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Perennial nemesis Homer Bedloe (Charles Lane) is seemingly a changed man when he returns to Hooterville. Where once the crotchety railroad executive was obsessed with scrapping the Hooterville Cannonball, Homer is now the personification of charm and goodwill, cheerfully handing out compliments and gifts. Naturally, Kate (Bea Benaderet) is suspicious, and of course she's right: Homer is merely putting on an act as prelude to his latest scheme to derail the Cannonball, this one involving a race horse.