05x19 - Welcome Back, Bo 'n' Luke

Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard". Aired: January 26, 1979 – February 8, 1985.*
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05x19 - Welcome Back, Bo 'n' Luke

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'Yee-haw'

This is Hazzard.

But that ain't General Lee.

Sure acts like it
though, don't it?

Frankly, I didn't know
anybody in Hazzard

could drive like that
except the Dukes.

But it can't be them
because the Dukes

were at the Boar's Nest.

As are all other male
corpuckles in Hazzard.

'Yee-haw.'

'Alright.'

That's the Tri-County
Beauty Contest

which would stiffen the spine
of any red-blooded American boy

except Cooter,
'cause he ain't here.

You see, he's
supposed to be a judge.

And for Cooter to miss this

well, y'all know
something is wrong.

Well, while the judges
are busy scoring points

Coy and Vance are trying
to pick out the best cook.

Anybody who believes that, will
buy Tennessee beach property.

Of course, Enos has
only got eyes for Daisy.

Who, as last year's queen,
gets to crown the winner.

- Very nice.
- What about the letter?

Not now, put that thing
away. Now ain't the time.

- Ain't you through, yet?
- There it is.

Alright, Jesse. Come on, now.

We gotta have the winner.

- Oh, let's here them now.
- Now, that's a two and..

Oh oh oh, wait a minute,
here. We got ourselves a tie.

'A tie.'

'How did that happen?'

Alright, well, we're gonna have
more than one winner, folks.

Listen, everybody
would you just hush up

so I can hear myself talk.

Alright, now, listen, since
we got ourselves a tie, here

'it looks like we're gonna have
to give out duplicate prizes.'

Anyhow, I'm very pleased to
announce that the winners are..

Bo and Luke Duke?

'How y'all doing?'

- How are you?
- Great.

You were due seconds ago.

Well, Bo's slowing
down in his old age.

Don't y'all wanna get a
better look at the love..

What a horrendous surprise!

- Hey!
- Hi!

- Uncle Jesse.
- How are you? Good to see you.

I'll tell you,
Daisy, you still are

the prettiest and
healthiest girl in Hazzard.

Yeah, absolutely.

You come home for a
visit, didn't write nor nothing.

Oh, we ain't home
for a visit Uncle Jesse.

- We're home for good.
- Why? What happened?

- Are you in trouble?
- No, there ain't no trouble.

We'll talk about it later
over dinner, alright.

Alright, you fellas stay
here and have a beer.

We'll go home and fix a
big welcome home party.

Alright, you do
it, we're leavin'.

I wanna say something.

I'm just so thrilled I
got my whole family

back together again.

You're just saying..

'Bo and Luke Duke
back in Hazzard for good.'

Well, you know the
"bad news" bad news

is the fact that
Bo and Luke Duke

they're not, they're not
gonna cotton to the idea of you

foreclosing on Cooter's garage

and then tearing it down just
to put in your shopping center.

You mean the beautiful
shopping center like this, don't you?

That's a doozy.

'Well, I'll tell you something.'

'I like the idea of
them boys not liking it.'

Because there ain't
nothing they can do about it.

But wait till Daisy sees that
you put a Boss burger restaurant

in the place of Cooter's garage.

Yeah. Well, Daisy ain't
gonna have a chance to see it.

On account of the first
thing you're gonna do

is hide this here model.

Be careful of them little
trees when you do it.

Wait, wait, wait just a
pea-picking minute, here.

What do you mean
hide this thing?

Where am I gonna find a space
empty enough to put that thing?

- Try the inside of your head.
- Oh.

That's the emptiest
place in town.

Yeah, wait, listen.

Flash, get away from the trees.

- Oh, it's beautiful! I love it!
- Isn't that great?

No, it ain't Christmas.

But it sure felt like it with
Bo and Luke back home.

Well, sh**t. What's
the matter, Uncle Jesse?

Don't you like what we got?

I love it. Look at the..

I think it's just great.

- What is it?
- It's a food processor.

It'll help you in the kitchen.

Oh. Oh-oh, sure.

Sure. That's-that's lovely.

Look it there. That
goes right on there.

'Alright, now, Luke.'

Why don't you and Bo..

'...tell us what it is
you're keeping from us?'

What do you mean?

Well, now, ever since
you've been home

we've been talking
about everything

but what brought you home.

Go ahead and show
him the letter, Coy.

