The Dukes of Hazzard

- Season 2

(1979)

Old moonshine runners Uncle Jesse and Boss decide to settle who is better, once and for all, in a race in nearby Hatchapee County. However, both of them have to beware of Hatchapee County Sheriff Emmitt Loomis, while Uncle Jesse should be doubly concerned about Boss' scheme to switch water with moonshine.

Bo and Luke are blamed (falsely, of course) for the theft of $25,000 in gold bars from the Hazzard Bank vault. The Duke boys soon find themselves chasing after the con artist who sold Boss the gold bars ... er, lead bars painted like gold.

The Dukes help family friend Burl Tolliver deal with horse rustlers, who aim to use his racing steeds on the national circuit.

Hazzard Jail is the meeting place for Black Jack Bender and a group of syndicate kingpins, who are conspiring to smuggle illegal weapons in the area. Bo and Luke - with a little help from Uncle Jesse, Daisy and their friends Cletus and Cooter - use some good ol' southern smarts to keep the mobsters at bay until the FBI can arrive to investigate.

A rash of hijackings catches Boss buying his own stolen property and accusing his nephew and the Dukes of the dirty deeds.

Bo and Luke are skinny-dipping in a local pond when two pool hustlers steal both the cousins' clothing 'and' the General Lee. Rosco soon pursues who he thinks are the Duke boys, but the crooks drive the stolen General Lee into the lake. When nobody is found with the car, Rosco tearfully announces that Bo and Luke have drowned. Bo and Luke arrive home safe and sound, then learn that Boss has used their alleged "deaths" to implicate them on the theft of his gold watch (so he can fraudulently collect the insurance money). The Duke boys and Cooter concoct a scheme to turn...

While trying to outfox Rosco, Bo and Luke happen upon a race track, where Cale Yarborough is secretly testing a new turbo supercharger for an upcoming race. The Duke boys offer to help Cale keep the engine away from the dreaded Jethro brothers, who have approached Boss and Rosco for help in obtaining the engine at all costs.

Bo and Luke get jobs hauling wrecked cars to demolition derby operator Augie Detweiller, unaware he and Boss have schemed to hide stolen engines under the hood. When they are suspected of smuggling the stolen engines into Hazzard, Bo agrees to become a driver in an upcoming event to find out the truth.

The FBI approaches Uncle Jesse to allow Boss to stay at the Duke farm, since he is a key witness in an upcoming trial for one of the South's most notorious racketeers. The reason is because the mob boss has placed a huge bounty on Boss' head, and has hitmen all over Hazzard County who will stop at nothing to prevent him from testifying. While Boss is in hiding, Rosco takes over his little fat buddy's administrative duties, relishing the absolute authority that comes with the job.

Bo and Luke learn that their artist friend, Grannie Annie, is the mastermind behind a small-time counterfeiting ring. After her arrest, Boss seizes the engraving plates to sell to no-nonsense counterfeiter "Big" John Downey. Bo and Luke work to clear Annie's name, unaware that their efforts may have deadly consequences for Boss.

Determined to win re-election as Hazzard County Administrator at any cost, Boss uses every dirty trick he knows in his campaign against the beautiful Thelma Claire 'T.C.' Rogers, the daughter of Boss' old political foe.

Boss unveils his new ally: His college-educated nephew, Hughie Hogg. Hughie turns out to be even more corrupt than his uncle, proving it with a scheme to frame Uncle Jesse in a car-stripping ring.

A man claiming to be the Dukes' cousin from England, Gaylord Duke, asks Uncle Jesse for a $30,000 advance to pay off the taxes for a piece of land he claims to have inherited. But there's more to Gaylord's story that he isn't exactly telling.

Millionaire C.J. Holmes is determined not to allow his daughter, Suzy, to marry Hazzard County farmer Fred Andrews. When Suzy appeals to the Dukes for help, C.J.'s henchmen kidnap Uncle Jesse in a last-ditch effort to stop the wedding. Jesse decides to teach the millionaire a lesson about the dedication and self-sacrifice of farmers.

The Dukes' efforts to reform old-time moonshiner Hard Luck Jones runs into plenty of roadblocks when he hijacks a tank to use as a rolling brewery. Bo and Luke have to convince Jones to stop his illegal activities before they wind up in federal prison.

The Dukes assist young history professor Laura Bardsley search for a Civil War-era strongbox containing a valuable regimental payroll signed by President Lincoln. Boss becomes aware of the box's other contents - loads of money - and hires a pair of thugs to obtain it. When Bardsley is kidnapped and forced to turn over the money to Boss, she does so ... knowing the money was worthless Confederate currency!

Daisy loses her job at the Boar's Nest for asking for a raise. Enos suggests she apply to become a deputy with the Hazzard County Sheriff's Department. Boss and acting Sheriff Grady Byrd rig the tests, but Daisy passes them all. She more than proves her worth when she takes on a pair of experienced bank robbers.

While stopped at the Boar's Nest, Loretta Lynn is kidnapped by a trio who want her to offer tips about breaking into the music business.

Bo and Luke assist Texas ranger Jude Emery in tracking down hardened criminal "Snake" Harmon. But they must rely on a little help from their friends (as well as Boss and Sheriff Byrd) when they find themselves kidnapped by Harmon's henchmen.

Uncle Jesse reconvenes the Ridge Raiders when he learns that Boss has misappropriated funds for a senior citizens' center to build a strip club. But when other members of the Ridge Raiders resort to questionable tactics - such as bombing old moonshine stills - Jesse convinces them there are other ways to protest Boss' actions.

Bo and Luke are arrested when they mistakenly pick up a crate containing a marijuana shipment. Private detective Mason Dixon and his two beautiful female associates are convinced the Duke boys are innocent, and they work together to bring down a drug-smuggling operation.

Henry Flatt, a man the Dukes know whom is believed to be dead shows up alive. He faked his death because he "took" some money from Boss Hogg and to avoid his wrath, which included a burial at the local cemetery. He learned that because no one has been buried at the cemetery for some time Boss can get the land to use for one of his projects and when he digs up his grave, Boss will know he is not dead. So he sets out to put another body in his grave so he gets an unclaimed body. And the Dukes try to help him before things get out of hand.

When the Comfurt family suddenly strike it rich, their car - containing their windfall in a safe, locked inside the trunk - is stolen. The Dukes track down the car as it changes into the hands of a ruthless bank robber.