Not a good start to introduce an Asian character but gives us a welcome to its best.
Hank and the gang learns their new neighbors are Laotian, The Souphanousinphones. Hank welcomes the neighbors despite the cultural shock but is annoyed by the patriarch Kahn, whose stubborn middle class Orange County values mock Hank's southern living and reduces him to the idea of a hillbilly. Hank has a feud with Kahn which makes the neighborhood think Hank is prejudiced so he decides the bury the hatchet and try to coexist but then situations start to go out of control.
Hank's open welcome is at the kind of usual respect we are use to but we learn the Hills are oblivious to their terrible and closed minded assumptions except Bobby who befriends Connie, the only simple coexistence that is solved by just saying hello and talking. The whole episode almost becomes a homage to messages gone wrong a la Three's Company/ I Love Lucy but feels more of The Twilight Zone's The Monsters Due On Maple Street towards the end. Kahn's obnoxiousness is introduced but later becomes the staple of his character ( almost borderline to Flanderization ) his sense of being more successful doesn't bother Hank but his insults and criticism of the Texan lifestyle gets to him.
The elephant in the room is Act 3, The group's assumptions and misunderstanding lead to a witch-hunt that shows Hank is prejudice in some ways but that the main joke is based on it, it is messed up and the solution of the situation is seems to leave some questioning the value of the episode, it just hasn't aged well.
Peggy's subplot of her rivalry with Kahn's wife Minh gives a different perspective, Peggy mocking Hank's feud with Kahn but yet gaining one with Minh gives some positive humor due to Minh's simple solution to Peggy's recipes with one ingredient. Rather than assume the worst like Hank, Peggy asks for Minh's advice shows light but necessary after the episode the viewer has watched. Bobby and Connie's subplot hilarious and works with the plot later on as it combines into the main story even as the final act sours the plot.
The Lesson is very wrong and is using outdated humor though it shows Hank, even though he is unknowingly close minded and assumes the worst to Kahn in the beginning, he can coexist with him a few subjects based on parenthood advice, though it is shocking how badly the introduction to Kahn has aged, Kahn would grow on to be King of The Hill's best characters.
Sorta Yup.
Hank and the gang learns their new neighbors are Laotian, The Souphanousinphones. Hank welcomes the neighbors despite the cultural shock but is annoyed by the patriarch Kahn, whose stubborn middle class Orange County values mock Hank's southern living and reduces him to the idea of a hillbilly. Hank has a feud with Kahn which makes the neighborhood think Hank is prejudiced so he decides the bury the hatchet and try to coexist but then situations start to go out of control.
Hank's open welcome is at the kind of usual respect we are use to but we learn the Hills are oblivious to their terrible and closed minded assumptions except Bobby who befriends Connie, the only simple coexistence that is solved by just saying hello and talking. The whole episode almost becomes a homage to messages gone wrong a la Three's Company/ I Love Lucy but feels more of The Twilight Zone's The Monsters Due On Maple Street towards the end. Kahn's obnoxiousness is introduced but later becomes the staple of his character ( almost borderline to Flanderization ) his sense of being more successful doesn't bother Hank but his insults and criticism of the Texan lifestyle gets to him.
The elephant in the room is Act 3, The group's assumptions and misunderstanding lead to a witch-hunt that shows Hank is prejudice in some ways but that the main joke is based on it, it is messed up and the solution of the situation is seems to leave some questioning the value of the episode, it just hasn't aged well.
Peggy's subplot of her rivalry with Kahn's wife Minh gives a different perspective, Peggy mocking Hank's feud with Kahn but yet gaining one with Minh gives some positive humor due to Minh's simple solution to Peggy's recipes with one ingredient. Rather than assume the worst like Hank, Peggy asks for Minh's advice shows light but necessary after the episode the viewer has watched. Bobby and Connie's subplot hilarious and works with the plot later on as it combines into the main story even as the final act sours the plot.
The Lesson is very wrong and is using outdated humor though it shows Hank, even though he is unknowingly close minded and assumes the worst to Kahn in the beginning, he can coexist with him a few subjects based on parenthood advice, though it is shocking how badly the introduction to Kahn has aged, Kahn would grow on to be King of The Hill's best characters.
Sorta Yup.
