Dallas

Sue Ellen's family worries if she has any interest in taking care of her child. Cliff Barnes claims to be the father of John Ross and J.R. seeks the services of lawyer Alan Beam.

The Ewing family races to find out who has kidnapped John Ross. Bobby suspects Cliff is guilty of the deed and J.R. attempts to pay the ransom for the child.

Cliff Barnes flys his father to Dallas to show him how he's getting even with the Ewings but Digger's sudden medical problem places a cloud over Cliff, Pam, and even Sue Ellen's new baby.

Pamela is already depressed with the reality of the Barnes' family genetic disorder and suddenly has to cope with the news that she is pregnant.

Kristin easily convinces J.R. to give her a summer job in his office and Bobby learns about Pam's pregnancy before she can make a decision about getting an abortion.

On a hunting trip in Louisiana, Jock finds himself the target of revenge from a man he doesn't even remember and at home Ellie is afraid that she might be facing surgery.

Bobby finds himself getting attached to Luke, the young son of one of the hired hands, which only makes Pam's efforts to tell Bobby the truth about their unborn child even more difficult.

At the annual Ewing sponsored rodeo, Sue Ellen finds herself drawn to Dusty Farlow, a cowboy participant, and Digger Barnes holds good on his threat to see "his" grandson.

Ellie is afraid to tell Jock about the lump in her breast after he reveals he was married before and left his first wife when she became mentally ill, so Ellie is afraid Jock will leave her.

Ellie does require a mastectomy and Lucy reacts by avoiding her grandmother as she fears getting cancer herself. Sue Ellen seeks solace by getting involved with Dusty Farlow.

Lucy decides that Alan is the man for her after she witnesses him standing up to J.R. without knowing it was a fight staged by the two of them to further convince Cliff of Beam's loyalty.

J.R. is caught from all sides when a typhoon delays the oil drilling in Asia as his bank loan becomes due, then Bobby discovers that J.R. has mortgaged Southfork ranch.

Sue Ellen's avoidance of her own baby becomes a source of conflict between her and J.R., and between Bobby and Pam, who have begun to think of the child as her own.

Ellie's sadness on the occasion of the birthday of Gary, her missing son, quickly changes to jubilation when she learns he and Valene are both back in Dallas and plan to be re-married.

J.R. decides that bringing Bobby back into Ewing Oil is the best way to keep Jock out of the office and J.R. also aims to get Pam a promotion to keep Bobby's mind off his troubled marriage.

Alan Beam's "romance" with Lucy is discovered by Kristin who believes once J.R. knows about it he will quickly get rid of the ambitious young lawyer.

After Cliff Barnes announces he is quitting the race for Congress, Digger returns to the bottle and drunkenly tells a reporter that Cliff is really the father of Sue Ellen's baby.

Sue Ellen actively sees Dusty, Pam leaves town and an angry husband who runs into Jenna, an old girl friend, while Ray ponders if he and Donna have anything in common besides their love.

Sue Ellen is being pressured by Dusty to leave J.R., Pam and Bobby's marriage continues to strain towards the breaking point and Donna makes a last attempt to get Ray to change his mind.

J.R. pushes Alan Beam to pressure Lucy into setting a wedding date so they'll move to Chicago but Jock messes up J.R.'s plans by securing for Alan a law partnership in Dallas.

Sue Ellen takes great pains to appear the perfect wife and mother in preparation for her divorce action but when J.R. realizes what she is planning, he decides to take strong counterattack.

As a new assistant district attorney, Cliff Barnes jumps at the chance to work on the investigation of the body found at Southfork, obviously murdered many years ago.

While Jock faces his murder trial, other family members are distracted with their problems. As Sue Ellen drinks to forget Dusty's death, Pam watches Digger slowly deteriorate in a hospital.

With most of the family visiting Jock's first wife in a Colorado sanitarium, J.R. uses the time to try to set up an even bigger oil deal with the now profitable Asian wells.

J.R.'s selling of the Asian oil leases before news of the fields' nationalization is made public and wipes out the fortunes of Ewing Oil's former business associates.