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Rosco's Uncle Hosiah dies, and at the reading of his will, learns that he has inherited $10 million. Rosco, frustrated after years of being outfoxed by the Dukes, hires hard-nosed hit man Jason Steele to track down and arrest Bo and Luke. Meanwhile, Rosco goes on a power trip and schemes to win Boss' fortune in a rigged poker game.

The daughter-in-law of a cotton tycoon flees to Hazzard County and anonymously leaves her infant son in the General Lee. The Dukes eventually find out that the mother, Mary Lou Craig, has lost custody of her baby to her father-in-law, Emerson T. Craig, who has her declared unfit (because she married above her social class). While Bo and Luke track down a judge that they know is open-minded and willing to issue an injunction, Mr. Craig enlists Boss' help to enforce the existing court order. However, Mr. Craig - having observed Rosco's bumbling - continues to press his luck by insulting southerners, and eventually Boss decides to join the Dukes in helping Mary Lou win back custody of her son.

Rosco is despondent when Flash is dog-napped, having been mistaken for a valuable show dog named Maxine. Flash's captors, who are hoping to claim a large reward for returning the missing dog, soon learn they have the wrong dog and head toward the Hazzard County Orphanage. That's where withdrawn orphan Terry Lee has bonded with Maxine. When Boss - also after the reward - learns about Maxine's whereabouts, he goes to the orphanage and takes Maxine. The Dukes are soon on the search for both dogs.

When Boss is unable to convince the Dukes to sell the General Lee, and an attempt to steal the car fails, he approaches Uncle Jesse to play a game of pool. Jesse agrees to wager the General Lee, but then Boss fakes an injury and sends professional pool player Chickasaw Thins in his place.

The Dukes' cousin, Jeb Stewart Duke, assists the clan in helping retrieve a priceless sword once owned by Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Boss had arranged the theft of the sword so he could once again pin the blame on the Dukes.

The fate of the Duke farm rests on Luke's ability to defeat Catfish Lee in a boxing match. But the odds are stacked against Luke, since he must also contend with Catfish's crooked partner.

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.

Boss' honest twin brother, Abraham Lincoln Hogg, comes to Hazzard after their great aunt passes away. In her will, the Hogg brothers are entitled to a piece of land, but if one is dead, the other brother gets full ownership - which works out to Boss' favor, since he had Abraham declared legally dead years ago. The Dukes help Abraham rectify the matter so he can claim his rightful share of the land.

The Dukes are forced to bond with their sworn enemies -- Boss Hogg and Rosco -- after they are held at gunpoint by a gang of robbers at the Boar's Nest. The lead robber, posing as a law enforcement officer, then orders an emergency evacuation of Hazzard ... thereby eliminating any witnesses to his plans to rob an armored truck making a delivery to Hazzard Bank.

Bo and Luke join the Big Brothers-Big Sisters of America, and take budding juvenile delinquent Andy Slocum under their wing. After Andy's attempt to steal the General Lee fails, Bo and Luke are determined to point the young lad in the right direction. A syndicate crime boss also hopes to exert his influence on Andy, in order to carry out his crimes, then leave the youth to take the fall.

Boss hurriedly puts aside his criminal activities when he learns his father, the supposedly honest Big Daddy Hogg, is en route to Hazzard for a visit. But Big Daddy knows more than he's telling when he claims he was robbed.

Pro circuit Molly Hargrove offers Daisy a spot on the NASCAR women's racing circuit. But Molly knows a lot more about the job than she's willing to tell Daisy.

The Beaudry clan frames Boss for sabotaging Uncle Jesse's car, which is involved in a rollover accident during a race between the two rivals. The Beaudrys use the distractions so they can steal Boss' old moonshine still.

Luke reunites with his long-lost brother, a boxer named Jed. Jed's got a secret to hide: He's trying to flee a professional gambler who had lost his entire fortune in Jed's fight that was supposed to be fixed. Now, the gambler wants to kill Jed in revenge.

