The search for Sue Ellen ends up in the police station drunk tank. Sue Ellen is moved to a detoxification ward where J.R. and Dusty have a confrontation which sends Sue Ellen into a frenzy. Miss Ellie and Clayton get J.R. to commit her to a sanitarium. Meanwhile, J.R. tries to keep Pam out of Ewing Oil while Cliff sees his own hopes of controlling Christopher's inheritance as a means of getting ahead of his nemesis.