Season 5
(104) Changing of the guard
Miss Ellie, Bobby and Lucy vote to have J.R. removed as president of Ewing Oil. J.R. learns Christopher is not his baby. Rebecca, Afton, and Pam visit Cliff who is in a coma in the hospital. Ewing Oil gets new offices. Bobby meets oilwoman Holly Harwood (Lois Chiles). Lucy learns she's pregnant with Roger's baby. J.R. accepts Holly's offer to run Harwood Oil.
(105) Where there's a will
J.R. tries to see Jock's will by using Serena and blackmailing Harve Smithfield's son-in-law. Cliff recovers in the hospital and gets a visit from Sue Ellen. Ray gets a letter from Aunt Lilly about Amos Krebbs' ill health. Lucy tells Pam about her pregnancy. Cliff leaves the hospital. Sue Ellen is having second thoughts about marrying J.R. and visits Clayton at the Southern Cross ranch. Marilee offers Cliff a job.
(106) Billion dollar question
Lucy has an abortion. Cliff cautiously accepts Marilee's job offer. The Ewings get an invitation for another Oil Barons Ball. J.R. pressures Miss Ellie to open Jock's will and tries to use an IRS agent to put pressure on Bobby. Miss Ellie decides to socialize again. Holly Harwood rebuffs J.R.'s sexual advances. Ray gets news of Amos Krebbs' death. J.R. visits Sue Ellen at Clayton's ranch. Clayton learns Dusty is coming back.
(107) The big ball
Dusty questions Sue Ellen about her and J.R. Ray and Donna go to Amos Krebbs' funeral. J.R. continues to secretly run Harwood Oil. Dusty introduces his new wife Linda to a shocked Sue Ellen. Ray meets his rebellious cousin Mickey Trotter. Sue Ellen leaves Southern Cross. Pressured by J.R., Punk Anderson announces the Jock Ewing Memorial Scholarship at the Oil Barons Ball. Miss Ellie decides to have Jock declared legally dead.
(108) Jock's will
Pamela urges Lucy to go back to work. Ray and Donna continue in Kansas. Ray learns Mickey is hiding a criminal conviction from his mother. J.R. and Sue Ellen set the wedding date. Ray brings Mickey to Southfork. Bobby testifies in court about the search for Jock in South America. The court declares Jock legally dead. The reading of Jock's will sets the stage for a yearlong battle between Bobby and J.R. for control of Ewing Oil.
(109) Aftermath
As J.R. and Bobby begin the battle for control of Ewing Oil, Miss Ellie fears what it will do to the family. Lucy questions her dad's love for her. Cliff fears J.R. will use his new influence to convince Marilee to hurt him. Ray is glad Jock's will keeps him out of Ewing Oil.Rebecca tells J.R. she will use her power to hurt him. Miss Ellie tells Donna that she thinks Jock hurt Gary in the will. J.R. tries to pressure Walt Driscoll (Ben Piazza) of the Office of Land Management to get an oil variance.Rebecca buys an oil company and asks Cliff to run it. Blair Sullivan takes Lucy back into work. Bobby gets involved in a business deal with the McLeish brothers of Canada. Pam and Bobby are happy to hear that Christopher's adoption hearing has been set. Rebecca hopes to use the new oil company against J.R.
(110) Hit and run
The battle for control of Ewing Oil gets tougher every day. Cliff becomes president of Barnes/Wentworth Oil. Ray discovers Mickey gambling with ranch hands. Lucy works with a woman photographer. The McLeish brothers see Bobby moving too slow and go to Cliff instead but eventually Pam surprisingly helps Bobby secure the Canadian deal. Widower Frank Crutcher offers Miss Ellie his friendship. With Cliff running an oil company, Pam is torn between Rebecca and the Ewings. J.R. schemes to get an oil variance. Lucy's lawyer (John Larroqouette) warns her that Mitch may be after some of her money in the divorce settlement.
