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Episode Recaps: Season Four
Episode Fifty-One: Things Still Ain't Goin' So Good At Southfork

Afton and Eric Stone are both hit by bullets at Southfork…..Everyone is shocked to see Cliff alive….Afton is in a coma, and Cliff is standing by her….Lucy and Cliff are awkward together, and things don't look like they are going to turn out well for them because of Cliff's devotion to Afton in the wake of her shooting….John Ross catches the shooter-it's Arliss….Pam did not drink the poisoned drink, but rather had some pains which she recovered from….Pam and Bobby got word from Paris that Katherine was alive, and both flew out there….Christopher lost a deal at Weststar, and was so discouraged that he decides to get rid of his shares. Karen refuses to let this happen….Sue Ellen swears to make J.R. pay by taking Ewing Oil away from him….Sue Ellen and Cliff may still have some lingering feelings for each other…Eric is paralyzed from the bullet, and Marilee ships him to rehab. Before going, Karen forgives Eric….Pamela Rebecca, disgusted at Cliff's deception about playing dead and dismayed about her family, has Cliff get her a job in Boston just as Afton is being sent to a clinic there. She lives with Megan….John Ross and Melissa leave for a trip around the world….Miss Ellie did not drink the poisoned drink either, but stumbled because of the heat…Clayton sees Jessica, but she escapes….Donna's work on the campaign is irking Ray….Donna makes a threat to J.R. that all his illegal schemes will be revealed and J.R. actually is frightened. He calls Todd and enlists him to go undercover in Donna's campaign in order to ruin it from the inside, threatening that if J.R.'s illegal schemes are exposed, then Todd's court win to get his money will be declared invalid.

Episode Fifty-Two: A Final Farewell

Lucy purchases Braswell Oil, and hires a new consultant, Neil Lancaster….Afton wakes into consciousness, but is paralyzed. Cliff sadly sends her to a rehab facility in Boston so she can be near Pamela Rebecca. Cliff tells Afton that he loves her…..Christopher, wanting out of Weststar, decides that he should sign over his 21% to J.R. for Ewing Oil's sake. Karen and Sue Ellen learn of this and are extremely against it. They scheme together to make sure Christopher does not give J.R. 21%, with Sue Ellen having a devious plan: With J.R. thinking that he is going to have 21% of Weststar, Sue Ellen sends her associate Michael Candela at Candela Refineries to offer J.R. a sweet deal supplying them with oil, more than Ewing Oil could ever provide. J.R. would agree to the deal thinking he'd have 21% of Weststar, but then Karen and Sue Ellen would shred the papers giving him 21%, leaving J.R. unable to provide the oil and in a financial lurch….Karen shreds the papers with Sue Ellen's help….Donna's work on her campaign makes Ray jealous. As well, strains are caused when Lucas is arrested for defacing Donna's posters…..Ray spends more time with Jenna—is there an attraction? Meanwhile, Jenna has a mysterious employer still….Todd visits Donna and gets a position in her campaign….Pam and Bobby travel to Paris where they find that Katherine has amnesia. Wanting to make sure her sister isn't faking, Pam insists on sneaking Katherine into the U.S., having the French authorities dropping all charges against her. She wants to make sure Katherine isn't faking, but if she's not, Pam is willing to forgive her and make sure Katherine never finds out who she was. ….Cliff and Mandy bump into each other.

