What are your thoughts on the greatest season of Dynasty? I personally like season 3 and 4!!

So do I. The cast is good at this moment and the action is very interesting . [color=darkblue]

I love series 9, because Sable is my favourite character.

Season 5 has to be the best... especially the finale of the terrorists at the wedding! Plus you have Amanda Carrington and Dominique making their debuts, Steven and Luke's affair... the list is endless. I just bought season 5 on VHS from Ebay and loving every minute! (i don't live in the US and so there are no re-runs over here) :cry:

I like season 4. I love Blake and Krystal getting back together and the Carousel Ball. Dex also is introduced and give Alexis a run for her money.

My favorite is season 9, murder of Roger Grimes and search for the collection. It had elements of thriller and was very exciting.

I liked the atmosphere through seasons two to five but I also liked season six finale and season nine and Colterton story. Also, we shouldn't forget season one and the introduction of the Carringtons. Come to think of it, each season is dear to me in a different way.

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SEASONS 1-7 ARE MY FAVORITES, I TRULY LOVED DYNASTY IT WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER SOAPS. AND GAVE A LOT OF GROUND BREAKING STORY LINES. IF DYNASTY WERE ON TODAY IT WOULD STILL BE CURRENT IN MANY AREAS. THE STORY LINES IN DYNASTY ARE IN MANY WAYS HAVE NOT BEEN CONCURED. THIS IS THE ONLY SOAP I HAVE SEEN WHERE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE HAVE SUCH DEVOTION LOVE AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. THE BASIS IS THIS WAS A MAN THAT HAD EVERYTHING BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING LOVE. AND HE HAD TO LEARN TO GIVE IT NOT BUY IT AS WELL AS ACCEPT IT AND BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE LOVED HIM FOR HIMSELF. THIS IS WHAT MADE DYNASTY UNIQUE! i
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I've clicked on this thread a few times before but didn't post. I simply couldn't decide which of the Dynasty seasons is my favorite. Let me just say I liked season 8 the least.

The Dynasty formula had gotten tired by then. To put it mildly. The boardroom battles were traded in for the public arena, but that didn't work for me. The Alexis-Blake-Krystle triangle had exhausted its possibilities. I could never warm to characters such as Sean Rowan and Leslie Carrington. Alas, no more feisty Dominique... Dynasty started to loose its lustre, fast.

And since for me Krystle and Blake were always the heart and soul of Dynasty, season 9 proved to be a major disappointment as well. I even stopped watching for a few episodes after Krystle made her exit. Later on I discovered feisty Sable and some good storytelling. So, I picked up where I left off. I do recognize a lot of changes for the better in Dynasty's last season. But it was a dífferent Dynasty. And yes, I really, really missed that Blake-and-Krystle magic!

Seasons 1 to 4 must have been my favorite then. Season one for introducing us to the high powered world of the rich seen through the eyes of outsider Krystle. [I like the mean Blake!] Season 2 for the birth of the fairytale Blake-and-Krystle and how their jealousy of Alexis and Nick Toscani made them realize were their hearts really lay. [I like the softened Blake!] Season 3, amongst other things, for the focus on Krystle (the failed adoption, her not-so-ex-husband Mark) and her intensified battles with Alexis, who was no longer rich but had slept her way to fílthy rich. And season 4 for Blake's courtship of Krystle, of course, and the icing on the cake, their marriage. [I like Blake!]

I so want Dynasty on DVD!! So that I might watch it again and again and again... So, people, go post yout vote! :bouncy:

pollux, you said it better than I ever could. The magical beginning and then the ever so magical rebirth of the characters in the first seasons were outstanding. The later seasons did get run down but it was still "Our Dynasty"

