Corrected entry: Gary Ewing named his son Bobby in honor of his brother Bobby who had died, an event which occurred on the show "Dallas," from which "Knots Landing" spun off. But Bobby didn't really die; that entire season of "Dallas" was revealed to be a dream that Pam had.
Corrected entry: The ending of this episode defies all stupidity. The so called "bad guys" are chased by the Dukes as they leave town at the end, caught and locked up. But what was their crime? Retrieving their own dog? By the logic of this episode, since their dog had now become the property of the orphan boy, the baddies are now thieves cause they stole their own dog back. This would be like the Dukes getting arrested for driving the General Lee. Really idiotic.
Correction: The "bad guys" in this episode were never the dog's owners. They stole the hound from the rightful owners, lost the dog and then Bo and Luke adopted and gave the dog to the orphan. The rightful owners come to Hazzard and retrieve both their dog and the boy.
Correction: The writers of "Knots Landing" decided to ignore that Bobby hadn't really died on "Dallas." They decided to go ahead with the show as if Bobby had truly died. This has been stated in interviews with the writers in the past.