Episode Fifty-Three: A Day in the Life of a Ewing Wife

Bobby begins to get frustrated with Northstar Oil....Pam sneaks Katherine into the country and moves her into the Wentworth mansion, determined to find out if she is faking her amnesia. She is going to stay with Katherine until the truth is revealed, causing a LOT of tension with Bobby....Karen admitted to Christopher that she shredded the papers that gave J.R. 21% of Weststar stock. She and Christopher get into a huge fight, and she takes off for home, where we meet her recently divorced sister Kimberly....Meanwhile, Christopher begins to think about Karen's point during their fight, and decides NOT to give his 21% to J.R....J.R., backed in a corner and needing to produce enough oil for Candela Refineries, realizes that 8% of his 60% of Ewing Oil will get him out of the woods....Sue Ellen realizes this, and knows that J.R. will try to dump that 8%, so her plan is to snatch it up, which she tells Cliff....Todd trashes some important papers in Donna's campaign....Lucy and Neil Lancaster grow closer....At dinner at Southfork, Bobby mentions his desire to get out of Northstar, and J.R. gets an idea: He suggests to Bobby that they make a trade-J.R. will give Bobby 8% of Ewing Oil (Thereby allowing Bobby to stay in the oil business at his own leisure) in exchange for Northstar (whose oil supply J.R. can use for Candela Refineries). Bobby agrees, and they sign the deal, infuriating Sue Ellen....NOTE: This leaves Ewing Oil at: J.R. 52%, Bobby 8%, Lucy 32.5% and Jack/Abby 7.5%.....At home, Karen runs into her ex-boyfriend Zack, and they go to dinner. Karen is once again reminded of her horrible past---she was a heroin addict and she had a baby with Zack, giving it up for adoption!! Zack wants Karen back, and drugs her with heroin!....The stress of Donna's campaign, as well as Lucas's bad behavior, is getting to her, and she and Ray are growing further apart....Meanwhile, Ray and Jenna Evans grow closer and almost kiss....We learn that Jenna has been hired by J.R. to seduce Ray in order to get his PetroTech stock.

Episode Fifty-Four: All For the Oil

Cliff visits Pam and Katherine and is disbelieving that Katherine has amnesia....Pam and Katherine bond...Ray confides in Jenna about how he always feels overshadowed by Donna, and Jenna flirts with him in her plan to seduce him, per J.R......Now that he has cleared himself of his debt to Candela Refineries, J.R. wants the 8% of Ewing Oil back from Bobby. Sue Ellen wants it too. Both try unsuccessfully to buy it from him....Pamela Rebecca gets served with papers for Megan's custody hearing....Christopher starts to wonder where Karen is, as she is held captive by Zack and being plied with heroin. She manages to make a quick call to Christopher, but she is dazed and can only beg for help. Christopher prepares to leave for her hometown....Todd starts to feel some guilt about ruining Donna's campaign as he slips in malicious pamphlets about Donna into her mailings....At an interview at the Krebbs' house, Lucas acts up and Ray feels emasculated, causing another fight between Ray and Donna. He seeks solace at the Cattleman's Club, where he gets drunk and kisses Jenna...Jessica plots against Miss Ellie....A mysterious "Mr. Ewing" makes plans to buy the land across from Southfork.

Episode Fifty-Five: Enter the Mind of Ellie

In order to clear himself for being blamed in sabotaging Donna's mailing, Todd pays off a campaign worker to take the blame, and it works....J.R. learns that his secretary Judy spied on him for Jeremy Wendell, and fires her. He quickly hires back Sly!....Ray tries to avoid Jenna after their kiss, but she wants him to admit that they both feel something for each other. In the face of his difficulties with Donna, Ray has to admit that he's attracted to her. Meanwhile, Lucas overhears Ray talking about the Cattleman's Club on the phone, and remembers that Donna does not know his father bought a strip joint....Christopher arrives in Pennsylvania, and Karen's sister Kim informs him about her past with heroin, leaving out the part about the baby given up for adoption....Pam asks Bobby to drop that charges against Katherine, but he won't. He's really angry Pam insists on keeping her in their life, and he calls the police on her, but Katherine manages to hide. Pam is furious....Todd and Bobby make plans for a business meeting...Sue Ellen and Cliff go out to dinner, and there is definitely an attraction between them....Donna comes home from a horrible day, and Lucas spills the beans about Ray buying the Cattleman's Club. Not knowing about it, Donna confronts Ray and they get into a huge argument. Sober, Ray heads over to Jenna's and kisses her again....Jessica sends a threatening note to Miss Ellie....Christopher and Kim manage to track down Zack and Karen, just as Karen is trying to escape. In her struggle with Zack, his gun goes off....J.R. and Bobby learn that the land across Southfork was purchased by "Jock Ewing Enterprises."

