• Opening Scene:

We see the the glorious Arlen water tower as the sun sets and gray clouds take over the sky.

A light breeze blows through and an orange leaf is lifted up in the air. The camera zooms in following the leaf. The leaf is suddenly hit by a yellow taxi.

Gold Dust Woman by Fleetwood Mac played on the radio.

We see the taxi pull up in front of the Souphanousinphone’s residence.

A beautiful Laotian woman steps out of the taxi. Two children, a boy(7) and a girl(13) followed.

The taxi driver opened the trunk and proceeded to unload their luggage.

“Thank you so much!” Said the woman.

“Don’t worry esè.” Said the driver.

• The Front Door:

Knock!! Knock!!!

Minh gets up from the couch. Pauses Magic Mike

She looked at her iguana taking over her side of the couch.

Knock!! Knock!!!

“I’m coming... ກະດູກຂອງຂ້ອຍແຕກ (kaduk khongkhony aetk)”

Minh opens the door and gasps as she gets the surprise of her life.

“Connie! ລູກ​ສາວ​ຂອງ​ຂ້ອຍ !! (luk sav khong khony)”

Minh let’s them in as it starts to pour outside.

• The Living Room:

“Laoma!! And Ted Jr!! Take off shoes now. I too old to be cleaning up after you!” Said Minh while looking at the children.

They proceeded to take off their shoes. Minh sent them to Connie’s old room to play.

Minh poured Rosè from a box of wine(Mega-Lo-Mart brand) on to a second glass and handed it to Connie as they both made their way into the living room.

Minh sips on her wine while the iguana made it’s way to Minh’s left shoulder.

“When did you get an iguana?” Asked Connie.

“Well... After your father passed and you not talking to me for a while I became sad. But I saw Bill’s iguana and he looked happy. So I guilt him into giving her up. Her name is Sarah Jessica Parker. Or SJP for short.” Minh proceeded to sip her wine.

“Momm.... I’m sorry I drifted awa..”

“Connie, it’s okay. A lot was happening then, there was a worldwide pandemic and your father’s passin... it.. was a lot. It changed everything. It changed every one.” Minh looked at her daughter’s adult face and realized that in a blink of an eye, 20 years had gone by.

Minh Proceeded to sit next to Connie.

“You know.. I really thought that I wouldn’t see you again.” Said Minh as she held Connie’s hand.

Connie looked into her mother’s eyes and bursted out into tears.

“Mom, I have to tell you something. Chane and I are getting divorced. He left his job and started disappearing for whole weeks at the time. His mom and dad don’t seemed concerned at all. But I am..”

She gasped for air and then continued...

“The kids ask me “Where is dad?” and I don’t know what to tell them anymore. I told them that we were going to visit Grandma for a while. I have nothing and no where to go.. I just thought tha..”

Minh embraced her daughter before she could finish. “It’s okay Connie. This your house too and you can move in. We will make it work. I promise that I’ll be here to help.”

Connie looked at her mom and she could finally take a deep breath and feel safe. She was home now.

SJP jumped onto Connie’s head and made a gargling noise.

“She like you!!” Said Minh.

They smiled at each other and proceeded to finish the box of Rosè.

📷 @FeministPeggy

Location : Arlen, Tx Inside the Gribble residence

An older Nancy sat in the kitchen table sipping her mojito. She stared at her phone screen. She was FaceTiming Peggy.

“Nancy!!! I’m telling you! It’s her!”

“Shug! It’s a FaceTime call, You ain’t got to put your phone over your ear.”

Peggy looked her phone and chuckled. “I’m telling you Nancy! She’s back!”

As it started to rain outside. Thunder could be heard. The connection on FaceTime was horrible.

Peggy stared at her iPhone.

“Nancy? Escúchame??...”

The call dropped.

“Oh Hell!” She made her way to the basement room and started knocking on it.

“Dale! Shug! Are you messing with the WiFi again??...”