Pollux,
Vous exprimez assez ce que je ressens. De la saison 6 à 8, j'ai trouvé que l'action s'émoussait, les conflits sont toujours les mêmes et leurs conclusions prévisibles et je ne suivais plus tellement le feuilleton. La saison 9 a à nouveau éveillé mon intérêt avec l'arrivée de Sable, l'enquête sur la mort de Roger Grimes et l'implication des familles Carrinton, Colby et Dexter avec les nazis. Mais comme vous le dites, c'est une histoire qui n'a presque rien à voir avec celle du début.
De la saison 1 à la saison 5, je trouve l'histoire captivante et le suspense me tenait en haleine d'une semaine à l'autre, avec un sommet aux saisons 4 et 5. Les caractères contrastés de Blake, Fallon et Steven, les conflits entre Steven et Blake, Fallon et Krystle, Fallon et Jeff et leur évolution positive me plaisaient. l'intervention de Nick Toscani et son double jeu avec Blake Krystle et Fallon m'a bien plu aussi. L'entrée en scène d'Alexis, qui remet en cause le couple Krystle-Blake, son évolution jusqu'à devenir une femme d'affaire accomplie, le début de son histoire avec Dex. Mais franchement, des épisodes 6 à 8, je ne trouve plus Alexis si ensorcelante, au contraire elle devient une vieille dadame à caniches assez stupide. Elle se laisse berner par Sean Rohan et d'autres commes Ben, et les conflits avec Dex où elle se montre sotte et semble avoir perdu tout son charme d'antan deviennent répétitifs et lassants, alors qu'au départ, ils forment un couple d'enfer, avec magnétisme, beauté, intelligence, charme... L'arrivée d'Amanda m'a bien plue aussi.[color=darkblue][/color]

I like season 2, but also the ending of season 4 when Fallon runs from her wedding, the last episodes of season 6 when Ben comes among the Carringtons.

Can't you ask your to whomever you pay satellite to get Soapnet? CNN, FOX have international airings, so I guess if there is enough international demand, maybe Soapnet would do the same.

I loved the entire season 9. I read John Forsythe mentioning that he also liked season 9.

Season One may have lacked Alexis, but it did a very mature job of storytelling and introducing us to the world of the Carringtons. Season 2 was great with ALexis living next door, having the whole run of the house. Seasons 3 thru 5 could have been worse, but the uninspired plotting became a problem.
I too love season 9, even with Krystle leaving, but it would have been nice if they'd hired that last producer (who took over season 9) a few years earlier. Maybe he could have kept Season 6 more on track, saved season 7 (my personal UNfavorite year) and season 8.

i liked all of the seasons but there were some i liked more than others



The best: 3rd season, 4th season, 2nd season

Okay: 9th season( would be one of the best except it lacked linda and joan and the series finae disapointed me) 1st season, 5th season.


disliked: season 7 ( i dislike this one the most out of all) season 8, season 6 ( just because of rita/joel storyline)

My favorite seasons:
1st Place: Season 9
2nd Place: Season 6
3rd Place: Season 2

In Order:

Season 9
Season 4
Season 3
Season 2
Season 6
Season 5
Season 7
Season 8
Season 1

The Colbys:

Season 1
Season 2

I'm new to this board. But i take the fact that everyone rates the seasons but don't comment on the Reunion, that they never liked it. Or maybe it's just not a season. Sadly a one off.

For me my favourite seasons are in order

Season 9
Season 2
Season 7
Season 3
Season 1
Season 4
Season 6
Season 5
Season 8

And here are some of my reasons. My two favourite seasons and two least favourite, which doesn't mean they were rubbish, just not as good as the rest.


Season 9


This season worked so well on nearly every level. the intruige and backstabbing became second to none. Almost on the back stabbing front anyway. I really thought with krystal going that the whole triangle would lose itself but adding Sable to the mix of being Blake's protector out of friendship to him and especially to Krystal's memory was inspired. They could very easily have paired Sable with Blake and then just copied the original triangle but the new producor clearly realised that fans wouldn never accept Blake loving anyone other than Krystal and made Sable more a friendly protector and i think it was inspired. Also Sable had her back biting with Jeff and the whole venemous hatred between her and Alexis was superb. Joan Collins and Stephanie Beachem can bitch like no one else. Superb.
I also really liked the whole relationship between Sammy Jo, Fallon and Jeff. especially the feud and then following close friendship between Sammy Jo and Fallon. For me season 8 nearly killed the charactor of Fallon. Maybe the Colbys did i don't know, my memory of that show is patchy. But the original Fallon was so funny and feisty and bitchy and just fantastic to watch. yet Emma Samms i always rated as a poor actress while watching season 8. In retrospect after watching season 9 when she was more like the Pamella Sue Martin's Fallon i realised how good an actress she was. if you watch Fallon in season 8 and then season 9, you will see how different they are. Even towards the end of season 8 she got better. Script wise season 8 Fallon pailed compaired to Pamella's and also season 9 Fallon. Season 9 saved the charactor of Fallon for me. I personally loved the whole dynamics with Sammy Jo. I loved there whole feud and catfight(one of the series best) and then the strong bond they had after. I loved it.
Season 9 to me was Sammy Jo's best year too. I loved the charactor from day one, but season 9 was definately the best for her. For me this was the season where it felt she was most part of the family. She always was but there was this tremendous family spirit around Sammy Jo in season 9. She was at all the parties, always invited. Fallon had moved in with her and the whole thing just felt she was a vital important part of the family. yes she always was, but more so here.
Adam was cool as always in season 9, which boasted one of the best father son confrontations, when Blake hurled his son down the stairs after Dex Dexter had already attacked him too. Dex another charactor that worked well, adding Sable to the mix was great for the Alexis, Dex storyline which could have draggon on but Sable added a new element. Sable added many elements.

