SIMPLY DYNASTY

Dynasty - my all time favourite TV show was created by Richard and Esther Shapiro as a counter to Dallas. CBS had hit big with the dramas and shenanigans of the Ewings of Southfork Ranch and ABC network wanted a Dallas of their own. Richard and Esther approached TV mogul Aaron Spelling about producing the show. Originally titled 'Oil' and set in Denver, it centred on the Parkhurst's and the Corby's. These names were quickly changed to Carrington and Colby and the rest is almost history.

Georger Peppard played patriarch Blake Carrington but was replaced by John Forsythe shortly into filming as Peppard was 'difficult'. 60s TV star Linda Evans played Alexis and young TV and sometime actress Pamela Sue Martin was Fallon Carrington. The cast was rounded out with other semi familiar TV faces.

The first season saw secretary Krystle struggle to find her place in the wealthy Carrington clan led by her ex boss and now husband Blake Carrington. There was Steven, the gay son and Fallon the slutty and rebellious daughter who was having a fling with the family chauffeur. Further complicating matters were her ex, Matthew Blaisdel, torn between his love for Krystle and his wife the fragile Claudia. Blake had troubles too as his rival Cecil Colby along with Cecil's nephew Jeff caused major business threats.

Dynasty was a mid season replacement and almost cancelled as ratings failed to do anything like Dallas had done. With one final chance, producers and writers got together and created a role to spice and shake the show up. They also promised ABC a big name to take the role of Blake's ex wife who appeared at Blake's trial as the cliffhanger of the first short season.

Madeline Carrington had been in exile and Sophia Loren was tapped to play the part. She refused during negotiations and British actress Joan Collins was mentioned. The character's name was changed to Alexis and after much haranguing with the network, they hired her. Immediately Joan made an impact as well spoken and conniving bitch Alexis Carrington. She was hell bent on wreaking havoc on her ex husband and claiming her family back as her own. Plot lines got soapier, costuming got more outrageous, budgets increased, the cast got more and more glamorous and viewers got hooked at the antics of Blake, Krystle and Alexis week in, week out.

The seasons rolled by and the show got more and more successful, eventually getting to No 1 in the ratings. during the 1984-85 season, usurping rival Dallas in the process. The emphasis on glamour and fashion was an intricate factor in the show's success with designer Nolan Miller spending $25,000 an episode on wardrobe! The women wore shoulderpads so wide they'd have to turn sideways to enter a room. The hair got bigger, the cast got more beautiful and the lipgloss shinier if that was possible.

To keep viewers interested Jeff Colby suffered thanks to poison paint administered by evil Adam Carrington, Alexis shot at Krystle's horse, causing her to mis-carry, Steven was blown up on oil rig and returned with a different face and different actor. Alexis and Krystle fought in the studio, the lily pond, down a hill and in a tug of war. Alexis and Dominique had a fight in the Carlton, Fallon and Sammy Jo fought in a mudpit, Sammy Jo and Amanda fought in a swimming pool and Krystle fought with her double 'Krystle' in the attic. Fallon went missing and returned with amnesia a year later calling herself Randall Adams, Sammy Jo kidnapped her own son, Dominique Deveraux arrived claiming to be white Blake's black sister. It turned out she was correct. President Ford turned up, so did Ali MacGraw, Krystle had an affair with Rock Hudson's character Daniel Reece. It turned out that Daniel was vixenish Sammy Jo's father, Long lost daughter Amanda married Prince Michael of fictional Moldavia. The cast were all shot to hell in a season cliffhanger, Krystle was locked up and a double impersonated her at the Carrington mansion, Alexis married Cecil Colby on his deathbed, Claudia burned down the hotel La Mirage, Ben Carrington imprisoned Caress Morell in a Caracas jail, Fallon saw a spaceship on The Colbys and spun off back to Dynasty, Blake was shot, Krystle went into a coma and Alexis fell of a balcony with her 3rd husband Dex. Dex shot her 4th husband dead a year earlier. And those were just some of the plots

The show was cancelled in 1989 as ratings dropped but a reunion in 1991 tied up the loose ends as Blake survived the shot, Krystle came out the coma and Alexis had twisted in mid air and saved herself during the fall from the balcony!! Because it defined a decade with it's outlandish plots, rich cast and wild gowns I'm doing another quote extravaganza and posting 50 quotes in no particular order again, some of these are actual conversations that are just too fabulous!!!!



Enjoy......

