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Season 1 – Dynasty

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One of the quintessential 1980s prime-time soaps, "Dynasty" follows the gloriously over-the-top trials and tribulations of the fabulously wealthy and none-to-nice Carrington and Colby clans. Come for the catfights, stay for the shoulder pads and scenery chewing.
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Dynasty — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Dynasty is an opulent successor to the salacious dramas that it unabashedly borrows from, although viewers may find this backstabbing house to be less compelling than its television neighbors.

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Garry Shelley Sydney Morning Herald 09/20/2021
Dynasty has some great lines, even if most of them are downright bitchy cliches. You don't care, because everything is so lavish, colorful and screaming of money, money, money that elegance and pomp over? shadow the banality. Go to Full Review Brian Courtis The Age (Australia) 09/20/2021
A heated-up Dallas. It looks more expensive. It oozes wealth, with limousines, mansions, private jets and glamorous gowns flashed in every frame. Go to Full Review Anthony Clarke The Age (Australia) 09/20/2021
Dynasty, the latest soapie from the American froth-and-bubble production line, is worth watching. Once. After that the joke wears thin. Go to Full Review Julian Barnes Observer (UK) 09/20/2021
The shameful truth about Dynasty, which has to be spat out and sanded over, is that it is entirely wonderful: well-plotted, finely shot, sensitively acted, literate, artistic, and deeply moving. Go to Full Review Peter Conrad Observer (UK) 09/20/2021
Dallas is a soap opera, concerned with the problems and passions of its characters. Dynasty belongs in he different, more celestially and libidinally glossy genre we might call the orgiastic ad; its subject is possessions. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Mike P @RT09890132 11/02/2024 Aaron Spelling's copycat cousin to Dallas; which is just as enjoyable, really, in it's own way... It's another bloody Oil Barron's Ball; and another Battle Royale and Succession-type war to become king of the world in the Oil Industry... But this time in mountainous Colorado; not Southern Dallas...And actually, Spelling and the Shapiros always strived to make the Carringtons international jet-setters; not bed-bound to one city; but constantly globe-trotting to NYC, Milan and London...And always purveyors of the glossiest high-fashion styles of the day...And where Dynasty shows tended to look like the covers of GQ, Town and Country and Vogue; Dallas tended to look like He-Haw episodes...And that's all by design. And Alexis absolutely holds her own with villainous Dallas Super-Star J.R. Ewing...Maybe even surpasses him. So, worth watching, if you're up for some sexy, flashy and fun 80s prime time trash... Recommended 👍 See more Read all reviews
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John Forsythe

Blake Carrington

Linda Evans

Krystle Jennings Carrington

Pamela Sue Martin

Actor

Joan Collins

Alexis Carrington Colby

Heather Locklear

Sammy Jo Dean

John James

Jeff Colby

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 12, 1981 Oil Krystle Jennings plans to wed wealthy Blake Carrington but has an unexpected reunion with an old love, Matthew Blaisdel. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 12, 1981 Oil Blake and Krystle reconcile; Matthew meets with his wife and daughter and learns Blake has sabotaged a friend's oil rig. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 12, 1981 Oil Blake and Krystle wed; Walter seeks revenge for Blake's sabotage then becomes Matthew's partner; Jeff is attracted to Fallon. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 19, 1981 The Honeymoon Middle East unrest spoils the Carringtons' honeymoon; Steven goes to work for Matthew; Cecil Colby wants Fallon to marry his nephew Jeff. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 26, 1981 The Dinner Party Krystle clashes with Joseph and receives advice from Fallon; Blake needs Matthew's oil leases; Matthew reveals his love for Krystle. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 2, 1981 Fallon's Wedding Steven's former lover, Ted, wants him back; Fallon marries Jeff in Las Vegas; Blake hires Michael to work under cover against Matthew. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 16, 1981 The Chauffeur Tells a Secret Co-workers taunt Steven for being homosexual; Blake learns the reason for Fallon's marriage; Steven finds himself attracted to Claudia. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 23, 1981 The Bordello Blake staves off his creditors by putting his assets in Krystle's name; Walter takes Steven to a bordello; Matthew's rig is sabotaged. Details Episode 9 Aired Mar 2, 1981 Krystle's Lie Steven learns who framed him for the oil-rig sabotage; Blake and Krystle quarrel over birth control; Lindsay learns she is illegitimate. Details Episode 10 Aired Mar 2, 1981 The Necklace Michael tells Blake that Krystle pawned her necklace; Jeff learns the truth about his marriage; Steven's former lover, Ted, comes back. Details Episode 11 Aired Mar 9, 1981 The Beating Steven tells Blake he is leaving to attend college; Blake learns about Steven and Claudia, as does Lindsay; Fallon goes back to Michael. Details Episode 12 Aired Mar 16, 1981 The Birthday Party Blake learns that Krystle pawned her necklace and gave the money to Matthew; Jeff makes a drunken scene at Cecil's birthday party. Details Episode 13 Aired Mar 23, 1981 The Separation Ted confronts Claudia and vows to fight her for Steven; frustrated Krystle leaves Blake; Blake finds Steven with Ted and strikes Ted. Details Episode 14 Aired Apr 13, 1981 Blake Goes to Jail Blake is arrested in the death of Ted; Krystle returns and sits in for Blake at a meeting; Steven tells the truth about Ted on the stand. Details Episode 15 Aired Apr 20, 1981 The Testimony Fallon attacks Steven for his testimony; Claudia tells of her affair with Steven; Matthew attacks Blake; a surprise witness is called. Details

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Dynasty — Season 1

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Season Info

Network
ABC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 12, 1981