List of The Dukes of Hazzard Episodes - Season 2 (1979-1980) - 23 Episodes

After watching some old film footage of themselves in action, and unintentional prodding from Bo, Uncle Jesse and Boss Hogg challenge each other to one last moonshine race into neighboring Hatchapee County, to settle who is the best moonshine runner once for all. They will be using jugs of water in place of moonshine, but naturally, Boss doesn't intend to play fair.

Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau

Co-Produced by:

• Gy Waldron
• Ralph Riskin

Created by: Gy Waldron

Written by: Bruce Howard

Directed by: Hollingsworth Morse

Guest stars:

• Pat Buttram as Sam
• Shug Fisher as Homer
• Jim Mohlmann as Sheriff Loomis
• Ancel Cook as Abel

With

• Richard Marion as Helper #1
• Richard Jensen as Helper #2

• Note: Sonny Shroyer, Enos, is added to the opening credits.

A shady character claiming to be a Texas millionaire, pays Boss Hogg $25,000 to store gold bars in the Hazzard Bank vault. It isn't long before the gold bars are stolen and Bo and Luke are blamed for the theft. However, the Duke boys discover the bars are made of lead, and that the con man is trying to defraud Boss out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau

Co-Produced by:

• Gy Waldron
• Ralph Riskin

Created by: Gy Waldron

Written by: Si Rose

Directed by: Paul Baxley

Guest Starring:

• Curtis Credel as H.H. Harkness
• Bruce M. Fischer as Buck
• Hunter Von Leer as Dusty
• Adam Wade as Doc Willis

With

• Troy Melton as The Driver

A friend of the Duke family, horse breeder named Burl Tolliver, has finally raised a winner and needs the help of the Duke family to be able run his horse in the upcoming Mrs. J.D. Hogg Stakes Race. However, Rosco sees the horse in a time trial against The General Lee and reports it to Boss Hogg. Boss then steals the horse from the Duke boys, and horse thieves steal it from him and plan to sell it for $30,000.

Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau

Co-Produced by:

• Gy Waldron
• Ralph Riskin

Created by: Gy Waldron

Written by: Stephen Kandel

Directed by: Dick Moder

Special Guest Star: Mel Tillis as Burl Tolliver

Guest Starring:

• Brett Halsey as Dunlap
• Micheal MacRae as Cowan

Co-Starring:

• Dorothy Collier as Sherry Tolliver
• Sam Edwards as Track Steward

And

• Rick Hurst as Cousin Cletus

Note: Dorothy Best, who appeared as Sherry Tolliver, is the wife of James Best.

Bo and Luke stumble onto the fact that a retired mobster and his kingpin associates meet in the Hazzard County Jail, with plans to use Hazzard as the centre of their crime syndicate. The Dukes hatch a plan to outsmart the mob until federal agents can arrive to take them into custody.

• Note: Sonny Shroyer (Enos) does not appear in this episode, since he was having his appendix removed. Rick Hurst (Cletus) stands in as Deputy, a role that he would fill permantly in the third and fourth (and first half of the fifth season).
• Note: Leo Gordon, who appears as "Devere", one of the gangsters, also appeared in the episode Deputy Dukes as Rocky Marlowe.

When Bo, Luke and Cletus are framed for hijacking a shipment of stolen television sets, which Boss had planned to sell on the black market, they are in a race against time to clear their names and nab the real culprits.

• Note: Sonny Shroyer (Enos) does not appear in this episode, since he was having his appendix removed. Rick Hurst (Cletus) stands in as Deputy, a role that he would fill permantly in the third and fourth (and first half of the fifth) season.

While Bo and Luke are skinny dipping, a pair of pool hustlers steal the General Lee. Rosco gives chase, believing them to be the Duke boys. When the pursuit ends with the General crashing into a lake, and no bodies are found, everyone thinks that Bo and Luke have been killed. Boss Hogg takes advantage of the situation by claiming that, before the accident, the boys stole his valuable antique watch. Bo and Luke find themselves arriving at their own wake, and eventually, come up with a ghostly plot to scare the truth out of Boss.

Bo and Luke help NASCAR superstar Cale Yarborough and his assistant test a new supercharger, which he plans to unveil at the upcoming Illinois 500, and keep it out of the hands of Boss Hogg's latest associates, the dreaded Jethro brothers.

The operator of a traveling demolition derby plans to hide stolen race car engines beneath the hoods of old jalopies. Naturally, Boss Hogg points the finger at Bo and Luke, after they help Cooter haul some old cars to the demolition derby. Bo later goes undercover as a race car driver to expose the con man.

• Guest star: Gerald McRaney.