1. Kirby to Alexis : You bitch!!
Alexis : If I am, take a lesson from me, you may need it in life!

2. Krystle : Alexis is a very complex woman, who seems to inspire passion in people, you either love her or you hate her and she seems to enjoy it either way.

3. Alexis : Dominique... Wasn't there a singing nun by that name?

4. Steven to Fallon about Krystle : She hs many fine attributes.
Fallon : So does a cocker spaniel but I wouldn't want my father marrying one.

5. Fallon : You're even more beautiful and more ugly than that grand English lady I vaguely remember and whom I've tried very hard to forget these past 16 years.
Alexis : I'm glad to see that your father had your teeth fixed - if not your tongue!

6. Alexis : It feels just like home.
Krystle : Well it isn't - at least not yours
Alexis : That's quite to the point Kristin. I mean Krystle. That's such a pretty name.

7. Fallon : Your clothes are terribly Neiman Marcus but who makes your shoulder holsters? Gucci?

8. Jeff : And what did you lose last night Fallon? Your amateur standing?!

9. Joseph : Your father was a hatter?!
Alexis : Yes, actually he was. But you should have researched further, Joseph. My father was a hatter by appointment to his majesty the king. So put that on your tedious head and wear it!

10. Fallon : And what about Sammy Jo? Conspicuous in her absence? Probably roller skating in the attic!

11. Alexis : Krystle! I wouldn't miss your pot roast for the world.

12. Alexis sees Sammy Jo in riding clothes : Off to the hounds already I see.

13. Krystle : I'm thinking about you and my husband.
Alexis : Yes... I would too if I were you!

14. Alexis : How dare you be so inconsiderate as to upset him at a time like this!
Steven : Maybe I have a little bit of you in me, Mother.

15. Fallon : Don't bother RSVPing.
Sammy Jo : What's that mean?
Fallon : Oh nothing, i just made it up!

16. Alexis : i didn't cause your accident Krystle, just as I didn't cause your barrenness

17. Krystle : I think this is another of your incredible performances!
Alexis : Why, thank you. I attended the Royal Academy for a year - I'm glad it's paid off

18. Krystle : What are you doing here?
Alexis : None of your bloody business.

19. Fallon notices construction at Alexis' studio : What are you doing here mother? Setting up a circus for underprivileged children?!

20. Fallon : Jeff, why do you always think the worst of me?
Jeff : Believe me Fallon, it's not that hard!

21. Mark on Alexis : When it comes to you, I'm on a diet.

22. Alexis spies Mark working with a woman : Is she any good? With her racquet that is!

23. Adam : Jeff Colby is the eneemy mother. Our enemy. Mine and yours.
Alexis : Let me tell you something Adam, and don't ever forget it. I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for that fact that I know my enemies and how to destroy them. I'll decide if Jeff Colby becomes a real threat. Not you. I!

24. Blake on Jeff : I'm going to miss him.
Fallon : Well that makes one of us!

25. Alexis : Any message from me to the Lady would only cause you huge embarassment.
Adam : I don't embarass easily.
Alexis : i could change that in seconds.

26 : Alexis to Amanda : Darling, engagements were made to be broken.

27. Steven walks in on Alexis and Dex fighting : What's going on?
Alexis : Nothing darling. Dex and I are just rehearsing how to stay happily married.

28. Alexis : Let me put it this way. Dex is mine, in the boardroom and the bedroom.
Ashley : Bought and paid for Alexis?
Alexis : I've never had to pay for it Ashley, have you?!

29. Alexis to Dominique : You've always been better at screeching than listening.

30. Sammy Jo to Krystle : I don't want horses in my house or on my walls. And while we're on the subject - what are you doing here?

31. Sammy Jo to Steven : Just because your playmate died and your ex wife married your brother, there's no reason to take it out on me!

32. Alexis to Dominique : You are a saloon singer!!

33. Alexis on Rita to Krystle : If she was as boring as you are then he wouldn't have noticed the difference anyway!

34. Alexis : Then can you retire - on your back
Dex : I'm not for sale, Alexis!!
Alexis : Oh I know. You give yourself away!

35. Sammy Jo : Trying to fill Fallon's shoes as the young witch of the house, Amanda? No wonder your marriage is in trouble. You're so busy holding onto your broomstick that you can't even hold onto your own husband.

36. Alexis : I want you out of here.
Caress : Do you now? Well I'm not going!
Alexis : Oh yes you are. If I have to have you thrown out, I will.
Caress : Sorry Alexis but I'm staying.
Alexis : You're not. I don't owe you a place to stay Cassie!
Caress : No of course you don't darling. you gave me a place to stay for 5 ugly years. But I'm going to be here for a lot longer than that. You owe me Alexis and you know it!