Episode Fifty-Six: East to Dallas

The rest of the family discovers the note and the dead flowers left for Ellie by Jessica, while back in Pennsylvania, Karen realizes it's Christopher that is barging into the room. She hit the wall instead of him, and they decide to leave before Zack comes back. Meanwhile at Southfork, Pam confronts Bobby about calling the police to arrest Katherine and they get into an argument. Pam threatens to leave Dallas with their unborn child if Bobby doesn't drop the charges against Katherine, then J.R. steps in and tells J.R. that he will press charges himself. The next day, at Ewing Oil, Bobby tells Todd about the situation with Pam before they meeting about the deal between Ewing Oil and April Oil. Sue Ellen's attempt to get John Ross to sell his 25% of Ewing fails, but J.R.'s attempts at getting Ray's percent of the company is beginning to work as Ray gets closer and closer to Jenna. Meanwhile, Donna's campaign suffers another blow as police bring Lucas up to the offices for planting cherry bombs downstairs while Donna is in the middle of an interview with the press. She asks them to stop rolling, but did they? Ellie informs the family that they will attend the Oil Baron's Ball, if anything to show Jessica that she CANNOT interfere in their lives anymore. After Kimberly, Karen, and Christopher are back in Dallas, Kimberly goes to see her ex-husband and daughter, only to discover later that Lucy is getting close to him and her daughter. In the middle of another argument between Ray and Donna, a story about Donna's troubled "soon-to-be stepson" appears on the news, further hurting her campaign. Katherine, alone in the Wentworth Mansion, finds a diary with her name on it, and begins reading.... At Ewing Oil, during a busy work day, the owner of Jock Ewing Enterprises shows up. It's none other than Jack Ewing himself.

Episode Fifty-Seven: Crisis in the Campaign

Jack explains for the land he bought across from Southfork, Lucy asks how his marriage to Abby is doing but he never answers... After over-hearing a converstion between Donna and another volunteer about Judge O'Connor, he decides to progess with the plan to ruin her campaign and calls Mary Anne Teasedale's office to inform her of all the issues Donna plans to argue about in the debate. Pam gives a mysterious answer to Katherine's questions about her past after Pam discovers her reading her diary. Katherine vows to find out about her past with or without Pam's help. Lucy invites her parents, Gary and Val, to the Oil Baron's Cruise... Later that night, Karen goes to her room and takes another shot of heroine, hoping she's fooled Christopher into thinking her days as an addict are behind her. Meanwhile, in the hallway, her sister Kimberly, and Lucy get into an argument over Lucy's involvement in her Kimberly's daughter's life, mainly for embarassing her at the birthday party earlier... The Ewings all board the ship for the Oil Baron's Cruise with Lady Jessica not far behind. Kimberly and Jack Ewing get to know each other better after meeting in the bathroom at Southfork last night. Katherine sneaks onto the ship in disquise and meets a man who works on the ship, Kurt. They become better friends after talking for hours and getting to know each other better. Christopher discovers that Karen is, in fact, still addicted to heroine after he finds a stash hidden in her suitcase. He throws them all out and flushes all of the remains down the toilet, frustrating Karen even more when she discovers later that they've been trashed. Donna suffers even more setback in her campaign AND her marriage after a story airs on the news about all of the dirt between her and Ray. Ray, once again, heads to Jenna's house, not realizing the trouble he's getting himself into. Jenna is recording everything they're doing on videotape. Excited about the fascinating person he's just met, Kurt calls his best friend to tell her about it....none other than Cally Ewing.

