Recap: Blake is walking through a cellblock of the Colorado State Prison, where he has been an inmate for the last few years - after being convicted for the fatal shooting of Captain Handler, despite the fact that in the Season 9 finale it was clearly Sergeant John Zorelli who opened fire on the police captain, not Blake. Blake is escorted by a prison guard to the visitor's room, where he chats with Jeff about his impending pardon. Blake expresses his concern about the shadowy people out in the world who 1) comprise a corrupt, America-hating consortium, and 2) would like nothing more than to see him remain locked up in prison. Jeff asks him if these shadowy people are the same people he's been writing about to various newspapers, and Blake confirms they are, and that he's worried they'll be gunning for him once he's released. Jeff informs him that the newspapers' response to his letters has been that he suffers from "jailhouse paranoia", and Blake acknowledges that he knows how crackpot his theories sound...then changes the subject by asking about Krystle's status. Jeff says there's been no change in her condition, and that she remains comatose.  

Across the pond in Switzerland, Krystle is awake and seemingly well as she tells her creepy physician, Dr. Jobinet, that she feels sooooo wonderful now that she's no longer in a coma. He cautions her to not rush the recovery process, then asks her to perform various post-coma exercises:

• Walk across the room without looking down
• Unbutton her blouse while maintaining eye contact with him (weird) 
• Rebutton her blouse while maintaining eye contact with him (also weird)

She tells him she's very eager to go home and reunite with her husband and daughter - but Dr. Jobinet says she's not quite ready yet, then fibs that he's been in contact with her family and has shared how well she's been coming along. He says they agree with him that she needs to fully finish her treatment before celebrating her homecoming, with the understanding that there could be setbacks along the way. As the ceiling fan whirs above, he pulls out a stack of numbered cards, lays them out, and asks her to place them in the order they've been practicing. She easily completes the task, and he gushes about how remarkable her progress has been, and that everyone at the clinic is sooooo proud of her. 

Alexis is in her ColbyCo office, looking remarkably intact after her near-fatal plunge in the Season 9 finale as she gets a full body massage and chats to Adam (who's been recast in this reunion show) on the phone. When she summons him to her office, he reminds her that he no longer works for his daddy and can't just come and go as he pleases. Alexis rolls her eyes and points out that he's still a Vice President (of something or other) at Denver Carrington, and that she neeeeeeds to see him in person 'cause she has something highly confidential to share. She asks him to stop by in a few hours 'cause she's off to an auction...then ogles her masseuse's taut buttocks as he works on her kinks. 

Late that evening, Nurse Liu wakes Krystle and warns, "Something is wrong here" and says she senses that danger is afoot. She informs Krystle that Jeff Colby had telephoned the other day and was told she's still in a coma, then shows her a medical certificate that claims she continues to be a comatose vegetable and can only assume that creepy Dr. Jobinet is up to no good. She hands Krystle her passport and a wad of cash and says her husband is waiting outside to drive her to the airport so that she can flee this weird institution and return to the U.S.

Jeff is waiting by his car across from the prison when Blake is officially released. A gaggle of reporters pepper questions at him, and he insists that a mysterious international consortium plotted to take over his company, and vows to get it back. The camera then pans over to one of the reporters, a young man who's carefully jotting down Blake's statement. 

In the car, Blake asks Jeff how Kristina has been coping with life without either of her parents, and Jeff tells him she's been living in Malibu with Fallon and loving it - but is very excited to see her daddy again. Blake asks him if he's still going through with the divorce, and Jeff brusquely says he doesn't want to talk about it...and says this as if he and Fallon haven't been fully, legally divorced from their second marriage since the middle of Season 8. Blake announces that he's going to have to put off reuniting with Kristina in Malibu, 'cause he has plans to go to Washington D.C. Jeff warns that it's a fool's errand to chase after a group of shadowy corporate pirates who might not even exist - just as Blake points out that there's a suspicious looking car following them. The car, which is being driven by the young reporter from the previous scene, pulls up alongside them and tries to run them off the road. Jeff manages to avoid a collision with that car, along with the many transport trucks that suddenly appear on the winding mountain road they're on. He speeds up and deftly pulls into an area covered by foliage, and the young reporter obliviously speeds past. Blake applauds Jeff's superior driving skills, and Jeff contritely says he officially believes that The Consortium exists and that they may, in fact, be trying to do him harm. He then suggests to Blake that he stay with Steven while he's in D.C. and asks if there's anything else he can do, and Blake asks him to please fly to Switzerland pronto and check in on comatose Krystle, and somehow convey to her that he'll visit as soon as he possibly can.

Krystle and her suitcase arrive at Carrington manor by cab and she walks towards the main entrance looking pensively tentative. When she enters the house, she quickly learns that the original mansion sets built on the Warner Hollywood Studios soundstages had long since been dismantled after Dynasty's abrupt cancellation following Season 9...and that budget cuts also prevented the reunion show from using the original (Filoli) estate (in Woodside, CA) for any of the exterior shots. As Krystle wanders around the "remodelled" mansion in a daze, she asks a servant if Gerard is around. He tells her he has no idea who that is, and informs her that the auction has already begun. Krystle proceeds to climb up a ginormous staircase and eavesdrops on a woman who's telling her husband that this is the exact spot where the two unfortunate people fell over the railing and plunged onto the floor below...and that everything has been completely renovated since then. When Krystle's all, "Wh-a-a-at are you talking about?", the woman informs her that, three years ago, Alexis Colby and Dex Dexter fell over the railing...and that Alexis somehow managed to turn in mid-air and land atop Dex, who presumably splatted and "didn't fare all that well". First of all, ouch for the flattening of Dex who was basically murdered by Adam when he charged him and sent him flying over the railing ... and second of all, nope, the fall did not occur at the Carrington mansion, but rather on the mezzanine/lobby floor of the Carlton Hotel during the final moments of the Season 9 finale:

The woman then says the Carringtons found a valuable art collection in an underground cave and gave it all away, I guess in lieu of making any kind of effort to return the looted Nazi treasure to the rightful owners. This is also the only semblance of an explanation the writers provide as to whether Fallon and Kristina were able to escape the collapsing mineshaft at the end of Season 9, which...I guess we can assume they did. [There is, however, no word on the fate of Dennis Grimes, who might still be buried under the rubble.] When the woman and her husband start to walk off, Krystle asks them where Blake is, and they tell her that he just got out of prison...then point at Alexis, who's on the main floor below and headed towards the exit after having just purchased several items at the auction. Krystle races down the stairs to catch up with her longtime nemesis. 

Krystle races out of the mansion and over to Alexis's limo...and when she calls out her name, Alexis whirls around and exclaims, "Oh my God!" at the sight of her. Krystle asks her whassup with the remodelled mansion and the auction, so Alexis explains that the property is currently on the market, and that all of the furniture and artwork is being auctioned off to the highest bidders. After that, she provides the following updates:

• Blake lost control of Denver Carrington and went to prison - but was just recently released
• Kristina is living in California with Fallon
• Sammy Jo went broke being a rancher [I wonder if recreating the Delta Rho set was also a 'no go' for this reunion miniseries], and is back to modelling in New York

Alexis gives Krystle Fallon's Malibu address and smugly tells her she bought a lot of her valuables at the auction. When Krystle insists that she couldn't care less about that stuff and only wants to be reunited with her family, Alexis is all, "Yeah sure", accuses her of having loooooved expensive trinkets, and cheekily offers to call her a cab. As her limo pulls away, Krystle slowly walks the length of the driveway, still clutching her suitcase. 

Later at ColbyCo, Alexis tells Adam that Krystle showed up at the mansion "bleating on about Blake, ad nauseam". Adam points out that everything must be very confusing for Krystle, given that she just woke up after being in a coma for several years...but Alexis just kind of shrugs disinterestedly and breezily says she looked no worse for wear. She then changes the subject to "the phantoms" who now control Denver Carrington and asks where they came from, adding that she's sooooo delighted at Blake's misfortune ever since the Season 9 finale, 'cause of all the misery he's caused her over the years. Adam says he has no idea from whence the phantoms originated - but that he does know of a PR man named Jeremy Van Dorn who runs a huge media relations firm and is privy to all kinds of juicy insider secrets. Alexis recognizes the name and says she's been getting a stream of pain-in-the-ass letters from a Jeremy Van Dorn, who wants to set up a meeting for them to discuss various money-making ventures. Adam cautions her to not to be so casual about an alliance with the man, pronouncing, "Jeremy Van Dorn knows the people who know the people", prompting an intrigued looking Alexis to stare contemplatively into space.

​Steven, who's been re-recast back to the original actor [whose Season 3 plastic surgery must have been reversed back to the character's default settings], tells his partner (Bart Fallmont) that he was not at all thrilled to hear from Blake...and is even less thrilled about the prospect of him staying at their very spacious Washington D.C. apartment. Bart urges him to show some compassion, not least 'cause Blake has been languishing in prison for the last three years. A few seconds later, Blake arrives...and Steven makes a point to dickishly remark that there's plenty of room for him to bunk with them, mostly 'cause he and Bart are gay lovers who share the same bedroom. Blake just kind of stares back at him mutely, then mumbles that he's not sure what to say about a conflict that, by Season 6, had been fully resolved between father and son. Bart pulls Steven aside and tells him to stop acting like such a pissy douchewad...and when Steven insists that Blake doesn't completely totally 100% accept their love, Bart points out that his own father - who was extremely homophobic (and, generally speaking, a tremendous asshole) - is now deceased and that, sadly, he'll never have the opportunity to make things right. 

After the commercial break, Steven de-prickles enough to go out to a diner with Blake, who tells him his theories about The Consortium. He describes the system of moles, aka highly placed executives in various companies, who - on the orders of the higher ups at The Consortium - make a series of disastrous financial decisions that devalue the company's stock. After that, The Consortium launches a hostile takeover of the company...and they've done this enough times to stitch together a lot of companies to form corporations that are so gigantic they're able to dictate policy to governments all over the world. Steven points out, by that logic, there must have been a mole in Denver Carrington...and Blake agrees, but doesn't know who it could be [though I'm sure we could all hazard a guess]. Blake asks Steven if he and Bart could please put him in touch with media people who are willing to listen to his theories. He then changes the subject to Steven's relationship with Bart...and when Steven assures him they're in love, Blake says he's envious of their togetherness, and that it makes him miss Krystle more than ever.

Across the country in Malibu, Miles Colby is playing on the beach with Kristina and her little cousin (Lauren) when Jeff arrives. He says hey to Fallon, and makes it clear he's displeased to see that Miles is hanging around, describing him as "all mouth and temper". Fallon explains that she's giving Miles a second chance, given that their marriage is dunzo. Jeff snarlingly asks whatever happened to her cop beau (John Zorelli) from Season 9, so she tells him it eventually dawned on them that they had zero on-screen chemistry and wisely broke it off - just as Miles enters the room and smarmily asks Jeff if he's signed the divorce papers (that are sitting atop the kitchen counter) yet. Before Jeff can retort, Kristina and Lauren bound in...and he promptly assures Kristina that her daddy loooooooves her and will get to California as soon as possible, then informs Fallon that Blake has asked him to go to Switzerland to check in on Krystle. After the kids go upstairs and Fallon ambles off with Miles, a defeated looking Jeff signs the divorce papers. 

In New York, Jeremy Van Dorn is giving Alexis a rundown of his list of successful business takeovers. Alexis says she'd prefer to "get down to the cash" and asks how she can get her share of all the foreign capital that's been flowing into the U.S. She assures him that, with the right alliances, she's capable of generating a lot of money and urges him to take her message to his people. Jeremy promises he will, then suggests they meet up for dinner in a few hours.

Later, at a swanky restaurant, Jeremy tells Alexis he'd like her to invest in fashion, specifically in a company named Fashion Fury. He further explains that the owners are having money problems and need an infusion of cash, and that he'd consider it a good starting point for her partnership with The Consortium. Alexis mulls that over and decides that, yep, even though she has zero qualifications in the highly competitive fashion industry, she definitely has an eye for style.

Krystle arrives at Fallon's Malibu house, where she and Kristina stare at each other in dumbfounded shock before Kristina runs to her and leaps into her arms for a happy hug.

When Steven returns home, he learns from Bart that Sammy Jo just dropped Danny off, and that she's staying at the Grand Hotel, doing an outdoor photoshoot [at night time, for some incomprehensible reason]. 

Across town at the Grand Hotel, Sammy Jo is posing in a crop top and unflatteringly high-waisted jeans. When the photographer stops to reload film, Sammy Jo complains to Arlen Marshall (the top cheese at Fashion Fury) that the jeans are too tight, to which he cackles, "That's kind of the point." When he reminds her that he's helped her get various modelling gigs and that she's accompanying him to Switzerland tomorrow, she decides the jeans aren't so tight after all and agrees to finish the shoot. She's ordered to get into the swimming pool and pose for several shots while soaking wet ['cause, yeah, that's really going to further inspire people to buy tight, uncomfortable jeans], then climbs out, wraps herself in a warm coat, and declares the photoshoot done. A few seconds later, Steven shows up to chide her for resuming her sleazy modelling career and hooking up with a jerkwad like Arlen Marshall, who's married and likely has mistresses stashed all over the country. Sammy Jo, who seems to have reverted to her bratty Seasons 2-3 self, says she's just trying to live her best life, and that she needs him to take care of Danny while she jets off to Europe to publicly carry on with her married lover. She then makes it a point to smooch Arlen in front of Steven, who just walks away in disgust.

Jeff arrives at the Swiss clinic to check in on Krystle, and is stunned when Dr. Jobinet informs him that she woke up from her coma one day...and eventually checked herself out. An incredulous Jeff asks him why no one bothered to call Krystle's family to let them know she's no longer in a coma...and when he doesn't get anything resembling a coherent explanation to that, he snippily tells Dr. Jobinet he's going to call Blake to see if he's heard from her. As Jeff storms off, Nurse Liu chases after him and shares that she helped Krystle flee the clinic, and will get in touch with him later tonight to explain everything. Dr. Jobinet, meanwhile, is on the telephone, telling whoever's on the other end that he still doesn't know where Blake is - but that he's confident he'll be hearing from Krystle very soon.

Blake is playing checkers with Danny when Bart enters the room to pass along a message he just got from Switzerland: Krystle has checked herself out of the clinic. Blake is stunned by that shocking development and rushes over to the phone so he can get in touch with Fallon to see if she's heard from her - but Steven warns that, if his paranoias about The Consortium are to be believed, Fallon's phone line could be tapped. Blake mulls that over and reluctantly puts down the receiver.

That evening, Jeff is parked on the side of a road, waiting to meet up with Nurse Liu. When she pulls up and gets out of her car - another car suddenly comes barrelling over. Jeff yells, "Look out!" - but the car hits her...and as Jeff hovers over the dying nurse, someone sneaks up from behind and chloroforms him.

Back in New York, Alexis is looking at the newspaper spread of Sammy Jo's Fashion Fury photoshoot when Jeremy Van Dorn arrives at her suite with flowers and breakfast. He tells her he'd like to put her in touch with Arlen Marshall - but she says it's unnecessary, 'cause when she heard that Arlen was going to be in Switzerland to meet with bankers she made plans to jet there herself so that the two of them can have a productive one-on-one. Jeremy makes it clear how miffed he is that she didn't rely on him to set up their first meeting, and Alexis condescendingly warns that he's clearly out of his element here - but that she'd be happy to throw him a bone in the form of a finder's fee for recommending that she link up with Fashion Fury. She then breezily tells him to enjoy his omelet, and sashays out of the suite.

Arlen Marshall is packing for Europe when his estranged wife, a young Wendie Malick, drops by his D.C. hotel room to admonish him for letting Sammy Jo tag along on the upcoming trip. When Arlen insists that Sammy Jo will be an asset, Wendy Malick lets out a bitter chuckle, mockingly insists that he's making a fool of himself, and incredulously asks, "Why do you have to chase after sluts to prove anything?" Arlan snappishly retorts, "'Cause I'm married to a woman like you" and proceeds to thin-shame her for dieting herself to skin and bones. He grumbles that there's no longer anything to come home to, and Wendie Malick responds by angrily storming out of the suite. 

Jeff has a large bruise on his face and is being further tortured while the camera pans over to The Consortium's busy Swiss headquarters. When the CEO, who's sitting at the center of dozens of computer workstations, swivels around we see that it's Jeremy Van Dorn (!). One of his minions arrives with an update on Jeff's preliminary "interview": he's provided no useful intel on Blake Carrington's whereabouts. Jeremy chews on that for a few seconds, then orders the minion to get Jeff cleaned up for a nice, civilized dinner...in the hope that Jeff can be persuaded to give up Blake's location so that he can be eliminated.

As Krystle strolls along the Malibu beach, Miles shows Fallon a photograph of a remote 20 acre property he wants to buy so they can build their own log cabin, far far away from civilization. Fallon looks less than enthused by that unappealing prospect, then tells him she's growing increasingly concerned about Jeff, 'cause he hasn't checked in in awhile. Miles just shrugs and says he prolly went off skiing somewhere...then offers to fly to Switzerland in order to track him down, bring him back to the U.S., and force her to choose between them...'cause he's getting really tired of competing with another man for her affection. Seems fairly drastic, but OK.
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Alexis arrives at a luxurious Swiss villa and meets up with Arlen Marshall. She introduces herself, wanks him about how awesome he looks in person, and makes a business proposition he can't refuse: a much needed infusion of cash for his struggling company in exchange for her involvement in developing new fashion lines, ideas, and avenues. When Arlen asks her who put her up to this, she flatly tells him it was Jeremy Van Dorn - just as Sammy Jo sashays over to flirtily greet Arlen. When Arlen introduces the two women as if they've never met, Sammy Jo comes right out and asks, "Weren't you my mother-in-law at one time?", to which Alexis mutters, "Unfortunately I was." Arlen tells Alexis he can schedule her in tomorrow for a proper meeting, then rushes off to take an important call from Paris.

Krystle is still strolling the Malibu beach while Kristina gathers seashells. When the tot suddenly notices Blake ambling in their direction, she cries, "Mommy! Look! It's daddy!" and Krystle stares over at the old goat with pensive longing before they run towards each other, embrace, and indulge in a long awaited smooch.  

After the commercial break, Blake warns Krystle that there are people who are trying to silence him 'cause of all the investigating he's been doing into The Consortium, and he's keeping his fingers crossed that they don't decide to go after her. At that moment, a helicopter flies overhead, which triggers Krystle's brain to recollect the sound of the whirring ceiling fan in Dr. Jobinet's office, along with his hypnotic voice as he led her through her various post-coma exercises. Blake looks concerned by her sudden spaced out expression and asks her if anything is wrong, but she just shakes it off and assures him she's totes fine. Blake then updates her on the latest news:

• Jeff went to Switzerland to check on her [and hasn't been heard from since]
• He (Blake) is going to Washington D.C. again to beg lawmakers/the feds for help in confronting The Consortium about the theft of his home and company
• Steven is looking for a house for them in Virginia, where they can live in secret

Krystle gushes that she's just soooooo happy they're finally together again...and then Kristina orders her parents to stop talking and play frisbee with her.

Back in Switzerland, Sammy Jo is clad in a sexy teddy as she joins Arlen for a morning romp. She warns him not to trust Alexis, who would have no qualms about taking over the full operation of his company. When she makes it clear to Arlen that she won't model for Fashion Fury if it's being financed by Alexis, he responds by roughly pulling her into bed and groping her. She wankingly tells him he's the most exciting man she's ever had - but only 'cause she made him exciting [mmm...nope]. She then poutishly tells him to run along to his meeting with Alexis - but he boneheadedly decides 'I think I'd rather have sex with Sammy Jo than meet with a much needed investor for my failing company' and continues to get it on with the skank.

Alexis, meanwhile, is pacing her suite while waiting for Arlen to arrive. When her patience runs out, she telephones his room...and Sammy Jo answers and gigglingly puns that Arlen "is not in yet". She and Arlen then wrestle for control of the phone receiver - but ultimately Arlen is too entranced by her hotness to even pretend to want to take care of his fashion business. Alexis barks, "You little tramp!" and slams down the phone, violently throws her ashtray at the noisy cuckoo clock that just started cuckooing, and calls the front desk to haughtily announce that she's checking out.

