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The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven,

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    Dynasty Season 2 Episode 3 - Alexis' Secret
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Alexis' Secret

    S2:E3

    Claudia is released from the hospital. When she comes home, she tries to kill herself by taking an overdose with pills, but she's saved by Blake's friend, dr. Nick Toscanni. It turns out that Nick's secret plan is to get back at Blake for something that happened in the past. Fallon and Jeff decides they want to have a baby. Claudia moves into the Carrington mansion. Blake tries to get Alexis out of his property. Alexis tells Steven that he is Blake's only child and that Fallon's father is another man.

    Director:Richard Kinon
    Writer:Robert Pollock

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  2. Dynasty Season 3 Episode 16 - The Mirror
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Mirror

    S3:E16

    Alexis, concerned the doctors will learn the truth behind Jeff's illness, orders his office to be remodeled and the lethal paint compound removed. Mark and Fallon make love in Haiti; Blake learns Alexis is planning to orchestrate a Denver-Carrington/Colbyco merger to control both companies. Dr. Edwards, a physician who cared for Adam in his younger days, arrives in Denver to see his former patient, a one-time drug user. In the Singapore hospital, Steven's bandages are removed and he is handed a mirror. Blake is stunned to learn the hospital has found poison in Jeff's bloodstream.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 3 - Oil (3)
    1.5/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Oil (3)

    S1:E3

    Blake and Krystle finally get married. Blake talks a bit with his son about the homosexuality. There's a big wedding at the mansion, and among the guests are Cecil Colby and his nephew Jeffrey Broderick ""Jeff"" Colby. Cecil is a big oilman like Blake, but he's much bigger, and Blake's company, Denver-Carrington, is just a newsstand compared to Cecil's ColbyCo Oil. Walter blurs into the big wedding, furious about the sabotage on his rig. He and Blake fight about this, and Matthew takes Walter's side in the fight, which leads to Blake firing Matthew.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 1 - Oil (1)
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    #4 - Oil (1)

    S1:E1

    The big, wealthy oil tycoon Blake Carrington and his former secretary, Krystle Grant Jennings are getting married. Krystle's ex-boyfriend, Matthew Blaisdel, who's been working as a geologist on one of Blake's oil rigs in the Mideast for a year and a half

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 2 - Oil (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Oil (2)

    S1:E2

    Matthew gets a little visit from an old acquaintance, Walter Lankershim. Walter asks for money, because he's in trouble. He's lent money from Blake to drill for oil, but he haven't made any strikes. Matthew refuses to give him any money. Matthew goes to visit his present wife, Claudia, who's been in a mental institution for 18 months, but he learns that she's much better, and she's been released. Matthew, Claudia and their daughter, Lindsay, decides to start over again as a family. Blake and Krystle get to talk about their disagreements, and starts planning a big wedding. There's an accident on Walter's oil rig and he finds out that somebody has been sabotaging. He's convinced that Carrington has something to do with this.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 4 - The Honeymoon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - The Honeymoon

    S1:E4

    Blake and Krystle have to break off their honeymoon, because Blake's in a bit of a crisis at work, and he has to go home to do business. Walter gets in trouble with the workers on his rig, but he gets it all straightened out, and both Matthew and Steven get a job there. Blake doesn't like this. Krystle has problems getting along as a wealthy woman, with all the servants and the money. Matthew and Claudia fight alot, they both think it's difficult to start this new life. Cecil and Fallon have negotiations of their own. Cecil is going to help Blake out of his problems, if Fallon marries Jeff.

    Director:Robert C. Thompson
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 5 - The Dinner Party
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - The Dinner Party

    S1:E5

    Blake apologizes to Walter and Matthew about their fight at the wedding and asks Matthew to come back to his old job. He also invites them to a dinner party at the mansion. During the dinner, many things happen; Steven and Claudia meet and get along really well, Matthew has a long talk with Krystle and tells her that he's still in love with her, and Cecil and Fallon start realizing their plans. Cecil offers to help Blake and Fallon starts hitting on Jeff.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 6 - Fallon's Wedding
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Fallon's Wedding

    S1:E6

    Cecil helps Blake with his money problems. Jeff and Fallon get married. Blake's driver, Michael Culhane, who's been sleeping with Fallon, is a bit jealous, because she won't take him anymore. Blake hires him to do undercover work for Denver-Carrington, and he starts flirting with Cecil's secretary. Blake warns him about being unloyal. Steven gets a visit from his gay friend, Ted Dinard, from New York.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 7 - The Chauffeur Tells a Secret
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Chauffeur Tells a Secret

    S1:E7

    Michael still tries to win back Fallon and tells Blake about Cecil and Fallon's agreement. Blake and Fallon argues about this. Steven is taunted on the job for being gay. Lindsay has a boy over to study, he tries to put the moves on her and she gets upset and runs off. Blake wants to have a child with Krystle. Matthew invites Steven to a dinner party at his house. In the end Steven and Claudia secretly start kissing.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 8 - The Bordello
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Bordello