Season 9 had so many storylines, the heartbreaking departure of a favourite, and the whole interaction of the cast was superb, but the fact it was also the season that seemed to have a course. the whole murder storyline seemed to involve everyone at some point. from Blake, Fallon, Alexis right down to Sammy Jo and Adam. Everyone was part of this storyline and it helped guide the show and bind all the charactors seperate stories into one cool season.

Season 7

My second favourite season. I just liked all the elements. I loved seeing Alexis in the mansion for a change and loved seeing Blake and Krystal battle to regain there home and business. It was a classic moment indeed when Blake triumphantly kicked Alexis and Ben out the house. i loved the line "You can sleep in the master bedroom tonight, I'm having it fumigated in the morning." That scene is up there with the "take your blonde tramp and fake furrs and get out of this house, my house". Alexis, Blake and krystal were at the fiery best throughout this season.
I also loved seeing Dominique get a catfight with Alexis at long last. i howled with laughter as Alexis and dominique both repeatedly kicked each others knees. So so funny.
This was the season that Sammy Jo really started to feel part of the family, which was later cememted even further in season 9. I liked her voyage this season from marrying Clay fallmont and then divorce and her new found friendship with Steven. i also liked Alexis disaporving of this situation too.
Leslie Carrington was a good addition to the cast, an additioon which would later be underused in season 8. I also loved the courtship of Adama dn Dana and the wedding which was nice to see Sammy Jo and Leslie as bridesmaid.
the season started on a high with the big La Mirage fire trapping most the cast and killing poor and very much missed Claudia, the season also ended on a high with the return of Mathew Blaisdale siezing the house after the wedding. While i loved this, i did think that it was a shame Claudia hadn't survived the blaze to witniss this. Having Krystal and Claudia at the mercy of Mathew would have been electrifying. But alas it wasn't to be.
I also need to point out that the best thing the producers ever did was recast Amanda. While the new Amanda isn't quite up there with the greats she is none the less a good charactor and the actress a massive improvement on the original. I also liked the storyline with Michael the ex chaufer.
Season 7 like season 9 had a clear path and a one well trod. It was a joy to watch every episode and see it all come together. The storytelling like with season 9 were second to none. Most of the charactors like with season 9 were at there best. if i think back to all the charactors and think of my favourite moments they seem to all be in either season 7 or season 9. Just a shame Claudia never survived the fire and that the new and much much improved Amanda was written out so soon.

Season 5


Season 5 for me was great in parts but poor in others. Amanda was one elemtn that failed big style in season 5. Fallon was such a good charactor and actress that to follow her with such a cardboard charactor like Amanda was unforgiveable. Catherine Oxenberg could not act and was at times embarrasing to watch. her replacement proved Amanda could work, but Catherine almost buried the charactor. I didn't like her relationship with prince Michael. And for the most part i was glad when the whole Royal wedding fiasco was over.
I liked Claudia's involvement innseason 5. I liked seeing her problems. Claudia was good for the show as she was always the outsider and her whole story acr worked so well. And with Fallon gone it was her and Sammy Jo i was dying to see out of the children as Amanda was cringeworthy. I know Claudia and Sammy Jo weren't the children, but Sammy Jo was the niece and Claudia the daughter in law. I loved the whole Dex, Blake, krystal and Alexis's scenes. but when ever it was focussed on the younger ones and Amanda appeared i wished for a Claudia, Steven, Adam or Sammy Jo scene.
Just incase people don't realise. i didn't like Amanda or maybe it was just Catherine Oxenburg i never liked.
I liked Sammy Jo's relationship with krystal. infact i liked all the charactors relationships except for Amanda, who just didn't seem to gel with the other charactors and actors. Season 5 may have ranked higher if it just wasn't for the AMANDA thing.
Season=8