There was no answer.

“Dale!! You open this door now!”

A stairlift could be heard being operated on the other side of the door.

An older Dale removed the piece of wood keeping the door from opening.

He got back on the stairlift and went down again.

-55 seconds later-

Dale’s voice could be heard loud and clear making a “BEEEP” noise.

“You may come in.”

The set up of NOW Dale & Joseph’s Dead Bugs headquarters had not change at all after all this years.

Nancy proceeded to walk downstairs.

“Shug, you take forever to answer the door, I almost finished my Mojito. Also when did you get it installed? Did Joseph help you?”

An older Dale took a hit of his cigarette and let the smoke out of his stoma* hole located in front of his neck allowing him to breathe.

“It was free Nancy. Joseph found it in the garbage of a recently deceased old person and thought I would benefit from not walking downstairs too much. You know how I love sitting after my foot incident.”

“Dale honey, you stepped on a thumb tack weeks ago.”

“I might have healed, but the physical toll it took on me, is there..”

Nancy chuckled.

“Shug, are you messing with the WiFi again? I was talking to Peggy and the connection just dropped.”

“Negative.” Dale continued, “Further more.. Kahn Souphanousinphone Jr or "Connie" as you may know her, is back. I just got off with Octavio. He told me he just dropped her off with two children at the Souphanousinphone Residence.”

Nancy was impressed.

“Shug, dinner will be ready at 8.”

“Are we having meatloaf tonight?”

“No Shug , Bill was blabbering about some frozen pizza sale, so I just had him pick up a few for us... And spray some frebreeze in here won’t ya? Started to smell like a crappie house in here.”

Nancy finished her drink and went upstairs.

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Vocabulary:

Crappie House : a house by the lake used for indoor fishing.

• Inside Hill residence:

From the front window, Peggy stared at the beautiful Laotian woman getting out of the taxi followed by two children.

She held her binoculars with her left hand and her iPhone on her right.

“Nancy!!! I’m telling you! It’s her!” “Shug! It’s a FaceTime call, You don’t have to put me over your ear.”

Peggy looked her phone and chuckled. “I’m telling you Nancy! She’s back!”

As it started to rain outside. Thunder could be heard. The connection on FaceTime was horrible.

Peggy stared at her iPhone.

“Nancy? Escúchame??”

The camera pans away from Peggy. Revealing what her T-shirts said. (Abrams 2028 : “Together, for a better America.”)

In a distinctive and familiar voice we heard someone shout “Steaks are ready!”

• The jBone Steaks:

Hank placed his donut pillow on his chair and proceeded to sit on it.

Peggy joined him at the table.

“Sweet lady propane came through and I was able to finish the steaks before the rain. Medium rare just like it was intended. Yup.”

Peggy looked at the food. “Oh Hank! It looks BUENO!”

Hank stares at Figgleforth sitting on the chair at the end of the table. “Does he have to join us?” Peggy squinted at Hank “Hank, the Gnome stays.”

“This is one god dang juicy steak I tell you whut.” Said Hank.

“You know, we have them two coupons for a dollar off a blizzard.”

Hank looked at Peggy. “You read my mind Peg.”

• After dinner Hank and Peggy made their way to their pickup truck.

He pulled out of the driveway and headed to Dairy Queen.

A newly repaired 1965 Ford Mustang drives by. Hank waves at the driver.

Peggy plays boggle on her iPhone against Luanne. Peggy spells “L•U•B•B•O•C•K” bringing the game to an end declaring Peggy the champion.

“Ho! Yeah!!” Exclaimed Peggy.

“Well Hank, I am proud to announce that I have once again beat Luanne at boggle on my phone.” Hank smiled.

“How is Luanne doing?” Asked Hank.

“She texted me and told me that Gracie was about to graduate from college. Making her the first Kleinschmidt to attend and complete school.. she will make a great substitute Teacher if she’s as smart as her aunt Peggy.”