It's from Aunt Bessie.

Uncle Elbert,
he's in the hospital

'and looks like he'll
be there a while.'

And what with two kids to raise,
nobody to help with farm chores

we thought it'd be a good idea

if we went up there
and helped her out.

Yeah, so Coy and Vance
gave Luke and me a call

and, well, sh**t,
we figured that

we're coming on by this
way anyway so we'd..

Just sort of fit
in with our plans.

I'm sure Aunt
Bessie needs the help

but gee whiz, you fellas didn't

get to do anything
you set out to do.

We got one more
surprise for you.

'Go get it.'

Wait a second. Hold
on just a second.

- You wait till you see this.
- What is it?

There she is.

Oh, my goodness!

How about that, huh?

Nascar Mobile Cup.

- Your names are engraved in it.
- First place.

Ain't that great?
"Bo and Luke Duke."

Yeah, we won in that
Mobile last weekend.

And, sh**t, it's the
grand prize, Uncle Jesse.

We b*at some of the best
Nascar drivers in the country.

And then we was celebrating

and after that Luke and
me got to thinking that...

'And we started talking about
old times back here in Hazzard.'

You know, the Boar's Nest
and you and Daisy and..

Well, we... kind of came to
the point where we figured

we just loved y'all
too much to stay away.

So we... figured
we'll come on home.

Hazzard just sort of
seemed the place to be.

Uncle Jesse, ain't you
gonna say something?

Yeah.

I say we better get
at that crawdad bisque

or it's gonna get
colder than J.D.'s heart.

- I second that.
Let's go - Let's do it.

- Come on.
- Sure.

My, it's good to see you.

It's good to be back, I
can tell you that much.

First place at Mobile,
that's something.

Old Cooter looks a
might peaked, don't he?

Well, he's working
two jobs, day and night

to pay off the balloon
mortgage payments to Boss..

Which have blown
up times normal.

Which is normal for Boss.

What brings you out at
the cr*ck of dawn, Boss?

I tell you what brings him out.

He knows you're an early
bird and him being a worm

he plans on catching you.

What? Rosco, would you..

I think I said that backwards.

Well, of course you did.
You've always been backwards.

Look, I'll tell you
why I'm here, Cooter.

It's because that
repair you done

on the hood of Rosco's patrol
car last week done broke down.

'Yeah, it wasn't
worth a doodley.'

'Would you mind?'

And listen, I ain't paying
for no re-repairing work

that's for sure.

And speaking of paying..

You know that that
balloon payment

on your mortgage
comes due next week.

'And since you ain't been
able to get yourself no loan'

from no bank in this
here state, including mine

I know you won't mind if
I just look around to see

where I can start
my destruct work.

Boss Hogg, now you listen to me.

It ain't next week yet, so I
want you off of my property.

Rosco, you can come
back and pick up this car

in about an hour.

But you come back
here by yourself.

- Yeah, well..
- Well.

That's no way for
Cooter to talk to you

after all the things you
ain't never done for him.

You know, I hate an
ingrate that ain't grateful

for the things he
ain't never had.

What? Oh.

Hey, you guys, when
you get back in town

you gotta stop by the
Boar's Nest, get some pop.

We hardly got a chance to talk.

We wanna thank you for
bringing the car we came in.

Don't mention it.

Uncle Jesse, thank
you for the kindness

you and Daisy showed us.

Oh, don't thank me
just tell you what you do

you just write regular,
that will be thanks.

'And, now, drive
careful on the road'

and stop and eat once
in a while on the road.

Give Aunt Bessie
our regards and..

- Sure gonna miss you.
- I'll miss you, too.

'Take care of yourself.'

Looks like I got
some speck in my eye.

Listen, I made y'all
a snack for the road.

Thank you, sugar.

I sure love you.

'Love you, too.'

I'm gonna miss you.

I'm gonna miss you so much.

Take care of these guys.

Yeah, I better take care

of that speck in
Uncle Jesse's eye, too.

- Alright, then.
- Take care.

- Bye.
- Bye.

- Bye.
- Bye-bye.

Well, here you go. Take
this thing, would you?

- Here, take this.
- That's alright.

Sure looks like ya'll took
good care of the General Lee.

The General took
good care of us.

- Yeah.
- One thing.

Cooter fixed the
radiator last week

and we ain't
had time to test it.

- Well, we'll take care of that.
- Y'all take care of yourself.