Daisy moonlights as a reporter for the Hazzard Gazette, and is assigned to cover an investigation into a theft ring of tractors from farms across the county, unaware that Bo and Luke -- no thanks to Boss -- have been named the primary suspects. Daisy knows her cousins are innocent, but things become complicated when the editor shows her a picture of Bo and Luke apparently caught red-handed.

Digger Jackson, a former associate of Boss, escapes from prison and is out to enact deadly revenge. After stealing the General Lee and committing a robbery, thereby implicating the Duke Boys, Jackson makes good on the first part of his plan to kidnap Boss for a ten thousand dollar ransom. Angry townsfolk refuse to come to Boss' aid, leaving Bo and Luke to once again come up with a way to rescue their sworn enemy and bring Jackson back into federal custody.

While visiting the Dukes, Cale Yarborough comforts an orphan at the Tri-County Hospital ... and later finds himself (along with Bo and Luke) in a heist of Hazzard Bank.

Shapely carnival stunt show operator Diane Benson offers Bo the opportunity of a lifetime: Being the star of the headline act. The act involves a stunt driver jumping over a row of 32 cars. Luke investigates Diane's background and learns that several previous accidents involving the car-jumping act were no accidents. When he comes forward with his findings, Bo refuses to believe Luke, leading to a huge fight that could split the Duke family apart.

Cletus becomes lovestruck when Daisy uses her charms to get her cousins out of a phony traffic charge. As Cletus does everything to smother Daisy with affection, he also loses his job for bungling an arrest. However, Cletus plays the hero when Bo and Luke are jailed for passing a bad check, as part of Boss Hogg's scheme to frame the Dukes, impress a probation officer and win favor from no-nonsense Chickasaw County Sheriff "Big" Ed Little. And Flash also plays a big part in saving the day for the Dukes.

Daisy accidentally gets her notebook, containing notes for the church play she is directing, switched with a notebook containing the criminal activities of mobster "Nervous" Norman Willis, who comes to Hazzard to collect payment due from Boss. When Willis finds out his notebook is switched, he begins tracking down Daisy, fearing she will take the notebook to the authorities.

As usual, Bo and Luke outfox Rosco and cause him to crash his car. Rosco, as always, escapes without a scratch ... but this time, the frustrated sheriff decides to turn things up a notch by claiming he was seriously injured. With Boss Hogg's support and seeing an opportunity to foreclose on the Duke farm, Rosco files a $50,000 lawsuit against the Duke family. Boss -- now turned into Rosco's butler -- hires an actor to play a doctor to support Rosco's claims, leaving Bo and Luke to try to expose Rosco's injuries as fake. Will a judge buy Rosco's story, or will he see right through his claim?

The Dukes help a pretty girl named Natasha, a member of a Russian gymnastics team that is in Hazzard on a goodwill tour.

Bo and Luke are arrested in Osage County on false traffic charges and placed on the county's road gang. Outraged Hazzard residents pressure Boss and Rosco to negotiate with old enemy Cassius Claiborne for the Duke boys' freedom. Boss agrees to exchange moonshine contracts for the release of Bo and Luke, only to find himself and Rosco arrested and put on the road gang as well. It's all a part of Claiborne's plan to exploit Boss' voracious appetite to swindle him out of everything he owns.

Jonas Jones, Cooter's friend and an ex-convict, is falsely blamed for hijacking Boss's expected shipment of automobile parts (which, of course, he plans to sell at inflated prices). Knowing that Jonas could spend years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Cooter decides to take the fall. When they find out that the auto parts distributor is the front for a hijacking operation, the Dukes go undercover to infiltrate the scheme.

The Duke boys try to convince Cooter's estranged daughter that he has changed his ways; while at the same time trying to foil Collins' and Morgan's attempt to dump toxic waste in Hazzard.