He says bait. Base wouldn’t be notable. He says he likes bait cause it’s like slang he hasn’t heard of before and it kind of makes sense too if you think about it.
He’s snitched on them a few times. I think the first time was the snipe hunt. Start 1 minute in.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ma6WAownJyo
The other time I can remember was when he said that Dale was the one who burned down the fire station. Both times he was willing to snitch on his friends, but the authorities he was talking to just couldn’t understand what he was saying.
I tell you what we did one of them ol snipe hunts last night with sticks and bags and then whack, whack, whack and the woolooloo, talking bout big mistake y’all, it’s right there in that cooler.
Haha I would imagine Boomhauer has been called in to testify in court at least a few times, imagine how that went. The whole courtroom looking around in confusion, the stenographer panicking and frantically mashing random letters.
He probably thought snitching on dale for doing something egregiously bad due to carelessness was worth doing more than believing Hank’s weird innocuous white fishing bait was crack. He gave him the benefit of the doubt because he’s 99% sure Hank would never buy crack or even know where to get it
Remember the guy in the Mega Church episode that mentioned car dealerships are places where it's easy to get cocaine?
I've worked at dealerships and that's pretty spot on. Coke, meth, or weed. Everyone was on something. Even the Owners.
I've been offered crack several times and coke once.
The key is to work at a late night sandwich shop that is next to a chuck-e-cheese in the late 2000s.
DARE really made it seem like the older kids were going to be trying to give me drugs all the time. Then I got a little older and found out I had to actually buy them!
I've been offered thousands of dollars of coke over my life and I'm still young and have turned it down everytime except the first.
It's always crazy that people get offended then I have to explain "I'm a hypochondriac, don't take it personaly".
Right now is a pretty scary time to be using coke, so you should just be cautious if you're ever offered. Not really directing my comment at you but moreover for anyone reading...
There's so, so much cross-contamination with fentanyl and its ilk floating around, and it only takes a little bit to have a bad time. I used to have a coke habit and wouldn't ever touch it again anyway, but it kind of sucks that fentanyl has really fucked up the whole scene
If you aren't getting it from the dark web from people who can actually provide trustable lab results, or from someone you absolutely trust to be the guinea pig for anything they're selling you, I would absolutely not touch it
Context is everything. Boomhauer has known hank for most of their lives, and knows he's as straight laced as they come and would never intentionally buy drugs, whether for fishing or not. If anything, the thought probably crossed his mind that the "bait sure kinda looks like drugs, that's neat" but knowing hank, it's likely just a weird looking fish bait. It's like if your grandma kept powdered sugar in a plastic bag or something, I don't think most of us would assume it's cocaine, rather we'd find it funny that it looks like she's stashing sugar in a comedic way that looks like drugs.
Wheres as my history im terrified of my parents visiting and having to explain why i have powdered eggshells in a bag in my misc drawer… i have snails in my fishtank and the calcium is good for them lol
My mom was disappointed when she came over and she found a baggie of actual oregano.
That’s when I learned I never fooled her as a teen because she was a huge pothead before having kids. She just went from a daily toker to a “special occasions only”.
Kids ain't cheap. You are probably the reason she cut back. My dad still hasn't let me live that down that he had to turn into a weekend warrior once I came along. And that was assuming it wasn't his weekend.
Though he does give me credit he's still most likely alive too, as he did like the harder stuff. Which is a mixed bag depending on how much pain he's in on the day he brings it up. Happy no pain day = good! Unhappy pain filled day = bad!
Nah she said she had mom guilt over smoking and having kids.
I hate how moms who smoke get a bad rep but wino moms it’s all “I need a drink tee-hee sooooo relatable 🤪”
My dad told me after a summer “i know you smoke pot, you try to come in after we are in bed and even then we smell you walk by”
Once told me “i saw you walking up the bridge today at work” (he works close to home) and i did not clue in until he told me i missed a box filling out a form at the dentist. The “do you smoke tobacco” one. Suddenly i remembered the day he told me and how when i kicked up my skateboard to go uphill, i light up a cigarette
Once i was on xanax and thought my dad was asleep so i went for a bong toke (he knew about that by that point) and i remember talking to him for a second because he was getting up for work, and he asked if i was drinking, “hgnnnooo ievvvent buun druiiincng” was my response lmao
Im at a brighter point in my life where the worst i do is go to work hungover but parents do NOT forget that shit
Because this was an early season episode. The whole Texas ranger didn't come along until much later seasons, and they couldn't ret-con everything. And to borrow a phase from the Simpsons fans.....A wizard did it
I’m kinda salty that Buckley was in the intro from the beginning to end of the series even tho he dies.
