The Duke family recalls the
origins of the
General Lee. In a flashback to eight years earlier (that
is, 1976), Bo and Luke buy an old Dodge Charger to soup up
for one of Boss Hogg's road races. They're unaware that a
pair of jewel thieves had earlier wrecked the car while
eluding authorities. It isn't long before the bad guys find
out the car is at Cooter's Garage and plan to retrieve it so
they can get their ill-gotten booty.
"Welcome, Waylon Jennings"
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September 28, 1984
After six seasons of his
complaining in song that they "keep showing my hands and not
my face on TV," Waylon Jennings finally appears on camera.
This time, as an old friend of the Duke family, Waylon
brings his tour bus and traveling museum to Hazzard County.
Boss Hogg plots to have the rolling museum stolen, then sell
it back for ransom.
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Duke"
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October 5, 1984
Luke accidentally drinks some
water tained with personality-altering genetics that had
been accidentally dumped into the lake. It turns the
good-natured Duke into an abusive thug: he insults his
friends and family after a hay ride; he vandalizes a farm by
recklessly driving through the property; then makes a pass
at a pretty girl at the Boar's Nest. Luke's wicked
personality draws the attention of a pair of bank robbers,
who reason that Luke can tell them everything they need to
know about robbing Hazzard Bank. Meanwhile, the other Dukes
find out the water had been polluted, and they visit the
genetics research firm to press for answers. Boss Hogg and
Rosco get wind of Luke's new attitude and plans to rob
Hazzard Bank, and after setting up a makeshift security
camera in the bank prepares for the robbery to frame Luke
for the crime. While Bo and Enos race after Luke and the two
bank robbers, it's up to Jesse and Daisy to try to explain
things to Rosco, who's a little to eager to rush the
videotape to the
FBI ... but he leaves a hungry Flash to guard the tape.
"Robot P. Coltrane"
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October 12, 1984
A computer technician is
fired from his job, shortly after completing work on a
contract. He and a co-worker get revenge against their
former employer by stealing a cachι of electronics, to sell
on the black market, then steal back for ransom. In Hazzard
County, they meet with Boss Hogg to sell one of the items
a robot named Bobby Joe. Bo and Luke who had an earlier
run-in with the crooks are suspicious and investigate the
van. Rosco catches the Duke boys inside, but bungles the
arrest. The robot, however, is easily able to apprehend the
Dukes. Boss is impressed, buys the robot, and promptly
promotes Bobby Joe to Hazzard County sheriff. Then, in the
most demeaning manner possible, Boss fires Rosco. While the
Dukes console a depressed Rosco, Boss' eyes light up like a
10-year-old on Christmas Day as Bobby Joe wreaks havoc
throughout Hazzard County, not realizing the crooks plan to
steal back the robot and demand a $25,000 payment ... or
else.
"No More Mr. Nice Guy"
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October 19, 1984
Daisy is told she is the 1
millionth customer at the Capitol City Department Store, and
thus has won a cache of prizes, including a fur coat and a
diamond necklace. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
All of Daisy's "prizes" have been stolen, as part of Boss
Hogg's latest scheme, since he knows that a state senator
plans to investigate his office and wants to direct
attention away from his criminal activities. However, just
as Boss is relishing the opportunity to finally send the
Dukes to prison, he bumps his head and develops amnesia.
Boss becomes a nice guy, but he might not get a chance to
recover once the criminals realize he might tip off the
authorities.
"The Dukes in Hollywood"
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November 2, 1984
While a movie is being shot in
Hazzard County, Bo and Luke witness a near accident
involving a stunt car driver named Brock Curtis. They save
Brock's life, and the grateful star hires the Duke boys as
stunt doubles in Hollywood. The Dukes along with Boss Hogg
and Rosco leave for California. There, they learn that
Brock's near accident was no accident, but someone wanting
to exact revenge on Brock. The man is still determined to
kill Brock, and it's up to the Dukes to find a way to
capture his pursuer. Meanwhile, Boss and Rosco persistently
try to pay a visit to the studio to break into the movies,
but it's Flash who catches the agent's eye.
"Cool Hands, Luke & Bo"
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November 9, 1984
Bo and Luke are arrested by the
Osage County sheriff on false traffic charges, then
sentenced to two years on the county's road gang. The arrest
is the first step in Osage administrator Col. Cassius
Claiborne's plan to exact revenge on old enemy Boss Hogg.
With public pressure mounting, Boss and Rosco give in to
Claiborne's demand to hand over their moonshine contracts in
exchange for Bo and Luke's freedom. But then Claibourn has
them arrested and placed on the road gang as well. While the
Duke boys are placed in solitary confinement following a
failed escape attempt, Claiborne manages to exploit Boss'
voracious appetite for high-calorie dishes in an effort to
extort Boss out of everything he owns. Bo and Luke
eventually decide the only way to escape the prison is for
everyone to overpower the guards and bust the place wide
open, well aware that failure could end in their deaths. Guest star:
Morgan Woodward
"Go West, Young Dukes"
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November 16, 1984
Boss Hogg discovers a
certificate that states that Uncle Jesse's great
grandfather, Jeremiah Duke, signed over the farm to Thaddeus
Hogg. Jesse tries to determine what actually happened by
reading Jeremiah's diary, sending everyone into a flashback
to the 1880s.
