Published Jul 17, 2026, 12:01 PM EDT
Nate Richard is a Resource Editor for Collider, a film and television critic, and a part-time amateur filmmaker. He graduated from Ball State University in December 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications.
Nate has been with Collider since August 2021 and became a Resource Editor in March 2022. With Collider, Nate has interviewed some of the biggest names in Hollywood including** Robert De Niro, Michael Fassbender, Steven Yeun, and J.K. Simmons**.
Nate has also covered several film festivals, both in-person and digitally, including the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF), and South by Southwest (SXSW).
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Last year’s*** King of the Hill revival was excellent. Brilliantly bringing Hank (Mike Judge), Peggy (Kathy Najimy), and Bobby Hill (Pamela Adlon) into the 2020s. Judge and Greg Daniels*’ hit animated sitcom has had a knack for delving into real-world issues, without ever being too preachy or too cynical. Considering everything that had transpired in the sixteen years since it had been off the air, it was one of the rare series where a revival wasn’t just forced nostalgia bait.
Season 14 picked up eight years after the original series’ conclusion, with Hank returning to America after doing the lord’s work and selling propane in Saudi Arabia for a retirement nest egg. Hank and Peggy’s son Bobby is now 21 and the owner of a Japanese-German fusion restaurant known as Robata Chane, and the season primarily consisted of him pining for his childhood sweetheart, Connie Souphanousinphone (Lauren Tom). The ten episodes perfectly combined more current themes such as the Manosphere, open relationships, and the rise of apps like TaskRabbit, with more classic *King of the Hill *setups, such as Hank revealing he’s a big fan of soccer and his neighbor and friend Bill Dauterive (Stephen Root) having a secret double life. Thankfully, it didn’t take long for Season 15 to arrive. Just one year later, this latest batch of episodes proves that the revival is still fully capable of recapturing the magic of the original series.
While Season 14 took a semi-serialized approach with an overarching story,* King of the Hill* Season 15 returns to a more back-to-basics approach. The Hills’ neighbor, Kahn Souphanousinphone (Ronny Chieng), is now living with Bill, after making his divorce from Minh (Tom) public. Bobby and Connie are now officially a couple, which puts the former at odds with Chane (Ki Hong Lee), Connie’s ex-boyfriend and the co-owner of Robata Chane. New storylines see Hank and Peggy fostering a raggedy mutt named Caesar Salad, Hank and the “Alley Guys” trying to identify the owner of an electric truck that is parked on his front lawn, Hank and Peggy falling victim to an AI cyber scam, Peggy going through menopause, and Hank attending a comic convention with Bobby. It’s the same formula, but it’s comforting, witty, always amusing, and at times, emotional.
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
In its original run, King of the Hill was never afraid to get simultaneously sentimental and uncomfortable. One episode that instantly springs to mind is “Aisle 8A,” where Hank has to take care of Connie when her parents are out of town, only for her to have her first period. Season 15 has an episode that acts as a spiritual successor to “Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes,” which sees Peggy becoming overcome with self-doubt as she begins going through menopause, with Hank struggling to understand but trying to help anyway. It’s the kind of episode that shows **what has always set King of the Hill apart from other adult animated sitcoms like Family Guy. **The jokes aren’t being made at Peggy’s expense; the show is more observational in its humor and attempts to be relatable.
The episode “Care of the Dog” has perhaps the most sentimentality to it when Peggy convinces a weary Hank to let her foster a high-maintenance pooch. There’s a lot of humor that will particularly land for dog owners or anyone who has experienced fostering a pup, but it also has an incredible conclusion that stands as the season’s most emotional moment. Not all the episodes are as strong as “Care of the Dog,” including “No Cuddle Offense,” which sees Hank, Dale (Toby Huss), and Boomhauer (Judge) attempting to rescue Bill from “cuddle therapy.” It’s more of the same, but it’s not a poor episode and has enough laughs to keep you entertained.
The season finale, “Propane Recall,” ends on another win for the series, flashing back to after the events of the original series but several years before the start of Season 14, revealing just how a proud Texan like Hank was swayed to leave the country to go to Saudi Arabia. Not only does it answer several questions raised in the past few seasons, but it has real heart to it, helping set the course for the already confirmed Season 16. The ending is a tad rushed, but it still satisfies and serves as the perfect bookend for the season.
The King of the Hill revival has safely cemented itself as** one of the best modern revivals on television**, and this new batch of episodes proves that Season 14 wasn’t just a fluke. Showrunner Saladin K. Patterson precisely matches that same sharp energy of the original series while being unafraid to make certain changes to the characters’ arcs. Dale and Nancy (Ashley Gardner) get an episode set at a church couple’s retreat that further expands on the running joke of the latter’s longtime affair with John Redcorn (Jonathan Joss). Last season did pay tribute to Joss in its finale, but still found a way to bring the character into the fold without ever replacing the late actor.
Season 15 also marks the last installment of the late **Johnny Hardwick **in the role of Dale, with Huss taking his place midway through Season 14. There are moments where you can tell it’s not the same voice, but for the vast majority of the 10 episodes, the transition is seamless. While the original series had plenty of celebrity guest stars, thus far, the revival has scaled it back. Paul Walter Hauser, John Early, and Andre Rush are the three most notable guests, each proving themselves to be a perfect fit for the show. One of Hank Hill’s signature catchphrases may be, “The boy ain’t right,” but that wouldn’t apply to Season 15. It’s a perfect continuation of the beloved series, wonderfully maintaining all the humor, edge, and comfort that made fans fall in love with the show in the first place.
All ten episodes of *King of the Hill *Season 15 will be available to stream on Hulu on Monday, July 20.
King of the Hill Season 15 of King of the Hill continues to recapture the charm of the original series with a perfect balance of wit, emotions, and real-world topics.