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''Dynasty'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 11, 1989. It was created by Richard & Esther Shapiro and produced by Aaron Spelling, and revolved around the Carringtons, a wealthy oil family living in Denver, Colorado. Starring John Forsythe and Linda Evans as oil magnate Blake Carrington and his new wife Krystle, ''Dynasty'' was ABC's competitor to CBS's prime time series ''Dallas''.

The show's ratings for the first season were unremarkable, but the second season arrival of Joan Collins as Blake's scheming first wife Alexis heralded ''Dynasty'' rise into the Top 20, By 1984, it was a top ten show and by 1985, it was the #1 series on television. ''Dynasty'' was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Drama Series every year from 1981 to 1986, winning in 1984. ''Dynasty'' spawned a successful line of fashion and luxury products, and also a spin-off series called ''The Colbys''. ''Dynasty'' dropped from #7 to #24 during the 1986-87 season, and was ultimately canceled in May 1989 after a nine-season run.

Beginnings

Producer Spelling, already well-known for his successful ABC series, including ''Starsky and Hutch'', ''Charlie's Angels'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Fantasy Island'', ''Vega$'', and ''Hart to Hart'', took on Richard and Esther Shapiro's vision of a rich and powerful family who "lived and sinned" in a 48-room Denver mansion. Esther Shapiro claimed that an inspiration for the show was ''I, Claudius'', a fictionalized depiction of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Roman emperors. The working title for ''Dynasty'' was ''Oil'', and the starring role originally went to George Peppard. In early drafts of the pilot script, the two main families featured in the series were known as the Parkhursts and Corbys; by the time production began, they had been renamed the Carringtons and Colbys. Peppard, who had difficulties dealing with the somewhat unsympathetic role of patriarch Blake Carrington, was quickly replaced with John Forsythe (who voiced the eponymous Charlie in Spelling's ''Charlie's Angels''). Filmed in 1980, the pilot was among many delayed due to a strike precipitated by animosity between the television networks and the partnership of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. ''Dynasty'' finally premiered on ABC as a three-hour event on January 12, 1981.

Series history

The Carringtons

As ''Dynasty'' begins on January 12, 1981, powerful oil tycoon Blake Carrington (Forsythe) is about to marry the younger Krystle Jennings (Linda Evans), his former secretary. Beautiful, earnest, and new to Blake's world, Krystle finds a hostile reception in the Carrington household — the staff patronizes her, and Blake's headstrong and promiscuous daughter Fallon (Pamela Sue Martin) resents her. Though devoted to Krystle, Blake himself is too preoccupied with his company, Denver-Carrington, and blind to Krystle's predicament. Her only ally is her stepson Steven (Al Corley), whose complicated relationship with Blake stems from their fundamental political differences and Steve's resistance to step into his role as future leader of the Carrington empire. Meanwhile Fallon, better suited to follow in Blake's footsteps, as a woman is underestimated by — and considered little more than a trophy to — father Blake. She channels her energies into toying with various male suitors, including the Carrington chauffeur Michael Culhane (Wayne Northrop). At the end of the three-hour premiere episode "Oil", Steven finally confronts his father, criticizing Blake's capitalistic values and seemingly-amoral business practices. Blake explodes, revealing the secret of which Steven thought his father was unaware: Blake is disgusted by Steven's homosexuality, and his refusal to "conform" sets father and son at odds for some time.

In counterpoint to the Carringtons are the Blaisdels; Denver-Carrington geologist Matthew (Bo Hopkins) unhappily married to the emotionally fragile Claudia (Pamela Bellwood) is Krystle's ex-lover. Returning from an extended assignment in the Middle East, Matthew quits and goes into business with wildcatter Walter Lankershim (Dale Robertson), and as Blake's behavior begins pushing Krystle towards Matthew, the men are set as both business and romantic rivals. Blake is further enraged when Steven goes to work for longtime friend Matthew, in whom Steven sees qualities lacking in Blake. Though previously in a relationship with another man, Steven finds himself drawn to Claudia, who is putting her life back together after spending time in a psychiatric hospital. Fallon makes a secret business deal with Blake's old friend and more-powerful business rival Cecil Colby (Lloyd Bochner), marrying his nephew Jeff (John James) to secure Cecil's financial assistance for her father. When Blake stumbles upon Steven in an innocent goodbye embrace with his former lover Ted Dinard (Mark Withers), Blake angrily pushes the two men apart; Ted falls backward and hits his head, the injury proving fatal. Blake is arrested and charged with murder, and an angry Steven testifies that Ted's death had been the result of malicious intent. A veiled surprise witness for the prosecution appears in the season finale "The Testimony", and Fallon gasps in recognition: "Oh my God, that's my mother!"

