James and Cally celebrate the success of their plan, but Cally isn't happy J.R. is stuck in the asylum. Bobby and April's honeymoon takes an unexpected twist when they meet a woman called Sheila Foley. James takes over operations at Ewing Oil while J.R. contemplates his fate and tries to devise a way out of the insane asylum. April disappears, and Sheila gives Bobby a deadly ultimatum.

With April still in harms way, Bobby is forced to acquiesce to the kidnapper's demands. Still stuck in the asylum, J.R. faces off with a dangeous foe. James loses more than his shirt in a high stakes poker game. While Cliff seems to be going up in the world, Liz finds herself in deadly danger. Cally finds J.R.s letter and makes a decision. Bobby gets a shock at the police station.

J.R.s doctor prescribes him with heavy drugs. Sly makes a plea for Cally to contact her. Bobby makes a daring attempt to rescue April. Cally visits J.R., delivers his release papers, and says a tearful farewell. As he leaves, he has some surprises for his fellow inmates. Sheila makes her final moves with Bobby, with the help of Jordan Lee. As J.R. gets back to work, he starts his plan of revenge, starting with Sly.

J.R. calls on Cally to find out where James is. Bobby is furious with Jordan and has to play along with the game. Sly teams up with James to get even. J.R. returns to an empty Southfork and finds out that Sue Ellen has married Don Lockwood, and that Duke Carlisle took James at the poker game. Liz meets with McKay and bumps into Johnny Dancer. Sheila's plan nears its conclusion as the OPEC delegates arrive, but suddenly, there is gunfire....

In the aftermath of Sheila's plot, she has disappeared, and both Jordan and April are dead. Still under pressure from Control, Liz turns down Cliff's proposal. James tries to make a deal with J.R. but his attention is rejected. He gets the same short shrift from Cliff. J.R. Tries to get the Carter via Rose. Bobby sees April buried in Paris, and leaves for Dallas. When he gets back, he puts an entire detective company out to find Sheila Foley, and makes some determined action.

James is stonewalled attempting to take down J.R. Bobby tries to cope while Michelle swears revenge, blaming him for April's death. J.R. is delighted when John Ross comes back to Southfork, with Christopher and Clayton. James takes Sly's notes to use against J.R. Bobby goes after Foley Petrotech, and gets Cliff to help him. Vanessa Beaumont returns to J.R.'s life. Johnny Dancer butts heads with Cliff, Liz Adams and Carter McKay. Dancer turns up dead in his hotel room.

Michelle tells Bobby she wants to help him find Sheila Foley. J.R. visits Sly and offers her her job back. Dallas police investigate Johnny Dancer's murder. Cliff is the main suspect although Carter McKay may know otherwise. Cally lets slip to Vanessa about her baby. After an altercation between J.R. and Clayton, Bobby vows to sell Ewing Oil after he and Michelle get back from Odessa.

Bobby and Michelle search for Sheila Foley in Odessa. Cliff lends his assistance and they come up with some promising leads. Cliff dumps Liz. Vanessa accepts J.R.s proposal. Carter McKay finds the bug in his office. J.R. attempts to block the sale of Ewing Oil to no avail. LeeAnn De La Vega breezes into town and sweeps it out from under him.

James reacts negatively to the news of his mother's engagement, and makes a surprising toast at his father's engagement party. Cliff and Liz make up. Lee Ann De La Vega and Michelle Stevens are in cahoots against J.R. Dave Culver warns Cliff about his behaviour. McKay gets desperate in his efforts to recover an incriminating tape, but winds up being arrested for Johnny Dancer's murder.

J.R. confronts James for fathering Cally's child. Cliff and Liz get engaged. Carter's alibi lets him down. LeeAnn De La Vega dissolves Ewing Oil , strikes up a partnership with J.R. Bobby returns from Paris and resumes his search for Sheila Foley.