Season 8 for me was the weakest season. it had some good stories and some not so good. It seemed to lose focus a little and was by no means a failure, just not one of the best. Leslie Carrington was a good charactor but a little waisted. terri Gaber was fantastic in North and South as bitchy Ashton Main, but was kind of waisted in season 8. I found certain storylines boring. Dana and Adam's battle for a child had it's good moments but certain elements were boring. Alexis seemed to have less screen time with Blake and Krystal. While i was never a fan of the charactor of Amanda mainly due to Catherine Oxenbergs zero acting talent(i quite liked the second Amanda played by Ka????? Celinni) it was quite bad of the producors never to mention her name. Quite often Blake and Alexis would say "our children Fallon, Steven and Adam" but never any mention of Amanda. She was just wiped from the charactors memories which was wrong. They should have kept her charactor open as she could have been better with the right actress. The second Amanda proved that. But season 8 didn't even mention her.
Another missing element of the season was Dominique. I missed her greatly.
Fallon and Jeff's return was also quite dull. Fallon's charactor for me was nothing at all like the original charactor.The writing for this charactor was poor, and at the time I thought Emma Samms was a poor replacement. but watching fallon in season 9 Emma was fantastic. Just clearly had nothing to work from in the script. And the less said about the UFO storyline the better. The best thing season 8 did was play that down and make out as if Fallon just imagined it. had the season claimed it actually happened then it would have been the death of the show for me.
Season 8 had it's good points. Alexis and Sean was good. Sean had his classic moments, but also some moments that weren't classic. But the overall storyline worked.
Sammy Jo and Steven were great together and it was a shame they weren't used more. Steven should have had a new boyfriend when Sammy Jo started dating Jeff, and maybe Sammy Jo could have stayed best friends with Steven and then often went out with Steven and his new boyfriend.
Season 8 while never rubbish, it did lack something that all the other seasons except for possibly season 5 had. which was a shame.

I think season 3 ans 4 kicked arse! and so did Alexis.
But like many of the above people I too have a soft spot for season 9. Such a shame about seasons 7 and 8, where could Dynasty have been without them?

I am actually surprised so many people don't like season 7. I thought it was one of the better ones, does anyone else agree.

Actually thinking about it i didn't think season 6 was that great either!!! :cry:

i loved the whole battle for the mansion and the Fallmonts and seeing Blake and krystle claw there ways back to the top. Classic Dynasty at it's best. Now if only they hadn't killed of Claudia.

Favorite seasons: 1, 2 & 9.

And then:
3,
4,
5,
Mini-series,
6,
8,
7 (least favorite).

Season 9 of Dynasty just beats 2 and 6 to the post beacuse it's so timeless and such good edgy storytelling.
I loved season 1 of The Colbys as well.

Season One. I loved how all the storylines were inter-dependent, like a house of cards, and the way that every plot twist led up to the events of Blake's court trial. Even Michael the chauffer's seemingly pointless flirtation with Cecil Colby's secretary resulted in pillow talk revealing the pawning of Krystle's necklace, and Steven's affair with Claudia. Both pieces of information were passed on to Blake, with tragic consequences. (As a result of Michael's information, Blake sets a trap for Krystle which results in her leaving him. Hours later, Blake - beside himself - kills Ted Dinnard. The revelation of Claudia's affair with Steven leads to her being subpoenaed to testify at the trial, and her subsequent accident with Lindsay.)

I loved the juxtaposition between the Carrington and Blaisdel lifestyles in Season 1. Having a relatively "normal" family like the Blaisdels grounded the show in some sort of reality, and by extension gave the Carringtons more credibility than they would have in later years. The characters of Krystle and Claudia seemed to mirror each other as well - each was struggling to find their way forward in a new family situation, while at the same time haunted by their (partly shared) past. Claudia draws this comparison in Season 2:

"You and me, we did the same thing ... we had an affair. You've still got everything. I've got nothing, I've got me."

The reason Krystle still has everything is because, when push came to shove, she was willing to perjure herself under oath when asked about Blake's violent tendencies, while Claudia could not bring herself to lie about her relationship with Steven in court. In fact, almost all of the characters in the first season are morally compromised. Krystle, Fallon, Steven, Claudia and Matthew all betray people who love them, while Blake is completely ruthless in business and violent in his personal affairs.

