Episode 1: "Reunion, Part 1" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/23/1978
Bobby and Pam run into Bobby's estranged brother, Gary, during a convention in Las Vegas and convince him to return with them to Southfork. Lucy has been secretly visiting her mom, Valene, and sets up a surprise reunion between her parents.
Original airdate: 9/23/1978
Bobby and Pam run into Bobby's estranged brother, Gary, during a convention in Las Vegas and convince him to return with them to Southfork. Lucy has been secretly visiting her mom, Valene, and sets up a surprise reunion between her parents.
Episode 2: "Reunion, Part 2" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/30/1978
Gary gets freaked out and flees Southfork after JR makes him read paperwork about a small company he pretends to want him to take charge of. Digger is released from the drunk ward of the hospital and starts drinking soon after.
Original airdate: 9/30/1978
Gary gets freaked out and flees Southfork after JR makes him read paperwork about a small company he pretends to want him to take charge of. Digger is released from the drunk ward of the hospital and starts drinking soon after.
Episode 3: "Old Acquaintance" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/7/1978
Pam gets miffed when Bobby starts spending a lot of time with his ex-girlfriend, Jenna Wade.
Original airdate: 10/7/1978
Pam gets miffed when Bobby starts spending a lot of time with his ex-girlfriend, Jenna Wade.
Episode 4: "Bypass" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/14/1978
Jock has a heart attack, undergoes surgery, and recovers. (And that's literally all that happens in this episode.)
Original airdate: 10/14/1978
Jock has a heart attack, undergoes surgery, and recovers. (And that's literally all that happens in this episode.)
Episode 5: "Black Market Baby" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/15/1978
Sue Ellen's attempt to purchase a baby from a pregnant teenager fails when JR pulls the plug on the illegal operation. Pam tells Bobby she wants to get a job - but he makes it clear that the Ewing men don't like their womenfolk to work.
Original airdate: 10/15/1978
Sue Ellen's attempt to purchase a baby from a pregnant teenager fails when JR pulls the plug on the illegal operation. Pam tells Bobby she wants to get a job - but he makes it clear that the Ewing men don't like their womenfolk to work.
Episode 6: "Double Wedding" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/21/1978
Pam's former husband shows up in Dallas and makes a half-hearted attempt to blackmail the Ewings.
Original airdate: 10/21/1978
Pam's former husband shows up in Dallas and makes a half-hearted attempt to blackmail the Ewings.
Episode 7: "Runaway" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/28/1978
Lucy runs away from home after Jock forbids her to invite Valene to her birthday party...and gets kidnapped by Greg Evigan.
Original airdate: 10/28/1978
Lucy runs away from home after Jock forbids her to invite Valene to her birthday party...and gets kidnapped by Greg Evigan.
Episode 8: "Election" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/5/1978
When Pam unwittingly reveals scandalous information about Cliff's past at the dinner table, JR uses it to get the Ewing-backed candidate for State Senate to defeat him in the election.
Original airdate: 11/5/1978
When Pam unwittingly reveals scandalous information about Cliff's past at the dinner table, JR uses it to get the Ewing-backed candidate for State Senate to defeat him in the election.
Episode 9: "Survival" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/12/1978
The Ewings freak out when the small engine plane that Bobby and JR are aboard goes missing over a swamp.
Original airdate: 11/12/1978
The Ewings freak out when the small engine plane that Bobby and JR are aboard goes missing over a swamp.
Episode 10: "Act of Love" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/19/1978
Sue Ellen ends her icky affair with Cliff when she learns she's pregnant. Pam stresses about hosting a big Texas barbecue for Bobby's prospective client.
Original airdate: 11/19/1978
Sue Ellen ends her icky affair with Cliff when she learns she's pregnant. Pam stresses about hosting a big Texas barbecue for Bobby's prospective client.
Episode 11: "Triangle" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/26/1978
Ray is enraged when JR moves in on his new girlfriend, Garnet.
Original airdate: 11/26/1978
Ray is enraged when JR moves in on his new girlfriend, Garnet.
Episode 12: "Fallen Idol" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/3/1978
Bobby's old college friend, Guzzler, shows up in Dallas and agrees to become a partner in his fledgling Ewing Construction Company...but Guzzler's history as a smarmy con artist quickly catches up with him.
