Episode Twenty-Three: Passing of the Torch

Cliff has been kidnapped by someone...Lucy tells Mitch that they are through and wonders where Cliff is...Muriel calls Clayton to tell him about her diagnosis of AIDS…Abby signs over 60% of Ewing Oil to J.R., leaving the other 15% between Jack and Gary, which means J.R. controls 85%...John Ross wants back in the oil business, and so he uses the fact that J.R. was responsible for his accident to get J.R. to give him back 25% of Ewing Oil...Sue Ellen leaves for Italy with Dusty...J.R. hires Melissa McSween, Harry McSween's neice, to investigate Kaitlin Ryan...J.R. meets with Kaitlin, who explains that she is Kristin's twin sister who was given up at birth by Patricia, and who has recently decided to investigate her past. She says that she wrote Patricia months ago, but Patricia does not want her around. However, Kaitlin is hiding something from J.R...John Ross flirts with Melissa...Christopher and Karen elope and tell the family...Gary, Val, Abby and Jack all leave town for Knots Landing...Charlie swears revenge on Pam.

Episode Twenty-Four: Shocking Conclusions

Cliff recognizes the bizarre woman that is keeping him tied up and drugged...Lucy looks for Cliff…Afton prepares to be a talk show hostess thanks to Roy Ralston…John Ross learns about a Mr. Akbar of Akbar Industries selling an oil field, and has Melissa investigate him...The sexual tension runs high between Melissa and John Ross...John Ross swears to make a commitment to Pamela Rebecca…Pamela Rebecca goes into labor and John Ross takes her to the hospital...Kaitlin meets with Patricia, and it's revealed that Patricia SOLD her as a baby---to Jeremy Wendell!...Charlie moves forward in her revenge plot against Pam, calling her old friend Jory Taylor…Lucas resents Pam...Bobby tells Ray that he is Lucas's only father...Jenna's will is read, and she leaves Pam a key to her father's house in France with a surprise inside, as well as sole custody of Lucas to Bobby..The family learns that Jenna was suffering from a delusional disorder...Ray and Donna decide to wait until Donna's husband passes away.

Episode Twenty-Five: Homecoming

Cliff manages to escape from being tied up and call Lucy, but he passes out mid-call...The woman keeping him hostage is Arliss Cooper, Afton's mother...Clayton and Miss Ellie learn about Muriel having AIDS and decide not to get a test…Charlie, in her revenge plan against Pam, meets with Jory Taylor, who learns about the connection with Bobby Ewing and fills Charlie in on HER dealings with Bobby. That gives Charlie an idea...John Ross and Pamela Rebecca's daughter, Megan Eleanor is born, and John Ross asks Pamela Rebecca to marry him. She accepts…Sue Ellen happily continues with Dusty in Europe...Patricia meets with Jeremy and wonders what Kaitlin is up to...Kaitlin blackmails Jeremy for 51% of his Weststar stock (he can remain as CEO) with the knowledge that she bought her as a child...For her talk show, Afton hires Sly Lovegren as her assistant…John Ross hires a new secretary, Janice Kelly.

Episode Twenty-Six: Aftermath

Cliff manages to fight off Arliss, who has a heart attack…Cliff calls Lucy, explains everything and he and Lucy dispose of the body together…John Ross declares his commitment to Pamela Rebecca, who is thrilled...Kaitlin reveals to Jeremy Wendell why she wanted his 51% of Weststar stock—for the clout. She also says that she wants his help in proving to the world that SHE is Kristin Shepard. She wants all traces of Kaitlin Ryan wiped out, and she is going to say that Kaitlin was the one that died all those years ago in the pool...Jeremy informs Patricia of this, who confronts Kaitlin and Kaitlin realizes that she will have to silence her somehow...Miss Ellie and Clayton return to Dallas for Christmas…Donna's husband dies...Lucas assures Ray that he is the only father he'll ever have...Afton encourages Sly to get any information she can on J.R., because Afton says she wants to become the next Mrs. Ewing!

