King of the Hill - Wings of the Dope

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Is anyone else here a big fan of King of the Hill and if so, what did you think of this episode? For those who can't remember, "Wings of the Dope" is the episode in which Buckley returns as an angel and talks to Luanne.

This episode makes me tear up every time I see it. If someone you love dies, especially suddenly and/or violently, it is common to wish to talk to them one more time. Luanne gets that wish. The soundtrack is excellent, featuring "Life in a Northern Town" and "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground," and there are so many little moments in it that send a good chill down my spine - when Luanne asks, "Where is he?!", I always have taken that as her questioning her faith and belief in an afterlife.

Also, this episode aired a week or two after the Columbine shooting and there is an urban legend - I'm not sure if it's true or not, but it's a sweet story nonetheless - that one of the survivors wrote a love note while she was hiding during the shooting and planned to give the note to a friend of hers if they both made it out, but he didn't make it out because he was one of the perpetrators. She was pressured not to grieve but when she saw "Wings of the Dope" she realized it was okay to feel sad and let it out, and then she wrote a letter to Mike Judge in which she thanked him for the episode because it had helped her heal and wondered if the boy she liked was "guardianin' some other girl" because he never knew how she felt. Again, I don't know if this is true, but either way it's sweet and touching in a weird way.