Recap: Sable drops by Dex's place to tell him she really really needs to fully explain to Blake why she brought Gibson to Denver and then commissioned him to dive into the mysterious lake. She said she wants Blake to know the full facts, and Dex promises to help facilitate that meeting. 

Fallon wakes up to the sound of Sergeant Zorelli cooking and calling in sick. After hanging up, he bellyaches yet again to Fallon about how much he fuckin' haaaaaates working behind a desk and yearns to be a fully functioning cop again. He wonders aloud whether he should return to Philadelphia and be a cop there, and Fallon tells him it's verrrrrry annoying to listen to his endless moaning and bitching about not being able to do things like put Blake away away for murder. With that said, she pulls him toward her and gives him a big smooch...and, nope, still no chemistry there.

Fritz Heath is back at the casino, racking up more debt at the blackjack table. The floor manager wanders over and warns that he's continuing to "get in deep"... and instead of trying to get a handle on this inane addiction, Fritz requests an extended credit of $10,000, which is promptly approved. A few seconds later, Sable saunters in and seats herself beside Fritz. She introduces herself, then gleefully informs him that she bought his marker and therefore owns his debt...and that he should put a pin in his current losing streak so they can go over to the back office and discuss how he's going to pay her back.

Tanner McBride has learned that the hospital administration has agreed to release Elizabeth Parker to the custody of her abusive parents. He rails at the unsympathetic hospital administrator (Mr. Stanley) that Elizabeth will surely kill herself if she's forced to go home, and begs to be awarded temporary custody. Sammy Jo, who just happens to be walking by at that moment, intervenes by reminding Mr. Stanley how much dough the Carrington family has donated to this hospital...and that she'd appreciate his help in letting Tanner serve as the teenager's guardian. Mr. Stanley easily caves and tells Sammy Jo that since he knows where his bread is buttered, he'd be delighted to do her bidding. Tanner stares over at Sammy Jo with a grateful expression.

Over at Denver Carrington, Blake wants Adam to be aware of what a vulnerable young woman Virginia is, which is in sharp contrast to him being "a man of experience" [aka a creepily aggressive date rapist every woman should avoid]. Adam assures his father he is fully aware of that - but that he's also aware of how erratic Virginia can be, and that he (pot) is pretty sure she (kettle) has "a screw loose" and needs professional help. Blake insists that because of how important Virginia was to Krystle, he wants everyone in the Carrington clan to give Virginia all of the support, and understanding she needs...and Adam somehow manages to retort with a straight face, "That's all I've been trying to do."

Back at the casino, Sable tells Fritz she knows he's been dipping into ColbyCo's coffers to subsidize his gambling addiction, and he gets fake outraged, tells her she has no proof of that, and snarlingly assures her she'll get her 210K. Sable points out all of the "clumsy" business transactions he had overseen with Sean Rowan, then says it makes her feel "emotionally burdened" knowing Alexis is at the helm of the company and would like him to help relieve her of that burden. When she invokes all of the skeletons that must have been part of Alexis's empire building, Fritz refuses to take the bait in offering up any dirt against his boss. Sable urges him to reconsider, not least 'cause his hefty debt is secured by the value of his house and his family's trust fund. She decrees that he will need to pay her, either with cash or useful information that can bring Alexis down...and warns that he doesn't have a whole lot of options.

That evening at Carrington manor, Sable tells Blake that she's genuinely fond of him and Krystle and would never do anything to damage either of them. She goes on to explain that years ago she heard a frightened sounding Jason talking on the phone, talking about an abandoned mine...and that he wanted whatever was inside the mine to stay there. Fast forward to more recently, he abandoned her and their children...so she thought it'd be a fun idea to hurt Jason by sending a diver into the lake to unearth whatever it was that had frightened him. When Gibson's dive prompted Roger Grimes's body to become dislodged and float to the surface, she abruptly called off any further search efforts...and insists that she has no idea why Gibson subsequently infiltrated Delta Rho and shot Sammy Jo. She insists again to Blake that she really really does consider him and Krystle to be her dear friends...and Blake responds with a slow, contemplative nod.

Tanner brings Sammy Jo a single rose to thank her for intervening on Elizabeth Parker's behalf. He gives her his phone number if she ever feels like calling...then says he'd love her to meet the wayward teenagers he's currently trying to help. 

When Sable exits the mansion, she runs into Dex, who tells her he's genuinely impressed by her earnest affection for Blake and Krystle. Sable says she was merely trying to clear things up, and Dex says he kinda digs seeing the softer side of her. 

Virginia drops by Dex's place to show him the skimpy-wear Adam gave her during the previous episode, and that he had expected her to fulfill his sexual fantasies with some slutty role playing. She tears up about how humiliated and trashy he made her feel...and Dex gives her a paternal hug and assures her that Adam won't hurt her anymore. He vows, "I will see to that" as he clenches a fist. 

At the Carlton Hotel, Joanna tells Sable that she once again reminded Fritz his marker is due in a couple of days, and Sable asks if pushing him too hard is wise, given that gambling is illegal in Denver. Joanna grumbles about how everything she does is severely criticized, and that she can't help but wonder if it's 'cause she once spent sexy time with Dex. She then insists to Sable that she should feel free to pursue Dex, declaring, "The field's open. I'm not in the way." Sable imperiously asks if she's seriously giving her permission to go after Dex, and Joanna back pedals and says she didn't mean it that way. Sable snarls about her impertinence some more, then abruptly decrees that it's time for them to cut the chit-chat and get down to business.

As Adam, Jeff, and Fallon convene an evening meeting at Denver Carrington, Dex bursts in to confront Adam about his sleazy effort in trying to get Virginia to put on skimpy-wear. He chases Adam around the office bellowing, "How do you live with yourself?!" (lol) while Adam anxiously yells, "Guard!" and tries to avoid getting a beating. Eventually Dex pounces atop him, chokes him for a few seconds, then gives him a face punch. Soon after, a security guard rushes in and pulls Dex off of Adam, who stupidly sneers, "Dex is upset that I know all about him and his little whore." Dex reacts by breaking free from the security guard, putting his hands around Adam's throat again, and screaming, "I'll kill you! I swear I'll kill you!" He warns Adam that if he ever goes anywhere near Virginia again, it'll be the last move he ever makes. He then storms out, leaving Adam to recover from being nearly choked to death...and Fallon to stare curiously at Adam before asking, "What did you do this time?" Adam falsely claims that Virginia was "Dex's little plaything" from years ago - but Fallon doesn't buy it, and says it doesn't fully explain why he came charging in here to beat him up. Adam insists that Dex was angry he discovered "his dirty little secret", then likens Dex's shameful past to the shameful thing she's currently doing with Sergeant Zorelli. Seems like kind of a nonsensical comparison, but OK.

Blake visits Gibson in the hospital again and asks him how he knew to nose around Delta Rho, so Gibson explains that he recently talked to a bunch of old-timers from Los Angeles who were involved with the mine project and told him that that Delta Rho was the site of the old mining headquarters...and that there was buried treasure on the site. Blake points out that if there had been something that valuable on the land he would have dug it up long again, then says that since he did try to kill Sammy Jo, he doesn't feel the need to bail him out of jail. Gibson rails about being double-crossed, and Blake's like, "I really couldn't give a rat's ass", and heads over to the nearest pay phone to report to Dex (I'll assume) that he's confident Gibson doesn't know anything about "the collection". 

Sergeant Zorelli enters the Evidence Room at Police Headquarters and pretends to the cop clerk that he got a request to look at the evidence gathered from Gibson after his lake dive. The dubious cop clerk pretends to buy the fib and hands him the file, which includes a hand-drawn map of the lake property. Zorelli perks up at this new clue and make a photocopy of the map, and the cop clerk urges him to be careful with evidence that he's prolly not supposed to be privy to during his demotion.
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Fritz calls Sable and says he neeeeeeds to see her asap. She tells him tonight isn't convenient, but that she'll make time for him tomorrow morning. After Fritz hangs up, he pulls a gun out of his desk drawer (!) but seems clueless about how to load the bullets.

Sergeant Zorelli returns home...and is so alarmed when he hears someone inside his apartment that he pulls out his gun and tiptoes inside. He points the gun at whoever's in the kitchen - but it just turns out to be Fallon, who used his spare key to let herself in and start cooking Italian food. Zorelli hastily puts the gun away and says he kinda likes the idea of finding her in his kitchen, cooking his dinner like a 1950s housewife, then says he's off to take a shower, eat her pasta...and maybe enjoy some dessert (mmm hmm). As he loudly sings in the shower, Fallon happily goes about her cooking, then looks around for some matches. During the search, she opens one of his drawers and is shocked to find the surveillance photo of her comparing Roger Grimes's corpse to her photo of Roger and Blake. She instantly gets upset at what she considers a betrayal and moans, "Oh God...daddy was right. You're just using me so you can spy on him." 

A little while later, Zorelli emerges from the shower and is confused to see that Fallon is no longer in the apartment. 

Dex is in the Carlton Hotel lounge when he runs into Joanna and invites her to join him for a drink - but she declines 'cause she doesn't want Sable to see the two of them together. She explains that she's pretty sure Sable has become smitten with him, and that the feeling is mutual. She wryly describes him as "a great lover, just a lousy career move" - just as Sable enters the lounge and bitchily orders Joanna to get back to work. Adam, who's been eavesdropping on the conversation from the hallway, follows Joanna as she heads over to the elevator and cautions her about letting Sable bully her. When she asks him who the hell he is, he introduces himself...and she looks intrigued at the notion of meeting a Carrington [even a visibly weird one] and coquettishly introduces herself.

Back in the lounge, Dex assures Sable that Blake will come around and trust her once again. The conversation then shifts to Alexis, and Dex says he hasn't done anything to stop her from blabbing about how Blake murdered Roger Grimes 'cause she hasn't said anything about it to the police yet...but if she does, he'll definitely step in and do something to shut her up. 

Over in the elevator, Adam and Joanna argue about who's been winning more battles: Alexis or Sable. When Joanna reaches her floor, Adam gives her his card and tells her to give him a call if she's "ever in the neighborhood". [Nooo! Don't do it, Joanna!]

Back at Carrington manor, Virginia has packed her bags and is saying goodbye to Blake and Denver forever. When Blake urges her to extend her stay, she tells him that, in a weird way, Adam did her a favor by gifting her skimpy-wear, 'cause she's really ready to go spread her wings and live her own life. Blake pulls out the necklace she gave him before Krystle's surgery and hopes it brings her some much needed magic...and then the two hug before she gets into a cab and is never seen on Dynasty again. Phew.

Late that night, Sable wakes up to the sound of someone pounding on her door...and that someone turns out to be a frazzled Fritz Heath, who rails about how she's pushed him too far, and that he can't take it anymore. He asks her how she found out that he was stealing from ColbyCo...so she's all, "Well duh. Your salary is nowhere near the size of your past debts, which you somehow managed to pay off." Fritz bitterly complains that Alexis has never paid him what he's worth...then insists that he was going to pay back all the money he's been skimming off the top, if not for his string of bad luck at the blackjack table.  

Fritz says he wants to show her what's in his briefcase, and that he's been sitting on something big enough to bring down ColbyCo. He tells her he expects to be rewarded handsomely for this intel...and Sable looks incredulous at his gumption in asking for more money when she's already offered him 210K to pay his debts while staying quiet about his embezzlement. Fritz newly freaks out about not wanting to go to jail, so Sable calms him down and urges him to show her the intel. He opens his briefcase and holds up a thick packet, gleefully claiming that it contains a huge bombshell and that he wants $5 million in exchange for handing it over. As Sable openly laughs at him for thinking she'd actually pay him that much, he reaches for the gun that's also in his briefcase and points it at her...and she quickly turns ashen-faced while pleading for him to put the gun away, then shrieks, "Fritz! Nooooo!"

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Recap: As Sable is smugly sashaying out of Alexis's suite, Alexis throws the framed photo of her newly lost ships in her direction and demands to know how she did it. Sable amusedly replies, "With a little help from your friends" and reveals that Hamilton Stone was the primary betrayer. Alexis concedes that she (Sable) may have won the battle, but not the war...and as Sable is leaving, Adam enters the suite. He suggests they sue Sable for oil tanker theft - but Alexis says she has zero desire to spend her days in court and would prefer to handle the matter in a more vigilante type fashion. She asks Adam if he's still friends with his old "special operations" buddy, and Adam tells her that Creighton Boyd is more a "soldier of fortune" ... and agrees to get in touch with him asap. 

When Jeff informs Blake that Fallon left the mansion with Sergeant Zorellli, Blake grumbles about how irked he is at her act of disloyalty, and mutters that he feels like he doesn't know her anymore...and is extra dismayed that she's getting herself tangled up in something they'll "all be sorry for". Jeff suggests he open up to Fallon about whatever it is he's been hiding from everyone this season, and correctly guesses that it centers around the tri-family mining company of yore. Apparently he had once asked his grandfather whassup with whatever secret project was going on, and his grandfather had warned that it was top secret and had to do with WWII. Jeff then tells Blake that if he needs his discreet help with anything WWII-related he should let him know.

Over at Casa Pasta, Fallon and Sergeant Zorelli are smooching and enjoying breakfast in bed. When Fallon laments Blake's refusal to forgive her for coupling with the cop who wants to send him to prison, Zorelli once again whines about being demoted to desk duty and being pulled off of exciting murder cases. He declares that no way in hell is he apologizing to Blake and/or kissing the captain's ass to get his job back...then asks Fallon if she's considering going home any time soon. She tells him she doesn't want to, and the two start smooching again. 

While breakfasting at the mansion, Blake tells Dex he wants to talk to Gibson alone to see how much he knows about "the collection", then reminds Dex to convince Alexis to stop alleging that he murdered Roger Grimes. Dex points out that Alexis hasn't said anything about this to the police, but agrees that she needs some kind of threat/incentive to keep her lips zipped.

While heading down to breakfast, Adam runs into Virginia and apologizes for leaving her so abruptly last night, and asks if they can get together later. Virginia is about to respond when she spots Dex downstairs in the vestibule with Blake. When Dex glances up at her, she defiantly tells Dex she'd loooove to see him later and gives him a cheek kiss, a move which seems to visibly trouble Dex. Adam then descends the stairs, while Virginia scuttles back to her room...and when Dex continues to worriedly glance up the stairs, Adam amusedly said, "I could call her back, Dex...if you're ready to turn the other cheek."

