Mason Dixon's Girls

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Season 2, Episode 21
Original Air Date: 29 February 1980
Directed by: Jack Starrett
Written by: Bruce Howard
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Rosco finds the "mari-jew-wana"

Dennis Rucker as Mason Dixon

Some days even collecting a water heater can go wrong for the Dukes. When Bo and Luke are pulled over by Rosco for not having a red flag on their cargo, they discover that it's actually a box load of marijuana (or "mari-jew-wana" as Rosco calls it). Roving private investigator Mason Dixon Jr. gets a tip about the marijuana seizure and hears that it might be linked to a criminal named Dempsey. He heads for Hazzard with his two female associates, Tinker and Sam, and gets on the Dukes' trail when Boss lets their name slip.

When they catch up with the Dukes, Uncle Jesse manages to convince Mason that Bo and Luke have nothing to do with the marijuana, so they agree to join forces to find the real drugs suppliers. Mabel Tillingham tips off Boss and Rosco about where to find them all, and they're briefly arrested. Once they escape custody, Mason analyzes a soil sample that leads them to the old copper mine up at Razorback Mountain. They know they've got the right place when they spot sentries in the road. Unfortunately, a couple of sentries spot them, but after a short fight, Bo and Luke head off to the copper mine in the sentries' coveralls. Meanwhile, Tinker and Sam climb the steep side of Razorback Mountain.

Bo and Luke get captured, but are rescued by Tinker and Sam. The bad guys move out with a whole truckload of marijuana, and are pursued by Luke and Sam on hang gliders, and Bo and Tinker in the General (Bo even lets Tinker drive after she gives him a kiss!). The chasers are joined by Mason, Jesse and Daisy, Boss and Rosco, and Enos.

When Luke and Sam catch up with the truck, they land and climb aboard. After fighting off one of the bad guys, they place some explosives in the cargo, and jump off into Mason's car. Mason, Tinker and Sam end up with the reward for catching Dempsey, while Rosco and Enos get some of the glory.

Commentary

Boss shows that he has at least some scruples when he says "And even I draw the line on dope and drugs, for any amount of money."

Trivia

• It's only visible briefly, but this episode has the third appearance of Swamp Molly's pickup truck. It's one of the background vehicles that can be seen at the bad guys' distribution center.
• This is the acting debut of former Miss Florida, Mary-Margaret Humes (Tinker). She went on to appear in many other '80s favorites such as Knight Rider, The A-Team, Hardcastle and McCormick and The Fall Guy, before landing a regular part in Dawson's Creek.
• The Trans-Am driven by Tinker and Sam is one of 250 convertibles made in 1979 by National Coach Engineering of Michigan.

Bloopers

• During the final chase, Luke and Sam plant the explosives on the truck before jumping off into the back of the Trans-Am. Luke is wearing his usual double denim, with Sam in an orange coverall and helmet. However, when the explosives go off, both passengers in the Trans-Am are wearing orange coveralls and helmets.

Quotes

• When Tinker and Sam stop the boys:
  Bo: "You ain't gonna believe this, but we just got knocked out by a couple of women."
  Luke: "I thought she felt a mite soft whilst I was flying threw the air."

Regular Cast

• Tom Wopat as Luke Duke
• John Schneider as Bo Duke
• Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke
• Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse
• Sonny Shroyer as Enos
• Ben Jones as Cooter
• James Best as Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
• Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
• Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)

Guest Cast

• Dennis Rucker as Mason Dixon
• Mary-Margaret Humes as Tinker
• Robin Eisenman (as Robin G. Eisenmann) as Sam
• Taylor Lacher as Davis
• Larry Watson as Ryan
• Morgan Woodward as Dempsey
• Lindsay Bloom as Myrtle Tillingham
• John F. Goff as George Henry

• 
  Mary-Margaret Humes as Tinker Churchill
  and Robin Eisenman as Samantha Rose
• 
  Larry Watson as Ryan
  and Taylor Lacher as Davis

• 
  Morgan Woodward as Dempsey
• 
  Lindsay Bloom as Myrtle Tillingham
• 
  John F. Goff as George Henry

Crew

• Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
• Co-Produced by: Gy Waldron and Ralph Riskin
• Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
• Executive Story Consultants: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
• Story Editor: Bruce Howard
• Associate Producer: Skip Ward
• Director of Photography: Jack Whitman
• Art Director: James Martin Bachman (as James-Martin Bachman)
• Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
• Music by: Fred Werner
• Unit Production Manager: John H. Burrows (as John Burrows)
• First Assistant Director: Kurt Baker
• Second Assistant Director: Nicholas Batchelor
• Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Arthur R. Botham (as Arthur Botham)
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Film Editor: Howard Epstein
• Music Editor: Jay Alfred Smith
• Sound Editors: Ed Scheid and Alex Bamattre
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Rochelle Moser
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Michael Wood
• Makeup: Ray Brooks
• Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Darlene Engle (as Darleen Engle)
• Casting: Vivian McRae and Melissa Skoff
• Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
• Location Facilities Provided by: The Burbank Studios
• A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television

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