Dynasty - Season 9, Episode 2

"It's a good thing Adam is so bad at throwing junk into the fireplace."

"A Touch of Sable"
Original airdate: 11/10/1988

Episode summary: Blake locates Krystle at her cousin's home in Dayton. Fallon finds remnants of Steven's goodbye letter that Adam somehow failed to destroy. Alexis seeks help in order to rebuild her damaged empire.

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Recap: Sergeant John Zorelli and his team of minions have descended upon the lake cabin property on which Jeff and Sammy Jo discovered a dead body. Zorelli irritably asks Jeff why he took it upon himself to fish the body out of the lake, and Jeff's like, "Dunno. Seemed like the right thing to do." Zorelli checks out the body, which is a young-ish man with a head wound [in other words, not Krystle]. Once Zorelli is safely out of hearing range, Jeff tells Sammy Jo not to mention the discovery of Krystle's diary, not least 'cause there doesn't seem to be any sign of her on the property.

Over at Carrington manor, Blake tells Fallon that her presence at the upcoming Denver Carrington board meeting is crucial in order to begin the important work of extracting themselves from the fraudulent Vitron Oil deal. Fallon assures him she'll take care of it, then changes the subject to Krystle's disappearance and offers to help in any way she can. Before Blake can respond, Jeff's police department friend (Detective Pete McWhorter) calls to inform Blake that he's located Krystle's Rolls Royce, which looks to have been stolen. Blake tells him he'll be right over, and Fallon insists on tagging along.

As the dead body is wheeled away from the lake, Sammy Jo admits to Sergeant Zorelli that she and Jeff came to the lake cabin to look for Krystle Carrington - but instead found this dead body. A few seconds later, a police officer finds what looks to be  Krystle's scarf...and as Sammy Jo moans, "Oh my God..", the police team agrees to widen the search for anyone else on the property. Zorelli glares at Jeff and Sammy Jo and bitchily asks them if they're hiding any more secrets he should know about.

Adam is in the library when he spots the Dear Dad letter that Steven had left for Blake before his unannounced departure from Dynasty. He opens the envelop carefully, sees that it contains goodbye letters to both Blake and Sammy Jo, and sourly mutters, "Oh, how touching." He then crumples them up, tosses them in the fireplace (but for whatever reason not directly into the fire), and pronounces, "I'll mind the store." It remains unclear why he's so hateful towards Steven, considering the warm turn their brotherhood took after Steven valiantly helped him rescue his surrogate son during the Season 8 finale. 

Detective Pete McWhorter shows Blake and Fallon where they recovered Krystle's Rolls Royce, then shares the scary news that the car was stolen by a serial criminal who has, on at least one occasion, been arrested for murder. Pete says they need to put out an APB for Krystle, and Blake agrees - but insists that the press not be informed.

"The man who stole your wife's car is a possible murderer."

"We're hoping that that detail will prove to be irrelevant by the time the end credits roll."

Across the country in Los Angeles, Dex surprises Alexis with a ride in a hot air balloon. He forcibly shoves her inside...and as she freaks out, he waves goodbye as though he's just going to let her float around on her own.

At the local police precinct, Blake gives Detective Pete McWhorter a description of what Krystle was wearing when she vanished. Pete shows him a bracelet that his officers found on the car thief, and Blake confirms that, yep, it belongs to his wife. A few seconds later, the car thief is hauled into the police station, and Blake races out to the hallway and attempts to lunge at the man while bellowing, "What have you done with my wife?!"

Alexis and Dex are up in the air together, enjoying a romantic hot air balloon ride. Alexis tells him he's the only man she can really trust and that she could use his help getting ColbyCo back on track after The Sean Disaster - but Dex doesn't seem even slightly interested in doing that.

Jeff drops off Sammy Jo at Delta Rho and tells her he has an important board meeting this afternoon. He asks her what she intends to do with Krystle's diary, and Sammy Jo says she's going to hold onto it until such time as she can deliver it to Krystle personally.

When Blake returns to Carrington manor, Jeannette informs him that a woman called wanting to talk about Krystle. She wouldn't leave her name or offer any details - but Jeannette is fairly optimistic that she'll call back. 

While dining out in Los Angeles, Alexis grumbles to Dex about her campaign debts, and that her empire has become too vast for her to properly manage. She frets about the damage Sean did to ColbyCo and once again tries to get Dex interested in helping her sort out the self-inflicted mess - but he makes it clear that he has absolutely zero desire to do that. She attempts to sweeten the deal by offering to sell him a high value property located near the Civic Center...and Dex looks mildly intrigued by the prospect - until he's distracted by the sight of Sable Colby, who's ambling across the restaurant.

"I need help keeping better track of my vast empire."

"Good luck with that."

Sable Colby heads over to the nearest pay phone and reports to whoever's on the other end that Alexis is in Los Angeles. She instructs the person to find out what "that witch" is doing in her neck of the woods.

Blake gets a call from the mystery woman who had called earlier - she turns out to be Krystle's cousin Virginia - and tells him that Krystle showed up in Dayton (her hometown). Blake jots down her phone number and tells her he'll call once he arrives in Ohio.