Liz helps Bobby ascertain Sheila Foley's real identity, Hillary Taylor. LeeAnn and Michelle step up their efforts to disrupt J.R.'s engagement to Vanessa. Bobby McKay is convicted of murder. Cliff drops a bombshell, and admits that he killed Johnny Dancer in self defence.

LeeAnn's scheme to sabotage J.R. and Vanessa's engagement works, and Vanessa heads to Vienna. McKay is released from prison and vows to pay back J.R. James and Michelle reunite. With revenge in hand, LeeAnn exits for South America and relinquishes ownership of Ewing Oil to Michelle Stevens.

Michelle takes control of the former Ewing Oil and promptly gives J.R., Phyllis and Sly the boot. J.R. despairs over the breakup of the family. James and Michelle get hitched, for better or for worse. Bobby heads to Malibu in search of Hillary Taylor's daughter, Jory. J.R. persuades James to move back to Southfork... but he takes Michelle with him.

J.R. rekindles some of the old Southfork traditions. Bobby positions himself to capture Hilary Taylor. James and Michelle clash in the midst of their scheme. Pulling strings again, J.R. orchestrates a new plan of action.

J.R. purchases an oil company from Liz Adams and extracts revenge on LeeAnn De La Vega. James learns the oil business form the master himself. Cliff is appointed Energy Czar, but spilts with Liz when he finds out J.R. bought her company. Michelle's attempts to seduce J.R. prove unsuccessful. Jory is kidnapped and Bobby must choose between saving her or bringing Hillary Taylor to justice.

Bobby returns home to Southfork. McKay learns who really killed Johnny Dancer, and plots revenge in retaliation of his own downfall. Cliff teams up with Michelle in order to go after J.R. once more. The Ewing boys go on a cattle drive. Bobby announces his retirement from the oil business. A skeleton from James' closet appears in the shape of ex love Deborah Lynn and his son Jimmy.

McKay lowers the boom on Cliff, forcing him to resign the Energy Czar position. J.R. delays Deborah Lynn from seeing James. He wants nothing to interfere with his avenue back into Ewing Oil. Finally catching on to J.R.'s machinations, Deborah Lynn bursts in at Southfork.

The tangled web of James and Deborah Lynn begins to unravel, much to Michelle's dismay. Jory Taylor appears at Southfork and spends her time with Bobby. The future of the Ewings at Ewing Oil is in question. J.R. learns that he is indeed the father of Cally's child and makes plans to track her down.

James and J.R. clash. Clayton comes back to the States to settle some business with the boys. John Ross and Chistopher plot to leave Dallas for Europe. J.R locates Cally but decides to leave her to live in peace. Hillary Taylor comes looking for Jory.

James splits with Michelle in order to be with Deborah Lynn and their son, Jimmy. John Ross heads to Europe with Clayton, leaving J.R. on his own. Cliff finds a way to snake himself back into Ewing Oil. Hillary Taylor makes peace with Jory and faces Bobby. Michelle goes to Southfork with a gun to shoot J.R. but finds Hilary instead.

Michelle is arrested for Hillary Taylor's murder. Cliff and J.R. jockey to take control of Ewing Oil. Jory heads back to Malilbu after her mother's funeral. Carter McKay and Dusty Farlow give J.R. a little payback. With Southfork feeling lonely and forever changed, J.R. drinks himself to oblivion and contemplates life...

In this two-part episode, J.R. is on the brink of despair, holding a gun to his own head, when he's visited by an other-worldly type named Adam. He takes a mystical journey in the "It's a Wonderful Life" slant and finds out what the lives of those around him would have been like had there never been a J.R. Ewing. What he sees is a world where Gary Ewing is a successful lawyer, Cliff Barnes is vice-president of the United States, Cally Harper is a battered wife, Bobby Ewing is a wandering loser, Sue Ellen Shepard is a thriving actress, and the other Ewing son is named Jason -- and is a weasley little user and jerk. Finally, the two-parter -- and the series -- ends with a gunshot.