In Season 2, the moral balance of the show shifts, with the original Carringtons being depicted as innocent victims of Alexis, Nick Toscanni and Sammy Jo. Blake, who begins the season as "convicted killer", is transformed into "unjustly accused victim" as a result of Nick's misplaced vendetta over his brother's suicide. As in Season 1, Krystle comes close to an extra-marital affair but, instead of her acting on her own impulses and desires as she did with Matthew, she is portrayed as blameless and whiter than white - cruelly manipulated by Alexis and Nick. Most significant, in terms of the show's shifting relationship to its main characters, is Fallon's change in attitude towards "what it means to be a Carrington." In the first season, she is clear-eyed and cynical, educating Krystle - and the viewer - in some non-sugarcoated, hard facts about Carrington life. No one else on DYNASTY, or DALLAS for that matter, would dared to have come out with lines like these, though doubtless they would apply equally to the Ewings as to the Carringtons:

"At the upper management level [of Denver Carrington], there are no blacks, no Jews, no Eskimos, and no women."

"Steven comes from a world where culls, cripples and homosexuals are taken out behind a barn and slaughtered before they get a chance to breed."

At the Carrington party in the first season, Fallon casts herself as the family rebel - she gets stoned, goes skinny dipping and mocks Jeff's belief that, having been born into money, they both have a responsibility towards those less fortunate. ("You wanna join the Junior League and knit booties for orphans, Jeff? Go ahead!") By the time of the party to celebrate Steven and Sammy Jo's marriage in Season 2, Fallon's function has changed. The role of Carrington rebel is now taken by Sammy Jo, whom Fallon reprimands (just as Krystle did her a year earlier) for getting drunk and dancing sexily (Gasp!). Fallon (and the show itself) is now unquestioningly pro-Carrington. She tells Steven earnestly how lucky she feels to have been born into that family, and is virtually suicidal when Sammy Jo tells her she might not be Blake's daughter. As with Krystle and Blake, "Fallon the troublemaker" has been replaced by "Fallon the victim". In this case she is a victim of Alexis and Sammy Jo.

That said, Season 2 is my second favourite season. Alexis is like an evil troll living at the bottom of the garden, and her lurking presence in the mansion, spying from behind pillars and hiding behind doors, gives the place a campy yet sinister atmosphere. This season has an energy that the show lacks in later years. The second half of Season 2 has a strangely fevered, delirious quality detectable in both the storylines (Blake going blind, then recovering his sight, then pretending to still be blind; Nick exchanging psychiatry for brain surgery just in time to dislodge a bullet from Claudia's brain; Blake offering to adopt Jeff; Cecile turning out to be Logan Rhinewood etc), and the musical score, which seems to grow more insane by the episode. There are times when the orchestra seemed so out of control, I'd swear my television set was about to split in two from the sheer hysteria of it all!

[quote]Pollux,
Vous exprimez assez ce que je ressens. De la saison 6 à 8, j'ai trouvé que l'action s'émoussait, les conflits sont toujours les mêmes et leurs conclusions prévisibles et je ne suivais plus tellement le feuilleton. La saison 9 a à nouveau éveillé mon intérêt avec l'arrivée de Sable, l'enquête sur la mort de Roger Grimes et l'implication des familles Carrinton, Colby et Dexter avec les nazis. Mais comme vous le dites, c'est une histoire qui n'a presque rien à voir avec celle du début.
De la saison 1 à la saison 5, je trouve l'histoire captivante et le suspense me tenait en haleine d'une semaine à l'autre, avec un sommet aux saisons 4 et 5. Les caractères contrastés de Blake, Fallon et Steven, les conflits entre Steven et Blake, Fallon et Krystle, Fallon et Jeff et leur évolution positive me plaisaient. l'intervention de Nick Toscani et son double jeu avec Blake Krystle et Fallon m'a bien plu aussi. L'entrée en scène d'Alexis, qui remet en cause le couple Krystle-Blake, son évolution jusqu'à devenir une femme d'affaire accomplie, le début de son histoire avec Dex. Mais franchement, des épisodes 6 à 8, je ne trouve plus Alexis si ensorcelante, au contraire elle devient une vieille dadame à caniches assez stupide. Elle se laisse berner par Sean Rohan et d'autres commes Ben, et les conflits avec Dex où elle se montre sotte et semble avoir perdu tout son charme d'antan deviennent répétitifs et lassants, alors qu'au départ, ils forment un couple d'enfer, avec magnétisme, beauté, intelligence, charme... L'arrivée d'Amanda m'a bien plue aussi.[color=darkblue][/color]
Et dire que je m'ennuie à parler (enfin, à essayer) de parler anglais!