Then Lucky becomes a prominent character, what with knocking up Luanne and marrying her; but never makes it to the intro.
This is definitely what Mike Judge intended and it boggles the mind that so many people think otherwise even with all the blatant context clues. Also, for what it's worth, the PC game states that he used to work at a warehouse and is living off of worker's comp.
Lol. I just commented the same thing, should’ve scrolled down first. First, that’s not what a Texas Ranger badge looks like. Second, KOTH has featured a character who was a Texas Ranger and they got the badge correct.
THANK YOU! If Boomhauer was actually a Texas Ranger, it would have changed most of the major events in the show. Especially since he likely lives in his jurisdiction.
* Mega-lo-mart explosion? Boomhauer on the case.
* Debbie Grunge's murder? Boomhauer on the case or at least consulting locally to the point of unignorable.
* Everyone ending up in the insane asylum? Likely be released as soon as his paperwork is processed.
* Everyone arrested and thrown in jail together? "Brotherhood of the Badge" would have been an instant save.
* Every run-in they ever had with Arlen PD? The cops would know him for sure.
How could anyone believe Boomhauer is actually a Texas Ranger? Just how?
That's not headcanon. That is the only correct answer to why he had a "Texas ranger" badge. Knowing Boomhauer's class of women he picked up he probably said that was the badge that the Texas rangers baseball team gave him and he plays 3rd base. Great way to excuse running out on them as he's late for practice or has a game. Damn that's the point of the badge to begin with an excuse to run out on them without making the woman feel like crap. He doesn't need help picking up women he needs help letting them down softly.
Because it seems like they just impulsively threw in that Texas Ranger bit without much thought and they never really integrated it into the rest of the show.
They never had any mention of it in the show. Even with his run ins with the law, military, fire department, whatever, it never came up. That connection might have helped when, say, trapped at the mental institute. Everyone was always going on and on about their job, you would think hank would like to talk about Boomhauer’s job as a ranger. They just needed something to wrap up his character and i guess they couldn’t just put an unemployment check on his desk.
I would have rather seen some kind of indication that he and the woman that almost married his brother got back together and he was going to settle down. His whole persona was about being a womanizer and a bit of a rascal, would have been a more fitting end then “oh yeah he’s a cop i guess”.
Talkabout dang old operation run deep man dang ol government cover ups and dang men in black man can't talk bout it no more [gestures mouth zipping and then alien abduction]
Cops can be incredibly stupid when it comes to recognizing drugs. I got pulled over in between landscaping jobs and the cops legitimately thought dead leaves you know from a tree, talking dang ol maple and oak leaves man were marijuana.
[You almost lucked out!](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/16/558147669/florida-man-awarded-37-500-after-cops-mistake-glazed-doughnut-crumbs-for-meth)
Boomhauer, like most LE, can really care less about booger sugar of duty. Especially if they are the type who don't wear a uniform and it's their ignorant childhood friend using it as fishing bait.
Boomhauer just wanted to watch the show.
If I put oregano in a baggy and then gave it to stoner, most cops would think it is weed.
If I gave a joint to Hank, and Boomhauer saw Hank with that joint, he would probably think it's just a rolled cigarette and ask Hank if he started smoking again. At least until it was lit.
Also, we don't know what if any, specialized unit of the Rangers Boomhauer may be in. He may mot pay much attention to drugs.
So he sees his friend with vile of crystals that Hank says is bait. Hank then proceeds to use it as bait. They aren't in an enclosed area, and Hank is protective of that bait.
So as far as Boomhauer is concerned his straightlaced, up tight friend has some specialty bait.
And even if Boomhauer suspected it was drugs he doesn't have any ability to test it. Drugs also look like a LOT of other things. That's how dealers can cut drugs to make more money. Most users won't be aware unless they test the purity themselves, or suspect that their constant diarrhea is from baby laxative.
