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The Dukes of Hazzard: Season 3

23 episodes Premiered Sep 16, 1980 Updated Oct 9, 2026
Previously on The Dukes of Hazzard

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Dukes of Hazzard Season 2.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 3 Episodes

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (19): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

Carnival Of Thrills (1)

Sep 16, 1980 · 60 min

When the Dukes attend a stunt show called "Carnival of Thrills," the star of the show is injured while trying to jump a car over 32 parked cars. Looking for a new star, carnival ow

S3·E2 Mytharc

Carnival Of Thrills (2)

Sep 16, 1980 · 60 min

When the Dukes attend a stunt show called "Carnival of Thrills," the star of the show is injured while trying to jump a car over 32 parked cars. Looking for a new star, carnival ow

S3·E3 Core

Enos Strate to the Top

Nov 5, 1980 · 60 min

When taking pictures of Uncle Jesse in front of a bank in Atlanta, Daisy inadvertently gets two bank robbers in the shot who kidnap her in exchange for the photographs. Meanwhile,

S3·E4 Core

The Hazzardville Horror

Nov 7, 1980 · 60 min

A father and son criminal duo steal Boss' silver from the Boar's Nest and hide out in a house owned by Hezechiah Pringle, which he left to his niece, Mary Lou Pringle. When Mary Lo

S3·E5 Core

And In This Corner, Luke Duke

Nov 14, 1980 · 60 min

After Luke broke an expensive mirror of Boss Hogg's, Jesse may be forced to sell the farm to pay for it unless Luke fights Catfish Lee, managed by a crooked promoter, in a boxing m

S3·E6 Core

The Late J.D. Hogg

Nov 21, 1980 · 60 min

Boss manages to foreclose on the Duke farm unfair and square, no thanks to his idiot cousin, Deputy Cletus Hogg. Also, he has them arrested unfair and square on a federal charge. B

S3·E7 Core

Uncle Boss

Nov 28, 1980 · 60 min

Boss Hogg unleashes his "secret weapon" against the Dukes: his college-educated nephew Hughie Hogg (Jeff Altman), who comes to Hazzard with some dirty tricks and schemes to frame B

S3·E8 Core

Baa, Baa White Sheep

Dec 5, 1980 · 60 min

Boss Hogg's honest, rich twin brother Abraham Lincoln Hogg (Sorrell Booke in a dual role) has come to Hazzard for the reading of their great aunt's will, which entitles a piece of

S3·E9 Core

Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane

Dec 12, 1980 · 60 min

After meeting a woman through a computer dating service, Rosco plans to get married. Boss plans for him to invite everyone in town to his wedding--except the Dukes. This makes them

S3·E10 Core

The Great Santa Claus Chase

Dec 19, 1980 · 60 min

In the series' only Christmas-themed episode; Boss, who is in an Ebenezer Scrooge-like mood throughout this episode, hires a trio of criminals to hijack the Dukes' Christmas tree s

S3·E11 Core

Good Neighbors, Duke

Jan 2, 1981 · 60 min

While being chased by Rosco, Bo and Luke crash into a piece of land believed not owned by anyone. They soon find out they are wrong, and make friends with the new citizens of Hazza

S3·E12 Core

State of the County

Jan 9, 1981 · 60 min

Boss Hogg's rival uses a good-looking stranger to come into Hazzard and bomb the Boar's Nest. Daisy falls for the stranger, and is soon kidnapped by him.

S3·E13 Core

The Legacy

Jan 16, 1981 · 60 min

A recently widowed old flame of Jesse's returns to Hazzard to claim an old debt owing to her late husband by Boss Hogg, but he refuses it. So she finds a legacy that the Dukes find

S3·E14 Core

Duke vs. Duke

Jan 23, 1981 · 60 min

Hazzard's annual Hazzard Derby is on. While Cooter is injured trying to help the Dukes, Luke must race in Cooter's car while Bo is in the General Lee. However, all the entrants who

S3·E15 Core

My Son, Bo Hogg

Jan 30, 1981 · 60 min

When Bo suffers a bump on the head in an auto accident, he begins to suffer from temporary amnesia. Boss Hogg uses this to his advantage, telling Bo that he is his long-lost son, "

S3·E16 Core

To Catch a Duke

Feb 6, 1981 · 60 min

A pair of jewel thieves comes through Hazzard County and while confronted by Boss and Rosco, they make a getaway in the General Lee. This makes Boss think Bo and Luke are a part of

S3·E17 Core

Along Came a Duke

Feb 13, 1981 · 60 min

The Dukes' cousin, Jeb Stuart Duke, comes to Hazzard on a motorcycle from Chickasaw County and helps Bo and Luke catch the bad guys.

S3·E18 Core

By-Line Daisy Duke

Feb 20, 1981 · 60 min

Daisy wants to become a newspaper reporter, and to do that she decides to write a story about how Boss Hogg bought stolen tractors.

S3·E19 Core

The Return of Hughie Hogg

Mar 6, 1981 · 60 min

Hughie Hogg is back in town! He coaxes Bo and Luke into joining the Hazzard County Fire Department (so he can sneak shine in to the Duke farm). Rosco catches the Dukes with shine,

S3·E20 Core

Bye, Bye Boss

Mar 13, 1981 · 60 min

While on the way to the Boar's Nest, Bo and Luke are ambushed by an escaped prisoner, who steals the General Lee and plans to hunt down Boss Hogg. Later, Boss finds out that the pr

S3·E21 Core

The Great Hazzard Hijack

Mar 27, 1981 · 60 min

Three good friends of the Dukes come to Hazzard after Bo and Luke find a bag of $1 million in a river.

S3·E22 Mytharc

The Hack of Hazzard

Apr 3, 1981 · 60 min

While she's away, Bo and Luke run a taxicab service owned by Miz Tisdale, and their first customers are two men with a special briefcase. After arriving at their destination, the t

S3·E23 Mytharc

The Canterbury Crock

Apr 10, 1981 · 60 min

An old widow sells the Dukes a "worthless" vase for $25. A man comes to the widow after the Dukes leave, looking for the vase which turns out to be of some very good value!

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