Episode Twenty-Seven: I'll Be Home For Christmas

Christopher and Karen try to make it home from visiting Karen's parents, but bad weather makes it difficult...Christmas is approaching…Miss Ellie wants she and Clayton to get in touch with Muriel…A mysterious couple plans to attend Pam and Bobby's new year's wedding...Cliff wants to think only of the future with Lucy, who is worried about their role in Arliss's death…Afton tries to contact her mother…Lucy and Pamela Rebecca start an animosity towards each other...Kaitlin tells Jeremy she wants a list of everyone Kristin came in contact with, still being secretive about her motives…Sue Ellen returns from Europe without Dusty, acting cryptically about why he is not with her…Ray flies to Washington, because he wants to spend Christmas with Donna, and she agrees...John Ross meets the oil man Mr. Akbar.

Episode Twenty-Eight: Oh Christmas Tree

Karen and Christopher make it home for Christmas, and are not happy to see that Pamela Rebecca is there...Afton plots with Sly and Pamela Rebecca to ruin Lucy…Lucy and Cliff meanwhile, are happy together…Sue Ellen still remains cryptic about what is wrong with Dusty…Kaitlin shows up at Southfork during the Christmas celebration, pretending to be Kristin and shocking everyone...Patricia Shepard is being kept in a mental ward by Kaitlin to keep her quiet…Janice, John Ross's secretary, is also the daughter of Phyllis, Bobby's longtime secretary…Ray and Donna declare their love for each other.

Episode Twenty-Nine: Christmas At Southfork

Kaitlin "proves" that she is Kristin to Sue Ellen and Christopher by showing a birthmark that only Kristin had...J.R. is curious as to what Kaitlin is up to, and she tells him her Kaitlin story was just a cover…The whole Ewing family and guests are stranded at the house because of an ice storm…Afton (who is there for Pamela Rebecca) tries to seduce Cliff but he pushes her away…The next day, Afton tries to prove that something happened but is discredited by Miss Ellie (she saw Cliff going into Lucy's room). This makes Lucy so angry that she says she's through with all of them, then announces that J.R. was the father of Afton's baby, making Cliff mad at Lucy for not telling her…Marilee begs Cliff's help in a business deal, but he's not interested...Eric Stone is really Cliff's son, secretly...Melissa McSween comes to the Christmas celebration, and she and John Ross sleep together, which Pamela Rebecca secretly witnesses. She has a plan for them…Ray and Donna decide not to sleep together for a while, in respect to Andrew…Bobby tells Ray that Lucas will always only be his son (Ray's that is).

Episode Thirty: Pandora's Box

A mysterious couple plots against Pam and Bobby's wedding...J.R. throws a party for Pam and Bobby at the Oil Barron's in celebration of their engagement...At the party, someone sends Pam and Bobby a threatening note...Sue Ellen continues to remain depressed about Dusty…Lucy tells Cliff that she is through with him...Afton promises to continue the way against Lucy...Cliff tells Marilee that he will help her with her deal...Eric and Lucy attend Pam and Bobby's part together, and discuss their mutual attraction, and talk of possibly getting together in the future...Gary and Val fly in for the party…John Ross and Christopher plan a candlelit dinner surprise on the roof of the Oil Barron's for Pamela Rebecca and Karen, but the timing gets screwed up and they get locked out there...The two get drunk, and John Ross confesses to his affair with Melissa to Christopher...Karen and Pamela Rebecca spend the night together and have fun…Charlie decides to drop her revenge plot against Pam when she sees that April Stevens is dead, and she was the key element to her revenge...Bobby calls Abby, as he has plans for NorthStar Oil.

Episode Thirty-One: To Have And To Hold

It is Bobby and Pam's wedding...Christopher and John Ross wake up with hangovers, and John Ross reveals that Christopher had a one night stand the night before with a stripper named Carla. He promises not to tell Karen...Eric has eyes for Karen...John Ross does not keep his promise and blurts Christopher's secret to Eric...Christopher tries to talk to Kaitlin/Kristin about their relationship...Sue Ellen tells Miss Ellie that she has to get back to Europe immeaditely because Dusty has been acting very strange and she is really worried about him…Lucy tells Cliff that they MAYBE will get back together...Donna meets Lucas, who is not very polite to her...Katherine is spotted at the wedding...Chaos ensues, and some people take shelter in the house...Katherine confronts Pam and promises to make her pay...Just as all hell breaks loose, Pam sees Mark Graison in the house...Southfork explodes, thanks to Katherine, with many inside.