In the next scene, Blake's private jet lands in Dayton...and a few seconds later, a woman with cute curly hair wanders over and introduces herself as Virginia Metheny. She tells him that Krystle arrived last night, was caked in mud, and had a tear in her blouse. She also seemed really wigged out and had screamed, "Hide me! Help me! He's going to kill me!" She then says that a short while later, Krystle was acting totally normal again - except when she had expressed the need to call her mother so that the old lady wouldn't worry about her being out all night. Blake sadly remarks that Krystle's mother has been deceased for years...and when Virginia asks whassup with Krystle's mental state, Blake declines to explain and says he really really just wants to go see her. 

Fallon finds Adam in one of the mansion's sitting rooms and angrily knocks the drink out of his hand. She rails at him for "the stunt" he pulled at the Denver Carrington board meeting [which, unforgivably, was held off camera], specifically for humiliating the absent Steven in front of the board of directors, then sneaking out "like a weasel" before she or Jeff could give him the what for. Adam points out that Steven didn't bother to show up to the very important meeting, and says it's clearly a sign of his gross incompetence. Fallon insists that there must be a perfectly good reason for Steven's absence...then abruptly changes the subject and informs him that something bad has likely happened to Krystle. Adam stares back at her mutely...and somehow refrains from retorting that he cares about Krystle's unknown fate about as much as he cares that Steven is suddenly no longer around.

"In addition to Steven suddenly being nowhere to be found, something very weird is going on with Krystle."

"Nope. Couldn't give a shit about that either."

​Later, Blake calls Fallon to tell her he's staying at Virginia's house in Dayton...and that right now Krystle is sleeping peacefully (off camera). Fallon informs him that the police have recovered a body at the lake cabin, and that it's some rando no one's ever seen before. Blake tells her they'll have to piece it all together once Krystle wakes up, then changes the subject to ask how the board meeting went. Fallon tells him that Steven never showed up, and that Adam railed about his incompetence to the entire board of directors. Blake chews on that for a few seconds and says he can only assume that Steven had a good reason for not attending, then condescendingly tells Fallon that he really wishes she, Steven, and Adam could all play nice together. After the call, Fallon glances down at the fireplace and spots the two crumpled letters that Adam didn't successfully burn. She picks them up, makes out the part where Steven bids Blake farewell, and angrily mutters, "Adam...you bastard. I bet you did this."

Back in Los Angeles, Alexis and Dex are just finishing a dance together when they bump into Sable and her escort, Hamilton Stone. Alexis and Sable exchange bitchy hellos and insult each other about how shitty their (most recent) husbands have been to them...and then Alexis steers Hamilton away for a private conversation, while Dex invites Sable to join him on the dance floor.

Hamilton tells Alexis that he's doing some sort of art negotiation deal with Sable, and Alexis is like, "I really couldn't give a shit" and implores him to lend her his expertise to help ColbyCo recover from all the damage Sean did. Specifically, she needs nine oil tankers released from Natumbeian custody and would like him to intercede on her behalf. Hamilton mulls that over and says that, as coincidence would have it, he was planning to jet to West Africa in the morning. 

Sable, meanwhile, tells Dex that she had no idea Alexis was in such serious financial trouble. Dex breezily insists that Alexis will land on her feet, to which Sable retorts, "Or on her back." Meow.

Over in Dayton, Blake finds Virginia sitting at the kitchen table, mending Krystle's torn blouse. This prompts Blake to start nattering about 1) how much Krystle loves to sew, 2) that he considers her to be the lighthouse to his lost ship, and 3) that she suffered a head injury during a riding accident in Season 2...when she fell off her horse while Alexis was purposely skeet shooting. Blake says he's held off talking about it - until the Dynasty writers made the ridiculous decision to completely re-invent history and cite this accident as the genesis of the brain disease that Krystle has been plagued with for the past seven years.

"Turns out Krystle's brain has been on the fritz as a result of an injury she suffered in Season 2."

"Sounds plausible."

Alexis tells Dex that Hamilton Stone, who currently runs a major world bank, is going to help get her oil tankers released from Natumbe...and that she'll be flying there with him first thing in the morning. Dex just kind of shrugs and says she's gotta do what she's gotta do, and Alexis says that as a reward for being so supportive, she'd be more than happy to give him the Civic Center-adjacent land he'd like to own. She then poses sexily and suggests they get it on, and he looks totally into having one last California romp.

Hamilton informs Sable that he's travelling to West Africa with Alexis tomorrow to help with her oil tankers. Sable makes it clear how much she loathes Alexis, urges him to be of little help to her as possible while in Natumbe (meaning, it'd be enough to get just two out of the nine of the tankers released), and declines his invitation for a nightcap.

While getting ready to sleep on the pullout couch, Blake tells Virginia he wants Krystle to see a doctor in Los Angeles asap - just as Virginia suddenly recalls that Krystle had rambled on about killing someone. Apparently there had been a struggle near a lake, and that Krystle had fled the scene. Virginia then kind of shakes it off and insists that the notion of Krystle killing anyone is just too ludicrous to be true, while Blake just stares back at her, his face scrunched into an expression of horror.

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