Episode Fifty-Eight: Bacon, Lettuce, and a Poisoned Tomato

Mentally unbalanced Jessica decides to use her access to the kitchen to make Ellie a poisoned BLT so that she'll never suspect what's coming. Sue Ellen and Cliff discuss plans for getting Jack to sell his 7.5% of Ewing Oil to speed Sue Ellen's plans for revenge along. Pam runs into Christopher after leaving a restaurant and accidentally tells him that her sister, Katherine, is on board the ship, shocking Christopher. He sets up the first part of his plan to get his parents back together by setting up dinner with his mother at seven o'clock. Meanwhile, Ellie prepares to unknowingly eat her poisoned BLT sandwich.... Kurt and Katherine agree to meet each other at the ball. Back in Dallas; Ray, Donna, and Jenna are all questioning themselves. Ray can't believe he ran to Jenna in his time of weakness again, while Donna has second thoughts about her running for mayor but tells herself that she's "never quit a job that she started." Jenna is feeling low for deceiving Ray but knows that it's all for a purpose. Cally is vague in her explanation of expertise and warning to Kurt about the Ewings. Val and Lucy have a "mother-daughter" talk about Lucy's relationship with Kurt. Meanwhile, Jessica prepares to watch Ellie die as the waiter takes the poisoned food to Ellie's table. Kurt, late for work because of his phone call to Cally, rushes in and knocks the waiter and the tray on the floor. Desperate, Jessica charges out into the dining room with a gun, prepared to take desperate measures, but fails and is taken away by security. Christopher implements the second part of his plan and tells Bobby to meet him for dinner at seven o'clock. Cliff and Jack strike a deal, but instead of Cliff getting Jack's 7.5% of Ewing Oil as planned, he gets the oil-rich land across from Southfork in exchange for 5% of the Clifford Group stock. J.R. and Mandy get their true feelings for each other out in the open, Mandy excuses herself to make a mysterious phone call. Pam and Bobby both show up for dinner they thought was going to be with their son, only to discover they'd been set up. After a long talk, they settled some of their differences and made up. And back in Dallas, Todd and Donna get to know each other better after talking for hours. Pam and Bobby decide on a name for the baby. Katherine, lounging by the pool, comes across J.R.. He seems pretty mad at her but she can't figure out why, thanks to the amnesia. After a heated discussion, J.R. causes her to fall and hit her head against the concrete. Later, awakening in the infirmary, all the memories of the pain she's inflicted on Pam and Bobby rush back to her. Katherine Wentworth is BACK.

Episode Fifty-Nine: Labor and Love

John Ross and Melissa return home from their extended trip around the world and end up being caught nude in the swimming pool by none other than Pamela Rebecca. Bobby talks to Todd on the phone and decides to give him his 8% of Ewing Oil, after Todd successfully pulled off a business deal. Sue Ellen is FURIOUS with Cliff when she finds out that he gave Jack 5% of the Clifford Group in exchange for the oil rich land across from Southfork. Gary asks Val if she'd like to stay in Dallas for a while, because he has a business venture he wants to go into while there. There is more romantic tension between Jack and Sue Ellen. Katherine talks of her plans to eliminate Pam for good. J.R. overhears Bobby telling Todd that he wants to give him the 8%, J.R. is determined to get it back. Christopher tells Miss Ellie about Karen's drug addiction and Miss Ellie finds Karen, just in time to stop her from slashing her own wrists. The Oil Baron's ball starts and there is a lot of tension in the room, especially when Katherine shows up. Sue Ellen sees a picture of Cally that Kurt has. J.R. embarrasses Gary with a speech about how he lost Ewing Oil to Abby. And finally, Pam goes into labor at the ball and has her baby...

