Dallas

Episode 1: "The Missing Heir" (recap)
​Original airdate: 10/9/1981

JR and Cliff deal with the aftermath of Kristin's mysterious death at Southfork. Lucy and Mitch call it quits after four months of marriage.
Episode 2: "Gone But Not Forgotten" (recap)
​Original airdate: 10/16/1981

JR is speedily exonerated from being a suspect in Kristin's death and focuses on regaining custody of his son. Cliff has difficulties finding new employment. Pam continues to spacily yearn for a baby.
Episode 3: "Showdown at San Angelo" (recap)
​Original airdate: 10/23/1981

Miss Ellie returns from her European vacation and is unwittingly roped into JR's sinister plot to return John Ross to Southfork. Bobby and Pam make inquiries about adopting a baby.
Episode 4: "Little Boy Lost" (recap)
​Original airdate: 10/30/1981

JR and Sue Ellen face off in court to determine the custody of John Ross. Pam continues to bellyache about wanting a baby. Cliff begins his new job as CEO of Wentworth Tool & Die.
Episode 5: "The Sweet Smell of Revenge" (recap)
​Original airdate: 11/6/1981

​Pam attempts suicide by standing atop the roof of a tall building and threatening to jump. JR launches a complex plot to regain custody of his son.
Episode 6: "The Big Shut Down" (recap)
​Original airdate: 11/13/1981

JR presses ahead with Operation Hoard Texas's Oil Supply in order to regain custody of John Ross. Pam continues to sort through her depression at Brooktree Hospital.
Episode 7: "Blocked" (recap)
​Original airdate: 11/20/1981

JR offers to replenish Clayton's oil supply in exchange for returning John Ross to Southfork. Bobby confronts Jordan Lee about possibly being Kristin's baby daddy. Ray and Donna move forward with a real estate project in San Antonio.
Episode 8: "The Split" (recap)
​Original airdate: 11/27/1981

Miss Ellie informs the family of a new voting share system that Jock wants implemented at Ewing Oil. JR fires Afton as his go-to prostitute when she refuses to sexily entertain Vaughn Leland in the Bahamas. Ray is dismayed when he's confronted with a major setback with his prospective San Antonio development project.
Episode 9: "Five Dollars a Barrel" (recap)
​Original airdate: 12/4/1981

Cliff finds a satisfying way to take advantage of JR's financial woes. Dusty resumes his passion for cowboying, despite Sue Ellen's concerns that he's not physically ready. Gary travels to Southfork to make a decision about the Ewing Oil voting shares he's just been granted by Jock.
Episode 10: "Starting Over" (recap)
​Original airdate: 12/11/1981

JR struggles to find a way out of his self-inflicted financial problems. Sue Ellen ends her sexless relationship with Dusty. Bobby attempts to confront JR about fathering Kristin's baby, but misleads Pam in the process.
Episode 11: "Waterloo at Southfork" (recap)
​Original airdate: 12/18/1981

Miss Ellie cuts a deal with Clayton Farlow that puts an end to JR's oil hoarding quagmire. A brooding Ray takes his frustrations out on Donna. Sue Ellen and JR face off in a second divorce hearing.
Episode 12: "Barbecue Two" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/1/1982

Miss Ellie hosts the annual Ewing barbecue to coincide with Jock's anticipated return. Sue Ellen buys a house she can call her own. Donna celebrates the launch of her Sam Culver biography.
Episode 13: "The Search" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/8/1982

JR, Bobby, and Ray travel to South America to join the (fruitless) search for Jock.
Episode 14: "Denial" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/15/1982

After Jock is presumed lost forever in South America, Bobby takes charge at Ewing Oil when JR suffers a meltdown and shows no interest in co-running the company. Ray continues to annoy Donna by being a mopey dullard. Lucy decides to pursue modelling. 
Episode 15: "Head of the Family" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/22/1982

Bobby confronts JR about slacking off as president of Ewing Oil. Lucy agrees to work with Roger Larson to create a portfolio so she can launch her modelling career. Ray continues to shirk his responsibilities as Southfork's foreman.
Episode 16: "The Phoenix" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/29/1982

JR recovers from mourning Jock and re-engages with the business of co-running Ewing Oil. Afton gets a new singing gig in a swanky restaurant. Ray neglects his duties at Southfork and hits the sheets with an old flame. 
Episode 17: "My Father, My Son" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/5/1982

JR and Sue Ellen enjoy a family outing with John Ross. Roger Larson continues to act weird and creepish towards an oblivious Lucy. Afton warns Cliff that JR will seek to ruin his life if he continues pursuing Sue Ellen.
Episode 18: "Anniversary" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/12/1982

Donna catches Ray in bed with another woman. JR goes to great lengths to woo Sue Ellen. Bobby buys Pam an aerobic gym so she'll have something to do with herself other than fuss over Christopher.
Episode 19: "Adoption" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/19/1982

Bobby and Pam are awarded temporary custody of Christopher. Roger is incensed when Lucy shows no interest in dating him. JR continues to shower Sue Ellen with gifts and declarations of love.
Episode 20: "The Maelstrom" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/26/1982

Sue Ellen re-ignites her romance with Cliff in order to get a rise out of JR. Lucy rebuffs Mitch when he asks whaddup with their 'in limbo' marriage. Ray finally decides to bathe, shave, and resume his duties as foreman of Southfork.
Episode 21: "The Prodigal" (recap)
​Original airdate: 3/5/1982

​Clayton is called out for having the hots for Sue Ellen. Donna discovers a potential scandal involving her late husband and Jock. Pam confronts Roger about his possessive weirdness towards Lucy.
Episode 22: "Vengeance" (recap)
​Original airdate: 3/12/1982

Marilee Stone convinces Cliff to invest in a plot of land that has no chance of producing oil. Jeff Farraday forces Bobby to keep meeting with him at a bar to discuss his blackmail purchase of Christopher. Roger kidnaps Lucy from a parking lot.
Episode 23: "Blackmail" (recap)
​Original airdate: 3/19/1982

Miss Ellie gets very peeved when Donna tells her that Jock was involved in a corrupt land grab fifty years ago. Cliff proposes to Sue Ellen, but she can't bring herself to accept. Lucy remains Roger's captive in his studio lair.
Episode 24: "The Investigation" (recap)
​​Original airdate: 3/26/1982

Cliff is forced to sell his Southfork oil field to repay the $4 million he borrowed from Wentworth Tool & Die. Bobby is questioned by police detectives investigating the murder of Jeff Farraday. Lucy is rescued from Roger's studio lair.
Episode 25: "Acceptance" (recap)
​Original airdate: 4/2/1982

Rebecca fires Cliff from Wentworth Tool & Die for embezzlement. Miss Ellie finally faces the truth about Jock's fate. JR continues to court Sue Ellen.
Episode 26: "Goodbye, Cliff Barnes" (recap)
​Original airdate: 4/9/1982

​Cliff is so distraught by the shitty turn his life has suddenly taken that he overdoses on pills. Pam and Bobby are shocked to learn that Jeff Farraday was Christopher's bio dad. Clayton is dismayed when Sue Ellen announces her desire to reconcile with JR.