Original airdate: 12/3/1978
Bobby's old college friend, Guzzler, shows up in Dallas and agrees to become a partner in his fledgling Ewing Construction Company...but Guzzler's history as a smarmy con artist quickly catches up with him.
Episode 13: "Kidnapped" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/17/1978
Bobby is kidnapped after his abductors mistake him for JR...and Cliff is brought into the tense situation to act as a go-between.
Original airdate: 12/17/1978
Bobby is kidnapped after his abductors mistake him for JR...and Cliff is brought into the tense situation to act as a go-between.
Episode 14: "Home Again" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/7/1979
Miss Ellie is stunned by the return of her crotchety brother, who has been presumed dead for the last forty years.
Original airdate: 1/7/1979
Miss Ellie is stunned by the return of her crotchety brother, who has been presumed dead for the last forty years.
Episode 15: "For Love or Money" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/14/1979
Sue Ellen gets fed up with JR's philandering and (briefly) leaves Southfork.
Original airdate: 1/14/1979
Sue Ellen gets fed up with JR's philandering and (briefly) leaves Southfork.
Episode 16: "Julie's Return" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/26/1979
Fed up with his family treating him like a frail old man, Jock starts up a friendship with the sultry Tina Louise.
Original airdate: 2/26/1979
Fed up with his family treating him like a frail old man, Jock starts up a friendship with the sultry Tina Louise.
Episode 17: "The Red File, Part 1" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/2/1979
Tina Louise runs afoul of JR's henchmen when she tries to betray JR to Cliff...and during a scuffle on the roof of her building, she takes a deadly fall.
Original airdate: 2/2/1979
Tina Louise runs afoul of JR's henchmen when she tries to betray JR to Cliff...and during a scuffle on the roof of her building, she takes a deadly fall.
Episode 18: "The Red File, Part 2" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/9/1979
The murder charge against Cliff is swiftly dropped when Bobby discovers evidence that implicates Jeb and Willie Joe in the crime.
Original airdate: 2/9/1979
The murder charge against Cliff is swiftly dropped when Bobby discovers evidence that implicates Jeb and Willie Joe in the crime.
Episode 19: "Sue Ellen's Sister" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/16/1979
Sue Ellen's sister, Kristin, makes a half-hearted play for Bobby. Cliff involves Pam in a boring business revenge plot against the Ewings.
Original airdate: 2/16/1979
Sue Ellen's sister, Kristin, makes a half-hearted play for Bobby. Cliff involves Pam in a boring business revenge plot against the Ewings.
Episode 20: "Call Girl" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/23/1979
JR tries to disgrace Pam by making it look like she's into raunchy sex...but his plan backfires when she agrees to move back to Southfork.
Original airdate: 2/23/1979
JR tries to disgrace Pam by making it look like she's into raunchy sex...but his plan backfires when she agrees to move back to Southfork.
Episode 21: "Royal Marriage" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/9/1979
Kit Mainwaring proposes marriage to Lucy...but then quickly backtracks after deciding he'd rather not live his life as a closeted gay man.
Original airdate: 3/9/1979
Kit Mainwaring proposes marriage to Lucy...but then quickly backtracks after deciding he'd rather not live his life as a closeted gay man.
Episode 22: "The Outsider" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/16/1979
Ray becomes smitten with a married woman named Donna Culver. Lucy starts popping pills to improve her mood.
Original airdate: 3/16/1979
Ray becomes smitten with a married woman named Donna Culver. Lucy starts popping pills to improve her mood.
Episode 23: "John Ewing III: Part 1" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/23/1979
The Ewings are alarmed when a drunken, pregnant Sue Ellen falls down the stairs. Lucy continues to pop pills and wander around looking spaced out.
Original airdate: 3/23/1979
The Ewings are alarmed when a drunken, pregnant Sue Ellen falls down the stairs. Lucy continues to pop pills and wander around looking spaced out.
Episode 24: "John Ewing III: Part 2" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/6/1979
Sue Ellen escapes from the clinic-mansion, gets into a car accident, and undergoes an emergency Cesarean.
Original airdate: 4/6/1979
Sue Ellen escapes from the clinic-mansion, gets into a car accident, and undergoes an emergency Cesarean.