From the second floor landing at the Carlton Hotel, Alexis spots Hamilton Stone in the lobby...so she grabs a watering can from the gardener who just happens to be walking by at that moment and pours water atop Hamilton's head. When he's all, "The fuck?", Alexis rails at him for his shitty traitorousness. As he stammers about how the situation isn't cut and dried, Sable wanders over and gleefully informs Alexis that she considers her recent purchase of the ColbyCo oil tankers as a fun sport. Alexis huffily counters that destroying a person's empire isn't sport, then calls Hamilton "a pathetic little monkey" who has backed the wrong cousin. 

Later in the lounge, Sable attempts to calm a rattled Hamilton, who points out that Alexis could hurt him badly after his betrayal. Sable breezily calls Alexis "all flap and no propellor" and promises to keep her cousin and her threats in check. She then pours Hamilton a glass of champagne and forces him to celebrate her sneaky purchase of ColbyCo's oil tankers. 

Alexis and Adam arrive at a remote industrial warehouse to meet up with Adam's handsome mercenary friend, Creighton Boyd. Creighton tells Alexis that the Bay of Natumbe is a difficult place to stage an operation of such brazenness, and warns that it could be quite dangerous. Alexis looks unfazed by the risk and agrees to take a leap of faith and trust that he'll do what she's paying him to do, coquettishly remarking, "It should be a very interesting mission."

Later at ColbyCo, Alexis is irked that Dex is a no-show for their scheduled meeting...and when Adam arrives with an estimate of what Creighton wants to charge them for his mercenary services, she bellows, "I don't care about cost! I want Sable Colby destroyed!" She continues to rant about how she wants everything Sable possesses to be taken away, and for Hamilton Stone to suffer. Adam urges her to calm down, to which Alexis shrieks, "I won't rest until that woman rots in hell!" ... and when Adam asks her why she's shrieking at him, she looks over at him helplessly and blurts out, "Convenience!", which made me burst out laughing. As the two chuckle at her explosive behavior of late, she assures him she's grateful for his help...but can't help be a tad miffed about his "scattered loyalties" in continuing to work for Blake. Adam points out that she's doing the same kind of thing with Dex (e.g. whenever she asks him to sort out her problems), and derisively calls him a "wet-nosed mongrel". Alexis tells Adam to stay out of her personal Dex bidness, then changes the subject to whatever dish he can share about Creighton Boyd. Adam cautions her about asking too many questions, and that she needs to be careful...'cause even though Creighton looks like an amiable man, he's extremely dangerous.

Over at Police Headquarters, Sergeant Zorelli makes a desperate appeal to the captain to reinstate him as a fully functioning cop - but the captain grumbles at him to not even think about Roger Grimes, the mysterious lake, or anything to do with Blake Carrington. He then barks at him to get out of his office without saying another word - or else he's fired. 

Sammy Jo is lying in her hospital bed, reading The National Inquisitor and munching on chocolates, when a young man bursts in and demands to know where "it" is. He ransacks the hospital room and rips up a stuffed bunny - until it finally dawns on him that Sammy Jo is not Elizabeth Parker, aka one of the underage girls he's been taking care of via his teenage halfway house (or whatever it is he's doing). He sheepishly apologizes to Sammy Jo for destroying her stuffed animal and promises to make it up to her...but Sammy Jo just chuckles - and somehow refrains from pointing out that him mistaking her for a teenage girl he personally knows is beyond nonsensical, even for Season 9 of this rapidly deteriorating night time soap.

Back at ColbyCo, Alexis remains fixated on Dex's reported chemistry with Sable and asks him if he finds her cunty cousin attractive. Dex says he hasn't actually given it much thought, not least 'cause he's been spending all of his time helping her fix her company. When Alexis comes right out and asks him if he's ever gone to bed with Sable, Dex insists he hasn't...then angrily expresses how batshit crazy this line of questioning is, and gets up and storms out of the office. 

Jeff stops by Adam's office at Denver Carrington to get his signature on some paperwork...and when he remarks that he also needs Fallon's signature, Adam bitchily wishes him good luck getting her to separate herself from Zorelli long enough to sign anything. Jeff reminds him that Fallon is his family and that he shouldn't turn on his own sister...and Adam somehow takes such offence to that comment that two stunt doubles abruptly step in and proceed to resolve the conflict with a needless physical altercation. Jeff snarlingly accuses Adam of ensuring that Blake knows Fallon is regularly hooking up with Zorelli 'cause he enjoys making her look bad, and Adam yells at him to get the hell out of his office.  

Gibson calls Sable to tell her she has 24 hours to spring him free - otherwise he'll blab to everyone who cares that she was the person who brought him to Denver. Sable promises to do her best and explains that it's taking so long 'cause she needs to ensure that there's no connection between the two of them [an issue that's about to be entirely moot]. A few seconds later, Blake arrives at the hospital to ask Gibson why he took a dive in his lake, adding that Krystle had witnessed him there earlier this season. Gibson scoffs that she prolly wouldn't make a good witness anymore, and a furious Blake grabs the hoodlum by the collar and reminds him that, since he just tried to kill Sammy Jo, he can make his current situation very difficult for him...or not, if he agrees to cooperate. He demands to know who hired him - but Gibson keeps mum...until Blake points out that he's protecting someone who obviously doesn't give a hoot about bailing him out. Gibson mulls that over, decides 'aw fuck it', and confesses that Sable Colby was the person who brought him to Denver and hired him to scuba dive in his lake. Blake reacts to that revelation by mutely staring back at him with an expression of dismayed shock.

Fallon arrives in the mansion's dining room, where Blake, Virginia, and Adam are having dinner. She tells Blake she'd like to speak with him, but he snaps, "Not now!", and Adam dickishly remarks that they missed her at the office today. When Fallon presses Blake for a one-on-one, he throws down his napkin and hurries out of the room...and when Fallon follows him and tries to force him to engage with her, he bitchily storms off.

The young man who mis-identified Sammy Jo as a teenage girl returns to her hospital room and sheepishly says it's been a crazy week, then explains that he supervises a project for runaway kids, Elizabeth Parker being one of them. When Sammy Jo suddenly gets a painful cramp in her foot, the young man begins massaging it for her...and as Sammy Jo makes pleasured moaning sounds, Jeff arrives and is all, "Wha-a-at is happening?" The young man introduces himself as Tanner McBride before beating a hasty retreat, and Jeff expresses jealousy at Sammy Jo's willingness to let a complete stranger give her a pleasurable foot rub. 

Sergeant Zorelli is at home cooking pasta and listening to opera music when Fallon drops by. When she asks him how he's doing, he once again bitches and moans about all the filing he has to do while being demoted...so then Fallon bitches and moans about how mad Blake is at her for hooking up with a cop who wants to arrest him...and blah blah, I don't care.

Blake drops by Sable's suite to chastise her for breaking his trust by hiring Gibson to infiltrate his secret lake. As Sable attempts to get a word in edgewise so she can fully explain her actions, Alexis breezes in and looks thrilled to see that the two are arguing. Alexis weirdly suggests that the two are having a love spat, murmurs, "Poor Krystle", and recalls that years ago she dealt with Blake's marital neglect by having an affair with Roger Grimes. An enraged Blake warns her to shut it before he commits an act of violence in the heat of the moment he may live to regret - a prospect Alexis seems oddly into - then wisely rushes out. Alexis points out to Sable how violently angry Blake can get, then nonsensically urges her and Blake to "enjoy each other while you still have time".  

Alexis returns to the industrial warehouse with a 500K downpayment (in a briefcase). She asks Creighton Boyd if danger excites him, and he saucily replies that "many things" excite him. She reminds him that if he fails this mission, she'll have to pretend she never heard of him...and he looks A-OK with that and pulls out a flask so they can toast to his success, and Alexis responds by eyeing him all seductive-like. Oh my.

Adam presents Virginia with a box full of skimpy-wear and aggressively suggests she put it on on so they can engage in sexy role play, like how she used to do for Dex [despite her insisting to him that that kind of thing never happened between herself and Dex]. Virginia looks put off and yells, "What kind of man are you?!", and Adam says he's the type who looooves her past life as a teenage hooker. Virginia screams at him to get out of her room, and Adam looks genuinely befuddled by her reaction and urges her to re-consider dressing up as a slutty French maid for his penile pleasure. 

Blake has confided in Jeff everything about "the collection", and tells him that Sable hired Gibson to take an exploratory dive into the lake. He assumes she's working with Jason on this, and would like to somehow get in touch with him. He also assumes that Sable's connection to Gibson will keep her from yapping about the WWII secret he's desperately trying to keep under wraps - but continues to worry about Alexis being a loose cannon who could blow the shameful scandal wide open. 

Sable is writing Blake an I'm sorry letter when Joanna drops by her suite. She informs Sable that they now have something tangible on Fritz Heath: a 210K marker from the casino he's been racking up debt in. She says they can use it to blackmail Fritz into giving them any dirt he might have on Alexis...and a few seconds later, Dex wanders into the suite after eavesdropping on that last thing. As Sable happily squeals, "I've got her! I've finally got her!", she runs over to greet Dex and gives him a lingering smooch, which prompts Joanna to stare back at them looking jealously miffed.

Recap: As the Delta Rho stable goes up in flames, the ranch hands race around to fetch a hose and call the Fire Department. Jeff arrives, dips his jacket into a trough of water, and heads toward the burning building. As he's doing that, Gibson emerges at the stable entrance...and Jeff punches him and orders the ranch hands to subdue him until the police arrive. He then goes inside the stable, spots Sammy Jo lying unconscious next to some hay, and covers her with his wet jacket before picking her up and carrying her to safety. 

Fallon drops by Sergeant Zorelli's apartment to admonish him for bedding her, then dumping her. He reminds her that he's investigating a murder...and that if his captain found out he was doinking her in the process, he'd be in very big trouble. Fallon shoots back that Blake is extremely pissed off at her 'cause of their affair, and that the rest of her family considers her a traitor. Zorelli tells she she prolly shouldn't be here right now...but as she heads towards the door, he grabs her and envelopes her in a desperate hug. He murmurs, "This is crazy.." before the two start amorously smooching. [Nope, still no chemistry happening between these two.]

Meanwhile, at Delta Rho..

• A team of firemen have arrived to put out the stable fire
• Paramedics tend to an injured Sammy Jo
• Police arrest Gibson while not seeming to give a hoot about the gunshot wound on his leg

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Alexis is back from Natumbe - hurray! - and is in her suite, unpacking her clothes and jewelry while informing Adam that she's fairly confident she greased the right palms in order to get re-possession of her in limbo oil tankers, and expects them to be en route to the U.S. shortly. Adam changes the subject to gossip about how Virginia threw a drink in Dex's face the other night...and that Dex and Sable appear to have a flirty sort of chemistry, a revelation that does not please Alexis.

Dex arrives at the mansion and heads over to the solarium to talk to Virginia. He hands her a letter that explains his side of the story when he knew her as a teenage hooker - but she remains defiantly mute as she rips the letter in front of him. Adam, who has been eavesdropping on the exchange, quickly scuttles off as Dex gives up trying to have a two-way conversation with Virginia.

Dex heads over to the library, where Blake has gathered up all of the blueprints and maps associated with the lake property. He tells Dex he no longer wants to store the stuff in the mansion - given the pesky murder investigation that might bring light to the tri-family's shameful secret - and asks him to put it in a safe place. Blake then recounts that, at the genesis of this secret, there were three people in the know: Blake's pa, Dex's pa, and Jason's pa. Of the three, only Dex's pa is still alive...and when Blake suggests getting him re-involved, Dex expresses reluctance at the thought of burdening his elderly father. Blake insists that it's absolutely necessary, self-piteously grumbling, "My heart cringes at the nature of the crimes that this collection has been associated with." 

Virginia pieces together Dex's ripped letter and reads it. She tears up while pressing the pieces of paper against her chest. 

As Sergeant Zorelli and Fallon are getting it on in his apartment, a police officer phones and leaves a message on the machine about the shooting/fire at Delta Rho. Zorelli grabs the phone as Fallon's all, "Wha-a-a-a?!" ... and soon the two learn that Sammy Jo was shot, and that the arsonist was also wounded. Zorelli hastily gets dressed and offers to give Fallon a lift to the hospital. 

Sable phones Hamilton Stone to instruct him to undo all of the progress Alexis made in Natumbe with getting her oil tankers back. After the call, Sable informs Joanna that she ran into Dex at the casino where Fritz Heath gambles, and then comes right out and asks Joanna if she and Dex have hit the sheets. Joanna keeps mum about her hookup with Dex and says she's merely trying to get intel out of him, while Sable admits to being interested in Dex - but only insofar as she could use the dalliance to stick it to Alexis.

At the hospital, Sammy Jo sees Gibson get wheeled past her gurney and tells Jeff she knows that guy from somewhere. After she's rushed to the ER, Blake arrives in the waiting room...as do Fallon and Sergeant Zorelli, a few seconds later. The doctor pops by to inform everyone that Sammy Jo is stable, has no major internal damage, but still needs surgery to fix up her wound. Sergeant Zorelli expresses to Blake how sorry he is about this attack, to which Blake sourly retorts, "I think my family can do very well without your concern."

At ColbyCo, Dex tells Alexis he's discovered that Fritz Heath is a degenerate gambler, which explains why he's been "dipping into the till". Alexis disinterestedly snarks, "Forget Heath. What about Sable? Have you been dipping into her too?" Dex rightly points out that since the two of them no longer have a relationship largely due to her mistreatment of him, she has no right to an opinion about who he's bedding...particularly at a time when she should be 100% focused on her empire, which is fast going down the tubes. Alexis whines that she just spent three weeks in the misery that is Natumbe, and that the only thing that kept her going was the prospect of the two of them coupling up again. Dex cooingly assures her he's not sleeping with Sable, but insists that the two of them have irreconcilable differences. Alexis contorts her face into a demented expression as she purrs, "Then let's reconcile" and proceeds to press her face against his and bite down hard on his lip. As Dex is all, "Ouch!" at his painful looking lip wound, Alexis breathily pronounces that some things are worth waiting for...then leans in for an amorous smooch that Dex somehow looks really into [despite the blood that's now dripping from his lower lip]. 

