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Season 4 (1980-81)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
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CBS Fridays 10:00-11:00pm Eastern
Lorimar production / Produced by Leonard Katzman
prod. nos. 189002 to 189024

4.1 (55) Dallas: No more Mr. Nice guy, Part I
7Nov80 CBS / prod. no. 189002
directed by Leonard Katzman.
J.R. lies close to death as the Ewing family awaits news of his fate and
the police search for clues and suspects. All hope for J.R. to regain
consciousness and the possibility that he will be able to identify his
assailant.

4.2 (56) Dallas: No more Mr. Nice guy, Part II
9Nov80 CBS / prod. no. 189003
directed by Leonard Katzman.
As J.R. undergoes his second operation, Bobby takes over Ewing Oil with
Jock's blessing. Sue Ellen feels guilty that she may have shot J.R. in a
drunken stupor and the list of suspects grow.

4.3 (57) Dallas: Dallas: Nightmare
14Nov80 CBS / prod. no. 189004
directed by Irving J. Moore.
J.R. fights to overcome the helplessness of paralysis as Bobby finds that
his efforts to run Ewing Oil are thwarted by J.R., even from his hospital
bed. Ellie finds the gun that was used and the evidence points to someone
in the immediate family.

4.4 (58) Dallas: Who done it?
21Nov80 CBS / prod. no. 189005
directed by Leonard Katzman.
Sue Ellen's fingerprints are identified on the gun that was used to shoot
J.R. and is arrested. Feeling abandoned by the family, her bail is posted
by an unknown source and she seeks solace from Kristin.

4.5 (59) Dallas: Taste of success
28Nov80 CBS / prod. no. 189006
director, Irving J. Moore.
As Ewing Oil's new president, Bobby finds the power intoxicating, which
promotes apprehension in both Pam and J.R. Bobby works hard to buy a
refinery, something Jock has always wanted and which J.R. could never accomplish.

4.6 (60) Dallas: The Venezuelan connection
5Dec80 CBS / prod. no. 189007
directed by Leonard Katzman.
J.R. and Bobby are in conflict over who is running Ewing Oil which puts Jock in the middle. Lucy introduces
Mitch, her new boyfriend, to her friends with disastrous results.

4.7 (61) Dallas: The fourth son
12Dec80 CBS / prod. no. 189008
directed by Irving J. Moore.
Ray Krebbs' father, Amos, whom he hasn't seen or heard from since he was
three shows up at South fork with some very disturbing news for the entire
Ewing family. An oil tanker sinks with over 600,000 gallons and is not insured.

4.8 (62) Dallas: Trouble at Ewing 23
19Dec80 CBS / prod. no. 189009
directed by Leonard Katzman.
An extortionist threatening to blow up Ewing 23 gives J.R. an opportunity to put a halt to his fading fortunes
with the company and the family by out-maneuvering Bobby.

4.9 (63) Dallas: The prodigal mother
2Jan81 CBS / prod. no. 189010
directed by Irving J. Moore.
Pam believes she has at last found her mother, but all hopes of a reconciliation are dashed by the woman. Lucy
proposes marriage to Mitch and J.R. stumbles into a scheme which he intends to use to put Bobby in trouble with Jock.

4.10 (64) Dallas: Executive wife
9Jan81 CBS / prod. no. 189011
directed by Leonard Katzman.
J.R. encourages Jock to consummate a business deal, fully aware that this will conflict with Bobby's plans.
Pam feeling a poor second to Bobby's work, receives the attention she is lacking, from a business associate
named Alex Ward (Joel Fabiani)

4.11 (65) Dallas: End of the road, Part 1
16Jan81 CBS / prod. no. 189012
directed by Irving J. Moore.
Mitch's sister (Afton Cooper) and mother arrive for the upcoming wedding
and J.R. takes an immediate interest in Afton, which worries Sue Ellen.
Bobby finds himself in a tough position after he enters into an oil drilling agreement.