37. Krystle phones Alexis about a workman : He's gone!
Alexis : With the wind?!

38. Sammy Jo : Danny is my son
Alexis : Yes I know. It's just a cross he'll have to bear.

39. Alexis : Dominique! From lounge lizard to trailer tramp.

40. Alexis : I'll use my own pen, thank you
Sable : Whatever makes your writing legible dear!
Alexis : It's called 'style' Sable. Some of us have it, some of us - haven't!

41. Alexis : So... Sable's going to have a 'change of life' baby
Adam : And won't Uncle Blake be surprised
Alexis : Maybe we can all have the pick of her next litter!

42. Sable : You two again?! Good Lord Alexis, I don't know why you don't just carry him around in a pouch like a kangeroo!
Alexis : Pouch? You mean like the one you're developing! Hello Monica. I've brought a little gift for you.
Sable : What is it now?
Alexis : Uncover it (she does) I just love surprises, don't you? Remember those tankers that you stole from me? Well they're sleeping (she drops toy ships into bowl) at the bottom of the ocean - with the fishes!
Sable : What?!! (phone rings) Hello. Yes. This is she.... What?!!
Monica : What is it mother?
Sable : Seven?!!
Adam : Something tells me that communications between here and Natumbe have just been restored.
Alexis : Monica you've arrived just in time to give your mother CPR!
Sable : You are completely mad! This is the most outrageous..
Alexis : Darling, don't get too excited - it might be fatal
Sable : This woman has just had 7 tankers blown up!
Monica : What?
Sable : You've lost your mind! How many innocent people died so you could waltz in here with a fishbowl?
Adam : Nobody died
Monica : Not even in the crew?
Adam : The ships were at anchor, the crews were onshore
Alexis : Now that I've taken care of my ships I'm going to divert all my energies to finding out who killed Roger Grimes.
Sable : Well Blake didn't do it
Alexis : I just love the way you stand by your men. What a pity they won't lie down with you
Sable : Get out! Get out now!
Monica : I think that's a good idea
Adam : So good to see you Monica
Alexis : I think we've outstayed our welcome. Oh by the way, next time you need a manicure, just dip your fingers into the bowl. I couldn't get piranha but I got the next best thing! Ciao!

43. Alexis : Adam! They are ruining me. They are stripping me of Colbyco and everything I own. If I'm going down, I'm going to bring every one of them down with me!

44. Alexis : You had your little moment of glory when you weaseled this hotel out of me and that is the last thing you're ever going to get your grasping little claws on.
Sable : You may be surprised.
Alexis : Everything that belongs to me is in it's proper place.
Sable : Well I'm very happy for you. But I thought I made myself clear, that this hotel was just an appetizer...
Alexis : What's the main course? Dex or Blake?! I understand you've been chasing both of them since I've been away. Although you didn't get very far with Dex - did you?
Sable : Jetlag has apparently dimmed your bulb more than usual Alexis.
Alexis : What a pity that Krystle's still alive. That does cramp your style rather. Maybe you should send one of your henchmen to Switzerland to pull the plug on her!
Sable : I don't know another person on earth who'd make a remark like that
Alexis : Only you cousin dear - only you!

45. Sable : Hello Alexis, glad to see you've sobered up
Alexis : And now my hangover's arrived!

46. Alexis to Krystle : This is all your fault - every time you come into my life something terrible happens to me!

47. Alexis accuses Krystle of having an affair : It just goes to show you can take the girl out of Dayton but you can't take Dayton out of the girl!

48. Alexis : From stenographer to kept woman.
Krystle : I happen to be the lady of this house!
Alexis : Oh yes! You belong in a house alright, but not with ladies!

49. Krystle : Oh Alexis - you forgot your hundred dollar bill.
Alexis : Why don't you keep it Krystle. As soon as Blake realises what shoddy goods he's married, you may need it for a bus ticket back to Dayton!

50. Krystle : Well, what are you doing here?
Alexis : I've been asking you that question for years and I still haven't heard a satisfactor answer... I am visiting Amanda.
Krystle : Without even the courtesy of a call first. You think you have free access to this house and evryone in it, don't you?
Alexis : Nothing's for free in this life, you of all people should know that. After all you've charged enough!

And a cheeky 51st and my favourite!

51. Alexis to Krystle : I just can't wait for the day when I see you walking out of this house with the same two plastic suitcases you came in with!