Episode Thirty-Two: Picking Up the Pieces

The explosion at Southfork kills Cliff and injures many, including Pam, who is not told about Cliff's death until after she and Bobby get remarried, at the hospital!...Megan needs a blood transfusion, but neither Pamela Rebecca or John Ross has her unique blood type---but Christopher does. It is revealed that Pamela Rebecca and Christopher slept together around the same time John Ross and Pamela Rebecca did, and therefore the baby is Christopher's! Both men are shocked...Sue Ellen tells Miss Ellie that she REALLY needs to get back to France ASAP because she is really scared for Dusty...Kaitlin is revealed to be working for Katherine to cause a rift between Christopher and Pam. Katherine talks about eliminating Christopher, and that makes Kaitlin angry...Katherine and Mark are, in fact, married and she cannot find him anywhere, assuming he is angry with her after learning that she was going to use him to ruin Pam and Bobby...Patricia is still being kept in a mental ward...Afton's mother, Arliss, is seemingly alive…Bobby buys Northstar Oil...Donna plans to bring Margaret to Dallas.

Episode Thirty-Three: Change of Heart

Ray worries about if Margaret will get along with Lucas, and Margaret visiting period...Christopher confesses to Karen that Megan is his child, and he wants to be her father, even if it means suing for custody. Eric overhears this and plans to call the stripper Carla and use her and this information to his advantage…Christopher tells Pamela Rebecca that he wants to be Megan's daddy, and Pamela Rebecca agrees…Pam decides to throw away the key to Jenna's dad's house that Jenna left her, leaving that mystery in the pond she throws it in...The mystery of why Arliss is alive continues.

Episode Thirty-Four: Ashes to Sand

Cliff's funeral occurs, and Afton attends with Arliss incognito...Afton is bitchy to Lucy at the funeral, and then goes on a tirade about how Cliff was a loser...In honor of Cliff's memory, Lucy tells J.R. that she wants to come work for Ewing Oil...Katherine continues her devious plot, but realizes that Kaitlin needs to be eliminated...Eric plots with Carla to expose Christopher as the man who had sex with her and got her pregnant...Karen and Christopher are eating dinner, when Eric walks in with Carla, who announces that Christopher raped her and got her pregnant...Margaret arrives in Dallas with Donna, and she is NOT happy with Lucas or with living in Dallas...Clayton and Miss Ellie plan to talk to Muriel...Cliff Barnes is seemingly alive and well in some tropical location.

Episode Thirty-Five: Wills and Valleys

Pam learns some interesting news from the doctor, and has disturbing flashback about a baby...Arliss plans to hurt Lucy VERY badly, with Afton's help…Afton prepares for her talk show...Karen is REALLY angry at Christopher after learning about his tryst with Carla...John Ross and Pamela Rebecca decide to get away from Dallas for a little while, so John Ross gives J.R. control over his 25%...Lucy meets with J.R. and tells him that she wants to work under him, and learn from him. J.R. will consider it...Sue Ellen returns to France and finds Dusty dead. He leaves her a suicide note, saying that he was dying from cancer and did not want her to go through the agony of watching him suffer...Margaret is NOT looking forward to going to school with Lucas...A mysterious stranger, Todd Foster, has plans for Bobby.

Episode Thirty-Six: Surprises and Secrets

Pam reveals to Bobby that she is pregnant…Pam has another disturbing flashback about a baby...Miss Ellie and Clayton learn that Muriel has died, and are invited to her will reading...Afton, Pam and Lucy are all summoned to Cliff's will reading...John Ross and Pamela Rebecca prepare to leave Dallas, but before they do, John Ross sleeps with Melissa McSween again...Kailtin asks Christopher to come live with her at Wendell's house (he's away) after his fight with Karen, and Christopher agrees...Later, Wendell comes home, and Christopher overhears that she is NOT Kristin and is Wendell's daughter. He confronts Kaitlin, who explains she was bought by Wendell, and that Katherine hired her, but that now she really cares about Christopher, but he is too angry and runs away...Carla tells Eric Stone that her baby belongs to him from when they slept together, and that if he doesn't give her money, she'll tell Christopher...Sue Ellen flies back to Dallas, and wonders what she is going to tell Clayton...Todd Foster visits Bobby and reveals that he is April's son...Cliff is still in the Caribbean, when one of the workers recognizes a picture that he has of Lucy or Pamela Rebecca...A man stands over the gravestone of an "Alexander Graison" and swears to bring the dead boy's mother there soon.