Boss Hogg, a key witness in an upcoming federal trial for a criminal racketeer, enters the Witness Protection Program after his life is threatened. His hideout place: the Duke farm. While Boss costantly must dodge assassination attempts, Rosco takes over his "little fat buddy's" administrative duties, wearing Boss' white continental suits and relishing the job's absolute authority.

Bo and Luke learn that a family friend, seemingly innocent little old lady Granny Annie, is operating a small-time counterfeiting ring. Boss Hogg has Granny Annie arrested and confiscates her engraving plates, and sells them to a no-nonsense mobster for $25,000. Bo and Luke set out to clear Granny Annie's name by stealing the plates back and throwing them into a lake ... unaware that the mobster has found out about the theft, assumes Boss is responsible, and plans to kill him. An emotional Rosco pleads to the Duke boys to track down the counterfeiter before Boss suffers a brutal fate.

Note: Ben Jones began a several weeks-long boycott of the show following a dispute with the show's producers. Mickey Jones appears in his place as Cooter's cousin, B.B. Davenport.

Hazzard Speed Trap victims: The Oak Ridge Boys perform 'Old Time Lovin'. This was the first installment of the recurring gag and the first of two appearances by The Oak Ridge Boys.

Boss Hogg is up for re-election as county administrator against an unlikely opponent ... a 20-something woman named T.C. Rogers, who is determined to avenge her father's loss to Boss in a rigged election 15 years earlier. Bo and Luke help T.C. (the honest candidate) counter Boss' dirty tricks in an effort to unseat the incumbent Hogg.

• Guest star: Pat Klous.
• Note: First appearance of Charlie Dell as Emery Potter.

After Uncle Jesse is wrongly accused of being behind a car-stripping ring, operated by Boss Hogg and his nephew, temporary Sheriff Hughie Hogg, Bo and Luke are determined to clear the Uncle's name by putting the racket out of business.

Note: Jeff Altman makes his first of several guest appearances as Boss Hogg's nephew, Hughie Hogg. However, this episode was produced after Hughie's first episode, "Uncle Boss", which was intended to introduce the character, but for some reason was not shown until the third season.

• Note: This is the first time we see Daisy's 1980 Jeep CJ7 -- (nicknamed "Dixie").

Gaylord Duke, the British third cousin of the Hazzard County-based Duke clan, visits. He asks Uncle Jesse for help in paying off a $30,000 tax bill for a parcel of land he claims he inherited. But is Gaylord really a Duke or a con man?

• Note: Ernie W. Brown begins a three-episode stint as Longstreet B. (L.B.) Davenport, as Ben Jones continued his dispute with the show's producers.

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 up with Mr. Holmes, and gives him a stern lecture about the dedication and self-sacrifice of farmers.

Note: Daisy's car for the first 27 episodes (plus one aired later in 1980), a yellow Plymouth Roadrunner, is destroyed after it careens over a cliff. Her vehicle is replaced with a 1980 Jeep CJ7—nicknamed "Dixie"—with a large eagle hood decal. However, due to the episodes being broadcast in a different order to that which they were produced, the Plymouth reappears in several later episodes!

• Guest star: Robert Alda.

The Dukes try to reform an old-time moonshiner named Hard Luck Jones, who can't seem to shake off his love for stilling illegal whiskey. Things come to a boil when Hard Luck hijacks an armored personnel carrier to use as a mobile brewery. Bo and Luke are accused, and it's all they can do to convince their friend to give up his activities and avoid all of them being nabbed by federal agents.

The hunt is on for buried treasure in Hazzard County ... this time, a Civil War payroll that was buried before the Battle of Hazzard. A history professor promises to give Boss Hogg the money contained in the strongbox, so long as she keeps the historical documents and other items of interest inside. The Dukes become involved, and later help the history professor recover the treasure when she is robbed by a pair of fortune hunters.

Note: James Best begins a several weeks-long absence from the show, following a dispute with producers. He is replaced in this episode by Clifton James (as Sheriff Lester Crabb). Note: Jeannie Wilson, who appears as "Dr. Laura Bardsley" also appeared in the episode "Mary Kaye's Baby" as Mary Kaye Porter.

Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau

Co-Produced by:

• Gy Waldron
• Ralph Riskin

Created by: Gy Waldron

Written by

• William Raynor
• Myles Wilder

Directed By: Hollingsworth Morse

Guest Starring

• Jeannie Wilson as Laura Bardsley
• Doris Dowling as Stacy Williams
• Whit Bissell as D. James Fenwick

Co-Starring

• Walter Barnes as Jeb McCobb

Featuring

• Cindy Acker as Sam McCobb
• Sandy Acker as Gerry McCobb
• Duke Robbins as Zack

Special Guest Star: Clifton James as Sheriff Lester Crabb

When she asks for a raise, Daisy loses her job at the Boar's Nest. Enos suggests to Daisy that she apply for a position as Hazzard County deputy. Boss and acting Sheriff Grady Byrd try to rig the training program, but Daisy more than proves her worth ... and is determined to demonstrate it when she takes a call to stop a pair of hardened bank robbers with nothing to lose.

Note: This is the first of two episodes in which Dick Sargent appeared as Sheriff Grady Grady Byrd. He did not, however, appear as a guest star. He and James Hampton were the only actors appearing as acting sheriff, to be added to the opening credits.

Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau

Co-Produced by:

• Gy Waldron
• Ralph Riskin

Created by: Gy Waldron

Written by: Martin Roth

Directed by: Richard Moder

Guest Starring Peter Brown as Floyd

Co-Starring

• Jenny Neumann as Holly

And

• Jim Kindelon as Bartender
• Rodney McGaughy as Driver

A trio of bumbling criminals, wanting to get into the music business, kidnap country music superstar Loretta Lynn.

Note: Loretta Lynn was not a victim of the Hazzard Speed Trap; however, as a token of her appreciation, near the end of the episode, she performed "Y'all Come." This episode as obviously produced earlier in the seires as in this episode Daisy's car, a yellow Roadrunner, appears (earlier destroyed and replaced with the more familiar white Jeep "Daisy." As well as Roscoe being part of the episode as in this point the series production James Best was not working due to a dispute with the producers.

Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau

Co-Produced by:

• Gy Waldron
• Ralph Riskin

Created by: Gy Waldron

Written by: Jim Rogers

Directed by: Arthur Marks

Guest Starring

• Henry Gibson as Will Jason (Squirt)
• Dennis Burkley as Bubba
• Rebecca Reynolds as Cindy
• Janet Meshad as Leona
• Hap Lawrence as The Driver

• Special Guest star: Loretta Lynn as Herself

Bo and Luke assist Texas ranger Jude Emery track down the notorious "Snake" Harmon, who is wanted on murder, robbery and smuggling charges. However, all three are captured by Snake's gang, leading Daisy, Uncle Jesse, Cooter and Sheriff Byrd to rescue them and capture the criminals.

• Note: This was the pilot for a spin-off series that didn't sell.
• Note: This was the last episode to be written by series creator Gy Waldron.
• Note: C. Pete Munro, who appears as "Willie" (one of "Snake" Harmon's men), also appeared in Moonrunners as Zeebo.

Uncle Jesse and surviving members of the Ridgeraiders declare war on Boss Hogg's old moonshine stills after learning that Boss misappropriated funds earmarked for seniors into his new nightclub.

• Guest star: J. Pat O'Malley.
• Note: James Hampton appears as Sheriff Buster Moon, the third "acting sheriff" in Rosco's absence (James Best was still embroiled in his dispute with the show's producers).

Bo and Luke are arrested for drug smuggling after they mistakenly pick up a crate of marijuana instead of the intended hot-water heater for the house. Private investigator Mason Dixon and his sexy female associates join the Dukes in search for a big-time drug kingpin, who learns the Duke boys have accidentally taken his drug shipment.

• Note: James Best returns to the series.
• Note: This was the pilot for another spin-off series that didn't sell.

The Duke boys happen upon Henry Flatt, a supposedly dead con man, who had swindled Boss Hogg out of $20,000 several years earlier. When they learn of Boss' plans to build a public road and housing development, they must do everything they can to save the cemetery, not only for the sake of war veterans but to keep Flatt's secret from being exposed.

Guest Stars:

• Hal Smith as Henry Flatt
• Audrey Landers as Gail Flatt

With

• Jim English as Attendant
• Mallie Jackson as Peggy

Uncle Jesse's cousins, the Comfurt family, sell their farm for $250,000. The Comfurts rent a Rolls-Royce that breaks down and Cooter lends them a car while he fixes it. The loaner car is stolen from outside Cooter's garage with proceeds from the farm's sale locked in the trunk. The Dukes to track down the car as it changes hands - from the car thieves to a used car dealer to a bank robber.

Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau

Co-Produced by:

• Gy Waldron
• Ralph Riskin

Created by: Gy Waldron

Written by: Martin Roth

Directed by: Rod Amateau

Guest starring

• Miriam Byrd Nethery as Holly
• Bernard Fox as Iggins
• Edward Edwards as John Henry
• Lori Lethin as Lori

Featuring

• John Lawrence as Baldwin