Adam has just checked into a Geneva Hotel when, by scripted coincidence, he runs into Kirby Anders in the lobby. When he proposes they get together for dinner later, she declines and concedes that Alexis won when she exiled her for pulling a gun on her in Season 4 in an effort to avenge Joseph, who was driven to a self-inflicted mercy killing. She was subsequently declared by Alexis to be an unsuitable Carrington wife and ordered to leave town to avoid an attempted murder charge. Adam's all, "Say wuh?" and insists he had no idea that any of that had happened...and Kirby mulls that over, decides she believes him, and agrees to get together for dinner tomorrow night.

​Alexis is back in New York, hanging with Steven. He tells her he's concerned about Sammy Jo's parenting abilities...but despite Alexis's opinion that the woman is a slutty tart who has no business even being near her child, Steven insists, "In her heart, she truly loves Danny", and strongly believes that his son needs his mother. Alexis disagrees and points out that the boy shouldn't be exposed to his mother's sordid hookups - but agrees to shut it when Steven gets all prickly about not wanting his child to become a pawn in any kind of custody dispute.

Later, Alexis meets with Jeremy Van Dorn to tell him that Arlen Marshall turned out to be "a dead end street" - but also to acknowledge that she needs his (Jeremy's) business contacts in order to generate vast sums of cash. She stares at him intently for a few seconds and asks, "Who are you, anyway?" and says she gets the strong feeling he's not who he says he is. Jeremy continues to keep mum about being CEO of The Consortium and vaguely replies that he's the man who can arrange for her to get full control of Fashion Fury, 'cause Arlen is about to lose his position in the company...and Alexis perks up at that tidbit and purrs about how very interested she is in dabbling in the fashion world. After Jeremy rushes off, Alexis picks up a magazine featuring one of Sammy Jo's fashion shoot photographs on the cover and mutters, "Your days are numbered, bimbo."

Steven has found a house (in Jepson, Virginia) for Blake, Krystle, and Kristina to hide out in while Steven, Blake, and Bart do everything possible to present The Case of the Shadowy Consortium That Launched an Illegal Takeover of Denver Carrington to the Attorney General...'cause, yeah, I'm sure the nation's top law enforcement official doesn't have more important things to do.

Adam arrives at The Consortium's Headquarters in Geneva to rail to the humorless Executive Secretary about not getting to meet with the CEO, despite being a loyalist for the past three years. The Executive Secretary stonily tells him he first needs to perform a minor service which would greatly please the CEO: persuade Jeff Colby to be more cooperative during his torture/inquisition sessions.

Adam meets with a battered looking Jeff and tells him that The Consortium thinks it would be useful to learn how ColbyCo and Jason Colby Enterprises interface with Denver Carrington...and Jeff points out to the dolt that The Consortium wants to absorb both companies, then sourly adds that extracting that kind of intel from him would surely help his (Adam's) standing with this shadowy group. Adam retorts, "I've never really liked you", to which Jeff snappishly rejoins, "I'd feel real creepy if you did." Bwahahaha! Jeff tells him that The Consortium is filled with some very bad people, and that they murdered the nurse who had helped Krystle escape from the clinic. Adam calls that allegation ridiculous, and attributes all of the cuts and bruises on Jeff's face to what he was told by The Consortium: a car accident on the way from the airport. An exasperated Jeff reacts by grabbing him and dragging him over to the nearby bathroom and into the shower stall. He runs the water and quietly tells Adam it's the one place in this suite that isn't bugged, then growls, "These people want to kill Blake. Does that mean anything to you?" A few seconds later, the Executive Secretary and a burly looking man appear in the doorway of the bathroom and ask whassup, and Jeff quips, "Just thought it was time to come clean." 

Back in Jepson (Virginia), Blake is gathering paperwork for his meeting on Capitol Hill when Krystle interrupts by sitting atop his lap and leaning in for a smooch. Blake coos about how much he looooooves her - just as she glances up at the whirring ceiling fan and spaces out while the voice of Dr. Jobinet reverberates inside her brain about the specific order of the numbered cards. She suddenly turns into a robotic version of herself and tells Blake she's going into town to pick up a few things...then stiffly exits the house and climbs into her car, and is oblivious to Steven when he happens to pull up in the driveway at that moment. 
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​Steven informs Blake that he somehow managed to get the Attorney General's office interested in his plight, and Blake is all, "Hooray!" and says he managed to gather up information on all of the business transactions that occurred within Denver Carrington during the years he was in prison.

Over dinner, Adam and Kirby get caught up on their lives...and Kirby lays it on thick about how much she looooooves her glamorous European life and has zerooooo desire to settle down with a family. She explains how she got her current job: she was talking to someone in English on a public pay phone in Paris, and was overheard by a man who offered her a translation job (French to English). Before she knew it, she was in Switzerland, working for what Adam recognizes as a subsidiary of The Consortium. Kirby says that her employers are very nice to her, and have shown a particular interest in her knowledge of the inner workings of both Denver Carrington and ColbyCo [um...I have no recollection of Kirby working for either company - but even if she did, she likely would have been too low on the organizational charts to provide The Consortium with anything even moderately useful]. Adam strongly advises Kirby to find another job asap - despite being unable to tell her why - and urges her to abort her current life in Switzerland and accompany him to Paris tonight. Kirby gives that a hard no - at least until he's willing to tell her exactly what's going on. 

Krystle arrives at the market and robotically walks over to the nearest phone booth. She gets spacily distracted by the ventilation fan whirring above, which once again brings about Dr. Jobinet's voice in her head, reciting the order of the numbered cards. Krystle dials the numbers and tells whoever answers that it's Krystle Carrington calling, and that she's currently in Jepson, Virginia. After a short pause, she promises, "I'll be there."

Miles arrives at the Geneva clinic to inquire about Jeff's whereabouts, and Dr. Jobinet looks faux puzzled as he says, "I don't know any Jeff Colby." Miles says he knows for a fact that Jeff stopped by this clinic to look in on Krystle, and then disappeared soon after. When Dr. Jobinet gets testy about being interrogated, Miles snaps, "I think you're a lying bastard!" then storms out and heads over to the police station to file a complaint/missing persons report. Captain Shabrier gushes about what an upstanding citizen Dr. Jobinet is, and that since there's virtually no crime in Geneva, he's fairly certain that nothing bad could possibly have happened to Jeff. An incredulous Miles points out the obvious: Jeff Colby is still a missing person.

Krystle arrives in a city park and robotically seats herself on a bench. A few seconds later, a well dressed man walks over and silently hands her a box. She then takes it back to her car and opens the lid...and inside is a handgun. Eeeeek!

Back at Consortium Headquarters, Jeremy Van Dorn is enraged when he learns that Blake scored a hearing with the Attorney General's Office. He directs his anger at one of the Consortium members, Mr. Wu, and admonishes him for not handling the situation in a more clever fashion. Another member asks how they can dispose of Blake for once and for all, and Jeremy motions at Dr. Jobinet, who informs the group that Krystle finally made contact, then further explains, "Mrs. Carrington has been scientifically triggered to kill Mr. Carrington the next time they make love". Which should hopefully be any minute now. The Executive Secretary nods approvingly and manages to keep a straight face as she calls the sinister plan ingenious, while Jeremy grins maniacally about the prospect of Blake dying, post coitus. [A belated note to the Dynasty Reunion writers: you are all weird as fuck.] 

Back in Virginia, Krystle shows Blake the bottle of champagne she got for them, 'cause she wanted them to enjoy an extra special night in the sack. She then unbuttons her shirt while Dr. Jobinet's voice infiltrates her brain, ordering, "Kill him...kill him..." Blake smiles back at her with a dopey expression, utterly oblivious to the grave danger in which he's about to put himself. OMFG.

This is where Disc 1 (of the 2 Disc DVD set) ends...so at this point in the recap, feel free to cue the muzak and join me in taking a well-deserved intermission break. 

​As a thunder storm rages in Jepson (Virginia), Krystle robotically gets out of bed, turns on the light, and retrieves the handgun from her drawer. She aims it at Blake, who's asleep in their bed...and is about to pull the trigger when Kristina cries out from her bedroom, fearful about the loud thunder. The sound of the little girl's voice jolts Krystle back into semi-normal coherence, and she hurriedly puts the gun away as Blake wakes up and offers to look in on the tot.

Alexis meets with Wendie Malick to appoint her as the new president of Fashion Fury. She tells Wendy Malick that she truly deserves the job, not least 'cause her designs were integral in the formation of the company, and wankingly adds that she seems to have her finger on the pulse of the atrociously tacky garb women in the early '90s seem intent on wearing in public. Wendie Malick agrees that, yep, she's pretty much been the brains of the operation from the get go. Alexis calls herself a champion of intelligent women, and considers women better suited to run companies than men, 'cause they're always "getting distracted by short skirts". She says that throughout her years of experience as a businesswoman, she's come to realize that men need to be tightly controlled and shown how to behave properly...then advises Wendie Malick that if, for whatever reason, she still wants to keep Arlen around, she needs to "put a leash on him" and appoint him as a vice president of nothing. As for Sammy Jo, she suggests an immediate firing...and Wendie Malick agrees and hastily retorts, "Oh, I'm on it." Alexis then changes the subject to Jeremy Van Dorn, and Wendie Malick says she only knows that he's an attractive top media man who's very very mysterious. Alexis agrees with that assessment and purrs about the aura of strength she senses from the man, and finds herself intrigued by the kind of empire the two of them could build together. She muses about the notion of marrying him...if, in fact, she wanted to take the idea of consolidating power to that kind of personal level. 

Back at Consortium Headquarters, Jeremy Van Dorn tells the Executive Secretary he's zeroing in on a company in Denver [I'll assume it's ColbyCo], and that the key to his success with that could be Alexis, adding, "I might have to marry her." The Executive Secretary asks him if he's not already married, and he confirms he is...to two women, in fact: one in India, the other in Brazil. The Executive Secretary wankingly expresses her admiration for his personal sacrifice, and he happily muses that he wouldn't consider marriage to Alexis to really be a sacrifice. [Cue ironic laughter here.]

Krystle drops by Steven's apartment to tell him that lately she's been getting really spacey and distracted and thinks she might need to see a neurologist. Steven clucks sympathetically and promises to get her in touch with a doctor who can take a look at her malfunctioning brain.

Alexis lands (via her private jet) in New York and, by scripted coincidence, runs into Jeremy Van Dorn after de-boarding. When he flirtily suggests they spend some sack time together while they're both in the same city, she coquettishly asks, "My plane or yours?" ... and in the next scene, the two are on one of their private planes, wasting precious jet fuel as they enjoy a mid-air romp. Post coitus, Alexis asks him if he has any Asian contacts she might tap into who could partner with ColbyCo, so he mentions a Singapore bank that has a strong interest in American energy. He smooches her, suggests they guzzle more champagne, and asks, "How do you feel about falling in love?" She eagerly tells him she's all for it [along with the idea of leaping headfirst into ill-fated marriages with malevolent men she barely knows]. Jeremy asks her how she feels about pre-nups, and she poutishly says she finds them cold and favors the philosophy 'what's mine is his, and vice versa'. Which is an oddly stupid thing to hear come out of the mouth of a supposedly savvy businesswoman, particularly considering her disastrous union with Sean Rowan throughout much of Season 8. Jeremy pretends to agree with her sentiment on pre-nups, and the two start getting amorous again.

Fallon arrives in Jepson (Virginia) to reunite with Blake and express concern about Jeff, who seems to have disappeared. Blake agrees that, yep, it's concerning all right, and shares that he phoned Switzerland and spoke to a Captain Shabrier, who claimed he recently spoke to both Jeff and Miles and assured him that everything is A-OK. Fallon makes a face at the mention of Miles and tells her father she's sooooo confused by her current situation: she's engaged to Miles, but yet can't stop thinking about Jeff. Blake makes it clear he's Team Jeff and reminds Fallon that she's going to have to choose one of the two...and she consorts her face into an expression of puzzlement.

Miles is in a Geneva bar, showing the bartender a photo of Jeff and asking if he's seen him (he hasn't). He then runs into Adam, who eventually admits that he recently spoke to Jeff who appears to be an abused captive of The Consortium.

Adam drops by Kirby's place, and she snarlingly tells him she was just translating documents for The Consortium when she stumbled across irrefutable proof that he was the mole in Denver Carrington who betrayed Blake as he languished in a state prison. She sanctimoniously rails about how she could never ever do that to her own Papá, and Adam admits that, yeah, he's done some incredibly shitbaggish things throughout much of his life - but urgently adds that there's no time - no time! - to dwell on that right now 'cause Jeff is in real trouble. He adds that he's partnering with Miles Colby to launch a rescue...and that they could really use her help. 

Alexis has joined Wendie Malick at a rehearsal for a Fashion Fury runway show, which features a monotonous parade of extremely glittery, colorful clothing choices with a ridiculous number of Madonna-inspired bra/corset tops. When a model struts down the runway wearing the show's pièce de résistance (a short, pink, frilly wedding dress) and unveils herself, both Wendie Malick and Alexis gasp at the sight of Sammy Jo. Wendie Malick reminds the tart that she was fired via a registered letter - but Sammy Jo pulls out the paperwork (she just happened to be carrying around while on the runway) that legally entitles her to a two year contract as a Fashion Fury model...a contract that apparently can only be voided by Arlen himself.

Over dinner, Adam, Kirby, and Miles discuss their plan to break into Consortium Headquarters to rescue Jeff. Kirby warns that it's likely to be dangerous, then shares that Jeff is most likely being held in a basement wine closet. She explains that, through her translation job, she knows the wine growers who routinely deliver their product to the headquarters...and they have reported the oddity of seeing a cage in the basement. Miles then outlines the broad strokes of the rescue plan:

• Kirby and Miles will make a faux wine delivery on a Saturday (when headquarters is reduced to a skeleton crew)
• Adam will arrive at the front door for some contrived reason to create a distraction
• While the headquarters staff is distracted by Adam, Miles will sneak into the building and free Jeff 

Kirby applauds Adam for wanting to save Jeff, particularly since he doesn't much like the guy...and Adam correctly assumes that her newfound admiration translates into her wanting to spend the night with him.

Blake wakes in the middle of the night, and is puzzled when he sees that Krystle isn't in bed beside him. He gets up and searches the house, calling out her name. When he sees the patio door open wide and goes outside, he finds her standing in the middle of the backyard, dressed in her nightgown. She slowly turns around and points the handgun at him, prompting him to stare back at her in bewilderment and ask, "What the devil are you doing?!" Dr. Jobinet's order to 'kill him, kill him' once again reverberates through her brain. Blake cooingly reminds her how much he loves her, then gently says, "It's me, darling. It's Blake. I love you, Krystle." In response, Krystle's hand begins to shake, and the gun she's holding fires an aimless bullet before she drops it to the ground. He rushes over and hovers over her...and she suddenly becomes coherent again and moans about how horrified she is that she nearly killed him without even being fully aware of her actions.

Later, Blake warms Krystle with a blanket and assures her he knows her attempt to shoot him was the fault of "the bastards at the clinic", who are so depraved that they tried to manipulate his own wife to get to him. He talks about how her programmed mind was a technique developed during WWII to get people to do things they wouldn't normally do - but that the brainwashers at The Consortium didn't factor in the deep love they feel for each other. 

Over lunch, Alexis tells Jeremy Van Dorn that Arlen Marshall is proving to be a problem, and Jeremy concurs and says he's been hearing complaints about Arlen messing around with one of his models (Sammy Jo), and that it's not good for Fashion Fury's image. Jeremy tells her that Arlen has to be kept in line, and Alexis assures him she knows just what to do.

Over at Fashion Fury, Arlen is complaining to Wendie Malick about how resentful he is that she's now in charge of the company - just as Sammy Jo struts over to tell Arlen that she's ready to go to dinner. Arlen smugly (and rather stupidly) informs Wendie Malick that tomorrow he and Sammy Jo are off to the Caribbean, where they plan to charter a yacht so they can enjoy a sun-filled, sex-fuelled vacation. As they happily stroll off together, Alexis emerges from out of nowhere while Wendie Malick seethes about how much she wants to kill "that rotten little tramp". Alexis corrects, "Not her, darling. Him."

While Sammy Jo scarfs down eggs rolls and dumplings at a Chinese food restaurant, the waiter tells Arlen that his credit card has been declined...as has all of his forms of credit. A deflated Arlen tells Sammy Jo he doesn't have any cash on him and asks her to pay the restaurant bill...and when a miffed Sammy Jo asks if this means he won't have the means to pay for their Caribbean vacay, Wendie Malick suddenly appears and smugly retorts, "That's exactly what it means" and seats herself at the table. She comes right out and tells Arlen that she's the one behind his credit card problems, which prompts Arlen to mumble an apology to Sammy Jo for his sudden decision to dump her as his mistress and a Fashion Fury model. After Sammy Jo gets up to storm away from the table, she strips off her jeans and throws them at Arlen...and across the restaurant we see that an amused looking Alexis has been enjoying the drama-filled spectacle. 

Back in Switzerland, Miles launches Part 1 of Operation Rescue Jeff by faxing Consortium Headquarters about a special wine delivery. He then invokes the tale of the Trojan Horse as his/Adam's/Kirby's main strategy to infiltrate enemy territory. Yep, that sounds just crazy enough to work!

Adam arrives at Consortium Headquarters and rings the front doorbell...and when the Executive Secretary opens the door, she irritably tells him he has no appointment. Adam explains that he dropped by uninvited 'cause he wants to bend over backwards to please the Consortium CEO by questioning Jeff again and extracting useful intel. The Executive Secretary reluctantly agrees to let him in, then warns that he can't disappoint the CEO a second time. As that's happening, the "special delivery" has arrived at the back door of Consortium Headquarters...in the form of Kirby driving an old truck hauling a large wine barrel (with Miles hidden inside). Adam, meanwhile, is brought downstairs and is physically thrown into the jail cell where Jeff is languishing.

The Executive Secretary appears at the back door and tells Kirby she first wants to test the wine that's supposedly inside the barrel...and doesn't look all that surprised when nothing comes out of the little spout. She then pulls out a teeny tiny gun, points it at Kirby, and smugly informs her that The Consortium knew exactly who she was when she was recruited from the Paris phone booth. She orders her henchmen to take the wine barrel (containing Miles) to the cellar...and to be as rough as possible while doing it. In the next scene, they roll the wine barrel down the staircase leading to the wine cellar...and after it breaks apart, an uninjured Miles springs into action and punches the henchmen, while Adam is somehow able to burn off the lock on the cell door and promptly free himself and Jeff. The three easily overpower the henchmen and run upstairs, where Kirby is being choked by the Executive Secretary. Adam swoops in and quickly saves Kirby from death by asphyxiation, and then the two climb out of the nearest window and down a conveniently placed trellis until they reach the ground. The four race over to Adam's car and screech off...and once they're safely off the Consortium's property, Jeff thanks Adam and Miles (aka his unlikely heroes), to which Miles rhetorically asks, "What are brothers for?"

Days later, Adam and Kirby arrive at the rental home in Jepson (Virginia), where Blake warmly greets them. He thanks Adam for rescuing Jeff, and expresses regret at how dysfunctional their father-son relationship has been ever since he first appeared on Dynasty. Adam admits that it's prolly mostly 'cause he's been a huge jerkwad during much of that time and that he really really regrets helping The Consortium take Denver Carrington away from him. Blake just kind of nods amiably and assures him that all that matters now is that he's his son.

​Inside the house, the family is poring through various newspapers when one of them comes across an article about the hit and run death of Nurse Liu, who Krystle recognizes as the woman who helped her escape from Dr. Jobinet's clinic. Jeff chimes in and insists that she was most definitely murdered, and Blake says he wishes there was a way to connect her death to the top man at the Consortium, aka a shadowy figure who's never been publicly identified. A few seconds later, Steven calls to inform Blake that he's been granted a hearing in the Attorney General's office on Thursday, and everyone's all, "Yippee!"

Fallon tells Jeff she's sooooo happy he's safe, and Jeff credits Miles for saving his life - but that his gratitude doesn't extend to giving up on the hope that the two of them can reunite as a couple...despite having already been married and divorced to each other twice.  

Sammy Jo drops by Steven's place to announce that she quit her modelling job and wants to take Danny back to Denver with her. Steven tells her he's A-OK with that, mostly 'cause he doesn't want to get into another tedious custody battle and/or make Danny think that his mom abandoned him (the way she so brazenly did when he was a baby). He says he knows she loves Danny, and that she can swing by in the morning to pick him up...and as Sammy Jo happily skips off, Bart tells Steven he's damn proud of him for not acting like his usual prickly-bitchy self whenever it comes to the subject of who should be raising Danny.

