A Rover Runs Through IT - Episodes - Season 3: 1998

Season 3: 1998–1999

No.	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
36	1	"Death of a Propane Salesman" (Part 2)	Lauren MacMullan	Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland	September 15, 1998 (1998-09-15)	5E24
Conclusion. The aftermath of the propane explosion from part one leaves Hank suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder around propane, a now bald Luanne repressing her grief for Buckley (who was the only casualty in the propane explosion) by becoming a Sinéad O'Connor-esque activist, and Bobby worried about death.
37	2	"And They Call It Bobby Love"	Cyndi Tang-Loveland	Norm Hiscock	September 22, 1998 (1998-09-22)	3ABE01
Bobby falls in love with a 14-year old classmate (guest-voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar), but soon learns that love hurts when the girl confesses that she only wants a platonic friend. Meanwhile, Hank, Dale, Bill, and Boomhauer become attached to a couch that was thrown out in the Hills' yard.
38	3	"Peggy's Headache"	Chris Moeller	Joe Stillman	October 6, 1998 (1998-10-06)	5E20
Peggy gets hired to write for the Arlen Bystander, but the stress of a new career leads her to require treatment from John Redcorn—and she soon discovers that John Redcorn had an affair with Nancy and is Joseph's biological father. Rated TV-PG-DL.
39	4	"Pregnant Paws"	Chris Moeller	Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger	October 13, 1998 (1998-10-13)	3ABE02
While Hank is busy trying to breed Ladybird, Dale decides to add a little excitement to his life by enrolling in a 4-hour bounty hunter training course. Special Guest Voice: William H. Macy
40	5	"Next of Shin"	Jeff Myers	Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland	November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)	3ABE05
After Hank learns his sperm count is low, his mood worsens when Cotton shows up boasting that his new wife Didi is pregnant.
41	6	"Peggy's Pageant Fever"	Tricia Garcia	Norm Hiscock	November 10, 1998 (1998-11-10)	3ABE07
Peggy enters the Mrs. Heimlich County Beauty pageant in hopes of winning a truck, but quickly discovers that she is not fit to compete with the other contestants.
42	7	"Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men"	Shaun Cashman	Jim Dauterive	November 17, 1998 (1998-11-17)	3ABE08
While shopping at the mall on Black Friday, Hank, Dale, Bill, Kahn, and Boomhauer are invited to be part of a focus group for a new mower (with Cotton as an uninvited guest), Luanne goes ice skating to forget about Buckley, and Peggy falls asleep at a shoe repair shop after tearing her loafer. Special Guest Voice: Billy Bob Thornton
43	8	"Good Hill Hunting"	Klay Hall	Joe Stillman	December 1, 1998 (1998-12-01)	3ABE04
Hank takes Bobby hunting in order to initiate him into the mysteries of manhood. However, everything goes wrong when Hank discovers that it is too late for Bobby to get a hunting license.
44	9	"Pretty, Pretty Dresses"	Dominic Polcino	Paul Lieberstein	December 15, 1998 (1998-12-15)	3ABE10
In this second Christmas episode, Bill becomes more depressed than usual as it's the anniversary of his wife leaving him. Hank, Dale, and Boomhauer decide to watch Bill in case he threatens to commit suicide, but when Hank yells at him for being a burden, Bill's depression turns into delusion when he begins dressing in drag and impersonating his estranged wife, Lenore.
45	10	"A-Firefighting We Will Go"	Cyndi Tang Loveland	Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland	January 12, 1999 (1999-01-12)	3ABE11
In a Rashomonmeets-The Three Stooges-style story, Hank, Dale, Bill, and Boomhauer tell their own versions of their day as firefighters after getting arrested for burning the firehouse to the ground. Meanwhile, Peggy pulls a groin muscle and Bobby helps her recover. Special Guest Voice: Barry Corbin
46	11	"To Spank with Love"	Adam Kuhlman	David Zuckerman	January 19, 1999 (1999-01-19)	3ABE03
Peggy gains a reputation as an abusive disciplinarian when she spanks Dooley for humiliating her during class.
47	12	"Three Coaches and a Bobby"	Chris Moeller	Johnny Hardwick	January 26, 1999 (1999-01-26)	3ABE12
Hank gets his hard-knocks former high-school football coach to take on guidance of Bobby's football team, but the plan falls apart when Bobby joins the soccer team headed by a politically correct coach (voiced by Will Ferrell).