Jeff and Blake are visiting Sammy Jo in the hospital when Sable drops by to ask what in blazes happened at Delta Rho. Sammy Jo gives her a brief summary of the attack, then says she remembers seeing the assailant at the Carlton Hotel restaurant back when she and Krystle dined there together...and that Krystle reportedly saw him emerge from the lake when she vaguely remembered being up at the cabin. Jeff wonders aloud what this man could possibly be after, while Sable stares worriedly into space.

Adam calls Alexis (as she dines in the Carlton Hotel patio restaurant) and tells her he just got off the phone with Natumbe's Minister of Commerce, who informed him that ColbyCo's oil tankers are being held for the next 24 hours so they can - surprise! - be sold at a public auction. Alexis expresses her deep annoyance and tells Adam to connect her to the minister asap. A few seconds later, Fallon arrives and tells her mother about the weird dreams she's been having about Roger Grimes, and Alexis scrunches her face confusedly and points out that that's more than weird, given that she was only five years old when Roger was last alive. She urges Fallon to put the corpse out of her mind and not involve herself in any of this...then gets a follow-up phone call from Adam, telling her he passed along her message to the Natumbeian Minister of Commerce, who promised that everything with her oil tankers is going to be A-OK [though: not].

Back at the mansion, Adam spots Virginia leaving her bedroom, so he sneaks in to rifle through her stuff...and quickly finds the ripped letter that Dex had written to her. He looks intrigued by the content and murmurs, "Well, well. Our sweet Virginia. Who'd have thought it?" When Virginia returns unexpectedly a few seconds later, Adam hides in the closet and waits there until she changes and heads into the adjoining bathroom for a shower. He then slips out and looks delighted with his clever sneakiness.

Later, Adam meets up with Alexis at the Carlton Hotel and grimly reports that her substantial bribes don't appear to have satisfied the Minister of Commerce...and that the public auctioning of her oil tankers is set to take place in two hours. Alexis orders Adam to get in touch with Hamilton Stone to help her break through the red tape - then runs into Sable in the lobby. The two exchange their usual barrage of insults - but Alexis goes a step further and accuses Sable of chasing after Blake, and that Krystle's vegetative limbo must be cramping her style. She suggests dispatching a henchman to finish the job so that Blake can be fully single, and Sable stares back at her incredulously and admonishes her for delivering such a psychotically low blow. She insists that she cares for Blake as a platonic friend only, then menacingly threatens to pull the plug on her if she continues accusing Blake of murdering Roger Grimes. 

Jeff is back at the hospital visiting with Sammy Jo...and informs Danny that today he's taking him to the circus, where they'll eat tons of junk food and have a super fun time. Once Danny is safely out of earshot, Sammy Jo asks Jeff if the police have found any interesting intel on her assailant, and he tells her he hasn't heard anything yet. 

While strolling around the lake property, Blake tells Dex that Krystle had a bizarre sighting of Roger's corpse, along with another man who emerged from the water, who turns out to be the same man that shot Sammy Jo. Blake muses about whether he could be after the collection. He then pulls out an old map, tells Dex that the Delta Rho stable was the first location in which the collection was buried - but was then re-buried beneath what he calls "the big lake". Dex asks him why he didn't just destroy the collection, knowing that someone might one day come after it, and Blake says he felt it was wrong to discard something so precious. He's also hopeful that, once the shame of it has worn off, someone will stumble upon it, dig it all up, and do some good with it - but until then he wants to keep it hidden so that he never ever has to explain how it got there. He solemnly warns Dex, "That could bring ruin to all of us."

Adam returns to the mansion that evening and finds Virginia outside, taking photographs of the full moon. He gushes about how wonderful it is to have someone so artistic at Carrington manor...then marvels about how amaaaazing it is that she has remained warm and sensitive after everything she's been through. When she asks him what he means by that, he reveals that he knows about her years surviving on the streets when she was a teenager...and insinuates that he found this out from Alexis, who must have learned about it from Dex. As Virginia tears up, Adam hugs her and creepily assures her that everything will be OK, and that her scandalous secret is safe with him.

Gibson phones Sable and tells her he's in the hospital, under police guard, and needs her to get him outa here. When Sable snarkishly retorts that the consequences of his foolish actions are not her responsibility, he threatens to blab to everyone that she was the one who brought him to Denver...and so Sable irritably promises to do whatever she can to get him released. 
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During dinner at the mansion, Gerard tells Blake that the security team outside allowed Sergeant Zorelli through the gates, so Blake gets up and barrels over to the vestibule, trailed by the rest of the family. Zorelli angrily informs Blake that he's been taken off the Roger Grimes murder case and has been demoted to desk duty, accuses Blake of pulling strings to make that happen, and bitchily snaps, "You happy now?!" Blake calls his demotion "good sense" ... and the two bicker back and forth, blah blah - until Blake lunges at him and stupidly growls, "Get him outa here before I kill him..." Zorelli smugly replies, "I'll remember you said that, Mr. Carrington" before he's dragged out by Blake's security goons.

Fallon rushes outside after Zorelli and points out that Blake may not have had anything to do with him being thrown off the murder case...particularly considering that the Captain had expressly warned him to not investigate anything about Roger Grimes's demise two short episodes ago. Fallon then gets into the passenger seat and asks him not to drive away mad...and Zorelli tenderly touches her face and urges her to go back into the mansion. Fallon refuses and stays put...and when he asks her if she's sure this is what she wants, she reacts by stubbornly refusing to budge. 

In the mansion, Adam apologizes to Virginia for their earlier conversation, then wankingly explains that he feels like he can really talk to her. He offers to show her a photo of his infant son, then steers her into his bedroom so he can show her a framed photo of the tot. He says it really really bothers him that his son isn't going to grow up a Carrington, and likens the situation to when he was kidnapped as a baby and then later was never treated as a full Carrington. Virginia assures him that Blake loooooves him, as was evidenced by appointing him as his best man when he re-married Krystle. Adam sits on the edge of the bed, pulls her towards him, and says he feels awful for what she went through during her teenage hooking years - but that it kinda makes him like her even more. He coos, "You're sooooo beautiful" and creepily asks for permission to kiss her - but then leans in before she has a chance to reply. Virginia says she's not sure the two of them hooking up is a good idea [no it's not, Virginia...no, it's not], and Adam reacts by gripping her tightly and moaning about how looooong it's been since he aggressively dipped his wick into an unsuspecting woman. He breathily pronounces, "I think I could fall in love with you" and smooches her amorously before mounting her for some even more amorous kissing action. Bleeeeeeech. 

Joanna informs Sable that she heard back from Hamilton Stone with some good news about Alexis's oil tankers. She then hands Sable some paperwork and what looks like a framed photo, and Sable looks it over and chuckles delightedly. 

While enjoying some post-coital afterglow, Virginia clarifies to Adam that Dex wasn't the man who put her out on the street; to the contrary, she met him as a hero. Before Adam has a chance to chew on that unwelcome tidbit, he gets a troubling phone call about the fate of Alexis's oil tankers. He abruptly gets dressed and promises Virginia he'll make up for his hasty exit. 

Sable drops by Alexis's suite at the Carlton Hotel to smugly deliver what she calls "good news from Natumbe". She shows Alexis the framed aerial photograph of the seized ColbyCo oil tankers, then gleefully assures her they're in good hands...meaning her good hands after she purchased them at the public auction for ten cents on the dollar. As Alexis stares back at her in stunned horror, Sable reminds her that she had once declared that she would possess everything she (Alexis) owns...and as she sashays towards the door, a distraught Alexis stares despondently into space. 

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Recap: Dex continues to stare incredulously at Virginia in her skimpy-wear, muttering, "It can't be.." and remarks on how long it's been since he's last seen her. She snarls that it's been over ten years, and admonishes him for reneging on his promise to rescue her from - I can only assume - the grisly life of a teenage hooker. As she produces a strip of photo booth photos (of the two of them hugging and beaming) and throws it at Dex, he vehemently denies "throwing her away" ... and the two start bickering back and forth when Joanna enters the apartment, takes one look at the scantily-clad Virginia, and chucklingly calls Dex "you sneaky thing". Virginia decides to call it a night and tells Joanna, "My time's up. You can take over, babe" and storms out, leaving the strip of photo booth photos behind.

Over at Casa Pizza, Fallon is getting dressed when Sergeant Zorelli wakes up and looks miffed that she's about to sneak off in the middle of the night, instead of spending the night with him. Fallon says she can't do that, not least 'cause he's the cop who's trying to jail her father. Zorelli gets all prickly and accuses her of only hitting the sheets with him in an attempt to soften him against going after Blake, and Fallon makes it clear how insulting she finds that allegation and storms out.

Joanna tells Dex she's feeling a bit sheepish about pretending not to know who Fritz Heath is, and reveals that Fritz recently requested a meeting with Sable - but is unwilling to offer up any more details, 'cause she doesn't feel the need to report on her boss's business to him. She then says she mostly stopped by 'cause she assumed he was lonely tonight and could use a back rub...and Dex admits it's been an awkward night with Virginia unexpectedly coming over and reminding him of their past connection. Joanna shrugs and dismissively tells him he'll have to rub his own back, then kisses him goodbye and sashays out...leaving Dex staring forlornly at the photo booth photos that Virginia left behind.

Joanna phones Sable to tell her she's pretty sure that Dex doesn't know the full story behind their connection to Fritz Heath, and that she has people working on getting a full background check on Fritz. Sable says she'd love to get some leverage over Fritz so that he'll be more than willing to tell her everything he knows about ColbyCo and its various weak spots.
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Virginia returns to the mansion and runs into Adam. She fibs as she explains that she caked a ridiculous amount of makeup on her face to hit a downtown club, and Adam studies her tacky blue eyeshadow and red clown cheeks appreciatively and says he totally digs her look...and invites himself along next time she goes clubbing. A few seconds later, Jeannette answers the phone and indicates to Virginia that it's Dex calling for her - but Virginia makes it clear she has zero desire to speak to him. A puzzled Adam asks her what she has against Dex, and she declines to explain and races upstairs to her bedroom.

Later, Adam is wandering around the mansion when Fallon tiptoes into the corridor. He taunts his sister about jumping into the sack with a cop who's trying to jail their father, and Fallon snarks back that he's the one with the complete lack of morals. Adam indignantly declares that he'd never betray Blake, and Fallon shoots back that that's 'cause he's afraid of being cut out of the will [which is, no doubt, true]. Adam smugly informs her that Blake is back home from Switzerland and called a family gathering earlier, and Fallon sheepishly says she had no idea, and correctly assumes that Adam tattled to Blake that she was out spending time with his nemesis, Sergeant Zorelli.

The next morning, Blake is eating breakfast when Fallon enters the room in her PJs and expresses her deep sadness about Krystle's vegetative state. Blake thanks her, assures her he's doing OK, then says he missed her at last night's family gathering. His tone turns snarly when he chides her about how irresponsible it is to be engaging in hanky panky with the very police sergeant who's investigating him, angrily adding, "My own flesh and blood...and I swear, I don't know you." As he gets up and storms out, Fallon stares after him, her face scrunched into an expression of anguish.

Over at Delta Rho, Sammy Jo and Jeff are canoodling while enjoying breakfast in bed. Jeff spots a folding knife on the side table and asks where that came from, so she explains that Danny found it in the stables and that she assumes it belongs to one of the ranch hands. Jeff picks it up and studies it carefully, noticing it has the inscription To my Scuba, With love. Jeff doubts it belongs to a ranch hand - but Sammy Jo breezily says she's not worried, 'cause it was found long after the ranch hands scoured the stables immediately after her attack.

Sable drops by Blake's office to apologize for egging on Fallon to show Alexis the old photo of him next to Roger Grimes - but Blake breezily says he'll chalk that up to an honest mistake. She then reveals an interesting tidbit: when Roger was still alive, he and Jason had had numerous private meetings, and she had assumed the meetings were about the mining company. She adds that if there had been any acrimony between the two men, Jason wouldn't have thought twice about doing away with Roger. She tells him to keep that in mind amid Alexis's allegations that he (Blake) was Roger's murderer...and Blake thanks her for the intel, but says doesn't believe that Alexis is going to be much of a problem. Once Sable has exited the office, Blake phones Dex and summons him over, warning that they have a new problem. 

Blake tells Dex he's concerned about why Jason Colby would have had a connection to Roger, who was an architect and therefore should have had nothing to do with the tri-family mining company. When Dex asks him if he's spoken to Jason about this, Blake says he's out of the country and can't be reached...and adds that he's worried Jason has "broken the pact". Dex questions why Jason would do anything to implicate himself with whatever nonsensical horrendousness exists at the bottom of the lake, and Blake slaps his hand on the table and growls, "Damn it! Somebody is trying to unearth the collection!" (say huh?) ... and if that person isn't stopped, the Carringtons, Colbys, and Dexters will be destroyed in the process. Dex looks worried about that possibility, then promises to talk to Alexis about easing up on the 'Blake killed Roger' allegations once she returns from Natumbe. Blake irritably mentions that he's now going to have to deal with his idiot daughter, who's been sleeping with Sergeant Zorelli and unwittingly risking having the shameful (but yet unspecified) secret revealed. He declares, "If I have to, I'll confess to the murder of Roger Grimes" 'cause of how desperately he wants the police investigation to come to a screeching halt. 

Fallon is showering when she hears the voice of dead Roger Grimes, admonishing her for doing the nasty with Sergeant Zorelli, sourly remarking, "If you really cared for me, you wouldn't be fooling around with him." Fallon admits that, yeah, she kinda wants to know what intel Zorelli has on Blake...but then points out to the miffed Dead Roger that she can't care about him on account of she doesn't even know him. Plus...he's fucking dead. [Am I really recapping a conversation between Fallon and a dead guy she likely wouldn't have known while he was alive? Yes...I guess I am.] Dead Roger argues that she does know him, 'cause she keeps bringing him back [into her thoughts, as well as into her shower], and bitchily refuses to reveal anything of interest to her "while that cop's still around". After he abruptly vanishes, Fallon continues to shower while she (and I) stare into space in utter befuddlement about a subplot that made about as much sense as her ride aboard a spaceship in Season 8.