Enter Alexis

In the first episode of the second season, titled "Enter Alexis", the mysterious witness removes her sunglasses to reveal British actress Joan Collins as a new arrival to the series. Collins' Alexis Carrington blazed a trail across the show and its storylines; the additions of Collins and the "formidable writing team" of Eileen and Robert Mason Pollock are generally credited with ''Dynasty'''s subsequent rise in the Nielsen ratings. The Pollocks "soft-pedaled the business angle" of the show and "bombarded viewers with every soap opera staple in the book, presented at such a fast clip that a new tragedy seemed to befall the Carrington family every five minutes." Alexis' testimony nonwithstanding, Krystle is immediately put off by the former Mrs. Carrington's condescending attitude and manipulations; Krystle's subsequent discovery that Alexis had caused Krystle's miscarriage by intentionally startling her horse with a gunshot settles Alexis as Krystle's implacable nemesis. Other new characters of the season are the psychiatrist Nick Toscanni (James Farentino), who tries to seduce Krystle while bedding Fallon and plotting against Blake, and Krystle's greedy niece Sammy Jo Dean (Heather Locklear), who marries Steven for his money. The season finale sees Blake left for dead on a mountain after a fight with Nick. By that time, ''Dynasty'' had entered the Top 20. In the third season, Alexis marries Cecil on his deathbed and acquires his company, Colbyco. In the meantime, Adam Carrington (Gordon Thomson), the long-lost son of Alexis and Blake who had been kidnapped in infancy, reappears in Denver. Also introduced are Krystle's ex-husband, tennis pro Mark Jennings (Geoffrey Scott), and Kirby Anders (Kathleen Beller), the daughter of longtime Carrington majordomo Joseph (Lee Bergere). Kirby catches Adam's eye but weds Jeff after his divorce from Fallon. In the middle of the season, news that Steven has been killed in an accident in Indonesia comes to the Carringtons; he survives, but undergoes plastic surgery and returns to Denver portrayed by Jack Coleman. In the third season cliffhanger, Alexis lures Krystle to Steven's cabin and the two are locked inside while the cabin is set ablaze by an unseen arsonist (later revealed to be Joseph, who had meant for the fire to kill only Alexis and not Krystle).

With the show's popularity soaring in the fourth season, former President Gerald Ford guest-starred as himself in 1983, along with his wife Betty and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. New characters included the charming and ambitious Farnsworth "Dex" Dexter (Michael Nader), the unscrupulous playboy Peter De Vilbis (Helmut Berger), and Blake's illegitimate African American half-sister, Dominique Deveraux (Diahann Carroll). The main storylines included a custody battle between Steven and Blake over Steven and Sammy Jo's son Danny, and a false accusation of illegal weapons dealings orchestrated by Alexis to ruin Blake's financial empire. In the season finale, Fallon disappears just before her second wedding to Jeff (now divorced of Kirby) as her car seemingly collides with a truck on a stormy night (to accommodate the departure of Pamela Sue Martin from the series), while Alexis is arrested for the murder of Mark Jennings.

In the fifth season, Alexis is exonerated and her secret daughter Amanda Bedford (Catherine Oxenberg) comes to Denver and discovers that Blake is her father. Steven has married Claudia but leaves her for a man, and Sammy Jo discovers she is the heiress to a huge fortune. At the end of the season, an amnesiac Fallon, now portrayed by actress Emma Samms, reappears while the rest of the family go to Europe for the wedding of Amanda and Prince Michael of Moldavia (Michael Praed). During the season, the series attracted controversy when Rock Hudson's real-life HIV-positive status was revealed after a romantic storyline between his character Daniel Reece and Evans' Krystle. Hudson's scenes required him to kiss Evans and, as news that he had contracted AIDS broke, there was speculation Evans would be at risk. Driven by the new head writer and producer Camille Marchetta, who had devised the wildly-successful 'Who Shot J.R.?' scenario on ''Dallas'' five years earlier, ''Dynasty'' hit #1 that year.