Episode Thirty-Seven: Confrontations

Todd explains to Bobby how he is April's son, and offers proof. Bobby hires a PI who confirms that Todd is April's son...Arliss Cooper's strange behavior is scaring Afton...Lucy keeps pressuring J.R. to let her work at Ewing Oil, but he is against it...Lucy, Pam, Pamela Rebecca and Afton attend Cliff's will reading a learned he secretly owned a successful oil company, the Clifford Group. Cliff's will states that each of the four women can have an opportunity to run it, but they each have very special conditions they have to meet in order to run it. However, Pamela Rebecca, Afton and Lucy seem prepared to meet them...Pamela Rebecca is left $7 million by Cliff...Lucy has a scary encounter with Arliss, whom she doesn't recognize, in an elevator…Ellie and Clayton attend Muriel's will reading, and learn via a letter from her that she committed suicide, was on coke, and got HIV AFTER she slept with Clayton, but only told them differently because she was pressured to milk money from them by her drug dealer.…Sue Ellen tells Clayton about Dusty's death...Dave Culver suggests to Donna that she runs for mayor, which Donna likes...Kaitlin leaves Dallas, but not before signing over 21% of her West Star Stock to Christopher...Mark Graison has many memories of Pam along with a baby…Katherine swears to ruin Pam by exposing the truth about her OTHER baby…Eric makes dinner plans with Karen, who encounters Todd in a café...Mr. Akbar wants revenge on John Ross, and follows he and Pamela Rebecca to Hawaii...Ray decides that he needs to start feeling more like a Ewing, and he reflects on the truth of Charlie's parentage---Bobby IS Her father, but psycho Jenna always told everyone differently.

Episode Thirty-Eight: Startling Discoveries

Pamela Rebecca and John Ross arrive in Hawaii, with Akbar close behind them...In Hawaii, Akbar kills a man to get his gun...John Ross's secretary, Janice, realizes that she made a big mistake in telling Akbar that John Ross went to Hawaii so he thought that John Ross balked on the deal…J.R. learns from his Private Eye Doug Avant that Akbar is a phony, and doesn't have an oil field, but was trying to fool John Ross. He also reveals that Akbar is an escaped terrorist from the Middle East...Janice overhears this and tells J.R. that she told Akbar that John Ross went to Hawaii, so he thought John Ross was balking on the deal. J.R. realizes the graveness of this and makes plans to go to Hawaii...J.R. gets Sue Ellen and tells her the whole situation, and she agrees to come to Hawaii with J.R...Sue Ellen tells J.R. about Dusty's death...Christopher signs the papers giving him 21% of Kaitlin's West Star stock...Todd tells Bobby his past and explains he wants Bobby's help in getting April's money from Michelle.

Episode Thirty-Nine: Intrigue in the Tropics

While having lunch with her friend Ryanne, Pam has another disturbing flashback regarding herself and a wedding...Bobby gets a mysterious note that says he doesn't know Pam that well and should investigate the 11 years that she was away...Pam tells Bobby that she has been having flashbacks, but Bobby doesn't mention the note that he got…Todd makes contact with Karen and the two go out as friends…Eric calls Carla and tells her to make an appearance soon...On the way to Hawaii, J.R. talks about possibly taking Ewing Oil corporate with Sue Ellen...J.R. still has the hots for Sue Ellen and regrets giving her up so many times...In Hawaii, John Ross goes into the hot tub while Pamela Rebecca sleeps, and is surprised by Melissa McSween, who has come to visit him. The two have sex, and John Ross says out loud that he never cared about Pamela Rebecca. Meanwhile, Pamela Rebecca hears all of this and is upset, but is kidnapped by Akbar.

Episode Forty: I Dream of Jenna

J.R. and Sue Ellen arrive in Hawaii, and due to a room shortage, have to room together...Sue Ellen calls Afton and informs her what is happening with John Ross and Pamela Rebecca, and Afton decides to fly to Hawaii...John Ross notices that Pamela Rebecca is missing...Ray comes home to Southfork, and sees Jenna, who says some very disturbing things to him. He wakes up and realizes he had a horrible dream. Just then, Donna arrives from Washington with a 13 year old Margaret. Ray realizes that he dreamed of Donna coming into town with Margaret as a 16 year old, he dreamed that Lucas was 16, and he dreamed of buying Lucas a car. He takes Donna, Margaret and Lucas out to dinner (Lucas and Margaret are both 13, as they were only 16 in Ray's dream, Bobby's being Charlie's father was also part of Ray's dream) and Margaret and Lucas do not get along splendidly...Bobby calls Michelle Stevens, who lives in California now, and informs her that Todd Foster is in town. Michelle makes immediate plans to fly to Dallas.