While lounging in bed, Jeremy Van Dorn tells Alexis that Blake and Adam scored a meeting with the Attorney General to complain about losing Denver Carrington...and when Alexis just kind of shrugs and says she couldn't give the tiniest of rat's asses 'bout that, Jeremy irritably tells her she should give a fully sized rat's ass about it - not least 'cause the people who allow her to run Fashion Fury care about it. Alexis asks what she's expected to do, so he instructs her to go to Washington D.C. and "throw a wrench" in the proceedings, and reminds her again that she's beholden to the people she somewhat recklessly decided she needed to go into business with - without conducting any kind of proper vetting.

When Thursday arrives, Blake and his clan are in the Attorney General's office when members of The Consortium file into the room, along with Alexis. Blake presents evidence supporting his claim that The Consortium is carrying out an evil plot to "buy up America", and that the U.S. shouldn't give in to the short-sighted gain of instant profits at the risk of throwing the country into unholy alliances with foreign entities. After that, Alexis offers testimony, supported with documented transactions between ColbyCo and Denver Carringon, that suggest Blake intended to commit fraud...then says she's been partnering with The Consortium in several ventures and insists that it's a well run conglomerate - unlike Denver Carrington, which was ripe for a takeover. The Assistant Attorney General remarks on all the "wild testimony" he's heard today, but chides Blake for not providing corroborative evidence that can support his accusations against The Consortium. Adam steps up and says he can, then testifies that he was recruited by The Consortium to conduct an operation of corporate espionage within his own father's company. "I am the mole," he shamefully admits...to the gasp of many, including Alexis.

Alexis is at the Fashion Fury warehouse, sketching designs, when Krystle saunters in to "entertain" Dynasty fans with one last needlessly dragged out physical altercation with her arch rival. She tells Alexis she wants to buy back the brooch she purchased at the Carrington manor auction, and explains that it's very special to her 'cause it was a gift from Blake [as was all of her fancy jewelry, I'll assume]. Alexis chuckles and says she assumed it was junk jewelry and gave it to one of her maids, and so Krystle gets the ball rolling on their last ever catfight by slapping her across the face twice. This action prompts the two stunt doubles who were on standby to go at it amid the clothing racks and mannequins...pulling at each other's hair and making a giant mess as they throw glitter around. It mercifully concludes when Krystle tries to strangle Alexis with a feather boa, then shoves her onto a wooden dolly and sends her wheeling her across the room. Alexis collapses next to a mannequin and looks defeated and exhausted by the inane fracas, and Krystle stares down at her and smugly says she has a goat daddy she needs to get home to.

Blake and Krystle return to the remodelled Carrington manor, and Gerard and Jeannette welcome them home and gush about how awesome it is that they're all together again. Mrs. Gunnerson emerges from the kitchen to say hey, and Blake happily informs them that the rest of the family will be here any minute.

Jeremy Van Dorn arrives at his office and is confronted by the various Consortium leaders about how badly Operation Destroy Blake has turned out. Jeremy says it's not his fault that Krystle didn't respond as they hoped after her brainwashing - but rather the failing of Dr. Jobinet. Jeremy then vows to take care of Blake, who has committed the grave sin of making him look like an inept fool. He seethes, "I am going to eat his liver", and the Executive Secretary wishes him Godspeed with that...and everyone else looks satisfied enough with his promise of murder and heads for the door. 

Krystle is standing in the mansion's music room when Blake enters, puts on some muzak, and gives her a smooch. She coos about how wonderful it is to be home, and that she loooooves having the family all together again. She makes a point of telling him she's A-OK with inviting Alexis to their reunion, especially considering that Blake's children and the grandkids all love her. Blake doesn't know why she'd want to invite her nemesis into their home, but says he's fine with it...then suggests they go upstairs and hit the sheets [after clearing the room of any firearms - just in case her brainwashing kicks in and makes her to want to shoot him again].

The next morning on the Carrington estate, Jeff finds Fallon standing alone by the pond. He tells her he transferred ownership of their L.A. house to her 'cause he doesn't want their kids to be displaced...and a few seconds later, Miles ambles over and looks visibly miffed at the sight of Jeff talking to his fiancée. Jeff makes it clear that he's not willing to spend the rest of his life doing his bidding, even if he did save him from the wine cellar prison cell. Miles then turns his attention to Fallon and asks her if she's happy that Jeff is here, then snarks to Jeff that he's no longer supposed to be in her life...and as the two men bicker back and forth, Fallon yells at them both to shut it, reminds them that she's not a possession to fight over, and angrily stomps off.

​Elsewhere on the estate, Adam presents Kirby with a ruby engagement ring, and she looks overcome [by the insanity of wanting to marry the man who raped her in Season 3] and agrees to become Mrs. Kirby Anders Carrington.   

Aboard her private jet, Alexis phones Steven and tells him she's off to the Caribbean for a much needed vacation and therefore won't be at the family reunion. After she ends the call, she's shocked when Jeremy Van Dorn appears in the cabin, and then snarls at him for sending her to Washington D.C. on what ended up being a fruitless endeavor. Jeremy snarls back that he's not happy Blake got both his mansion and his company back, then softens and promises Alexis he'll buy her a castle...in part to make up for her being left out of the Carrington family reunion. Alexis sighs and says she's tired of always being portrayed as a "first class bitch" (despite her general aura of bitchitude) and would really really like to see her children and grandchildren. Jeremy urges her to attend the reunion and offers to escort her, fibbing that he personally knows Blake from when he was involved in the sale of the mansion three years ago. Alexis chews on that improbability for a few seconds, then orders her pilot to turn the plane around and head to Denver.

Back at the Carrington mansion, Sammy Jo and Danny amuse themselves by sliding down the bannister - just as Krystle announces that the "big show" is about to start in the games room. Everyone gaily assembles in the large rec room, grabs a bucket of popcorn, and gets ready for a boring montage of Dynasty milestones...which viewers are supposed to believe were somehow all captured via multiple '80s personal camcorders in order to be stitched together in the form of a home movie. Blake narrates to the footage of..

• His/Krystle's Season 1 wedding
• The arrival of Little Blake (after Fallon decided not to abort him)
• Steven getting dirty working in an oil rig (before getting his face blown off in a later explosion)

Gerard slips into the room to inform Blake that two visitors have arrived: Alexis and a gentleman friend named Jeremy Van Dorn. Blake puts a pin in the family movie while he and Krystle head over to what used to be the vestibule area and inform Alexis that she's not welcome at the reunion [despite Krystle expressing the exact opposite sentiment just four scenes ago]. Jeremy introduces himself as someone who was involved with the sale of the mansion, and is here 'cause he has a business proposition in mind. Alexis gives him a strange look and asks to talk to him outside...and once the two are safely out of earshot, Krystle tells Blake that there's something strangely familiar about that Jeremy Van Dorn.

Alexis gives Jeremy the what for for lying to her about knowing Blake when it was patently obvious that Blake had never met him before. She also noticed that he (Jeremy) is carrying a concealed gun - but Jeremy just chalks that up to his regular habit of packing heat whenever he's in the U.S. 

Back in the rec room, the family is continuing to watch the home movie. Snore.
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Alexis asks Jeremy who he really is, then correctly guesses that he's the CEO of The Consortium. Jeremy reacts by grabbing her and snarling, "It's time to deal with you."

As the Carringtons continue to watch their boring home movie, Jeremy drags Alexis into a storage shed and ties her hands together. She begs him not to harm her children, just before he puts a gag over her mouth. He tells her he's going to hurry along her demise by filling the shed with carbon monoxide, then promises to look after her children, pronouncing, "What's yours is mine. Your children are my children." [Since her "children" are all well into adulthood, I can't help but wonder if he meant her grandchildren...though that's just as nonsensical, given that those kids all have parents who likely wouldn't be willing to weakly turn over their care to Jeremy.] He then starts up a gassed up snowblower, which starts filling the shed with toxic fumes. 

The Carringtons are now watching footage of when Jeff and Fallon first got engaged (a re-filmed Emma Samms version). Miles looks visibly upset by the touching faux moment captured on camera and hastily exits the room. Fallon gets up and follows him out. 

Alexis, meanwhile, is struggling against her ropes in an effort to free herself - but to no avail.

Miles sourly tells Fallon he's going to head back to L.A., and that it's pretty clear she and Jeff belong together. He says he does still love her - but doesn't want to be the man who takes her away from her family. He kisses her cheek and heads upstairs to pack. 

The Carrington home movie has finally wrapped up, and everyone is milling around the former vestibule area of the mansion. Fallon tells Jeff they have a lot to talk about, while Gerard tells Blake that Alexis's gentleman friend wants to speak with him privately in the music room. A few seconds later, Krystle tells Jeff that Blake just went to the music room to speak with Jeremy Van Dorn, and both Jeff and Krystle remark on how oddly familiar Jeremy's voice is. Jeff suddenly looks alarmed and rushes off to gather up Steven and Adam.

Over in the music room, Jeremy has a gun pointed at Blake as he grumbles about all the inconvenience he's made him suffer, e.g. discrediting him with his stockholders. He makes it clear he's about to kill him, and Blake offers to make him a brandy before he opens fire. Jeremy bloviates about how the world doesn't need morality - but Blake argues that the only thing that matters in life is morality, love, and family. He's like, "And speaking of family.." and warns Jeremy that his sons are standing behind him...and when Jeremy turns around to check, he's all, "Ack!" at the sight of Jeff, Adam, and Steven. The distraction gives Blake enough time to shove the drink cart in Jeremy's direction, and for Jeff, Adam, and Steven to uselessly leap into action while Jeremy is somehow able to flee through the French doors and disappear somewhere on the estate.

While in the process of searching for Jeremy, Adam finds Alexis's purse lying on the ground, then runs toward the shed where the snowblower is running. He's all, "The fuckity fuck?" when he sees Alexis tied up, and hastily frees her of the ropes and helps her out of the shed.

Blake witnesses (what he assumes are) local police officers, arresting Jeremy and hauling him away in their police car. When the camera pans over to the front of the car, we see that Mr. Wu and the Executive Secretary are in the front seat masquerading as cops...and Jeremy is grinning smugly at Blake through the back window. A clueless Blake just kind of shrugs and says, "Looks like we don't have to worry about him anymore."

Later, at the dinner table, Blake gives a toast about how lucky and grateful he is to have his family together again...especially now that Krystle has returned to them after her years long coma. Krystle smiles serenely and says that being in a vegetative state for so long has affirmed what's most important in life: forgiveness, understanding, happiness, and generally being conscious. Alexis, who seems to have nicely recovered from just nearly dying of carbon monoxide poisoning, concurs that they all share the unbreakable bonds of family...and, for better and for worse, they're going to be in each other's lives.

Blake once again finds Krystle in the music room...and the two dance as he gushes about how much she means to him. As that's happening, the camera pans out while the Dynasty theme music plays in the background.

And that's a final wrap for the original series! I sincerely hope that my recaps have brought you much joy and (hopefully) laughter.

Recap: That evening at the mansion, Blake and Alexis jointly tuck Fallon into bed as if she's a young child. Fallon murmurs that she can't believe she killed a man and then completely forgot about it, and Alexis points out that she saved her life via the killing [a somewhat debatable claim]. Blake agrees and coos, "You're still our little girl" before the two bid her goodnight and tiptoe out of the room. 

Downstairs, Sable tells Dex she really really wants to leave so she doesn't have to interact with Alexis...and Dex reminds her that, at some point, they're going to need to fully discuss the fact that she's pregnant with his child.

Blake tells Alexis he doesn't want to keep stoking an endless war between them, and she agrees and leans in for a consensual hug. The two then make their way downstairs to inform Jeff and Zorelli that Fallon is OK and is getting some much needed rest. Jeff and Dex offer to give Zorelli a ride over to the cottage, where his car is parked...and Zorelli looks suspicious by a possible underlying motive, but agrees. 

Over in the library, Alexis marvels to Blake how utterly implausible - I mean extraordinary - it is that she completely blocked out the circumstances surrounding Roger Grimes's death, and then had the nerve to repeatedly accuse Blake of shooting him in the head. Blake tells her that Tom Carrington had confided in Charles Matthews about how he was somehow alerted to Roger's shooting, rushed over to the cottage and hastily got rid of Roger's body. Blake then tells Alexis that Tom "took care of you" ... meaning he was somehow able to convince her (a grown ass woman) and five year old Fallon that the shooting was nothing more than a bad dream. Blake caps off the nonsensical tale by pouring them both some Port and toasting, "To better times." Alexis tells him she'd happily help out with the new murder investigation, then invokes everything they have in common, including "the collection". When Blake contorts his face into a stunned expression, she explains that she knows all about it, mostly 'cause Roger had gifted her a painting she recently learned was looted Nazi treasure. 

Dex and Jeff accompany Zorelli to the cottage and ask for his expertise on how one might go undercover for a special assignment.

Blake warns Alexis that it's extremely important to keep "the collection" a secret, and Alexis agrees that the stain on the Carrington name would be dreadful...then smugly reminds him that Carrington is no longer her surname. She points out that since "the collection" was buried under the mansion while they were married, it should be considered community property...and as such she's willing to split the spoils with him. Blake gives her a 'the fuck?' look and reminds her that neither of them has the right to that artwork, given that it's looted Nazi treasure...to which she idiotically wails that hiding community property is a crime, and that if she took him to court the judge would surely award it all to her [I guess in lieu of giving it to the European families who were robbed during WWII]. Alexis tells Blake she'd much rather share it with him, then barely glances at her watch before breezily remarking, "Look at the time. I must go."

At the cottage, Dex and Jeff ask Zorelli what he uncovered about the tri-family mining company, and Zorelli gives them a brief recap and clarifies that most of his investigating wasn't in service of the Denver Police Department, but rather an attempt to get to the root of Fallon's nightmares. [That seems like kind of a rewriting of history, but OK.] He grumbles that if they hadn't gotten him pulled off of the case, he would have had it all wrapped up by now - but Dex and Jeff firmly insist that they had nothing to do with getting him pulled off the case...and it suddenly dawns on all of them that someone else has been pulling the strings, namely Captain Handler. Dex confirms that the dirty captain is "in it up to his elbows", leaving a stunned looking Zorelli to mutter, "Handler..?" and to remark that he always got a weird feeling about the guy. He reveals that his apartment was recently bugged using the same type of device that the Police Department uses - but has no idea what the captain could possibly be after. As Dex and Jeff exchange knowing glances, Zorelli urges them to share everything they know about Handler, pointing out that they're going to need his help if they want to bring down the bad cop.

Fallon is having a dream about a carousel-themed music box, then wakes up and stares contemplatively into space. 

At the Carlton Hotel, Sable tells Monica how annoyed she is that Alexis has successfully wormed her way back into Blake's good graces...and also announces that she told Dex about her pregnancy. Monica is surprised to hear that she actually came clean about it and is planning to have the baby...and then the two cackle about the upcoming ColbyCo trial before Sable tells her to skedaddle 'cause she's tired and wants to go to bed. 

The next morning, Fallon pesters Kristina about where she heard the song she was humming the other day. Kristina tells her it was from an old music box, then says she doesn't have time to talk about it anymore 'cause she needs to get to school.

Alexis drops by Sable's suite to announce that she'll no longer threaten to publicly accuse Blake of killing Roger Grimes - in exchange for Sable (and Monica) dropping the lawsuit against ColbyCo. Sable wryly says, "How magnanimous of you" before pointing out that after Fallon confessed to killing Roger Grimes, it's patently obvious that Blake didn't shoot the man. Alexis insists, "A deal's a deal" - but Sable tells her that that ship has sailed, while Monica points out that the FCC is already investigating ColbyCo. Alexis flippantly suggests putting their "pointy little heads together" to figure out how to convince the FCC to stop the investigation, under threat of revealing what she knows is buried under Carrington manor. When Sable pretends to not know what she's talking about, Alexis asks, "Does the name Adolf Hitler ring a bell?" Sable growls about how utterly stunning it is that she'd put forth such a gross ultimatum, especially considering what she and Blake went through with Fallon last night - but Alexis staunchly refuses to let any of them bring her down. She promises that if Sable drops the lawsuit, she'll give up all claim to the looted Nazi treasure [and says this as though she actually has any claim to it], and cheekily chirps, "Auf Wiedersehen" while sashaying out the door.

Zorelli arrives at the mansion to check in on Fallon and finds her in the conservatory, playing the piano. She explains that she's playing the song Kristina was humming the other day...and that while she no longer has scary dreams about Roger Grimes, she is starting to dream about a music box she used to play with, which she just realized plays the melody Kristina was humming. Zorelli and I are all, "Fuuuuuuuuck" upon learning that her relentlessly troubling dreams still haven't resolved themselves.

Tanner is playing basketball with the kids at the Teen Rec Center when Sammy Jo arrives to deliver real estate papers for the new and improved rec center location. Tanner acts all distant and cool, and a crestfallen Sammy Jo says that since her presence is obviously ruining his good mood, she'll leave. As she ambles back to her snazzy red convertible, he stares after her sadly. 

Sable heads over to Denver Carrington to inform Blake of Alexis's illogical ultimatum. She offers to drop her lawsuit, and Blake thanks her for giving up on a satisfying revenge fantasy in order to get him off the hook for murdering a man everyone now knows Fallon unwittingly killed when she was five. A few seconds later, Dex arrives to report to Blake that Dennis Grimes was released from prison earlier than expected, and that Zorelli is currently looking into any links between him and Captain Handler. He shows Blake a mug shot of Dennis Grimes, and Blake does a double take as he gasps, "My lord!" and remarks on how closely he resembles his father.

Zorelli and Jeff are sitting in a car, parked across the street from Captain Handler's apartment. Jeff says he can't belieeeeeeve they're about to break into the home of a police captain, so Zorelli insists that it's the most effective way to find the intel they need. As soon as Handler exits his place, Zorelli and Jeff grab their gloves and sneak over to the building...and after breaking into the apartment, they start searching the drawers and closets. 

Kristina leads Fallon to the secret fort (located near the cottage) where she, LB, and Danny often play. She shows Fallon the trap door revealing a steep tunnel equipped with stairs that lead to an old mine shaft. Fallon says she's deeply shocked that the three of them regularly play in what looks like a pretty dangerous hole in the ground.

Zorelli tells Jeff he found something incriminating: a tape of himself and Fallon talking when they were at the cottage. Zorelli says this proves that Handler has been bugging them, and Jeff wonders aloud if Handler thought that maybe their conversations could lead him to "the collection". No doubt he did, Jeff. No doubt he did.

​Fallon and Kristina enter an old mineshaft, which is covered in cobwebs...and before long they stumble upon "the collection". Kristina shows her the carousel-themed music box that plays the song she's been humming, and a few seconds later, they're startled when they hear a male voice say, "Well, what do we have here?" Fallon is horrified to see Dennis Grimes crouching near a tiny entrance and pointing a flashlight in their direction. He snarlingly tells Fallon she might not know him, but that he knows she killed his father. 

Jeff and Zorelli make a beeline over to Denver Carrington to report to Blake that they found proof Captain Handler illegally tapped Zorelli's apartment, as well as the cottage. Blake frets about how Handler has him in a pickle for a murder charge 'cause apparently a witness saw him leave Elsworth Chisolm's apartment around the time he was found dead. He suddenly worries about Handler surveilling Fallon and tries to call her at the mansion, and Jeannette informs him that she and Kristina were supposed to go to Delta Rho earlier - but everyone is getting worried 'cause they never showed up there, and aren't home yet. Zorelli tells Blake that Fallon and Kristina were on the hunt for a music box, and Blake worriedly recalls that "the collection" contains antique music boxes.

​Captain Handler meets up with whatever shady people he's secretly working with to acquire "the collection". An unseen woman in the back of limousine asks Handler the status of Dennis Grimes's search for the looted Nazi treasure, so Handler tells her that Dennis called him about an hour ago, revealed that he found "the collection", but in the process had to take two Carrington females hostage. The woman in the limo calls Dennis a lunatic, and Handler concurs before climbing into the vehicle.

Back at the Carlton Hotel, Adam tells Alexis, who's enjoying a luxurious bubble bath, that he never actually believed Blake killed Roger Grimes, then bizarrely lays claim to half of "the collection" by virtue of being her son. When he nonsensically argues that he's not required to honor her agreement with Sable by giving up his rightful share of the looted Nazi treasure, Alexis chucklingly remarks on "what a greedy little monster" he is. [And also really weirdly delusional for a lawyer.] A few seconds later, Dex enters the suite and admonishes Alexis for giving Sable the icky ultimatum to drop her lawsuit - but Alexis just kind of shrugs and says she had to do something drastic to save her company, then accuses him of conspiring with Sable to bring the lawsuit to fruition. Dex denies having anything at all to do with that and points out that they don't have to be enemies - but Alexis argues that, actually, they do, 'cause when he bedded Sable, he destroyed any chance of them ever being friends again.