- We will, if you will.
- Alrighty.

The keys to General Lee.

Dang, this is kinda like
Changing of the Guard

at Buckingham Palace.

- Here you go.
- Here you go, Coy.

So you take care of
yourselves. Stay out of trouble.

Thanks for holding
down the fort, alright.

Keep between
the ditches, alright.

Oh, wait a minute.

Alright, buddy.

Vance, the door's open.

'Kind of need
practice, you know.'

Yeah.

'Don't be strangers, you two.'

Alrighty.

If Rosco ever chases
you up our way

you stop by and
say hey. Alright?

- You got it.
- Alright.

Yee-haw!

What a pair!

I tell you, coz, I never
thought I could miss anything

as much as Hazzard.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

The trees are a little taller,
the soil's a little redder.

Just something real
special about it, you know.

'You hear that?'

'I sure do.'

- Now I know we're back.
- That's old Enos on our tail.

- Welcome back, Bo.
- Shall we?

- May as well.
- Bye, Enos. Whoo-hoo!

Oh, sh**t, the radiator blew.

Didn't Coy say
Cooter fixed that?

I thought so. Pull it over.

- How are you doing, Enos?
- Hi, Enos.

What's the matter with it?

You know, Coy said he didn't
get a chance to test it right.

Well, Cooter ain't..

Go ahead, Enos, write us
up. We ain't gonna argue.

Why would I do that, Bo?

I was buzzing y'all to stop

'cause I wanted to
escort you into town.

This being your first day back.

I'm proud of you.

That's mighty kind of you.

After we let the
General cool down

we plug that hole
in the radiator

and fill her up with water.

- Yeah.
- Back off it.

Uncle Jesse, I am so
glad Bo and Luke are back.

You know, I think being on the
road has matured them some.

Used to be, they'd just
go tearing off into Hazzard

like every night
was New Year's Eve.

Now, I'll bet they're
just kind of moseying in

like little kittens
on padded paws.

'Hey, come on out and
welcome back to Hazzard'

'two of Hazzard's
finest citizens.'

Oh, must be a parade.

- Would you look at that.
- Oh, what?

There's Enos in a patrol
car. That's county property.

Yeah.

And he's parading them
Dukes around like they was..

Well, conquering
heroes or something.

'Bo and Luke Duke.'

'Hey, county, come
on out.' 'Hey, y'all.'

'Hey, Augusta, Sonny.'

'Hey, y'all, come
on out.' Yee-haw!'

'Two of Hazzard's favorite
citizens, let's hear it.'

'Favorite citizens,
Bo and Luke Duke!'

'Let's hear it!'

We don't have to
listen to that noise.

We'll just shut this window.

Ooh!

'Two of Hazard's favorite
citizens, Bo and Luke.'

Say, Luke, what is that
ugly lookin' thing sticking

out from underneath that hood?

Well, I'll be danged if it
ain't a Cooter Davenport.

Ugly.

- Who are you calling ugly?
- We're still fooling alright.

Good to see you.
Good to see you.

Hey, man, I got your
card from Talladega.

- You did?
- Oh, yes, yes.

Who taught him
to print big letters?

- He did.
- I did that.

How'd you like
the front of that?

Mmm-hmm. Yeah.

I heard y'all done
good on the track.

- Yes, sir.
- He did alright on the track.

But he saved his fancy
moves for off-track.

As matter of fact, you come
out to the house for dinner

I tell you about it.

I wish I could, but, you know..

Well, sh**t, we got crawdad
bisque and a peach pie.

And you know that I could never
resist Uncle Jesse's cooking.

I'm gonna have to take

a rain check this
time, I'm afraid.

What am I looking for?

How about these for starters?

'You're slipping up there a
little bit, ain't you, buddy?'

Yeah, I reckon I've
been kind of burning

at both ends, you know.

It appears to us that our buddy

might have a bit of a
bobcat biting at his tail.

Maybe we can help you out.

Look, y'all, if I got a
bobcat biting at my tail

I'd just as soon keep
it personal. Alright?

Oh, say, listen, we got
a little bit of business

to talk with you, anyway.

- Yeah?
- Oh, that's a fact.

You know that radiator
you fixed for Coy and Vance.

Well, it's gonna
need a little re-fixing

- Because she blew up on us.
- Yeah.

Blew up?