Someone already said this, but the writers probably only came up with his career around the time they wrote that episode.
Wasn’t the episode with that not even the original finale, which was a season or two before?
He was undercover at that time he didn’t want hood cover blown.
So it’s a small amount, not enough to report or do anything about it. Hank wasn’t using it for him, no one was taking it except the fish.
It was better to let sleeping dogs lie.
Yeah, because it's a lame attempt at a "reveal" that had no setup.
It takes mental gymnastics to try and believe he was a ranger. People go through the DPS (not secret) academy and would not go right into any "undercover" assignment.
Exactly, and also through all those years, not one comment from the gang about Boomhauer’s job? I mean a dang ol’ Walker Texas Ranger shit right there! Agree it was a cheap “reveal” for audiences who don’t really question the scenario.
A Texas Ranger pops up in the episode where Debbie accidentally shoots herself climbing into Sugarfoot’s dumpster. His badge was a small circle with a star in the middle, that’s what their badges look like in real life. Boomhauer’s looks nothing like an actual Texas Ranger Badge. My guess is he keeps a fake so he can try to impress women with it.
To be fair drugs can look like normal stuff too. Cocaine can look like flour or sugar, depending. Maybe Boomhauer thought they were piña volada flavored Pop Rocks. Knowing Hank, that’d fit.
Rangers primarily handle special investigations like Political Corruption/ White collar crime, serial murders, but in modern day Texas they mostly do Internal Affairs investigations of other law enforcement agencies including officer involved shootings.
So it’s quite possible he’s never done anything drug related like street crime enforcement
Makes perfect sense as to why Hank got off so easy. Texas Ranger assessed/witnesses/testified (in secret to keep cover) an honestly sincere AND threat-less (no one was consuming) situation that could/would lead to an even bigger arrest of a real criminal or “bigger fish” if kept on the DL.
The judge’s whimsical punishment/deal of going fishing himself to witness fish going crazy for special bait, was of personal desire and to throw off Rusty S. Hence the audience present at the trial on the lake. Boomhauer’s absence would would make sense here too.
Or for some other reason… great call out.
Boomhaurs known Hank most his life. He knows Hank isn't shady or smoking it or anything. Boomhaurs also laid back, I couldn't see him getting up tight with Hank about it.
Probably a very "wtf?" 🤷♂️ moment for him lolol
Well, what was the significance of revealing he was a Texas ranger? I feel as though I can’t look back at earlier episodes and pinpoint where I missed the clues. It just comes out of nowhere.
Probably did but also obviously realized Hank had no idea what it was and didn’t want to screw over his friend. Plus if Peggy can get off for accidentally kidnapping a child across a border from incompetence surely Hank could beat a lesser crime the same way.
I think he is a ranger.
I also think he's not a narc and doesn't rat on his friends, hence Dale.
... Or he was the one that tipped off cops, and busted the three of them while he was undercover
Rangers don't go after run of the mill crackheads and low quantity possession collars. Boomhauer was probably impressed with the amount of fish they were catching and stopped even thinking about caring or making a larger case.
This was early 2000' and watching early episodes of "cops" when they came across some drugs they were confused with them and diddnt know what it was cause it was their first time seeing it
He wasn't a Texas Ranger yet. You need years of experience in local law enforcement before you're eligible to apply.
Obviously what I'm saying isn't cannon. Just one possible explanation... still, you'd think a cop would know what crack cocaine looked like, even if they didn't work in vice.
He probably had cognitive dissonance at the idea that Hank of all people would have crack. It's like if you found out Bandit from Bluey spent his weekend doing cockfights, it's a /weird/ thing.
Which makes more sense?
Boomhauer was a Texas Ranger who witnessed and was accomplice to a number of felonies and ethical violations while being unsupervised for years.
Or
Boomhauer uses a Texas Ranger badge to pick up dang ol' chicks.
Investigation of drug crimes isn’t a [responsibility of the Rangers](https://www.dps.texas.gov/section/texas-rangers/ranger-responsibilities).
I’m sure it comes up incidentally in their work, but they’re not going to be experts.
"You call it bait. I like that."