The "Moldavian Massacre"

Undoubtedly the most famous ''Dynasty'' cliffhanger is the so-called "Moldavian massacre" during the May 1985 season finale. Amanda and Michael's royal wedding is interrupted by terrorists in a military coup of Moldavia, riddling the chapel with bullets and leaving all of the major characters lying seemingly lifeless. It became the most talked-about episode of any TV series during the calendar year of 1985, with a viewership of 60 million. In 2011, Ken Tucker of ''Entertainment Weekly'' named it one of the seven "Unforgettable Cliff-Hangers" of prime time dramatic television. When the series resumed in the fall, viewers quickly learned that only two minor characters had died: Steven's boyfriend Luke Fuller (Billy Campbell) and Jeff's love interest Lady Ashley Mitchell (Ali MacGraw). In the 2006 CBS special ''Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar'', Gordon Thomson reiterated that it was the ''follow-up'' that was the letdown, not the cliffhanger itself. Joan Collins was conspicuously absent from the season six opener; she was in a tense contract renegotiation with the show, seeking an increased salary. As a result, the first episode had to be rewritten to explain her absence and many scenes were given to Krystle. Collins' demands were met (she reportedly signed a $60,000 per episode contract) and she returned to the series in the season's second episode.

Continuing seasons and decline

Though still a top-10 show, ''Dynasty'' dropped from #1 to #7 in the ratings in the sixth season, which featured a lookalike woman named Rita who poses as Krystle, introduced Alexis' sister Caress (Kate O'Mara), and launched the spin-off ''The Colbys''. Spurned by Blake, Alexis finds his estranged brother Ben (Christopher Cazenove) and the two successfully plot to strip Blake of his fortune. Steven's budding relationship with closeted Bart Fallmont (Kevin Conroy) is ruined by Adam's business-motivated public reveal that Bart is gay, and the May 21, 1986 season finale finds Blake strangling Alexis while the rest of the cast is in peril at the La Mirage hotel, which is accidentally set on fire by Claudia.

As the seventh season begins in September 1986, Blake stops short of killing Alexis, Claudia has died in the fire, and Amanda (now played by American Karen Cellini following Oxenberg's departure) is rescued by a returning Michael Culhane. Blake turns the tables on Ben and Alexis and recovers his wealth, but loses his memory after an oil rig explosion. Alexis finds Blake and, with everyone believing he is dead, perpetuates the belief that they are still married. Living with a clean slate, Alexis finds herself softening to Blake, and ultimately tells him the truth as he reunites with Krystle. Krystina receives a heart transplant but is kidnapped; Sammy Jo's marriage to Clay Fallmont (Ted McGinley) crumbles and she falls into bed with Steven; Amanda leaves town, and ''North and South'' Terri Garber arrives as Ben's daughter Leslie Carrington. Adam's season-long romance with Blake's secretary Dana Waring (Leann Hunley) culminates in a wedding, which is punctuated in the May 6, 1987 season finale by Alexis' car plunging off a bridge into a river and the violent return of a vengeful Matthew Blaisdel. ''Dynasty'' dropped to #24, and out of the top 30 in the 1987–1988 eighth season.

With ''The Colbys'' cancelled, Jeff and Fallon return for ''Dynasty'' eighth season, their marriage now falling apart again. Matthew, returned from the dead but troubled by headaches, holds the Carringtons hostage in hopes that Krystle will run away with him. Steven ends the siege by reluctantly stabbing his old friend to death. Alexis is saved by a handsome and mysterious stranger, Sean Rowan (James Healey); she marries him, not realizing that he is Joseph's son and Kirby's brother, bent on revenge. Steven and Sammy Jo's reconciliation is short-lived as the pursuit of children unravels Adam and Dana's marriage. Sean begins to manipulate and destroy the Carringtons from the inside, with he and Dex fighting to the death in the March 30, 1988 season finale. Blake comes home to find Krystle missing and their bedroom in shambles.