Well, lookie here, maybe
if y'all didn't go lead-footing

around in General Lee like
you was still on a Nascar circuit

'it wouldn't just blow up,
you know what I mean?'

You wait just a minute now.

You got no call to
talk to us like that.

Don't you tell me what call I
got and what call I ain't got!

This is my garage and
your coming in here and..

You know, this is one of those
times that you hope friendship

overrides circumstances.

Luke, I ain't believing
what I just heard.

We sure picked us one rotten
time to come back to Hazzard.

Well, look at it this way, Bo.

If Cooter's so tore up inside
that he treats us like that

we couldn't have
picked us a better time

to come back to Hazzard.

But what are you to
do for a man full of pain

and won't tell you
where it hurts?

Look for symptoms, I guess.

Let's go see Daisy. Maybe
she heard something.

No, I think we're gonna
need a specialist for this.

- Jesse?
- Yes, sir.

Give him a call, have
him meet us in town.

You got it.

'Would you look at that?'

'That's a nice looking
machine, ain't it?'

- 'That's Petey Willis' car.'
- 'You're right.'

Why don't we go
and talk to him?'

'Have a beer, say hello.'

'Let's not forget
to talk to Daisy.'

'That's what we're here for.'

Alright.

That would give
the General a run

for his money, don't you think?

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

Oh, thank you!

Hey, Daisy.

You gotta guess
who's sitting over there.

Oh, you mean, Petey Willis?

Him and Bo are
almost drinking buddies.

It's just like that.

What we came in for
is... you haven't heard

about trouble with
Cooter, have you?

No, no. Well,
didn't y'all see him?

We went by the garage
and saw somebody

that looked a lot like Cooter.

He wasn't acting himself.

Boss ain't putting any
burrs under his saddle, is he?

Nothing that I know about.

Well, keep your ears
on and your eyes open.

Let's go see Petey.

- Grab me a beer.
- Me, too.

- Sure hope he remembers me.
- I sure hope he does too.

Excuse me, Mr. Willis.

I don't know if you
remember me or not, but...

- Bo Duke.
- Yeah.

And Luke Duke.

- Good to see you.
- I remember you boys.

Great.

This is my daughter, Sarah-Ann.

- Pleased to meet you.
- Pleased to meet you.

My backup driver
and friend, Joey Bryan.

Nice to meet you.

Pull up a couple
of chairs. Sit down.

Yes, sir.

- Here you go.
- Anybody using that?

Thank you.

'What are you two doing here?'

I thought you were
riding high on the circuit.

Well, Luke and
me kind of retired.

This is where we grew up,
so we made it back here.

Wish some of that would
rub off on my daddy.

'The retiring part.'

- But your daddy is retired.
- Was retired.

The barn got too
small for the horse.

Joey's right about that. I
was planning on a comeback.

'In the Atlanta next week.'

You're kidding.

I want one more trophy to
balance up my mantelpiece.

Then it's back to the barn.

That would make it
an even thousand?

You boys don't know a good
mechanic in Atlanta, do you?

'Cause Petey here needs
someone to fine-tune his car.

Luke and me know the
best mechanic in the world.

That's a fact.

'His name's Cooter Davenport.'

That kind of recommendation's
good enough for me.

Well, then, that does it.

If you all excuse me, I wanna go

confirm our
reservations in Atlanta.

Yes, sir.

Daddy, isn't there any way
I can talk you out of this?

Now, honey, you can
put me out to pasture

but not until after
one more race.

Now, you two tell me
about that barn burner

you won up in Mobile.

Yeah, Emma. Yeah.

You can stop worrying.
We ain't gonna lose that bet.

A couple of hicks
just opened a door

to the vault, only
they don't know it.

We took the checkered flag,
bam, just like cat's whiskers.

Yeah, well, that's
what I figured.

Yeah. Come on, now.

That gives me an idea.

After your friend Cooter has
my engine singing our song

I was thinking of
letting her out a little.

You wouldn't happen
to know two young men

'preferably mostly retired'

'who'd like to give me
a little push, would you?'

Well, yes, sir, we sure do.

Good. I'll see y'all
here in town, later.

- Alright.
- Alright.

Yeah, just like that.

I gotta go. Bye.

Miss Willis, listen, I wouldn't
worry too much about your daddy.

sh**t, he's forgot
more about driving

than most guys ever learn.

That's just what worries
me, the things he's forgotten.

What do you suppose
that's all about?