Mypersonal order is:
5
4
3
6
2
1
The reunion
7
8
9

The first part was not so bad (except the departure of Catherine Oxenberg) but the second one was the WORSE of "Dynasty". How boring it is!!! Some characters (Ben, Dominique) were insignificants, like as there were walk-on actors!

[quote="Dynastie c'est riche"][quote="Fallon"]Pollux,
Vous exprimez assez ce que je ressens. De la saison 6 à 8, j'ai trouvé que l'action s'émoussait, les conflits sont toujours les mêmes et leurs conclusions prévisibles et je ne suivais plus tellement le feuilleton. La saison 9 a à nouveau éveillé mon intérêt avec l'arrivée de Sable, l'enquête sur la mort de Roger Grimes et l'implication des familles Carrinton, Colby et Dexter avec les nazis. Mais comme vous le dites, c'est une histoire qui n'a presque rien à voir avec celle du début.
De la saison 1 à la saison 5, je trouve l'histoire captivante et le suspense me tenait en haleine d'une semaine à l'autre, avec un sommet aux saisons 4 et 5. Les caractères contrastés de Blake, Fallon et Steven, les conflits entre Steven et Blake, Fallon et Krystle, Fallon et Jeff et leur évolution positive me plaisaient. l'intervention de Nick Toscani et son double jeu avec Blake Krystle et Fallon m'a bien plu aussi. L'entrée en scène d'Alexis, qui remet en cause le couple Krystle-Blake, son évolution jusqu'à devenir une femme d'affaire accomplie, le début de son histoire avec Dex. Mais franchement, des épisodes 6 à 8, je ne trouve plus Alexis si ensorcelante, au contraire elle devient une vieille dadame à caniches assez stupide. Elle se laisse berner par Sean Rohan et d'autres commes Ben, et les conflits avec Dex où elle se montre sotte et semble avoir perdu tout son charme d'antan deviennent répétitifs et lassants, alors qu'au départ, ils forment un couple d'enfer, avec magnétisme, beauté, intelligence, charme... L'arrivée d'Amanda m'a bien plue aussi.[color=darkblue][/color]
Et dire que je m'ennuie à parler (enfin, à essayer) de parler anglais!

Mypersonal order is:
5
4
3
6
2
1
The reunion
7
8
9[/quote]

Hè mais va falloir faire un club de fans francophones si ça continue!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bref, tous ça pour dire que je ne suis pas aussi fan que vous des premières saisons de Dynastie, je ne m'y suis intéressée que qd j'ai connu les Colby et Sable et que j'ai appris qu'elle débarquait dans la dernière saison....
J'ai qd mê pris la peine de regarder les saisons précédentes et j'avoue avoir bien accroché, mais de là a dire quelle saison je préfère...............

Enfin, au niveau perso, je trouve les "gentils" trop gentils (Blake et sa fade Krystle amis surtout l'insipide Fallon, principalement sur la fin!! ) et les "méchants" trop méchants (surtout Adam et puis LA Alexis bien sûr!), pas de juste milieu c'est dommage.


A++

Definitely season two.
— Alexis made her entrance (although I like her later hairstyles better).
— Her plots are hand-crafted.
— Fallon is still the snappish character introduced in season one by PSM. After she gave birth to LB she was tamed. :-/ (PSM: Alexis got all the good lines.)
— Al Corley is still Steven, although Jack Coleman to me is the most acceptable replacement of all the Carrington children, and although producers tried to "cure" him with that bimbo.
— Horrible Lindsay is gone.

All hail Season 9

Not me, I hate it!

I think you should watch it again with those of us who appreciated the great writing so we can point things out to you :? . And again i think you are being totally unfair to that season, especially seing as it followed what everyone I've listened to on 2 Dynasty forums think was the weakest season - number 8.
I think you are actually Joan Collins in real life (she would write in French too) and are annoyed at having episodes cut and Stephanie Beacham added as no-one else has showed such hatred for no good reason for this season, when it is quite obvious it doesn't deserve it. LOL

Yes I'm Joan Collins that's it!! :mrgreen:

I agree that the plot was better than in the 9th season (it was not difficult anyway) but the fact that Krystle was left deceived me so much...
And the show became too dark, it looked as some episodes of "Knots Landings", it wasn't "Dynasty" anymore...