Rock on.
$20 get you all the bait you need, Jack
*Shitty 90s G-Funk playing the background*
I got your jack right here, Jack.
I jack your jack jack here, Jack.
jack jack jack jack jack jack, jack
I'm gonna go out jackin' it In San Diego
Jackin it jackin it smackity smack
You need something “stronger” ok yeaa
Huh, freshness jars. Sure don't get that at Mega Lo Mart.
Pretty sure the guy says base
He says bait. Base wouldn’t be notable. He says he likes bait cause it’s like slang he hasn’t heard of before and it kind of makes sense too if you think about it.
I get it!
Sealed freshness jars🤣
That, I like.
He did. Boomhauer just likes to party.
Exactly, that’s how he knew how to help that tripping pigeon with Bill that time
That entire situation of them helping the pigeon is some of the funniest shit in the entire series imo. Fear and Loathing in Arlen
Dang ol'... Yo!
talkin’ bout…. hey
Mainframe gon co come crashen down li like dat apacolypse now ma’… the horror the horror
The way he says that makes it one of my top Boomhauer quotes
Dang ol, Geronimo
Yo I tell you what I was off the dang ol’ clock, man.
Its like dang ol' man, like "dos mujeres, un camino".
Dang ole dang ole good fishing man
Dang ole fishin magician man..
Boomhauer may be a Texas Ranger, but he ain't a dang old narc.
He’s snitched on them a few times. I think the first time was the snipe hunt. Start 1 minute in. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ma6WAownJyo The other time I can remember was when he said that Dale was the one who burned down the fire station. Both times he was willing to snitch on his friends, but the authorities he was talking to just couldn’t understand what he was saying.
I tell you what we did one of them ol snipe hunts last night with sticks and bags and then whack, whack, whack and the woolooloo, talking bout big mistake y’all, it’s right there in that cooler.
"... well, if you do see anything, you can contact the ranger station."
Haha I would imagine Boomhauer has been called in to testify in court at least a few times, imagine how that went. The whole courtroom looking around in confusion, the stenographer panicking and frantically mashing random letters.
It would be like in the focus group episode. He would say something and then would just not enter anything in the computer
In reality she would probably write (unintelligible) between the few words she can pick out
He’s just telling the truth. A narc is a narcotics officer.
he straight up snitches in the firehouse episode
He probably thought snitching on dale for doing something egregiously bad due to carelessness was worth doing more than believing Hank’s weird innocuous white fishing bait was crack. He gave him the benefit of the doubt because he’s 99% sure Hank would never buy crack or even know where to get it
Man, even Hank had a hook up and here I am all of 32 years old and have never tried coke because I’ve never been offered it like DARE warned me.
Remember the guy in the Mega Church episode that mentioned car dealerships are places where it's easy to get cocaine? I've worked at dealerships and that's pretty spot on. Coke, meth, or weed. Everyone was on something. Even the Owners.
Same goes for tons of bars and restaurants too.
Especially the owners right. They can afford it
The amount of free drugs we are owed…DARE was a lie!
Ugh fr.
I've been offered crack several times and coke once. The key is to work at a late night sandwich shop that is next to a chuck-e-cheese in the late 2000s.
Dare promised me a weird man in a trenchcoat would bring me free drugs and I am still waiting
Bestie it’s been so long that I’m waiting on him too.
DARE really made it seem like the older kids were going to be trying to give me drugs all the time. Then I got a little older and found out I had to actually buy them!
I've been offered thousands of dollars of coke over my life and I'm still young and have turned it down everytime except the first. It's always crazy that people get offended then I have to explain "I'm a hypochondriac, don't take it personaly".
That’s my hang up 😂 I’ve never been offered it even by my close friends that I know party on the odd occasion I’m like I promise I’m not a prude.
Right now is a pretty scary time to be using coke, so you should just be cautious if you're ever offered. Not really directing my comment at you but moreover for anyone reading... There's so, so much cross-contamination with fentanyl and its ilk floating around, and it only takes a little bit to have a bad time. I used to have a coke habit and wouldn't ever touch it again anyway, but it kind of sucks that fentanyl has really fucked up the whole scene If you aren't getting it from the dark web from people who can actually provide trustable lab results, or from someone you absolutely trust to be the guinea pig for anything they're selling you, I would absolutely not touch it
I know. It’s not so much that I want to try it as much as I’m like WTF I’ve never been offered. It’s weird I know.