The ninth and final 1988–1989 season brought a move from Wednesday to Thursday, and new Executive Supervising Producer David Paulsen, who took over the plotting of the series. In a money-saving move, Evans appeared in only a handful of episodes at the start of the season as an ailing Krystle seeks brain surgery in Switzerland but is left in an offscreen coma. Similarly, Collins was contracted for only 13 out of the season's 22 episodes; former ''Colbys'' character Sable (Stephanie Beacham) was brought in as both a platonic confidante for Blake and a nemesis for Alexis, and Tracy Scoggins also reprised her ''Colbys'' role as Sable's daughter Monica. A storyline involving a murder and an old secret tying the Carrington, Colby, and Dexter families together spans the season as Alexis and Sable spar first over business and then over Dex.

Ratings, however, continued to drop and were further exacerbated by the timeslot switch as now the series was facing off against the strong NBC Thursday night line-up, which had regularly drawn the lion's share of the audience that night (led by ''The Cosby Show'', which had supplanted ''Dynasty'' as the #1 show on television in 1986 and had continued to hold that lead). In May 1989, new ABC entertainment president Robert A. Iger cancelled ''Dynasty''; with the last episode of season nine now the series finale, the show ended with Blake, Alexis, and Dex in mortal peril.

The "catfights"

Over the run of the series, the rivalry between Alexis and Krystle is a primary driver for the melodrama. Alexis resents Krystle's supplanting of her position as mistress of the Carrington household and tries to undermine her at every opportunity, while Krystle makes increasingly bold efforts to keep Alexis from interfering in the lives of their mutual loved ones. The pair have numerous verbal spats, accented by slaps across the face, but on more than one occasion they have physical altercations. "Unfortunately, the thing people remember about this show is the catfights," noted Collins in 1991. Krystle and Alexis famously brawl in Alexis' cottage and later in a lily pond, hurl mud at each other at a beauty salon, and slide down a ravine together into a puddle of mud before their final showdown in a fashion studio in the 1991 miniseries ''Dynasty: The Reunion''. In 2008 ''Entertainment Weekly'' termed Alexis and Krystle's catfights "the gold standard of scratching and clawing." Later in the series Alexis battles Blake's half-sister Dominique Deveraux (Diahann Carroll) and her own cousin Sable Colby (Stephanie Beacham); Heather Locklear's Sammy Jo has catfights with both Amanda (Catherine Oxenberg) in a swimming pool and Fallon (Emma Samms) in a horse trough and the mud around it. Evans even battles with herself at the climax of a 1985–1986 storyline in which Krystle is imprisoned and replaced by a lookalike, also played by Evans.

Spin-offs and television events

A spin-off, ''The Colbys'', debuted in 1985 as Fallon "returned from the dead" and ex-husband Jeff followed her to Los Angeles, where they became embroiled in the family intrigues of Jeff's wealthy California relatives. Pamela Sue Martin had been asked to reprise the role of Fallon, but declined; the show lasted for just two seasons, ending in 1987, and both Fallon and Jeff returned to ''Dynasty''.

A miniseries, ''Dynasty: The Reunion'', aired in October 1991. Billed as a wrap-up for the dangling plotlines left by the series' abrupt cancellation 2½ years earlier, ''The Reunion'' resolved some storylines but ignored others.

The cable channel SOAPnet aired repeats of all nine seasons. In January 2004, creator Esther Shapiro participated in a marathon of the show's episodes, called "Serial Bowl: Alexis vs. Krystle", giving behind-the-scenes tidbits and factoids.

On January 2, 2005, ABC aired a fictionalized television movie called ''Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure'' chronicling the creation and backstage details of ''Dynasty''. It received mixed reviews both for content and for historical accuracy, and was criticized by Forsythe, Evans, and Collins in separate press releases. Filmed in Australia, the movie starred Bartholomew John as Forsythe, Melora Hardin as Evans, and Alice Krige as Collins. The film begins with a disclaimer noting the inclusion of "time compression and composite and fictionalized characters and incidents," and takes dramatic license with both the historical timeline and events, as well as the fictional storylines originally presented on ''Dynasty''.

