Over five years ago (from the series-ending in 1991), ruthless but irresistible J.R. Ewing lost his vast family business, Ewing Oil, to his archenemy Cliff Barnes. Distraught and humiliated, J.R., Confronted the devil himself and fired one shot from his gun. Now, we learn that J.R. did not commit suicide. He's very much alive and planning his return to power.
J.R.'s younger brother, the decent Bobby Ewing, has a loving relationship with his own 18-year-old son, Christopher, who has inherited Bobby's honesty. Bobby's lonely, of course, since the death of his beloved wife, April, and his loneliness is amplified by the emptiness of Southfork, the massive ranch that used to be filled with the tumultuous Ewing family