I watched the first four episodes of my "Dynasty: The Complete First Season" DVD last night.
And WOW! I'm in love with the show all over again. The first three episodes are actually the series opener, called "Oil" with Blake scrambling to recover whatever he can from a mideast uprising overtaking all his oil plants. Meanwhile, he's getting married to Krystal Jennings and Denver society is either agog or aghast.
What a wonderful wallow from the 80s. It's a retro hoot watching the show. Some of it is howlingly ridiculous, but it's never dull.
And how magnificent IS Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon? TRULY magnificent. When the actress left the show a significant element was lost...and it wasn't something replaceable.
The fun thing about "Dynasty" is that both Carrington children had acting replacements. First, Steven (Al Corely) was replaced, and it was done via an oil-rig explosion at sea. Steven not only had reconstructive facial surgery, but had a complete body lift as he went from a swimmer's build to a football player's physique (Jack Coleman).
And then Fallon (Pamela Sue Martin)...she had a car accident and was in a coma. Not only did she forget who she was, she forget what she looked like and how she sounded. She was replaced by a British actress (Emma Samms) of extraordinarily little depth or personality. Poor Fallon.
I could have watched entire first season (it started in the middle of a season and was only 13 episodes that year) in one sitting, but the ugly truth of another workday stared me in the face and forced me to bed.