(111) The Ewing touch
J.R. blackmails Walt Driscoll and gets his variance. Miss Ellie tries to make peace with Rebecca. Christopher's adoption becomes final and the family celebrates. Cliff gets mad at Pamela for helping Bobby secure the Canadian deal. J.R. pumps oil at full capacity despite a surplus. Ray finds Mickey in a bar instead of working and tries to teach him a lesson of responsibility. Miss Ellie brings Frank Crutcher to dinner at Southfork. J.R. tries to sabotage Bobby's operations.
(112) Fringe benefits
Bobby's Canadian deal is delayed due to weather problems. J.R. and Sue Ellen get ready for their wedding. Pam and Sue Ellen become closer despite the rivalry between their husbands. J.R. questions Miss Ellie about Frank Crutcher. J.R. tries to use Sue Ellen to get a refinery deal but the scheme backfires and it's Cliff who gets the deal in the end, with Afton's help. The cartel sides with Cliff. Pam tells Bobby that Jock's will is ruining the family and asks him to give up the battle.
(113) The wedding
It's December 3, 1982 and J.R. and Sue Ellen remarry. Cartel members stay away. Mickey and Lucy meet. Ray warns Mickey to stay away from Lucy. Jordan Lee pressures Bobby to stop J.R.'s uncontrolled pumping. J.R. makes an unsuspecting Holly sell some of her assets to his dummy corporation named Petro State. Punk Anderson, as administrator of Jock's estate, warns J.R. to play by the rules or he'll stop him. Miss Ellie tells Clayton he reminds her of Jock. Bobby accuses J.R. of using Jock's will to destroy Ewing Oil. Afton fears Cliff is still in love with Sue Ellen. Donna agrees to serve on the Texas Energy Commission and gets Miss Ellie's blessing to do so, even if it means she will be the one to stop J.R.
(114) Post nuptial
Cliff makes a scene at the wedding and then fights with J.R. in the pool. Rebecca encourages the cartel to put the screws to J.R. Holly reveals to Bobby that J.R. owns 25 percent of her company. Another man tries to take advantage of Lucy. Donna fears her membership on the Texas Energy Commission will cause more problems in the family. Bobby suspects J.R. is selling oil to an embargoed country and confronts J.R. about it.
(115) Barbecue three
Lucy rebuffs Mickey's advances. The Texas Energy Commission votes to rescind J.R.'s variance. Holly tells Bobby she suspects J.R. has been using a dummy corporation. J.R. opens a chain of cut-rate gas stations. Estimates put the number of stations owned or controlled by J.R. in Dallas and north-east Texas in excess of 200. Faced with J.R's cheap gas, the Texas Energy Commission rescinds its previous decision. Bobby accuses J.R. of gaining short-term profit at the expense of Ewing Oil's long-term resources. For the first time, Bobby tells Pam that he fears he may lose the contest with J.R. Holly tells Bobby she wants to be on his side in the battle with J.R. Angry oilmen led by Cliff and the cartel confront J.R. at the Ewing barbecue but Bobby, Ray, and Miss Ellie stick up for the Ewing family. Miss Ellie decides to stop the battle for Ewing Oil by going to court to break Jock's will.
(116) Mama dearest
Miss Ellie's decision to contest Jock's will causes further divisions in the family. J.R. warns Miss Ellie he will fight her in court. Bobby reluctantly sides with J.R. Pamela sides with Miss Ellie. Harv Smithfield refuses to represent Miss Ellie because of his legal and moral loyalty to Jock. Bobby accuses Pam of fighting him on Miss Ellie's side. An angry J.R. confronts Clayton who visits with Miss Ellie at Southfork. J.R.'s cut-rate gas stations get more media attention. Miss Ellie's new lawyer suggests it might be necessary to question Jock's mental competency at the time the will was made. Cliff moves into a new place.Afton questions Cliff about marriage.
(117) The Ewing blues
Miss Ellie has second thoughts about overturning Jock's will. Donna feels frustrated with the Texas Energy Commission and considers quitting but Ray encourages her to stay on. The media label J.R. "the king of cut-rate gas". Pamela meets Mark Graison (John Beck) who immediately feels attracted to her.Afton gets mad at Cliff for not taking the marriage issue seriously. J.R. gets a punch in the face from Ray over Donna's involvement in the Texas Energy Commission. J.R. blackmails Holly over Harwood Oil business. Mark Graison uses a pretext to see Pam for breakfast. Lucy and Mickey continue exchanging insults. Holly wants to get rid of J.R. and asks Bobby for help.J.R. and Sue Ellen appear on television where J.R. publicly says that Bobby is too weak to run Ewing Oil. Miss Ellie decides to break Jock's will after all.
