Dynasty
The Ball
TV Flash files “The Ball” as hour 106 of 220 in the TV Flash guide — Dynasty (1981–1989) on ABC, season 5, episode 18, aired 1985-02-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E18: listed hour 106 of 220 in the Dynasty guide, hour 18 of 29 in season 5. It aired 1985-02-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Triangles” (S05E17). Next is “Circumstantial Evidence” (S05E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Alexis attempts to persuade the head of the Chinese delegation to hire Colbyco. Blake is surprised that Lady Ashley is in Acapulco. Amanda has a romantic fling with Prince Michael of Moldavia. Claudia meets with Luke, asking him to honor Steven's request that they remain apart.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Ball sit in the Dynasty guide?
S05E18 is listed hour 106 of 220 — hour 18 of 29 in season 5, season 5 episode 18.
When did Dynasty S05E18 air?
The Ball aired 1985-02-06 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…