On May 2, 2006, a television special named ''Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar'' aired on CBS. It assembled former cast members from the series, including John Forsythe, Joan Collins, and Linda Evans, as well as the four original actors who played the Carrington children (Pamela Sue Martin, Al Corley, Gordon Thomson, and Catherine Oxenberg). The cast reminisced about their time filming ''Dynasty'' together in this special, which was filmed at the Filoli mansion used for exterior locations in the series.

The Shapiros announced on January 12, 2011 that they had written a prequel feature film script set in the 1960s, and were shopping it to studios seeking to begin a ''Dynasty'' film franchise.

Behind the scenes

The Filoli estate in Woodside, California was used as the 48-room Carrington mansion in the opening credits, establishing shots, and some outdoor scenes in the pilot episode. Some of the other exterior shots of the Carrington mansion (including the lily pond catfight) were shot at a 17-room Palladian house called Arden Villa.

John Forsythe was the only cast member to appear in all 220 episodes of the series. Linda Evans appeared in 204 of the 220 episodes, leaving the series after appearing in only six episodes of the ninth and final season. Joan Collins, who did not join the cast until the second season, also missed one episode in season 6 and nine episodes in season 9, and was subsequently present for a total of 195 episodes. Forsythe and John James were the only two original cast members to appear in the final episode.

Commercial tie-ins

The creations of series costume designer Nolan Miller became so popular that ''Dynasty'' spawned its own line of women's apparel called "The ''Dynasty'' Collection" — a series of haute couture designs based on costumes worn by Joan Collins, Linda Evans and Diahann Carroll. Christopher Schemering's ''The Soap Opera Encyclopedia'' notes that later, "capitalizing on that success, the show put out a men's fashion line, ''Dynasty'' sheets and towels, 'Forever Krystle' perfume, dolls, and — in keeping with the nothing-is-sacred spirit of the show — even wall-to-wall carpeting and panty hose."

In addition, the Crystal Light beverage hired Linda Evans as a spokesperson due to her character's name (Krystle) on ''Dynasty''.

Two fictional novels were published, based on scripts from early episodes — ''Dynasty'' (1983) and ''Alexis Returns'' (1984) — written by Eileen Lottman. In 1984, Doubleday/Dolphin published the companion book ''Dynasty: The Authorized Biography of the Carringtons'', which included an introduction by Esther Shapiro. ''The Authorized Biography'' featured storyline synopses in the form of extended biographies of the main characters, descriptions of primary locations (like the Carrington Estate and La Mirage) and dozens of photos from the series.

''Glamour, Greed & Glory: Dynasty'' by Judith A. Moose was released in 2005 and included facts, stories, episode guides and photos. Author Moose later claimed that through research at Spelling Entertainment, she discovered the middle names (unused on air) of some key characters: Alexis Marissa, Amanda Kimberly, Blake Alexander, Claudia Mary and Fallon Marissa.

Reception

U.S. ratings

''Dynasty'' was a top-30 hit for its second through seventh seasons, reaching #1 for the 1984–1985 season.

Season 2 (1981–1982): #19 Season 3 (1982–1983): #5 Season 4 (1983–1984): #3 Season 5 (1984–1985): #1 Season 6 (1985–1986): #7 Season 7 (1986–1987): #24

Awards and nominations

''Dynasty'' was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Drama Series every year from 1981 to 1986, winning in 1984. Forsythe and Collins were also nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress every year from 1981 to 1986, and Evans was nominated for Best Actress every year from 1981 to 1985. Evans won in 1982 (tying with Barbara Bel Geddes of rival series ''Dallas''), Forsythe won in 1983 and 1984, and Collins won in 1983.

DVD releases

The first season of ''Dynasty'' was released on Region 1 DVD on April 19, 2005 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The rights to subsequent seasons (and Season 1 rights for other regions) reverted to CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount) in November 2006.

The show is rated  PG  for Parental Guidance in Australia and  PG  in New Zealand for adult themes.