Joanna reports to Sable that Fritz Heath is a degenerate gambler who currently owes a private casino (just outside of Denver) a lot of money. Joanna mentions that the casino's owner is Aly Samarkian, and Sable confirms that, yep, she definitely knows him...and applauds Joanna's good work in uncovering this useful intel. 

Over at ColbyCo, Jeff is going over the expense reports with Fritz, who was able to make a $4.5 million payment while simultaneously earning a substantial amount in interest in the process. Jeff, who's clearly playing "good cop", wankingly assures Fritz that Alexis will be very pleased with his work...and that he's had to convince Dex that there's no accounting fraud to be suspicious of, 'cause of how brilliantly he (Fritz) has been performing such superb accounting skills. Jeff invites him to show him all of the transactions he's been working on so he can doubly assure both Alexis and Dex that everything is on the up and up...then reminds him that ColbyCo has a $56 million payment to make in the near future, describing it as "a tough nut to crack". Fritz says he has it under control...and when Jeff says he'd like a blow-by-blow description on how he's going to generate that kind of cash, Fritz nervously agrees.

During a pre-dinner gathering at the mansion, Sammy Jo tells Blake et. al. about being attacked by an unknown assailant in the Delta Rho stable, and Jeff adds that the attacker likely dropped a knife with the inscription To my Scuba, With love. Sable looks visibly stricken by that revelation, while a disinterested Virginia strolls across the room. Dex wanders over and tries to speak with her, but she refuses to talk civilly and snarks at him to "can it". As the conversation drifts back to Sammy Jo's attack, Blake urges her to stay at the mansion for safety's sake...and Dex concurs about how it doesn't hurt to be extra careful. Virginia snarls at him for giving the unsolicited advice, then grumbles, "When the chips are down, you're out the door." As everyone glances at each other confusedly, Virginia continues to bitch at Dex before throwing a drink at him, then rushes out of the room. Fallon's like, "What the hell's gotten into her?" as Blake offers to go upstairs and check on her. Sable, meanwhile, decides she's had enough of the mansion for one evening and bids everyone adieu...and then Adam, Fallon, and Sammy Jo decide to head over to the dining room to enjoy an evening meal. As they walk down the corridor, Sammy Jo tells Adam and Fallon about how Virginia beat up a drug dealer downtown a few weeks ago...and that at first she assumed it was a one-time thing, but now realizes it's "a permanent defect". Fallon chuckles and quips, "Like Adam", so Adam snaps back that she's betraying the family by bumping uglies with Sergeant Zorelli. Sammy Jo yells at them to knock it off, rhetorically asking if they ever get sick of sniping at one another. Adam replies, "I don't" - a reaction that made me laugh out loud, and prompted Sammy Jo to roll her eyes in exasperation.

​Blake tells Virginia that people can be pushed to do weird things they'd never ordinarily do, and coos about how much stress she's been under lately. When Virginia laments her inability to control herself from throwing a drink at Dex, Blake says, "I know all about it", and assumes that the source of her anger is the pain over losing Krystle. When Virginia refrains from explaining the real reason she acted out, Blake says they all need to be grateful for the time they were able to enjoy in Krystle's serene presence, and wants them (and by them he means her) to always behave with dignity and courage, like Krystle would have. He then says that surely Dex didn't mean to say anything offensive to her, and she just stares back at him mutely.

Sable heads over to a motel, where Gibson (the grey-haired gentleman she met with at the Carlton Hotel) and his lady friend are holed up. Sable asks Gibson what in blazes he was doing at Delta Rho yesterday, and reveals that he left behind a folding knife with an inscription addressed to my Scuba. Gibson continues to insist that he's innocent - but Sable doesn't buy it and warns that if he doesn't leave Denver in 24 hours, she'll reveal to the police whose fingerprints are on that knife [and says this despite the fact that numerous people have handled the knife since it was uncovered in the stable]. 

The next morning at Carrington manor, Jeannette informs Fallon that Sergeant Zorelli is on the phone for her...and Blake overhears that, grabs the phone, and angrily tells Zorelli that he won't tolerate him using his family members against him and wants him out of their lives. After he slams the phone down, Fallon irritably reminds her father that she's a grown woman, so Blake tells her she has no idea what she's messing around with in spending time with a man who's trying to pin a murder charge on him. When he comes right out and asks Fallon if she's riding Zorelli's baloney pony, she indignantly retorts, "That is nobody's business but mine" and storms out of the room.

Over at the police station, Sergeant Zorelli receives a copy of something from his earlier surveillance of Fallon: the old photo of Blake and Roger Grimes. Zorelli's colleague reminds him that he got ripped a new one by the captain for continuing to work on this case, then asks where he thinks he's going to stand with Fallon if she ever finds out that he secretly obtained a copy of this incriminating photo. 

That evening, Fallon heads over to Mama Novelli, a cheap looking Italian restaurant where Zorelli is eating his dinner. He tells her he's waiting for an apology for Blake's outburst on the phone, while Fallon says she's waiting for an apology for the bitchy way he treated her after they doinked at his apartment. She faux insists that she's not interested in him because of his investigation into Blake, and Zorelli says that being a cop is in his blood, and that he strongly suspects that Blake knows more about Roger Grimes's death than he's letting on. He then back pedals and says he too has feelings and denies using her to get more intel to prove Blake's guilt, then wearily gets up and exits the restaurant.

Fritz Heath is at the private casino outside of Denver, playing a game of blackjack. Sable is in the adjacent room with the owner (Aly Samarkian), watching Fritz through a two-way mirror. Aly informs her that tonight Fritz is already in the hole for $210,000...and explains that he hasn't booted the imbecile from betting at the casino 'cause he somehow always manages to pay up. A few seconds later, Aly gets a call about the arrival of Dex, who saunters into the secret room for a one-on-one with Sable. The two watch Fritz sitting at the blackjack table, looking despondent as he continues to rack up more debt. Dex accuses Sable of being interested in Fritz just so she can use him to hurt Alexis...and when Sable asks Dex why he went through the trouble of following Fritz to the casino, he joking retorts, "He's a guy you just can't get too much of." Sable chuckles, likens Fritz to a fascinating science project, and muses that if they dissected him, all sorts of fascinating things would likely fall out.

Jeff calls Sammy Jo from the Carlton Hotel lounge, telling her he'll be by Delta Rho after he meets with someone on Dex's behalf. A few seconds later, Joanna arrives and looks insulted when she learns that Jeff is a stand-in for Dex. When Jeff politely introduces himself, she remarks on all the terrible things Sable has said about him, then says she has a message for him to pass along to Dex: a (literal) slap across the face. After she storms out, the bartender brings Jeff a drink...and when Jeff tells him that this is now the second time a woman has slapped him in this bar, the bartender earnestly replies, "Yes, sir. I noticed that." Bwahaha!

Back at the casino, Sable rags about Dex's unwavering loyalty to Alexis, then advises him to not work overtime for a woman who cares so little in return. When Dex insists that he'll never ever hurt Alexis, Sable likens her cousin to an albatross around his neck. Dex asks if she thinks she's much better, and Sable insists she is 'cause she's not nearly as slutty as Alexis. This prompts Dex to accuse her of setting up a private meeting with him tonight...and as he leans in close and hovers over her, she sprays his face with what looked like some mild mace. She makes it clear that she has zero romantic interest in him while he's amusing himself with her "hired help", then flounces out of the room...leaving Dex chuckling in response. 

Sammy Jo is ambling around the Delta Rho stable when she hears a noise. She quietly heads over to a nearby cabinet and pulls out a shotgun and fills it with bullets, then tiptoes back to the stalls. When Gibson suddenly emerges from one of the stalls, he raises his gun and shoots at her, prompting her to shoot back at him...and the bullets that are flying around hit the electrical panel, which results in some flammable liquids getting set on fire. Sammy Jo, who looks to be shot, is lying unconscious with flames all around her.

Eeeeek! 

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Recap: Sergeant Zorelli is attempting to ice skate with Fallon at the local arena...despite his complete lack of ability to ice skate. Fallon looks visibly amused by his shakiness on the ice and devilishly declares they're going to play "crack the whip", which translates to her flinging him towards the boards, where he crashes and tumbles head first. He's helped to his feet by two kind strangers, and shoots Fallon a well-deserved stink-eye.

At the Carlton Hotel, Sable and Virgina share their sadness about Krystle slipping into a coma following her unsuccessful brain operation. A few seconds later, Sable gets a phone call regarding the hotel's chef (Maurice), who she orders to be fired 'cause of his wretched cooking, then makes a crack about much Alexis loved Maurice's awful food when she owned the hotel. Virginia remarks on how amusing she finds Sable's hatred of her own cousin, and also how unbelievable it is that Blake was married to such an obviously hideous woman. Sable murmuringly agrees, then changes the subject to the gallery opening they're attending, and abruptly pulls off her own clip-on earrings and hands them to Virginia to wear...which was really weird and a wee bit gross. Sable adds that she'd really like to get copies of the photos she (Virginia) took at Blake's/Krystle's wedding...and couldn't help noticing that she seemed to take many many snapshots of Dex, who she describes as "quite a specimen". Hmmm Dex...agreed.  

Over at ColbyCo, Dex is on the phone with Alexis, who reports that she's making good progress reclaiming her ships from the Natumbeian government. After the call, Dex and Jeff pore over Fritz Heath's recent financial transactions and discover that he recently transferred out $4.5 million, which just happens to be the amount of the Vitron Oil payment the company is supposed to receive. A few seconds later, Painter drops by with Fritz's phone log, which includes all of the corresponding names and addresses - except for a Los Angeles number. Dex recognizes the number as Joanna's, then promptly calls her at the Carlton and invites her to lunch.

Across the globe in Switzerland, Blake is railing at Dr. Hampton for the unsuccessful brain operation that has left Krystle in vegetative limbo. He laments that even with all of his wealth, there's not a single thing he can do to help her. Dr. Hampton tells him that after two weeks of hoping for a miracle, it's time for him to return to his family in Denver...and when Blake says, "I can't leave Krystle when she's like this", Dr. Hampton firmly retorts, "Blake, she's dead." Blake barks, "Noooo!", and Dr. Hampton reminds him that while her heart continues to beat, she shows no sign of brain activity. He hastily adds that no one is suggesting unplugging her before the Dynasty reunion show has a chance to air...then reminds Blake about the divorce papers he signed, freeing him from being married to his now comatose wife. He urges Blake to let Krystle go, for his sake and for that of his family, and points out that it was Krystle's last wish.

Back at the Carlton Hotel, Sable rushes off to take a phone call, leaving Virginia wandering around the lobby and staring at Dex as he races up to the second floor landing to greet Joanna with a smooch. Virginia stares up at him looking intrigued, then steps into the lounge so that Dex won't notice her...and while that's happening, Sable notices her weird behavior. As Dex and Joanna descend the staircase, Sable rushes over, greets Dex and Joanna, and purposely draws Virginia into the conversation. As the foursome chitchats, Dex asks Virginia why she's been ogling him so much...and she denies doing any such thing, while Sable chucklingly says that surely it's 'cause he's so darn dashing. When Sable and Joanna step away to talk privately about something, Dex tells Virginia he was sorry to hear about Krystle's unsuccessful brain operation...and when Virginia snidely insinuates that he had more than platonic feelings for Krystle, Dex says he gets the distinct feeling he's offended her. Joanna, meanwhile, tells Sable that Dex invited her to lunch, and the two agree that Dex isn't the 'do lunch' type and assume there's some ulterior motive. After that, Sable and Virginia head off to the gallery opening...and when Virginia glares at Dex on her way out, he stares back at her with an expression of puzzlement.

At Delta Rho, Sammy Jo heads into the stables and looks around for her ranch hands. A mystery man, who has been hiding in one of the stalls, suddenly lunges at her, knocks her out, and races off. 

Danny hovers over Sammy Jo as she regains consciousness...and a few seconds later, one of the ranch hands rushes over to make sure she's OK. She tells him she was just attacked by a strange man, so he assures her they'll scour the grounds until they find him. 

Back at the skating rink, Fallon puts ice on Sergeant Zorelli's injured ankle as he starts nattering about some boring intel he's been able to cobble together: years ago, the Carringtons, Dexters, and Colbys collectively owned a mining company and named it Coltercon, which didn't produce anything in ten years. When Fallon looks visibly disinterested in that revelation, Zorelli says he'd like to get in touch with Blake again...and Fallon tells him that Krystle just underwent a serious operation in Switzerland and then glumly drops the subject. Zorelli clucks sympathetically and says he had no idea, then invites her out for pizza - but she tells him she can't 'cause she has to get LB home. 

While lunching, Dex tells Joanna she's on the wrong team and offers her a job with Dexter Enterprises [I had completely forgotten there was such an entity]. He tells her that the company is expanding rapidly, and that he's done some preliminary headhunting "in the area of land acquisition". He mentions a couple of people he's interested in recruiting, namely Fritz Heath from ColbyCo. Joanna says she's never heard of Fritz Heath, then brusquely tells Dex she's declining his job offer 'cause she assumes he'd be way too complicated to work with.

While riding in a limo after the gallery opening, Sable remarks to Virginia how obvious it is that she's drawn to Dex. She cautions the young woman to be careful, 'cause his ultimate loyalty is always to Alexis.

​The mystery man who attacked Sammy Jo is back in the Delta Rho stables, continuing to lurk about. He hides behind a bale of hay when Sammy Jo enters the stables with Jeff, recounting the attack. The mystery man remains hidden, clutching a large knife, as Jeff enters one of the stalls, plunks himself down, and holds out his arms while cooing, "I missed you." Sammy Jo somehow forgets that she had recently declared to Fallon she no longer has any interest in Jeff after he cheated on her and proceeds to mount him...and as the two start getting it on, the mystery man crawls past the stall and exits the stables, accidentally dropping something that looks as though it might reveal his identity.  

Back at ColbyCo, Dex asks Fritz whaddup with the $4.5 million he recently withdrew from the company's accounts, and Fritz explains his strange accounting by claiming that he wanted to take advantage of low interest rates. When Dex points out that the $4.5 million was supposed to be new money from the Vitron Oil deal, Fritz pulls out a check and says, "It's right here." He nervously promises Dex he's working on ColbyCo's next big payment, then heads out...and Dex immediately gets on the phone and calls Painter (who's waiting at a pay phone) to inform him that Fritz is on his way downstairs, and that he's still extremely suspicious of the man.

