![]() Hank later tells Bobby that women weren't put on the earth to serve men, except he then takes him to a drive-in restaurant with waitresses on roller skates. He tells Cotton he won't let his son grow up to be a "woman-hating old fool" and orders him out of the house. Hank decides his father has gone too far. What Cotton fails to realize is that times have changed and that the Hotel Arlen is no longer a brothel but is now a legitimate hotel and is hosting a convention of female trial lawyers. But Bobby is sent home from school for starting a "sexist riot." Later, Cotton takes Bobby to the Hotel Arlen and tries to buy him a prostitute, as he tried to do for Hank and his friends when they were teenagers. After listening in awe to the patriotic story, Hank decides to drop the idea entirely. But before Hank has a chance to speak, his father reiterates the tale of how he lost his shins in World War II. ![]() He then attempts to tell his father why his behavior around Bobby is inappropriate. Hank admonishes Bobby for hitting his mother. ![]() Bobby tells his mother to get his dinner and punctuates his point by slapping her on the rear-end. Events turn even uglier when Cotton's sexist remarks begin influencing Bobby's behavior. She tells Hank that his father deliberately removed the part so he could stay at the house. Meanwhile, Peggy finds the missing solenoid plunger hidden in a pair of Cotton's pants. He harasses the red-haired waitress with a rear-slap and by asking her to bring him and Bobby sandwiches in a sexist manner. Instead of taking Bobby to school, Cotton takes his grandson to a local bar, where he tells him that he can get his food quicker by getting waitresses in "the moneymaker" rather than by being polite. Peggy tells Hank she wants the "short tempered foul-mouthed old man" out of her house, but Hank tells his father he is welcome to stay. Luanne diagnoses the problem as a solenoid plunger. But when Cotton attempts to start his car, the engine fails to turn on. Peggy asks Cotton to leave the house after he smashes her good dishes. Peggy thinks that Cotton ruined Bobby's party, but Bobby tells her that Cotton made it fun, much to Peggy's dismay. When Bobby is unable to break open his birthday pinata, Cotton blows it apart with the gun. Outraged, Peggy snatches the weapon from his hands. Later, he gives Bobby his real present: a 20-gauge shotgun. But Cotton explains the horse is being rented for only a few hours. Eyes shining, and assuming the animal is a gift, Bobby tells his grandfather how much he loves the horse. The trailer's ramp is kicked open from the inside, and Cotton rides the horse into the Hill's backyard. The day of the party, a Cadillac pulls into the driveway, a horse trailer in tow. Hank explains that Cotton lost his shins "defending Texas in World War II." Bobby telephones his grandfather and invites him to the celebration. Bobby then recites a list of things he dislikes about his grandfather: his big plastic teeth, his incessant screaming, and his lack of shins. Bobby explains that Peggy told him Cotton was the devil. He then realizes that Bobby wrote "Hell, USA" as the mailing address. Leafing through the mail, Hank notices that Bobby's birthday invitation to his Grandpa Cotton was returned. When Bobby's grandfather, Cotton Hill, saves his birthday party and stays a few days, Bobby begins mimicking some of his grandfather's sexist habits.
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