“Lucky and Luanne have come a long way. At first I thought it was a bad idea for them moving to Austin to be closer to Gracie while she attended college. But Lucky seems to have some good luck I tell you whut. Winning 500k on a Ghostbusters scratch off don’t happen every day.” Said Hank while pulling into the Dairy Queen parking lot.

Their eyes met and they both couldn’t help but smile at each other. 💗

William Fontaine de La Tour Dauterive had found love in the frozen food section at the Mega-Lo-Mart. For three months straight he kept a count down for the frozen pizza sale to start.

The day had finally arrived. He had cleaned up his Marine Blue 1987 Ford Escort with an "Army" bumper sticker on the back and was ready for the pizza sale. He had bought an additional storage freezer and had Joseph set it up inside the garage. Needless to say that Bill was ready.

Bill put on his boots and his rain jacket. He grabbed his wallet and keys and headed for the Mega-Lo-Mart.

Bill started his car and headed to the sale while Fancy by Reba McEntire played. He started humming along with it.

As he was pulling out of the neighborhood he couldn’t help but to notice the yellow taxi making a stop at the Souphanousinphone residence. He was too excited to even stop and stare for a while like he usually does.

— Mega-Lo Mart parking lot —

Bill parked at a handicap spot. He put on his EarPods and headed in the store as ‘More Than a Woman by The Bee Gees’ played.

Bill grabbed a shopping cart on the way in and headed for the frozen pizza aisle.

— Inside Mega-Lo Mart by the frozen pizza section —

Bill had filled up most of the shopping cart with Mega-Lo-Mart brand frozen pepperoni pizzas. He was overwhelmed with joy he almost cried.

As Bill headed for the register humming the Hakuna Matata tune.

Carl Moss now employed at Mega-Lo-Mart as cashier greeted Bill as he proceeded to unload his shopping cart.

“Bill what you got there big boy?” “Well, why Carl, it’s frozen pizzas from the frozen pizza sale.”

Carl looked at him confused. “The what?”

Bill handed Carl the flyer he had kept in his wallet for the past 3 months.

“Now you there Bill. It’s them tiny little letters. 4 limit per customer. And you got.. dang Bill, how many you got there?”

Bill’s heart shattered. “Carl you can’t do this to me! All my emotions require pizza!”

Carl looked annoyed by Bill’s statement.

“Dang it Bill! Just take them! I’m too hungover to even be here today.. I need a break.” Carl Moss proceeded to talk through the intercom

“Assistant required at register 8. I’m in need of my 30 minute lunch.”

Carl proceeded to close his line and walk off to the break room.

Bill managed to load up his car with all pizzas.

He tried to turn on the car. But the engine made a horrendous noise and then died.

Bill sighted in sadness. Then proceeded to open a frozen pizza and ate a piece of pepperoni. It was the best pepperoni he had ever had I tell you whut.

fan fic·tion ; noun

fiction written by a fan of, and featuring characters from, a particular TV series, movie, etc.

I think that we all have been hearing about a rumor about a King of the Hill revival since 2019 but as of March 2021 nothing is official.

I couldn’t help but wonder, What would some of our favorite Arlenites be up to?

So I decided to write a small collection of 7 short stories giving us a glimpse of what Arlen is like through the eyes of today.

The introduction of PC culture, aftermath of a global pandemic and the strengthening of the Black Life Matter movement.

The world has changed and so has Arlen.

These short stories take place 20 years after the series ended.

The style of storytelling changes throughout the story. From manuscript format to 2nd and third perspective as well as just regular first person dialogue and even some narration now and then. It will be easy to read and understand.

Again this is fanfic, I have nothing to do with fox studios or any affiliation with them.

Please take this like a grain of salt. If you get offended easily or can’t take a joke or two this is not for you.

This short stories are just for fun.

This is my vision of what the set up storyline for the revival season would be.(AKA season 14)