Virginia is studying the many photos she took of Dex at Blake's/Krystle's wedding, some of which she had enlarged. Weird.

Sergeant Zorelli is being ripped a new one by the police captain, who orders him to stop investigating the murder of the corpse found on the Carrington lake property, and incurring expenses while doing so. When Zorelli argues that it'd be nice to uncover who killed the poor man, the captain barks back that they have plenty of other murders to solve, and storms out of the room. A few seconds later, Fallon calls Zorelli from the mansion...and she and Zorelli chat flirtily - until Adam eavesdrops on the conversation and stares at Fallon with both eyebrows raised. 

Over at Carrington manor, Adam runs into Virginia and tells her how much he misses Krystle, and that she was very good for Blake. Virginia says she's very curious about Alexis's marriage to Dex - but before Adam can answer, Blake returns home. He's warmly greeted by Adam, Virginia, and little Kristina, who sadly asks, "She didn't come back, did she?" ... and Blake solemnly shakes his head.

Blake gathers the family (sans Fallon) together to thank them for making the wedding so special. He says he has no way of knowing if Krystle will ever come out of her coma, and that they'll likely have to accept the fact that she's gone. Sammy Jo hastily points out, "She's not dead", and Blake concurs, but says they're still going to have to move on with their lives [and muddle through the rest of Season 9] without her. He then holds up a bottle of wine and tells them it was gifted to him and Krystle by a monk in a Portuguese monastery they visited several years ago. The plan was to open the bottle on their 25th wedding anniversary...but since that's not going to happen, he wants to share it with them all now. He pours several glasses, then raises his and toasts, "To Krystle", and everyone raises their glasses before taking sips. Adam ruins the poignant moment by bitchily pointing out that it's too bad Fallon is glaringly absent, and Blake correctly assumes that she's off spending time with the hunky Sergeant Zorelli.

When Dex drops by the mansion, Blake asks him how much he knows about the tri-family mining company, Coltercon. Dex says he only knows what his father told him: it was a venture between three families, which got tangled up in something that had nothing to do with mining. Apparently Pa Dexter had warned about what was at the bottom of the lake (on the Carrington property), and that whatever it was would bring great shame to all three families. Blake shares that his father had advised him to protect his children and "never let them see what you've done wrong". He assumes that Jason Colby and their fathers did something horrendous, and that it's a secret they're going to need to protect. He adds that Roger Grimes' body being fished out of the lake has nothing at all to do with whatever terrible thing is going on at the bottom of the lake - but if the police continue to investigate, "it could open up everything". Blake urges Dex to convince Alexis to stop pursuing Roger's murder, and Dex tells him that he and Alexis are dunzo - but that he'll do anything to protect the shameful tri-family secret.

Back at the Carlton Hotel, Sable grumbles to Joanna about how she had warned Hamilton Stone not to underestimate Alexis, who has reportedly been in touch with the Natumbeian Royal Family in an effort to reclaim her seized ships. Joanna shares that Dex offered her a job during their lunch date and made a point of mentioning Fritz Heath a few times. Sable says he was, no doubt, on a fishing expedition to see how she'd react to the mention of Fritz's name...then recounts how she had made the initial contact with Fritz, who then called her office to request a meeting. Sable says she's pretty sure that Fritz is the weak link at ColbyCo - but first wants to get some background intel on the man.

Fallon pulls up alongside Sergeant Zorelli in the parking lot of the police precinct...and when he complains about his bum ankle from her stunt at the skating rink, she wryly points out that he's limping on the wrong foot. Haha! She then shows him the pizza she brought along and orders him to get into the passenger seat. He eagerly obeys and starts eating the pizza, which he soon complains is cold. The two stare hungrily at each other and lean in for a kiss...and then Zorelli suggests they head over to his place so he can heat up the pizza, and Fallon looks visibly intrigued by the prospect. In the next scene, the two arrive at his modest bachelor apartment and get into some serious kissing action before taking off each other's clothes. 

Virginia drops by Dex's apartment and asks, "You really don't remember me, do you?" ... and when he stares at her quizzically, she urges, "Think real hard." At that moment Dex gets a phone call from Joanna, who calls him out for dropping Fritz Heath's name at lunch to get a reaction out of her and says they need to talk about this further. Virginia, meanwhile, is restyling her rattily permed hair and taking off her coat to reveal a bosom bearing black dress...and after Dex ends the call, she asks him if he remembers her now. Dex looks stricken and mutters, "Good God.." as Virginia says that even though she's older and wiser, "It's me, Dex" and reminds him that she used to call herself Ginger. When Dex admits that, yeah, he should have remembered, she snarks, "You damn well should've."

Fallon and Sergeant Zorelli continue to go at it, half-dressed. He steers her towards the bed, lays her down and mounts her, and moans, "You're soooooo beautiful."

Jeff meets up with Sable in the Carlton Hotel lounge and asks her exactly what the hell she's doing in Denver. She tells him she's pursuing business opportunities while in the process of rebuilding her life...apparently after Jason and Jeff's mother ran off together. Jeff admonishes Sable for her horrible treatment of him over the last several years, then points out the convenient timing of her arrival in Denver: Blake is newly single after Krystle's failed brain operation. Sable slaps him hard across the face and calls him disgusting, then assures him she's not after Blake, adding, "Not in the way that you mean." Jeff warns that, unlike himself, the Carringtons haven't seen her act yet...and after he gets up and storms off, she stares after him worriedly. 

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Recap: Virginia gushes to Krystle about how she and Blake renewing their vows is a great way to celebrate her new life...assuming, of course, that her brain surgery goes smoothly. Krystle changes the subject to Virginia's alarmingly violent behavior towards the drug dealer (she beat up) while they were downtown during the previous episode, so a sheepish Virginia blurts out, "I'm the scum on the street!" and explains that when she was a teenager, she was forced to survive on the streets after her mother disappeared. As Krystle scrunches her face in horror, Virginia recalls that she managed to find her way to Denver when Krystle first married Blake (in the series pilot) - but had just stood in front of the Carrington gates, staring wistfully at the fancy estate. Krystle chews on that troubling tidbit [of rewritten Dynasty history] and says she had no idea.

Over at ColbyCo, Dex and Jeff continue to pore over ledgers and spreadsheets in order to get a handle on how extensively Sean and Fritz Heath pooched the company's finances. A few seconds later, Dex's old army buddy (Painter) drops by to deliver a packet that contains a log of illegally obtained transactions that proves Sean and Fritz combed through Alexis's portfolio, liquidated her assets and threw them into junk bonds, and made a small fortune from the commissions. Dex thanks Painter for the intel, then assigns him another task: hack into the phone company's records to get Fritz's phone log so they can see who he's been crime-ing with. After Painter saunters off, Jeff wryly remarks that he hopes all of this illegal hacking doesn't land them in jail.
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Fallon is in the mansion's library, having another dream about being romanced by Roger Grimes...which continues to make zero sense, 'cause wasn't she a small child when he was last alive? In the dream, Blake storms into the room, points a gun at Roger and fires...and Roger comforts Fallon by pointing out, "I'm already dead." Fallon suddenly awakens to the sight and sound of LB shooting a toy gun, and Kristina sitting on the floor, singing as she plays with her tea set. Fallon picks up the phone and calls Dex, telling him she really really needs someone to talk to.

Fallon heads straight over to ColbyCo to tell Dex about her ongoing dreams about Roger Grimes, and how she keeps seeing the dead man every time she closes her eyes. She further explains that Roger had doinked Alexis back when she was married to Blake, and that Alexis now believes Blake killed him. She asks Dex if it's true, and Dex says he has no idea...and somehow doesn't think it should matter at this point. He advises her to not ask Blake questions he may not want to answer, prompting Fallon to sheepishly admit that, oops, she blabbed to Sable about how Roger was the dead guy found at the Carrington lake and then showed her the old photo with Roger and Blake. Dex just stares back at her with a look of dismay.

Krystle drops in on Denver Carrington to tell Blake that she'll agree to the renewing of their vows - but only if he signs divorce papers that frees him from the burden of having to be married to her if she were to, say, slip into a vegetative state after her brain operation. Blake stares back at her in horror and refuses to sign, so Krystle retorts that if he doesn't, she won't renew her vows or have the brain operation. An anxious Blake points out that she'll die without the operation, and Krystle's like, "Well d'yuh" - just as Jeff interrupts to discuss something business-related with Blake. 

That evening at the mansion, Blake finds Krystle dressed up in a fancy black frock, and she explains that tonight's meal will be a formal affair 'cause Sable is coming over for dinner. Blake pulls out the divorce papers, grumbles about how much he haaaates having to do this, but then signs them and hands them back to her. Krystle thanks him and happily announces, "Now we can have our wedding!"

Later, Sable arrives at Carrington manor decked out in a glittery '80s gown. Krystle introduces her to Virginia...and then they all head over to a nearby sitting room, where Adam, Fallon, and Sammy Jo start bickering about something or other. Sable grins and remarks on how they remind her of her own bickering children...and that it feels good to be in the presence of a real family. Blake asks for everyone's attention so he can make an announcement: he's taking Krystle to Switzerland for her brain operation - but before that, they're going to renew their marriage vows. Everyone's all, "Hurray!" and wishes the couple good luck. 

The next day in the Carlton Hotel patio restaurant, Krystle tells Sammy Jo she gets the distinct feeling she doesn't like Virginia. Sammy Jo confirms that, yep, she really can't stand the woman...and reminds Krystle that, prior to now, she's only ever known Virginia as a young girl. Krystle urges her to give her cousin a chance, then changes the subject and asks if she'd be her maid of honor. As Sammy Jo beams happily and accepts, Krystle spots a grey-haired gentleman across the restaurant and looks instantly troubled. When he gets up from his table and saunters across the room, Krystle tells Sammy Jo she's pretty sure she saw him at the lake property when Roger Grimes's dead body was fished out of the water. She then concedes she can't be 100% certain it was a dream, or if her diseased brain is playing tricks on her. 

Blake summons Adam to his office to thank him for getting on so well with Jeff lately, despite their intense hatred for one another. Blake then wankingly compliments Adam for his "fine, capable mind" and says that Denver Carrington wouldn't be where it is today if he weren't around. He warns Adam about his paternally inherited stubbornness, and that he hopes he (Adam) doesn't make the same mistakes he (Blake) did. As Adam absorbs the constructive criticism, Blake says he has a favor to ask: would he please serve as his best man at his/Krystle's vow renewal ceremony tomorrow night? Adam responds with a look of unbridled joy on his face now that he's finally the subject of daddy's approval, and beams in utter delight as he expresses how deeply he would looooooooove to fulfill that role. 

The grey-haired gentleman (Mr. Gibson) that had so wigged out Krystle earlier is now chatting with Sable, who is less than thrilled to learn that Krystle had been in the Carlton Hotel restaurant at the same time he was. The two talk about the lake, and how there may be something of great interest there. Gibson tells her that when he recently went diving in the lake, he saw some kind of passageway - but Sable urges him to just forget the whole thing and calls an immediate halt to the secret investigation. She apologizes that it didn't pan out as expected, and promises to send him his final fee by messenger. 

Later at Carrington manor, Sable re-attaches the arm to Kristina's doll (that had been torn off by LB), and Kristina thanks her with a grateful hug and scampers off to kick her little cousin's ass. Sable smiles nostalgically and tells Krystle she'd looooooove to re-raise her children, and that she'd definitely be open to another marriage 'cause of how inspiring it is to see how in love she and Blake are. Krystle tells her she went to see Alexis the other day - when she nearly choked her to death with a thick book - and Sable assures her she'll do everything in her power to stop that she-devil from going after Blake (for Roger Grimes's murder). She adds that when she cares about someone, she really really cares and will do anything to prevent them from being hurt. Krystle looks touched by that and says she's very grateful to have her in Denver...and that she should consider Carrington manor to be her manor - even if she (Krystle) isn't around [after the end of this episode].  

As the servants are preparing the mansion for the wedding, Fallon finds Krystle staring pensively out of a window and wanders over to chucklingly recall how miffed she was at Blake when he first married her. She says that soooo much has changed since then; she now loves her as a friend/stepmother and is forever grateful to her for bringing the family together while never asking for anything in return. Krystle says, in fact, she does have one favor to ask: please do everything possible to welcome Virginia into the family and make her feel at home in the mansion. A few seconds later, Sable enters the room with Virginia, who's clutching an ugly floral frock. Sable announces, in an accusatory tone, that Virginia plans to wear this hideous rag to the wedding...and when Krystle and Fallon make ew faces, Sable asks Krystle if Virginia can use her closet to pick out something that doesn't scream 'I'm a yokel from Ohio'. Krystle smiles and happily consents, so Sable and Virginia head off to the master bedroom to play dress up. 

Dex drops by the mansion to blab to Blake about Fallon's weird sex dreams starring Roger Grimes, and to inform him that Sable too knows about the old photograph and that Roger's body was recently fished out of the lake. Dex assures him he's not going to ask whether or not he killed Roger, recalls that his own father was somehow tangled up in the lake mess, and warns that Alexis assumes he (Blake) murdered Roger and could potentially cause problems for him with law enforcement. Blake chews on all that, then walks Dex over to the vestibule, where they happen to run into Virginia. When Blake introduces her to Dex, she stares back at him with a look of horror, then scuttles off and stares into space with a haunted expression. Blake just kind of shrugs and chalks up her strange reaction to upcoming wedding ceremony stress. 

Upstairs, Kristina is wearing Krystle's veil as they go through the 'something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue' pre-wedding routine. Krystle then shows her daughter a locket with her baby photo inside and says she's giving it to her now, instead of waiting until she's older. She then tucks the tot into bed and hands her a journal in which she wrote passages that contain loving words and best wishes for all of her upcoming birthdays [for when she's in a coma and can't do it in person]. 

Wedding day! Blake excitedly tells Jeff he was able to book the same hotel suite in Paris where he and Krystle stayed when they honeymooned for the first time. He says after that, they're off to Switzerland so that Krystle can undergo her brain operation.

