In seguito a questo matrimonio, J.R. comincia a mettere a repentaglio continuamente la pace in famiglia pur di ottenere la presidenza della Ewing Oil. ###>J.R., the eldest Ewing son, unscrupulous and unhappily married to a former Miss Texas, Sue Ellen Shepard (Linda Gray), was frequently at odds with his youngest brother, Bobby, who had the morals and integrity that J.R. lacked.