Pam s strange dream momentarily puzzles her; the Ewings join forces to fight off the effects from an impending crisis in the oil industry.
J.R. tries to convince Donna to go to Washington; Mandy has a confrontation with Sue Ellen; Jenna moves out of Southfork.
Sue Ellen embarrasses J.R. with her business venture; Cliff seeks control of Jack s shares in Ewing Oil; Wes Parmalee upsets Miss Ellie.
Miss Ellie discovers her suspicions about Wes Parmalee are true; J.R. feels the sting of Sue Ellen s campaign; Pam faces major decisions.
Miss Ellie orders Wes Parmalee to leave Southfork; J.R. offers Sue Ellen a divorce; Donna calls Ray at home and Jenna answers the phone.
Clayton warns Parmalee; Parmalee visits Ewing Oil; Jack s ex-wife arrives; Bobby and J.R. begin expansion plans; J.R. meets B.D. Calhoun.
J.R. and Bobby investigate Parmalee; Cliff talks with scheming April; Sue Ellen visits Parmalee; Jenna rejects Bobby s help with Charlie.
Surprises and confrontations involving Wes Parmalee, Ray, J.R., Cliff and April Stevens create disharmony on Bobby and Pam s wedding day.
Ray s shocking revelation forces Bobby and Pam into a difficult decision; Parmalee s claim causes the bank to freeze Ewing Oil s credit.
Clayton asks Ellie if she believes Wes; the CIA queries J.R. about B.D. Calhoun; Pam s relationship with Bobby haunts Jenna.
Parmalee takes a polygraph test; April plots to profit from ex-husband Jack; Sue Ellen forces a confrontation between J.R. and Mandy.
Bobby goes to South America to find data to refute Parmalee; J.R. pushes Ellie to declare Parmalee a fraud; J.R. tries to stop his plan.
An unexpected guest at the annual Ewing barbecue brings the truth about Parmalee; J.R. receives news about Calhoun; Donna meets a senator.
Ellie enlists the help of her sons to calm Clayton; J.R. learns frightening news about Calhoun; Donna makes a decision about her marriage.
J.R. plans to eliminate B.D.; Pam reconsiders Jeremy's proposal; Jenna's pregnancy puts a strain on Pam and Bobby; Donna decides to leave.
B.D., plotting revenge against J.R., makes contact with Sue Ellen; Ray and Clayton immerse themselves in work to forget their troubles.
Bobby and J.R. pull Ewing Oil out of financial trouble; J.R. worries about B.D. Calhoun; Sue Ellen has another run-in with Peter Duncan.
B.D. terrorizes J.R.; Bobby and Pam fear Sue Ellen has resumed drinking; Ray visits Donna in the hospital; Cliff gives data to Wendell.
Fearing B.D. Calhoun s wrath, J.R. and Bobby send their families to safety in California; April is lonely; Dowling continues to woo Donna.
J.R. faces legal trouble for his involvement with B.D.; Donna feels useless in her lobbying efforts; shocking news comes from California.
News from California clouds the ownership of a 10-percent share of Ewing Oil; Ray considers dirty tactics to get his divorce from Donna.
Cliff s shocking disclosure prompts J.R. to accuse Pam of plotting with her brother to ruin Ewing Oil; April seeks comfort from her men.
J.R. plots to frame Cliff for Jamie s death and works to secure the 10-percent share of Ewing Oil; a Ewing employee s widow seeks revenge.
J.R. and Bobby get a break in their search for Ewing Oil s missing 10-percent; Bobby and Pam come to the defense of murder suspect Cliff.
J.R., Bobby and Cliff enter into litigation for custody of the 10-percent of Ewing Oil; Donna goes into labor at a political fundraiser.
A news story implicating J.R. in terrorism gives double-crossed Wendell ammunition for revenge; Ray reaches an understanding with Donna.
Weary of J.R. s tactics, Bobby, Ray and Ellie sell him their holdings; Sue Ellen decides to test J.R. s fidelity; Pam confronts Jenna.
J.R. must defend himself and Ewing Oil against Justice Department charges; Wendell obtains Mrs. Scottfield s cooperation; Pam warns Cliff.
Pam and Bobby s dreams are shattered; Wendell reveals his plot to struggling J.R.; Sue Ellen and Mandy head for a confrontation over J.R.