!	!Season	!Ep #	!Region 1	!Region 2 (United Kingdom)	!Region 2 (Germany)	!Region 2 (Sweden)	!Region 4 (Australia)	!Additional Content
	Season 1	15	April 19, 2005	March 9, 2009	July 3, 2008	April 9, 2008	April 9, 2008	All 15 episodes of the first season,
	Season 2	22	August 14, 2007	March 9, 2009	March 5, 2009	October 22, 2008	October 1, 2008	All 22 episodes of the second season, Interactive Season 2 Family Tree (Blake, Alexis, Krystle, Fallon, Jeff, Steven, Sammy Jo and Little Blake profiles).
	Season 3, Volume 1	12	June 17, 2008	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	US/Region 1: First 12 episodes of Season 3
	Season 3, Volume 2	12	October 21, 2008	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	US/Region 1: Second 12 episodes of Season 3
	Season 3, Complete Season	24	N/A	May 18, 2009	September 3, 2009	April 29, 2009	April 2, 2009	All 24 episodes of Season 3 released in a single volume
	Season 4, Volume 1	14	April 7, 2009	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	US/Region 1: First 14 episodes of Season 4
	Season 4, Volume 2	13	February 2, 2010	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	US/Region 1: Second 13 episodes of Season 4
	Season 4, Complete Season	27	N/A	March 8, 2010	December 3, 2009	November 25, 2009	December 24, 2009	All 27 episodes of Season 4 released in a single volume
	Season 5, Volume 1	15	July 5, 2011	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	US/Region 1: First 15 episodes of Season 5
	Season 5, Volume 2	14	July 5, 2011	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	US/Region 1: Second 14 episodes of Season 5
	Season 5, Complete Season	29	N/A	June 21, 2010	July 8, 2010	July 28, 2010	August 5, 2010	All 29 episodes of Season 5 released in a single volume
	Season 6, Complete Season	31	TBA	January 24, 2011	December 9, 2010	November 24, 2010	TBA	All 31 episodes of Season 6 released in a single volume
	Season 7, Complete Season	28	TBA	TBA	December 8, 2011	TBA	TBA	All 28 episodes of Season 7 released in a single volume
	Season 8, Complete Season	22	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	Season 9, Complete Season	22	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

See also

List of ''Dynasty'' episodes

Carrington family tree

List of ''Dynasty'' characters

''Dynasty'' minor characters

References and notes

External links

Ultimate ''Dynasty''

Der Denver Clan – German language ''Dynasty'' site

Dynastie – French language ''Dynasty'' site

Where are the stars of ''Dynasty'' now?

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name	Dominique Deveraux
series	DYNASTY
portrayer	Diahann Carroll
first	Episode 87"New Lady in Town"
years	1984-1987
last	Episode 176"Shadow Play"
cause	Leaves town to marry Nick Kimball
creator	Richard and Esther Shapiro
spinoffs	''The Colbys'' (1985, 1986)
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alias	Millie Cox (birth name)
gender	Female
occupation	Singer-songwriter CEO of Deveraux Group, Inc.
parents	Tom Carrington (deceased) Laura Matthews (deceased)
siblings	Blake Carrington (half-brother)Ben Carrington (half-brother)
spouse	Brady Lloyd (divorced)
romances	Garrett Boydston Jonathan Lake Nick Kimball
children	Jackie Deveraux
aunts/uncles	Charles Matthews Jane Matthews Aunt Bessie Matthews (deceased)
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Dominique Deveraux (née Millie Cox; formerly Lloyd) is a fictional character on the American TV series ''Dynasty'' and its spin-off ''The Colbys''. The role was portrayed by Diahann Carroll from 1984 through 1987.

Dynasty (Season 4): 1983-1984

Successful and wealthy chanteuse Dominique Deveraux arrives in Denver in "New Lady in Town" (1984) with a flourish, asking Fallon Carrington Colby (Pamela Sue Martin) questions about her mother, Alexis Colby (Joan Collins). In the next episode, the fourth season finale, Dominique wonders aloud to herself, ''"Won't it just knock their socks off when they find out I'm a Carrington?"''

Dynasty (Season 5): 1984-1985

Dominique's husband Brady Lloyd (Billy Dee Williams) arrives in Denver in the September 26, 1984 season premiere episode, "Disappearance." He asks why Dominique is performing at La Mirage. Brady and Dominique fight when she will not tell him why she is choosing to remain in Denver. Dominique's hostility toward oil tycoon Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) is noticed by Blake's wife Krystle (Linda Evans).