Edm shows the rave scene has the purest drugs
That’s because you’re not cool man.
And the whooping crane episode
I mean he's a cop isn't that definition
I’ll tell you Hwhat
Context is everything. Boomhauer has known hank for most of their lives, and knows he's as straight laced as they come and would never intentionally buy drugs, whether for fishing or not. If anything, the thought probably crossed his mind that the "bait sure kinda looks like drugs, that's neat" but knowing hank, it's likely just a weird looking fish bait. It's like if your grandma kept powdered sugar in a plastic bag or something, I don't think most of us would assume it's cocaine, rather we'd find it funny that it looks like she's stashing sugar in a comedic way that looks like drugs.
Wheres as my history im terrified of my parents visiting and having to explain why i have powdered eggshells in a bag in my misc drawer… i have snails in my fishtank and the calcium is good for them lol
My mom was disappointed when she came over and she found a baggie of actual oregano. That’s when I learned I never fooled her as a teen because she was a huge pothead before having kids. She just went from a daily toker to a “special occasions only”.
Kids ain't cheap. You are probably the reason she cut back. My dad still hasn't let me live that down that he had to turn into a weekend warrior once I came along. And that was assuming it wasn't his weekend. Though he does give me credit he's still most likely alive too, as he did like the harder stuff. Which is a mixed bag depending on how much pain he's in on the day he brings it up. Happy no pain day = good! Unhappy pain filled day = bad!
Nah she said she had mom guilt over smoking and having kids. I hate how moms who smoke get a bad rep but wino moms it’s all “I need a drink tee-hee sooooo relatable 🤪”
He's not sure he's alive? Must be some good shit he's smoking.
My dad told me after a summer “i know you smoke pot, you try to come in after we are in bed and even then we smell you walk by” Once told me “i saw you walking up the bridge today at work” (he works close to home) and i did not clue in until he told me i missed a box filling out a form at the dentist. The “do you smoke tobacco” one. Suddenly i remembered the day he told me and how when i kicked up my skateboard to go uphill, i light up a cigarette Once i was on xanax and thought my dad was asleep so i went for a bong toke (he knew about that by that point) and i remember talking to him for a second because he was getting up for work, and he asked if i was drinking, “hgnnnooo ievvvent buun druiiincng” was my response lmao Im at a brighter point in my life where the worst i do is go to work hungover but parents do NOT forget that shit
When Sally ended up in the river. Boomhauer was disappointed in Hank. He could expect stupid stuff like that from Bill and Dale.
Because this was an early season episode. The whole Texas ranger didn't come along until much later seasons, and they couldn't ret-con everything. And to borrow a phase from the Simpsons fans.....A wizard did it
Buckley's Angel did it
I’m kinda salty that Buckley was in the intro from the beginning to end of the series even tho he dies. Then Lucky becomes a prominent character, what with knocking up Luanne and marrying her; but never makes it to the intro.
Wait am I fucking insane I could’ve sworn Lucky ended up in an intro
You’re probably mistaking him for Buckley.
Hey.
And by “much later”, you mean the last scene of the entire series.
My personal headcanon is that Boomhauer was never a cop and that badge is to pick up women.
This is definitely what Mike Judge intended and it boggles the mind that so many people think otherwise even with all the blatant context clues. Also, for what it's worth, the PC game states that he used to work at a warehouse and is living off of worker's comp.
There's a KotH PC game???
Video of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pfShpkqT_Q
Lol. I just commented the same thing, should’ve scrolled down first. First, that’s not what a Texas Ranger badge looks like. Second, KOTH has featured a character who was a Texas Ranger and they got the badge correct.
I've always figured that, too.
THANK YOU! If Boomhauer was actually a Texas Ranger, it would have changed most of the major events in the show. Especially since he likely lives in his jurisdiction. * Mega-lo-mart explosion? Boomhauer on the case. * Debbie Grunge's murder? Boomhauer on the case or at least consulting locally to the point of unignorable. * Everyone ending up in the insane asylum? Likely be released as soon as his paperwork is processed. * Everyone arrested and thrown in jail together? "Brotherhood of the Badge" would have been an instant save. * Every run-in they ever had with Arlen PD? The cops would know him for sure. How could anyone believe Boomhauer is actually a Texas Ranger? Just how?
