Dynasty season 7 episode guide Continue Season 9 Season 8 Season 7 Season 6 Season 5 Season 4 Season 3 Season 2 Season 1 Special Season 1 1981 The first three episodes of the dynasty were originally broadcast as a three-hour movie on ABC. To re-run this was edited into three separate episodes. 1. Oil (1) Broadcast: b: January 12-1981 Big, wealthy oil tycoon Blake Carrington and his former secretary, Krystle Grant Jennings marry. Krystle's ex-boyfriend, Matthew Blaisdel, who has been working as a geologist for a year and a half at one of Blake's oil rigs in the Middle East, is thrown out and returned to Denver. He accidentally meets Krystle, and they both start to think that there may be a spark to the left of their previous relationship, and Krystle starts getting a second thought about the wedding. She's a little bit of a arguing about it with Blake. Blake's children, Steven Daniel Carrington and Fallon Carrington, are also returning to Denver after being away. Blake doesn't get well along with Stephen because Stephen is gay and Blake won't accept it. 2. Oil Matthew gets a small visit from an old friend, Walter Lankershim. Walter asks for money because he's in trouble. He lent money to Blake for oil drilling, but he didn't strike. Matthew refuses to give him money. Matthew goes to visit his current wife Claudia, who is in a psychiatric hospital for 18 months, but he learns that she is much better, and she was released. Matthew, Claudia and their daughter Lindsay decide to start all over again as a family. Blake and Krystle begin to talk about their differences and begin to plan a big wedding. There was an accident on Walter's oil rig, and he finds out that someone sabotaged. He's convinced that Carrington has something in common. 3. Oil (3) Blake and Krystle finally get married. Blake talks a little bit with his son about homosexuality. There's a big wedding in the mansion, and among the guests are Cecil Colby and his nephew Jeffrey Broderick Jeff Colby. Cecil is a big oilman like Blake, but he's much bigger, and Blake's company, Denver-Carrington, is just a newsagent compared to Cecil's ColbyCo oil. Walter erodes in a big wedding, furious at sabotage at his rig. He and Blake fight about it, and Matthew takes Walter's side in battle, leading to Blake shooting Matthew. 4. Honeymoon Broadcasting - 19-January-1981 Blake and Krystle have to break their honeymoon because Blake is in a bit of a meltdown at work and he has to go home to do business. Walter gets into trouble with the workers on his rig, but he gets it all straightened up, and Matthew and Stephen get the job done there. Blake doesn't like it. Krystle has trouble getting along like a rich woman, with all the servants and money. Matthew and Claudia fight a lot, they both think it's hard to start this new life. Cecil and to negotiate their own. Cecil will help Blake get out of his troubles if Fallon marries Jeff. 5. Dinner Party Broadcasting - January 26, 1981 Blake apologizes to Walter and Matthew about their struggle at the wedding and asks Matthew to return to his old job. He also invites them to a dinner party at the mansion. During dinner, a lot happens; Stephen and Claudia meet and get along very well, Matthew talks to Krystle for a long time and tells her that he is still in love with her, and Cecil and Fallon begin to implement their plans. Cecil offers to help Blake and Fallon, who begin to beat Jeff. 6. Fallon Cecil's wedding helps Blake with his money problems. Jeff and Fallon got married. Blake's driver, Michael Calhan, who slept with Fallon, is a little jealous because she won't accept him anymore. Blake hires him to work undercover in Denver-Carrington, and he begins to flirt with Cecil's secretary. Blake warns him of disloyal. Stephen gets a visit from his gay friend, Ted Dinar, from New York. Broadcast: 02-February-1981 7. The chauffeur tells the secret Michael is still trying to bring back Fallon and tells Blake about Cecil and Fallon's agreement. Blake and Fallon argue about it. Stephen is teased at work for being gay. Lindsay has a boy to learn, he tries to put moves on her, and she gets upset and runs away. Blake wants to have a baby with Krystle. Matthew invites Stephen to a dinner party at his house. Eventually, Stephen and Claudia secretly begin to kiss. Broadcast: February 16-1981 8. Bordello Walter takes Stephen to Bordello to try to straighten him out. Something