I ain't got the slightest idea.

Well, you could tell
things was getting

back to normal in
Hazzard County.

Boss had ordered Rosco to
ticket the Dukes on any charge

as a welcome home present.

Feels good, don't it?

Don't look now.
There's two hound dogs

ready to take a
bite out of our tail.

With that radiator
still not up to snuff

we can't do much about it.

Well, give it a try.

Oh oh! Look over
there. I'm gonna crash!

One of them hound
dogs just went down.

'Ah ah!'

Ah! Ooh.

Well, there goes
hound dog number two.

We must be doing
somethin' right.

'Boss, this is
your local sheriff'

'Rosco P. Coltrane calling.'

- 'Come back.'
- This is J.D. Hogg.

Come back, yourself.

Listen, Boss, Enos and I

well, we run into a little
mechanical problem here

chasing the Duke boys.

'It's Cooter's fault.'

'See, he fixed our hood
and then he re-fixed it.'

'Well, it's come unfixed.'

In fact, the tire on Enos'
car come unfixed. It blew out.

Luke, you know, I ain't
so sure I should've put

Mr. Willis onto Cooter.

He just ain't really been
himself lately, you know.

I hope you're wrong about that.

I sure hope you're right..

About me being
wrong... about that.

- Oh, here he is.
- I'd recognize him anywhere.

About time you showed up.

What's going on with Cooter?

Oh, I don't know.

We got in the General
Lee, and the radiator blew.

- Yeah.
- He's already fixed it once.

When Bo and Luke
filled in Uncle Jesse

on how everything
mechanical Cooter touched

was falling apart

old Jesse figured the
best way to handle it

was a subtle approach.

Now, Cooter, I don't know
what went on between you

and the boys here.

Maybe you had a right
to snap, maybe you didn't.

The important
thing is that we're

the best friends you got,
and friends has got rights.

So, what in the world
is going on here, now?

You're right, Uncle Jesse.

Y'all, I'm sorry about
what happened a while ago.

'You're right, you're
the best friends'

I ever have had
or ever will have.

You see, it's just,
it's like you said.

There are some burdens that
a man's gotta carry for himself

or he ain't much of a man.

Well, if money will help,
you're welcome to all we got.

We saved up a whole
bunch on the circuit.

I appreciate it, y'all.

sh**t, ain't there a
dang thing we can do?

No, it's personal business.

Best thing is to just
let it stay personal.

Even if it gets in the
way of your work?

Hey, if it's your friend
Petey Willis' car here

that you're worried about.

This car ain't
getting out of here

unless and until it's
absolutely perfect.

See y'all later.

sh**t, what are we gonna
do now, Uncle Jesse?

Well, there ain't
much we can do.

Except to keep an eye on
Cooter and just kind of be there

in case he needs us.

Oh, hey, I want you
to meet these folks.

Nice looking truck.

Hello.

Petey Willis and his
daughter, Sarah-Ann.

This is our Uncle Jesse.

- Mr. Willis.
- Hi.

- How are you?
- Pleased to meet you.

Your friend Cooter
suggested we run her out

at C.W.'s spread,
private property.

About an hour?

- Yeah, we'll be there.
- Yes, sir.

- See you out there.
- Bye-bye.

That way nobody will bother us.

Oh, say, I wanna thank you
for putting me onto Cooter.

He seems like a man
who knows what he's doing.

- He does.
- Yes, sir, he's the best.

Uncle Jesse, you wanna come out

and watch Luke and
me warm Mr. Willis up?

Seein' what's been
going on around here, yes.

And if that thing
goes as fast as it looks

nobody'll see anything
anyway. Ha ha.

- I got some shopping to do.
- Hey, pick up me some socks.

'Will that.'

Pick him up some socks, please.

If we're gonna do Petey any good

we better get the General
over to Smitty, the blacksmith

and see if he can
fix the radiator.

At least we're spreading
our business around, huh?

Yeah. Oh, we
ain't the only ones.

Hey, hey, Joey.

- Friendly cuss, ain't he?
- Yeah.

Well, let's get out of here.

Hey, I think the General
needs a gentle hand today.

- Yes. So you'll drive.
- Yeah.

Cooter, you did one heck
of a job on that engine.

I'm gonna buy you the biggest
cup of coffee in Hazzard.

Mr. Willis, it's just a pleasure
to work on a machine like that.

How far you want us to
push it, Mr. Willis, uh, Petey?