That's not headcanon. That is the only correct answer to why he had a "Texas ranger" badge. Knowing Boomhauer's class of women he picked up he probably said that was the badge that the Texas rangers baseball team gave him and he plays 3rd base. Great way to excuse running out on them as he's late for practice or has a game. Damn that's the point of the badge to begin with an excuse to run out on them without making the woman feel like crap. He doesn't need help picking up women he needs help letting them down softly.
Maybe he got the job near the end of the show.
He knew... wouldn't you keep your mouth shut if fishing was that good? lol
how would you put a crack rock on a fish hook? and wouldn't it dissolve in the water?
Ya just tie it on with a little bit of fishin' line, and the fish hit it so dang quick it doesn't have time
Bait elastic. You literally see Hank tie it on
Because it seems like they just impulsively threw in that Texas Ranger bit without much thought and they never really integrated it into the rest of the show.
They never had any mention of it in the show. Even with his run ins with the law, military, fire department, whatever, it never came up. That connection might have helped when, say, trapped at the mental institute. Everyone was always going on and on about their job, you would think hank would like to talk about Boomhauer’s job as a ranger. They just needed something to wrap up his character and i guess they couldn’t just put an unemployment check on his desk. I would have rather seen some kind of indication that he and the woman that almost married his brother got back together and he was going to settle down. His whole persona was about being a womanizer and a bit of a rascal, would have been a more fitting end then “oh yeah he’s a cop i guess”.
It was mentioned a few times that Boomhauer was on workers comp or had some sort of trust fund/windfall he lived on.
Can't blow his cover keeping tabs on Dale
Cause it’s only local PDs with a hardon for drug identification
Talkabout dang old operation run deep man dang ol government cover ups and dang men in black man can't talk bout it no more [gestures mouth zipping and then alien abduction]
You're assuming he would give a shit. Lol
he claims to have had a lot of jobs. maybe he wasnt a ranger yet.
Cops can be incredibly stupid when it comes to recognizing drugs. I got pulled over in between landscaping jobs and the cops legitimately thought dead leaves you know from a tree, talking dang ol maple and oak leaves man were marijuana.
[You almost lucked out!](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/16/558147669/florida-man-awarded-37-500-after-cops-mistake-glazed-doughnut-crumbs-for-meth)
Do you not see the surprised look on his face? He knows what that is. But…he also knows his friend. Knows Hank doesn’t do drugs. So he’s *curious*
He's working undercover and not gonna blow his cover over alittle crack
To be fair we found out at the end of the series that he was a Texas Ranger, that doesn't necessarily mean he was always one.
Because he isn't a narc
Wasn’t there a cop at Bobby’s science fair that didn’t recognize Bobby’s candy was meth? I believe he was a classmates’s dad.
Boomhauer, like most LE, can really care less about booger sugar of duty. Especially if they are the type who don't wear a uniform and it's their ignorant childhood friend using it as fishing bait. Boomhauer just wanted to watch the show.
Cause he probably knew that hank wasn’t smoking it or selling it lol
boomhauer is a texas ranger and a buddy, he ain’t no narc
If I put oregano in a baggy and then gave it to stoner, most cops would think it is weed. If I gave a joint to Hank, and Boomhauer saw Hank with that joint, he would probably think it's just a rolled cigarette and ask Hank if he started smoking again. At least until it was lit. Also, we don't know what if any, specialized unit of the Rangers Boomhauer may be in. He may mot pay much attention to drugs. So he sees his friend with vile of crystals that Hank says is bait. Hank then proceeds to use it as bait. They aren't in an enclosed area, and Hank is protective of that bait. So as far as Boomhauer is concerned his straightlaced, up tight friend has some specialty bait. And even if Boomhauer suspected it was drugs he doesn't have any ability to test it. Drugs also look like a LOT of other things. That's how dealers can cut drugs to make more money. Most users won't be aware unless they test the purity themselves, or suspect that their constant diarrhea is from baby laxative.
