Days of Shine and Roses

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Season 2, Episode 1
Original Air Date: 21 September 1979
Directed by: Hollingsworth Morse
Written by: Bruce Howard
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

The Annual Ridgerunners' Reunion has taken place for 32 years, allowing old-time moonshiners, and their loved ones, to get together and swap stories of evading the law. At this year's event, retired revenuer Abel shows a black and white movie that includes some vintage shots of Boss and Jesse running moonshine.

This leads to an argument between Boss and Jesse about who the best driver is, which results in a race through Sheriff Emmitt "Spike" Loomis's Hatchapee County. Both agree to carry water instead of 'shine, but Boss swaps Jesse's cargo for the real thing before anonymously tipping off Sheriff Loomis. When Cooter learns of the switch he tells the rest of the Dukes, who have to stop Rosco interfering with the race while keeping Uncle Jesse out of jail.

Trivia

• Jesse's old 'shine running car is now called "Black Tillie". In High Octane he still had a 1971 Ford Custom 500 for the purpose. This time he gets a 1967 Ford Mustang Coupe from Cooter, which he names "Black Tillie II." Boss's car, a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro, is called "Grey Ghost, Jr."
• This is the only appearance of Hatchapee's Sheriff Loomis. In fact, Hatchapee doesn't even get mentioned again until season 5, and by Twin Trouble in season 6 he's been replaced by the slightly friendlier Sheriff Floyd. The name Loomis reappears a couple of times in season 5, but as the name of a place.
• The map of Choctaw and Hazzard Counties that Cooter uses to show the route of the race is actually a map of an area near Verdun in France.

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