Episode Forty-One: Tied Up In Knots

Pamela Rebecca is held hostage by Akbar...John Ross gets a note from Akbar revealing where he and Pamela Rebecca are. John Ross prepares to fly to Laysan Island...J.R. and Sue Ellen look for John Ross and Pamela Rebecca...Lucas does not like the idea that Donna and Ray might be married...Southfork is near completion...Lucy decides to call Gary regarding his 7.5% of Ewing Oil...Todd and Karen continue their close friendship, and Todd is suspicious of Eric's intentions. Christopher sees the two together and is jealous...Clayton tells Miss Ellie about Dusty and the two plan to fly to Europe for his funeral...Pam gets a mysterious package with a journal in it that is very cryptic, but upsets her. Mark calls her and wants to meet with her and Pam does NOT want to see him. However, she confronts him about the journal and Mark says he didn't send it. Katherine secretly looks on in joy.

Episode Forty-Two: The Queen's Pawns

Afton arrives in Hawaii just as J.R. and Sue Ellen find the ransom note for Pamela Rebecca, and all three go in search of her and John Ross...Pam tells Bobby that Mark was alive and once married to Katherine...Katherine threatens Mark to help her in her plan to ruin Pam and Bobby by threatening him with the knowledge of a certain baby...John Ross finds Pamela Rebecca at the research center Akbar is holding her at, but ends up getting captured as well…J.R., Sue Ellen, and Afton find the research facility, and J.R. goes in. He is almost killed by Akbar's cobra, and stumbles upon some documents in the facility that interests him. He stuffs the documents in his pocket…Miss Ellie and Clayton attend Dusty's funeral, where a woman lurking in the background secretly points a gun at Miss Ellie...As J.R. is about to enter the room where Pamela Rebecca and John Ross are being held, a gunshot is fired.

Episode Forty-Three: Mothers, Daughters, Sons, and Fathers

Michelle Stevens visits Todd and swears he will never get a penny of April's money…Pam keeps having disturbing flashbacks relating to the journal that she received...Pam wants to invite Karen to dinner at Southfork...Lucy gets some business advice from Eric, and the two get close to kissing…The woman pointing the gun at Miss Ellie is Clayton's sister, Jessica, and she does not manage to shoot Ellie, but wants her dead...The gunshot at the research facility kills Akbar, and no one knows who shot him...Afton makes a plea to be a better mother to Pamela Rebecca…The people at the mental institution learn that Jessica has escaped...CLIFF was the one that shot Akbar. He had heard on the radio that Pamela Rebecca had been kidnapped, and he was on the same island as the research facility. Cliff knew Akbar from past business dealings, and had caused the ruin of Akbar's business in the Middle East after Akbar had wronged Cliff. Also, the research facility is an old one that was owned by the Clifford Group…Ray visits Jenna's grave...Bobby tells Pam about Todd, and then Pam gets a birth certificate for a child, with her listed as the mother...Pamela Rebecca tells John Ross she knows about him and Melissa, and says it's OK. She secretly swears to not let Melissa get John Ross…Sue Ellen reveals to J.R. that she has always felt something for him…Pam doubles over in pain.

Episode Forty-Four: For the Love of the Game

Part of the family moves back into Southfork…John Ross does not know how he is going to get rid of Pamela Rebecca, and Melissa offers her help…Pam collapsed due to stress…Michelle has a meeting with Bobby and Todd, and announces that Todd will never get any of April's money…Michelle has a confrontation with J.R., so J.R. has Doug Avant investigate both April Oil and Todd...J.R. looks over the documents he found at the research center, which list stockholders for a nameless company. He has Doug do some investigating into these stockholders, hopefully getting to what exactly the company they have stock in is...J.R. acquires 17% of Petro-Tech stock, and needs to get 22% for control of the company, which has fields he wants. He learns that Ray has 8% of the company...J.R. kisses Sue Ellen, who is obviously fighting her feelings for him...Carla has a confrontation with Karen and Eric at the mall, which Todd sees. He's convinced Carla and Eric are scheming and prepared to expose them...J.R.'s secretary, Judy, is really a spy for Jeremy Wendell…Lucy reveals to J.R. that she owns 7.5% of Ewing Oil…J.R. has a mysterious plan for Ewing Oil and a mysterious ally in it…Ray stops by the former Cattleman's club, now a strip joint. Someone there decides to report this to J.R...Todd meets Christopher, reveals that he suspects Eric is a fraud, and then says he has a plan to get Christopher and Karen back together.

