Dynasty (1981 TV series) season 5

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Dynasty
Season 5
No. of episodes29
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 26, 1984 (1984-09-26) –
May 15, 1985 (1985-05-15)
Season chronology
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The fifth season of Dynasty originally aired in the United States on ABC from September 26, 1984 through May 15, 1985. The series, created by Richard and Esther Shapiro and produced by Aaron Spelling, revolves around the Carringtons, a wealthy family residing in Denver, Colorado.

Season five stars John Forsythe as millionaire oil magnate Blake Carrington; Linda Evans as his wife Krystle; Jack Coleman as Blake and Alexis's earnest son Steven; Gordon Thomson as Blake and Alexis's eldest son Adam; John James as Blake's former son-in-law Jeff Colby; Pamela Bellwood as Steven's wife, Claudia; Heather Locklear as Krystle's niece and Steven's ex-wife Sammy Jo; Michael Nader as Alexis's husband Dex Dexter; Catherine Oxenberg as Blake and Alexis's youngest daughter, Amanda; Michael Praed as Amanda's fiancé Prince Michael of Moldavia; Diahann Carroll as Blake's half-sister Dominique Deveraux; Billy Dee Williams as Dominique's husband, Brady Lloyd; Rock Hudson as Sammy Jo's biological father, Daniel Reece; Ali MacGraw as photographer Lady Ashley Mitchell; and Joan Collins as Alexis Colby, Blake's ex-wife and the mother of Adam, Fallon, Steven, and Amanda. The season also introduced recast Emma Samms as Blake and Alexis's daughter Fallon.

Development

Driven by the new head writer and producer Camille Marchetta, who had devised the wildly successful "Who Shot J.R.?" scenario on Dallas five years earlier, Dynasty hit #1 in the fifth season.[1][2] During the season, Dynasty attracted controversy when Rock Hudson's real-life HIV-positive status was revealed after a romantic storyline between his character Daniel Reece and Evans's Krystle. Hudson's scenes required him to kiss Evans and, as news that he had contracted AIDS broke, there was speculation Evans would be at risk.[3] The event led to a Screen Actors Guild rule requiring the notification of performers in advance of any scenes that require open-mouth kissing.[4]

Undoubtedly the most famous Dynasty cliffhanger is the so-called "Moldavian Massacre" which occurs in the May 15, 1985 fifth-season finale. Amanda and Prince Michael's royal wedding is interrupted by terrorists during a military coup in Moldavia, riddling the chapel with bullets and leaving all of the major characters lying seemingly lifeless. Esther Shapiro later said, "It was a fairy-tale terrorist attack. It was beautifully shot, like a Goya painting."[5] It became the most talked-about episode of any TV series during the calendar year of 1985, with a viewership of 25.9 million.[6][7] In 2011, Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly named it one of the seven "Unforgettable Cliff-Hangers" of prime time dramatic television.[8]

Plot

In the story, Alexis is exonerated for Mark's murder and her secret daughter Amanda comes to Denver and discovers that Blake is her father. Steven has married Claudia but leaves her for another man, and Claudia starts an affair with Adam. The marriage of Blake and Krystle is in crisis after the birth of their daughter Krystina; Dominique struggles to be accepted as a Carrington, and loses her husband Brady Lloyd in the process; and Sammy Jo discovers she is the heiress to a huge fortune. At the end of the season, an amnesiac Fallon reappears while the rest of the family go to Europe for the wedding of Amanda and Prince Michael of Moldavia.

