Donegan Smith

Even Miss Ellie seems to have lost all patience with J.R., which could severely hamper him in the custody fight for his son. As J.R. prepares to challenge Sue Ellen for temporary custody of John Ross, his plans for discrediting her backfire. Meanwhile, Bobby desperately tries to find an adoptive child for Pam and himself as his wife's emotional stability declines to the extent where she obviously needs medical help.

J.R. hides his chargrin at his mother and Clatyon's reconciliation by continuing to work on Cliff's greed for his own advantage. J.R. arranges to sell his geologist reports on offshore tracts to Cliff who reluctantly agrees to buy them after Marilee makes it a condition for joining him in the venture. Donna and Ray find Randolph unconscious from liquor and pills and accuse J.R. of driving him to suicide.

Sue Ellen leaves the hospital unsure of who got her pregnant. J.R. and Peter are each convinced that he fathered the child Sue Ellen lost in the accident. Bobby, who is having his own dobuts about Charlie's parentage, realizes the subject is hanging between him and Jenna. J.R. makes Marilee have second thoughts about becoming Cliff's partner and Clayton bows out of the offshore venture with the Ewings.

Miss Ellie changes her mind about marrying Clayton and J.R. is delighted. Clayton broods over Ellie's decision about their wedding and then shows up at Southfork demanding an explanation but J.R. meets him with a gun. Bobby and Jenna's rekindled romance has a devastating effect on Pam when she discovers that her ex-husband has been spending nights away from Southfork. J.R. proceeds with his plans to trap Cliff into bidding on the offshore oil leases. Peter agrees to escort Lucy to a party and Sue Ellen has to hide her feelings from J.R. and the rest of the family.

Colt tracks an ex-TV star and master of disguise who has robbed a supermarket of a quarter of a million dollars. Colt must locate one-time TV star David Charles, a.k.a. The Chameleon (a master of disguise and quick change) who, with the help of three accomplices, has managed to relieve a supermarket of a cool quarter of a million dollars.