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8.2/10(205 votes)
#1 - Happy Birthday, General Lee
S7:E19/21/1984
It's been 8 years since the Dukes got the General Lee and we see the story of how they got it. When it was originally used as a getaway car for some gold dust thieves and Bo and Luke got it from a junkyard because they needed a car to race in.
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8.2/10(193 votes)
#2 - Bad Day in Hazzard
S4:E233/5/1982
The Dukes are forced to bond with their sworn enemies — Boss Hogg and Rosco — after they are held at gunpoint by a gang of robbers at the Boar's Nest. The lead robber, posing as a law enforcement officer, then orders an emergency evacuation of Hazzard... thereby eliminating any witnesses to his plans to rob an armored truck making a delivery to Hazzard Bank.
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8.2/10(173 votes)
#3 - Welcome Back, Bo 'n' Luke
S5:E192/25/1983
Bo and Luke return to Hazzard after great season at the NASCAR Circuit and they won but they wanted to come home - which is ok since Coy and Vance have to leave Hazzard to take care of a sick relative. Meanwhile, Boss plans to foreclose on Cooter's garage - after Cooter owes a balloon mortgage payment - so he can put up a new shopping center.
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8.2/10(166 votes)
#4 - Undercover Dukes (1)
S6:E162/3/1984
Bo and Luke are offered to race on the circuit again for the daughter of a racketeer J.J. Carver. But since they vowed not to go back they turn him down, until a Federal Agent offers them to work undercover to get enough evidence to put Carver away for a long time.
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8.1/10(240 votes)
#5 - The Ghost of General Lee
S2:E610/26/1979
Car thieves drive the General Lee into a pond. Thinking Bo and Luke were drowned, Boss Hogg claims they stole his watch. So the boys scheme to haunt Boss.
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8.1/10(206 votes)
#6 - Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane
S3:E912/12/1980
After meeting a woman through a computer dating service, Rosco plans to get married. Boss plans for him to invite everyone in town to his wedding--except the Dukes. This makes them the only possible suspects for the bank robbery he's arranging to take place during the ceremony. But Boss is unaware that Rosco's supposed fiancé and her gang are planning a robbery of their own.
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8.1/10(156 votes)
#7 - Undercover Dukes (2)
S6:E172/10/1984
Bo and Luke uncover the evidence for Carver's conspiracy plan but they get their cover blown - thanks to Boss and Rosco, who think that Bo and Luke are making gambling deals.
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8.0/10(196 votes)
#8 - The Runaway
S2:E141/11/1980
Millionaire C.J. Holmes is determined to retrieve his runaway daughter, who plans to marry a Hazzard County farmer. The girl later takes her appeal to the Dukes, explaining that her father wants her to marry within her social class and not someone involved in an unglamorous profession. Uncle Jesse ultimately meets with Mr. Holmes, and gives him a stern lecture about the dedication and self-sacrifice of farmers.
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8.0/10(187 votes)
#9 - And In This Corner, Luke Duke
S3:E511/14/1980
After Luke broke an expensive mirror of Boss Hogg's, Jesse may be forced to sell the farm to pay for it unless Luke fights Catfish Lee, managed by a crooked promoter, in a boxing match.
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8.0/10(168 votes)
#10 - Enos and Daisy's Wedding
S7:E162/1/1985
A pair of crooks robs Boss' bank and frame Enos for it; Daisy becomes a witness against him when she thinks she saw it. Daisy, knowing that Enos would never do it, cannot refuse to testify against him or she'll be in contempt. So she decides to marry Enos - that way she cannot legally testify against him.
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8.0/10(167 votes)
#11 - Dear Diary
S4:E202/12/1982
Rosco has kept a diary detailing Boss Hogg's illegal schemes carried out over the years. Two of Boss' former (and now disgruntled) associates become aware of this and swipe the diary, demanding a huge ransom or else they tip off the authorities. This leaves Bo and Luke with a moral dilemma: Defeat the crooks, as their criminal activities are more serious than Boss'; or see their longtime enemy brought to justice once and for all.
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7.9/10(214 votes)
#12 - Carnival Of Thrills (1)
S3:E19/16/1980
When the Dukes attend a stunt show called "Carnival of Thrills," the star of the show is injured while trying to jump a car over 32 parked cars. Looking for a new star, carnival owner Diane Benson offers Bo the job. While Diane seduces a lovestruck Bo with her charms; Luke, Daisy and Uncle Jesse suspect something is amiss. Their fears are confirmed when an insurance investigator reveals that the earlier stunt show mishap—-along with several others—-was no accident. Luke tries to convince Bo of his findings, but Bo does not listen. This leads to a huge fight that results in Bo leaving the Duke farm, threatening further repercussions on the Duke family. Meanwhile, Boss Hogg can foreclose on the "Carnival of Thrills" if Diane can't pay back a loan she makes for use of the Hazzard County fairgrounds. Furthermore, Rosco manages to impound the General Lee for a taillight he busted; and, in an attempt to keep Bo from taking the stunt job, Luke allows the impounding to happen.