(118) The reckoning
J.R. and Bobby unite against Miss Ellie in her effort to overrule Jock's will. Pam's siding with Miss Ellie causes more tensions with Bobby. If Miss Ellie wins in court, the old will of 15 years ago shall become effective. Sue Ellen discovers Mark Graison's obvious interest in Pamela and tells J.R. who tries to use Mark to break Pam and Bobby up. Ray and J.R. have another confrontation. J.R. and Bobby try to convince Punk Anderson to be on their side in the court battle over the will. Mark becomes vey interested in Pam. Sue Ellen questions Pam about her marriage and Mark. Miss Ellie testifies in court that Jock was mentally incompetent when he wrote the codicil to the will but in the end she loses the court case.
(119) A Ewing is a Ewing
Cliff plots to tempt J.R. with a political office. Mark Graison continues to try to impress Pam. J.R. gets a visit from an Air Force general concerning Harwood Oil's cancelled contracts with the military. J.R. asks Sue Ellen to ask Clayton to refine his oil but the plan backfires because Clayton gets mad at Sue Ellen and J.R. Bobby sees George Hicks of the Texas Energy Commission and J.R. talking and suspects Hicks has been bought by J.R. Miss Ellie goes to Galveston to get away from it all and runs into Clayton. J.R. tries to romance Holly but she pulls a gun on him and threatens to kill him if he ever touches her again. Miss Ellie has a good time with Clayton in Galveston. Bobby plots to play dirty with George Hicks.
(120) Crash of '83
J.R. gets suspicious of Clayton Farlow's (Howard Keel) intentions toward Miss Ellie. Hicks is questioned by Bobby about him and J.R. and denies having ever met J.R. Ray is worried about Mickey's influence on Lucy. J.R. gets a call from Walt Driscoll who is in the Cayman Islands. Bobby blackmails Hicks to make him change his vote on J.R.'s variance. Pam is disgusted when Bobby tells her about blackmailing Hicks. Afton receives news of a crash of the Wentworth jet.
(121) Requiem
After the plane crash Rebecca dies, with Pam at her bedside. Clayton accuses J.R. of being responsible for Rebecca's death. The Texas Energy Commission rescinds J.R.'s variance and J.R. gets mad at George Hicks who tells him he was blackmailed by Bobby. Cliff takes the blame for Rebecca's death and seeks consolation from Afton. Katherine arrives from New York and accuses Cliff of having caused Rebecca's death. Sue Ellen accuses Donna of being responsible for J.R.'s losing his variance. J.R. pushes his Caribbean deal. Mark Graison attends Rebecca's funeral but J.R. stays away. Pam tells Bobby she can't live at Southfork and needs time to think, away from the Ewings.
(122) Legacy
Pam leaves Bobby and Southfork, to J.R.'s delight, and moves into a hotel. The cartel celebrates J.R.'s losing his variance. J.R. tells Mark Graison (John Beck) that Pam and Bobby split up. J.R. vows to keep selling cut-rate gas , despite the loss of the variance. Mark Graison visits Pamela at the hotel. Rebecca's will is read and Pam, Katherine, Cliff, and even Afton get their shares. Lucy and Mickey become friends. Cliff and Katherine reconcile. J.R. and Walt Driscoll continue collaborating on the Caribbean deal. Clayton tells Sue Ellen that he used to be in love with her but now he's seeing Miss Ellie. J.R. offers Bobby a "compromise solution" to the battle for Ewing Oil but Bobby rejects the offer. J.R. succeeds in making Bobby look in front of the family like he wants an all-out war.
