The Ewing's are surprised when Ms. Ellie and Clayton Farlow suddenly appear at the family dinner after their long extensive trip together. Katherine Wentworth travels all the way to Rome, Italy to uncover the real identity of the father of Jenna Wades daughter, and is disappointed when she discovers that the father is in fact Bobby. Camp counselor Peter (played by Chris Atkins) finally accepts Lucy's offers to take her out on a date in hopes to eventually get closer to Sue Ellen. Lucy is completely unaware of Peter's duplicitous intent even though she is aware that Peter has it bad for Sue Ellen.
J.R continues to present a friendly truce between himself and the Barnes by inviting Cliff and his family over to the Southfork Ranch for the annual Ewing Bab-B-Que, while he is secretly plotting against Cliff using Sly as his double agent. After the Bar-B-Que, Ms. Ellie and Clayton happily announce that they're engaged to be married, but J.R. is furious and Bobby is uneasy.