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 of ne'er-do-wells often backed by the scheming Hogg.
Stock-car driver Cale Yarborough comes to Hazzard to visit a seriously ill fan, but winds up framed for a bank heist along with the Dukes.
Jenny Walden, Vance's former flame, is being followed by a crooked senator's aides, who'll kill to keep her from talking to a crime commission about the politician's embezzling.
The Dukes are sued by Roscoe Coltrane after the sheriff alleges that they caused him personal injury. The lawsuit could force the Dukes to sell their farm.
Boss Hogg imports his nasty nephew to help him bag the Dukes.
After seeing an old film of when Boss Hogg and Uncle Jesse were in the Ridge runners Association running moonshine, An argument of who was the better moonshiner around causes Boss and Jesse to declare a grudge race to determine who is the best. Boss Hogg however, doesn't believe in fair play and must win no matter what.
A group of Texas con artists bring $3 million in fake gold bars to Hazzard and store it in Boss' bank. But Bo and Luke are framed for the robbery of the gold committed by the con artists to collect insurance from Boss.
Bo and Luke visit the Tolliver farm and discover that their horse can run very fast. Rosco also sees it too and when he notifies Boss Hogg, He schemes to steal the horse to race in the Mrs. J.D. Hogg's stake race and pin it on the Dukes. But a group of crooked horse ranchers have their own plans to steal the horse from Boss Hogg.
Boss Hogg rents the Hazzard jail out for $10,000 to an old friend, Black Jack Bender and a group of syndicate kingpins where the hold a conspiracy meeting. When Bo and Luke find a lot of artillery in their cars, they get suspicious and investigate and find them out. But they must get to a phone and call the FBI before they get to them.
Boss Hogg buys $10,000 in stolen TV sets but the buyer Marty Garbade hijacks the truck delivering the stolen goods. A mistake by the driver frames Bo, Luke and Cletus for the robbery.
The General Lee is stolen by two pool hustlers who drive it into the pond while being chased by Rosco. Unaware that it wasn't Bo and Luke driving it, he thinks Bo and Luke drowned. Boss Hogg schemes to claim they stole his genuine gold watch and chain and when Bo and Luke hear of this, they figure the only way to prove their innocence is to haunt Boss and Rosco by making the General Lee look like a ghost.
Bo and Luke find Cale Yarborough is testing a new secret turbo charger and bring him to Hazzard County to get his car serviced by Cooter. But Boss find out about Cale being in town and frames Bo and Luke for crossing the state line and works with Cale's opponents, The Jethro Brothers to scheme to steal Cale's turbo-charger.
Bo and Luke are suspected of running a smuggling ring when they deliver cars to Augie Detwiler - the owner of the derby in town, but when they are told about the smuggling, they decide to investigate by joining the derby.
Boss Hogg is an important government witness against one of the biggest racketeers in the south. But the racketeer has posted hitmen out to prevent Boss' testimony so Jesse offers the FBI to shelter him until the time comes for him to testify.
Bo and Luke are given counterfeit money from Granny Annie, the local artist. They investigate to find out where it came from but it turns out to be her. Boss Hogg finds out and wants the engraving plates that make the bills, so he can sell them to big-time counterfeiter Big Jim Downey. But when the Dukes try to retrieve the engraving plates by taking them behind Downey's back, their trickery could have deadly consequences -- and let's just say it would not be a good death -- for Boss. The Oak Ridge Boys perform "Old Time Lovin'" at the Boar's Nest.
Bo and Luke become campaign managers to the gorgeous T.C. Rogers, who is running against Boss Hogg for Supervisory Administrator. But Boss Hogg will not stand to lose, so he pull out every dirty trick in the book to see that he wins. But the Dukes know how to fight the system - even for other people.
Jesse is arrested for car-stripping when he was seen at the scene of the crime by a motorist while the real strippers are a group of females that are tied up with Boss Hogg who doesn't want the temporary sheriff - his nephew Hughie Hogg - to find out about it.
Gaylord Duke, the Dukes' cousin from London, England comes to Hazzard to claim a property that was willed to him, but the property has back taxes owed on it, which Boss Hogg is planning to buy for nothing at an auction.
The Dukes help an eloping heiress escape from her irate big shot daddy's henchmen to bring her to her fiancé to get her across the county line to get married. But her daddy wants her back and will stop at nothing - even kidnapping Uncle Jesse.
The Dukes help Hard Luck Jones, an old moonshiner get away from the revenuers until her builds a still on the Dukes' property inside an armored personal carrier that he stole from Boss Hogg, carrying contraband cigarettes, and has a mechanical problem.
The Dukes help a history professor find a Civil War strongbox buried in Hazzard County that contains a regimental payroll. But Boss Hogg and a couple of thugs are after it too.
When Luke gets Daisy fired from the Boar's Nest, The new sheriff, Grady Byrd gives Daisy a written and physical test which she passes and becomes a deputy sheriff. But Bo and Luke interfere with her work and try and do everything for her.
When Loretta Lynn detours through Hazzard County, she stops at the Boar's Nest where she is kidnapped by a trio mini-band who demand $1136.15 ransom.
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.
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The Ridge Raiders reunite to stop Boss Hogg from embezzling the money for the senior-citizens center to build a "Play Pen" girlie-joint by using bombs on his stills, properties etc. But Jesse tries to convince them to fight it the legal way.
Bo and Luke accidentally pick up a crate of marijuana at the bus depot and end up on the run - But Mason Dixon, a private detective and his two sexy associates are on to the Dukes but end up working together to stop a drug-smuggling ring.
Henry Flatt, a con man who faked his death a year ago show up and the Dukes try to help him with his problem: Boss Hogg is planning on plowing up an old veteran's cemetery to build a new highway - that would also reveal that Henry was never dead.
Jesse's cousin Holly Comfurt and her family suddenly strike it rich, but while in Hazzard, their car gets stolen with all of their money in the trunk. So the search is on to find the car before the thief finds the money.
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Sherrif 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.
Daisy is delighted to hear a song she wrote performed on the radio by Jesse Colter. The boys are elated too until they learned the music publishing company bilked poor Daisy off her profits. Bo and Duke speed out to Atlanta in order to right some wrogs.
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