A special feature-length programme about the rich and powerful Texas family starring Barbara Bel Geddes as Ellie Ewing, Jim Davis as Jock Ewing, Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing, Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing, Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing, Victoria Principal as Pamela Ewing, Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing, Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes and Keenan Wynn as Digger Barnes

Ellie undergoes surgery to remove a lump in her breast. But her secret fears are realised - it is cancer and to save her life a mastectomy has to be performed. Her mental anguish is added to by an unwittingly ill-timed confession by Jock.