48	13	"De-Kahnstructing Henry"	Klay Hall	Paul Lieberstein	February 2, 1999 (1999-02-02)	3ABE14
Hank accidentally gets Kahn fired after revealing one of Kahn's top secret plans for his company.
49	14	"The Wedding of Bobby Hill"	Jack Dyer	Jonathan Collier	February 9, 1999 (1999-02-09)	3ABE09
To teach Bobby and Luanne a lesson in playing pranks, Hank orders Bobby to marry Luanne after Bobby takes her birth control pills. Special Guest Voice: Matthew McConaughey
50	15	"Sleight of Hank"	Jeff Myers	Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger	February 16, 1999 (1999-02-16)	3ABE15
Peggy is chosen to be a magician's assistant, but angers Hank when she will not tell him the secret behind one of his tricks.
51	16	"Return to La Grunta"	Gary McCarver	Jon Vitti	February 23, 1999 (1999-02-23)	3ABE06
Luanne gets a job as a drink girl at a resort called "La Grunta", where the golfers sexually harass her. Meanwhile, Hank goes to La Grunta to swim with the dolphins—and gets molested by one of them. Guest Star: Billy West as one of the golfers.
52	17	"Escape from Party Island"	Gary McCarver	Jonathan Collier	March 16, 1999 (1999-03-16)	3ABE16
Hank reluctantly drives his mother and her friends to Port Aransas to shop for glass miniatures, but things get even worse when Hank and the rude old women are trapped on the island by college-age spring break revelers. Guest voices: Phyllis Diller, Uta Hagen, Pauly Shore and Betty White.
53	18	"Love Hurts and So Does Art"	Adam Kuhlman	John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky	March 23, 1999 (1999-03-23)	3ABE13
An X-ray of Hank's colon from "Hank's Unmentionable Problem" winds up as the main attraction in an art museum. Meanwhile, Bobby is diagnosed with gout after eating chicken livers at a recently opened "New York" style deli.
54	19	"Hank's Cowboy Movie"	Shaun Cashman	Jim Dauterive	April 6, 1999 (1999-04-06)	3ABE18
Hurt by Bobby's negative views of his hometown, Hank tries to get the Dallas Cowboys to move their training camp from Wichita Falls to Arlen. However, his promotion video for Arlen is ruined by his wife's and his friends' incompetence.
55	20	"Dog Dale Afternoon"	Tricia Garcia	Jon Vitti	April 13, 1999 (1999-04-13)	3ABE22
After Dale annoys his friends by gloating over his new mower, he goes insane when they steal it as part of a prank.
56	21	"Revenge of the Lutefisk"	Jack Dyer	Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger	April 20, 1999 (1999-04-20)	3ABE19
Bobby accidentally burns down his church after getting sick from eating lutefisk, but Cotton gets blamed for it due to his sexist attitude towards the church accepting a female pastor. Special Guest Voice: Mary Tyler Moore
57	22	"Death and Texas"	Wes Archer	John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky	April 27, 1999 (1999-04-27)	3ABE20
Peggy visits a convict who tricks her into thinking he was a former student and uses her as a cocaine mule. Meanwhile, Dale tries to apply for a job as a prison executioner.
58	23	"Wings of the Dope"	Cyndi Tang Loveland	Johnny Hardwick	May 4, 1999 (1999-05-04)	3ABE21
Hank Hill gets a trampoline for his yard, where Luanne begins seeing the spirit of her dead boyfriend, Buckley, who tries to guide her to do something better with her life than attend beauty school.
59	24	"Take Me out of the Ball Game"	Tricia Garcia	Jon Vitti	May 11, 1999 (1999-05-11)	3ABE17
Hank is picked to coach the company's softball team, spurring friction between Peggy and Hank.
60	25	"As Old as the Hills (part 1)"	Adam Kuhlman	Norm Hiscock	May 18, 1999 (1999-05-18)	3ABE23
Part one of two. Fearing that they may be getting too old to be "cool", Hank and Peggy spend their anniversary sky-diving, which comes to an abrupt end when Peggy's parachute malfunctions and she crashes onto a field. Meanwhile, Bobby struggles with taking his pregnant step-grandmother Didi to the hospital when her water breaks.