Fallon, meanwhile, slips into Krystle's room and removes a vase of lovely white flowers to use for the ceremony - just as Virginia bursts in with Sable in tow, complaining about the bold lipstick she's being forced to wear. When Krystle smilingly signs off on the lipstick, the two head back out...and Krystle opens the music box she recently found in Dayton and stares at it pensively. She stands up and sways in dance - just as Blake enters the room. He stares at her lovingly and coos, "You are everything I've ever wanted in a woman" and kisses her hand.

The wedding guests have arrived and are dancing in the ballroom. Sable runs into Dex, and the two exchange some interestingly flirty banter about whether or not they should hook up. Mmm hmm.. As the camera pans around the room, we see that Sammy Jo is jigging with Adam, and that Kristina has roped Danny into taking her for a spin on the dance floor. Cute!

Krystle hands Blake a strip of lace from her first wedding dress. She says she's been using it as a bookmark, but now wants him to have it as a special keepsake to mark her final Dynasty appearance. 

Back in the ballroom, Sable makes a toast to Virginia, who is looking reasonably stylish in a fancy black dress and slightly better hairdo. As Jeff eyes her appreciatively, Dex notices and advises, "Talk to her at least once before you propose" - a line that actually prompted me to burst out laughing.  

Krystle and Blake are making out in the bedroom when Sable, Sammy Jo, and Adam burst in on them and order them to get ready for the ceremony. 

A little while later, Krystle descends the staircase wearing a lovely silk and lace peach colored dress. As she makes her way down the long makeshift aisle, she's given a flower from her various loved ones (including Jeannette and Gerard, who look as though they're no longer employed at Carrington manor this season). Krystle heads over to the makeshift altar and laughingly tells Adam to loosen up, and warns an emotional looking Sammy Jo not to tear up. When Blake learns that no one bothered to call a minister to preside over the ceremony, Krystle points out that she didn't feel it was necessary, given that they're already married...and that she really just wanted tonight to be more about everyone sharing in their vows and promising to love each other. As everyone stares contemplatively (some staring confusedly) into space, Krystle decrees, "I want tonight to be a marriage of all of us."

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Recap: Fallon is having a nonsensical dream about getting all hot and bothered with the alive version of the corpse that was found at the lake...and the weird scene goes on for what seems like a really really long time. A few seconds later, Blake storms into the library (where Fallon was napping), demands that she give him the photo of him with the dead guy she showed Alexis, and then throws it into the fireplace. He admonishes her for blabbing about the corpse to Alexis and thereby "opening a wound that might never heal". Krystle, meanwhile, is wandering towards the library and eavesdrops on the tail end of Blake's rant...and when she asks him whassup, he assures her that everything is fine and that she needn't worry her pretty little head about nuthin'. While that's happening, Fallon peers into the fireplace and sees that Blake didn't directly toss the photograph into the flames [much like Adam, he's unable to effectively burn something], so she reaches in and grabs it and looks visibly relieved that it only got singed around the corners.

Dex is having a lovely dinner with Joanna at the outdoor Carlton Hotel restaurant when Alexis ambles onto the large patio. Dex introduces her to Joanna...and when Alexis doesn't appear to object to him being in the company of an attractive woman, he asks her if she's feeling OK. She breezily insists she's fine, then continues to amble off. As Dex ponders Alexis's uncharacteristic calmness when normally she'd be completely flying off the handle, Joanna tells him she's A-OK with him checking on his ex - but also supplies him with her room number (she's apparently moved into Room 408 of the Carlton) and tells him to stop by any time he'd like to get his wick dipped.

Dex follows Alexis to her suite and asks her why she didn't go nutso cuckoo when she saw him dining with another woman just now. She just kind of shrugs and says she has bigger fish to try, then rails about "what that monster did". When Dex just stares back at her confusedly, she explains that Blake [allegedly] murdered Roger Grimes (aka the man she once loved) by shooting him in the head and then dumping his body in a lake. She bitterly recalls that after he had caught her and Roger in the sack together, he immediately banished her from their home and their children. An unsympathetic Dex points out that that was well over twenty years ago, and cites her love for Blake as the reason she could never allow herself to love another man (in particular, him). Alexis poutishly apologizes for causing him any hurt feelings 'cause of the intense emotion she has always felt for Blake, and a miffed Dex makes it clear that he's 100% totally completely dunzo with wanting to pursue a romantic relationship with her ever again.

Dex makes a beeline over to Room 408, where Joanna is still wearing her glittery dress. She coquettishly invites him in...and then presses him against the wall and rips his shirt open, while he unzips her glittery dress and plants an amorous smooch on her lips.

Fallon drops by Jeff's apartment to tearfully lament, "I'm sooooo alone", then explains that Blake is furious with her for showing Alexis the old photo of him and (deceased) Roger Grimes. She leans against him for a comforting hug and self-piteously says she doesn't have anyone else to turn to in such moments of sadness. 

Alexis summons Dex to her office for a yummy brunch, then offers to give him the parcel of land he's been wanting (near the Civic Center) in exchange for his help getting ColbyCo's finances back on track. Dex takes her up on it - but insists she sign away the ownership to him right now. Alexis looks visibly irked by being forced to fulfill her end of the deal...but, in the end, signs the papers. A few seconds later, Sergeant Zorelli drops by her office to ask questions about "a very old murder". 

After the commercial break, Sergeant Zorelli shows Alexis a photo of Roger Grimes' dead face and says he was shot in the back of the head. He says he learned that construction at the Carrington lake estate had dragged on for years, and hands her a list of the construction workers' names and asks her if she recognizes any of them. Alexis tells him she doesn't, not least 'cause most of the men were transient workers...so Zorelli hands her his business card and says to call him if she happens to remember anything useful. Once he exits the office and is safely out of hearing range, Alexis calls Blake and leaves him a message about Zorelli's visit, and says he'll definitely be interested in knowing what she blabbed to the sergeant.

Joanna is exercising on a small trampoline in her Carlton Hotel suite when Dex lets himself in. He gives her a smooch and tells her he has a job offer she may be interested in...but before he has a chance to lock the door so they can start getting it on, Sable too lets herself in to hand Joanna some paperwork associated with her purchase of the hotel. Sable looks gleeful that Dex is seemingly done with Alexis and has moved on with Joanna, then hastily exits the room...and Joanna tells Dex that right now she has no time for a romp, but is happy to take a rain check. 

Over at ColbyCo, Alexis tells Adam how upset she is at the traitorous Fritz Heath for turning on her, while Adam bitches about how Blake had the audacity to appoint Jeff in a position that makes them both equals at Denver Carrington. A few seconds later, Blake arrives for a tête-à-tête with Alexis about her conversation with Sergeant Zorelli. She informs him that she was asked about the construction men who were hired to develop the lake property, then assures him she stayed mum about her suspicions that he was the one who killed Roger Grimes. When Blake insists that he did not kill Roger, Alexis smugly tells him she's in possession of an incriminating note that Roger had apparently given to her after he (Blake) had threatened to kill him...and that she plans to enjoy letting him twist in the wind indefinitely as he's forced to wonder when/if she'll ever share it with the police. 

While wandering around a seedy Denver neighborhood, Krystle tells Sammy Jo and Virginia that she really really wants to make a difference in the lives of poor people, particularly those like the Depression era type family she encountered (two episodes ago) who live in an alley shack. Virginia derisively mutters, "No one can help these animals" and says they should all be put out of their misery. As Krystle and Sammy Jo look startled and stare back at her with the fuck? expressions, a drug dealer rushes over and asks them if they're in the market for "a little snort". Virgina yells at him to get his filthy self away from them and then spits in his face (like, with a lot of saliva). The drug dealer gets angry and pulls out a large knife, so Virginia expertly fights him off, gives him a surprisingly decent beating, and screeches, "I hope you die in the gutter!" before running off. Krystle and Sammy Jo beat a hasty retreat to their car...and the drug dealer scrambles to his feet and attempts to pursue them - but isn't fast enough to catch up. He glares after them as they drive off and angrily mutters, "Come back and visit us real soon, you hear?"

Sammy Jo and Krystle drive around the seedy area in search of Virginia, but she's nowhere to be found. 

Sable runs into Alexis at the Carlton Hotel and remarks on how she always wondered what happened to Roger Grimes. Sable then asks her cousin if she happens to know how he ended up dead...as in, did she kill him, along with Cecil, who abruptly died while she was sitting at his hospital bedside? Alexis just chuckles at her "fertile imagination" from having lived in Los Angeles too long, and the two bicker a few seconds more about which of them is more desirable to men...blah blah...until Alexis finally manages to close the elevator and head up to her suite.  

Krystle and Sammy Jo return to Carrington manor and are surprised when Blake tells them that Virginia got home a few minutes ago and is up in her room. He then informs Krystle that Dr. Hampton is in the library and wants to talk to her about her brain issues...and when Dr. Hampton wanders over and concurs about the urgent need to have a discussion, Sammy Jo urges Krystle to go do that while she checks on Virginia.

When Sammy Jo sees that Virginia is packing her stuff, she chides her for her theatrics, and also for abandoning Krystle at a time she needs family the most. 

Dr. Hampton tells Krystle that, in many doctors' opinions, her only chance of survival is to have a risky surgery she may not survive...and even if she did survive, her faculties could be seriously impaired. As he's delivering the horrendous news, Krystle is intensely studying the leaves of a houseplant, then tells Blake she's going upstairs to check on Virginia. When Blake starts to go after her, Dr. Hampton advises him to leave her be, and let her have a chance to absorb the terrible prognosis.

Sammy Jo tells Virginia that anyone who smack-talks street people (like she did earlier) has personally experienced life on the streets - an assessment Virginia hotly denies. A few seconds later, Krystle enters the room and looks alarmed when she sees Virginia's suitcase - but Virginia faux assures her that she was merely straightening up her clothes. When she and Sammy Jo inquire about what Dr. Hampton wanted to talk to her about, she wryly replies, "He said I was probably going to die" and ignores the stricken glances from her niece and cousin.

Over at the Carlton Hotel, Alexis and Jeff are discussing the treachery of Fritz Heath and ColbyCo's alarming revenue shortage when Dex enters the suite and breaks the news to Alexis that Hamilton Stone only got two ColbyCo ships freed...and that "the pirates" in Natumbe have confiscated the other seven. Dex strongly suspects that this was a deliberate act of sabotage from Hamilton Stone in an effort to further damage ColbyCo's already precarious finances.

That evening, Blake hovers worriedly over Krystle as she lays in bed, and wanks her about how she's the most beautiful woman the world has ever seen. He asks her if she would do him the honor of renewing their vows 'cause of how he desperately neeeeeeds that kind of marital reassurance, and she agrees and gives him a tender hug.
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Krystle meets up with Sable for lunch, and to discuss launching a philanthropic project geared towards helping Denver's poor and hungry population. The two agree that they've always felt they could trust one another, and Sable assures her that if her brain operation goes awry, she'd be happy to move the charity forward (and, in the process, rope Blake in). Sable then changes the topic to how Alexis's deceased lover was recently found on the Carrington lake property and that Alexis is hinting Blake should be the prime murder suspect. Krystle stares back at her in horror and realizes that that was probably the thing Blake hadn't wanted to burden her with earlier. Sable vows to not let Alexis hurt her or Blake by publicly suggesting that Blake killed Roger Grimes, and a visibly distraught Krystle moans, "This can't be happening. Not now" and gets up from the table and rushes off. Sable mutters, "Oh damn.." and tears up.

Fallon runs into Sergeant Zorelli in a parking lot, and he admonishes her for not returning his many phone calls, and amusedly remarks on all the bad blood that seems to exist between her parents. He invites her out for pizza, but she declines 'cause she just made plans to meet someone...and he looks visibly disappointed as she climbs into her car and drives off.

Fallon arrives at the Carlton Hotel to have a private chat with Sable. Fallon tells her she showed Alexis the photo of Blake and Roger Grimes, then asks her if she thinks Blake murdered him. Sable replies, "He very well might have" - but urges her to put a cap on her curiosity in case he did actually kill the man, which could result in the entire situation blowing up in her face. 

Krystle drops in on Alexis and demands to know why she's accusing Blake of murder...and points out that if she doesn't survive her brain operation, Blake will be the only parent Kristina has left. Alexis wryly says she'd be more than happy to take care of the tot, and a horrified looking Krystle vows to never allow her near her precious child or send Blake to prison. She glares at Alexis as she informs her that her brain disorder makes her do some pretty fucked up shit...then deliberately knocks over an expensive vase, which shatters after it hits the floor. Krystle further explains that sometimes she gets blackouts, during which she has no memory of what she's done. She picks up a thick book and uses it to pin Alexis by the neck against the wall, smugly threatening, "I could kill you, Alexis, and no jury in the world would convict me." She warns her nemesis to not do anything to hurt Blake - otherwise "you'll have to answer to me". As Krystle storms out of the suite, Alexis rubs her bruised neck and breathily mutters, "Only you're not going to be around that long."

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Recap: Fallon rifles through Blake's drawer (in the mansion's library) in search of his basement keys...and is about to go downstairs when she runs into Adam. He tells her he'd like to chat with her about his idea to split up the responsibilities at Denver Carrington between himself, her, and Jeff - but Fallon makes it clear she has zero interest in that and says she's cynical about him ever being capable of working as a trusted team member. As he heads toward the vestibule he asks her why she's about to go into the basement, so she fibs and tells him she's looking for photographs of her kids.

In Los Angeles, Dr. Hampton tells Blake he sent Krystle's scans to a surgeon in New York...and when Blake gets all pissy about him recommending that Krystle undergo a dangerous surgery, Dr. Hampton says it may be her best chance...though he could, alternatively, give her an experimental drug that might help sort out her brain issues. 

In the basement, Fallon pulls down a box labelled as Blake's personal stuff and starts browsing through the contents. 

Virginia arrives at the Los Angeles hospital and finds Blake in the waiting room. Blake warmly greets her and tells her that he and Krystle told the entire family about her brain problem...and he's sooooo relieved to no longer be carrying the secret no one knew he's been quietly suppressing since Season 2. 

Fallon finds a photograph of the dead guy found at the lake...standing beside a young Blake. She stares at it incredulously.

