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Original Air Date: January 12, 1981
Part 1: As Krystle Jennings, the former secretary to Denver's oil tycoon Blake Carrington, prepares to wed her boss, one of Blake's geologists, Matthew Blaisdel, is being escorted from a hostile Middle Eastern country along with the entire Denver-Carrington oil crew. When Matthew bumps into Krystle in Blake's office, it is clear the two were once--and perhaps still are--in love. Blake's daughter Fallon, who spends her time seducing men at whim, objects to her father's suggestion of settling down with Jeff Colby, nephew of the oil-rich Cecil Colby. Krystle, uncomfortable with the opulence of her new lifestyle and angry with Blake for orchestrating her 'chance' meeting with Matthew, quarrels with her fiancé and storms out of the mansion.
Part 2: To patch up relations with Krystle. Blake fills her apartment with flowers and then whisks her off in his private jet for dinner in San Francisco. Matthew is reunited with daughter Lindsay and wife Claudia, now an outpatient from the mental hospital. Matthew's old friend Walter Lankershim tries to form a business partnership with the geologist, but Matthew's loyalties are with Blake. Then Walter's rig is sabotaged in what appears to be a Carrington setup. As the wedding preparations are underway, Blake and Steven exchange angry words, culminating with Blake accusing his son of homosexual activity.
Part 3: Claudia and Lindsay's relationship remains strained as the two try to resolve their mother-daughter differences. As Blake and Krystle recite their wedding vows, Walter heads for the mansion with a gun. He's furious because he believes that Blake sabotaged his drilling operation. Jeff Colby is smitten with Fallon, who prefers the company of his Uncle Cecil. Blake makes Walter an offer for his oil leases, but Matthew intervenes.
"002"~Original Air Date: January 19, 1981
While honeymooning with Krystle, Blake learns of trouble with his oil leases in the Middle East. The government is holding his tankers and he'll be ruined if he can't get the oil out of the country. Matthew and Claudia's resumed life together is off to a rocky start, as is Matthew's business: He and Walter Lankershim are having trouble with their rigs--the banks won't help them and Blake is the source of their problems. Krystle tries to adjust to her new life in the mansion; Steven, unhappy with his father, takes a job working for Matthew. Cecil Colby wants Fallon to marry his nephew, Jeff, who is in love with her: If she agrees, he.ll help Blake out of his difficulties.
"003"~Original Air Date: January 26, 1981
Blake continues to search for a solution to his financial crisis. Problems in the Middle East have jeopardized his oil leases. Krystle remains ill at ease with her new life in the mansion, and clashes with long-time head butler, Joseph. Although resentful of her father's new bride, Fallon gives her a few tips on how the rich behave because she doesn't want Blake embarrassed by Krystle. Blake throws an elaborate dinner party and invites Matthew Blaisdel, his former employee and Krystle's former lover. Blake needs Matthew back--with his oil leases. Fallon overhears Matthew tell Krystle he is still in love with her. Jeff struggles to hold his own with Fallon, as a bemused Michael, the chauffeur, looks on. Steven befriends a lost Claudia.
"004"~ Original Air Date: February 02, 1981
Steven's ex-lover, Ted, arrives from New York. Ted wants Steven back, but Steven declines, insisting he must first find himself. The meeting is observed by Steven's fellow rigger, Amos, who tells the crew what he has heard. Steven admits his homosexuality to his boss, Matthew, and asks to stay on the job. After another reminder from Cecil Colby that he will bail Blake out of his business troubles if she marries his nephew, Fallon reluctantly flies to Las Vegas and marries Jeff.
"005"~Original Air Date: February 09, 1981
Claudia and daughter Lindsay are making progress toward a closer relationship. Steven is determined to prove himself on the job, despite constant taunting by the crew because he's gay. Krystle tells Blake she wants to be more involved in his work. He counters by stating he wants a child. Fallon remains jealous of Krystle and unhappy in her marriage to Jeff. Michael, the chauffeur, learns of the terms of their union and tells Blake, who furiously confronts his daughter. Claudia tells her psychiatrist of her suspicions about Matthew's feelings for Krystle. Claudia and Matthew invite Steven to dinner. Claudia advises Steven to stop trying to prove himself and do what he really wants.
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"006"~Original Air Date: February 16, 1981
As Blake's financial situation worsens--his Middle Eastern oil reserves have been seized--he attempts to save what he has from his creditors by putting everything in Krystle's name. Walter takes Steven to a bordello hoping to "make a man out of him." Steven spends time with the prostitute watching TV. A Blaisdel-Lankershim rigger, Amos, sabotages the rig and Steven is blamed. Steven asks his father for help, promising to do anything he asks in return for his assistance--including dating the daughter of a friend. Nonetheless, Blake turns him down. Krystle pawns her diamond earrings and gives Matthew the money to get the rig repaired. At his office, the two declare their love for one another, but Krystle makes it clear that she can't give Matthew anything else that belongs to Blake.
