- 7.4/10374 votes
#1 - One-Armed Bandits
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/1979
Sheriff Coltrane is hissier than a sack of rattlesnakes! He sets up a slot machine operation to fund his election, but a pair of two-armed-bandits - Bo and Luke - find a way to give the proceeds to charity.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Gy Waldron
- 7.3/10269 votes
#2 - Daisy's Song
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/1979
What kind of music-publishing outfit would bilk daisy out of $50? Well, here's a hint, Dukesters: where there's corruption, there's Boss Hogg. And this time, the FBI is keeping an eye on the scam!
Director: Bob Kelljan
Writer: Gy Waldron
- 6.9/10231 votes
#3 - Mary Kaye's Baby
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/9/1979
Bo and Luke are unaware that 1) the borrowed car they're driving is loaded with moonshine and 2) the pregnant hitchhiker they've picked up is carrying over $100,000 in stolen mob money.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: William Putnam
- 7.4/10231 votes
#4 - Repo Men
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/16/1979
The car's a wreck. But the engine's a honey, and Bo and Luke have to have it. So they make a deal with a car dealer who's as crooked as a switchback trail and whose scheme could land them behind bars.
Director: Ron Satlof
Writer: Bob Clark
- 7.5/10239 votes
#5 - High Octane
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/23/1979
Will a batch of kick-tail gasoline solve the nation's fuel crisis? Uncle Jesse fires up the moonshine still for a patriotic cause. And a lovely female revenue agent fires up Bo's dancin'-and-romancin' flames.
Director: Don McDougall
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10210 votes
#6 - Swamp Molly
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/1979
Way back in the '30s, Molly sprang Uncle Jesse out of a heap of trouble with the Feds. Now she wants to make one last moonshine run...and wants Jesse and the other Dukes to help.
Director: Don McDougall
Writer: Katharyn Michaelian Powers
- 7.0/10209 votes
#7 - Luke's Love Story
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/16/1979
Luke's rival in in Hazzard's stock car derby has million-dollar legs and a lead foot... and she's got his heart revved up. Boss Hogg worries about reclaiming the derby trophy because his mama's ashes are inside it.
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10202 votes
#8 - The Big Heist
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/1979
Bo and Luke robbers? That accusation is like going to church shirtless. It don't feel right! But if the Duke's didn't pull off the heist, who was in the General Lee when it roared away from the crime scene?
Director: Bob Claver
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10194 votes
#9 - Limo One is Missing
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/6/1979
Leave it to Cooter to drive everyone wild. When government agents driving the U.S. President's limo through Hazzard stop at the Boar's Nest, Cooter hot-wires the vehicle and sets out on a joy ride.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10205 votes
#10 - Deputy Dukes
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/13/1979
There ought to be a law. Instead, there's Bo and Luke. They've been deputized and sent to Springfield to retrieve a prisoner. One detail the boys aren't told: the prisoner is a notorious Public Enemy #1!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10193 votes
#11 - Money to Burn
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/20/1979
The government was going to burn the cash away, so who'd miss a cool million in ragged bills? Besides, Boss Hogg has masterminded his scheme so that Bo and Luke are the fall guys.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10194 votes
#12 - Route 7-11
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/4/1979
The rig is rigged. Bo and Luke become drivers of an 18-wheeler, not knowing that the trailer is a rolling gambling casino and that its games aren't on the level.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10202 votes
#13 - Double Sting
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/11/1979
A fine mess they've gotten into this time! After a health quarantine confines the Duke men and the police to the jailhouse, only Daisy is left to pursue bank robbers who disguise themselves as Laurel and Hardy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard Season 1
Every episode of The Dukes of Hazzard Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard Season 1!
Cousins Bo and Luke Duke and their car "General Lee", assisted by Cousin Daisy and Uncle Jesse, have a running battle with the authorities of...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaComedyCrime
Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"One-Armed Bandits" is the best rated episode of "The Dukes of Hazzard" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 374 votes. Directed by Rod Amateau and written by Gy Waldron, it aired on 1/26/1979. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Daisy's Song".