Monica tells Sable she thinks it's a mistake to drop the lawsuit, given that they have such a strong case against Alexis. Sable insists she really really wants to just drop it so that she can bring her new baby into the world free of any family-related vendettas. When Monica teases her about eyeing Blake as potential sugar daddy material, Sable firmly retorts that the old goat's heart will always belong to Krystle...and that no one else could ever stand a chance.

Down in the mineshaft, Dennis has tied up Fallon and is yelling at Kristina to stop her incessant crying. As he starts sifting through the looted Nazi treasure, Fallon begs him to untie her, assuring him that she's far too meek and fragile a lady to cause him bodily harm. Dennis decides 'sure, what could go wrong with doing that?' and unties her...and Fallon promptly grabs the nearest candlestick and hits him over the head with it. She then picks up his gun and opens fire, which causes the ceiling of the mineshaft to destabilize and start crumbling atop them. She's knocked unconscious by a piece of falling debris, leaving Kristina to cry and scream in terror.

Captain Handler and a team of police officers arrive at Carrington manor with a search warrant. When Blake returns home (with Jeff)  a few seconds later, he's all, "The fuck are these cops doing here?", then runs up the staircase to ask Handler the whereabouts of his daughters. Handler assures him they're fine, then says they need to have a private one-on-one.
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Underground, Kristina shakes Fallon and begs her to wake up...and when Fallon remains unconscious, Kristina lays next to her and whimpers about how frightened she is. 

Tanner tells Sammy Jo he's leaving Denver for awhile so that he can pontificate over which is more important: his feelings for her, or his desire to be a priest. Sammy Jo moans about how guilty she feels about making him want to give up the priesthood for her - but he assures her that it would be his choice, and that she doesn't need to bear any of the guilt. He leans in for a kiss...and then looks visibly tormented as he helplessly gazes at her blonde hotness. 

Over at Police Headquarters, Zorelli is dismayed to learn that Captain Handler just took a team of cops with him for the purpose of searching Carrington manor. 

Captain Handler tells Blake that Fallon and Kristina will be released once he gets possession of "the collection". When he further explains that the two are being held by Dennis Grimes, Blake instantly looks horrified and points out that the man is a maniac. Jeff, who has been eavesdropping at the door, bursts into the room just as Handler pulls out his gun and points it at Blake...and Blake uses the distraction to pick up a fire iron and hit Handler over the head. He proceeds to press it against Handler's throat while demanding to know where his daughters are, and Handler caves pretty quick for a top law enforcement officer and reveals that they two are being help hostage in an underground bunker near the cottage. 

Adam arrives on the mezzanine floor of the Carlton Hotel to meet with Sable and Monica, who warns that their legally binding agreement with Alexis to drop the lawsuit is null and void if Alexis breaks her part of the bargain. Monica then punches Adam in the face as retaliation for the "incestuous" photo he arranged to have published in The Inquisitor. As he shoves her onto a chair and warns her to never punch him again, Alexis casually saunters over to read over the fine print of the contract.

Blake holds Captain Handler at gunpoint and snarlingly informs him that they're going to head down the staircase and then exit the mansion without alerting any of the cops that something is amiss. 

Down in the mineshaft, Fallon finally wakes up and assures Kristina that everything is going to be A-OK. Kristina wails that the exit is blocked with large chunks of concrete...and as they try navigate their way through the rubble, we see that Dennis Grimes, who's trapped under a heavy wood beam, is starting to regain consciousness. Eeeeek!

Dex arrives at the Carlton Hotel to needlessly report to Sable that Alexis refused to part with him as friends 'cause she no longer needs him to do her any special favors. When Sable (rightly) points out that this kind of whining is beneath him, Dex directs his attention to her and proceeds to whines about how she cried on his shoulder after Fritz Heath had held her at gunpoint. He then throws all caution to the wind as he cries, "My child will need me!", and Sable irritably retorts that she really didn't expect him to announce their personal bidness in such a public fashion. As Dex insists that he is going to be a father to his child, a bored looking Alexis gets up from the couch, while Adam sneeringly mocks Dex for being Sable's stud horse. Dex reacts by physically attacking him and telling Alexis what a cretin she has for a son. An incensed Adam growls, "That's the last time you're ever going to hit me.." and lunges at Dex, sending both him and - by choreographed accident - Alexis flying through the wood railing and onto the lobby floor below. Adam, Sable, and Monica are all, "Ack!" and peer over the broken railing with looks of horror etched on their faces. 

Captain Handler is descending the staircase with Blake and Jeff when Zorelli angrily bursts into the mansion to instigate a badly-timed ruckus. Handler uses it as an opportunity to grab another cop's gun to open fire on Blake...and Zorelli in turn fires on Handler. When both Blake and Handler fall to the ground and start to bleed out, Jeannette rushes off to call an ambulance. 

And that is where the writers left Dynasty fans hanging - before ABC abruptly pulled the plug on a floundering series that prolly should have been taken off the air far, far sooner than the end of Season 9.

Thanks so much for your interest in my recaps of this iconic series!

Recap: Blake is in the Matthews' garage, talking to Charles about any possible link between Tom Carrington and Roger Grimes. Jane Matthews interrupts to show Blake a peculiar piece of paper she found among Tom's stuff: a list of names and European addresses. Charles tells Blake he knows of something that is going to be extremely difficult for him to hear, then suggests they go inside the house so he can sit down while processing the bombshell revelation [off camera].

Later in the mansion gym, a visibly distressed Blake is swatting at the punching ball when Dex ambles into the room. He tells Blake he ran into a dead end inside the tunnels while searching for "the collection". Blake snappishly tells him they neeeeed to find it asap, so Dex tells him that he and Jeff looked over some maps and discovered that an extension had been built near one of the old mine shafts. Blake grumblingly agrees that that lead needs to be checked out, then stares into space with a haunted looking expression. 

Fallon and Zorelli are playfully clowning around as they prepare to paint the decrepit cottage. She remarks on how she can't get the tune that Kristina was humming the other day out of her head...then notices a black briefcase laying nearby. Zorelli explains that it's part of a bugging device he used to eavesdrop on Charles and Jane Matthews...and when Fallon shoots him the stink-eye, he insists that he only did it to help get to the root of her nightmares. He blabs that Charles and Jane talked a lot about Tom Carrington and Alexis, then strongly suggests she talk to Alexis about any scary memories she might still be repressing in an effort to "shake things loose". Fallon starts fiddling with the bugging device and stumbles upon a matching frequency, which prompts Zorelli to hush her, 'cause it means that someone has bugged the cottage and could be listening in on their conversation right now.

Captain Handler, who's the one listening in on their conversation, wryly tells Dennis Grimes that it looks as though their bug in the cottage has been discovered. Dennis says he's bummed about that, not least 'cause he didn't get a chance to hear Fallon talk about her increasingly scary nightmares, and assumes that one day soon she'll finally remember how his father died. Captain Handler says he's less interested in that than he is in blackmailing Blake so he can get his hands on "the collection". &^%!!

Sable is about to enter the Carlton Hotel lobby when she spots Debbie (the photographer who had snapped photos of Jeff and Monica being all canoodly) arguing with Adam. Sable waits until Adam wanders out of hearing range and asks Debbie if she and Adam were, by chance, arguing about the "incestuous" photograph of Jeff and Monica in The Inquisitor. Debbie confirms they were, then explains that Adam had ordered her to take photographs of the two before offering to buy her entire roll of film. She adds that she was livid when Adam then had her photograph doctored in order to misrepresent the innocent [but still weird AF] playfulness she had captured on film between Jeff and Monica on that fateful day. 

Over in the Carlton Hotel gym, an amused looking Monica is reading The Inquisitor article and points out to Jeff that the accusation is patently ridiculous...and that since it was published in a tabloid rag, no one with half a brain would actually believe it. Jeff says he's furious nonetheless, railing about how they've been slandered - just as Sable enters the gym and concurs that, yep, they've definitely been slandered...and that she knows for a fact that Adam was the one who arranged to have the photo taken and then doctored to imply an incestuous love connection. She devilishly adds that Adam just happens to be sitting in the hotel lounge right now, and Jeff perks up at that and storms off to indulge in an all out Alexis-Krystle type catfight the Dynasty writers must have assumed viewers have been craving all season.

Jeff finds Adam sitting on the couch aside other hotel guests [who aren't given any warning to move out of the way], and his stunt double mindlessly pounces atop Adam's stunt double and starts pummelling him while an amused Sable looks on. Adam weakly pretends to not know anything about The Inquisitor article, while also pointing out that he's been "all over" Monica in public. At one point, Adam is able to make a break for it and flee to the nearby staircase, but Jeff grabs his legs and drags him back downstairs, shrieking, "She's my sister!" to which Adam cries, "That makes you a pervert!" Jeff yells about the injustice of the incest accusation and punches him some more - until Alexis makes an appearance in the lobby after her return from Europe. She orders the flunkies who are managing her luggage to break up the fight, given that the Carlton Hotel doesn't appear to have any security guards on active duty.

When Alexis asks whassup with all the brawling, Jeff blurts out that Adam publicly accused him and Monica of incest. Alexis says that that's not actually possible, then reveals to everyone within earshot, "Monica and Jeff are not brother and sister." Jeff stares back at her with an expression that looked to me like one of stunned relief, while Alexis directs her attention to Monica and curtly informs her that Jason Colby isn't her bio dad. An incensed Sable seethes, "How daaaaaaare you."

After the commercial break, Sable lunges at Alexis while shrieking, "I will kill you!!" while Jeff punches Adam some more. The camera then pans out to provide viewers with a needless aerial type view of the simultaneous ruckus-ing, which looks to be spiralling out of control. In the midst of this relentless idiocy, a hapless hotel guest cries, "Somebody call the police!" Lol.

Sammy Jo drops by the Teen Rec Center looking for Tanner - but instead runs into Father Shea, who's working in the adjacent greenhouse. He sadly tells her that Tanner isn't confiding his troubles in him like he always used to, then compares potting soil to a priest's religious foundation, which he subtly accuses her of messing with. He then gives Sammy Jo directions to the church in which Tanner is praying, and mumblingly puns to himself that he hopes God will also give her some direction. 

Back at the Carlton Hotel, Sable grumbles about Alexis's big mouth, revealing the secret that she had confided in her years ago, while Jeff ices his bruised face and asks her if she was ever planning on telling Monica and Miles that Jason isn't their bio dad. Sable's like, "Er no", 'cause she didn't want to hurt them, then shares that when she finally got around to telling Jason that another man had sired the twins, he abruptly cut himself off from the family. Jeff clucks sympathetically, says he really feels for her right now, and no longer wants them to be at each other's throats. A few seconds later, a distraught looking Monica enters the suite, and Jeff takes that as his cue to give them some private mother-daughter time. 

Over in Alexis's suite, Adam is icing his face and faux insisting that he was merely trying to protect Jeff and Monica from themselves. Alexis says she doesn't buy that - but also doesn't give a rat's ass, 'cause she's far more concerned about the lawsuit Sable has launched, given that it could financially destroy her and her empire. She complains that, while she was in Switzerland, every time she tried to protect one of her European assets, she was legally blocked from doing so. She then changes the subject and asks Adam if the police questioned Elsworth Chisolm again, and Adam informs her that the old man turned up dead after someone threw him out of his living room window. He then tells her that the appraiser he hired to evaluate her painting told him it was a worthless piece of junk...but he didn't believe him and went to a second appraiser, who revealed that the painting is a work of Friedrich Stahl. He then sits her down and says they have to discuss in detail the significance of that.

Sammy Jo arrives at the church and finds Tanner sitting in a pew, praying. She seats herself in the pew behind him and says she'd like to make a detailed confession, then proceeds to tell him that she has a bad habit of falling in love with the wrong men:

• Steven, who couldn't give her the hetero love she craved
• Josh, who was too much of a drug addict to function in a relationship
• Jeff, who's still too hung up on Fallon to truly love anyone else

She mournfully adds that he too is unavailable to her, given his lifelong commitment to the priesthood. An anguished looking Tanner apologizes for letting their flirtation get this far [even though it hasn't really gone much of anywhere], and Sammy Jo assures him it's all A-OK...and that even though she totes in love with him, she's more than happy to settle for friendship. 

Sable tearfully explains to Monica that when she became impregnated, it happened after she and Jason had been trying, unsuccessfully, to have children. When Jason learned of her pregnancy, he was soooooo happy that she didn't have the heart to tell him he wasn't the father. Monica asks about her real bio dad and insists she has a right to know who he is - but Sable firmly declines to elaborate on that. 
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As Adam and Alexis gaze at the Stahl painting, Alexis marvels over the fact that it's looted Nazi treasure, and that surely Blake must have killed Roger Grimes to obtain the rest of "the collection" ... which is fairly nonsensical, given that - from everything we've been forced to learn about "the collection" - it's always been hidden on Carrington property. She vows that Blake will not get away with stealing Nazi treasure and/or killing Roger, and tells Adam to set up a meeting with Captain Handler asap. Adam suggests they slow down with her crazed, baseless theorizing and discuss it further, but Alexis rails about how Blake, Sable, et. al. are trying ruin her...and that if they do, she has no problem bringing them all down with her. 

Zorelli bursts into Police Headquarters, aggressively tackles Rudy, and angrily accuses him of planting a bug in his home. As another cop pulls Zorelli off of Rudy, Captain Handler rushes into the office and demands to know whassup, so Zorelli threatens to take this invasion of his personal privacy "all the way to the top" and bring him down. After Zorelli is dragged out and then escorted towards the exit, he and Rudy duck behind a corner, where they grin conspiratorially at each other as Zorelli asks, "Do you think they bought it?"

Blake drops by Delta Rho to ask Sammy Jo what she can tell him about Fallon's dreams...so she tells him that Roger Grimes would often "come to her like a lover", and that Alexis also made random appearances. Sammy Jo recalls that, during one dream, something terrible had happened between Alexis and Roger...and that she suspects Fallon had blocked part of that out. In her most recent and troubling dream, Roger had instructed Fallon to find the person who murdered him and then kill that person, which prompts Blake to look visibly alarmed. 

Fallon drops by Alexis's suite and tells her she's pretty sure something very bad happened at the cottage 20+ years ago, and that they both witnessed it. Alexis insists that she couldn't have been there 'cause she never had a good reason to step foot in the cottage...and, frankly, would rather not pursue anything unpleasant. Fallon implores her for help to get to the root of her relentless Roger nightmares and asks her mother if perhaps there's something she doesn't want to face, but Alexis firmly insists that Blake was the one who killed Roger Grimes. Fallon argues that he likely wasn't the killer and says she neeeeeeeeds her to come to the cottage tomorrow so they can use their collective brain power to fully recall what really happened the day Roger died.
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Sable informs Dex she's carrying his spawn...and that she plans on keeping it, and doesn't want him involved in the baby's upbringing. Dex gets upset and says he'd like to be in his child's life - but Sable firmly tells him that she'll never allow it 'cause of his undying affection for Alexis, whose toxic nature will surely infect her child's life and wellbeing. Dex growls that this discussion isn't over, then storms out of the suite. 

Blake rushes over to Sable's suite after she telephones him sounding very distraught. She says she neeeeeeds to get something out of her system that's highly personal and devastatingly painful...and Blake looks taken aback and asks if he's really the person with whom she should be sharing this kind of thing. Sable insists that, yep, she really does want to get it off her chest, and tearfully reveals that she didn't get pregnant with Miles and Monica by cheating on Jason; it happened as part of the aftermath of a violent rape. Blake murmurs, "Oh my God.." and gives her a comforting hug. 

Back at the church, Tanner is fervently praying for guidance to help sort out his passion for Sammy Jo, 'cause he's torn between 1) wanting to jump into the sack with the blonde hottie, and 2) serving as a priest. He begs for the strength to fight his lustful feelings so he can honor his vows, pleading. "Help meeeeeeee!"

Blake is driving alone when Captain Handler pulls him over so that the two can have a private chat. Handler comes right out and tells him he represents some shady people who want to take "an old art collection" off of his hands. When Blake pretends to not know what he's talking about, Handler reminds him of the trouble he's in: being suspected of Elsworth Chisolm's death after he was murdered soon after they were overheard arguing. He tells Blake he'll get him off the hook for Chisolm's murder in exchange for letting him and his shady associates assist in finding "the collection" and then taking possession of it. He then leans in and pulls a loose thread off of Blake's blazer and puts in a small plastic bag as he heads back to his car...which I'll take to mean that he'll use the thread to falsely plant physical evidence somewhere if need be. 

Alexis arrives at the cottage and looks irked to see that Fallon has also invited Zorelli to witness their recollection session. Alexis snappishly tells him he should be out arresting Blake for murder, then announces that she's leaving. When Zorelli blocks the door and grabs her by the arms, she shrieks, "Stay away from me!", prompting Fallon to flash back to 20+ years ago when Alexis had shrieked "Stay away from me!" to Roger Grimes while they argued in the cottage. Alexis calls the flash backing ridiculous and says she's getting out of here, prompting Fallon to recall that Roger Grimes had told Alexis that he's getting out of here. After expending as much brain power as possible, Fallon suddenly remembers that Alexis and Roger had been arguing over his intention to leave town alone. In her flashback, Young Alexis, who's wearing jeans and a white hairband, physically clings to Roger as she begs him to take her along - but he makes it aggressively clear that he has zero interest in that and gives her two hard face slaps. Present Day Alexis stares bewilderedly into space and recalls that, yep, she did want to run away with her lover after Blake threw her out of the house - but doesn't remember Roger hitting and/or yelling at her. In the flashback, Roger yells at Alexis to keep her hands off of him as she continually begs him to take her with him. Present Day Alexis looks mortified by her younger self's clingy behavior and whispers, "Oh my God, I remember.." and then asks, "How could I have forgotten that?" Alexis recounts that Roger had written her a letter about how Blake had threatened to kill him, and so naturally he wanted to flee Denver asap and, at one point, promised Alexis he'd send for her. Alexis had arrived at the cottage and found Roger packing his stuff ['cause I guess he was living in the cottage..??] - but acted violent and hateful towards her. As Alexis tearfully tells the painful story, Fallon looks as though she's dry heaving as she struggles to remember exactly what happened next. To further that along, Zorelli empties the bullets out of his gun and hands it to Fallon while barking at her to remember the gun that killed Roger. Fallon recalls that Alexis had pulled Roger's gun on him and warned, "You're not going anywhere!", which prompted Roger to violently knock the gun out of her hand. The gun skittered across the floor to where five year old Fallon [who looks like a freckled demon child] is standing. She cries, "Don't hurt my mommy!" as Roger slams Alexis against the fireplace and verbally abuses her some more. Five year old Fallon picks up the gun and points it at Roger, then quickly opens fire. Roger, who doesn't actually appear to have been hit or bloodied by any of the flying bullets, is somehow shot in the skull (as per the subsequent autopsy report) - but is miraculously able to stand upright for several seconds and stare confusedly into space, then whirl around in a dramatic, slo-mo half turn before collapsing onto the floor [with no blood pooling in sight]. Present Day Fallon drops Zorelli's unloaded gun while screaming, "It was me! I killed Roger Grimes!", a revelation that somehow also seems like news to Alexis, who too must have blocked out the horror surrounding Roger's death until this very moment. As Fallon weeps for her murderous younger self, Alexis rushes over to give her a comforting hug. 

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Recap: Blake, Dex, and Jeff climb inside the tunnel through the wall hole they just burrowed, stare in horror at the skeleton...and then stare in horror at a second skeleton that's lying a few feet away. Blake remarks on how the remains must be the two missing men that Elsworth had mentioned - prior to being thrown (to his death) out of his living room window. 

Upstairs, Sergeant Zorelli tells Fallon he neeeeeeds to talk to Blake, then adds that the thing he so desperately neeeeeeds to tell him is that he's decided to quit the police force. A stunned Fallon is all, "Say wuh?"

Blake tells Dex and Jeff that they should prolly come forward and tell the police about the two skeletons - but Dex cautions him against doing that until they can determine whether or not "the collection" is somewhere beneath the mansion. Blake says that keeping stolen Nazi treasure hidden is "too high a price" ... and that this interminable storyline desperately needs to come to an end, like yesterday. [Sorry - that was mostly me, projecting.]