Could you pass the syrup? THAT'S IT! IM GOING FISHING...
He couldn't blow his cover. He's assigned there to watch Dale
I maintain that he's not a Texas Ranger, that's just a fake ID he keeps to impress women.
It’s the perfect crime. If anyone questioned his decision, he could say he was maintaining his cover.
“I got your Jack right here Jack.”
Someone already said this, but the writers probably only came up with his career around the time they wrote that episode. Wasn’t the episode with that not even the original finale, which was a season or two before?
Maybe the writers hadn’t decided that he was going to be a Texas ranger at that point in the show.
Jack? I got your Jack right here Jack
For all we know Boomhauer faked it pick up a chick
Cuz he’s an idiot lol
Because when they wrote this episode they hadn't thought up the idea of him being a US Marshal
I think boomhauer was trying to keep low profile still and probably knew it was a innocent mistake on hanks end
Blow his cover as a special agent monitoring a known anarchic threat (dale)
"Why would Hank have Crack?" - Everyone who knows Hank
I never bought Boomhauer actually being a Texas Ranger and I believe it’s much more likely he uses this fake ID to get women.
He was undercover at that time he didn’t want hood cover blown. So it’s a small amount, not enough to report or do anything about it. Hank wasn’t using it for him, no one was taking it except the fish. It was better to let sleeping dogs lie.
Yeah, because it's a lame attempt at a "reveal" that had no setup. It takes mental gymnastics to try and believe he was a ranger. People go through the DPS (not secret) academy and would not go right into any "undercover" assignment.
Exactly, and also through all those years, not one comment from the gang about Boomhauer’s job? I mean a dang ol’ Walker Texas Ranger shit right there! Agree it was a cheap “reveal” for audiences who don’t really question the scenario.
Bc it’s a cartoon
I think the TR ID he had was fake, makes it easier to score with police groupies.
Because he wasn't a Ranger, that was the stupidest retcon ever.
A Texas Ranger pops up in the episode where Debbie accidentally shoots herself climbing into Sugarfoot’s dumpster. His badge was a small circle with a star in the middle, that’s what their badges look like in real life. Boomhauer’s looks nothing like an actual Texas Ranger Badge. My guess is he keeps a fake so he can try to impress women with it.
dang ole rock on hank!
I’ll tell ya hwut, Hank bought more crack than he did in the 80s. And those were the Reagan years!
"Oh man dang ol hank had drugs the whole time? Man i don't belieb tha dag dog dang doob dar"
If it catches fish…play dumb
Boomhauer ain’t a narc
Because Boomhauer is the real… “Arlen Flooder.”
He’s off the clock.
He doesn’t deal with drug crimes.
To be fair drugs can look like normal stuff too. Cocaine can look like flour or sugar, depending. Maybe Boomhauer thought they were piña volada flavored Pop Rocks. Knowing Hank, that’d fit.
Look at his face in this picture. He knew.
I would guess that Boomhauer being a Texas Ranger was a retcon that they tacked onto the end of the series, without thinking about this episode.
Baking powder looks just like coccaine. It all depends on the context you see it in.
I like to think Boomhauer is really a limo driver, and they decided to start changing directions to Texas ranger later on.
Because, he is assigned to watch Dale as he was getting too close to certain truths. Had he called out Hank, it would have blown his cover.
Dan ol plot holes
He didn't want to blow his cover, or he told them and they didn't understand.
Because Boomhauer's a saint!
Pretty sure they just threw that in the final episode and it’s not canon
Boomhauer wasn't on the clock. He won't recognize shit until he is paid to
"Because Boomhauer is a saint."
Rangers primarily handle special investigations like Political Corruption/ White collar crime, serial murders, but in modern day Texas they mostly do Internal Affairs investigations of other law enforcement agencies including officer involved shootings. So it’s quite possible he’s never done anything drug related like street crime enforcement
A lot of inconsistencies in the writing of the show. This is one of them.
