Dynasty
Season 1
15 episodes
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S01E01 Oil (1)
As Krystle Grant Jennings prepares to marry wealthy oil tycoon Blake Carrington, Matthew Blaisdel, a former lover, returns to town and causes her second thoughts. Blake's estranged son Steven returns home for the ceremony, as does rebellious daughter Fallon, who objects to the union.
Pilot note — From the desk: Dynasty opens its catalog run with “Oil (1)” (1981-01-12). Primetime soap as glitz weapon — fashion, excess, cliffhangers. Joan Collins era power, cast shakeups, and mold-breaking spoiler culture.
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Oil (2)
As Krystle Grant Jennings prepares to marry wealthy oil tycoon Blake Carrington, Matthew Blaisdel, a former lover, returns to town and causes her second thoughts. Blake's estranged son Steven returns home for the ceremony, as does rebellious daughter Fallon, who objects to the union.
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S01E03 Oil (3)
Blake and Krystle are married; Jeff Colby pursues a disinterested Fallon; Walter and Matthew form a business partnership; Claudia and Lindsay try without success to resolve their differences.
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S01E04 The Honeymoon
Urgent business cuts short Blake and Krystle's honeymoon; Steven takes a job working for Matthew Blaisdel; Cecil proposes that Fallon marry his nephew.
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S01E05 The Dinner Party
Blake invites Matthew to dinner at the mansion to entice him to return to Denver-Carrington; Krystle clashes with head butler, Joseph; Matthew tells Krystle he's still in love with her; Jeff attempts to win Fallon.
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S01E06 Fallon's Wedding
Steven's ex-lover, Ted, arrives from New York; Fallon reluctantly marries Jeff Colby; Blake hires Michael, the chauffeur, to do undercover work for Denver-Carrington.
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S01E07 The Chauffeur Tells a Secret
Steven is taunted on the job for being gay; Blake learns of the terms of Fallon's marriage to Jeff; Steven finds himself attracted to Claudia.
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S01E08 The Bordello
Walter takes Steven to a bordello; Steven is blamed for sabotaging Matthew's rig; Krystle pawns her diamonds to help Matthew financially.
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S01E09 Krystle's Lie
After being fired for sabotaging Matthew's equipment, an innocent Steven learns he was set up; Lindsay is shattered to learn about her birth; Blake tries to learn who bankrolled Matthew; Fallon warns Steven's ex-lover to stay away from her brother.
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S01E10 The Necklace
Matthew and Walter's well comes in; Fallon asks to borrow the necklace Krystle pawned to help Matthew; at his mountain cabin, Steven and Claudia make love.
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S01E11 The Beating
Steven announces he is moving out of the mansion; the chauffeur, Michael, tells Blake of Steven's affair with Claudia; Fallon resumes relations with Michael, until Blake has the chauffeur worked over; Lindsay sees her mother with Steven
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S01E12 The Birthday Party
Blake learns Krystle pawned her emerald necklace to help out Matthew; Fallon tells Jeff she married him solely for her father's welfare; Steven's former lover, Ted, arrives in Denver.
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S01E13 The Separation
Steven tells Claudia he spent the night with Ted; Krystle leaves Blake; seeing Ted embrace his son, Blake strikes him; Steven accuses his father of murder.
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Blake Goes to Jail
Blake must stand trial for the murder of Steven's lover; Krystle returns home to be with Blake. Fallon testified in her father's behalf but Steven refutes her statements in court.
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S01E15 The Testimony
On the witness stand, Blake maintains his innocence; Matthew learns of Claudia's affair with Steven; Claudia and daughter Lindsay are involved in an automobile accident; The prosecution calls in a mysterious witness that Blake is surprised to see.
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