"Cale Yarborough Comes to Hazzard"
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November 23, 1984
On his second trip to Hazzard
County, Cale Yarborough comforts a sick orphan at the
Tri-County Hospital. But the boy may never get to see his
hero, since Cale and his old friends, Bo and Luke, become
mixed up in the latest robbery of Hazzard Bank.
"Danger on the Hazzard Express"
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November 30, 1984
Boss Hogg plans to steal a $2
million shipment from a train passing through Hazzard
County, by using a remote-controlled car as a battering ram.
But when the car is wrecked, thanks to Bo and Luke, Boss
resorts to Plan B: steal the
General Lee and use it to derail the train. Of course,
by using the General Lee, it automatically implicates the
Duke boys and not Boss or his associates. But then the
criminals tell Boss they plan to kill Bo and Luke instead.
"Sittin' Dukes"
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December 14, 1984
A pair of hardened criminals
with nothing to lose escape from prison and arrive in
Hazzard. One of them is Benson, an ex-marine who served
under Luke's command in the
United States Marine Corps. As part of Benson's get even
plan, he orders Bo and Luke to drive them out of state in
the
General Lee at gunpoint, and not to let on anything when
approached by the authorities. Sheriff Little, who is
tracking the convicts, assumes the Dukes are helping the
escaped convicts. To escape detection, the bad guys force Bo
and Luke to drive through a potentially deadly forest fire.
When Sheriff Little locks everyone except Enos in a holding
cell to prevent their interference, the Duke boys must rely
on Enos' help and their own wits to capture the criminals.
"Sky Bandits Over Hazzard"
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December 21, 1984
Boss Hogg blames Bo and Luke
for an armored car robbery. While incarcerated, the real
culprits strike again, using an elaborate method hijacking
the car from the air and then pulling the vehicle into the
sky! When it becomes clear the Duke boys are innocent, Boss
sends them after the robbers. Bo and Luke eventually take to
the air to capture the bandits.
"The Haunting of J.D. Hogg"
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January 4, 1985
Boss Hogg's Uncle Silas dies,
and is bequeathed money in his will with the cavaet that he
donate it to charity. Boss refuses, and it isn't long before
the Dukes realize that he has no intention of honoring
Silas' will. So, they hire a ventriloquist to trick Boss
into thinking Silas is returning from the dead to exact
revenge.
"When You Wish Upon a Hogg"
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January 11, 1985
Hughie Hogg's latest scheme is
to trick Boss Hogg and Rosco into thinking an antique oil
lamp will grant them untold wealth, eternal power ... and
most of all, a way to get rid of the Duke boys once and for
all. To make his scheme work, Hughie has added a new
associate to his team of cronies a seductively beautiful
young mistress named Trixie to play the part of the lamp's "genie."
It's up to Bo and Luke to stop Hughie, before all Boss and
Rosco are left with is a worthless old lamp.
"Strange Visitor to Hazzard"
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January 25, 1985
There's been some
UFO sightings in Hazzard County lately, and it isn't
long before Bo and Luke make friends with a space alien,
whose spacecraft has crash-landed. The Duke boys have their
hands full keeping the alien away from Boss Hogg and Rosco,
who want to exploit the alien for profit; and a pair of
fortune hunters, who create a
false emergency (by contending that aliens plot to
invade Hazzard), and looting the town after ordering a
mandatory
emergency evacuation.
"Enos and Daisy's Wedding"
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February 1, 1985
A pair of hardened criminals
kidnaps Enos and forces him to participate in the armed
robbery of Hazzard Bank. Daisy who witnessed the crime
knows Enos is innocent, and is also aware that if she were
married to Enos, she could not be subpoenaed to testify.
It's not long before the two become engaged, and while they
are planning their wedding, Bo and Luke must find a way to
capture the criminals and make them admit that Enos was a
non-participant in the robbery.
"Opening Night at the Boar's Nest"
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February 8, 1985
Boss Hogg grudgingly agrees to
participate in Rosco's magic act during a talent revue at
the Boar's Nest. Boss plans to use the "disappearing lady"
act as a way to get to a scheduled appointment, but it works
out too well. A pair of escaped felons, whom Boss helped put
away, kidnap Boss and hold him for ransom. When Rosco is
unable to make Boss "reappear," Bo and Luke investigate and
determine foul play was involved. Rosco is convinced Boss
really did disappear into thin air, leaving the Duke boys to
ride to Boss' rescue.