But maybe if Linda Evans didn't left the show, I would have enjoyed the last episodes... Why did she left!! :cry:

Oups... "Why did she leave?"
(I think it's more correct... Sorry for my very bad english...)

Season 9
What I liked:[list]

That would have been interesting if Jack Coleman hadn't left - but looked like he was leaving anyway.
There were (believe it or not) aspects that I didn't like of season 9 -
- Sammy Jo cutting her hair
- Sammy Jo dating the minister (boring)
- Zorelli (however his character really stirred things up in a different way which couldn't be done if he was your usual cookie-cut pretty boy - remember the scene when he asked Alexis to read through the names of workers and she said immediately 'No, i don't recognise any' and he replied how he admired the quality to speed read!
- Adam - but he was in almost every season!
- Virgin-something (although again, she was interesting in the beginning with her link to missing Krystle) but her whole ex-lady of the night thing was so-so.
- Adam and that Phoenix girl and her father - whatever!

And we must remember we musn't blame the season's writers for actors' decisions to leave!
Having said all that, this is me looking back in retrospect, and at the time I never 'hated' anything on Dynasty and season 5/6 really captured my imagination and I think I loved the birth of The Colbys as much as the intrigue of season 9. 1985 was a wonderful year with the promise of a 'bigger' more modern Dynasty.... ah those were the days.
Did anyone hear about 'Dynasty III' which would have been centered around Dominique (in New York?) if The Colbys had been a success?

I liked season 4 and season 8 best.

The worst one was definitely season 9. Followed by season one which was simply damn boring.

How on earth, 'Guest', could you prefer season 8 to 9?

Was it the 'believable' love affair between Jeanette and Gerald at the beginning?

Or was it the 'suprising' twist of the surrogate mother taking Adam's baby?

And you talk about 'boring'?!

I think you're in the minority about season 9 acoording to all the posts I've read in this and other forums. - I slightly agree with you about my perception (at least) of season one, but I haven't seen it in years.

No the season 9 and the Reunion are very controversial. Some like them very much and some hated them.
For the season 7 and 8, everyone is agree to say that it is very boring but it is still like the "Dynasty" that we know. I understand waht Guest says.

The season 9 had no real links to the previous seasons, the show wasn't the same and that's the reason why some people hated it.
The Reunion also deceived a lot of pepole because a lot of events that occured in season 9 weren't finished. And the cast of the children was bad. But it looked like the "Dynasty" classic of season 3 to 6, so some people liked it anyway.

Hold on a minute, hold on a minute, don't mention the 'Reunion' and 'season 9' in the same breath please! They are have very little to do with each other and were made two years apart. And I think the Reunion was a terrible let-down and I haven't read anyone anywhere saying they liked it.
Oh and so now Dynasty c'est riche, you're admitting that seasons 7 and 8 are boring lol!

Season 9 having no real lonks to the previous seasons? Roger Grimes, the Colby family being split up resolved, Krystle's on-going illness reaching a climax, Colterton (Colby, Dexter, Carrington)...

I do understand that it wasn't as glossy as the season 6 type years... but hold on a minute - have you seen it lately! And have you compared it on a 'glossy' scale to the shows that followed Dyansty in the dull 1990's!?!

We were coming out of the Reagan era in 1989 and into a recession. What was Dynasty to do? Dynasty was about the Reaganomics thing of the early '80s and that's why it was timely - should it have been out of time or tried to move on and kept going?

If you didn't like the lack of Linda Evans, I still can't understand you not liking season 9 as it gave her a wonderful send -off and it was the only time I've ever cried over Krystle and she had more touchng scenes in that series than the whole of season 8.

I hated the way they wrote out Maggie in Falcon Crest and don't think that was done with any dignity for a character who was as much a part of that show as Krystle was Dynasty. Dynasty let Linda leave in a far better way.

Every time you criticise season 9 I take it that you are criticzing the new producers who did the best they could under difficult circumstances. But what they also did was tell a brilliant story and (I disagree with you) keep the links to the past with stories from Dynasty's history.

The Reunion was made by the same people who made the earlier seasons!

I think that you are not able to be objective contrary to me. Even in this forum some people sayed that they liked "The Reunion". It was not a majority of course but these persons exist.

