- 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.—Anonymous
- The 6th season opens in the hospital parking lot. Cliff Barnes is in critical condition after his attempted suicide at the end of the 5th season. JR is trying to convince Sue Ellen that Cliffs suicide attempt is not their fault and to come back to Southfork with him. Sue Ellen is really torn up with whats happened with Cliff and says she must stay. JR tells her he is keeping John Ross, their son, at Southfork. JR arrives at Sue Ellens apartment and Mrs. Chambers, John Ross nanny, is there. She asks JR what happened to Cliff Barnes. He makes himself a drink and dodges Mrs. Chambers question. He then asks her to gather John Ross things for him to take him to Southfork Ranch permanently. Miss Ellie goes to see Ray. Donna, Rays wife, is out in front of the ranch house, she and Ray share. Miss Ellie asks Ray to use his voting shares in Ewing Oil to dethrone JR as president. Ray must admit to Miss Ellie that he gave his shares to JR last season, when he was really down and out. Miss Ellie is understanding, warm and gracious, but leaves promptly.
Miss Ellie gathers all the remaining Ewing Oil share holders; herself, Bobby, Lucy and JR. She calls a vote to oust JR from the presidency of Ewing Oil. Miss Ellie reminds Bobby, before he votes that he will have to take over as president, if JR is forced to step down. Bobby says he understands and that he is voting against JR. Its final JR is no longer the president of Ewing Oil. JR then asks Bobby to take it upstairs to the nursery. Christopher, Bobbys adopted son, sits in the crib alone in a well lite nursery. JR then continues to try to blackmail Bobby, by threatening to tell Miss Ellie that Christopher is really HIS son. Bobby triumphantly shows JR the proof of Kristens miscarriage, calls JR scum and proceeds to punch him in the face. JR goes crashing against the nursery wall.
Pam goes to the hospital to see Cliff. She sees her Mother, Rebecca Barnes Wentworth, in the hallway and Pam asks her what happened to Cliff. Her mother explains that JR did this to Cliff, just as Jock (JRs father) had basically done the same to Digger (Cliffs father), by driving him to drink himself to death. Jock and Digger had both loved Miss Ellie, just as JR and Cliff both love Sue Ellen. Rebecca Wentworth is angry at the Ewings once again and goes on to talk about having the money and power to break them. Pam tells her to that not all the Ewings are the same and storms out to see Cliff.
Sue Ellen finally comes home from the hospital and Mrs. Chambers tells her that JR took Jon Ross things and said he would be at Southfork permanently. Sue Ellen is shocked. She goes to Southfork in the morning and Miss Ellie is feeding John Ross breakfast. She explains to Sue Ellen how the family voted JR out of the presidency of Ewing Oil. Then she invites her to stay at Southfork, so she doesnt have to be alone. Sue Ellen agrees.
Back at the Hospital, Cliffs doctor, explains to Pam, Rebecca, Apton and Sue Ellen that Cliff could have possibly suffered a lack of oxygen to the brain and it could alter his personality. The women are all shocked in horror.
Bobby holds a staff meeting with the Ewing Oil department heads and they all pledge their loyalty to him, in place of JR. Bobby comments to the secretary that the meeting went smoothly and the rest should be easy.
Later that evening, Bobby meets with Marilee Stone and Jordan Lee at the Cattlemans Club. They are congratulating him for his taking over the Ewing Oil presidency. Enters Holly Harwood, a cute girl, Jordan greets her and introduces Bobby, as the president of Ewing Oil. He goes on to explain that Holly has just inherited an oil company from her late father.
Back on Southfork Ranch, Miss Ellie tells JR that what he did to Cliff was wrong and he tells her that he is leaving Southfork.
This is also the episode where Lucy is waiting to hear back from the doctors office, to see if she is pregnant, as she is. Muriel, her friend, is there with her. In the end, Lucy is still weighing her options.
We find out that Cliff doesnt have brain damage! Pam, Afton and Rebecca are very relived, but are still very concerned for Cliffs mental state, once he does return to consciousness.
In the final scene, JR meets with Holly Harwood. Holly is asking JR to run Harwood Oil, secretly. He is asking for 25% of the company. They agree and cheers to the possible success of their new company.
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