Following Fallon's memorial service in "The Rescue," Dominique makes the shocking claim that she is the daughter of Blake's father Tom Carrington and his longtime mistress, Laura Matthews, and offers proof(found in a letter in an old trunk left in the care of Laura's sister Bessie) , therefore making her Blake's half-sister. A financially-strapped Blake makes a business deal with Dominique: Forty percent of Denver-Carrington in exchange for 70 million dollars. This subsequently makes Dominique an enemy of Alexis Colby, who has been scheming to destroy her ex-husband Blake. When Brady learns the truth, he is furious that Dominique didn't confide in him earlier. Soon after, Brady and Dominique separate and he leaves Denver.

As Blake's business partner, Dominique travels to Istanbul to meet the shady Rashid Ahmed. She offers him $10 million to confess to having framed Blake for illegal weapons trafficking. Rashid "confesses" and then is shot by the police. Despite this assistance, in episode 100, Blake tells Dominique that Tom denies that he is her father. Furious, Dominique considers selling her stake in Denver-Carrington to Alexis. But in episode 102, "The Will," Dominique and Blake visit their father Tom on his deathbed in Sumatra; Alexis, a favorite of Tom's, follows them. Tom meets his illegitimate daughter Dominique for the first time, and she convinces him to accept her. Tom dies, but not before including Dominique in his will, as well as making her the executor, which further infuriates Alexis (who is also a beneficiary). In episode 103, "The Treasure," Blake and Dominique discuss the matter between them and Blake finally acknowledges her as his half-sister. Dominique, in a show of gratitude, tells Blake that she has dropped the lawsuit she had against him. Later on, Blake summons Alexis to his office and tells her that if she persists in trying to break Tom's will, he will put his support firmly behind Dominique. Furthermore, he reiterates the fact that she is now family and that he will fight to the death for her. Alexis concedes to Blake's demands, but tells him she'll find a way to destroy Dominique regardless. Later that evening at the Carrington mansion, Blake holds a dinner gathering to formally welcome Dominique into the family. Adam goes out of his way to welcome her as well and Dominique is overcome with emotion. Later on, Amanda tells Alexis about the gathering and that she is proud to have Dominique as her new aunt, much to Alexis' annoyance. Alexis then places a call to one of her associates and orders him to find out everything he can about Dominique.

In episode 108, Dominique learns that Brady has filed for divorce and that Alexis is attempting to take over her company, Deveraux Group, Inc., after which she collapses. At the hospital Dominique learns that she needs heart surgery. She pulls through her illness and becomes closer to Blake and Krystle. Noticing that famed photojournalist Lady Ashley Mitchell appears to have designs on Blake, she warns Ashley to keep away and advises Krystle to watch out.

Dominique is among the family guests invited to Moldavia to celebrate the wedding of her niece, Amanda, to Prince Michael, where a military coup takes place and insurgents take over the chapel and gun down the entire wedding party.

Dynasty (Season 6)/The Colbys (Season 1): 1985-1986

Dominique survives the wedding massacre, and rejects an offer by the rebel leader to remain in Moldavia to "entertain the troops and improve morale". Back in Denver, Dominique works with Blake on a pipeline deal with Jason Colby (Charlton Heston). She encounters Jonathan Lake (Calvin Lockhart), a state department employee, who reminds Dominique that they met years ago in Paris. Romance seems to be blossoming between the pair, but then a man from her past returns: Garrett Boydston (Ken Howard), Jason Colby's lawyer. Garrett tries to rekindle their romance, but Dominque is resistant. Years earlier, Dominique and Garrett had an affair. At the time, Garrett claimed that he was married and refused to leave his wife. Dominique is torn between the two men until she learns that Jonathan has aligned himself with Bart Fallmont, a politician who is fighting the pipeline project.

Dominique travels frequently to Los Angeles, and hires Monica Colby (Tracy Scoggins) to help run her L.A.-based record company. While there, she continues to see Garrett. He cannot understand her reluctance to resume their relationship.