Episode Sixty: Eight Percent

Pam's baby turns out to be a girl and she and Bobby are thrilled. Most of the Ewings go back to Southfork, but Pam and Bobby go to a hospital in Galveston so Pam can be checked out. Karen plays up to John Ross' love for her in an attempt to stop Christopher from putting her in a rehab center for drug addicts. Katherine reflects back on escaping from the ship in all the mayhem after the birth. She continues working on her plan to get rid of Pam. J.R. calls Todd and informs him that he (Todd) will be giving the 8% to him as soon as Bobby signs it over. Sue Ellen and Cliff return home to find Pamela Rebecca there. She's not happy to hear that Cliff and Sue Ellen are together. Sue Ellen later calls her P.I. and tells him to find Cally Harper Ewing. J.R. pays Jenna Evans a visit and she gives him the tape of her and Ray. The romantic tension between Sue Ellen and Jack gets worse. Sue Ellen finds out that Bobby just sold 8% of Ewing Oil to Todd, so she's also determined to get it. Cliff tells J.R. that he bought the land across from Southfork from Jack, and that he could drill for oil on it at any time. J.R. is upset. Sue Ellen pays Todd a visit and asks him to sell her the 8% of Ewing Oil, but he can't, because J.R. is making him sell to him. J.R. demands that Mandy tell him why she's been acting so strangely and what she's hiding. Neil confesses his love to Lucy and they kiss for the first time. Meanwhile, in the park, Karen tries to buy drugs and Kimberly tries to stop her, but the dealer thinks she's a cop and ends up shooting at both of them.

Episode Sixty-One A: Country Woman, City Woman

Mandy lies and tells J.R. that it's the stress of her job that's making her act this way...J.R. buys it for now. Neither Kim nor Karen are hurt. Lucy and Neil hear the shots (they were in the park too) and go to check it out. Kim tells them both about Karen's drug problem. At Southfork, J.R. begins blackmailing Christopher by telling him if he doesn't sign over his West Star stock to him, he'll let the press know about Karen's drug problem and will make sure Christopher doesn't get custody of Megan. J.R. hears of Gary's plans and decides that he might be able to use that to his advantage. J.R. later approaches Howard Bradford, the owner of the land that Gary wants to build his subdivision on, but Bradford won't hear of selling it. J.R. gets Sly to go there and put on an act. She convinces Bradford to sell her the land, which she later transfers to J.R. Bobby and Pam return to Southfork and spend time with their new baby. Todd finds out about the videotape J.R. has of Jenna Evans and Ray and he decides to steal it to prevent it from going to press. Sue Ellen pays Cally a visit in Arkansas and finds her living in a little shack. Christopher takes Karen to the drug rehab center and leaves her there. J.R. reveals to Sly that he's going to turn Gary's project into a way to get Lucy out of Ewing Oil, but doesn't reveal how. Lucy, Neil, and Tiffany spend time together at the Braddock County Fair. J.R. makes a vow to Jock that it'll just be him and John Ross running the company again soon.

Episode Sixty-One B: Ticket Into Heaven

Neil and Lucy run into none other than Kimberly and Jack at the fair. Tiffany convinces her parents to go ride the Ferris Wheel with her and Jack comments to Lucy that they look like a real family. Lucy isn't happy. Todd breaks into J.R.'s office and steals the tape of Ray and Jenna in bed. Cliff proposes to Sue Ellen and after a bit of hesitation, she accepts. Kaitlin Ryan receives a call from Christopher, asking her to come to Dallas. At dinner, Christopher tells the family of Karen's drug problem and Gary tells everyone about his construction project. Pamela Rebecca shows up at Southfork, trying to butter Christopher up, but he sees through her act and is determined to get custody of their daughter. Melissa and Pamela Rebecca have an icy confrontation and Pamela Rebecca tells Melissa that John Ross will dump her too. Todd gives the videotape to Ray and tells him what's on it. Ray is upset and goes to confront J.R. He punches him and threatens to get even with him. J.R. is FURIOUS that Todd told Ray about it. Sue Ellen tells J.R. about her marriage to Cliff, just to spite him. The next day, J.R. blackmails someone at the ORC into shutting down some of Todd's April Oil wells, thus, putting Todd in a financial lurch. Todd finds out about this and is determined to get J.R. He confronts J.R., then goes straight to Sue Ellen's office where he is going to sell her the 8% of Ewing Oil.

