Fran convince a rock star to let her be her muse.

The CSI teams come together to save one of their own when they learn one team member has been kidnapped and buried alive, and now they must find him before he suffocates under 5 feet of dirt.

Jessica's (Angela Lansbury) first publisher (Arthur Hill), imprisoned for murder, is paroled and requires her help when he is suspected of a similar crime. Guest stars: Michael McKean, Brynn Thayer.

Ray feels that J.R. was responsible for Sue Ellen and Mickey's accident and his rage leads to a sequence of events with possibly tragic consequences for everyone in Southfork. Ray feels that he has failed by not protecting Mickey and offers a large reward for information about the hit and run driver who caused the accident but is not prepared when he finds the truth. Clayton urges Miss Ellie to take a vacation from her troubled family and Pam tells Bobby that she is going to help him win Ewing Oil but is going to divorce him. J.R. finally realizes what the fight for the company is costing the Ewings and the price may be more than even he can afford.

J.R. is the focus of everyone's wrath at Southfork. J.R. is blamed by the other Ewings, as well as Afton and Rebecca, for driving Cliff to suicide. Bobby has his own reasons for being furious with J.R. after being blackmailed by him over Christopher. Lucy has other worries as she waits for the results of a pregnancy test and Miss Ellie wants J.R. out as president of Ewing Oil.

The annual Ewing barbecue ends in turbulence. J.R. pulls the dirtiest trick yet in his fight with Bobby for Ewing Oil, which angers the cartel and frustrates the new oil commission. When the barbecue is used as a battlefield for the opposing factions, the fracas unites the Ewings against the other oilmen. Afterwards, Miss Ellie realizes that she must take a hand in the feud that is splintering her family.

Lucy bitterly blames Sue Ellen for the accident which has injured Mickey. The Ewing clan gathers at the hospital where Sue Ellen and Mickey have been taken after the car crash on the Southfork road. Lucy blames Sue Ellen for her drunken driving while Ray blames himself for bringing Mickey to Texas from his Kansas home. Clayton confronts J.R. for the actions which drove Sue Ellen back to seeking refuge in a bottle, while Bobby blames Holly for the intrigue she set up which has shattered Sue Ellen's faith in J.R.

The Oil Baron's Ball opens up a new era for Miss Ellie. Sue Ellen is shocked when Dusty shows up at the Southern Cross while she is there visiting Clayton. Lucy decides she must get on with her life and put the past behind her. Ray tries to take a hand with his rebellious young cousin while he and Donna are in Kansas. J.R. and Bobby realize that the Ewings will be alienated from the oil cartel if Cliff Barnes works with Marilee Stone.

Sue Ellen returns to her old habits after she discovers J.R. in Holly's bedroom. She staggers to Clayton for help and Miss Ellie can't understand when she finds them together. Pam returns to confront Bobby and faces the decision to either help her husband in his fight for Ewing Oil and possibly lose him forever, or not to help him and perhaps lose him to Katherine. Lucy and Mickey try to help Sue Ellen with tragic results.

After agreeing to model for a high fashion magazine, Jennifer becomes a deranged killer's next target.

With Jock's will pitting them against each other, J.R. and Bobby prepare to do battle to prove who is the best man and entitled to Ewing Oil. Miss Ellie is in the middle as her two sons square off and Ray is happy that he is now on par financially with Donna. Afton tries desperately to lift Cliff out of his despondency and to accept an offer from his mother even though it could put him on a collision course with J.R.

Cliff Barnes blames himself after the crash of the Wentworth company plane in which his mother had taken his place as a passenger. Rebecca's accident is the latest episode caused indirectly by the ongoing war between her son and J.R. Ewing. J.R. is stunned when the energy commission rescinds his variance to pump oil and he quickly makes contact with Driscoll to establish a Caribbean oil deal.

J.R. tries to push his mother and Bobby into a decision that would open Jock's will. Bobby and J.R. agree that it is time their mother gets out and meet old friends. Donna and Ray's long delayed honeymoon is postponed when they have to go to Kansas for Amos Krebb's funeral. Pam's concern for Lucy's depression prompts her to tell Bobby about his niece's condition and J.R. uses John Ross as a pawn to win Sue Ellen back.

Miss Ellie explores the possibility of breaking Jock's will to save her family in spite of opposition from J.R. and Bobby. Pam supports Miss Ellie's position, which upsets Bobby, while Sue Ellen goes along with her husband's wishes. Bobby is frustrated in his desire to get more oil and more profits, while J.R. becomes a media hero as a result of his plentiful oil and cheap gasoline. Holly realizes she has put herself in a difficult position with J.R.'s interest in her company and Donna comes up against heavy opposition in the Energy Commission.

Miss Ellie faces a hard decision when she must decide to tarnish Jock's memory or see her family disintegrate because of his will. Pam supports her mother-in-law's determined stand, which creates a breach between her and Bobby, and she finds a strong ally in Mark Graison. J.R. and Sue Ellen further alienate themselves when they go on television defending his position in the industry and in Ewing Oil. Donna is discouraged when the energy commission gives in to J.R. and Ray gives her much needed support, which leads to blows with J.R.

The race for profits between J.R. and Bobby Ewing continues in the aftermath of the court's ruling on Jock's will. Miss Ellie escapes from the tension at Southfork with a trip to Galveston where she runs into an irate Clayton, still smoldering from J.R.'s use of Sue Ellen to get his excess crude refined at his refinery. Bobby discovers energy commission member George Hicks has ties with J.R., and Holly Harwood gets to know the real J.R. as they both use threats to establish a new working relationship with each other.

The J.R. and Bobby Ewing contest for Ewing Oil officially concludes with startling and unexpected developments. J.R. and Bobby turn over their books for the final audit, which determines who will run the family company. When they gather to hear the results the course of the meeting bears significantly on the outcome. Sue Ellen invites Peter and John Ross' other camp counselors to Southfork for a party. With the help of Sly's spying, Cliff is able to outwit J.R. on an oil deal and Pam is afraid the Ewing-Barnes feud will start again.

Unless their truce holds, Bobby learns that only a miracle could put him ahead of J.R. in their fight for Ewing Oil with the showdown only a few days away. Cliff recruits a spy in J.R.'s office and Pam moves into her mother's house which indicates that she will work with Cliff and Mark. Lucy admits that she has doubts about spending her life with a crippled Mickey and Sue Ellen tells her it is the tradition of the Ewing women to have bad luck with their men.

The heated emotions at the wedding of J.R. and Sue Ellen are quenched in the Southfork swimming pool. Cliff Barnes makes his presence at the wedding unpleasant and the celebration ends in a melee of flying fists and tangled emotions. While the new J.R. Ewings are on their honeymoon, Bobby discovers that J.R. is possibly engaged in activities which could bring down the mighty Ewing empire and disgrace the family name.

J.R.'s and Bobby's true colors emerge as they jockey for position in their race for Ewing Oil. Members of the Ewing family experience varied emotions when Ellie invites a gentleman friend to dinner. Lucy has trouble relating to an attentive client and Ray decides he has to take a stronger hand with Mickey. Cliff blames Pam for his losing out on a good business proposition and J.R.'s shady deeds accelerate as he races to beat out Bobby for Ewing Oil.