Over at police headquarters, Sergeant Zorelli is in the process of questioning a mulleted hooligan when Fallon drops by. Zorelli asks her to sit across the room while he takes a phone call...but while he's on the phone, Mr. Mullet asks Fallon if she has a stick of gum, then proceeds to free himself from his restraints and lunge at her. Zorelli pounces upon Mr. Mullet and knocks him to the floor...and after two officers drag him away, he chastises Fallon for so foolishly putting herself in danger by nonsensically ranting, "This isn't a game here. Ever heard of Patty Hearst, who spent six months locked up in a closet somewhere?!" Fallon somehow refrains from pointing out that Patty Hearst being abducted from her home by a terror group isn't reasonably comparable to being accosted by a mulleted thug inside a police station, then tells him she stopped by 'cause she wants to get another look at the corpse. When Zorelli calms down and promises to set it up with the coroner, Fallon flirtily thanks him for coming to her rescue just now.  

In a swanky Los Angeles hotel room, Virginia shows Blake a rose crystal necklace that Krystle had given her when she (Virginia) was hospitalized years ago, and says she believes it has magical, healing powers. She hands it to Blake to pass along to Krystle - just as Krystle enters the room, dressed up in a fancy black frock. Virginia heads out to give Blake and Krystle some alone time...and Krystle puts on some dull muzak (which is apparently their favorite song) and dances with Blake as she insists, "I'm not going to die" 'cause of all the wonderful things she still wants to do in her wonderful life. 

Dex drops by Denver Carrington, where Jeff is doing a boxing workout [instead of doing this at the gym, like a normal person]. Jeff moans about his lady problems (with Sammy Jo and Fallon) and asks what he's doing wrong, and Dex wryly replies, "Try cutting down on your marriage proposals." Heh. Dex then shifts the conversation to Alexis's money troubles and says he'd like his help in sorting through all of the bad junk bond investment deals Fritz Heath was making throughout Season 8, and Jeff promises to head over to ColbyCo after a quick shower. 

Sammy Jo and Fallon are jogging together on the Carrington estate, which I'll assume means that they're now friends. Sammy Jo says she's fairly bummed about Krystle's brain problems, then says she's going to jog back to the house and call the hospital to see if there's any new information. A few seconds later, a security guard drives up in a little golf cart thing to deliver a mobile phone to Fallon so that she can take an urgent call from Sergeant Zorelli, telling her he set up a special viewing for her at the morgue.

Over in Malibu, Blake and Virginia stroll along the beach and discuss Krystle's health crisis. Virginia says she refuses to give up on her cousin and is hoping for a miracle, while Blake says that while he believes in the power of positive thinking, he seriously doubts that Krystle will be able to survive what seems like a very shitty diagnosis. 

Dex and Jeff inform Alexis that, after studying various reports and ledgers, they've uncovered hard proof that Fritz Heath willingly colluded with Sean to rig the company's accounting in an attempt to cover up their theft and fraud...and that Fritz allowed Sean to invest a lot of money in high risk junk bonds. Alexis chews on that for a few seconds, then wonders aloud why Fritz would bother returning to Denver after all of his crime-ing. Dex says he suspects that Fritz came back for something additional, so Alexis vows to "slit his throat" [I'll assume figuratively] when she's fully ready to confront him about his betrayal. She (rightly) blames herself for giving up total control of ColbyCo to Sean during her gubernatorial campaign, and Dex changes the subject to deliver some much-needed good news: he has successfully facilitated the sale of the Carlton Hotel. He hands her the final papers for her signature and makes clear he has no idea who the actual buyers are...and Alexis breezily says she doesn't care, as long as whoever it is pays her in full.

Sergeant Zorelli tells Fallon she won't be able to view the corpse after all, 'cause it's suddenly started to decay. He says in lieu of that, he can show her a photo of the deceased man's face...then weirdly chides her for being so interested in dead guys when there are so many alive nice ones around - like himself, for instance. Fallon grins back at him flirtily...and when he exits the office, she pulls out the photograph she found in the mansion basement. She compares it to that of the dead guy and murmurs, "It is you."

Alexis is chillin' in her suite (with her adorable Shih Tzu!) when she hears construction workers banging around on the floor above hers. When she storms upstairs to see whassup, the foreman explains that he and his crew were tasked with a major renovation...and when she orders him to stop, Sable suddenly appears and announces that, as the new owner of the Carlton Hotel [which apparently took effect within minutes of Alexis signing the papers], she hired these men to make several upgrades. Alexis accuses her of buying the hotel just to spite her for her (past) dalliance with Jason [a tidbit that was, no doubt, more fully explained in The Colbys], and the taunting provokes an incensed Sable to smugly tell her she has 30 days to vacate her hotel suite.

Krystle returns to Carrington manor with Virginia...and as Virginia stands in the vestibule area and stares all wide-eyed at the opulence around her with an army of servants scurrying about, Krystle grinningly says, "I know" and tells her that she too felt overwhelmed at the majestic aura of the mansion when she first hooked up with Blake. 

Dex is in Alexis's office, phoning around for Fritz when Alexis storms in and starts throwing things at him. When he's all, "Uh, why are you throwing things at me?", she yells that he sold the Carlton Hotel to Sable and didn't tell her [despite him making it clear that he didn't know the identity of the actual buyer] ... and is extra pissed off that she's getting evicted from her suite. Dex irritably informs her that he made a second deal that legally allows for her to lease her suite, then hands her that signed contract...and she responds by ripping it up and yelling at him to get out of her office. He coldly declares them through, and angrily exits.

​Adam summons Claire to his office to tell her that since they bumped uglies during the previous episode, he no longer thinks that the two of them working together is such a good idea. Claire chides herself for continually making dumb mistakes at work while completely letting Adam off the hook in so blatantly demonstrating why the '80s really needed better safeguards for women when it came to such clear cut cases of sexual harassment. When Adam says he'd like to continue seeing her and hands her a severance check, she reacts by lighting it on fire and throwing it into a file box that a chuckling Adam has to quickly extinguish.

Fallon runs into Jeff in the Carlton Hotel lounge and shows him the photo of the dead lake guy (standing next to Blake). As Jeff carefully stares at the photo, Sable wanders over, says Alexis definitely knew the dead guy, and informs them that she's the new owner of this hotel.

Fallon makes a beeline over to Alexis's suite and shows her mother the photograph. Alexis visibly pales...and when Fallon tells her that the guy in the photo was recently found dead at the lake cabin, Alexis stares back at her in shocked horror. 

Back at police headquarters, Sergeant Zorelli and another officer are watching security footage of Fallon when she earlier compared the photo of the dead guy to the photograph she found in the mansion's basement. Zorelli smugly tells his colleague, "I think it's show and tell time."

Blake is in his Denver Carrington office, checking his mail, when Sable sashays into the room to needlessly inform him that she's the new owner of the Carlton Hotel. She asks about Krystle, then gives him a heads up that Fallon has an old photograph of him standing next to the man who was found dead at the lake. When Blake asks her why she would give even the slightest hoot about that, she poutishly tells him she always seems to find herself where she's most needed, which right now happens to be Denver. She adds that he looks as though he could use a friend. 

A weary looking Dex ambles into the Carlton Hotel lounge and orders a double scotch. A few seconds later, he spots the attractive brunette (Joanna Sills) he had haggled with over the sale of the hotel during the previous episode. He gazes appreciatively at her trim form in a slinky glittery dress, then wanders over and flirtily greets her. When the two head over to a nearby couch and chillax with their drinks, Dex applauds her negotiating skills, then looks delighted when she gets a call from someone named Bob and cancels their dinner plans. Mmm hmm..

Blake is being chauffeured home when the limo comes to an abrupt halt 'cause Alexis is standing in the middle of the road, looking furious. When Blake climbs out of the limo and asks whassup with her blocking traffic, she accuses him of killing Roger Grimes...and reminds him that the only reason she had bedded him was because of his neglect of his husbandly duties. Blake insists that he did not kill Roger Grimes - but Alexis doesn't buy it and vows to make him pay for murdering her ex-lover...whose dead body was somehow perfectly preserved in a cold lake for the last two decades. 

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Recap: Blake's black tie dinner breaks up soon after Krystle stops throwing plates around. Fallon escorts Sergeant Zorelli to his car, wondering aloud how it's possible that the body found at the lake hadn't decomposed. Zorelli points out that the bottom of the lake is extremely cold - but has no fathomable idea why the fish or whatever organisms live in the lake didn't feast on the corpse. That said, he points out that it shouldn't matter to her, 'cause the state of the body exonerates Krystle from a potential murder charge. He then tells her to call him if anyone happens to remember anything useful...and the two gaze at each other all smitten-like as he climbs into his car and drives off. 

Over at the Carlton Hotel, Adam is regaling Alexis with the story of Krystle's plate throwing...and after Alexis expresses bemusement about what in blazes could be going on with the woman, she declares that her top priority is getting her empire back in order. She plans to rid herself of any superfluous oil tankers and cut out the deadwood.

Sammy Jo tells Jeff she wants to spend the night at Carrington manor to help Blake keep an eye on the increasingly erratic Krystle. Jeff gets all pissy about her not coming home with him and grumbles as he climbs into his car. A few seconds later, he's startled when he feels a foot caressing his shoulder...and is all, "Ack!" when he sees that Fallon has been hiding in his back seat. She gigglingly explains that she wanted to give him a debrief about the body in the morgue, and that she thinks she sorta/kinda recognizes the dead man. Jeff, who doesn't seem to give a rat's ass about that long ago murder, orders her out of his car...and she obliges, then leans in and indulges in a long smooch. Jeff looks visibly into being kissed by his ex-wife, then dives back into his car and drives off...and we see that Sammy Jo has been standing in front of an upstairs window, watching the PDA with an incensed expression on her face.

Krystle emerges from the en suite bathroom and asks Blake if she hurt anyone while she was subconsciously throwing plates around. He assures her that everyone managed to duck in time, and that she needn't worry about anyone being seriously injured. She frets about possibly experiencing something horrific at the lake cabin, but Blake dismisses that notion and gazes at her lovingly while cooing, "I love you." The two smooch...and Krystle invites him to join her in bed and smilingly assures him that the two of them getting it on won't cause her to break. Even though there's clearly no predicting, from one minute to the next, when her brain is suddenly going to go full wiener.

Alexis arrives at her ColbyCo office and finds it in complete disarray, with papers spread everywhere. She wakes Dex, who dozed off on her sofa and rails about what a mess he's made. Dex wryly counters that the entire company is a mess, specifically because 1) ColbyCo has two major bond payments due, and 2) the guaranteed revenue (needed for the bond payments) from TechnoCraft and Holston Keys haven't yet materialized. Alexis says he should talk to Fritz Heath (the accountant) ... and Dex informs her that Fritz has been incommunicado for the last several days, and that his paperwork/reports is suspiciously missing. A few seconds later, Fritz telephones to apologize to Alexis for being out of town longer than expected, and assures her he's on his way back to Denver. Alexis seems satisfied enough with that and tells Dex that she's decided to sell the Carlton Hotel and would appreciate his help with that transaction. 

Adam is in his office, reading through Steven's confidential files, when Jeff drops by. Jeff acknowledges their mutual dislike for one another, and Adam concurs wholeheartedly and suggests they stay in their own lanes by dividing up the operations of Denver Carrington in the following manner:

• Jeff: pipeline
• Adam: oil leases, mineral rights
• Fallon: communications (or whatever benign shit she wants to "dabble" in)

Jeff mulls that over and seems to like the sound of that plan.

Fallon is sunbathing at Carrington manor, dreaming about the corpse found at the lake. In her dream it comes to life (ew), then smiles at her and leans in for what looks to be a smooch - just as his face is replaced by a real life Dex, who's leaning in close, repeating her name. Fallon looks all discombobulated and tells Dex she just dreamed about the dead guy, so Dex tells her that the lake in which he was fished out had a lot of problems (with flooding) during the property's development phase 'cause of a three-way feud between the warring Carringtons, Dexters, and Colbys. Oh hell.

Back at ColbyCo, Fritz explains to Alexis that he got bad news about his brother and had to leave town suddenly...and accidentally left the wrong forwarding number. Alexis decides that that sounds plausible enough, then tells him about the missing revenue from TechnoCraft and Holston Keys...and that Dex reported his paperwork/reports missing. Fritz opens his briefcase and pulls out a big ledger, promises to straighten out the revenue mess, and again apologizes for his recent absence.

Sammy Jo is packing up hers/Danny's stuff at Delta Rho when Jeff drops by. He notices the suitcases and confusedly asks whassup, so Sammy Jo accuses him of lying to her and comes right out and asks him if he still loves Fallon. Jeff leaps to the conclusion that she somehow found out about his romp with Fallon at the end of Season 8 and sheepishly admits that, yeah, he doinked her in his apartment the night she (Sammy Jo) accepted his marriage proposal. Sammy Jo shoots him an incredulously hate-fuelled stink-eye as she bellows, "You bastard! I just saw you kissing her - but you slept with her?!" and then screams at him to get the hell out of her house.

On the wrong side of the tracks, Krystle is finishing up taking her daughter to her paediatrician appointment when an urchin child runs over, grabs Krystle's purse, and races off with it. Jeannette keeps watch over Kristina as Krystle runs after the child - until he trips and hurts his knee. Krystle catches up to him and is clucking sympathetically about his injury when his poverty-stricken mother (and several poor, Depression-era type children) emerge from an alleyway shack. The mom snappishly tells Krystle to leave her son alone, so Krystle explains that the little cretin stole her purse - but that she'd be more than happy to give him some cash so that he can see a doctor and get his knee looked at. The mom glares at her unhappily and retreats to her shack...and Kristina, who has arrived with Jeannette and is watching all of this in fascination, sadly remarks on the shitty little shack that that family is currently living in.

Blake is at the lake property, mutely gazing out at the water when Sergeant Zorelli comes upon him from behind and says he continues to be curious about the dead body that was found here, namely 1) what held it to the bottom of the lake for so long, and 2) why its skull had a bullet in it. Blake's all, "I dunno" and tells Zorelli that if he intends to order divers to search the lake, he's going to need a warrant. A few seconds later, we see that Dex has appeared on the scene, and is silently watching the exchange from a distance.

