miss Liz takes over the ownership of Strickland Propane from Buck when she was beginning her divorce proceedings. She promotes Hank to manager and runs the business like normal, though she naturally has it in for [[BosssUnfavoriteEmployee Debbie, who demotes her to tank wipe]] (which according to Hank is the worst paying and most degrading job at Strickland).
* SplitScreenPhoneCall: After arranging a dinner meeting with Buck to get him and Miss Liz together, Hank gets a call from who he thinks is an older lady asking for Peggy but after he tells her she's away, the lady reveals herself to be Debbie as the call becomes split screen. Debbie then threatens to tell Peggy about how they're messing around, and forces Hank to meet her and have an affair. Hank agrees then heads to Sugarfoot's to try and warn Peggy about her.

* OperationJealousy: Miss Liz uses Hank to make Buck jealous. First by inviting Hank over to her house because of "problems" with her hot tub and she attempts to seduce him, but he then quickly runs off. Then she lies to Buck about the affair to get back at him for his infidelity. Hank of course isn't happy about being used and dragged through the mud like this.
* PlotIncitingInfidelity: The opening scene has Hank accepting the Blue Flame of Valor award from the Texas Propane Gas Association with Buck attending the ceremony with Debbie. As Hank is in the middle of his acceptance speech which honors Buck, Miss Liz barges in and confront Buck about his affair with Debbie, leading to a heated exchange with her throwing him out of the house
* RestaurantOwningEpisode: Buck gives Hank ownership to his restaurant Sugarfoot's (and plans for Hank to transfer ownership back to Buck after the divorce) and because of Texas ownership laws within marriages, Peggy owns half and runs the restaurant herself. Her reign results in changes, doing away with the wooden BBQ house-style look with sawdust on the floor and turning it into a regular style restaurant with a feminine touch. Those changes don't really go over with anyone, especially Buck and Miss Liz.

* RhymingNames: Buck's long-suffering wife, Miss Liz.

* ItsAllAboutMe: As a result of Hank gaining ownership of Sugarfoot's from Buck, Peggy gains ownership of it too, because of Texas being a community property state, and she congratulates Hank and shamelessly congratulates herself for it. She would then take over the restaurant, running it as she sees fit, mainly by changing the decor to her liking and even having a tot train running around saying "No substitutions" with her face on it. And when Hank asks her if she's seen Debbie after she threatened to tell her about the fake affair, Peggy gets offended with how he doesn't even comment on the work she's done.
* KickTheDog: Buck had the nerve to give Debbie earrings which belonged to Miss Liz's mother.
* LightswitchSurprise: After his encounter with Debbie, Hank returns home, only to find Buck waiting in the living room with his rifle, and confronts Hank about making out with Miss Liz. Hank then reassures him he would never mess around like this. Buck believes him and laments that he screwed up and wants Liz and his money back.

* FirstGirlWins: In the end, Buck comes to his senses and begins to miss Miss Liz, and after Hank arranges a secret get-together with both of them, they rekindle their relationship and Buck decides to commit himself back to her and end his affair with Debbie.

* ChekhovsGun: Literally. Buck shows Hank his shotgun as being one of the few possessions he was able to keep from the divorce. The same gun was later used by Debbie.

* AssholeVictim: Because of her threats to wreck Hank's marriage and how [[WomanScorned she was presumedly planning to kill Buck and Miss Liz]] (and possibly Hank and Peggy, although more of that is established in the following episode), the audience won't be shedding any tears for Debbie.

* ADeadlyAffair: A LoveTriangle between Buck, Miss Liz and Debbie (with Hank being roped into it) ends with Debbie being found dead in a dumpster.

* SplitScreenPhoneCall: After arranging a dinner meeting with Buck to get him and Miss Liz together, Hank gets a call from who he thinks is an older lady asking for Peggy but after he tells her she's away, the lady reveals herself to be Debbie as the call becomes split screen. Debbie then threatens to tell Peggy about how they're messing around, and forces Hank to meet her and have an affair. Hank agrees then heads to Sugarfoot's to try and warn Peggy about her.

* SplitScreenPhoneCall: After arranging a dinner meeting with Buck to get him and Miss Liz together, Hank gets a call from who he thinks is an older lady asking for Peggy but after he tells her she's away, the lady reveals herself to be Debbie as the call becomes split screen. Debbie then threatens to tell Peggy about how they're messing around, and forces Hank to meet her and have an affair. Hank agrees then heads to Sugarfoot's to try and warn Peggy about her.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: In addition to Debbie's street clothes, Miss Liz gets Hank an new uniform for his promotion to manager, which includes a work shirt and shorts that go above the knee, clearly eye candy for Miss Liz.

* MsFanservice: Debbie is a very attractive blonde not afraid to show off her body, mainly seen in a [[BareYourMidriff tiny shirt showing off her belly]] and [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]]. And when she tries to seduce Hank, she has nothing on but [[BlackBraAndPanties black underwear.]]

* FirstGirlWins: In the end, Buck comes to his senses and begins to miss Miss Liz and after Hank arranges a secret get-together with both of them, where they rekindle their relationship and Buck decides to commit himself back to her and end his affair with Debbie.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The last scene Peggy cooking some food at Sugarfoot's only to hear a gunshot, which makes her investigate, where she finds Debbie dead in the dumpster with a rifle, and ends with a ToBeContinued notice.

Buck Strickland's wife catches him having an affair with his mistress Debbie and loses everything, while Hank gets caught in a triangle between Buck's wife and Debbie. Peggy takes over the Sugarfoot's restaurant after Buck passes ownership to Hank.

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