Lucky for Daisy, Luke was right there to catch her as she fell over.

"Daisy!" Uncle Jesse exclaimed as he and Bo rushed over. "What's the matter? What's happened to her?"

"Relax, Uncle Jesse. She's just fainted." Luke replied, holding his hand up as several members of the audience also crowded around her.

"Uh, how 'bout everybody just back up and give her some air, huh?" Bo suggested as he put his hands up motioning everybody away.

Uncle Jesse frowned. "Where's Homer when ya need him?"

"Right here, Jesse." Doc Appleby replied, fighting his way through the crowd, holding up a small bottle of the smelling salts that he carried on his person.

He saw Luke's outstretched hand and took off the lid, handing it to him. Luke waved the small bottle under Daisy's nose only a few seconds before her lashes fluttered and she opened her eyes.

"There she is!" Uncle Jesse smiled, reaching down to help her into a sitting position. "How ya feelin'?"

"I'm okay, I think." Daisy replied, blushing as she looked at the crowd around her.

Jesse saw her embarrassment and turned to the crowd. "Don't worry folks. She's just fine, as you can see, so I thank ya for your concern. Ya'll can go back to your seats now."

As the onlookers began to shuffle away, the boys pulled Daisy to her feet and they all went over to the side to talk.

"Uh, Daisy. I take it from that little faintin' spell there that ya know who Goldie is, once and for all." Bo hoped.

Daisy nodded her head then heaved a deep sigh. "Fellas, I owe ya'll an apology. All three of ya. I look back on it now, and I realize that the lot of you have been trying to knock some sense into me for a few days now. I guess I was just a little too bull-headed, huh?"

"I'd say you was a LOT too bull-headed." Luke smiled.

"Well don't worry about that none. It seems ta run in the family." Jesse added, nodding toward Bo and Luke.

"I realize that Uncle Jesse." Daisy replied, looking at him. "I couldn't have lived with you all these years without somethin' rubbin' off."

The boys and Daisy stood laughing at the comment. Uncle Jesse wasn't amused at first, but after receiving some good natured jabs from his nephews, he couldn't hold a sour expression any longer and began laughing right along with them.

Moments later, Robert and Sylvia Matthews came walking out of Cooter's Garage, where she had gone to freshen up. Jesse looked at the couple then back at Daisy.

"The trouble with bein' bull-headed, though, is it makes ya act before ya think, and when you do that, there's always a follow-up."

"I know, Uncle Jesse." Daisy sighed. She then left her family behind and started walking toward Sylvia, reaching her just as Enos did.

"What do YOU want?" Sylvia asked, cowering in fear of another attack.

"Daisy, are you alright?" Enos asked.

"I'm fine, Enos." Daisy replied, turning to Sylvia. "I just wanted to come over and apologize to you. I shouldn't have attacked you like that…..and I'm sorry."

"Why did you do it anyway?" Sylvia asked.

"Well….." Daisy began, her face getting red again, not only from embarrassment of the situation but by the fact that Enos was standing there to hear it. "Ever since Enos here came home from Atlanta, he couldn't carry on a conversation with me- or anybody else for that matter- without it having something to do with Goldie. Everything was always about how pretty Goldie was, or what a great partner she was, or how he just loved her. He just went on and on about her all the time. Then, when I saw the two of you in Hazzard Square together…..I thought you were her."

Enos looked at Daisy in confusion. "Possum on a gumbush, Daisy! You mean to tell me I never explained to you who Goldie was?"

Daisy simply shook her head no.

"And you were jealous of me…I mean, whoever you thought Goldie was!" Sylvia exclaimed in realization.

Daisy didn't respond, but simply buried hid her red face against Enos' chest.

"Possum on a gumbush indeed." Enos replied, barely above a whisper. Smiling, he hugged Daisy tightly to him, an unfamiliar feeling growning from the pit of his stomach. It was the feeling of awe and realization that Daisy Duke loved him, and a sign that their relationship was soon to grow.

"Well Daisy, that was quite an attack you dished out. But considering the circumstances, I can't blame you. If I weren't married to the greatest man in the world..." She trailed off as she hugged Robert. "...I'd certainly be pursuing the second greatest." She ended by looking at Enos.

"You mean you forgive me?" Daisy asked.

"Of course." Sylvia smiled. "We could sure use a girl like you down at the police academy in Atlanta next year. There's a little too much testosterone flowing around there. You should talk her into it, Enos."

"Oh, we've done that already." Daisy shook her head, recalling her short stint working for Boss as a deputy.

"Daisy, I think it's high time a formal introduction was made, don't you?" Enos asked.

Daisy pulled away and nodded her head. Goldie, standing patiently at the side, came over when Enos signaled to her.

Daisy wiped a tear from her eye and sniffed a bit. "Hi Goldie, it's nice to meet you- at last."

"She can't hear, Daisy." Syliva announced. Just hold out your hand, she understands that just fine."

Daisy got down on one knee and held out her hand.

The Golden Retriever responded by placing her paw in Daisy's hand, her tail wagging madly.

And that's the story of how it took a temporarily crippled, deaf dog to make Daisy see her true feelings for Deputy Strait.

And like all good things, Enos' time with Goldie had come to an end.

The next morning, Enos placed Goldie in a cage in the back of the Matthew's pickup truck.

"I'm sure gonna miss you, girl." Enos said, holding out his hand for Goldie to paw. With a slight wimper, she licked Enos face before he closed the door.

"Thanks for taking care of her while we's on our trip, Enos!" Robert said, shaking Enos hand.

"Bring her up to visit sometime!" Enos yelled back after the Matthews had got in the truck and began driving away. Robert stuck his arm out the window to wave an acknowledgement.

You animal lovers probably feel sorry for Enos. It don't take long to get a deep attachment to them critters.

(The next scene shows Enos and Daisy riding horses together. Daisy laughes as he falls off, uninjured, standing up quickly again to show he's okay.)

(The one after that shows them in a boat together. Enos reaches over to try to pick Daisy a water lily and ends up falling in. Daisy laughs as he bobs to the surface, grinning.)

(The final scene shows them sitting under a big oak tree, Enos' car parked nearby. They look into each others eyes before sharing a long kiss.)

But I wouldn't worry too much. From the look of things, it seems Miss Daisy is gonna keep him plenty occupied.

THE END

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