Back on his feet, he was back in full action, with one major problem to take care of: Bobby refused to step down from Ewing Oil. J.R, was alarmed by what he saw as Bobby's reckless leadership, and so he persisted in striking some kind of deal to get back into the power seat before the company was run into the ground. Bobby finally resigned in 1980, after JR agreed to set him up in a business of his own.
The year 1981 was the worst of JR's life. Sue Ellen walked out on him and JR managed to wrestle John Ross from her, but Pam-that Barnes girl! -stole John Ross from Southfork and took him to Sue Ellen. Then Kristin showed up in Dallas, alone. She had gotten into trouble after the birth of her baby-she was on drugs-and, after ingesting too much PCP, she fell from the second-floor landing of the main house and died. JR was accused of murder by Cliff Barnes, but he was cleared of any wrong doing.
JR hardly cared, in comparison with the other loss he was feeling. Sue Ellen was shacking up with some cowboy in San Angelo-committing adultery-and she had his son with her. Sitting in John Ross's empty room at Southfork one night, JR broke down and wept. So what if Sue Ellen had fallen in love and run away with another man, so what if all was not well at Ewing Oil or with his family, what mattered to JR, what he loved more dearly than any other thing in the world, was his little son. That child was a part of him, and to have him taken away was to tear out a piece of his heart.
JR became obsessed with' getting him back. When he and Sue Ellen went to court, he was prepared to bring up her past-the drinking, the affairs-not giving a damn about the publicity, only wanting to get his son, but Miss Ellie restrained him. He tried to take John Ross off the Southern Cross Ranch by helicopter, and Miss Ellie stopped him again. JR tried to reason with the Farlows, get them to kick Sue Ellen off of the ranch-all to no avail. So finally, desperate, he embarked on the most risky and dangerous business venture of his life. Using Ewing Oil Company as collateral on a loan, he bought up all the oil that was being fed into Clayton Farlow's refineries. By glory, he'd make them give him back his son,
The plan failed, and put Ewing Oil on the brink of disaster. Miss Ellie stepped in. Backing off from her wrath, JR had to sit helplessly by as she sold the oil, at a loss, to Clayton Farlow. Then she lectured JR that she would be watching his every move and that, when the time was right, when she found someone else to run Ewing Oil, she was going to get the family to vote him right out of the company.
Sue Ellen left her cowboy at the Southern Cross and moved into a Dallas town house. Thanks to Miss Ellie, the court had awarded her custody of John Ross, a huge settlement over and above alimony and child-support payments, and gave JR visitation rights only on alternate weekends. The money didn't bother J,R., that's not what he wanted; he just wanted to be with his son.
When his daddy died in South America in 1981, JR couldn't handle the loss and went into a deadly depression. He didn't have his son living with him, he had lost his wife, and Jock . . . His daddy, the man he passionately revered, the reason why he had done everything all his life-to make him proud of him-was gone forever. J.R slumped into day long drinking and listlessly let Ewing Oil run itself . He just didn`t care anymore-it was all over,finished, a journey with no destination. He cried at times and wondered what to do, where to go.He went to a prostitute, Serena, for comfort, but found that he had lost all desire for sex. J.R`s world had come to a stop,and he felt like it was time to jump off.
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