Not really crazy about this episode, another one where everyone seems to be running in place while the producers and scriptwriters decide what to do next, so this entry will be fairly short.
The only real development is that J.R. has focused in on Kimberly Cryder, the wife of his new nemesis, Wilson Cryder. Wilson is the new head of Westar, who has somehow replaced Jeremy Wendell. (No idea what happened to Jeremy, don't recall any explanatory scenes, he was just... gone... after last season. Contract dispute? Who knows.)
Anyway, J.R. has decided that Kimberly is the conduit he needs, and is taking steps to seduce her. This hits the nail on the head of one of the fundamental fallacies of this entire series. Why are we expected to believe that every woman J.R. encounters starts dripping at the mere sight of him? Larry Hagman in "I Dream of Jeannie" was kind of cute. Larry Hagman in "Dallas", especially after the first few seasons, is just not swoon-worthy. I don't get it. What am I missing?
So, to focus on the few other tidbits in this episode...
Ray returns from visiting the non-existing Donna in Washington. He just wanted her approval to marry Jenna. Uh huh. But Jenna and the estrogen-shooting Charly seem to buy it, and Ray re-proposes to Jenna on the shores of some lake that we've never seen before.
This time, Jenna whole-heartedly accepts, but I really don't think it had anything to do with it being Ray or the charming setting next to an unknown lake. It had more to do with the fact that Priscilla Presley was not forced to wear a skull-crushing bow in her hair for the scene, and in the spirit-cleansing freedom of it all, Priscilla/Jenna would have agreed to any proposal on the table.
Lisa the Christopher-stalker is closing in on Bobby and son. Still don't have any idea what's going on there, but I can't get past the evil aura of the ice cream social in the past episode, and I just know danger is lurking.
Sue Ellen and Nicholas Pearce are still circling each other, with different agendas, but at least this time Nicholas orders dinner and has it delivered to Sue Ellen's office, and apparently that's all it takes, as Sue Ellen immediately softens and both smile at each other. Blech.
The Cliff and Dandy dance continues, even though Cliff has paid for tests and is fully aware that there is nothing in Dandy's hole. Please re-read the previous sentence, because even I can't believe I just typed it.
No real news with Miss Ellie and Clayton. Apparently she must have stopped crying and clutching at her face, and they've gone to play golf, or to the zoo, or maybe they went to ask Punk Anderson how he possibly could have won Oil Baron of the year for doing nothing. It's a legitimate question, and I'm far more interested in that answer than I am in anything else that happens in this episode.
Oh, and April has hired a private detective to investigate Nicholas Pearce after she and he run into a supposed stranger that thinks he knows Nicholas from the Bronx, only the stranger knows Nicholas by a different name. OMG! What could possibly be up?
Who cares.
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