Fallon tells Sergeant Zorelli she doesn't believe he has actually quit his job - but when he assures her he chose her over his law enforcement career, she's instantly overwhelmed with joy. A few seconds later, Blake emerges from the basement looking freaked out, covered in dust, and less than thrilled to see Zorelli in his house. Zorelli happily informs him that he just quit the police force and for whatever reason wanted him (Blake) to be the first to know. Blake mumbles at him and Fallon to head over to the library, and that he'll be there in a minute. 

Blake hurries back down to the basement and warns Dex and Jeff that Sergeant Zorelli is in the mansion...and that he claims to have quit the police force. He says he's going to go upstairs to briefly talk to Fallon and Zorelli, then come back down once the former cop has left the premises. 

When Fallon asks Zorelli what he plans on doing for employment now, he's like, "Dunno" and [jokingly?] suggests joining the Carrington family business. He then says he doesn't care what he does for a living, as long as they have babies and grow old together. The two press against each other for a smooch - just as a grim looking Blake enters the room. Zorelli tells him that while he was investigating the murders of Roger Grimes and Elsworth Chisolm, he concluded that he (Blake) likely had nothing to do with the men's deaths...and that his love for Fallon was getting in the way of him being able to objectively function as a sergeant. When he makes clear that he's choosing love over career, Fallon chimes in and tells Blake - in kind of a chastisey way - that it'd be great if he could drop his animosity towards the man she loves and be more accepting of her life choice. Zorelli assures Blake that he no longer has to worry that he's going to arrest him [though doesn't clarify whether the Denver Police Department will just assign someone new to the case who might want to arrest him], and Blake weakly nods and half-heartedly shakes his hand. 

Tanner is taking Sammy Jo on a tour of the mean streets of Denver. She asks him if he's not skeered to walk around this dangerous 'hood, so he points out that the wayward kids he has vowed to protect have all lived in the skankiest parts of the city. Sammy Jo suggests that he bring them to Delta Rho for an afternoon, where they can frolic around and ride horses all day, and he perks up and agrees on what a terrific idea that is. When Sammy Jo remarks on how she gets the distinct feeling that he wants to let go of the priesthood but can't, he natters that the church is his family, and that he's honored to help the huddled (mostly underage) masses and serve as their direct pipeline to God.

Fallon and Sergeant Zorelli are sitting in his car, gigglingly kissing and canoodling. Eventually they separate their lips when Fallon decides she should prolly get back inside the mansion now. 

Tanner drops off Sammy Jo at Delta Rho and tells her he'll bring his kids by the ranch tomorrow. As the two stare at each other longingly, Sammy Jo thanks him for giving her a guided tour of Skanksville.

Adam is waiting in his car when a sleazy reporter for The Inquisitor slips into the passenger seat and hands him an envelop that contains doctored photographs that make Jeff and Monica look even more touchy-feely than they were being during the previous episode (which I thought was already pretty damn touchy-feely). Adam happily pays the sleaze, then sends him on his way. 

Monica arrives in Sable's suite, looking bummed 'cause her deadbeat dad didn't bother calling her on her birthday. A queasy looking Sable says she suddenly has an intense craving for carrot juice, then tearfully shares that, against all plausible odds, she's gotten herself knocked up. 

Fallon drops by Denver Carrington to tell Blake that she and Zorelli want to be together but need privacy during the honeymoon phase of their relationship, so he suggests they move into the abandoned cottage that's located on the grounds of the Carrington estate. Fallon perks up at that prospect, and Blake informs her that he has summoned Zorelli to his office so that they can have a private man-to-man discussion. 

As Monica pumps iron in the Carlton Hotel gym, Sable confirms that she really is 100% for sure pregnant, and that Dex (who still has no idea his bun is in her oven) is the father. Monica assumes that her mother isn't actually interested in having the baby...and is appalled when Sable tells her she's seriously considering it. Monica points out that her baby daddy is Alexis's ex-husband, that she's getting into old territory (forty-two according to Stephanie Beacham's bio), and has come to enjoy "a certain lifestyle", post-divorce. Sable tells Monica that raising her three children was the happiest time of her life - just as Dex enters the gym and is all, "So...whatcha talkin' about?"

Blake looks over Sergeant Zorelli's dossier/resume (?) and asks him if it was a hard decision to give up policing, and Zorelli replies by asking Blake what he would choose: work or the woman you love? Blake snappishly retorts that he doesn't buy this "line of crap" and calls him a liar and an opportunist. Zorelli insists that he really really does care for Fallon, and expresses deep dismay that his lover's father has no genuine desire to bond with his (fingers crossed) future son-in-law. 

Back at the Carlton Hotel gym, Dex tells Sable that he, Jeff, and Blake haven't yet located "the collection" inside the tunnel, but neglects to mention the discovery of two human skeletons. Sable changes the subject to the life-changing decision that one can make by having children, and Dex says he never felt like it was the right time to sire...not least 'cause when he coupled with Alexis, she was long finished with birthing her spawn. He then remarks to Sable how beautiful she looks at this very moment, leaving her staring wistfully after him as he sexily saunters out of the gym.

David Prescott, aka Roger Grimes's former architect partner, is summoned to Blake's office to hand over any old blueprints or paperwork from when the Carrington estate was tunnelled 20+ years ago. David tells him he wasn't able to find any documents about that old renovation job, and says that his office was recently burglarized - but, oddly, nothing of value was stolen, just ransacked. David also mentions that, in order to bring this wretched storyline to its eventual conclusion, Blake may wish to get in touch with Roger Grimes's wife (Emily) ... and Blake expresses surprise that Roger Grimes was married, given how brazenly he was carrying on with Alexis shortly before his death.

While ambling through the Carlton Hotel lobby, Monica remarks to Jeff that she gets the feeling people are staring at them...'cause, yep, a lot of people are definitely giving them the side-eye. The two then enter the lounge, where Jeff had arranged for a table to be filled with flowers and yummy food for Monica's birthday. As they seat themselves and start to amiably chat, an angry looking woman stomps over and slaps down the latest copy of The Inquisitor in front of Jeff...and it remains unclear why this rando would be so personally invested in Jeff's unnatural closeness with his half-sister. Jeff stares at her in puzzlement, then glances at the front page, which features the headline Are Colby Brother and Sister Too Close for Comfort? [Answer: clearly yes - but isn't that mostly their business?]

Later, Sammy Jo arrives at the Carlton Hotel looking for Jeff...and when she runs into Adam, he clucks sympathetically about the unsettling gossip that's currently swirling around Jeff and Monica. When she's all, "Say wuh?", he hands her his copy of The Inquisitor. She reads the headline and calls it horrible, and Adam amusedly urges her to talk it over with Jeff, who left the hotel a little while ago with his sexy half-sister.

Jeff and Monica burst into The Inquisitor headquarters and find the sleazy reporter who published the offending photograph. Jeff accuses him of doctoring the photo to make it look as though he wants to nail his own half-sister more than any brother should want to nail his half-sister...and when Jeff gets aggressive and grabs at him, a man appears behind him and snaps several photographs of the assault. Monica yells at Jeff to stop, 'cause clearly they're being set up...and as he and Monica storm out, the two Inquisitor sleazes chuckle to each other. 

Over at Police Headquarters, Zorelli is packing up the last of his stuff. Captain Handler drops by to inform him that the forensics report on Elsworth Chisolm's death came in: Blake's fingerprints are all over the apartment, and Elsworth had suspicious bruises on his body. Zorelli says he still doesn't buy that Blake is a murderer, and Captain Handler looks less certain of that, but wishes Zorelli good luck in his future endeavors. 

Back at the mansion, Kristina is playing with her dolls while humming a tune, and Fallon remarks on how familiar the tune sounds...then suddenly stops and stares into the distance looking all spacey-like.

Over in the study, Sable tells Blake about Kristina's imaginary friend Ginny, and Blake chuckles and promises to be more supportive of his daughter's need to be better socialized with other real life kids. He sadly tells Sable that his youngest child is the only link to Krystle he has left, and that being her father is the most important thing in his life right now. He asks Sable if she's ever considered having more children, and Sable stares wistfully into space and says she'd looooove to get a second chance at child rearing. 

That evening, Fallon takes Zorelli to the abandoned cottage Blake suggested they live in, and - yeesh - it's a decrepit shack that is going to need extensive renovations to become remotely liveable. Zorelli tells Fallon he looooooves the idea of them living together in this dump, then wanders off to check out the bedroom. Fallon suddenly looks spacey again and listens as the tune that Kristina was humming earlier plays in a loop inside her head. When she happens to glance over at the window, she sees what looks like Roger Grimes's face staring back at her. She's all, "Ack!" and alerts Zorelli about a possible intruder...and he heads outside to look around, but doesn't find anyone lurking about. Fallon stares worriedly at the window...and while that's happening, we continue to hear Kristina's creepy sounding voice repeatedly humming the children's tune. 

The next morning at the mansion, Blake tells Dex, Jeff, and Sable that David Prescott's office was recently burglarized, and that it's puzzlingly irritating that someone always seems to be one step ahead of them. He says they should probably go to the police and report their discovery of the two skeletons - but Dex says he'd much rather put that off until they're able to hide "the collection" and then dispose of it. Sable gets on board with that plan and urges Blake to hold off on any kind of police statement - at least until they get a chance to talk to Roger Grimes's widow. Blake says he's willing to give it a week.

After the meeting, Sable asks Dex why he didn't tell her about the discovery of the two skeletons. Dex just kind of shrugs and says he wasn't anxious to share that grisly update with her, and points out that she too doesn't always show all of her cards. 

Over at Delta Rho, Tanner's wayward teenagers are ready to go home after enjoying a day of horseback riding. Sammy Jo shows Tanner the front page of The Inquisitor, but he just laughingly calls the paper trash and points out that it's always filled with implausible, made up stories. He asks Sammy Jo if she truly believes that Jeff would doink his own sister, and she admits she doesn't, but worries, "Maybe they have feelings that brothers and sisters aren't supposed to have." Tanner agrees that it's not always easy to control one's feelings...like when a priest no longer wants to embrace lifelong celibacy, for example, then abruptly says he really really needs to get his kids home now.  

Blake goes to Phoenix's apartment to insist to her that he didn't kill her grandfather, but that he does believe the man was murdered. He asks her if she happens to know the names of the men who disappeared in the mansion's tunnels 20+ years ago, and she responds by shriekingly telling him to get lost and slamming the door in his face. 

Back at the decrepit cottage, Fallon is preparing to paint the walls when the sound of Kristina's humming once again permeates her brain. She stares into space, looking confused and unsettled. 

Jeff and Dex arrive at a rest home, where Emily Grimes is employed as a nurse. She tells them that Roger was a philandering shitbag who was always headed towards a violent end...then changes the subject to their son (Dennis), who was just four years old when Roger disappeared. She adds that Dennis has been away in prison for a long time...then hands Dex a photo of Dennis, who looks to be the spitting image of his father. 

Dennis is peering into the window of the decrepit cottage, where Fallon continues to confusedly stare into space while the children's tune plays inside her head. Dennis pulls out a gigantic '80s cell phone and calls Captain Handler (!) to report that he just planted several bugs inside the cottage so that they can more effectively spy on Fallon, adding, "We're close, Handler. Real close."

Recap: At Police Headquarters, Phoenix Chisolm angrily insists to Sergeant Zorelli and Rudy that her grandfather did not kill himself (as they've been theorizing) - but that he was murdered...and cites as evidence that he never once opened the living room window he supposedly leaped out of. When Blake arrives at headquarters, Phoenix lunges at him, shriekily accusing him of murdering her grandfather, and Blake's all, "Say wuh?" and tells Captain Handler he has no idea why she's accusing him of murder and/or why he was just summoned to headquarters. The captain ushers him (and Adam who was already there with Phoenix) into his office, and Adam informs Blake that Elsworth Chisolm is dead, possibly due to suicide. The captain asks Blake where he was between 8pm-10pm this evening, and Adam quickly interjects and advises Blake to say nothing. Captain Handler happily drops his line of questioning and tells Blake he's free to leave. 

While walking across the Police Headquarters parking lot, Blake accuses Adam of setting him up when he passed along Elsworth's address and [idiotically] encouraged him to confront his accuser. Adam haughtily points out that, if he had wanted to set him up, he could have told police that he witnessed him leaving Elsworth's building moments before the old man was found dead - but Blake just growls, "Get out of my sight before I kill you", and shoves him out of the way. For someone who's so frequently accused of murder, Blake really should refrain from publicly threatening to commit murder as often as he does.

Sergeant Zorelli tells the captain he highly doubts that Blake murdered Elsworth Chisolm, even if he refused to answer their questions on the advice of his attorney. Captain Handler orders Zorelli to dust off the Carrington lake property/Roger Grimes files so that they can delve deeper into a case he has no choice but to re-activate. 

Dex and Jeff drive to a remote area of the lake property, then get out of the car and study a map. Jeff theorizes that maybe Roger Grimes moved "the collection" to a place he could more easily access, while Dex wonders if Tom Carrington really did murder the poor man. When they see a car approaching the property, Dex suggests they high-tail it outa there...and when the camera pans across the lake, we see that Fallon and Sergeant Zorelli are in the car. Fallon gigglingly asks Zorelli if he brought her here to go skinny-dipping, and he's like, "Er, no" and says, to the contrary, he wants to rehash yet again any minutiae of detail she can remember about being at the lake when she was a child to see if it's at all pertinent to shedding light on who may have murdered Roger Grimes.

Sable arrives at the art gallery where Alexis's Friedrich Stahl painting is being evaluated. She meets with the appraiser, Edward Prusky (who speaks with a distinct German accent), to marvel about the first Friedrich Stahl painting that has resurfaced since WWII ended. Sable tells Edward that Alexis sent the painting here by mistake, and that it's part of a very private collection [of looted Nazi treasure]. She asks Edward if he wouldn't mind being OK with returning the painting to Alexis and telling her it holds very little value...and he says he's totes OK with that, as long as he can be part of the re-distribution of other stolen artwork. Sable's like, "Deal!" ... and when he tells her that some rando had recently called his gallery to inquire about the Stahl painting, she asks him to please let her know if that person happens to call again. 

Sable makes a beeline over to Denver Carrington to inform Blake about her meeting with Edward Prusky, and how weird it is that he recently got a call about the Stahl painting. Blake is all, "Yeah, whatever" and says he continues to be distracted by how depressed he is over his divorce from Krystle. Sable points out that the divorce is in name only, and that if Krystle were to one day awaken from her coma, their love for each other would be all that counts. Blake mulls that over and agrees, and then he and Sable arrange to meet up for dinner later. 

Blake is surprised to find Charles and Jane Matthews waiting for him in his reception area, and warmly greets them and invites them into his office. Charles hands him a box filled with things that belonged to Tom Carrington, and explains that a Sergeant Zorelli came to see him and asked questions about Tom, Laura, and their daughter Dominique. As Blake stares back at him in miffed bewilderment, Charles informs him that Tom had written a confession of some kind - but he didn't find it in the box. 

After the commercial break, Charles and Jane promise to keep looking around their house for more of Tom's stuff and/or confession letters, and Blake tells him to keep him posted if Sergeant Zorelli happens to drop by their house again. After the two exit his office, Blake leaves a message for Fallon that he needs to speak to her asap. 

Back at the lake, Sergeant Zorelli urges Fallon for the umpteenth time to remember any tidbit about her grandfather she hasn't yet shared with him, so she tells him that when she was around five years old, she used to hear strange ghost noises in the mansion and then see her grandfather looming in the doorway of her bedroom. When Zorelli asks her if she ever came to the lake property with either her father or grandfather, she decides she's no longer interested in beating this horse to death and tries to engage him in a smoochfest. Zorelli tries to re-direct her attention back to the subject of her father/grandfather, but then indulges her carnal desires as the two start to go at it. When the camera pans out, we see that someone is watching them from a distance.

Over at Delta Rho, Sammy Jo, who has gotten her hair cut in a shorter, less flattering bob 'do, is working with her horses when Tanner (ughhhhh) rides over on his motorcycle. He tells her he still feels bad about not telling her he's a priest, then invites her to ride with him so he can show her something. She's like 'sure, why the hell not?' and climbs atop the back of his motorcycle.

In the Carlton Hotel's patio restaurant, Dex and Jeff agree that it'd be a good idea to join forces on some type of project once the endless Lake/Roger Grimes Mystery plot line has been resolved...and after Dex wanders off, Monica arrives and seats herself beside Jeff. Adam, who's standing across the room, stares at Monica and Jeff from across the patio and looks hopelessly intrigued when the two start getting weirdly touchy-feely with each other, despite them being half-siblings. Adam asks a photographer, who just happens to be in the restaurant at that moment, to photograph the amorous looking couple. Jeff asks Monica whassup between Dex and Sable, and so she responds by leaning in close and gazing at him hungrily while tenderly touching his face (in a distinctly non-sisterly fashion). She tells him she prolly shouldn't share any intimate details about her mom and Dex, and Jeff raises his furry eyebrows and says he's surprised to hear that Dex and Sable even have intimate details to share. Monica's like, "Psych! I was just joking!" and Jeff reacts by grabbing her head playfully...and from across the patio, the photographer is snapping several photos of the two before handing over the roll of film to Adam. 

Tanner takes Sammy Jo to a cemetery, where his older brother Arnold is buried. He explains that he and his brother grew up in an orphanage, and that Arnold was a wild kid, who wanted to experience a highly sinful life. To that end, Arnold ran away from the orphanage when he was sixteen, and then died two years later...but before his untimely death he had urged Tanner do something meaningful with his life. Tanner decided to become a priest so that he could help people - but has been having lingering doubts about whether he really really wants to be celibate and do good deeds 24/7. He tells Sammy Jo that when he met her he didn't want her to know he was a priest, and she responds by mutely clasping his hand.

Blake is practicing his tennis stroke when Fallon appears on the court and gives him a hello hug. He tells her that Charles and Jane Matthews paid him a visit after Sergeant Zorelli had dropped in on them to ask questions about Tom Carrington et. al., and Fallon contorts her face into a shocked expression and says that Zorelli had sworn to her that he was off the case. When Blake asks her how Zorelli would have known about Charles and Jane, she sheepishly admits that she may have opened her big yap and let it slip while she was at Casa Pasta the other day, then stares concernedly into space while moaning, "Oh God...what have I done?"

Captain Handler informs Sergeant Zorelli that he's back on the Roger Grimes murder case, now that an eyewitness came forward...and was then subsequently murdered himself. The captain says he's suddenly under a lot of pressure to solve all of this crime-ing, and that a lot of evidence points to Blake Carrington being the culprit. He orders Zorelli to update all of the files and find out, for the love of all that is holy, who killed Roger Grimes...and, for good measure, Elsworth Chisolm. 

Fallon pulls into the Police Headquarters parking lot to yell at Sergeant Zorelli for using her to get information about Charles Matthews. Zorelli says he's only doing this to get at the root of her nightmares...and when he admits that, yep, he's now back on the Roger Grimes murder case, she shoots him the stink-eye and squeals off. 

Over at Carrington manor, Jeff tells Dex he's pretty sure that Sable has her eye on Blake, and is doing her best to take Krystle's place. Dex disagrees, points out that Krystle isn't actually dead, and believes that Sable just thinks of Blake as a platonic buddy. Jeff insists that Sable "will soon get her claws wrapped around his heart", and then the two enter the study. Blake greets them and says that Sable will be here shortly, explaining that she's currently putting Kristina to bed...which prompts Jeff to glance over at Dex with a smug 'see?' type look.

Sable is tucking in Kristina, who's nattering about her imaginary friend Ginny, who gives her comfort whenever she feels lonely and sad about her mom being comatose. Kristina natters that Krystle had fully accepted the existence of Ginny, while Blake has been less indulgent. Sable assures the tot that she takes the existence of Ginny seriously and promises to work on getting Blake on board.

Back in the study, Blake shows Jeff and Dex the box o' Tom Carrington's stuff that he just got from Charles Matthews. Blake remarks that while Tom was a colossal shitbag, he's starting to have doubts about whether he really did murder Roger Grimes. Dex browses through the box and finds a map that indicates the presence of tunnels beneath Carrington manor, and Blake perks up at that and says that Elsworth Chisholm had mentioned digging tunnels when they spoke during the previous episode. Dex says he has specialized equipment that can detect hollowness behind walls, which could help them locate a tunnel...and Sable says that since she has to get going now, she'd be happy to offer him a lift to his place.