Episode Forty-Five: Back Together Again

Pam is released from the hospital, and returns home to Southfork...Christopher makes a decision about what to do with his Weststar stock, and sets up a meeting with Jeremy Wendell...J.R. is introduced to Margaret...Afton continues to miss work because of the search for her mother...Bobby tells Todd that he will not help him get April's money. Todd is pissed, but apologizes to Bobby……J.R. tries to buy Stonehurst Oil, but Marilee Stone says no. Later, he overhears some people making fun of Ewing Oil and swears to make it huge...Afton goes to the police in the search for her mother, and Melissa McSween overhears her connection to Pamela Rebecca and offers to help her...J.R. learns from Doug Avant about Todd and also learns April Oil has just acquired some BIG DEAL oil fields that J.R. wants, but knows Michelle won't sell to him. Lucy overhears all of this...Ray offers to buy the former Cattleman's Club, now a strip joint, and meets a waitress there named Jenna who looks like his dead wife...Christopher invites Todd to the dinner at Southfork, and Pamela Rebecca invites Afton...Todd is introduced to the family, and learns all about the Ewings from Lucy...Ray doesn't show up for dinner and Donna is pissed. Later, after dinner when he comes he lies about his whereabouts...Pamela Rebecca is rude to John Ross, especially when he voices his thoughts about leaving Ewing Oil...Karen comes to dinner, and she tells Christopher that she loves him and wants to get back together with him, she just can't live at Southfork right then...J.R. tries to kiss Sue Ellen but she rejects him...J.R. asks Bobby to buy April Oil's fields for Ewing Oil (because of Bobby's connections to Michelle), but Bobby refuses. Todd overhears this and realizes that J.R. may be a valuable Ewing...Meanwhile, Jessica Montford and Katherine plot against Miss Ellie and Pam, respectively.

Episode Forty-Six: Search for the Truth

Karen tells Eric that she and Christopher are back together, and Eric plots with Carla for the final phase in their plan to break them up…Ray finalizes the deal to buy the former Cattleman's Club and keeps Jenna Evans on as a waitress. Ray tells Lucas what he's doing, and Lucas really likes Jenna, as she reminds him of his mom...Todd visits J.R. in order to strike up a deal. He tells J.R. that if he (J.R.) uses his influence in legal circles to pay for Todd's case and insure he gets April's money, then Todd will sell him the fields that J.R. wants from April Oil (Todd would be the owner of April Oil at this point)……J.R. meets with a crooked judge friend, who agrees to have Todd's case won in court...Todd presents Michelle with a summons to a court date, just as Michelle was about to leave town...Doug Avant tells J.R. what the mysterious documents he found in Hawaii really mean: They refer to the stockholders of the Clifford Group, the second largest oil company in Texas, secretly owned by Cliff Barnes! J.R. is shocked, and Doug goes on to tell him that there are a few major stockholders: Angelique LaValley and Hayden Hancock. Doug also tells J.R. about Cliff's will that gives Pam, Pamela Rebecca, Lucy and Afton control upon special provisions. However, Doug reveals a codicil to the will that no one knows about---if these women don't fulfil their duties within three months, Sue Ellen gets 50% control of the company and becomes CEO!!!…Pam undergoes hypnosis because of her flashbacks and remembers her missing eleven years: She was taken away from the hospital by Katherine, and it seems that Jenna did not play as malicious a role as thought. She was kept in an institution by Katherine, and then was married to Mark Graison! Waking up, Pam swears along with Bobby to get answers...Judy plans to tell Jeremy Wendell all the interesting information that J.R. has been learning...Carla convinces Christopher to take a paternity test. He does, and Eric blackmails a doctor to fake the results, so it looks like Christopher is the father. Carla confronts both Karen and Christopher with it, and Karen starts to cry, running off...John Ross may not be over his feelings for Karen...Bobby and Pam confront Mark, who reveals that he was married to Pam from 1990-1993, but eventually committed her to a mental hospital because she was crazy. They had a baby together, Alexander, who died. Mark reveals that after Pam was committed, Katherine moved in on he and Alexander and they married, and only divorced when Mark recently learned that Katherine had drugged Pam in order to get Mark to commit her to the mental ward, and in an effort to claim Alexander as her own child...Lucy considers visiting her parents…Plans for the Ewing BBQ are made……Christopher visits Jeremy Wendell and says he might just keep his 21% of West Star stock...Pam makes plans to visit Alexander's doctors in Paris.