(123) Brothers and sisters
J.R. could go to jail for shipping oil to Cuba. Clayton sells Southern Cross and gets closer to Ellie. Holly wants J.R. out of Harwood Oil. J.R. gets letters of support from TV viewers. Katherine (Morgan Brittany) arranges for Bobby to see Pam and Mark Graison (John Beck) together in a restaurant. J.R. is forced to pay $ 100,000 to Walt Driscoll's contact man. Mark Graison pursues Pam. J.R. is very happy to see Katherine pursuing Bobby. Donna, Ray, and Dave Culver (Tom Fuccello) wonder whether J.R. could run for a seat in the US Congress if he loses the battle with Bobby. Miss Ellie helps Clayton find a Dallas home. Bobby tells Pam again that he's determined to win Ewing Oil. J.R. tells Walt Driscoll he's ready to sell 1 million barrels to the Cubans.
(124) Carribean connection
Donna (Susan Howard) accuses Mickey (Timothy Patrick Murphy) of being interested in Lucy just for her money. Katherine (Morgan Brittany) tries to persuade Mark Graison (John Beck) to stay close to Pamela. Clayton (Howard Keel) continues to look for a house in Dallas. Bobby and Ray uncover J.R.'s illegal Caribbean deal. If the State Department finds out about the deal with Cuba, this could be the end of Ewing Oil. Mark continues to see Pam. Cliff finally recovers from his depression over Rebecca's death and buys a company from Mark. J.R. considers going into politics but Sue Ellen fears her past alcohol problems and affairs with Dusty may complicate things.
(125) The sting
Bobby and Ray bust J.R.'s Caribbean deal and Driscoll gets arrested. Clayton Farlow meets Mark Graison. Ellie and Clayton wonder whether Pam is getting serious about Mark. J.R. continues his affair with Serena, even after being remarried to Sue Ellen. Pam tells Bobby she doesn't feel guilty about seeing Mark. J.R. learns he will have to go to Cuba to claim his $ 40 million. Walt Driscoll is left to rot in jail and vows revenge on J.R. Mickey kisses Lucy for the first time. Katherine offers to help J.R. fight Cliff. Mickey brings Lucy to a motel room. J.R. confronts Bobby and Ray about the sting. Ray bails Driscoll out of jail with J.R.'s money. Bobby has a fight with Mark over Pam. Cliff has big plans for Barnes/Wentworth. Holly learns that both her oil and her money is in Cuba and she vows revenge on J.R.
(126) Hell hath no fury
J.R. gets ready for his trip to Cuba.After suffering a $ 17 million loss, Holly Harwood tells Bobby that she's determined to get the Ewing brothers out of her life. Lucy enjoys modelling again and continues to see Mickey. Clayton Farlow keeps on seeing Ellie. Bobby runs into more weather problems on his Canadian deal. J.R. encourages Katherine to move in on Bobby. Holly declares truce with J.R. and tries to seduce him. Bobby and Pam spend a night together but when he wants her to go back to Southfork, she tells him that the night was "just a moment", and so they break up again. J.R. tries to force Walt Driscoll (Ben Piazza) to tell him the name of his contact man in the Caribbeans. J.R. and Sue Ellen appear on television again where he sets the stage for his Cuban trip. Ray offers Bobby his financial support in the battle with J.R. Mark Graison continues to see Pam. Bobby tells Donna and Ray that it's too late to save his marriage. Katherine urges Mark to take Pam to France. Holly tells Sue Ellen of her relationship with J.R. The State Department OK's J.R's trip to Cuba. Sue Ellen finds proof of J.R.'s marital infidelity.
(127) Cuba libre
J.R. goes to Puerto Rico and learns he'll have to go to Cuba to claim his $ 40 million. Mark Graison and Pamela vacation in France. Aunt Lil (Kate Reid) misses Mickey and decides to come over from Kansas for a visit but Mickey is not too thrilled. Sue Ellen is in denial over J.R.'s relationship with Holly. She questions Bobby about J.R. and Holly. Bobby and Cliff clash over the Canadian deal and Pam's marriage to Bobby. Punk Anderson questions Clayton Farlow about his intentions toward Ellie. Donna also asks Ellie about her feelings for Clayton. Sue Ellen confronts Holly. Aunt Lil is worried that Mickey and Lucy could be getting serious about each other. At the Riviera, Pam tells Mark she needs time alone. Katherine offers Bobby her help with the Canadian deal but Cliff interferes.Sue Ellen and Clayton reconfirm their friendship.Aunt Lil tells Mickey that he and Lucy have nothing in common.J.R. gets arrested upon his arrival in Cuba.
(128) Tangled web
J.R. gets his money in Cuba. Katherine gets mad at Cliff for not letting Bobby test the new drilling technology in Canada. Afton stands up for Cliff and tells him that Katherine is after Bobby. Mark pressures Pam to admit her feelings for him. J.R. tells Bobby that the Cuban deal means he's already won the battle for control of Ewing Oil. Ellie suspects Clayton has feelings for Sue Ellen and questions him about it. Bobby wants to go to France to talk to Pam about business but he gives up the idea when he learns that Mark went to the Riviera with Pam. Ray tells Aunt Lil that he is Jock's son. Afton tries to warn Pamela over the phone about Katherine moving in on Bobby but this leads to an argument with Cliff. Sue Ellen finds J.R. in bed with Holly.
(129) Things ain't goin' too good at Southfork
Sue Ellen starts drinking again and Clayton finds her in his bed. Pamela comes back from France and questions Bobby about him and Katherine. Walt Driscoll disappears. Ellie finds Clayton with Sue Ellen. Katherine tells Pam there's nothing going on between her and Bobby. Cliff tells J.R. he will not let Bobby have the drill bit. Clayton tries to persuade Sue Ellen to talk to J.R. about the incident with Holly. A drunk Sue Ellen tells Ellie that Clayton is the only man she ever loved. Cliff asks Pam to side with him on the drill bit. Sue Ellen angrily confronts J.R. about Holly. Mickey and Sue Ellen are involved in a car accident.
(130) Penultimate
After the car crash, Mickey and Sue Ellen are taken to the hospital but Sue Ellen is released shortly. Mickey is in coma and may have suffered neurological injury. Lucy blames Sue Ellen and her drinking for Mickey's condition. Pam tells Bobby that she still loves him even though she has feelings for Mark. Clayton accuses J.R. of driving Sue Ellen back to the bottle. Bobby blames Holly for Sue Ellen's condition. Mark keeps pressuring Pamela for a commitment. Sheriff Washburn tells J.R. that Sue Ellen had three times the legal limit of alcohol in her blood at the time of the crash. Pam tells Christopher that she loves Bobby but can't live with him. J.R. makes Holly an offer to get out of Harwood Oil for $ 20 million. Sue Ellen regrets having remarried J.R. At the Cattlemen's Club, Bobby asks Holly to pay the $ 20 million to J.R. in installments so as not to put him too much ahead in the contest.Cliff encourages Pam to leave Bobby and be with Mark Graison. J.R. tells Sue Ellen that the incident with Holly is to be blamed on the battle for Ewing Oil. Aunt Lil learns that if Mickey regains consciousness, he may remain paralyzed from the neck down for the rest of his life.
(131) Ewing inferno
Ray pressures Sheriff Washburn to find the hit-and-run driver. Holly wants to pay J.R. his $ 20 million in installments but J.R. objects, rightly detecting Bobby's hand. J.R. gets a slap in the face from Pam during an argument over her French trip. Mark convinces Pam to vote with Katherine and give the drill to Bobby. Mickey's condition conitunes to be very serious and Aunt Lil even goes as far as to say that perhaps it would have been better if he had died on the spot. J.R. tells Bobby that they should consider stopping the fight for control of Ewing Oil. Pam wants a divorce. Clayton convinces Ellie to take a break from family problems and go away with him. Sue Ellen tells J.R. to stay away from John Ross. Katherine tries to console Bobby after he gets the news about the divorce. Ray learns that Walt Driscoll was driving the car that hit Mickey and Sue Ellen. Ray and J.R. engage in a terrible fight, causing a major fire at Southfork, Sue Ellen, JR, John Ross and Ray are trapped as the flames engulf the Ranch.
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