I want you to give
me all you have.

But I don't want you
taking any chances.

Now, when I get up to
speed, I'll give you a sign

and then I'll move on past you.

If you can.

You hear that engine?

She ain't never
purred like that before.

I'm mighty obliged
to you, Cooter.

- You ready?
- Yeah, let's go.

Let's hit her.

Good luck.

Sarah-Ann, come with me.

Okay.

You be careful, Bo.

Yes, sir.

Alright, you ready, Petey?

Go.

Alright, so far so good.

Looks like we're
crying over milk

that Cooter ain't
even spilled yet.

Let's hope so.

Eee! Ha ha.

See who they're fooling with.

Mechanical eyes,
Rosco P. Coltrane.

'Enos, this is your
superior officer Rosco.'

Listen, if Jesse and
Daisy try to keep us

from catching Bo and Luke

use the figure-eight maneuvers
I taught you. Come back.

Couldn't we drive up side
of them and say "hey?"

Enos, you might
say "hey" to them

but you'll say
"goodbye" to your salary.

Got it, you dipstick?

Well, we don't need
no party crashers.

'Hang on.'

Jesse.

Hey, Uncle Jesse.

Daggum 'em.

Hey, Daisy.

'Oh!'

Ah ha ha ha! Ya-hoo!

'Get out of the way!'

Hot dog! Right in the middle
of the Hazzard car wash.

That ought to cool them off.

Enos, you dipstick!
You flea brain!

Look what you done now.

I'm sorry, sheriff.

Look, I'll make it
up to you, sheriff.

I'll catch, I'll catch you
a catfish for supper.

Dang, that thing's fast.

Now you're looking at
a man with a problem.

And Cooter is gonna get blamed.

Pull over. Let's go get him.

There he is. Come
on, Bo. He's over here.

Pete? Petey?

- Is he, um..
- He's alive.

Now, turn him, turn
him over real easy.

Real gentle-like.

- There you go.
- I guess I..

I'll go call an ambulance
here right away.

We ain't got time to
wait for an ambulance.

Get the others and somehow
rig some kind of stretcher, alright?

- Alright.
- And hurry!

Ol' Bo told everyone
what they had to do

and how little time they had.

Your daddy had..

Just get over there.
Cooter, help her out.

We gotta get him
to the hospital.

I'll help you, Uncle Jesse.

He's alive. He's
gonna be alright.

Daddy! Daddy!

Don't worry. He's
gonna be alright.

We'll get him to the hospital.
They got the best doctors there.

Just like you got the
best mechanic in the world

right here in Hazzard.

You sure do a lot of
easy recommendin'.

He's got a fightin' chance.

More than he'd have, if you
two didn't get him here so fast.

Well, we sure
appreciate that, doc.

Well, I guess I can
thank you two for that.

And also for my daddy
being here, in the first place.

Y'all excuse me, I'll
go get us some coffee.

Sarah-Ann, I know you're upset.

But you can't blame
anybody for this.

I mean, we don't even know
for sure what happened out there.

Ma'am, I..

Now, Cooter. Nobody knows for
sure what caused that accident.

Sarah-Ann didn't mean
nothing by what she said.

- No.
- She's just all upset.

You know, about me
lettin' my personal life

get in the way of work...

- Cooter, you're just tired.
- No no, you were right.

I'd have bet my life on the job
I did for Petey, and turns out..

I bet his life on it.

For crying out loud,
Cooter, Petey ain't dead.

And I'll bet

that there's more to that
accident than meets the eye.

I'm never gonna be able
to open a car hood again

without seeing his face

or hearing what that
little girl said back in there.

Y'all, I'm gonna sell the
garage and leave Hazzard

and just go up in the hills...
and think about all this.

You know him as well as I do

and it couldn't
have been his fault.

Yeah, we both know that

but we have to find
some way to prove it.

What are we gonna
do if we can't prove it?

I don't know.

But in a way, we're
more responsible

for this whole
mess than Cooter is.

We put Petey onto him.

- Welcome home, huh?
- Yeah. Come on.

I'll give you
$ for it, cash.

- Done.
- Done.

- I keep my truck and tools.
- Done and redone.

All you gotta do is sign this
here grant deed over to me.

'And this here is your money.'

Seventy-five
hundred dollars, cash.

Less my ten percent
commission for arranging the sale.

Well, there's one good
thing about this deal.

At least, I'm free of you.

What did you say?

Meanwhile, Bo and Luke
was reassembling the engine

of Petey's car, hoping to
find a clue to the accident.

And Daisy and Jesse
was hoping to find out

what was eating old Cooter.

No wonder Cooter's been

acting as nervous
as a long-tailed cat

in a roomful of rocking chairs.

What've you got?

Payroll check stubs from
the Chikasaw County Garage.

He's been working over
there weekends and nights

for the last couple of months.

He hasn't had any sleep.

Why'd he go do
a thing like that?

I got the answer to that.
Look at this here mortgage

contract that
Cooter's got with Boss.

It says at the end of next week

Cooter's got a balloon
payment of $ .

I knew it was money.

Why not tell us?
We'd help him out.

We'd have covered
a chunk of that.

And the rest of it we
could have sold something.

sh**t, Cooter knows
we'd do that for him.

That's what he meant by "A
man's gotta carry his own burden."

That's some burden.

Knowing all this makes it
easier though, doesn't it?

Well, maybe it does
and maybe it don't.

Cooter must have been
worried sick, working two jobs

and not sleeping, like you said.

Man's bound to make mistakes.

Oh, even so, Cooter wouldn't
make a mechanical mistake.

- It ain't likely.
- I don't think so, either.

That's what we need to find out.

Come on, Bo,
let's get back at it.

Pete?

Hey, Petey?

Hey..

I want you to have this, here.

I know it ain't much, but..

I want you to have it.

- Comin' off?
- Yeah, I got it almost.

Wait a minute, y'all.

Holy smokes! Right
here is the problem.

Fuel pressure must
have burst a hole in it

and sprayed gas
all over the manifold.

I'm surprised it didn't burn up.

He's lucky to be alive.

Well, Luke, this don't
make no sense at all, now.

Cooter's got high-performance
line all over this engine..

Except for that piece there.

Why in the heck would
Cooter put a store-bought

fuel line on that?

He wouldn't.

Which means... somebody
else had to put that on

knowing that it would blow.

Who'd do that? And why?

Now wait just a minute.
Didn't we see Joey coming

out of Rhuebottom's Store
with a package so big?

But Joey's a
friend of the Willis'.

He came into town with 'em.

Well, it wouldn't
hurt to check, though.

Daisy, run over to Rhuebottom's
and find out what Joey bought.

Sure.

Uncle Jesse, talk to Cooter.

Because I'm sure he'll remember
whether he put this in or not.

- What're you boys gonna do?
- We're gonna go see Sarah-Ann.

Maybe she'll shed
some light on this.

I'll call when I find Cooter.

- Got it.
- Got it.

- Stick out your tongue.
- Well, that ain't nice.

Well, alright, I know it ain't

but just this one
time it will be alright.

Okay.

- There. That's sealed now.
- I hate that.

Alright, now you take that
deed to Atlanta, get it registered.

Before Bo and Luke find out

I slickered Cooter
out of his garage.

- Now scat. Will you?
- Yeah. Come on, come on.

Get rid of that dog, will you?

Lost Sheep, Lost Sheep.
Come in. This is Bo-Peep.

Daisy, what you got?

Fellas, Mr. Rhuebottom
said Joey bought

an ordinary fuel
line, just like you said.

Thanks a lot, Daisy.
Talk to you later.

'...figure out right now is..'

is there any reason
why Joey would..

When Bo and Luke told Sarah-Ann
what they suspected about Joey

well, Sarah-Ann
said Joey didn't cotton

to Petey's final race
because Joey wanted to drive

in the Atlanta race, himself.

If he wanted to drive, he
wouldn't wrecked the car.

- It goes back to square...
- No, wait a minute.

I do recall Joey telling a
friend that he was expecting

to come into some money
after the Atlanta race.

Something about a big bet.

Do you remember whether
he mentioned it before or after

'your dad decided
on his comeback?'

'Before. Is it important?'

'So Joey bet on someone else.'

He would've lost that
bet unless he made sure

your dad didn't make
it to the starting line.

There he goes. Come on.

There he goes. Come on, Bo.

Luke, we gotta
give that rat his due.

'He sure is a first
class wheelman.'

'Boss, this is Sheriff Rosco
P. Coltrane reporting in.'

We're seven miles north
of Chikasaw on Route .

Come back.

Alright, alright, I got you.
Now, what's your ETA?

