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.

Urgent business cuts short Blake and Krystle's honeymoon; Steven takes a job working for Matthew Blaisdel; Cecil proposes that Fallon marry his nephew.