Sammy Jo recklessly drives over to the Carrington stables, quickly locates Fallon, and gives her a hard face punch that sends her flying into a giant container of water. As the two wrestle around inside the water container, Sammy Jo makes it clear that this is a revenge attack for her recent night of pleasure with Jeff. Fallon counters by chiding her for making a move on Jeff when the ink on their divorce papers was barely dry...and then the two climb out of the water container and begin rolling around in a giant puddle of mud ['cause why not?]. Fallon tells Sammy Jo she's more than welcome to date/marry/do whatever with Jeff...and Sammy Jo mulls over the prospect and decides she no longer has any use for the man. Fallon gigglingly asks what they're fighting for then...and Sammy Jo chucklingly realizes there is no real purpose to this elaborately dirty fight scene - other than the Dynasty writers somehow thought it made good sense to showcase a nostalgic shout-out to all of the contrived physical altercations (in ponds, mud, and whatnot) that Krystle and Alexis used to get into whenever they needed to get the rage out of their systems.

Dex is giving a potential buyer a tour of the Carlton Hotel (with his lawyer in tow). Dex and the potential buyer (an attractive brunette) grab a table in the lounge, where they haggle over the purchase price by writing numbers on napkins and passing them back and forth - but don't actually settle on a final deal.

Blake is back in the mansion's basement storage area, rifling through more old boxes. He comes across a ledger of 1963 cash disbursements, and tears out one of the pages to take upstairs with him. A few seconds later, he runs into a filthy/wet Fallon, who's giggling about how muddy she is after her scrap with Sammy Jo. Blake shakes his head in good-natured dismay as he declines to hug her, then gives a vague non-explanation about how he was downstairs "checking on some things". 

At the Carlton Hotel, Alexis tells Dex that order is being restored to her life...and that hopefully she no longer has to fear the crumbling of her empire. She happily summarizes..

• Hamilton Stone was a great help in Natumbe in getting [some of] her oil tankers released 
• Fritz Heath is back at the helm of ColbyCo Accounting and will sort out any outstanding bills
• He (Dex) is actively trying selling the Carlton Hotel to generate some much needed cash

Dex reminds her that earlier she had offered to give/sell him a valuable plot of land (near the Civic Center) - but she no longer seems interested in doing that. A few seconds later, Fritz drops by the suite to deliver some bad news: the eagerly awaited revenue from TechnoCraft and Holston Keys will not be forthcoming, 'cause both companies just went belly-up. This, in turn, means that ColbyCo won't have enough cash to pay the two major bond payments that will soon be due. He explains that her company's finances are in such bad shape 'cause Sean had invested a huge amount of money in junk bonds...around the time she thought it was a good idea to let him have full control of ColbyCo while she ran for governor.

Dex stares suspiciously at Fritz, noting that he's wearing a very expensive gold watch. After Fritz exits the suite, Dex tells Alexis he strongly suspects Fritz of colluding with Sean, given how unusual it is for an accountant to be wearing a $10,000 watch. Alexis absorbs that tidbit and looks poutishly alarmed by the ramifications of Fritz's alleged betrayal.

Over at Denver Carrington, Adam treats Claire to an indoor picnic to see if she has any useful intel regarding Steven and the pipeline project...and also to faux declare that he really really wants to see Jeff succeed in the company. When Claire struggles to open the bottle of Chardonnay, Adam wraps his arms around her and gently coaxes the cork out while making icky innuendos. After taking a few sips of the wine, the two press against each other for a smooch...then get amorous on the carpet. 

In Los Angeles, Sable is practicing her fencing skills (you heard me) while dictating a memo to her secretary when Hamilton Stone drops by. He reports that Alexis was thrilled with the two oil tankers he managed to free...and Sable smiles devilishly at the thought of the rest of the tankers being sold at auction by the Natumbeian government for a fraction of what they're worth. Sable hints that she plans to get involved and place bids on what she calls "Colby ships", insisting they be owned by someone who has "earned a right to that family name" [and says this even though she only became a Colby by being Jason Colby's trophy wife prior to him smartening up and dumping her].

Blake gets a call from Dr. Hampton, who has bad news regarding Krystle's tests and scans. Blake says he was hoping for better results, then promises to let his wife know how fully dicked-up her brain has gotten. As he heads over to the conservatory to break the news to Krystle, Fallon emerges from the basement and rushes after him. When she enters the conservatory, she's startled to find a tearful Blake comforting a tearful Krystle. He solemnly asks Fallon to call the family together, 'cause they have a dramatically sad announcement to make. 

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Recap: After Blake and Krystle exit the morgue, Zorelli wryly remarks to his colleague that when Blake took a gander at the dead guy "his face turned whiter than the stiff's". 

As Dex labors through a stack of paperwork at ColbyCo, Alexis's secretary (Pamela) informs him that Alexis had called earlier and left a message that the dealmaking in Natumbe is going well - but that she'll be unreachable for the next two days [as part of Dynasty's cost cutting measure to avoid paying Joan Collins's exorbitant salary]. Dex snappishly tells Pamela that he wants to talk to the controller and/or the controller's secretary (Florence), then rails in frustration about why the heck no one seems to be at work these days. [Budget cuts, Dex. Network budget cuts.]

Danny tells Sammy Jo he's very sad that his shitbag of a father abruptly left Denver without so much as a goodbye...and when he asks when/if he'll see him again, Sammy Jo has no good answer and just stares back at him blankly. 

Over at Carrington manor, Blake applauds Jeff for finally getting the pipeline built...and then a miffed Adam starts bitching about how he assumed he'd be taking Steven's place at the helm of Denver Carrington. Blake says he now thinks that the company is too big for one person to run...and that, yep, Jeff is being bestowed with an equal amount of power as he is. Adam barks, "I'm your son, damn it!", but a vexed Blake makes it clear he no longer gives a rat's ass about indulging in the kind of nepotism he showered upon Steven throughout much of Season 8 and insists that the three of them - Adam, Jeff, and Fallon - are to run the company as equals. After Blake storms out of the library, Fallon gleefully points out to Jeff how irked Sammy Jo is going to be when she learns that the two of them are going to be working together.

Blake, who's clutching a pair of keys, wanders over to the staircase that leads to the mansion's basement. When he reaches the underground floor, he opens a padlock that gives him access to a gated area of the basement that houses old files and boxes. He pulls down one of the boxes and starts sifting through its contents. 

Adam storms up to his bedroom screeching, "Jeff Colby!" as he strips off his tie. He opens a drawer and happens to find a negligee that Dana left behind...and reacts by sniffing it while sadly sitting at the foot of his bed. After a few seconds he yells, "No! No one's going to take away what's mine!" and angrily rips the lingerie. He then stares mournfully at a framed photo of his surrogate baby and vows to get him back, then picks up the phone to call Morgan Hess to bitchily demand an update on how the investigation into smearing the Atkinsons is going.

Back at Delta Rho, Sammy Jo makes it clear that she is not thrilled that Jeff will be working so closely with Fallon. Jeff explains that Blake needs a lot of help 'cause of Krystle's brain problems - but he also has to look out for his sizeable investment of Denver Carrington stock. Sammy Jo reacts by bellowing, "Out!" and says she wants him out of her house, not least 'cause this is the same kind deception and lying that she's gotten from every man she's ever hooked up with. Jeff refuses to leave and starts canoodling her...and she decides she actually doesn't want him to leave and grabs him by the tie so that she can lean in for an amorous smooch.

In Los Angeles, Sable is enjoying a massage when she receives a phone call, informing her that Blake and Krystle have an appointment with Dr. Charles Hampton. She tells the masseuse they need to abruptly end their session, then sits up on the massage table and stares concernedly into space.

While enjoying some post-coital afterglow, Jeff sleepily refers to Sammy Jo as Fallon. Sammy Jo reacts by going batshit and hitting him with her pillow while calling him a miserable creep. Jeff weakly explains he must have been having a dream about falcons, and Sammy Jo screeches at him to get the hell out of her house. 

After Blake emerges from the basement storage area, he hears Krystle shriek, "Nooo!" He runs up to the bedroom to see whassup, so she tells him she had a nightmare about a young man (the dead guy from the morgue) who was trying to hurt her...so she in turn tried to kill him. Blake cooingly assures her it was only a dream, and she looks visibly relieved by his words of comfort.
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Sergeant Zorelli arrives at the Carrington stables and finds Fallon riding around on her horse. She chides him for dragging her family members to the morgue, then comes right out and asks him if he thinks Blake murdered the rando who was found at the lake. Zorelli says he doesn't; however he does think that Blake recognized the corpse. He adds that he simply wants to have a name to add to the toe tag, given that no one seems interested in actually solving the murder...then asks Fallon if she'd like to take a look at the stiff to see if maybe she knows who he is. She agrees, and Zorelli says he'll swing by the mansion this afternoon to pick her up. 

Morgan Hess provides Adam with a lacklustre update on the Atkinsons, and Adam snarlingly says he's seen all this intel before - in a report that Alexis had previously commissioned. Morgan sheepishly tells him that substantive leads take time, and Adam angrily hands him a check and declares him fired. [Needless footnote: during this exchange, Adam's secretary Claire sexily sashayed into the office to deliver a cup of coffee...and then looked visibly turned on when Adam bitchily fired Morgan.]

Over in Los Angeles, Dr. Hampton tells Krystle that her brain problems could be something simple, like a hormonal imbalance...to which Krystle snidely retorts, "Or a brain tumor..?" Dr. Hampton stares back at her in shameful sheepishness as she grumbles about how tired she is of people hiding the truth from her. Blake interjects to remind her of the horse riding accident she suffered during Season 2...and Dr. Hampton reveals that at the time he had done a CT scan and found an artery-to-vein malformation, located in a part of her brain that makes it way too dangerous to operate on. Dr. Hampton explains, "Since it wasn't causing you any problems at the time, I allowed him [Blake] to withhold the information from you" ... and then somehow refrains from adding that, yep, that baffling decision was wholly unethical, surely illegal, and violated any semblance of doctor-patient confidentiality. Krystle remarks on how her symptoms make more sense, now that she's finally been made aware of this information...and that she had been worried she was slowly going mad.

Fallon arrives at the morgue with Zorelli. She takes a good look at the dead guy's face and admits that, yeah, there is something familiar about him. 

Blake tells Krystle that he had fervently hoped she would have been able to live out her life without being affected by her head injury...but that whatever brain malfunction she's now experiencing is something they'll bravely face together. Krystle admits to being frightened by this artery-to-vein malformation and worries that maybe she did murder the rando at the lake cabin without any memory of having done so. When the doctor returns to the office for a private one-on-one with Krystle, he tells her that, yep, her condition can bring about a frontal lobe epilepsy type situation, which can result in her doing some pretty fucked-up shit she's not consciously aware of. Krystle's all, "Ack!" and asks if it's possible she may have committed a murder she doesn't recall, and he's like, "Dunno. Maybe."

Sable slips into the doctor's waiting room and explains to a startled Blake that she had been alerted of Krystle's appointment 'cause she's on the Medical Centre's board of directors...and assures him that their presence here is otherwise being kept confidential. She expresses regret about all the bad blood that existed between him and Jason Colby [that must have mostly unfolded on The Colbys, 'cause I have no memory of what that would have been]. Sable says she sooooo admires his marriage to Krystle and assures him that their brand of love can survive a serious health issue. Blake mumbles, "It just has to", and Sable scrunches her face all sympathetic-like and tells him to let her know if there's anything she can do.

Sergeant Zorelli urges Fallon to think hard about why the dead guy looks so familiar to her - just as another cop enters the room and informs Zorelli that something bizarre is happening to the corpse.

That evening at Carrington manor, Blake admits to Fallon that he definitely recognized the dead guy - but that the familiarity makes no sense, 'cause the man in his recollection would be around 50 years old now...whereas the stiff was a young man, probably in his late 20s. Fallon suggests that perhaps the dead guy is his son, and Blake is like, "Mmm...perhaps", then a few minutes later sneaks back down to the basement (while Fallon surreptitiously spies on him.)

Blake is browsing through a box containing old photographs and finds one of the man he thought he recognized in the morgue. He murmurs, "Did you have a son after all?"

​Krystle and Sammy Jo have just finished a horse ride at Delta Rho. Sammy Jo grumbles about Jeff and Fallon working together at Denver Carrington, and Krystle suggests that maybe there's nothing but platonic friendship between them, post-divorce - then suddenly looks dizzy and collapses. An alarmed Sammy Jo hovers over Krystle, who quickly regains consciousness. When Sammy Jo asks whassup with her just falling over like that, Krystle declines to explain her brain malformation and assures her niece that she's A-OK. 

Sable is consulting with a Dr. Westhaven about various brain disorders as a means of nosily trying to figure out what is wrong with Krystle. She insists she wouldn't dream of asking him to compromise anyone's privacy - but then continues to press him on why a patient would get the kind of scans she somehow knows that Krystle got. Dr. Westhaven admits that these sorts of scans could reveal an abnormality that is likely inoperable, and that has a very poor outcome. Sable looks aghast [even though it remains unclear why she's this invested in Krystle's health] and moans, "Oh my God.."

Dex grills the controller's secretary (Florence) about why her boss hasn't been at ColbyCo for the last several days, and Florence says he's currently incommunicado and left a phone number that's now out of service. She says she's very worried about him, 'cause apparently it's quite uncharacteristic of him to stay out of touch with the office for this long.  

For whatever reason, Blake has decided to throw a formal, black tie dinner at the mansion to officially mark the end of his political aspirations. Over in the dining room, Krystle is removing all of the plates from the beautifully set table, which confuses the servants. 

Adam reminds Fallon that the two of them have a lot more in common with Denver Carrington than Jeff does...and an amused looking Fallon says that clearly Blake installed Jeff as a means of protecting the company from him (him meaning Adam).

Sammy Jo snarkishly asks the servants why the dining table has no plates - just as Krystle begins throwing the plates at whoever's in the main corridor. The guests are all, "The fuckity fuck is happening?" and duck to avoid being struck by dishware, while Krystle vacantly smiles like a Stepford wife as she says in a monotone voice, "Dinner is served." During a break in the plate throwing, a worried Blake rushes over to her and says he needs to talk to her in private right now...and is in the process of ushering her up the staircase when Sergeant Zorelli arrives at the mansion with some startling news: the dead man found at the lake cabin has been deceased for around the last 20-30 years. 

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