"007"~Original Air Date: February 23, 1981
Blake is determined to find out who bankrolled Matthew's renewed drilling operation. Lindsay is shattered to learn of her illegitimacy. Blake discovers Krystle's birth control pills and flies into a rage, attacking his wife. Matthew finds that Ed, one of the riggers, tampered with his equipment and set Steven up for the blame, acting on instructions from "Carrington's people." He fires Ed, who promptly tells Claudia of her husband's affair with Krystle. Matthew then confronts Blake, who accuses him of carrying a torch for his wife. Steven receives a wire from his ex-lover Ted Dinard, who is passing through Denver. Fallon intercepts Ted at the airport and escorts him to San Francisco in the Carrington jet. On board, she cautions him to stay away from her brother.
"008"~Original Air Date: March 02, 1981
Matthew receives a call from his partner Walter that their oil well is about to come in. Claudia asks to go along, but Matthew insists it's bad luck to have a woman at the rig. They argue and Claudia takes off, ending up at a singles bar where she picks up a young man. At his apartment she changes her mind and calls Steven to take her home. Blake apologizes to Krystle for his angry explosion. Michael, the chauffeur, tells Fallon he has learned that Krystle pawned a $40,000 necklace. Intrigued, Fallon asks Krystle if she may borrow the necklace and is confused when her stepmother produces a fake copy. Claudia confronts Krystle about her affair with Matthew and then follows Steven to his mountain cabin, where the two make love.
"009"~Original Air Date: March 09, 1981
Steven tells Blake he is moving out of the house. He has enrolled at the university to study business administration, and will come to work for Denver-Carrington. Krystle tells Matthew that Claudia knows about their affair. Michael tells Blake about Steven's involvement with Claudia. Jeff returns from Europe and tells Fallon he wants to move away. An unhappy Fallon runs to ex-lover Michael for comfort. Shortly thereafter, Michael is attacked. Fallon knows her father has orchestrated the beating. Matthew plans to take a reluctant Claudia on a second honeymoon. Lindsay follows her mother to Steven's apartment and sees the two of them together. .
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"010"~Original Air Date: March 16, 1981
Michael tells Blake that Krystle pawned her emerald necklace and gave the money to Matthew Blaisdel. Jeff learns that Blake blocked his much-wanted transfer to New Orleans and that Fallon married him only to help out her father. At a birthday party for Cecil Colby, a distraught Jeff gets drunk with his uncle's girlfriend and throws a scene. Fallon tells Krystle she knows about the necklace, and then asks Matthew to take Krystle off her father's hands. When Matthew repays Krystle, she attempts to buy the necklace back--but finds it has been sold to a South American gentleman. Steven's former lover Ted arrives in town.
"011"~Original Air Date: March 23, 1981
Fallon chastises Jeff for embarrassing his uncle at the birthday dinner. Steven tells Claudia he spent the night with Ted . Krystle learns that it was Blake who bought her necklace from the pawn shop. Ted tells Claudia he is prepared to fight her for Steven. No longer able to deal with Blake's changing moods, Krystle leaves him. Steven leaves Ted a note saying goodbye and heads for the mansion to retrieve the rest of his belongings. Ted follows him and Blake catches the two in a goodbye embrace. Furious, Blake strikes Ted, who falls and hits his head against a table. As Fallon looks on.
"012"~Original Air Date: March 30, 1981
Blake is taken into police custody after causing the death of Steven's lover, Ted Dinard. Krystle, who had left her husband, returns to stand by him during the ordeal. While in court, Blake learns an important board meeting has been purposely called in his absence and he sends Krystle to take his place.. At the trial, prosecutor Jake Dunham pushes for a murder conviction. Blake's attorney, Andrew Laird, argues the death was accidental. Fallon takes the stand and maintains that Ted tripped, hitting his head. Steven testifies, admitting to his affair with Ted and shocking the courtroom by accusing his sister of lying.
"013"~Original Air Date: April 06, 1981
Fallon accosts Steven for his damning testimony against Blake, whose attorney attempts to prove the death of Ted Dinard was an accident. Against Blake's wishes, Claudia is called to the stand and tearfully testifies she and Steven had an affair. When her husband Matthew hears her statement he physically attacks Blake in the courtroom, threatening to kill him for putting Claudia through this ordeal. Matthew is summarily removed and jailed. In his cell, he learns a distraught Claudia and daughter Lindsay have been involved in a serious automobile accident. Blake takes the stand and insists he loves his son and Ted's death was accidental. The prosecution dramatically calls a surprise witness to the stand, Blake's first wife.
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