Cast

Cast notes
  1. ^ Evans also plays Krystle's look-a-like Rita Lesley for 4 episodes starting from "Photo Finish" (ep. 5.23).
  2. ^ Locklear appears only in "Disappearance" (ep. 5.1), "The Rescue" (ep. 5.4), "Photo Finish" (ep. 5.23), "Sammy Jo" (ep. 5.26), "The Heiress" (ep. 5.28) and "Royal Wedding" (ep. 5.29).
  3. ^ Oxenberg is added to the opening credits from "Amanda" (ep. 4.7).
  4. ^ Williams appears only in "Disappearance" (ep. 5.1), "The Mortgage" (ep. 5.2), "Amanda" (ep. 5.7), "The Avenger" (ep. 5.13) and "Triangles" (ep. 5.17).
  5. ^ Praed appears in the opening credits from "The Ball" (ep. 5.18), except for "The Collapse" (ep. 5.20) or "Life and Death" (ep. 5.21).
  6. ^ Samms first appears as a guest star in "Kidnapped" (ep. 5.27) before being added to the opening credits for "Royal Wedding" (ep. 5.29).
  7. ^ a b MacGraw and Hudson are credited as "special guest star". Hudson appears on a semi-regular basis from "The Holiday Spirit" (ep. 5.12) to "Sammy Jo" (ep. 5.26), missing the occasional episode. McGraw appears from "Foreign Relations" (ep. 5.16), except for "Triangles" (ep. 5.17).
  8. ^ Carroll appears on a semi-regular basis, missing the occasional episode.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		Rating
(households)
891"Disappearance"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		September 26, 1984 (1984-09-26)DY-08722.2[9]
902"The Mortgage"Jerome CourtlandStory by : Camille Marchetta
Teleplay by : Dennis Turner		October 10, 1984 (1984-10-10)DY-08825.1[9]
913"Fallon"Gwen ArnerStory by : Camille Marchetta
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		October 17, 1984 (1984-10-17)DY-08926.1[9]
924"The Rescue"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta
Teleplay by : Dennis Turner		October 24, 1984 (1984-10-24)DY-09026.3[9]
935"The Trial"Gwen ArnerStory by : Joel Steiger
Teleplay by : Paul Savage		October 31, 1984 (1984-10-31)DY-09124.9[9]
946"The Verdict"Jerome CourtlandStory by : Camille Marchetta and Joel Steiger
Teleplay by : Stephen and Elinor Karpf		November 7, 1984 (1984-11-07)DY-09225.7[9]
957"Amanda"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta & Joel Steiger
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		November 14, 1984 (1984-11-14)DY-09323.5[9]
968"The Secret"Jerome CourtlandStory by : Camille Marchetta
Teleplay by : Dennis Turner		November 21, 1984 (1984-11-21)DY-09424.3[9]
979"Domestic Intrigue"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta & Joel Steiger
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		November 28, 1984 (1984-11-28)DY-09525.2[9]
9810"Krystina"Jerome CourtlandStory by : Camille Marchetta
Teleplay by : Will Lorin		December 5, 1984 (1984-12-05)DY-09625.3[9]
9911"Swept Away"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta
Teleplay by : Dennis Turner		December 12, 1984 (1984-12-12)DY-09726.5[9]
10012"That Holiday Spirit"Curtis HarringtonStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		December 19, 1984 (1984-12-19)DY-09825.9[9]
10113"The Avenger"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : Dennis Turner		January 2, 1985 (1985-01-02)DY-09926.2[9]
10214"The Will"Nancy MaloneStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : Noreen Stone		January 9, 1985 (1985-01-09)DY-10027.7[9]
10315"The Treasure"Curtis HarringtonStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : Stephen & Elinor Karpf		January 16, 1985 (1985-01-16)DY-10127.0[10]
10416"Foreign Relations"Kim FriedmanStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		January 23, 1985 (1985-01-23)DY-10225.0[10]
10517"Triangles"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : Dennis Turner		January 30, 1985 (1985-01-30)DY-10327.0[10]
10618"The Ball"Jerome CourtlandStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : John Pleshette		February 6, 1985 (1985-02-06)DY-10425.9[10]
10719"Circumstantial Evidence"Curtis HarringtonStory by : Camille Marchetta & Donald R. Boyle
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		February 13, 1985 (1985-02-13)DY-10523.4[10]
10820"The Collapse"John PattersonStory by : Camille Marchetta & Donald R. Boyle
Teleplay by : Donald R. Boyle		February 20, 1985 (1985-02-20)DY-10624.6[10]
10921"Life and Death"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta & Donald R. Boyle
Teleplay by : Dennis Turner		February 27, 1985 (1985-02-27)DY-10724.8[10]
11022"Parental Consent"Kim FriedmanStory by : Camille Marchetta & Donald R. Boyle
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		March 6, 1985 (1985-03-06)DY-10824.0[10]
11123"Photo Finish"Robert ScheererStory by : Camille Marchetta & Donald R. Boyle
Teleplay by : Susan Miller		March 13, 1985 (1985-03-13)DY-10924.2[10]
11224"The Crash"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta
Teleplay by : Dennis Turner		March 20, 1985 (1985-03-20)DY-11022.6[10]
11325"Reconciliation"Nancy MaloneStory by : Camille Marchetta
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		March 27, 1985 (1985-03-27)DY-11123.1[10]
11426"Sammy Jo"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : Dennis Turner		April 3, 1985 (1985-04-03)DY-11223.1[10]
11527"Kidnapped"Jerome CourtlandStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : Dennis Turner		April 10, 1985 (1985-04-10)DY-11324.5[10]
11628"The Heiress"Irving J. MooreStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		May 8, 1985 (1985-05-08)DY-11421.9[10]
11729"Royal Wedding"Jerome CourtlandStory by : Camille Marchetta & Susan Baskin
Teleplay by : Edward De Blasio		May 15, 1985 (1985-05-15)DY-11525.9[10]

Reception

In season five, Dynasty was ranked #1 in the United States with a 25.0 Nielsen rating.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (October 2007). "Top-Rated Programs by Season". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9th ed.). pp. 1689–1692. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
  2. ^ a b "TV Ratings: 1984–85". ClassicTVHits.com. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  3. ^ Jarvis, Jeff (August 12, 1985). "Desperate American AIDS Victims Journey to Paris, Hoping That a New Drug Can Stave Off Death". People. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Harmetz, Aljean (October 31, 1985). "A Rule on Kissing Scenes and AIDS". The New York Times. Hollywood. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  5. ^ Klein, Joe (September 2, 1985). "The Real Star of Dynasty". New York. pp. 32–39. Retrieved June 1, 2017 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "TV Listings for May 15, 1985". TV Tango. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  7. ^ E! True Hollywood Story: Dynasty (2001)
  8. ^ Tucker, Ken (March 25, 2011). "Unforgettable Cliff-Hangers". Entertainment Weekly (1147): 12.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Episode List: Dynasty (1983–1985)". TV Tango. p. 2. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Episode List: Dynasty (1985–1986)". TV Tango. p. 3. Retrieved November 22, 2019.

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