As Krystle Grant Jennings prepares to marry wealthy oil tycoon Blake Carrington, Matthew Blaisdel, a former lover, returns to town and causes her second thoughts. Blake's estranged son Steven returns home for the ceremony, as does rebellious daughter Fallon, who objects to the union.

Blake and Krystle are married; Jeff Colby pursues a disinterested Fallon; Walter and Matthew form a business partnership; Claudia and Lindsay try without success to resolve their differences.