It's not just the absence of Linda Evans who upset me in season 9. The show had just nothing to do with the original show. I don't say that it was bad (except the 3 last episodes) but it wasn't "Dynasty" anymore. It was "Melrose Place" before the hour.
And Krystle was not the only character to be absent. Steven as well.

"The Reunion" looked like season 6. It was too much but it was still "Dynasty".

The glorious years of "Dynasty" were from season 2 to season 6 and everybody is agree to say it.
The first season and the season 9 were too far of the essence of the show.
The season 7 and 8 tried to repeat the glorious past but they didn't manage.
"The Reunion" was an attempt to make a modern show (modern for the time: the "90's") and in that view, it was a success. But the absence of a lot of actors that people liked, prevented the movie to be popular.
At least, the characters were reunited ans I think it was the only thing to wait with a title like "the reunion".

Of course the producers of "the reunion" were guilty to have made some craps (Fallon and Jeff still maried) but it was pleasant to see the characters reunited. Even if this movie was not huge, it was not a shi* either.
And it was the same for season 9. The producers tried to make something new, and it was a good thing. But it was useless since they didn't have a coorect budget (because of John Forsythe and Joan Collins). And they wanted to change all the story (and they manage unfortunately).

They were a lot of things which were bad writed: Why Krystle couldn't be operated in USA? Why did she wanted to divorce of Blake before her leaving? If she had died during the operation, Blake would have became a widow. So she was clairvoyant and she knows that she will fall in the coma?!

"Beverly Hills" was a show about luxury as well.
And "the reunion" had a lot of different sceneries, it was not a daily soap. I know that it was the fault of David Paulsen, but it was deceiving.

Dynasty c'est riche, do you think if we ever met in real life we'd have a huge row with each other?!

You'se would be fighting in a horse trot ala Sammy Jo and Fallon.


I have to say i agree with Doug's reasoning behind why season 9 was so good. I have to say when you read these pages the majority of posters state season 9 as one of there best. It's my favourite and others have it high up in the list.

It had a lot of links to the past. Fallon and Sammy Jo's feud was still there from earlier seasons, Krystal's illness being linked to the accident in season 2. Roger grimes was often mentioned in earlier episodes. Even Dominique's family were used even though the charactor was long gone. bringing Sable into the show was a link to the past, her relationship with Fallon and jeff was a good nod to the fans opf the Colbys. As was bringing in Monica.

It didn't feel like a different show at all. It still had that Dynasty magic and i never noticed the budget being anyless.

I agree with Doug when he said(not sure which thread) that maybe they should have drafted in the season 9 producers for season 8. I don't think any season felt un Dynasty like. But season 8 was definately the weakest.

Oh and the disapointing reunion. The whole reunion story could have been told well during the ongoing season but for a two episode only they kept the family apart too long. I wanted to see Sammy Jo interacting with Fallon and krystal, but she barely had any screen time with the family.

I quite liked the priest storyline. One of the funniest scenes was when he is tearing up the bear in the hostpital and then Fallon wlaks in going "Hi Sammy Jo.

But yes, i never liked her short hair. Just looked a mess.

There were good ideas in season 9 but David Paulsen destroyed all the show was about: Luxury and the love between Blake and Krystle....

For hope, in the "Reunion", these elements returned.

SammyJo/SableColby wrote:
"I have to say when you read these pages the majority of posters state season 9 as one of there best. It's my favourite and others have it high up in the list. "

Yes but a large number of people sayed that they loved season 1 too...
Strange no?

The idea that Paulsen "destroyed" DYNASTY is ridiculous. What destroyed it was failing to bring him in several seasons earlier!
I think some fans resent season 1 and season 9 so much because those years create such a contrast to the more anemic, confused periods of the show, and it's a contrast they dont want to see and it makes them angry in a shoot-the-messenger sort of way.

As Doug said, Paulsen did the best with what he was left with, and by 1988, the series not only had its budget cut, it had been in artistic tatters for ages.
While there may have been some plot inconsistencies in season 9, those were NOTHING when compared to the blur of contradictions the show slung at us non-stop for several years before that.
But I really do think some fans prefer the season 7 type of nonsense-style DYNASTY, where any semblence of an actual traceable story is almost an affront to the senses.
:roll:

Sorry, but I really thinks that's the psychology of some fans: resentful denial. And, as a result, they wind up resenting the periods of the show that made the most sense.