Episode Forty-Seven: No Place That Far

Upset over learning that Christopher is the father of Carla's baby, Karen turns to Eric for support and he takes advantage of her vulnerability, so they end up sleeping together...J.R. tries to get closer to Sue Ellen...Todd sleeps with the judge in his upcoming case against Michelle...In Paris with Ryanne, Pam has a flashback to Katherine acting psychotic around baby Alexander...Ray asks Clayton for Dusty's ranch and then asks Clayton to go in with him on his business venture regarding the Cattleman's Club. Clayton accepts on both counts...Donna confesses to Miss Ellie that she's worried about Ray. Later, Donna attends a Daughters of the Alamo meeting where she meets rude Mary Anne Teasdale, who is running for mayor. Miss Ellie convinces her to run for mayor instead, and Donna accepts...In Paris, Ryanne and Pam meet with Alexander's nanny, who makes it appear as if he is still alive. This can never be found out though, as the nanny was hired by Katherine and she soon kills her!…Christopher calls Todd and begs for his help in getting Karen back. Todd agrees, thinking of the payoffs...Eric is rude to Carla, who decides to go out to a bar. Todd shows up, sees Carla, seduces her then gets a VERY incriminating answering machine message from Eric when they get back to Carla's place. He steals it...J.R. goes to Mystique Point, N.C. to meet with Angelique LaValley, who controls a large portion of the Clifford Group, but whose son owns it. Even SHE didn't know Cliff Barnes was the owner. J.R. seduces her and has plans to get her shares...Christopher sets up another meeting with Jeremy Wendell...Christopher asks Sue Ellen and Bobby to help him control Weststar with all this stock. They agree...Afton's mother shows back up, but when Afton tries to call the hospital, she goes crazy. Afton locks herself in her room, calls the police and passes out.

Episode Forty-Eight: The Race is On

Afton is saved by the police and her mother is arrested...Afton visits Lucy and tells her that she wants to "bury the hatchet" and makes talk of going to visit her mother, scaring Lucy. It's all part of a greater plan that Afton has...Melissa McSween has a friend of hers place a call to Pamela Rebecca pretending to be Cliff, alive and well in Fiji. Pamela Rebecca believes it's Cliff and goes off to Fiji, leaving John Ross. Melissa is happy, and John Ross is secretly glad that she is gone...After sleeping with J.R., Angelique LaValley tells him that she knows that he was just after her stock in the Clifford Group, and tells him he won't get it. J.R. tells her off, and Angelique says that he has not seen the last of her...John Ross helps Lucy out at Ewing Oil, and J.R. is not pleased...Sue Ellen needs to talk to J.R. about something...In Paris, Katherine continues to harass Pam by letter and reveals that SHE killed Alexander because of the disease that she carried on from Digger, who tests reveal really was Pam's father. Meanwhile, Katherine reflects how she drove Jenna Wade Krebbs to suicide...Ray remains secretive about his project at the Cattleman's Club, and continues to work with Clayton...Jenna Evans is up to something at the Cattleman's Club and is secretly working for someone...Donna starts to run for mayor, but needs to talk to Ray about it...Ray finds out from word of mouth, and he and Donna get into a fight about her being mayor. He is not happy with the idea, but eventually realizes that is what she wants so he says it's OK...Ray asks Donna to marry him...Christopher and Sue Ellen meet with Jeremy Wendell, and Christopher tells him that he is taking over Weststar, with Sue Ellen and Bobby running it with him...Eric visits Karen and makes it seem like that when they slept together means they're dating, and Karen is further wracked with guilt...Eric tells Christopher that he slept with Karen, and Christopher confronts Karen, who can't deny it. Karen is so depressed because she realizes how much she wants to be with Christopher, while Christopher is fuming...Todd visits Eric and plays him the tape from Carla's that implicates him in setting up Christopher and Karen, and tells him that he'll keep silent for a million dollars. Eric agrees...Todd wins his court case against Michelle, and gets $57.5 million dollars as well as April Oil.

