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Poor Deputy Enos (Sonny Shroyer) is framed for a bank robbery--and he may be convicted on the eyewitness testimony of Daisy Duke (Catherine Bach)! Actually, Daisy isn't certain what she has seen, but she IS certain that she doesn't want to be responsible for Enos' incarceration. Thus, she generously agrees to marry Enos, acting upon the knowledge that a wife cannot be forced to testify against her husband. Can Daisy's cousins Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) simultaneously clear Enos and save Daisy from ruining her life (or at least, messin' it up a mite)? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Luke Duke (Tom Wopat) unknowingly drinks pond water that has been contaminated by a genetic-drug spill. As a result, Luke undergoes a total change in personality: He's unbelievably nasty to friends and family alike--and even worse, he becomes a "rat" with women. But the limit is reached when Bad Luke cooks up a scheme to rob the bank owned by Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) and pin the blame on his own kinfolk. The final fistfight between Luke and Bo is worth the price of admission alone. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In the first episode of a two-part story, Daisy (Catherine Bach) and Jesse (Denver Pyle) are astonished--a not a little disgusted--when Luke (Tom Wopat) and Bo (John Schneider) accept an offer from Mary Beth Carver (Lydia Cornell) to return to the NASCAR circuit. After all, Mary Beth's promoter father J.J. Carver (Ramon Bieri) is a mob-connected crook, and the Duke boys had previously vowed never to work for him again. What no one but Luke, Bo and the viewer knows is that the boys are working undercover on behalf of some Federal agents, who hope to get the goods on Carver and put him away for life--assuming, of course, that the Dukes will live long enough to see this happen! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) chase a band of armored-truck robbers into the jurisdiction of Sheriff "Big" Ed Little (Don Pedro Colley), only to be accused of being the robbers themselves and locked up in Little's jail. The only witness who can clear the Duke boys is rustic painter Artie Bender (James Cavan)--who, unfortunately, is dead. Well, he's not REALLY dead, but Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) has declared Bender legally deceased so that Artie's artwork will greatly increase in value! (By the way, the paintings seen in this episode were actually done by series regular James Best, who also directed). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Somewhat belatedly entering the Machine Age, Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) fires Roscoe (James Best), purchases a robot named Bobbie Joe (played by Robert Shields of "Shields and Yarnell" fame) and pins a sheriff's badge on the clattering hunk of tin. Little does Boss know that the robot has been stolen from its inventor by a pair of crooks who intend to hold it for ransom. Things get even worse when the crooks change their plans and use Bobbie Joe to rob a bank--carefully pinning the blame on Roscoe and the Duke boys! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

NASCAR legend Cale Yarborough makes a return visit to Hazzard county, this time to provide words of comfort to a seriously ill youngster who is about to undergo surgery. Unfortunately, Yarborough somehow gets involved with bank robbers, who manage to frame both him and the Duke cousins for a high-profile heist. Wanna bet that the story is resolved by some fancy race-car calisthenics in the climactic chase scene? Oh, and look: Playing one of the bad guys is Saved by the Bell's "Mr. Belding", Dennis Haskins! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Prolific voiceover actor Danny Cooksey appears in this episode as Terry Lee, a dewey-eyed orphan who is anxious to spring a stray basset hound from the local dog pound. The Dukes come to Terry's aid, little realizing that the hound is actually quite valuable, and in fact had previously been kidnapped from a high-class dog show run by John J. Hooper (Joe Dorsey). The plot thickens when the kidnappers mistake the Dukes' own dog Flash for the prize pooch! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

"Bo and Luke are Back!" trumpeted the TV Guide ads for this episode, in which the series' original stars John Schneider and Tom Wopat return to their familiar roles of Bo and Luke Duke--while at the same time, their temporary replacements Coy and Vance Duke (Byron Cherry,Christopher Mayer) return to the obscurity whence they came. According to the plotline, Bo and Luke have come back to Hazzard after a triumphant NASCAR tour, just as Coy and Vance are forced to leave to care for a sick relative (in real life, the producers had met the monetary demands of Schneider and Wopat, and had welcomed them back to the fold in a last-ditch effort to improve the series' sagging ratings). Once everyone is back where they belong, the plot proper gets under way, as the Dukes try to save their pal Cooter (Ben Jones) from losing his garage to Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke), who hopes to use the property for a mammoth shopping center--named after himself, of course! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Season Six of Dukes of Hazzard opens as the formidable Lulu Hogg (Peggy Rea) walks out on her husband Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) after an argument. Lulu then moves in with Boss' arch-rivals, the Dukes--who, alas, aren't around to prevent her being kidnapped and held for ransom by a trio of cloddish crooks. Suddenly realizing how much he loves his "Little Kumquat", Boss hopes against hope that Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) will be able to bring her back (whether she wants to come back or not!) This episode, capped by a wild chase through an amusement park, was directed by series regular Tom Wopat. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) cooks up a plan to hand over the General Lee to a pair of crooks in exchange for information on all upcoming payroll shipments. To this end, he challenges Jesse Duke (Denver Pyle) to a winner-take-all game of "Ridge Runner" pool--and thanks to a few, er, "precautions", it's a game that is guaranteed to turn champion pool player Jesse into a pathetic loser. Meanwhile, those aforementioned crooks decide that Boss is taking too much time, so they beat him to the punch by stealing the car right under everyone's noses! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In order to qualify for the "Miss Tri-Counties" pageant, a girl must be beautiful, a terrific driver, and possessed of fantastic mechanical abilities. Daisy Duke (Catherine Bach) fulfills all of these qualifications, but "Miss Hatchipee" Melanie DuBois (Damone Simpson), the girlfriend of Chickasaw County boss Big Jim Mathers (Joe Higgins), does not. Even so, Boss Mathers is willing to "persuade" Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) to the tune of $10,000 to make sure that Melanie wins and Daisy loses! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Season Five of The Dukes of Hazzard begins two Dukes short. Having walked off the series after their demands for a merchandising percentage were turned down, Tom Wopat and John Schneider), respectively cast as cousins Luke and Bo Duke, are nowhere to be found. Their replacements are another pair of Duke cousins, Coy (Byron Cherry) and Vance (Christopher Mayer), who have arrived in Hazzard county to help Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle) around the farm while Bo and Luke are off racing on the NASCAR circuit (what happened to their probation?) The plot proper gets under way as Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) prepares to utilize his new, high-tech "Mean Green Machine" to steal a bunch of hundred-dollar engraving plates. Naturally, Boss thinks that he'll get away with it now that Bo and Luke are out of town--but he hasn't reckoned with Coy and Vance, who (according to the original TV Guide ad) are "tougher than their cousins ever were!" (PS: Sonny Shroyer is back as Deputy Enos, his own spinoff TV series having been cancelled). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi