Editing The Dukes of Hazzard (section)

==Plot==
[[File:Dukes of Hazzard cast (1979 CBS Press photo).jpg|thumb|The cast of ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' in 1979. From left to right: James Best, Sorrell Booke, John Schneider, Tom Wopat and Catherine Bach.]]
''The Dukes of Hazzard'' follows the adventures of "the Duke boys", primarily cousins [[Bo Duke]] ([[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]]) and [[Luke Duke]] ([[Tom Wopat]]) (but alternatively Coy and Vance Duke for most of season 5), who live on a family farm in fictional Hazzard County, Georgia (the exact location of which is never specified, though Atlanta is mentioned several times as the nearest big city), with their cousin [[Daisy Duke|Daisy]] ([[Catherine Bach]]) and their wise old [[#Jesse|Uncle Jesse]] ([[Denver Pyle]]). The Duke boys race around in their customized 1969 [[Dodge Charger]] [[Stock car racing|stock car]], dubbed ''[[General Lee (car)|(The) General Lee]]'', evading crooked and corrupt [[county commission]]er [[Boss Hogg]] ([[Sorrell Booke]]) and his bumbling and corrupt [[Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane]] ([[James Best]]) along with his deputy(s), and always managing to get caught in the middle of various local escapades and incidents.

Bo and Luke were previously sentenced to probation for illegal transportation of [[moonshine]]; their Uncle Jesse made a plea bargain with the U.S. government to refrain from distilling moonshine in exchange for Bo and Luke's freedom. As a result, Bo and Luke are on probation and not allowed to carry {{Nowrap|firearms—}}instead, they often use [[compound bow]]s, sometimes with arrows tipped with {{Nowrap|[[dynamite]]—}}or to leave Hazzard County unless they get permission from their probation officer, Boss Hogg. The details of their probation terms vary from episode to episode. Sometimes it is implied that they would be jailed for merely crossing the county line,<ref>{{Citation|title=Dukes Meet Cale Yarborough|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0567221/?ref_=ttep_ep7/|access-date=2024-06-05}}</ref> or in other episodes the state line. On other occasions it is shown that they may leave Hazzard as long as they are back within a certain time.<ref>{{Citation|title=Baa Baa White Sheep|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0567123/?ref_=ttep_ep7/|access-date=2024-06-05}}</ref> Several other technicalities of their probation come into play at various times.

Corrupt county commissioner Jefferson Davis (J. D.) "Boss" Hogg either runs or has his fingers in virtually everything in Hazzard County. Hogg is forever angry at the Dukes, especially Bo and Luke, for their habit of foiling his crooked schemes. Many episodes revolve around Hogg's attempts to engage in some such scheme, sometimes with the aid of hired criminal help.

Some of these are [[get-rich-quick scheme]]s, but many others affect the financial security of the Duke farm, which Hogg has long wanted to acquire for various reasons. Other times, Hogg hires criminals from out of town to do his dirty work for him, and he often tries to frame Bo and Luke as part of these plots. Bo and Luke always seem to stumble over Hogg's latest scheme, sometimes by curiosity, and often by sheer luck, and quash it. Despite the Dukes often coming to his rescue, Hogg never loses his irrational dislike of the clan, particularly Bo and Luke, often accusing them of spying on him, robbing or planning to rob him, or other nefarious actions.

Hogg was played by [[Sorrell Booke]], who performed frequently on radio, stage, and film before his role in ''The Dukes of Hazzard''. Hogg is one of only two characters to appear in every episode of the series, the other being Uncle Jesse Duke. Daisy Duke appears in all but one episode (season 3's "[[List of The Dukes of Hazzard episodes#ep52|To Catch a Duke]]").

The show's other main characters include local mechanic [[#Cooter|Cooter Davenport]] ([[Ben Jones (American actor and politician)|Ben Jones]]), who in early episodes was portrayed as a wild, unshaven rebel, often breaking or treading on the edge of the law, before settling down to become the Duke family's best friend (often called an "honorary Duke") and owning the local garage. [[#Enos|Enos Strate]] ([[Sonny Shroyer]]) is an honest but naive young [[Deputy sheriff|deputy]] who, despite his friendship with the Dukes (and his crush on Daisy), is reluctantly forced to take part in Hogg and Rosco's crooked schemes. In the third and fourth seasons, when Shroyer left for [[Enos (TV series)|his own show]], his character was replaced by Deputy Cletus Hogg ([[Rick Hurst]]), Boss's cousin, who is slightly wilier than Enos but still a somewhat reluctant player in Hogg's plots.

Owing to their fundamentally good natures, the Dukes often wind up helping Boss Hogg out of trouble, albeit grudgingly. More than once Hogg is targeted by former associates who are either seeking revenge or have [[Betrayal#Double cross|double-crossed]] him after a scheme has unraveled. Sheriff Coltrane also finds himself targeted in some instances. On such occasions, Bo and Luke usually have to rescue their adversaries as an inevitable precursor to defeating the bad guys; in other instances, the Dukes join forces with Hogg and Coltrane to tackle bigger threats to Hazzard or one of their respective parties. These instances became more frequent as the show progressed, and later seasons saw a number of stories where the Dukes and Hogg (and Coltrane) temporarily work together.