    S1:E8

    Walter takes Steven to a bordello to try to ""straighten him out"". Something goes wrong at Matthew and Walter's rig, Steven is blamed for sabotaging, and though he's innocent, he looses his job. Blake's plan now is to take Walter and Matthew's rig when they're in trouble. Krystle doesn't like Blake's methods in his work. She pawns an emerald necklace and loans Matthew the money to help him. She makes a false copy so Blake won't understand it's gone. In the end, Matthew and Krystle kiss, but Krystle breaks it off and leaves.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Edward DeBlasio

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  11. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 9 - Krystle's Lie
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Krystle's Lie

    S1:E9

    Matthew finds the guy who really sabotaged the rig. Steven is offered his job back, but turns it down. Claudia learns about Matthew's relationship with Krystle. Lindsay is upset, thinking that her parents HAD to get married just because of her when she was born. Steven's boyfriend Ted tries to contact him, but Fallon does everything she can to stop it and keep them apart. Blake finds out that Krystle is on birth control pills and assumes she's not interested in having a baby. He gets both mad and drunk and forces Krystle to a rough sexual intercourse.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 10 - The Necklace
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - The Necklace

    S1:E10

    Blake apologizes to Krystle about his behavior, and she forgives him. Michael has found out about Krystle's pawning and tells it to Fallon. Matthew and Walter finally strike oil. Claudia goes out with a guy she meets and almost has an affair with him. She manages to pull out, but later she has an affair with Steven. Lindsay starts finding out about it.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 11 - The Beating
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Beating

    S1:E11

    Jeff comes home after being in the Middle East, but he and Fallon have lots of arguments. Steven decides to get some more education and to start working for Blake, and he moves to his own apartment. Blake finds out about Michael's relationship with Fallon and hires some people to beat him up. Lindsay finds out everything about her mother's affair, which is still going on.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 12 - The Birthday Party
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Birthday Party

    S1:E12

    Blake learns about Krystle's ""pawning"". He doesn't tell her, but he starts frightening her with hints. Jeff now knows that his marriage to Fallon is only a part of a deal, and he does everything to embarrass his wife. Especially during a birthday party Blake throws for Cecil, when he yells out to everybody what he thinks of them. Ted still tries to get into Steven's life again. Matthew manages to pay the money back to Krystle, and she wants to buy her necklace back, but the pawner has already sold it.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 13 - The Separation
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Separation

    S1:E13

    The butler, Joseph Aynders, shows Krystle that he doesn't like her, and he means she doesn't belong in the Carrington family. Krystle understands that Blake is the one who bought the necklace, to show her that he had found out. They have a little argument about this, and Krystle decides that life with Blake is impossible and leaves him. Steven tells Claudia he spent the night with Ted, but now he wants to quit his relationship with both of them. Steven and Ted are just saying good-bye and hugging each other when Blake discovers it. He gets furious, because ""the gay"" is now standing there in his house with his arms on his son. He attacks Ted and there's a fight. Ted trips, hits his head, and dies.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 14 - Blake Goes to Jail
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Blake Goes to Jail

    S1:E14

    Blake is arrested for the murder of Ted, and a big trial comes up. The prosecutor is Jake Dunham, an old friend of Claudia and Matthew, who does not like Blake. Krystle hears about the trial and decides to come back to Blake to be with him, and then solve their problems later. Fallon is afraid and to help her father, and she lies in court. Steven tells the truth about what really happened, though.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dynasty Season 1 Episode 15 - The Testimony
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Testimony

    S1:E15

    Blake's trial continues. Both Joseph, Claudia and Krystle have to testify. When Claudia testifies, she has to tell that she had an affair with Steven, and then Matthew finds out about it. He makes rebellion in the court room, attacks Blake and has to go to jail. Claudia packs her stuff, runs away, and takes Lindsay with her. On the way, they collide and get serious injuries. In the final scene, Jake Dunham calls in a new witness, and in walks a mysterious woman. It turns out to be Alexis Morrell Carrington - Blake's first wife.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dynasty Season 2 Episode 1 - Enter Alexis
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Enter Alexis

    S2:E1

    Alexis testifies against Blake, and tells about an incident several years ago, when Blake discovered her in bed with her lover, Roger Grimes. Her testimony proves that Blake is a violent man, and things doesn't look too good. Fallon and Blake welcome Alexis with hate and rudeness, but Steven is friendly to her. Claudia wakes up in the hospital and discovers that Matthew has run off with Lindsay.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dynasty Season 2 Episode 2 - The Verdict
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Verdict

    S2:E2

    Blake is convicted to two years unconditional prison. Blake first wants to appeal, but changes his mind. We can now see the first sign of Alexis being the ""big bitch"" in the series. Both she and Blake hate each other, and she decides to move into an old house which once belonged to her in Blake's garden. Blake fires Michael. Claudia tries to track down Lindsay and Matthew, but with no luck. Blake tries to talk to Steven, but it ends with a fight. Krystle discovers she's pregnant.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dynasty Season 2 Episode 4 - Fallon's Father
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Fallon's Father

