Cliff is questioned by the police as a murder suspect. J.R. tries to get a court injunction against Cliff. Jenna moves in with Ray which makes Charlie very happy. Cliff blames J.R. for his arrest. Wendell tells Pam about Cliff putting up part of Barnes/Wentworth as collateral. Jack reappears and Bobby tries to convince him to fight against Cliff for the 10 percent of Ewing Oil. J.R. is angry at Bobby for letting Jack go without getting his address. Bobby has a terrible fight with Ray when he finds Jenna and Charlie in Ray's house. Mrs. Scottfield wants her brother to get data on B.D. Calhoun and J.R. so she can give them to the Justice Department. Cliff is cleared of all murder charges. Pam walks out on Cliff for jeopardizing their mother's company. Pam gets mad when she learns about Jenna living with Ray. Oswald Valentine meets April and offers her a modeling job. Jack decides to stick with J.R. and Bobby to fight Cliff.

J.R. and April outmanoeuvre Jeremy Wendell over 5 percent of Ewing Oil. Ray visits his baby daughter Margaret at the hospital. Valentine insists on getting Mandy Winger back. Wendell plots to take advantage of a news story implicating Ewing Oil in terrorism. Ray reaches an understanding with Senator Dowling concerning Margaret's upbringing. The CIA threatens Nancy Scottfield and her brother with federal prison. Pam accuses Bobby of protecting J.R. on the Calhoun affair. Miss Ellie tells J.R. and Bobby that she won't protect them anymore on Ewing Oil business. Bobby tells Pam he'd fed up with J.R.'s schemes and that he's getting out of Ewing Oil. Mandy returns to Dallas. Wendell makes a promise to Nancy Scottfield to bury Ewing Oil.