Episode Sixty-Two: Double Trouble

Todd sells the 8% to Sue Ellen. She later tells the family about her engagement to Cliff and John Ross is NOT happy. Donna apologizes to Ray and even volunteers to drop out of the mayoral race so they can be happy. Ray feels about two inches tall and he confesses his affair with Jenna Evans to her. Donna is LIVID when she hears this. She storms out of the house. Gary and Val pick up Betsy and Bobby II at the airport and they all drive by Bradford's land to see a for sale sign on it (put there by J.R's men, since he now owns it). Gary calls the number and arranges to meet with the owner of the land (one of J.R.'s men). Meanwhile, J.R. has Avant do a little digging into Mandy's past to see what she's hiding. Patricia, Arliss, and Jessica are coincidentally, all in the same room at a sanitarium in Waco. Patricia curses Kaitlin for putting her there and Arliss is still determined to kill Lucy. The board members at West Star as Christopher to step down as CEO and Kaitlin shows up. Chris asks her to give him total authority over those shares of West Star, so he can sell to someone else. Todd is surprised to find that Ray has sold HIM that percentage of PetroTech Oil (that J.R. originally brought Jenna Evans to Dallas to get for him). Now, he has more than enough funds to keep April Oil in the black...but only for a while. Gary meets with Malinsky and arranges to buy that land. Malinsky reports this to J.R. who is thrilled that at least one of his schemes seems to be working out. Sue Ellen calls Cally and invites her to the wedding. After a lot of hesitation, Cally agrees to come, but only because J.R. won't be there. Sue Ellen and Kaitlin have a sister-to-sister talk. Bobby goes behind Pam's back and has Katherine followed and finds out where she is. Todd and Sue Ellen pay J.R. a visit and Sue Ellen tells him that she owns 8% of Ewing Oil now (that she got from Todd who got it from Bobby who got it from J.R. in exchange for NorthStar Oil)

Episode Sixty-Three: To Love and to Cherish

Donna and Margaret move into Southfork. Kaitlin decides to give Christopher HALF of her stock (10.5%). Gary finds office space to run his construction company from. Val worries about their financial condition after the large sum of money they paid for the land. Donna goes back to Ray's to get her clothes and they have an icy confrontation. Pamela Rebecca is UPSET when she finds out that Cliff has forgotten all about Afton and is going to go marry Sue Ellen. The next day, Pamela Rebecca receives a phone call that shocks her. The wedding beings and people mingle around. Cally shows up and reunites with the family and meets the ones she didn't know before. Sue Ellen begins her walk down the aisle. Meanwhile, J.R. is talking to a mysterious person. Before Sue Ellen and Cliff are married, Pamela Rebecca objects to the wedding, apparently trying to stall it. Just as it starts again, Afton wheels down the aisle in a wheelchair and tells Cliff that he CANNOT marry Sue Ellen. Mandy Winger is going to confess her secret to J.R. when she swerves to miss a kid in the road, hitting a tree. Cliff calls of the wedding and he, Sue Ellen, and Afton go inside to talk. Cally tries to leave when she sees J.R. there, but she leaves behind her purse--with her driver's license and current address on it.

Episode Sixty-Four: Showdown Above Dallas

Cally is on the jet, heading to Arkansas and reflects back on going back to get her purse and it seeming to be as it was when she left it. She hopes J.R. didn't find it. J.R. saw the license and wrote down the address. He is now fully determined to get his son back. Afton, Sue Ellen, and Cliff talk and fight. Cliff tells Sue Ellen he cannot marry her. In a moment of weakness, Sue Ellen and Jack kiss. J.R. flies to Arkansas and goes to Cally's house, his son, Justin Ewing, answers the door. Neil has a surprise for Lucy. He takes her to the park and proposes to her. She happily accepts. John Ross finds Mandy's car and calls J.R., who is talking to Cally in Arkansas. After J.R. threatens Cally, he leaves for Dallas to see Mandy. Mandy is in critical condition and may not last long. Bobby calls the police and informs them of Katherine's whereabouts. Pam is FURIOUS that Bobby is still pursuing this, especially behind her back. She rushes to the Wentworth House to warn Katherine. She decides to help Katherine escape the country and takes her to the airport where the Ewing Jet is waiting. Cliff takes on the role as Donna's new campaign manager. Gary, Val, and some of the family attend the ground-breaking ceremony. Construction has officially begun on Gary's subdivision. Ray and Jenna Evans talk at the Cattleman's Club, but Ray isn't ready to forgive her. He does tell her she can keep her job. While at Cliff's alone, Afton gets out of her chair and walks. She was faking paralysis to make Cliff feel sorry for her. She makes a lone toast to getting back what was taken from her. Kaitlin officially signs over the 10% of West Star to Christopher. Christopher begins to drink. Donna tells the family about why she's not living with Ray (but not the full story). Pam is horrified when she finds out Katherine has had her memory back and she plans on taking her away from Dallas. The jet takes off (flown by Katherine's pilot) and Pam fights Katherine for the gun. Finally, she gets it and shoots Katherine several times. Katherine collapses.