    S2:E4

    In order to save his football team and repay the $9 million to Cecil Colby, Blake flies to Las Vegas and obtains a loan from gangster Logan Rhinewood. Nick tells his sister that Blake is to blame for the death of their kid brother, who hanged himself in jail. He intends to find proof and claim vengeance. Sammy Jo has a nightmare and goes to Steven for comfort. In the morning, Alexis sees her leaving and promptly tells Krystle that the two spent the night together. When Alexis suggests that Steven, once again his father's heir, should consider marrying, he asks Claudia to give some thought to a future together. Fallon and Nick make love. While skeet shooting, Alexis spots a pregnant Krystle riding her horse. She fires, and the frightened animal throws Krystle

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dynasty Season 2 Episode 5 - Reconciliation
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Reconciliation

    S2:E5

    After losing her baby due to the fall from her horse, Krystle learns she cannot have another child. Steven and Sammy Jo begin dating, but at his cabin, he finds he cannot make love to her. Jeff quits his Uncle Cecil's business and joins Denver-Carrington. Fallon continues her affair with Nick Toscanni. Steven professes his love to Claudia and asks her to marry him. She declines, stating she's still in love with her husband. Fallon interrupts Nick's visit to Krystle in the hospital and angrily assumes the worst, demanding to know if she is ""another page in his appointment book."" Blake's attorney, Andrew Laird, returns from Washington with news of more trouble with the Middle Eastern oil leases.

    Director:Jerome Courtland
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dynasty Season 2 Episode 6 - Viva Las Vegas
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Viva Las Vegas

    S2:E6

    In order to save his football team and repay the $9 million to Cecil Colby, Blake flies to Las Vegas and obtains a loan from gangster Logan Rhinewood. Nick tells his sister that Blake is to blame for the death of their kid brother, who hanged himself in jail. He intends to find proof and claim vengeance. Sammy Jo has a nightmare and goes to Steven for comfort. In the morning, Alexis sees her leaving and promptly tells Krystle that the two spent the night together. When Alexis suggests that Steven, once again his father's heir, should consider marrying, he asks Claudia to give some thought to a future together. Fallon and Nick make love. While skeet shooting, Alexis spots a pregnant Krystle riding her horse. She fires, and the frightened animal throws Krystle to the ground. She is rushed to the hospital, in danger of losing the child.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dynasty Season 2 Episode 7 - The Miscarriage
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Miscarriage

    S2:E7

    After losing her baby due to the fall from her horse, Krystle learns she cannot have another child. Steven and Sammy Jo begin dating, but at his cabin, he finds he cannot make love to her. Jeff quits his Uncle Cecil's business and joins Denver-Carrington. Fallon continues her affair with Nick Toscanni. Steven professes his love to Claudia and asks her to marry him. She declines, stating she's still in love with her husband. Fallon interrupts Nick's visit to Krystle in the hospital and angrily assumes the worst, demanding to know if she is "another page in his appointment book." Blake's attorney, Andrew Laird, returns from Washington with news of more trouble with the Middle Eastern oil leases.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dynasty Season 2 Episode 8 - The Mid-East Meeting
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - The Mid-East Meeting

    S2:E8

    Blake and Jeff attempt to arrange a meeting with Rashid Ahmed to obtain assistance in releasing their overseas oil tankers. Alexis leaves for Rome to meet Ahmed, a former lover, under the guise of helping Blake. A despondent Krystle refuses Nick's psychiatric treatment. Claudia has recovered sufficiently to maintain her own apartment and take a job with Denver-Carrington. Cecil Colby invites her to dinner to pry company information from her. Fallon, learning she is pregnant, makes plans for an abortion and asks Jeff for a divorce. He agrees, but only after she has their baby. Fallon tells Nick she is in love with him. Alexis calls Blake to Rome, explaining she has arranged a meeting with Ahmed. Her true motive is simply to be alone with her former husband.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dynasty Season 2 Episode 9 - The Psychiatrist
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - The Psychiatrist

    S2:E9

    En route to Rome to meet Rashid Ahmed, Blake calls Krystle in yet another attempt to convince his despondent wife to see psychiatrist Nick Toscanni. She calls the doctor for an appointment, and Fallon is immediately jealous. Jeff begs Fallon to cancel her abortion. She confesses that she became pregnant only to compete with Krystle and further states she never loved him. Their marriage was strictly a business deal to benefit Blake. In Rome, Blake meets Alexis at Ahmed's villa. While he's rubbing suntan lotion on his ex-wife, a photographer, hired by Alexis, snaps photos. At home, a shattered Krystle sees the suggestive pictures in a gossip paper and bursts into tears. Nick comforts her and her grief soon turns to passion.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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Best Episodes Summary

"Alexis' Secret" is the best rated episode of "Dynasty". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Richard Kinon and written by Robert Pollock, it aired on 11/18/1981. This episode scored 3.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Mirror".