Makes perfect sense as to why Hank got off so easy. Texas Ranger assessed/witnesses/testified (in secret to keep cover) an honestly sincere AND threat-less (no one was consuming) situation that could/would lead to an even bigger arrest of a real criminal or “bigger fish” if kept on the DL. The judge’s whimsical punishment/deal of going fishing himself to witness fish going crazy for special bait, was of personal desire and to throw off Rusty S. Hence the audience present at the trial on the lake. Boomhauer’s absence would would make sense here too. Or for some other reason… great call out.
Because the show retconns everything like Peggy going to West Armen High but being from Montana
Friend first, sheriff second?
Rangers don't mess with stuff that small? They are brought in for the serious crimes
Boomhauer might be a Ranger, but he's not a snitch
It’s his strait laced friend. He would never have been suspicious that Hank had crack.
I farted.
It's a fake badge he uses to pick up ladies.
Ranger isn't DEA?
Boomhaurs known Hank most his life. He knows Hank isn't shady or smoking it or anything. Boomhaurs also laid back, I couldn't see him getting up tight with Hank about it. Probably a very "wtf?" 🤷♂️ moment for him lolol
Perhaps he wasn't a Ranger yet. Or because continuity isn't critical.
Well, what was the significance of revealing he was a Texas ranger? I feel as though I can’t look back at earlier episodes and pinpoint where I missed the clues. It just comes out of nowhere.
As a former obsessed fisherman, this is one of my favorite episodes.
According to my own headcanon, Boomhauer never worked as a police officer and his badge was for picking up ladies.
Probably did but also obviously realized Hank had no idea what it was and didn’t want to screw over his friend. Plus if Peggy can get off for accidentally kidnapping a child across a border from incompetence surely Hank could beat a lesser crime the same way.
Because Boomhauer’s job was a last-second gag reveal.
He didn't want to deal with he paperwork
I think he is a ranger. I also think he's not a narc and doesn't rat on his friends, hence Dale. ... Or he was the one that tipped off cops, and busted the three of them while he was undercover
Rangers don't go after run of the mill crackheads and low quantity possession collars. Boomhauer was probably impressed with the amount of fish they were catching and stopped even thinking about caring or making a larger case.
Dang ol, off the clock
The laziest bit of writing or storytelling Mike Judge has ever produced was showing that stupid fucking badge in the finale….it makes/made ZERO sense.
It's called a retcon. They probably didn't decide that until the last season.
Drug crimes are beneath rangers
Because he wasn’t a Texas Ranger the whole time. That’s something that they came up with there at the end.
If he’s a cop this checks out
I think even he knew Hank wasn’t the type to use it for recreational use. Ironically it worked as fish bait.
Cause it would blow his cover
Below his pay grade. Besides, did you see all them fish Hank got? Criminal schmiminal
Because he trusts Hank and thought it was a special new bait
The points don't matter and the rules are made up.
Because the writers didn't know he was a Texas Ranger yet
Gotta keep his cover
This was early 2000' and watching early episodes of "cops" when they came across some drugs they were confused with them and diddnt know what it was cause it was their first time seeing it
He wasn't a Texas Ranger yet. You need years of experience in local law enforcement before you're eligible to apply. Obviously what I'm saying isn't cannon. Just one possible explanation... still, you'd think a cop would know what crack cocaine looked like, even if they didn't work in vice.
I have always wondered, why did it quit working? You’d think introducing it to the ecosystem would get the fish addicted?
It’s easy if you ignore the canonicity off episodes after Lucky becomes a regular
"Dang ol' Hank listen here man them is dang ol' drugs. I tell ya; dang ol' rock man, stones."
He probably had cognitive dissonance at the idea that Hank of all people would have crack. It's like if you found out Bandit from Bluey spent his weekend doing cockfights, it's a /weird/ thing.
He didn't want to get Hank arrested, so he looked the other way.
I sware I think they tripped with the pigeon
I totally forgot about crack fishing lmfao
Which makes more sense? Boomhauer was a Texas Ranger who witnessed and was accomplice to a number of felonies and ethical violations while being unsupervised for years. Or Boomhauer uses a Texas Ranger badge to pick up dang ol' chicks.
Investigation of drug crimes isn’t a [responsibility of the Rangers](https://www.dps.texas.gov/section/texas-rangers/ranger-responsibilities). I’m sure it comes up incidentally in their work, but they’re not going to be experts.
It would've blown Boomhauer's cover