A highly anticipated first day at college starts with John-Boy giving a pretty coed a ride but ends in total disaster.
The police question Bobby about Jeff; Pam and Bobby save Lucy from Roger; Cliff faces ruin and tries to borrow money from Sue Ellen.
J.R. makes a fuss over Sue Ellen and has Ray arrested; Ray and Donna discuss divorce; Cliff uncovers J.R.'s plot and confronts him.
Jock's death devastates J.R.; Miss Ellie refuses to allow the will to be read; Ray and Donna drift apart because of Donna's success.
J.R. blackmails Bobby after Jeff is murdered; J.R. thinks he is Christopher's father; Lucy disappears; Donna and Miss Ellie clash.