At a downtown bar, Sergeant Zorelli tells Rudy that he's never considered himself a dirty cop - but has been doing somewhat unethical favors for Fallon that he never imagined he'd do. Rudy wankingly assures him that he's a good cop, and says he's behind him all the way in the department's quest to solve the Roger Grimes murder. Rudy energetically bleats, "Let's go get him!" - but Zorelli looks bummed about the idea of betraying the woman he loves. 

While en route to Casa Dex, Dex blabs to Sable about how Jeff thinks she has a romantic interest in Blake, and Sable insists that nothing could be further from the truth. She amusedly asks Dex if he got jealous when he heard that accusation, and Dex assures her he isn't at all jealous...not least 'cause he has his hands full, dealing with Alexis's craziness. He then informs Sable that Alexis now believes that the two of them have conspired to ruin her company (via the lawsuit), and Sable chucklingly says she'll happily refuse to share the credit for destroying her cousin, and urges Dex to "get away from that witch who has cast a spell on you." Dex chews on that good advice for a few seconds and agrees that she may be right.

Back at the mansion, Blake tells Jeff that Sable just reported to him that some mysterious rando called the art appraiser who Alexis commissioned to evaluate her Friedrich Stahl painting. When Jeff asks why anyone would do that, Blake solemnly replies, "Because somebody else is after that collection."

Adam arrives at the Chisolm apartment to check on Phoenix, and is shocked to find her standing in the middle of the living room, pointing a rifle at him and railing at him for not protecting her grandfather. Adam closes the door, turns on the light, and shows her the flowers and takeout food he brought along, calmly explaining that he came by to make sure she was OK.

In the basement of Carrington manor, Blake and Jeff are using Dex's wall scanner thingy to see if it can detect any hollowness. Eventually they tap onto part of the wall that elicits a positive result from Dex's electronic hollow wall gauge reader, which strongly suggests that there's a tunnel on the other side. Hurray!

Phoenix tells Adam she suspects Blake of killing her grandfather, and Adam fibs that Blake was nowhere near the apartment when Elsworth met his untimely death, and that it wouldn't have been in his interest to end the old man's life. Phoenix wildly suggests that maybe he (meaning Adam) arranged to have her grandfather murdered, accusing him of "playing both sides against the middle" in his recent efforts to appease both Alexis and Blake. She then brings up the topic of the Carrington tunnels, which confuses Adam, and wonders aloud if she should tell police - but Adam warns that her grandfather ended up dead soon after giving a police statement. He then calms her down long enough to gently disarm her...and as she starts to sob, he cooingly promises to protect her.

One of the maidservants tells Fallon that Sergeant Zorelli has passed through the gate and will be at the mansion in a few short minutes. 

In the basement, Blake, Jeff, and Dex are hammering through the brick wall and soon find a tunnel on the other side. They shine a flashlight through the hole. 
 
Sergeant Zorelli tells a bewildered Fallon that he's here on official police business, and needs to question Blake. Meanwhile, Blake, Jeff, and Dex spot a human skeleton on the floor of the tunnel, prompting Blake to moan, "Oh God.."

​Oh God indeed.

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Recap: After the disturbing discovery that the underwater vault is empty, Blake, Dex, and Jeff glumly leave the lake and head back to Dex's truck, while Sergeant Zorelli hides behind a nearby tree and continues to spy on them. Blake says he can't belieeeeeeve there's no longer any stolen Nazi treasure being stored inside the vault, and Dex confirms that it was indeed empty...and that the only thing he found was the vault's seal embedded in mud. Blake says he highly doubts that Gibson would have been capable of blowing the vault door open and then emptying it, and Dex says it kinda looked as though "the collection" had been moved a long time ago. The three then climb into Dex's truck and drive off while Zorelli stares after them curiously.

Jeff returns to his apartment and is startled to find Sammy Jo in his bed. She asks him where he's been all night, and he deflects her question by quipping, "Where's the priest? Did he renounce his vows for you?" Sammy Jo's all, "Har har" as she unbuttons his shirt and leans in for a smooch - but he stops her and says he's going to take a shower, then make some coffee 'cause the two of them need to talk. Uh oh.

Blake drops by Sable's suite to announce, "We have a problem." He further explains that Dex took a dive in the lake and discovered that the seal on the door leading to the vault that once housed "the collection" has been blown open, and that all of the looted Nazi treasure they thought was there is gone. Blake says it occurred to him that maybe Roger Grimes provided Alexis with information as to where it all got moved to - but Sable points out that if any of the stolen artwork had resurfaced, she'd know about it 'cause it would have caused major reverberations throughout the art world. Blake asks Sable if she wouldn't mind sussing out whether or not Alexis knows more about the Nazi treasure than she's letting on, and Sable gleefully says she has a passkey to Alexis's suite and would be more than happy to invade her privacy. As they hug goodbye, Monica arrives and teases her mother about what a lovely couple she and Blake make, and Sable chucklingly denies that there's anything resembling hanky panky going on here...'cause blah. 

Jeff tells Sammy Jo that she's clearly into Tanner now, and Sammy Jo hotly denies digging the priest, and...blah blah...the two bicker back and forth before she angrily storms out of the apartment. Break up already, dullards. 

Sable tells Monica she's going to use her passkey to poke around Alexis's suite, and Monica warns that that's tantamount to breaking and entering. Sable insists it's necessary 'cause "Blake needs it", and also doesn't think it's a big deal to snoop through a suite in the hotel that she owns. She adds that she'd really like to get a hold of the Friedrich Stahl painting she recently saw in Alexis's possession. 

At the mansion, Blake tells Jeff and Dex that he confided in Sable about how "the collection" has gone missing, and an appalled Jeff's all, "The fuck?" and insists that Sable cannot be trusted. Blake argues that Sable is being very helpful, and Dex agrees by pointing out that she could be crushing Alexis/ColbyCo with a profitable lawsuit right now - but has instead ordered Alexis to back off accusing Blake of murdering Roger Grimes. Blake looks impressed by that bit of new intel, while Jeff says he truly hopes they won't live to regret putting their trust in the poutish vixen. 

Back at the Carlton Hotel, Alexis orders Adam to get her Friedrich Stahl painting appraised, not least 'cause when Sable got a look at it, she reacted quite strongly. After Adam leaves with the painting, Alexis turns her attention to the police captain who's been cooling his heels in her living room. She asks him about the Roger Grimes murder investigation, and he tells her it's currently inactive, and that he has zero interest in spending any time and resources on a long forgotten crime that goes back a generation. Alexis informs him that she has hard evidence incriminating Blake as the murderer, then hands him the letter she received decades ago from Roger, warning her that Blake has threatened to kill them both if he ever finds them together in the sack again. The captain reads over the letter and finds one particular detail interesting: Roger had mentioned coming into a lot of money very soon. Alexis looks visibly annoyed by that and urges the captain to breeze over that troubling statement, pronounces, "I want the case reopened", and provides him with Elsworth Chisolm's contact information. She cites Elsworth as a witness to Blake's crime-ing, and haughtily adds that she is single-handedly making more progress on this [closed] case than his detectives are. The captain asks her why she'd want to see the father of her children be charged with such a serious crime, and she curtly tells him to stop worrying about her motives and solve Roger Grimes's murder. The captain dutifully replies, "Yes ma'am" [and says it as if she were the Chief of Police from whom he should be taking orders, instead of a wealthy civilian unconnected to law enforcement] and exits her apartment. 

Fallon and Sergeant Zorelli return to Casa Pasta with bags of takeout food, giggling like schoolgirls. Zorelli claims that he's now having dreams about the lake, which means that somehow her scary dreams are getting into his head. He proceeds to ask Fallon about her grandfather's (black) wife, and their daughter...and Fallon unwittingly provides Zorelli with enough intel to start investigating that extended branch of the family:

• Laura Matthews (Tom Carrington's deceased wife)
• Dominique Devereaux (Tom's/Laura's daughter who fled Dynasty at the end of Season 7)
• Charles Matthews (Laura's not deceased brother who conveniently lives in Denver)
• Jane Matthews (Charles's wife)

Later, at Police Headquarters, Sergeant Zorelli is working the phones, calling everyone in Denver named Charles Matthews. He finally manages to track down the right Charles and arranges to drop by his house later. 

Tanner drops by Delta Rho (via his motorcycle) to explain to Sammy Jo why he neglected to tell her that he's a priest. He explains that he took a leave of absence to see what life could be like as a regular civilian, and to see how people would react to him without the collar. He then says that after that experience he decided to become a full on priest whose vows are now on super solid ground - but he doesn't blame her for being miffed at him. Sammy Jo thanks him for the needless explanation...and he gets back on his motorcycle, leaving her to stare after him sadly. 

Sergeant Zorelli has arrived at the Matthews' home and is questioning Charles and his wife Jane about Tom Carrington, Laura Matthews, and their daughter Dominique. Charles evasively says that he never got too deeply involved with the Carrington family, and that Dominique is unreachable 'cause she travels a lot. Jane suddenly excuses herself for a moment and asks Charles to accompany her to the kitchen, where she warns her husband to not tell Zorelli anything that might hurt Blake Carrington, a man who deserves to be protected. While that's happening, Zorelli surreptitiously plants a bugging device in their living room [I'll assume without the required wiretapping warrant] ... and a few seconds later he, tells Charles and Jane that he has to leave now - but to give him a call if they happen to remember anything useful. After he climbs into his car, he begins eavesdropping on the couple and learns that Tom Carrington had once given them a package o' stuff for safekeeping. 

Sable and Monica are sitting on the mezzanine floor of the Carlton Hotel, discussing the lawsuit they just launched against ColbyCo/Alexis, when Jeff barrels over and sarcastically congratulates Sable for getting what she wants from Blake as she tries to "move in on him". An offended looking Sable reacts by slapping his face and admonishing his lack of common decency, and then the two bicker back and forth before Jeff declares that she's going to have to fight him in order to get closer to Blake...even though I don't get the sense that Blake thinks he needs Jeff's approval to pursue any kind of friendship with Sable. 

Elsworth Chisolm is at Police Headquarters, being grilled by Sergeant Zorelli and Rudy. Elsworth claims he saw Blake carrying Roger Grimes's dead body...and the two cops press him about if he's 100% completely totally certain that it was Blake, given that it was dark out when he witnessed the alleged crime. While watching the interrogation from the adjoining room via a two-way mirror, Alexis complains to the captain that she does not like the way Zorelli is verbally attacking Elsworth - but the captain assures her that the sergeant is merely doing his job. 

Alexis tells the captain that she thoroughly disapproves of the way the interrogation is being carried out and thinks Zorelli is badgering and intimidating the witness - just as Zorelli and Rudy enter the room and overhear that last part. Zorelli wryly reminds Alexis that when he had questioned her a while ago about whether she knew any of the men involved with the lake construction project, she failed to mention that she had been intimately familiar with Roger Grimes. Alexis complains that he's now badgering her, and points out that he has a conflict of interest in this case, given that he's doinking her daughter. The captain ​informs her that Zorelli isn't technically on the case, and that he was only allowed to interrogate Elsworth 'cause he just so happens to know a lot about the Grimes murder...which sounds somewhat nonsensical, but OK. When Alexis accuses the captain of protecting Blake, he denies any kind of cover-up and says he can't reopen a case that has a low chance of getting a conviction just 'cause she wants him to. She insists that he can, then warns that if he doesn't do her bidding, he'll "be back on the beat, directing traffic" ... and then flounces out of the room, leaving the captain staring worriedly into space. 

Over at Carrington manor, Fallon learns from Sammy Jo that Tanner is a priest, and can't help but be intrigued by the notion of forbidden lust...despite the dull-as-fuckness of this tedious sub-plot. A few seconds later, Kristina scampers into the room to complain that LB and Danny won't let her play in their fort. Sammy Jo tells her that boys are always trying to push girls around, while Fallon asks her why she even wants to play in their stinky fort, suggesting that she's only interested in it 'cause they don't want her there. As Kristina mulls that over, she gets distracted by the arrival of Sable, Monica, and Dex, who were invited to dinner. As the tot hugs Sable hello, Jeff wanders over to inform Sammy Jo and Fallon that Blake is in a morose mood 'cause he just got his/Krystle's final divorce papers. Jeff then pulls Dex aside to tell him that he spoke to Roger Grimes's former architect partner, who told him he's the second man in two weeks to want to talk to him. Dex worriedly remarks on how it sounds as though someone is getting closer to finding "the collection". Egads!

Sable enters the study to sympathetically cluck to Blake about how awful she feels for him regarding his divorce...then tells him she had promised Krystle she would do everything possible to keep Alexis from hurting him, and is dutifully carrying out that promise. Blake thanks her, then continues staring sadly into space. 

Over at ColbyCo, Adam tells Alexis that he left her Stahl painting with the appraiser...and she grumbles about what a bunch of morons the police are, and that the captain seems way too intimated by Blake to charge him with murder just 'cause she wants him to. A few seconds later, a team of Federal Marshals burst into the office and inform Alexis that they have a subpoena (as part of a newly launched lawsuit) to access the company's computer files. Sable and Monica smugly stroll in as Adam reads over the subpoena, and then a frazzled secretary races in to wail, "They're stripping our databanks and taking our files!" Monica clarifies that the only information that is being "stripped" is that which is relevant to the two companies in whose business Fritz and Sean had tried to illegally intervene. Alexis reacts to the raid by ripping up the subpoena and then lighting up a cigarillo, while Adam vows to have the order vacated. A unfazed Sable reminds Alexis that she had given her the chance to avoid being sued - and Alexis shoots back that she's only doing this to worm her way into Blake's bed (ew). Sable laughingly retorts, "I'm not after Blake. I'm after you" and threatens to sink both her and her failing company. 

Alexis heads back to her suite to pack a suitcase. She tells Adam she's off to Switzerland to move her assets to a safe place that can't be touched by the Feds, and Adam warns that it's illegal to place assets offshore during an investigation...and that it's not so easy to backdate transaction documents. Alexis assures him she's confident that she'll get away with that kind of law-breaking and heads out...and once she's safely out of earshot, Adam calls Blake and informs him that Alexis blabbed to the police about Elsworth Chisolm being a witness to him allegedly murdering Roger Grimes. He claims that he's only pretending to work on Alexis's behalf to keep her from doing anything too harmful, then passes along Elsworth's address in case Blake is interested in talking to his accuser [which seems like horrible advice, now that the man is on the police's radar as possible murder witness]. After the call, Adam exits the suite...leaving the coast clear for Sable to tiptoe inside so that she can snoop through Alexis's stuff. When the phone happens to ring, she listens to the answering machine message, which is from the art appraiser, who would like to discuss the Stahl painting asap. Sable jots down the phone number, then erases the message so that Alexis is none the wiser.

Over at Casa Pasta, Sergeant Zorelli tries to get Fallon to talk some more about the lake (gaaaaaaa!!)  and any additional tidbits she may remember about Roger Grimes. Fallon complains that that's all they ever talk about anymore [right?!], and hates the fact that Blake thinks she's betraying him...and as they're talking, we see that the apartment has been bugged and that some unseen person is eavesdropping on their conversation. Fallon accidentally drops a plate onto the floor...and as Zorelli bends down to pick up the shards, Fallon remarks on the orange jacket that Blake always used to wear. 

Before boarding her plane to Switzerland, Alexis drops by Dex's place to tell him about the lawsuit that Sable has launched against her, and whines that it could bring down ColbyCo. Dex just kind of shrugs disinterestedly and points out that she could've easily avoided the lawsuit simply by keeping her mouth shut about Blake allegedly murdering Roger Grimes - but instead went and blabbed about it to the police captain. Alexis angrily accuses him of not only jumping in the sack with Sable, but also helping "that witch" destroy her life. 

Blake heads over to Elsworth Chisolm's apartment to ask why in blazes he's telling the police he killed Roger Grimes...and as they're conversing, we see that someone is lurking near the door (which is open a crack) and eavesdropping. There's definitely a lot of eavesdropping going on in this episode. When Elsworth weakly claims that he wants justice done, Blake asks him if he's mostly interested in the reward money Alexis had offered. Elsworth is like, "Well d'yuh" and says he'd like his granddaughter to have a [financially secure] future, then says he hasn't told the police everything he knows about The Unsolved Murder of Roger Grimes, namely that he was tasked with building a tunnel under Carrington manor. When Blake stares back at him confusedly and is all, "Say wuh?", Elsworth says he helped dig those tunnels and "finally figured out what you folks are trying to hide". Blake keeps mum about "the collection" and offers to make Elsworth a deal: divulge all the information he knows in exchange for a hefty check. Elsworth tells him he'll only accept hard cash, and Blake agrees - but irritably says that once he gives him a pile of money, he expects him to move far away from Denver. Blake storms out and exits the building - just as Adam and Phoenix pull up across the street. Adam notices Blake rushing over to his car, but doesn't mention the sighting to Phoenix. 

When Adam and Phoenix enter Elsworth's apartment, they notice that the living room window is wide open...and that Elsworth has jumped, fallen, or been pushed to his death. As Phoenix freaks out at the sight of her deceased grandfather on the ground below, Adam comforts her with a forcible hug. 

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Recap: Upon returning to the Carlton Hotel, Adam tells Alexis he's surprised she's not in a happier mood after just learning that Elsworth Chisolm was a witness to Blake murdering Roger Grimes - but she just shrugs disinterestedly and pours herself a brandy. She urges him to do his best to get back into Blake's good graces so he can gather up some useful intel...and then a few seconds later, Dex calls. Adam answers the phone...and when Alexis makes it clear that she doesn't want to speak to him, Adam tells Dex she's unavailable and abruptly hangs up. He applauds Alexis for doing the right thing by snubbing Dex, and she irritably snaps, "Shut up, Adam" in a way that made me to laugh out loud. Adam snarks back that she can answer her own damn phone from now on...and Alexis wearily explains that she doesn't want to talk to Dex or about Dex ever again. 

That night at Casa Pasta, Fallon is having another nightmare about Roger Grimes, and Sergeant Zorelli is so alarmed by her distress that he cooingly wakes her up. She tells him that the nightmares have gotten worse ever since first seeing Roger's fully preserved corpse, wailing, "He won't let me alone!" She says that Nightmare Roger has a tattoo of a snake on his back and wonders if he had one in real life...and Zorelli confirms he did and points out that she couldn't possibly have seen it on his dead body 'cause it was face up on the morgue's slab. Fallon stares confusedly into space and murmurs, "Then how did I know?" 

The next morning, Zorelli cooks breakfast for Fallon while urging her to think really hard about where she might have seen a shirtless Roger Grimes. He asks her if she might possibly have stumbled across him and her mother while they were going at it in the sack, or - even more disturbingly - was he was a pedo who had abused her in some way? When she says she has no memory of anything like that, he points out that sometimes experiences are so painful that the mind blocks them out, and reminds her of the very strong reaction she had when she saw Roger's corpse. 

Blake drops by Sable's suite to apologize for his bitchitude after learning that she had hired Gibson to take an exploratory dive in his lake. Sable says she totally understands his suspicion, and that she too would have reacted in the very same way. Blake contritely says he wishes Krystle weren't vegetating in a coma right now, 'cause she's sooooo much better at handling interpersonal relationships than he is [well...who isn't?]. Sable makes it clear that she bears no grudge towards him and invites him to join her for a delish snack that was just prepared by her new chef. 

Sammy Jo is at the teen Rec Center, helping Tanner and the teenagers decorate a large room for an upcoming party. When Tanner chides the teens for spending too much time dancing and not enough time decorating, Sammy Jo urges him to lighten up, then coaxes him to dance with her...and he proceeds to demonstrate the kind of off-kilter jigging ability that makes Elaine from that Seinfeld (bad dance) episode look like Fred Astaire. Holy yikes. 

Adam arranges to secretly meet with Phoenix Chisolm to remind her that she can earn a substantial reward for providing information about Roger Grimes's demise - but only if she can tell him the entire story. Phoenix tells him she's not about to give up any details for free, so Adam writes her a check for 25% of the reward. She looks satisfied enough with that and tells Adam that on the day Roger was killed, a bunch of other men working on another Carrington project also disappeared...and wonders aloud if maybe their bodies will soon float to the lake's surface. [I wouldn't be at all surprised, Phoenix.] Adam stares back at her with an intrigued expression. 