Estimated time at Atlanta, I
got it. Oh, that's marvelous.

Listen, that's approximately
one hour, Boss.

'And, listen, don't you
worry about a thing.'

Ol' Flash and me, we're
gonna take that deed that Cooter

signed and we're gonna
have it registered faster

than a man with pneumonia
can sneeze through a mitten.

- 'Time's up.'
- Dang it, we're too late!

Cooter already sold out to Boss.

But it won't be official until
he gets that deed registered.

Give Daisy a call on the horn.
She's gotta get that deed back

from Rosco before
he hits Atlanta.

Hang on.

- Well, we lost him.
- No. We just misplaced him.

Meanwhile, Boss was
jumping the g*n, so to speak.

Figuring now that he
owned Cooter's garage

he was making ready
to clear the block..

For that new
shopping center of his.

Yep. Well, I feel
pretty bad myself.

Well, we know one thing
about Joey, he's dumb.

sh**t, Bo and Luke could
walk through that, they're so mad.

'sh**t. There he goes.
Think you can do it again?'

We gotta chase him, come on.

Daisy had herself a plan.

But it all depended on
her taking a shortcut.

So she could get
there ahead of Rosco

who was heading for Atlanta
to record Cooter's deed.

Now, Cooter, feeling
lower than a snake's shadow

was headed for the
hills to become a recluse.

He figured that that was
one job he couldn't mess up.

Now, Jesse was
determined to find old Cooter

and bring him back... even
if he had to hog-tie him.

Old Jesse had his
work cut out for him.

Looks like he lost
us, permanent.

We still got one more chance.

Now, if he stays on this road

and we take Cotton
Lane, cut up the other side

and cut him off
at the freight line.

Yeah, I'll bet we can.

Did y'all follow that?

What is that?

Hey there, Flash.
Hey, come on, darling.

That's an , which
means "a lady in distress."

A naked lady in distress.

Did you see that, huh?

Look at that.

It is a naked lady in distress.

Listen, don't worry.
I'll rescue her.

But I promise, Daddy won't peek.

I wonder what I'm gonna do about

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Now, Rosco's a good sheriff.

He's just got too
much on his mind.

And that gave Daisy enough time

to make sure Cooter's
deed never got to Hotlanta.

'I'll look over here.'

You know something?
You know something, Flash?

You know, somebody played
a dirty trick on your daddy.

There wasn't no naked lady
in distress, back there. When I..

I saw..

It was..

You know, Flash, they say,
when a man gets my age..

His eyesight's the
second thing to go.

Hey, there you are, you bummer.

Pull over.

What's up, Uncle Jesse?

Cooter, I just wanted you
to know you had nothing

to do with that
fire, over yonder.

Hmm?

When you went
through that engine

you put all high-pressure
hoses on it, didn't you?

- Sure.
- Not on the fuel line.

It just had a plain old
store-bought rubber hose on it.

Now, what's gonna happen

when that car gets
to doing or so?

Well, it would blow. But
somebody switched it.

That's right.

You wanna come and
help us find out who?

Yes, sir. Let's head
back to Hazzard.

I was hoping you'd say that.

- Uncle Jesse?
- Yeah?

Thank you.

I sure appreciate
what y'all done for me.

Dang it, Luke. Ain't
nothing coming our way.

Got that right.

Hey.

Let's cut him off at
the old circus train.

Alright. You got it.

- Dang it!
- Now, we're even.

Look out, Bo!

Joey ain't got no
smarter, has he?

Shimmy up after him. I'll
run this way and double back.

Alright.

Come on, Bo, bring
him right down to me.

Alright, now.

- Real nice.
- Real nice, yourself.

With Joey on his way
to Hotlanta to the pokey

everything else fell into place.

- What you got?
- Let's see.

Petey healed up in
time to accept an offer

to design race cars
from a big outfit in Detroit.

And he gave Cooter's money back.

Alright, alright, alright. Here.

Cooter gave the
money back to Boss.

And the Dukes made
sure that old Boss paid

for the repairs on
Cooter's garage.

They made him
promise there wouldn't be

any more balloon payments.

And Jesse finally got to
cook his crawdad bisque.

Cooter ate six helpings.

Cooter gave the
Dukes a free tune-up.

Bo and Luke were back home.

And things were back to
normal in Hazzard County.

That just leaves one problem.

I still don't know who
won that beauty contest.
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