In episode 134, Dominique's daughter, Jackie (Troy Beyer) visits her mother and asks to remain in Denver instead of returning to boarding school in Europe. In episode 136, Garrett meets Jackie and is immediately convinced that he is her father. Garrett presses Dominique but she continues to deny that he is Jackie's father. Jackie, who would like to see her mother married and happy, also wonders about the true nature of their relationship. In episode 143, Jackie runs away when she learns that her father is listed as "unknown" on her birth certificate. Alexis encounters Jackie and manipulates the girl into telling her troubles. Dominique finally admits to Garrett that he is indeed Jackie's father. Jackie returns home in episode 145 and finally learns that Garrett is her father.

In episode 146, Dominique and Garrett decide to marry. In the season finale, at their engagement party Alexis reveals that Garrett was never married before. He lied in order to avoid a long-term relationship. Dominique slaps Alexis and orders her to leave. She confronts Garrett with the story who admits that he lied so many years ago. Stunned, Dominique breaks off the engagement. Her guests continue to celebrate, unaware that the wedding is cancelled — or that a fire is raging in other parts of the hotel.

Dynasty (Season 7)/The Colbys (Season 2): 1986-1987

During the fire, Dominique panics when she cannot find Jackie. Dex manages to rescue Jackie, but she is badly burned. Jackie provides eye witness testimony to the cause of the fire, before leaving Denver for state-of-the-art burn treatment.

During this time, Dominique helps Blake to fight Alexis, who has taken over Blake's company with the assistance of their estranged brother, Ben. She also attempts to revive her singing career. When a bad review appears in Alexis's newspaper, Dominique goes to confront her in episode 160 and a cat fight ensues.

In episode 154, Dominique meets geologist Nick Kimball, who romantically pursues her. Dominique resists him at first, but by episode 158 she gives in to his advances and they share a passionate night together. In episode 163, Nick saves Dominique from two thugs who were sent by businessman Gary Tilden to "rough her up" after she rejected a business deal from Tilden. But Dominique is still restrained about their relationship - and draws closer to Alexis's ex-husband Dex. Nick returns in episode 173 to whisk Dominique off for a romantic weekend in San Francisco, where he proposes. While Dominique contemplates marrying Nick, Jackie returns to Denver to tell her mother that Garrett is still in love with her. In episode 175, Jackie asks Nick to break it off with Dominique. When Dominique states that she will not get back together with Garrett, a defeated Jackie leaves Denver again. In episode 176, the season finale, Dominique and Nick attend the wedding of her nephew, Adam. After the ceremony, Dominique accepts his proposal and the two leave Denver.

Dynasty (Season 9): 1988-1989

Though not physically seen after Season Seven, Dominique (having revived her singing career touring Europe and presumably no longer with Nick ) was mentioned in Season Nine as Blake investigated the murder of Roger Grimes. Blake visited Dominique's uncle Charles Matthews, brother to her mother Laura and late Aunt Bessie. Charles and his wife Jane later provided Blake with some of his father's belongings, left with them by Laura & then Bessie for safekeeping.

Behind the scenes

Dominique was added as a foil for Joan Collins' Alexis, though when the character was originally written, the producers had not decided how to use her. A number of scenes were filmed to introduce her (to circumvent any chance the storyline would leak to the press) including alternative lines that revealed Dominique to be the mother of Kirby Anders, and also the former wife of Cecil Colby.

It has been widely rumored that, in Season 9, the repeated mentions of Dominique's name and the appearance of a mysterious, unseen woman in a limousine were paving the way for Dominique's return in a 10th Season of the series. The time was certainly right for Dominique's return: Linda Evans had left the series early in Season 9, and Joan Collins had already begun to reduce her involvement, appearing in fewer episodes that season. Aside from the Season 9 reemergence of Stephanie Beacham as Sable Colby, the series would have been left without a mature female presence in Season 10. (The series was canceled at the end of Season 9, so this never came to pass).

Diahann Carroll appeared as Dominique in 71 episodes of Dynasty, and 7 episodes of The Colbys. She is one of a small group of actresses to play the same role on 2 TV series simultaneously.

Ms. Carroll is a gifted singer, and was repeatedly featured rehearsing and/or performing songs on several episodes of both Dynasty and The Colbys.

Notes and references

See also

Carrington family tree

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