Fallon drops in on Alexis, who had called her while crying and is now indulging in a Bloody Mary at 11am. Fallon asks her if she's upset about something Dex did, and Alexis responds by pointing at a row of framed photos featuring all of her past husbands [which I found amusing that she'd want this showcased in her home] and points out each man's primary deficiency:

• Blake killed the man she was extramaritally bedding
• Cecil couldn't stay alive long enough to enjoy his own wedding night
• "Dear Dumb Sean" died while trying to take her with him
• Dex was the only man she ever really trusted - but now realizes that after bumping uglies with Sable, he couldn't possibly know what love is

She bitterly mutters, "He slept with her", then throws Dex's framed photo against the wall, where the glass smashes into pieces. She pronounces that all men are the same - except for dear Roger Grimes [who likely didn't live long enough to incur her wrath]. She declares, "Roger is the only man who ever loved me" while staring wistfully at a small photo of him.

Jeff and Monica are playing tennis at the Carlton Hotel...and when she clumsily falls 'cause of a cramp in her leg, Jeff helps her hobble over to a nearby bench and gives her a quick massage. While he's doing that, Adam happens to glance over at the tennis courts from the nearby cafe and stares at them all intrigued-like. Jeff asks Monica about the status of her love life, and she tells him it's basically non-existent...and Jeff glumly reveals that he doesn't feel as though Sammy Jo is "the one". From the cafe, Adam continues to look intrigued by the sight of them chatting and chuckling...and it's unclear if he even knows that the two are half-siblings. 

Alexis (who's slightly drunk from her 11am Bloody Mary) is in the Carlton Hotel's basement storage area, rummaging through her old boxes. She fires up the furnace and tosses in some old letters and photographs, then opens a wooden crate containing a lovely looking painting as well as a decades old letter from Roger. In the letter he had warned that Blake was threatening to kill the both of them if he were to ever (again) find them in bed together.

Over at Delta Rho, Sammy Jo is showing Blake the blueprint plans for Tanner's proposed new teen Rec Center. She explains that it's going to be located in a new building downtown, and is hoping that he (Blake) can talk to the owner (some guy named Joe who Blake is friends with) about giving Tanner a break on the rent. Blake agrees to do what he can, then applauds her for helping with the charity and says it would make Krystle proud. A few seconds later, Fallon arrives...and Blake hands her a small stack of photos that were taken during his/Krystle's recent wedding, which marks the last time they were all together as a family. When he sadly says, "We've lost that", Fallon gets all prickly and admonishes him for always treating her like a child...and when he tells her he simply wants her to come home, she petulantly says she'll go where she pleases when she pleases. Blake suddenly breaks into a chuckle and realizes how obnoxious and unbearably tedious it's been for Dynasty viewers to listen to their endless bickering. The two agree on how much they love one another, admit that they've each made mistakes, and hug it out.

Back at the Carlton, one of the hotel employees informs Sable that there's smoke coming from the basement storage area...and when she investigates, she's irked to find a tipsy Alexis, burning boxfuls of old papers and whatnot. Sable tells her to stop burning stuff in what is a scarily defective furnace, then turns her attention to the painting in the wooden crate. She looks visibly startled by the sight of the distinctive looking artwork and asks Alexis where she got it...and Alexis snarlingly tells her it was a gift from Roger Grimes, then snappishly orders her to stop touching her stuff. 

Sable makes a beeline over to Carrington manor and blurts out to Blake, "It's war crimes, isn't it?" and correctly guesses that the tri-family has been involved in concealing stolen Nazi treasure. Blake doesn't bother denying it and simply asks her how she found out.  

After the commercial break, Sable tells Blake that she easily recognized a painting Alexis has in her possession (a gift from Roger Grimes) as a work of Friedrich Stahl. She further explains that Hitler was known to have admired Stahl's work and subsequently stole everything the man ever painted. Sable comes right out and asks Blake if his father ever aided the Nazis, and Blake declines to answer and instead says he's going to convene an evening summit with her and Dex during which all will be explained and revealed.

While dining at the Carlton Hotel patio restaurant, Fallon asks Alexis how well she (meaning herself) would have known Roger Grimes, then asks if he had a snake tattoo. Alexis looks visibly stunned by her knowledge of the tattoo, but then says perhaps she once saw his bare torso while he was swimming. Fallon boldly asks her if perhaps she stumbled upon the two of them while they were in bed together - but Alexis adamantly denies that any such thing could ever have happened, and that she firmly believes Blake murdered Roger. Fallon refuses to engage in an argument about Blake's alleged murderous tendencies and instead asks if Roger might have done something that could have frightened her as a child. Alexis assures her that her deceased lover wasn't a pedo and then testily tells Fallon to let the poor man rest in peace. 

Jeff is decked out in a tuxedo when he arrives at Delta Rho to escort Sammy Jo to what he assumed was a formal charity event...and when she enters the living room wearing a super casual outfit and tells him they're attending a teen party at the Rec Center, he's miffed about being overdressed. She informs him that Tanner will be arriving any minute to drive them over to the Center...and a few seconds later, Jeff greets Tanner at the front door and amusedly tells Sammy Jo to brace herself. Tanner then saunters into the living room wearing a priest collar...and as Sammy Jo stares at him in stunned incredulity, Jeff decides to bail on the teen party 'cause 1) he has zero interest in going to a teen party, and 2) it's clear that she's "in safe hands tonight".  

Alexis returns to her suite and is less than thrilled to find Dex waiting for her. He professes his love for her and admits it was wrong to hit the sheets with Sable - but then points out that he's been a rock to her for eight long years, up to and including when he dutifully helped her pick up the pieces after Sean tried to destroy her company. Alexis makes it clear that she no longer has any interest in resuming their relationship or even being friends, and walks over to her door and opens it wide as she orders him to get the hell out.

Party time at the teen Rec Center! As Tanner jigs awkwardly, Father Shea not-so-subtly emphasizes to Sammy Jo that Father Tanner is a 100% fully dedicated priest. A few seconds later, Tanner invites Sammy Jo to dance and mumblingly tries to explain why he never thought to mention to her that he's a man of the cloth. Sammy Jo pretends she's totes OK with it - but then the two stare longingly into each others' eyes, prompting Father Shea to glance over concernedly.

​Later at the mansion, Blake reveals to Dex and Sable that his corrupt jerkwad of a father (Tom Carrington) ran a shipping line, and in the 1950s was commissioned to transport "German scholars" (aka Nazi war criminals) to South America. He was paid for this service in the form of artwork, jewelry, and other stolen Nazi treasures, which he figured he should prolly hide...'cause yeesh. Jason Colby and Sam Dexter were later involved in the construction of the fruitless mine project and refrained from asking any questions about the stolen Nazi treasure they knew that Tom Carrington had in his possession. As for Roger Grimes, he just happened to be on the property when "the collection" was being moved into the secret vault. He somehow decided 'why not help myself to some stolen Nazi loot?' and was killed by Tom Carrington soon after. Dex suggests to Blake that he simply come clean and tell the police about "the collection" and how Tom Carrington murdered Roger Grimes after being caught stealing stuff - but Blake says he doesn't want to sully the reputation of his family, and insists that the origins of "the collection" must remain a secret. He solemnly decrees, "What Tom Carrington did must remain buried with that collection."

The next morning, Blake calls up Jeff to ask him to please accompany him and Dex to the lake this evening, explaining that Dex will take a dive to check on the secret vault at the bottom of the lake that houses "the collection". After the call, Adam enters Blake's office to offer a sheepish apology for his creepy treatment of Virginia. He says he has no idea why he acts like such a predatory horse's ass towards women all the damn time, and attributes it to the pressure he's always under. As Blake looks wholly unimpressed by that mea culpa, Adam tells him he's been spending more time with Alexis lately, then shares that Alexis wants him (Adam) to get back into his (Blake's) good graces so that he can more easily spy and gather useful intel. He adds that Alexis has tracked down a construction old-timer named Elsworth Chisolm who says he witnessed him (Blake) kill Roger Grimes...and he'd would be happy to arrange a meeting with Elsworth to hash it out and get to the truth, 'cause he doesn't actually want to see his own father be thrown in prison. 

Back at Casa Pasta, Fallon tells Sergeant Zorelli that she's not sure which dead person she's more troubled by: Roger Grimes or her grandfather. She recently dreamed that she was in a dark tunnel and couldn't find her way out...but then heard her grandfather's voice. As she processes the memory she suddenly gets visibly distressed and cries, "Oh God!"

Over at the Carlton Hotel's patio restaurant, Sable strongly urges Alexis to stop suggesting that Blake killed Roger Grimes...then informs her that Fritz Heath has provided her with some very interesting intel about a clumsy takeover he and Sean had attempted last season. She warns that whoever runs the company the two men were cheating doesn't appear to be aware of it - but if it were to come out, ColbyCo (and Alexis by extension) would be ruined. Alexis just shrugs unconcernedly, calls Sable "lonely and desperate", and tells her to go ahead and reveal Fritz's intel to the world if that's what she really wants to do. 

That night at the lake, Blake and Jeff are floating around in a dinghy, waiting for Dex to emerge from the watery depths. When he finally does, he grimly announces, "We've got a problem" and explains that the vault's seal has been blown open. Blake grimaces and moans, "My God. It'll all come out now. Everything" ... and as that's happening, it looks as though Sergeant Zorelli is spying on the three of them from a distance through a pair of binoculars.

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Recap: Adam and Joanna are smooching on the couch in Alexis's suite when Alexis returns home from Paris sooner than expected...and is unpleasantly surprised at the sight of her son tonguing Sable's flunky. A few seconds later, Blake enters the suite clutching the latest copy of The Denver Mirror and demands to speak privately with Alexis. He snarlingly tells her that this time she's pushed things too far...so Alexis glances at the ad inviting the public to supply information about the Carrington lake construction/Roger Grimes and claims she has no knowledge of how/why it got published in her newspaper. Blake once again insists that he did not kill Roger Grimes, and Alexis argues that she's pretty sure he did shoot the poor bastard in the back of the head. Blake grumbles about how she's not only making life hell for him, but also for their children...and Alexis breezily points out that they're no longer children and are old enough to know what a murderous monster their father is. She complains about how he's treating Adam the same way he treated her when he caught her in bed with Roger Grimes...and when Blake asks her if she knows about the sleazy thing Adam recently did, she bellows that she doesn't care. She recalls that when baby Adam was kidnapped, she needed the kind of comfort she could seemingly only find in the arms of Roger Grimes, and is therefore expending every ounce of her energy and resources into making him (Blake) come off as a criminal. Blake muses about how he can remember a version of her that wasn't so "twisted and cold" and asks her if there's any way he can stop her...to which she wryly retorts, "You could always put a bullet in the back of my head." After Blake leaves, Alexis shows Adam The Denver Mirror ad that so infuriated Blake, and the two cackle about how Adam sneakily published it so that Alexis could have plausible deniability about not knowing anything about it...even though it's really not plausible, given that it's well known that she has full editorial control over every issue of the paper.

Over in Sable's suite, Dex is enraged by The Denver Mirror ad and tells Sable he had hoped Alexis would have considered how strongly he felt about not bringing attention to Roger Grimes's demise and willingly backed off. He and Sable then get into a back-and-forth about the two of them hooking up, and she insists that she simply wants friendship, respect, and an amorous hug every now and again. When Dex asks her if she's only after him to spite Alexis, she poutishly calls that "an ugly thing to ask" ... and admits that while pissing off Alexis does give her a certain amount of satisfaction, it wasn't her only motive when they first hit the sack. She adds that she knows full well he can't give her his full devotion 'cause it's very obvious that he's still hopelessly in love with Alexis.

Adam whines to Alexis that Blake got really mad at him the other day and threw him down the stairs, and Alexis clucks sympathetically and says she's just glad he's fully on her side now. She tries to call Creighton Boyd about how the mercenary mission in Natumbe is going but has no luck, then mentions to Adam that she faxed Dex to let her know she was back in Denver. This prompts Adam to ask her which voice she's most interested in hearing: Creighton's or Dex's? Alexis doesn't reply as she silently mulls that over. 

Over at Denver Carrington, Blake and Jeff are discussing The Denver Mirror ad. Blake says he's increasingly concerned about the police issuing a warrant to search the lake and stumbling upon the entrance to the secret vault that houses "the collection". He calls up Dex to ask him to gather up some scuba gear so he can dive down there later and check if the vault entrance is still sealed, 'cause he lives in fear that the authorities might get a whiff of the nefarious thing that's going on in the underground tunnels.

Fallon shows Sammy Jo the surveillance photo that Sergeant Zorelli gave to her, adding that she hasn't yet shown it to Blake...and Sammy Jo strongly urges her to come clean with Blake about it. Fallon rails about how used she feels by Zorelli, so Sammy Jo tells her to do something (e.g. hit him, kick him, scream at him) ... but then promptly tell Blake about the photo. Fallon says she hasn't been able to bring herself to face her angry father, then sheepishly agrees that she'll make an effort to confess everything first thing tomorrow. 

Sergeant Zorelli slinks to Police Headquarters to apologize to the captain for his misdeeds, and the captain tells him in no uncertain terms that in exchange for getting his job reinstated he is to have nothing more to do with investigating the Carrington lake/Roger Grimes murder. Zorelli promises he won't, then later confides in his colleague (Rudy) that he gave Fallon the surveillance photo...and Rudy looks aghast by such a dumbass breach of confidentiality.

In the Carlton Hotel lobby, Sable tells Alexis that publishing the ad in The Denver Mirror was a colossally stupid thing to do, and once again insists that Blake did not kill Roger Grimes. Alexis taunts her about how it's soooo obvious that she has a personal interest in hooking up with Blake (blech) so that she can be taken care of by another rich man, and an incensed Sable cautions that if she doesn't shut her trap, "You're going to lose in ways you cannot imagine." Alexis shrugs disinterestedly at the warning and gleefully informs her cousin that she's about to get some very bad news. 

Sammy Jo is decked out in a fantastic red leather outfit when she drops by the teen Rec Center (where Tanner works), and Tanner looks out of sorts by the unexpected visit. She hands him a big check to donate to the charity...and a few seconds later, Father Shea (the priest who oversees the Center) wanders over to say hey and is introduced to Sammy Jo. After Sammy Jo heads home, Father Shea warns Tanner about his obvious attraction to the blonde hottie and asks, "Does she know you're married, son?" and Tanner sheepishly says that she doesn't. 

​Back at the Carlton Hotel, Alexis and Adam drop by Sable's suite, and they're followed by a hotel servant who's wheeling in a room service cart with a covered surprise. Alexis dramatically lifts the plate cover and reveals a small fishbowl, then drops in a series of tiny plastic oil tankers as a silly means of demonstrating that the seven ColbyCo ships Sable purchased from the auction are now at the bottom of the sea. Sable and Monica (who now lives in Denver) are all, "The fuck?", and then Sable gets a phone call confirming that her newly purchased oil tankers have been blown to smithereens. Adam assures everyone in the room that nobody was aboard any of the ships when they were attacked, and Alexis gleefully declares that since her ship problem has been settled, she can now devote all of her time and energy pursuing the killer of Roger Grimes. Sable once again insists that Blake did not murder him, and Alexis mockingly tells her how touching it is that she's standing by her man, and that's a pity he has no desire to lie down with her.

An enraged Sable tells Monica that they're going to move ahead with using Fritz Heath's intel to destroy Alexis. She says they could really use help from someone with political clout to pull some very big strings, and Monica suggests enlisting Jeff in their vengeance plan.

Blake touches base with Dex to talk about tonight's scuba dive in the lake. Yawn.

​Dex drops by Alexis's suite, where he runs into Adam and Joanna. He trades barbs with Joanna until she and Adam head out for dinner...and then Alexis emerges from her bedroom wearing a snugly fitted, cleavage baring white dress. She chides Dex for not calling her earlier, and he warily tells her they need to talk...and says it in the kind of ominous sounding 'we need to talk' type way.

Blake arrives at Delta Rho to see Fallon...and as he's waiting in the living room for her to appear, he finds the surveillance photo atop the coffee table. When Fallon enters the room and sees him studying the photo, she tries to explain how it came to be that she was surveilled by Sergeant Zorelli while looking at a photo of Roger Grimes at the police station, and Blake gets all bitchy about her stupidity in allowing herself to be tricked, and that she's no longer the wonderful little girl he used to spoil rotten and then infantilize well into adulthood. 

Alexis invites Dex to fawn over her after being away from Denver for so long, but he tells her he's very pissed off about her endless conflict with Blake, as well as her role in blowing up seven of Sable's ships...and is more than a little suspicious that she was enmeshed in some kind of romantic interlude during this destructive escapade. Alexis somehow takes that to mean that he's been cheating on her [despite the fact that these two are not currently in a monogamous relationship], then demands to know who he's been bedding. He looks troubled and moans, "Please don't..", which prompts her to look horrified as she whispers, "You wouldn't do something like that to me? You didn't go to bed with Sable..?" When Dex stares sheepishly into space, Alexis covers her face with her hands and tears up while moaning, "Oh noooo.." Dex (kind of half-heartedly) professes his love for her - but Alexis argues that clearly he doesn't love her, and that he embodies everything that's generally wrong with men. She adds that since he chose to doink Sable, she doesn't ever want to see him again...and seems wholly oblivious to how hypocritical she's being, considering her own "infidelity" in bedding Creighton Boyd while the two were in Paris.

Jeff arrives home and is surprised to see Monica in his kitchen, cooking him dinner. She informs him that Alexis conspired to blow up seven ColbyCo ships in Natumbe, and chides him for being friends with such a crazed lunatic. Jeff reminds her that there are two sides to every story, and Monica stares at him incredulously and says he can't possibly be on Alexis's side. She becomes so exasperated by his inability to badmouth his former mother-in-law that she grabs a can of whipping cream and sprays him with it, and so Jeff grabs it from her and aims the can at her ample cleavage that's barely covered by the skimpy top she's wearing...and it all looked very incestuously weird considering that it was revealed on The Colbys that these two are half-siblings.

Dex stops by Carrington manor to tell Blake that he thinks they've both misjudged Sable...and that he fully believes she's sincere in her promise to look out for him (Blake) and the comatose Krystle. Dex adds that she's had it rough ever since she lost her family following the contentious divorce, and Blake ponders that for a few seconds and admits that perhaps he has been too hard on her. 

Fallon storms over to Sergeant Zorelli's apartment and growls, "Are you happy now?" When Zorelli just stares back at her in confusion, she tells him that Blake found the surveillance photo and is newly angry at her for being tricked into generating damning evidence against him. When Zorelli offers to talk to Blake, she yells, "Stay away from me!" ... and when he tells her he loves her, she snappishly tells him to stop it. He repeats his love declaration and insists that she too loves him...and Fallon weakly slaps him, but then lets him hug her while she sobs in his arms. 
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Adam delivers good news to a visibly depressed Alexis: a witness named Elsworth Chisolm has come forward as a result of The Denver Mirror ad. Elsworth, a former construction worker who seems totally legit, claims to know what really happened to Roger Grimes. 

Adam arranges a late night meeting in a park with Elsworth Chisolm, but is disappointed when the witness's granddaughter (Phoenix) shows up in Elsworth's stead so that she can carefully gauge whether or not he (Adam) can be trusted. While the two sit at a picnic table, she tells Adam that her gramps was a laborer who worked on the lake project and saw the man who killed Roger Grimes...and that she herself has seen a picture of this murderer. She provides Adam with her gramps's address, then gets up and disappears into the night. 

Jeff and Monica enjoy their dinner and agree on what a giant shitbag Jason Colby is. The two then reminisce about how they used to play together/spy on each other when they were kids...which is confusing, 'cause I had assumed that Jeff grew up in Denver, and was childhood friends with Fallon and Steven. 

Over at Casa Dex, Sable insists to Dex that she did not steal the seven ColbyCo ships that Alexis blew up. Dex comes right out and asks her why she hates Alexis with the intensity of a thousand suns - like, aside from the fact that she slept with Jason Colby ten years ago - and Sable just cryptically replies, "That woman knows just what she did, and why I'm going to make her life a living hell." She adds that he should pass along that message "next time you sleep with the bitch". Meow.

Fallon has caved to Zorelli's smoochery and looks oddly defeated as she sits at his kitchen table with a plate of pasta in front of her, admonishing all men while he tenderly kisses her cheeks. She remarks on how little they have in common and insists that he's not even her type...and he responds by undressing her, which prompts her to undress him as the two press ahead with their chemistry-free foreplay.

Alexis and Adam meet with Phoenix and Elsworth Chisolm at their home. Elsworth recalls witnessing someone wearing a bright orange rain jacket with a C on the back entering the mine with Roger Grimes. Alexis perks up at that and says she knows for a fact that Blake had a jacket exactly like that...and so Elsworth confirms that, yep, Blake Carrington was the murderer who ended that poor man's life. Alexis gets up, stares broodily into space, and mutters, "Just as I am going to end his" while the camera zooms in on her poutishly defiant expression.

