Hank, Peggy, Bobby, Boomhauer, and Kahn stare at the tank, it's turret still spinning. Hank angrily walks off toward the tank. He climbs up, ducking the tank cannon and knocks on the hatch.
HANK: This is Hank Hill, block captain. I know it's the War Games and I don't want to second guess your tactics, ..
but are you in distress?
HANK: Oh, good Lord. I think there's some kind of dead animal in there.
It's Bill.
He's soused to the gills.
WE HEAR the clank of metal on asphalt as a manhole cover is pushed open. Dale emerges in camouflage pants and jacket.
DALE: It's only Bill?
I scalded off my..
fingerprints for nothing.
HANK: C'mon Bill, wake up. You stole a tank.
BILL: (Incoherent mumbling)
BOOMHAUER: Tell you what, man, gonna wanna call up Uncle Sam, man.
Gonna wind up pickin' up this dang ol' tank.
DALE: We can't call the Army. If they find out Bill stole a tank, they'll torture him, kill him,
..and then send his body to Guam for further indignities. HANK: They won't do that, but
..they will throw him in the stockade for the rest of his life.
We've got to take the tank back ourselves-- it's Bill's only hope.
Plus we'll get to ride in a tank.
DALE: Oh, I get to drive.
BOOMHAUER O.S.: Hey, man.
You know, talkin' I'm gonna drive that tank, man, talkin' 'bout 1200 horsepower, man.
..too much muscle for your skinny ol'
..puny little ol' arms
..of yours, man.
HANK: Not so fast, Boomhauer.
I've been driving bobtail trucks at Strickland for two decades.
DALE: Oh, I am so impressed.
Have you also downloaded the instruction manual
for this tank from Vladimir Putin's web-site,
took a correspondence course in Russian,
DALE V.O.: ...and passed with flying colors?
Have you, Hank?
Putin?
HANK: Alright, alright
(CALLING OFF) Peggy, I'm going to return the tank.
HANK (CONT'D) If there's a propane emergency, the combination to my briefcase is zero-zero-zero.
KING OF THE HILL
EPISODE 13 SEASON 2 ACT II TANKIN IT TO THE STREETS. THIS EPISODE WAS SUCH A GREAT ONE TO WORK ON AND A LOT OF FUN! HANK TAKES CHARGE AS BLOCK CAPTAIN.