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7.9/10(189 votes)
#13 - Uncle Boss
S3:E711/28/1980
Boss Hogg unleashes his "secret weapon" against the Dukes: his college-educated nephew Hughie Hogg (Jeff Altman), who comes to Hazzard with some dirty tricks and schemes to frame Bo and Luke into prison.
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7.9/10(181 votes)
#14 - Mrs. Daisy Hogg
S4:E110/9/1981
Daisy is smitten by Boss Hogg's handsome, rich nephew, Jamie Lee Hogg, who has come to town to purchase his uncle's grits mill. While romance quickly blossoms and a wedding appears to be on the horizon, it isn't long before Bo and Luke confirm their initial suspicions about Jamie's criminal side as a counterfeiter.
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7.9/10(176 votes)
#15 - Welcome, Waylon Jennings
S7:E29/28/1984
The Dukes' old friend Waylon Jennings comes to Hazzard with his mobile museum to use as a charity exhibit. But Boss hires two crooks to steal it and sell it back for a ransom.
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7.9/10(173 votes)
#16 - 10 Million Dollar Sheriff (2)
S4:E911/20/1981
Uncle Jesse seriously injures himself as the shaken Duke patriarch learns that bounty hunter Jason Steele is a wanted criminal. Steele eventually manages to frame Bo and Luke on grand-theft auto (by having them drive away in a stolen Dodge Charger painted exactly like the General Lee). Hosiah Coltrane's attorney then informs Rosco that a mistake had been made and that the sheriff had only inherited $10 - leaving Rosco way short of the $100,000 needed to pay Steele for services rendered. Steele eventually blows his top when he learns Rosco doesn't have the money, and...
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7.9/10(171 votes)
#17 - Diamonds in the Rough
S4:E310/23/1981
Everyone's after a sack of diamonds that had accidentally been dropped from an armed robber's vehicle driving through Hazzard, and all roads lead to the Duke farm after Bo and Luke get to them first. While the Duke boys are trying to report their find to the state police, they are bugged by the original thief (who poses as a reporter to get at the loot) and later, by a phony FBI agent hired by a greedy Boss Hogg who wants the reward money for himself.
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7.9/10(162 votes)
#18 - Brotherly Love
S6:E410/14/1983
Luke's brother, who he thought was dead all these years, comes to Hazzard to see his family. He was a boxer who is being chased by crooked gamblers who bet everything the owned against him in a fight that he won in the first round. Now they want to kill him.
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7.9/10(161 votes)
#19 - Too Many Roscos
S6:E310/7/1983
When Rosco chases the Dukes, he drives into a pond and then is kidnapped by a man who underwent plastic surgery to look just like him (also played by James Best). But when the townsfolk all think Rosco is dead, the ringer shows up in town to be there when the armored truck arrives - and rob it.
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7.8/10(211 votes)
#20 - Days of Shine and Roses
S2:E19/21/1979
On your mark, get set, cheat! To prove who was the fastest moonshine runner back in the day, Bos Hogg challenges Uncle Jesse to a fair-and-square car race. But to Boss Hogg, "fair" is a four-letter word.
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7.8/10(185 votes)
#21 - The Hazzardville Horror
S3:E411/7/1980
A father and son criminal duo steal Boss' silver from the Boar's Nest and hide out in a house owned by Hezechiah Pringle, which he left to his niece, Mary Lou Pringle. When Mary Lou returns to Hazzard to sell the house, the crooks try to scare her off by staging a series of paranormal events. She turns to Bo and Luke for help, who are on the run from Rosco because Boss is convinced they are the silver thieves and therefore ordered Rosco to arrest them for the theft.
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7.8/10(180 votes)
#22 - 10 Million Dollar Sheriff (1)
S4:E811/20/1981
Rosco's Uncle Hosiah dies, and at the reading of his will, learns that he has inherited $10 million. Rosco, frustrated after years of being outfoxed by the Dukes, hires hard-nosed hit man Jason Steele to track down and arrest Bo and Luke. Meanwhile, Rosco goes on a power trip and schemes to win Boss' fortune in a rigged poker game.
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7.8/10(168 votes)
#23 - The Law and Jesse Duke
S4:E263/26/1982
When Rosco and Cletus go on strike after Boss refuses to give them a pay raise, Uncle Jesse is named the sheriff. Bo and Luke are subsequently deputized to help capture a pair of thieves who have stolen a cache of electronics items in Boss' latest effort to frame the Duke boys.
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7.8/10(167 votes)
#24 - The Great Bank Robbery
S4:E611/6/1981
Boss Hogg, unwilling to pay longtime Hazzard County clerk Clarence Stovall a $30,000 pension, fires him one day short of retirement. Stovall gets his revenge by stealing the money from Hazzard Bank (of which Boss is president, natch). Uncle Jesse learns about this and lectures Clarence about the consequences of his actions, while Bo and Luke try to pull off a reverse-bank heist to save their friend from criminal charges.
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7.8/10(165 votes)
#25 - Goodbye, General Lee
S4:E1112/4/1981
When the Duke boys lose a cross country race to a better car, a discouraged Luke makes an offhanded remark about the General Lee possibly wearing out its usefulness. Boss Hogg picks up on this and hires his hypnotist friend to ensure that Luke really means what he says ... and to make sure the next road the General Lee drives is to the junkyard.
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