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Recap: A frazzled Blake is in his Denver Carrington office, reading over various company reports while angrily muttering, "Absolutely incredible." When Jeff enters the room, Blake rails about how all the paperwork is a hot mess: the oil refinery projects (Adam's job), and the distribution figures (Fallon's job). Jeff defends Adam and Fallon by pointing out that they've all been doing their best during a chaotic, busy time at Denver Carrington, so Blake takes his anger down a notch and grumbles about how much he haaaaates seeing his family and company slowly fall apart. He then tells Jeff he wants pervy Adam out of his mansion and his company, and hopes that Fallon dumps her cop beau and returns to her senses. As for Alexis, he ominously vows, "I'll take care of her."

Adam stops by Joanna's suite and pretends he needs a cup of sugar...and while the two coquettishly flirt with what he really means by sugar, an intrigued Sable pokes her head out of her suite and discreetly eavesdrops. Joanna invites Adam inside and serves him a drink...and when Sable knocks on the door a few seconds later, Joanna panics and tells Adam to hide in the bedroom. She then lets in Sable, who lays it on thick about how brilliantly she (meaning Joanna) has come up with various ideas to help her get even with Alexis, including stealing her ships. Joanna points out that those were actually her ideas, and that Hamilton Stone was instrumental in seizing the ColbyCo ships in Natumbe. Sable motions at the two drink glasses on the table and is all, "Oops! You have a guest!" and bids her assistant a smarmy goodnight and leaves. Adam exits the bedroom and stares admiringly at Joanna while gushing about her devious mind, then says he'd really really like her to leave her job with Sable and come work at ColbyCo. Joanna promises to consider an employment offer that no longer entails being Sable's daily punching bag.

Sergeant Zorelli is at home, desperately trying to reach Fallon, when his colleague Rudy drops by. Rudy tells him he's here to pick up the surveillance photo of Fallon comparing Roger Grimes's corpse photo to the one where he's posing with Blake, and it suddenly dawns on Zorelli that Fallon must have stumbled across it in his drawer and then reacted by fleeing the apartment. He fibs and tells Rudy he must have misplaced the photo, then opens the drawer and pulls out the envelope containing the photo and - wink, wink - is like, "Oops, it's gone." Rudy, for whatever reason, decides to go along with the fib - but warns Zorelli that he's digging a hole for himself with the captain. 

Adam storms into Blake's office to complain that a couple of goons are hovering over him while he tries to work, which is maddening 'cause he's a director. Blake informs him that - surprise! - he's no longer a company director and is no longer authorized to view the more sensitive files. Adam growls at Blake for nearly killing him by knocking him down the stairs, and is now taking his job away. When Blake argues that he's done all of this to himself with his sleazy actions, Adam warns that he's not going to like having him as an enemy. Blake retorts, "Couldn't be worse than having you as a son" (ouch) ... and as Adam exits the office, he runs into Jeff and snarls, "I hope I don't miss you...when I take aim."

While strolling along the Carrington lake property, Sable asks Dex when Alexis is returning to Denver, and he tells her he has no idea, and that they got into a heated argument on the phone last time they spoke. He starts skipping rocks across the lake and ponders how long he and Alexis have been devoted to each other, and Sable tells him she has great respect for the love between two people...even if one of the people is Alexis. 

Sergeant Zorelli is in the lobby of the Denver Carrington building, barking at the receptionist to let Fallon know he's here 'cause they neeeeeed to talk [dude, you don't]. A few seconds later, Blake and Jeff enter the area. Blake snaps at Zorelli to get the hell out of his building, while Jeff tells the receptionist to call security...and two guards swiftly appear and force Zorelli to leave.

Sable asks Dex what he plans to do if Alexis publicly accuses Blake of murdering Roger Grimes, given that he (Dex) and Blake are hiding a deep dark Nazi secret that's buried beneath the lake. Dex says he's fairly certain that Alexis doesn't even know that the secret exists - but if she did, he'd have to do something to keep her from blowing the whole thing wide open. 

Tanner McBride arrives at Delta Rho via motorcycle with a gigantic stuffed bunny tied to the back. He explains to a delighted Sammy Jo, who's visiting with Jeff and Fallon, that the bunny is a gift for her, meant to replace the one he destroyed while ransacking her hospital room. Sammy Jo gaily gives him a tour of the stable, and Fallon remarks to Jeff how happy she looks with her handsome new friend and warns that Tanner could easily steal her away. Jeff reveals that he's not as troubled by the prospect of Sammy Jo and Tanner hooking up as he is by the prospect of her (Fallon) bumping uglies with Sergeant Zorelli.

Dex escorts Sable back to her hotel suite, and she invites him to stay for some champagne and a bite to eat. She tells him that if they're going to end their brief romance, they should do it "in a lovely way" ... and the two agree that they've greatly enjoyed their sexy time together. Sable proceeds to turn on the radio, which just happens to be playing tango music. She gets all touchy-feely with Dex while sexily swaying to the rhythm...and Dex gets up and dances with her before the two get amorous and start removing each other's clothing. Mmm hmm..

Over at the mansion, Blake tells Jeff he hasn't been able to reach Alexis, and is keeping his fingers crossed that whatever she's doing overseas continues to distract her from accusing him of murdering Roger Grimes. As he stares at Adam's silver baby rattle that he's been clutching, Jeff points out all of the problems Adam has had in his troubled life, including being kidnapped as a baby and then raised by a faux family. He says he actually feels sorry for the perv and thinks of them as brothers (well...sorta), and Blake reacts to that by thanking Jeff for being more of a son to him than Adam ever was.

Sable is hand feeding Dex caviar when they're interrupted by a knock at the door...and the visitor turns out to be Sable's buxom daughter, Monica. Sable introduces her to Dex, who's wearing just a towel...and Monica gives him an appreciative once over.

At Delta Rho, Tanner has cooked a hobo stew for Sammy Jo and Fallon. He tells them he often makes this stew for the teenage runaways who come to him for help, then says he cobbled together this particular stew largely from the contents of Sammy Jo's garbage can. When Sammy Jo stares at him looking alarmed and icked out, he assures her he was just kidding and chortles at her for being so sweetly gullible. 

Sable and Monica enjoy some tea, while Dex gets dressed and re-emerges from the bedroom. Monica invites him to join them, says she's used to her mother's sexcapades and asks if she should be calling him Uncle Dex. Lol. She then bursts out laughing and assures him she wouldn't actually be joking about her mother's trysts if she were at all slutty, and Dex chuckles along and says he's definitely ready to call it a night and get the hell outa here. Once he's safely out of hearing range, Monica points out to Sable that hooking up with Dex is a super way to get revenge on Alexis, and Sable insists that that's not why she's spending time with him...but then admits it kinda/sorta is. 

At Delta Rho, Fallon is having another Roger Grimes nightmare, mumbling, "How could you miss me? You're dead!" [She should also be reminding the ghost: "I never actually knew you while you were alive!"] Sammy Jo turns the light on and asks her whassup with her muttering nonsensical gibberish in her sleep, and Fallon tells her she feels as though Roger Grimes was just here...and that she frequently dreams about him admonishing her for knockin' boots with Sergeant Zorelli. She then explains to Sammy Jo that she now considers Zorelli a traitor for secretly surveilling her so that he could capture the photo of Blake/Roger Grimes and then use it to threaten to charge Blake with murder. 

The next morning, Sable tells Monica she'd love it if she moved to Denver so they can team up and take over the reins of ColbyCo once it goes belly-up. Monica considers how much she hates her current job and that there's no familial reason to stay in L.A., not least 'cause her siblings don't live there anymore, and she seems to have zero interest in seeing her father.

Later, in the Carlton Hotel patio restaurant, Sable urges Monica to buy up more ColbyCo stock, anticipating that when she sues the company, the value of the stock will skyrocket. [This seems counter-intuitive to me - but then I'm a recapper, not a stockbroker investing in fictional oil companies.] Monica cautions her against indulging in any kind of insider trading - just as Joanna flounces over and frostily greets Monica by snarling, "Here to replace me, are you?" She says she needs to speak with Sable privately, and Monica gets up and heads off to the lounge.
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Sergeant Zorelli bursts into Sammy Jo's living room to talk to Fallon, and she decides to finally stop avoiding him and let him speak his peace. 

Monica spots Jeff enjoying a drink in the Carlton Hotel lounge...and after playfully sending an elastic slingshot his way, she joins him on the sofa. She expresses her condolences about Fallon leaving him for an alien (bwahaha!), and Jeff shoots back, "He's Italian, but he has papers." When she tells him she's decided to give Denver a try (after wrapping up her life in L.A.), he warns that she'd be walking into a war zone between her mom and Alexis...and a few seconds later, Sable interrupts their chat, snarls something bitchy at Jeff, and reminds Monica that she has a plane to catch. 

Sergeant Zorelli explains to Fallon that, yeah, he put her under surveillance while she was in his office and happened to catch sight of a photo that proves Blake is a liar...but insists that he never passed along this evidence to his superiors 'cause of how much he loooooves her. Fallon slaps him across the face and shrieks, "Don't say that to me!" and yells at him to get out of her life. He glumly accepts her rejection, hands her the surveillance photo of Blake/Roger Grimes, and self-piteously urges her to keep it as a souvenir to commemorate how the best thing that's ever happened to him went kaput.

Joanna drops by Adam's suite to complain about Sable's ill treatment of her, and make it clear that she's very into the idea of an impromptu booty call. 

Jeff bursts into Blake's office with a copy of The Denver Mirror, where someone has written up a blurb about offering a reward for 'anyone with information concerning 1960s Carrington Estate Construction or Roger Grimes'. Sounds pretty specific. Jeff points out that Alexis must know about their deep dark secret, given that this is her newspaper...and Blake remarks on how insane it is that, despite the fact that she has been married to a Carrington, a Colby, and a Dexter, Alexis is willing to single-handedly destroy all three families. 

Egads!

Recap: Sable pleads with Fritz Heath not to shoot her, pointing out that he wouldn't gain anything by killing her. She urges him to put the gun down, take a seat, and explain in detail how his secret intel would bring down Alexis. Fritz chillaxes long enough to lumber over to the couch and dish to Sable that, according to his bombshell intel, ColbyCo could face billions of dollars of lawsuits that will easily force Alexis into personal bankruptcy. 

In a fancy Paris hotel suite, Creighton Boyd is with his mercenary support team, fleshing out the plan to re-seize ColbyCo's ships when Alexis unexpectedly drops by. When Creighton asks her why in blazes she's interrupting his important work, she tells him she's protecting her investment and that she fully intends to be involved in the mission's planning process whether he likes it or not. Creighton makes it clear he likes it not and orders two of his men to tie Alexis up and put her in the room next door. Bwhaha! Alexis pales and is all, "The fuck?" as the two men grab her and physically carry her out of the room. Creighton then opens a map of Natumbe Bay and calmly resumes his pre-mission planning.

At Carrington manor, Blake asks Dex why he nearly choked Adam to death during the previous episode, so Dex explains his history with Virginia: he met her ten years ago when she was living on the streets, eking out a living by hooking...and he became so protective of the troubled sixteen year old that he arranged for a friend to send her off to the safety of a boarding school, which she bitterly resented 'cause she wanted him to be her boyfriend. He then tells Blake that Adam somehow found out about her past and used it to coerce her into sleeping with him and then tried to get her to put on skimpy-wear to satisfy the kinkier of his various fetishes. Blake immediately becomes enraged and storms out of the study looking for Adam, and one of the servants informs him that the creepy weirdo just went out for his morning jog. 

Back at the Carlton Hotel, Sable reads through Fritz's packet o' intel and gleefully agrees that, yep, this bombshell could indeed bring Alexis down. She assures Fritz that when this is all over he won't have money problems ever again, then urges him to leave his gun with her and to go home and get some rest. After ushering him out the door and then locking it behind him, she looks relieved while visibly freaked out about being held at gunpoint. She carefully carries the gun to her desk and stares at the telephone.

Alexis is released by Creighton's goons and permitted to re-enter his suite. When she angrily throws an ashtray at him, Creighton informs her that his men would have killed her had he not ordered her to be tied up and removed. An unfazed Alexis makes it clear how annoyed she is at being manhandled, and admonishes Creighton for not treating her as an equal...and he responds by staring at her in fascination and murmuring, "God...you're beautiful." When she demands an explanation of how he plans to get all of her ships back, he hands her a briefcase with the remainder of the 500K downpayment she gave him days earlier and irritably tells her she can use it to hire another mercenary. Alexis contritely dials back her sass and says she doesn't want to hire anyone else, and that she promises not to interfere anymore. Creighton nods approvingly and invites her to dine with him tonight, and she looks visibly intrigued by the prospect.

Fallon is at Carrington manor, playing ping-pong with LB, when Jeff enters the room to inform LB that they're taking Danny to go pick up Sammy Jo from the hospital. When LB is safely out of hearing range, Jeff sarcastically tells Fallon how surprising it is that she found time out of her busy dating schedule to play ping-pong with their son, then adds that LB has complained that he rarely sees her anymore. An indignant Fallon assures him that their children are always well cared for, and then she and Jeff semi-bicker back and forth...blah blah - until they hear Blake screaming at Adam. When they run over to the staircase, they listen as Blake admonishes Adam for dishonoring Virginia, and Krystle by association. Adam fibs that nothing happened with Virginia, then nonsensically shifts the conversation to the shady source of the Carrington fortune and insinuates that Blake's father and grandfather were corrupt. He accuses Blake of being a fraud and taunts him about being sooooo afraid of "a two bit cop" like Zorelli investigating him...and while Fallon begs the two to stop, Blake gives Adam a hard face smack, sending him rolling down the long staircase and landing, unconscious, at the foot of the stairs.

After the commercial break, Adam quickly regains consciousness and gruffly assures everyone he's fine. Blake barks at him to get out of his house...and as Adam shoots him the stink-eye and limps off, Jeff quietly heads out with Danny and LB to pick up Sammy Jo. 

Blake wanders over to his bedroom to stare wistfully at a framed photo of Krystle. A few seconds later, Fallon tiptoes into the room and tries to make sense of the disturbing act of domestic violence she just witnessed her father commit - but Blake just bitches and moans about how the entire family is falling apart, specifically..

• Steven abruptly left with barely a goodbye [and presumably hasn't called since]
• Adam creepily drove away Krystle's cousin and couldn't own up to it
• She (Fallon) is cavorting with a cop who wants to charge him for murder

Fallon insists that they're just a normal family with problems, then assures him they're all here to comfort him while Krystle lays in vegetative limbo. Blake just shrugs at that and says he feels as though nothing at Carrington manor is ever going to be the same again. 

Over at Delta Rho, Jeff carries Sammy Jo inside her living room, and she looks touched by the Welcome Home sign, along with the many balloons and flowers. Jeff mentions the young hottie she befriended in the hospital, and she gives him a big smooch to assure him that she's (kinda sorta) only interested in him. 

Alexis calls Dex, who's annoyed that she's been out of touch for so long, especially since he's been working very hard to fix ColbyCo. Alexis is all, "Sucks to be you - I'm off to dinner now" ... and as Dex literally screams his frustration into the phone before abruptly hanging up, Alexis turns her attention to Creighton, who has just entered her suite dressed up in a tuxedo.
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Sable drops by Dex's place looking out of sorts. She tearfully mutters about suddenly losing command of one's life, then pulls out Fritz's gun and tells Dex that she just had this thing pointed at her head. She says the man who was threatening her with it prolly didn't actually want to use it - but it was still scary 'cause of how totally out of control he was. Dex takes the gun away from her and gives her a comforting hug as she sobs...and the hug quickly turns into a smooch and then some amorous looking foreplay as they start going at it atop the carpet. 
 
Over dinner, Creighton explains to Alexis exactly how Operation Rescue ColbyCo's Ships is expected to play out - but she's too busy complaining about the two of them dining in his suite, as opposed to a swanky Paris restaurant. Creighton tells her she could at least pretend to listen, 'cause he doesn't usually share these kinds of planning details with clients. Alexis says the main planning detail she cares about is that no one gets killed, then comes right out and asks him if he's ever killed anyone. Creighton responds by correctly assuming that she's ruined many lives during her tenure on Dynasty, insisting that murder is usually a lot more humane than all of the life-ruining shenanigans she's been up to. Alexis gently chides him for not answering the question, and compares him to the stubborn ex who just screamed at her on the phone. 

As Sable gets dressed, post coitus, she assures Dex she's fine now, and that he should  feel free to go back to bed. She then declares, "This never happened" and quietly slips out of the apartment, leaving Dex to stare curiously at the gun she left behind.

Sergeant Zorelli calls around for Fallon, and leaves a message with Sammy Jo (at Delta Rho) to tell Fallon to call him asap. Sammy Jo then asks Fallon, who's lounging on her couch, why she refuses to talk to Zorelli - but Fallon declines to explain and just says she'd really really like to hang around Delta Rho for a little while to 1) get away from Carrington manor, and 2) help her recuperate from her gunshot injury.

Sable returns to the Carlton Hotel and runs into Joanna, who needs her to sign some important papers. She asks Sable where she's been all day, then grumbles about how fuckin' fed up she is with the shabby way she's being treated in this job. She assumes that Sable is still irked at her for bedding Dex, then reminds her boss that she was the one who had urged her to hit the sheets with Dex in order to suss out any useful intel. Joanna then assures her she has no problem making the decision to end whatever kind of relationship she's deludedly imagining she and Dex have...and after she stomps off to bed, a weary Sable mutters, "Looks like I'm going to have to come to a decision of my own...about you, Joanna."

Blake is reading Cinderella to Kristina, then coos about how much he looooves her. As the tot falls fast asleep, Blake remarks on all the people who have recently left his orbit: Krystle, Steven, Virginia. Plus, now Fallon is starting to pull away. He tells a sleeping Kristina that she's his last hope, and vows not to fail her.
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Creighton remarks to Alexis that she's clearly had Dex on her mind all night, but she insists that her ex is selfish and egotistical. As thunder claps, she looks momentarily [and uncharacteristically] fearful of the loud noise...but then exchanges lustful stares with Creighton - just as the phone rings. Creighton takes the call and learns that the ColbyCo ships are scheduled to leave sooner than expected, which means that he and his men have to scrap all of their careful planning and just make things up as they go. Sounds confidence-inspiring.

Dex is attempting to trace ownership of the gun Sable left with him when Joanna drops by his apartment wearing nothing but a trench coat. She saucily tells him that Sable wants her to say goodbye to him, then dramatically removes her coat and proudly displays her mammaries. Dex gives her nakedness a disinterested once over and mutters, "Joanna.." then points out that they don't have what it takes to build anything resembling a real relationship. Joanna angrily assumes that Sable has gotten her hooks into him and warns that she's only interested in him 'cause she wants to hurt Alexis. As she flounces towards the door, she sneers, "Don't say I didn't warn you."

Sergeant Zorelli is hiding in the bushes on the Carrington estate when Fallon returns home early the next morning. He asks her why she disappeared while cooking him pasta and now refuses to return his phone calls, so she just tells him she shouldn't have been at his place and doesn't want to see him anymore. When he insists that she owes him an explanation, she wearily says, "Just go" and heads inside.

Inside the mansion, Blake tells Jeff that Gibson doesn't seem to know what's at the bottom of the lake - just as Fallon enters the corridor. Blake irritably assumes she was with Zorelli all night and bitchily stomps off...and Fallon tells Jeff she actually spent the night at Delta Rho, then rails about how sick and tired she is of everyone getting on her case about coupling up with a cop who's been investigating her daddy for a twenty year old murder.

Back in Paris, Creighton packs up his machine gun and tells Alexis he hopes that the restless Natumbeian natives, who are reacting to an unexpected new regional conflict, will be enough of a distraction to nimbly rescue the ColbyCo ships. He adds that he's greatly enjoyed getting to know her, and leans in for a smooch. Alexis coquettishly reminds him he has two whole hours before his plane leaves...and he perks up at the prospect of a pre-mission romp and presses against her for some amorous smooching.

Dex runs into Sable in the Carlton Hotel lounge to check up on her, but she assures him it wasn't necessary 'cause she's A-OK. She tells him their sexcapade prolly shouldn't ever happen again, and he half-heartedly agrees and escorts her to the elevator. He stares at her hungrily, then at the last minute decides to enter the elevator with her and lean in for a smooch...and the two are still in mid-smooch as they stumble into her suite. Dex lifts Sable up while continuing with the foreplay, and she raises her chin and contorts her expression to look cartoonishly swooned by her wanton desire for another boning.