goes wrong on the platform of Matthew and Walter, Stephen is accused of sabotage, and although he is innocent, he loses his job. Blake's plan now is to take the installation of Walter and Matthew when they are in trouble. Krystle doesn't like Blake's methods in his work. She lays down an emerald necklace and explains to Matthew the money to help him. She makes a false copy so Blake doesn't realize she's gone. Eventually, Matthew and Krystle kiss, but Krystle rips it apart and leaves. Broadcast: 23-February-1981 9. Lies Krystle Matthew finds a guy who really sabotaged the rig. Stephen is offered to return to work, but he does not marry him. Claudia learns about Matthew's relationship with Krystle. Lindsay is upset, thinking that her parents should have married only because of her when she was born. Stephen's boyfriend Ted tries to contact him, but Fallon does his best to stop it and keep them apart. Blake learns that Krystle is taking birth control pills, and assumes that she is not interested in the birth of a child. He gets angry and gets drunk and forces Krystle to have a rough sexual intercourse. Broadcast: 02-March- 1981 Originally aired as a two-hour episode with Episode 10: The Necklace. 10. Blake Necklace apologizes to Krystle about behavior, and she forgives him. Michael found out about Krystle Krystle and he says that to Fallon. Matthew and Walter finally hit the oil. Claudia is dating a guy she meets, and she's almost having an affair with him. She manages to get out, but later she has an affair with Stephen. Lindsay's starting to find out. Broadcast: 02-March-1981 Originally aired as a two-hour episode with Episode 9: Kristle's Lies. 11. Beating Jeff returns home after being in the Middle East, but he and Fallon have many arguments. Steven decides to get more education and start working for Blake, and he moves into his apartment. Blake learns about Michael's relationship with Fallon and hires people to beat him. Lindsay learns all about her mother's affair, which is still going on. Broadcast: 09-March-1981 12. Blake's birthday will know about the pawn Krystle. He doesn't tell her, but he starts scaring her with tips. Jeff now knows that his marriage to Fallon is only part of the deal, and he does everything to embarrass his wife. Especially during his birthday, Blake throws for Cecil when he shouts to everyone what he thinks of them. Ted is still trying to re-enter Steven's life. Matthew manages to return The Crystal's money and she wants to buy her necklace back, but the pawnshop has already sold it. Broadcast: March 16-1981 13. Seperation Butler, Joseph Arlington Anders, shows Krystle that he doesn't love her and it means she doesn't belong to the Carrington family. Krystle realizes that Blake is the one who bought the necklace to show her what he learned. They have a small argument about this, and Krystle decides that life with Blake is impossible and leaves him. Stephen tells Claudia that he spent the night with Ted, but now he wants to end his relationship with both of them. Steven and Ted just say goodbye and hug each other when Blake discovers it. He's furious because a gay man now stands in his house with his hands on his son. He attacks Ted, and there's a fight going on. Ted travels, hits his head, and dies. Broadcast: March 23-1981 14. Blake goes to jail Blake arrested for the murder of Ted, and the big trial comes up. Prosecutor Jake Dunham, an old friend of Claudia and Matthew, who does not like Blake. Krystle hears about the trial and decides to return to Blake to be with him and then solve their problems later. Fallon is afraid and helps her father, and she lies in court. Stephen is telling the truth about what really happened, however. Broadcast: 13-April-1981 15. Blake's trial continues. Both Joseph, Claudia, and Krystle must testify. When Claudia testifies, she has to say that she had an affair with Stephen, and then Matthew finds out about it. He riotes in the courtroom, attacks Blake and must go to jail. Claudia packs things, runs away and takes Lindsay from 1900. In the final scene, Jake Dunham calls a new witness, and a mysterious woman walks in. Turns out Alexis Morrell Carrington is Blake's first wife. Broadcast: 20-April-1981 Info: Beau Hopkins (Matthew Blaisdel), Katie Kurtzman (Lindsay Blaisdel) and Dale Robertson (Walter Lankershim) leave the cast. Initially, Blake's ex-wife's name was Madeleine (not Alexis).