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The Best Episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5

Every episode of The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5!

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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 Hazzard County (Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane), plus a string

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 19 - Welcome Back, Bo 'n' Luke
    8.2/10(173 votes)

    S5:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 21 - Farewell, Hazzard
    7.8/10(152 votes)

    S5:E21

    Boss Hogg forecloses on the Duke farm and a bunch of other farms to sell the land to a big developer named L.S. Pritchard. But what he don't know is that she plans on using Hazzard to strip-mine coal.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 15 - Ding, Dong, the Boss Is Dead
    7.5/10(152 votes)

    S5:E15

    A mobster named Calloway is out to exact revenge on "the fat water buffalo" (Boss), for sending him to prison on his testimony. To thwart Calloway's plans to have Boss killed, the Dukes and Lulu announce that Boss has died and stage a phony funeral so that Calloway will back off. But then Calloway arrives at Boss' "funeral" to make sure his old enemy really is dead, forcing the Dukes to come up with another plan to foil the mobster's plans.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 10 - The Great Insurance Fraud
    7.4/10(154 votes)

    S5:E10

    Boss Hogg's phony insurance policies are thrown right back at him when con artists Ward and Lavinia pull a phony car accident at Bottomless Lake. But to make matters worse, Coy is afraid of driving since he was sideswiped during the accident and he believes he killed Ward.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 20 - Big Brothers, Duke
    7.4/10(163 votes)

    S5:E20

    Bo and Luke become big brothers to a young boy who steals the General Lee, hubcaps, etc. But Bo and Luke try and point him in the right direction. Meanwhile, Boss hasn't been eating lately because he hasn't found a crooked deal in quite some time.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 18 - Witness: Jesse Duke
    7.3/10(157 votes)

    S5:E18

    Uncle Jesse is blinded while trying to foil a robbery. But the robbers won't rest until Jesse's dead. So they go to Hazzard to track him down while Coy, Vance and Daisy decide to hide their sitting duck uncle at Boss' house.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 22 - Daisy's Shotgun Wedding
    7.3/10(155 votes)

    S5:E22

    Bo and Luke have been very over-protective towards Daisy ever since they've gotten back. So Daisy decides to move out for a while. But on the way, she is kidnapped by the son of a dirty moonshine dealer of Boss' and taken back to their place in the hills for a shotgun wedding.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 6 - Big Daddy
    7.2/10(156 votes)

    S5:E6

    Boss frames Coy and Vance by putting a hot license plate on the General Lee. But Boss calls off the chase when he is told that his daddy is coming to Hazzard who is supposedly a Good Samaritan - but his driver robs them.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 8 - Hazzard Hustle
    7.2/10(153 votes)

    S5:E8

    Boss opens up an illegal horse-betting saloon in Rapahoe County and uses the Dukes' phone line to frame them. But the Boss of Rapahoe County is not happy being cheated out of her county's money.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 12 - The Treasure of Soggy Marsh
    7.2/10(154 votes)

    S5:E12

    Boss has Coy, Vance and Daisy framed and sends them to Chickasaw County where they are arrested by Sheriff Little so that he can go ahead with his master plan and hires two crooks to scuba-dive down to Soggy Marsh and unburry 5 million in stolen bonds.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 2 - Dukes Strike It Rich
    7.1/10(157 votes)

    S5:E2

    Boss Hogg swindles newlyweds Jeb and Carrie Morton into buying a worthless piece of land next to the Duke Farm. So the Dukes try and help them by scamming Boss by making it look like they've found gold on their property and the Morton's property and struck it rich so that Boss will buy back the land.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 7 - Vance's Lady
    7.1/10(147 votes)

    S5:E7

    Vance's old girlfriend comes to Hazzard to see him but is chased by crooked politician's associates who are trying to kill her after she witnessed the Senator's embezzling. . But The Duke try and convince her to go report it to Senate Crime Commission.

    Director:James Sheldon
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  13. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 9 - Enos in Trouble
    7.1/10(150 votes)

    S5:E9

    A pair of crooks is after Enos' footlocker that he and the Dukes picked up at the bus depot from California that contains a handful of emeralds - unbeknownst to Enos.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 11 - A Little Game of Pool
    7.1/10(150 votes)

    S5:E11

    Boss Hogg is trying to get his hands on the General Lee to sell to two crooks that need it. But when they try and steal it, they get caught. So Boss challenges Jesse to a game of pool - Ridge runner style - and wagers the General Lee. Even though Jesse's a better pool player, Boss has some dirty tricks up his sleeve.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 13 - The Revenge of Hughie Hogg
    7.1/10(148 votes)

    S5:E13

    When Rosco is up for re-election, Boss has no trouble supporting him until his devious nephew Hughie Hogg returns to run for sheriff and blackmails his uncle into helping him by showing evidence of a crooked deal he made.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 3 - Lawman of the Year
    7.0/10(155 votes)

    S5:E3

    Boss hired two crooks to rob the jewelry store and Coy and Vance are very suspicious about them and go and investigate while being chased by Cletus and Enos. But when Boss sends Rosco to arrest Coy and Vance, he refuses because he wants to be good so that he will be elected "Lawman of the Year".

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 5 - The Hazzardgate Tape
    7.0/10(150 votes)

    S5:E5

    Boss double-crosses the Bosses of a few neighboring counties and their out to get him. The Dukes let him hold up on the farm until Vance plans to expose them by tape-recording their scheme. Mel Tillis performs at the Boar's Nest.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 4 - Coy Meets Girl
    6.9/10(155 votes)

    S5:E4

    While delivering a shipment of antiques to some friends, Coy and Vance are hijacked by a couple of Boss' henchmen. But they didn't known that a runaway orphan was stowaway in the back of the truck and saw the whole thing. She ends up going back to the farm and has crush on Coy, which slows down the Dukes looking for the hijackers.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 14 - The Return of the Mean Green Machine
    6.9/10(153 votes)

    S5:E14

    Boss tries to use the mean green machine again but it gets stolen by the original crook who try and rob the Hazzard Emporium for all the gold. But when it breaks down, they kidnap Cooter to fix it and hold for insurance.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 16 - Coy vs. Vance
    6.8/10(156 votes)

    S5:E16

    Coy falls for a shady motorcycle stunt driving woman who turns out to be one of the crooked cops hijackers that has been robbing people. When Vance finds this out, a fight between Coy and Vance has Coy leaving the farm.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 17 - Comrade Duke
    6.7/10(148 votes)

    S5:E17

    The Russians' gymnast team comes to Hazzard and a defector named Natasha escapes and hides out at the Duke farm while Boss helps the Russian gymnast leader find her.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Dukes of Hazzard Season 5 Episode 1 - The New Dukes
    6.5/10(178 votes)

    S5:E1

    Bo and Luke have left Hazzard to full fill a life long dream of racing on the NASCAR Circuit. Boss is so happy about it, that he unleashes his ultimate secret weapon: The mean green machine, monstrous vehicle to rip off the bank in Capitol City, and plan to steal $100 engraving plates from an armored truck that's suppose to pass through Hazzard county. But he's unaware that cousins Coy and Vance Duke have returned to Hazzard after 6 years to help uncle Jesse run the farm and are on to his shenanigans, and driving around in the General Lee. Also, Enos returned to Hazzard and is back on the force.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Welcome Back, Bo 'n' Luke" is the best rated episode of "The Dukes of Hazzard" season 5. It scored 8.2/10 based on 173 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/25/1983. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Farewell, Hazzard".