4.12 (66) Dallas: End of the road, Part 2
23Jan81 CBS / prod. no. 189013
directed by Irving J. Moore.
At Lucy and Mitch's wedding, Sue Ellen makes a play for an old boyfriend (Clint Ogwood) Dallas: to get even for J.R.'s
"interest" in Mitch's sister. Bobby resigns as President of Ewing Oil and Miss Ellie accuses Jock of behavior
for which she can never forgive him.

4.13 (67) Dallas: Making of a president
30Jan81 CBS / prod. no. 189014
directed by Gunnar Hellstrom.
J.R. hires a high-pressure public relations woman named Leslie Stewart (Susan Flannery) Dallas: to improve his
tarnished image as he resumes the reins of Ewing Oil. Sue Ellen discovers Pam having a rendezvous with Alex.

4.14 (68) Dallas: Start the revolution with me
6Feb81 CBS / prod. no. 189015
directed by Larry Hagman.
J.R.'s campaign for power puts him further under the influence of Leslie Stewart who, much to his frustration, keeps
him at arms' length. He moves ahead with his plans to topple the South-East Asian government which confiscated his
foreign oil wells.

4.15 (69) Dallas: The quest
13Feb81 CBS / prod. no. 189016
directed by Gunnar Hellstrom.
J.R. uses his influence to make sure that Cliff Barnes does not get chosen for public office. Sue Ellen can't get
anyone to believe that she is being followed and J.R. couldn't care less, so she takes matters into her own hands.

4.16 (70) Dallas: Lover comes back
20Feb81 CBS / prod. no. 189017
directed by Irving J. Moore.
J.R.'s foreign coup brings the cartel back. Donna and Ray are reunited and plan to marry. Sue Ellen discovers that
Dusty is alive but unwilling to resume their old relationship.

4.17 (71) Dallas: The new Mrs. Ewing
27Feb81 CBS / prod. no. 189018
directed by Patrick Duffy.
Donna and Ray are married. The cold war between Jock and Miss Ellie over Takapa escalates. Bobby forms a new business
alliance with Cliff Barnes, but his growing jealousy over Pam forces a confrontation with Alex Ward.

4.18 (72) Dallas: Mark of Cain
13Mar81 CBS / prod. no. 189019
directed by Larry Hagman.
As Leslie Stewart "reels in" J.R., Bobby is caught in the middle of Jock and Miss Ellie's feud.

4.19 (73) Dallas: The gathering storm
27Mar81 CBS / prod. no. 189020
directed by Michael Preece.
Jock threatens to sell the company if Miss Ellie divorces him, thanks to J.R.'s manipulating.

4.20 (74) Dallas: Ewing vs. Ewing
3Apr81 CBS / prod. no. 189021
directed by Irving J. Moore.
Donna and Ray try to reconcile Jock and Miss Ellie only to find their problems run deeper than the Takapa project.
As J.R. accelerates his efforts to sell out Ewing Oil, Leslie Stewart's ex-husband shows up in Dallas.

4.21 (75) Dallas: New beginnings
10Apr81 CBS / prod. no. 189022
directed by Irving J. Moore.
Jock and Miss Ellie's reconciliation results in a second honeymoon and the
stalling of J.R.'s scheme to sell Ewing Oil.

4.22 (76) Dallas: Full circle
17Apr81 CBS / prod. no. 189023
directed by Michael Preece.
Kristin Sheppard returns from California to reveal another scheme. Sue
Ellen meets Dusty again; Lucy moves out on Mitch; Cliff uses Westar's help
to build a case against J.R. in connection with the South-East Asian coup,
and hands the materials over to Bobby's Senate committee.

4.23 (77) Dallas: Ewing-gate (season 4 finale)
1May81 CBS / prod. no. 189024
directed by Leonard Katzman.
J.R. faces the possible loss of Ewing Oil and a jail sentence for his role
in the Asian oil scandal. Cliff finds the body of a dead woman in the Southfork pool.

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