Dynasty
The Shakedown
TV Flash files “The Shakedown” as hour 35 of 220 in the TV Flash guide — Dynasty (1981–1989) on ABC, season 2, episode 20, aired 1982-04-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E20: listed hour 35 of 220 in the Dynasty guide, hour 20 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1982-04-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Fragment” (S02E19). Next is “The Two Princes” (S02E21).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Claudia remains confused following the accident; Jeff urges Fallon to reconcile; Steven is blackmailed by a young drifter.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Shakedown sit in the Dynasty guide?
S02E20 is listed hour 35 of 220 — hour 20 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 20.
When did Dynasty S02E20 air?
The Shakedown aired 1982-04-14 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start — season one or Alexis?
Sample the Oil premiere for the mansion contract, then go straight to Enter Alexis. The look — and the war — begins when Joan Collins arrives. Season one is the fitting; season two is the show.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it as a nine-season fitting room: Joan Collins’s entrance, Carrington-versus-Colby seating charts, and cliffhangers styled like premieres. Excess is the method. The shoulder pads are not a joke — they are the argument, and the look still photographs.
The shoulder pads arrive before the argument. ABC, January 1981, a Denver mansion dressed like a jewelry advertisement, Linda Evans in cream that photographs as virtue, John Forsythe in boardroom navy that photographs as money. Dynasty did not invent the prime-time soap. It invented the soap as a look book. Richard and Esther Shapiro built the Carringtons; Aaron Spelling produced the temperature. The first season is oil and marriage and a palette still finding its nerve. Then Joan Collins walks in, and the series…
Filed against
- John Forsythe as Blake Carrington
John Forsythe voiced unseen boss Charlie on Charlie’s Angels and later ruled Dynasty as Blake Carrington — oil, shoulder pads, and primetime soap power. Speakerphone glamour became Denver boardroom navy. On TV Flash he is the…
- Linda Evans as Krystle Carrington
Linda Evans’s Krystle Carrington is Dynasty in cream that photographs as virtue — blond calm as a costume of innocence against Joan Collins’s prosecution in silk. Denver oil money as a fitting room. On TV Flash she is primetime-soap…
- Joan Collins as Alexis Colby
Joan Collins’s Alexis Colby is Dynasty as a hard launch in silk — not a guest villain, a two-woman carpet versus Linda Evans, catfights as choreography, shoulder pads as a moral binary. Oil and spoiler culture became national…
- Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon Carrington
Pamela Sue Martin’s Fallon Carrington was Dynasty before the shoulder pads fully declared war — Denver oil money’s restless heir, a hemline with its own press kit, Carrington versus Colby as a seating chart. ABC sold excess as method. TV…
- John James as Jeff Colby
John James’s Jeff Colby is Dynasty’s other oil surname — Carrington-versus-Colby seating charts in a nine-season fitting room. Denver money, shoulder pads, cliffhangers styled like premieres. On TV Flash he is primetime-soap heir energy…
- Heather Locklear as Sammy Jo Carrington
Heather Locklear’s Sammy Jo Carrington is Dynasty as a younger, sharper blade — oil-adjacent glamour that could cut the mansion from inside the family. ABC’s shoulder-pad soap sold catfights as national infrastructure. On TV Flash she is…