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Is this from the episode when Fallon divorces Jeff in Season 8?  I remember she wore something very colorful for the trip.

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I recall Alexis went to the Virgin Islands to divorce Dex for some unknown reason.  And I think Fallon when to Mexico.  It was never clear why they needed to leave town to get a divorce.  It wasn't The Women in the 1950s where they had to go to Reno.  I think women could file for divorce in Colorado.

 

 

Meanwhile, check out Krystal's workout ensemble

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At about 3 minutes Esther Shapiro gives a statement about her new film, Living the Life, written with her sister-in-law. This was her last project.

City of San Antonio City Council Meeting - Living the Life (1999) (texasarchive.org)

Living the Life (2000) - IMDb

Looking at her credits also takes me to this - can't remember if it was ever talked about here or not, or if any of it is worth sitting through. (she had no involvement - just got a credit based on Dynasty) You can see looking through the episode guide that they just adapted the first two seasons of the original show, not the CW version.

Dinastija (TV Series 2021–2022) - IMDb

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It's sort of interesting - it's from what I can gather a telenovela, so I assume the format must've made it play out somewhat differently. I remember a couple of videos being available on YouTube - from what I could gather some of it seemed directly ripped from OG Dynasty and some seemed more in line with CW Dynasty.  A bizarre experiment either way - considering their "top-rated" episodes seem to be between 3.0-4.0 stars on IMDB I'm not sure it's worth the effort of tracking down.

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I skimmed through a few - you're right, nothing that special, although it's not awful. The most interesting part, maybe reflecting where it is made, is them redoing the '80s Steven story. If it had lasted longer, I wonder if he would have gone back to men too.

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I break down Dynasty as

Season 1: Slow start that builds the foundation for the character relationships.

Season 2: Peak. Joan Collins arrives and Alexis is the breakout character that becomes a pop culture phenomenon. This season Dynasty becomes Dynasty as we know it and for me its the only season that works from a storytelling and acting standpoint.

Seasons 3-5: Height of popularity but weaknesses are showing. To me it seemed Aaron Spelling's entire goal was to be bigger and better than Dallas and storytelling logic and acting ability went out the window.

Season 6: Tanked in the aftermath of the Royal Wedding Shootout.

Season 7-9: Off the rails.

I thought I would like Dynasty as an adult since I loved the peak years of 90210 and Melrose as a teen but on the whole I didn't like Dynasty very much. Aaron Spelling shows you have to watch with the mindset that they are products of their time and you're not going to get high emotional stakes character driven storytelling.

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I agree with this... pretty much... After season 3... the show became a joke... for me. Too much fights and absurd bitchy dialogue and too much conspirations. At one point there would be 5-10 episodes with the same one-liners from Alexis and Krystle. I would play an episode from season 6 by mistake and not realize I'm not playing the right seasons - it was all the same every season. No dimensions, lack of dept. But some moments were still fun.

P.S - I first watched Dynasty in my early teen years and back then I LOVED IT. ALL OF IT. But watching after 25 is... hard... and surprising the first 2 seasons were amazing for me. Especially season 1. I loved it. 

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The Carrington Mansion seems so much bigger in the pilot and in the first season.

To me, the unfortunate shifts from S1 to S3 are the personalities of Blake and Krystal.  I know the rumors that John Forsythe wanted to tone down Blake, but he makes an interesting tyrant in the first season.  And Krystal is not only more a force to be reckoned with against Alexis early on, her motives are also a bit more questionable. 

Later on, Krystal explodes on Alexis once a season in their annual cat fights.  But, in season 2, you can tell why Alexis has reason to be suspicious of Krystal's motives.  And in the famous scene where Alexis is packing to live in Cecil's palazzo, Krystal is no pushover.  But, by the time you get to season 6, Alexis just seems like a cruel bi-atch for constantly poking at Krystal. 

Again, (unpopular opinion), but that is one of the reasons that I enjoyed the CW reboot version of both characters.

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Well, most of the pilot (bar John Forsythe's parts since they had to reshoot those because Peppard dropped out) were shot at Fioli. I also think they overall shot a bit more there perhaps in the first season. 

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I liked Season 1 too, but it seems they thought the Blaisdels were dead weight except Claudia and killed them off. If Lindsay had been better cast, she could have been a fascinating character.

If Heather Locklear had been cast as Lindsay (instead of them creating Sammi Jo)...Lindsay would have married gay Steven and had his child. It would create even more explosive conflict between the 2 main families and driven stories for years. 

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