Episode Forty-Nine: Cliff's Notes

Afton returns to work, only to find that she has been replaced---by Mandy Winger!!...Miss Ellie, Clayton and Lucy fly out for a visit to Knots Landing...The Ewing BBQ is only days away...Michelle leaves town...Todd signs the April Oil fields over to J.R...J.R. anxiously awaits the time period on Cliff's will to run out, so Sue Ellen will assume control of the company...Todd gathers Christopher, Karen and Eric together and plays them the tapes that incriminate Eric. Eric swears revenge on Todd, while Christopher and Karen admit their love for each other and reunite...In Paris, Pam asks Ryanne to be the godmother to her child...At the end of Episode #48, Mark left in hot pursuit of Katherine. Now, it appears that her car has crashed and she has died. Pam has mixed feelings about this...Pam returns to Dallas and tells Bobby that Katherine sent her a letter that said that SHE was Digger's Daughter and that Alexander died of the disease she inherited from him...Cliff makes plans to return to Dallas and assume control of his company once again...Christopher tells the Weststar board that he is assuming control.

Episode Fifty: Just Another Ewing Barbecue

Clayton, Ellie, Lilimae, Gary, Val, Lucy, Abby, and Jack all return from California. Pam has a disturbing dream about Katherine and her baby. It's the day of the annual Ewing BBQ and JR wakes up to the beating of a drum outside. Meanwhile, Pam visits her mother's grave and tells her that next time she visits, she'll have an introduction to make. Sue Ellen gets a phone call telling her that she needs to attend a meeting about Cliff Barnes' will. At the same time, Cliff is rushing to get back to Dallas. Karen is happy because she's just moved back into Southfork with Christopher. JR goes to the Clifford Group building, hoping to find out what Sue Ellen is there for. He listens as John Ward tells Sue Ellen that she can now claim the Clifford Group, since Afton, Lucy, Pam, or Pamela Rebecca didn't fulfill their obligations. Ellie is shocked when John Ross tells her that he doesn't love Pamela Rebecca and that he is going to make her leave Southfork. Mark Graison comes to Southfork with Ryanne, and gives Pam some things that belonged to Alexander. She then receives the good news that she does NOT have neurofibramitosis and neither does the baby...Katherine lied about Digger really being her father. Mandy Winger prepares to attend the barbecue. Lucy thinks back to the last barbecue (where Mitch served her divorce papers and she slept with Cliff Barnes while drunk). She hopes this year's barbecue is better. Today is also the primary elections and Donna is nervous. She and Ray announce to Lucas and Margaret that they're getting married. Lucas is FURIOUS. Lucy introduces Gary and Val to Todd. James and Debra Lynn show up, much to JR's surprise. John Ross and Melissa plan to leave town, for an extended vacation once the barbecue is over. Christopher is upset when John Ross tells him he's kicking Pamela Rebecca off of Southfork. Christopher knows that this means he won't get to see Megan as much anymore. John Ross gives control of his 25% of Ewing Oil to Lucy, since he's leaving town. Sue Ellen makes some bad threats to JR, swearing she'll get him back for what he did to their son last year. Donna finds out she won the Democratic nomination for mayor! JR runs into Mandy and is VERY surprised to see her there. They talk about their past together. John Ross tells Pamela Rebecca that she has to leave Southfork. She is NOT happy about it. James and Todd talk about the fact that they were once related and Todd tells him about Michelle and how he got ownership of April Oil. Meanwhile, Jessica is at the barbecue and has a surprise for Ellie and Clayton. She poisons Ellie's drink and pays off a waiter to give it to her. Christopher and Karen are dancing and Eric Stone runs to them, screaming at them. At the same time, Val, Abby, Lucy, Afton, and Sue Ellen end up in the pool in a BIG fight. Meanwhile, someone aims a gun from the Southfork hayloft. Ellie drinks from a glass and feels faint. Pam collapses. A shot is fired into the pool and the water turns bloody. Another shot is fired and someone in the crowd falls to the ground.