Episode Sixty-Five: To Partnership and Profit

Pam pulls the gun on the pilot and makes him land the plane. She gets off to find Bobby and the police waiting for her. She runs to him, but to their surprise, Katherine is alive and she waves the gun at them. The police fire on her and she collapses and is confirmed dead. J.R. confronts Christopher and tells him to hurry up with the West Star stock. He wants it now. Sue Ellen later runs into J.R. who makes fun of her failed marriage to Cliff. Sue Ellen tells him she WILL have her revenge on him. Cally gets a call from Kurt, who is in jail in Dallas (for helping Katherine). He needs her to bail him out, but she doesn't have the money. J.R. later finds out and offers to put up the bail, but only if Cally will bring Justin to Southfork for a few days. After a while, Cally agrees. Gary finds out that he CANNOT get another loan. He has no more money to continue the construction. Val comes up with an idea, but Pam and Bobby come in before she can tell him. Kimberly finds out that Lucy is marrying Neil and is upset. Lucy later goes to Neil's to see Tiffany telling her teddy bear that she wants her mom and dad to get back together and that that can't happen if he marries Lucy. Lucy all of a sudden isn't so happy about marrying Neil. She doesn't want to hurt Tiffany. Roy Ralston comes to Afton's house and begs her to come back to Dallas Dish. She agrees. Valene meets with John Ross at the Oil Baron's Club and asks him to join Gary as a partner in his construction project. John Ross thinks this is a good idea and says yes. Cliff has already worked wonders with Donna's campaign. Donna and Ray confront one another and Ray wants to talk, but Donna won't hear it. Ray forgives Jenna later. Jack tries to talk to Sue Ellen about the kiss, but she brushes it off as nothing. Cliff calls and arranges for a drilling team to fly in from Alaska to start drilling for oil on his land (that he got from Jack, aka Jock Ewing Enterprises) across from Southfork.

Episode Sixty-Six: A Bottle A Day Keeps J.R. Away

J.R. calls the Dallas paper with news of Ray's affair with Jenna, but the reporter he speaks too knows Cliff and is on his payroll. She calls Cliff and tells him what J.R. told her, and Cliff offers her more money to keep the story silent…..Ray continues to drink in his depression over Donna….Lucy debates whether or not to show Kimberly the tape that proves Neil did not have an affair, thus ending their marriage…Cally and Justin arrive in Dallas, and as promised, J.R. bails Kurt out. Kurt then tells Cally that he is skipping bail, and bids her goodbye….Cliff threatens J.R., telling him that if he breathes a word about Ray and Donna's marital troubles to the paper, he'll start drilling on the land he owns across from Southfork….Christopher drinks more and is asked to step down as head of Weststar. He agrees, but his drinking alarms Sue Ellen….John Ross officially becomes Gary's partner and J.R. is not happy when he learns of this….Neil tells Lucy that he loves her, regardless of whether Kimberly knows about the tape or not. Lucy decides not to show Kimberly the tape…..Pamela Rebecca catches Afton walking….Margaret befriends a girl named Jillian Renfro….Sue Ellen and Jack give into their attraction and make love…Depressed, Ray sleeps with Jenna again….J.R. reveals to Justin that he is his father.



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