Card Sharp: Along with everything else he's in to, Thaddeus Hogg is also a card cheat.
Cattle Baron: Thaddeus Hogg. He tries to run Jeremiah Duke out of Hazzard because (he claims) Duke's farm is ruining the area for the cattle folk.
Commercial Break Cliffhanger: As usual used when going to commercial, but lampshaded once. Joe is in a shootout on horseback with the James brothers. His horse rears, then the frame freezes.
Waylon Jennings: Now friends, if I had Frank and Jesse James shooting at me, I don't think I'd stop and pose for 'em.
Cowboy Episode/Costumer: The General Lee and patrol cruisers are replaced by thoroughbreds, race horses and wagons; the characters' stock clothing replaced by era-appropriate wear.
The Drifter: Luke's great-grandfather Hank pretends to be a drifter who just happens through town instead of outing himself as a Duke to the locals (apart from his family). The trick doesn't last long though, as Frank and Jesse find a letter addresed to "Hank Duke" in his saddlebag.
Even Evil Has Standards: Thaddeus Hogg doesn't want gunplay in his town. "I use brains, not bullets."
Eyepatch of Power: Rosco's great-grandfather Rufus Z. Coultrane wears an eyepatch but he doesn't need it. He must think it makes him look Badass.
Fastest Gun in the West: As Rufus is bragging he's the fastest, Joe Duke pulls out his gun and points it at him.
Rufus: Er...second fastest.
Frame-Up: Thaddeus Hogg frames Hank Duke for horse thieving, the most serious crime in town. He promises to free Hank in exchange for Jeremiah Duke signing over his farm.
Ghost Town: Sleepy City, the home of future Hazzard.
Jeeter Davenport: I'd round up a posse but there ain't nobody left in town!
Historical Domain Character: Sheriff Rufus hires Frank and Jesse James to stop the stagecoach bringing the Duke cousins to town. The Jameses decide to rob the stage instead, and leave no witnesses.
How We Got Here: The story detailing the supposed transaction between Jeremiah Duke and Thaddeus Hogg is used to frame Boss's latest attempt to foreclose on the Duke farm, unfairly and unsquarely.
Identical Grandson: Denver Pyle (Jesse) plays Jesse's great-grandfather Jeremiah, John Schneider (Bo) plays Bo's great-grandfather Jo, Catherine Bach (Daisy) plays Daisy's great-grandmother Dixie, etc. Even the greats are still all cousins. Almost the only new actor is the woman playing Jeremiah Duke's wife Jenny, since Jesse's wife is long dead in the show. Lampshaded by Waylon Jennings:
Y'all may have noticed a vague family resemblance.
Jail Bake: Dixie passes Hank a Derringer pistol while delivering a meal to him in jail.
Just in Time: Hank rides up just as the Jameses are robbing the stage and chases them off.
The Magnificent Seven Samurai: Jeremiah Duke calls on his family to help out with his battle against Thaddeus Hogg. Joe, Dixie, and Hank all come running. For some reason Coy, Vance, and Jeb's grandparents don't show up.
Thaddeus: Terrible thing. I sure hope nothing else "terrible" happens to you folks.
Stage Whisper: Joe, Dixie and Hank Duke discuss their plan for Hank to ride into town pretending to be a drifter and Dixie getting a job at Hogg's saloon, so they'll be incognito, right in front of the stagecoach drivers who don't notice a thing.
Where the Hell Is Springfield?: While many episodes, espeically after the first season, are pretty vague about the location of Hazzard it's almost definitely somewhere in Georgia. This episode throws a monkey wrench into that though, because Sleepy City (the home of future Hazzard) looks a whole lot more like a Western town than a post-Bellum Southern town.
Whole Episode Flashback: A large majority of the episode is spent in 1872, telling the story of what really did happen between Jeremiah Duke and Thaddeus Hogg.
