The Ghost of General Lee - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: When the bad guys from Sweetwater county try to steal Boss' safe, you see them pushing it up a ramp into the pickup truck. But in the next shot, when Daisy calls the operator, the safe is in the corner. And when Bo and Luke go to untie Daisy, the safe is gone.
Dukes Meet Cale Yarborough - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: While being chased by Roscoe in the beginning, the close ups of Bo and Luke don't show anyone behind them. Yet the long shots show Roscoe right behind them.
Road Pirates - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: When the boys and Cletus are being chased by Roscoe, they use the nitro. When the car is jumping the creek, as it is seen from the back before it lands, you can see one person wearing the Deputy hat. This shot was re-used from the beginning of the episode.
The Meeting - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: After Boss and Roscoe come down to the jail where the Dukes have the mobsters trapped, Boss pulls out a cigar. After the camera cuts a wide shot, the cigar is missing. Then Boss pulls out the cigar again.
Continuity mistake: Enos posts up an "Armed Robbery" poster for Floyd Baker and Molly Harmon for a $10,000 reward but after he rips it off the wall after he sees them outside the courthouse it turns into a wanted poster for "Grand Larceny and Car Stripping" for Bo, Luke and Daisy Duke. (00:03:50 - 00:09:55)
Continuity mistake: When Luke is slamming into the smugglers with "the Slammer" car they show a close up side shot of Luke turning into them. In this close up he is driving the general lee, then it cuts back to the slammer.
Days of Shine and Roses - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Rosco goes into the trees after the boys run him off the road, the amount of damage to the car is negligible, yet at the end, the car is crushed in on the sides.
Days of Shine and Roses - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Rosco gets out of the car with the Detour sign, the arrow points to the right, the way Boss went. When he sets the sign up, it points left. Then after Luke grabs it and sets it out ahead of Jessie, it points back to the right.
Return of the Ridge Raiders - S2-E20
Continuity mistake: The boys are driving along an open dirt road, being chased by the Sheriff. As they meet a blue car, they wave, and you notice that there are no bushes anywhere to be seen. When the blue car meets the cop cars, there are suddenly bushes on either side of the road, poorly disguising ramps used to flip the cop cars.
Continuity mistake: When Lester hits the tree in the Sheriff's car, the grille comes off in the crash. A few moments later, he goes to back up to get back in the chase, and you see the grille is back in place, and minor damage to the hood. (00:38:25)
Continuity mistake: After Daisy stops at the tree after Lester and Boss crash, she's facing away from the road. The bad guys and the General go by the spot and are well past Daisy on the right side of the Jeep. After they are past, the camera does a close up on Daisy, and her looking and yelling to the camera "Go get them Bo!" She's not looking in the right direction.
Continuity mistake: When Cooter turns around to go after the bad guys, Enos comes from the side road, sliding a one-eighty. The back end of his car stops against the tow truck, but when the camera goes to a close up on Enos, there is no truck behind him, only trees.
Continuity mistake: As Cooter hears the call for help, he's on a winding country road. When he goes to turn around, he's on a two lane blacktop in the hills.
Continuity mistake: After the tires are shot out on the General, Jessie reaches in to get the CB microphone, and draws back after getting it. In the close up, he draws his arms back again.
Continuity mistake: When the guy is looking for the map, he knocks a vase out of the cupboard, and it breaks. After Lester trips up, the lights come on, and there is no broken glass anywhere.
Continuity mistake: After the boat with Jessie, Bo, Luke, and the girl get stuck, you see Jessie standing to get the boat unstuck. A second later, you see that he's sitting, then another second and he's standing.
Continuity mistake: When Roscoe comes out of the courthouse he runs into the potted tree, he grabs it, and starts to fall over to his right. In the wide shot, he falls over to the left and down the steps with the tree.
Continuity mistake: When the boys have Emory Potter in the car from his wedding in Lake Chickamahoney, they go off the paved road cross-country. As they go, you see they are on a dirt road. The hit a hump of dirt (almost a convenient ramp) and they go flying. As they do, the area suddenly goes from wide open country to a paved road with a wooden fence, and power poles lining it.
Continuity mistake: When in town, the boys see Enos coming out of the courthouse. They go to get out to get Granny Annie, you see Bo in the driver's side. After they see Roscoe and take off, they do the "skiing" (driving on two wheels) thing. When the General Lee sets back down on all fours, you see a blue shirt in the driver's window, suggesting that Luke is driving.
Continuity mistake: When the Dukes meet up with BB, they come from a side road onto the main road. When the shot goes in to a close up on BB, you don't see a side road. And half the time, you don't see any dust kicked up by the opposing vehicles.
Answer: Various reasons, but mainly to drive the Dukes out of Hazzard County because the family have been foiling his schemes since his and Uncle Jesse's bootlegging days.
Captain Defenestrator