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The Dukes of Hazzard: Dukes Meet Cale Yarborough (1979)
great 1st ep for newcomer to series
Absolutely brilliant episode. What can you expect from season 2 anyway... seasons 1-3 were brilliant almost every episode. Season 4 wasn't so hot, and season 5 was simply terrible. Season 6 was an attempted comeback from season 5, but in the end, season 6 and 7 didn't end up being very good. Anyway this would be a great first episode for someone new to the series to watch, if they didn't want to start at the beginning. This episode clearly lays out who the characters are and it has LOTS of good car moments. Definitely one of my top favorite episodes. Overall a wonderful example of a wonderful series.
The Dukes of Hazzard: Brotherly Love (1983)
Brilliant, especially for season 6
One of the 10-15 good episodes from seasons 6 and 7. After Coy and Vance's terrible season 5, the quality went even further down. In seasons 6 and 7 there was a pretty good to brilliant episode every three episodes. This is one of the absolutely brilliant ones. It almost ranks up there with the best episodes from season 1 of the show. The acting is great, every character is used to their fullest and there are some GREAT car scenes. I would've liked to see Jud return in later episodes, but unfortunately he didn't. Such a missed opportunity. Obviously they were running out of story lines if they used robots/aliens later on. They could've just used Jud again.
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Great Santa Claus Chase (1980)
Better than other TV show's Christmas Episodes
For a Christmas episode, this rocks. It definitely does not make my top 15 Dukes episodes list, but it's pretty good, especially for a Christmas episode. As usual with the Dukes of Hazzard there is a healthy amount of car chases, crashes and jumps, and thankfully not as healthy as a dose of corny Christmas fluff. Boss Hogg smiling and laughing while reading about Ebenezer Scrooge was pretty funny, and thankfully they decided not to overdo the 'emotional' part. I am very disappointed by the teasing of the fact that Santa clause might be real, but what are you gonna do about it? Overall very good for a Christmas episode.
The Dukes of Hazzard: Welcome Back, Bo 'n' Luke (1983)
Brilliant Comeback
A lot of people say that they wanted Coy and Vance to stay on for this entire episode, or that they didn't understand why they didn't. It's because Coy and Vance don't have characters, and most of the audience hated them anyway. This episode was an amazing comeback from the miserable first 18 episodes of season 5, and the beginning of season 6 was awesome too. Sadly, season 7 saw the ultimate downfall of the show. They probably knew they were going to be canceled by the time season 6 had come out since Coy and Vance had taken the ratings down so badly so, they probably just made a season of junky episodes (season 7) to get it done. They really underestimated John and Tom's value. Season 5 is the proof that the car is not the star, even though it is a HUGE element of the show.
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)
Best TV Show Ever
There's a lot I could say about this amazing television show, but for now I'll just describe the main characters (in the order they are listed in the opening credits)
Luke is smart, but not as smart as he thinks he is. He's a good fighter, but not as good as he thinks he is, like in Season 2 Episode 18 "Find Loretta Lynn", when Luke overconfidently dove into a fight and lost miserably. On the surface Luke's pretty nice, but if you look a little harder, he's quite a rough person. Luke thinks that he's the only one who can do anything right, and that he's the smartest human alive. Luke genuinely cares about his family, but sometimes he treats them badly, particularly Bo, by slandering and insulting him. For the most part Luke means well, but his ego is overinflated, and he probably doesn't realize just how poorly he's acting. I really don't like Luke. He's not a pleasant character. But, each to their own opinions.
Bo is smiley, easygoing and blithe, leading some to believe he's rather dumb. Yes, Luke makes most of the plans, but Bo isn't stupid. Bo's also a much better driver than Luke, and while he isn't a professionally trained boxer like Luke is, Bo is entirely capable of taking care of himself. Like the other Dukes, Bo cares about his family, often loosing his temper at criminals who attempted or succeeded to harm them. Bo seeks adrenaline wherever he can find it, probably the reason why he was the first to jump General Lee and is the wildest driver of the Duke clan. Bo is my favorite character, with General Lee, Cooter, Jesse, and Flash coming in second, third, fourth, and fifth.
Daisy is charming, amiable and beautiful. She cares about her family and tries to pitch in and help out whenever she can, even if it's not helping, or sometimes even making the situation worse, but it's the thought that counts, right? She's a pretty good driver, but she (understandably) can't take care of herself as well as she claims she can, and she's also rather naive, often bordering on stupid. Daisy seems to struggle with the fact that she needs Bo and Luke to protect her, but deep down she appreciates it, even though she doesn't show it. I'm on the fence about Daisy. I don't hate her, but I also don't love her.
Jesse stands firm on his morals and world views, all of which he taught to his nephews and niece, and expects them to uphold. Jesse strives to see the best in people, and always tries his best to do right by everyone, although sometimes he can be slightly overbearing and unreasonable, but only because he loves his family dearly and wants them all to be safe and behaved. Sometimes he's over trusting of Boss Hogg and Rosco, but deep down he knows that they're no-goods. I really like Jesse. He's my fourth favorite character.
The Dukes of Hazzard: High Flyin' Dukes (1983)
High Flyin' Dukes
People say Luke is the 'bravest of the Dukes'. Sure, it takes a heap of guts for Luke to hang out of a moving car and shoot a bow and arrow, or climb from one moving car to another while being shot at, but it takes the same amount of guts for Bo to jump a car over a gully, to climb out of one car and climb into another via a rope ladder on an airplane while being shot at, or to jump a car over a barn or lake while being shot at. Yeah it's not like Luke never jumped the General Lee, but it's also not like Bo never climbed from one moving car to another*. They're both braver than the average person, but I don't think either of them is braver than the other. And of course it's a TV show and it's mostly stunt doubles anyway, but I'm talking about the characters, not the actors.
*a reason Luke did the climbing from one car to another part more often than Bo did could be because Bo was driving most often, since Bo's a better driver than Luke.