Dynasty Chronology Project / Character Biographies

[Jason!]

Russ and I started this at another site, and never really made any progress. The first part is mostly speculation based upon events from the series (Dynasty, The Colbys, and The Reunion), The Authorized Biography of the Carringtons, and other licensed materials. No fan fiction here, though it may be incorporated later. Occasionally, compromises had to be made due to continuity errors by the producers and writers. Feel free to contribute.

1584
The Colbys come to America from Scotland.

Note: I'll have to look it up but Frankie refers to Jason's Scottish background in an episode; she may have been referring to his mother. However, the surname Colby is English.

The Biography says the Colbys have been in America for almost 400 years -- and 400 years past the publication date is 1584. British colonization of America: St. John's, Newfoundland, claimed by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583; the Roanoke Colony, founded in 1585 and 1587; and the Jamestown Settlement, in 1607.

1812
The Colbys “undertake empire building (manufacturing) early in the War of 1812 and hasn’t stopped yet.

1896
Thomas “Tom” Fitzsimmons is born in Pennsylvania.

1897
Andrew Colby is born in California.

1920
Henry “Hutch” Corrigan is born.

1923
Constance “Connie” Colby is born.

1925
Blake Alexander Carrington is born to Tom & Ellen Carrington in Pennsylvania.

Buckley “Buck” Fallmont is born to Clayburn Fallmont.

1928
Cecil Baldwin Colby is born in March to Andrew Colby in California.

Sam Dexter is born to Farnsworth Dexter in Wyoming.

1930
Benjamin “Ben” Carrington is born to Tom & Ellen Carrington in Pennsylvania.

Galen is born in Moldavia.

1931
Daniel Reece is born.

1932
Joseph Arlington Anders is born.

Alicia Rowan is born.

Andrew Laird is born.

Emily Fallmont is born.

1933
Zach Powers is born.

1936
Jason Colby is born to Andrew Colby in California.

1937
Alexis Marissa Morell is born to Steven Alexander and Fallon Morell in Marsham (?) England.

NOTE: Another one I have to look up, but Alexis mentions her hometown in the episode where she and Dex marry.

Melissa Saunders is born.

Roger Grimes is born.

1939
Francesca Scott is born.

Philip Colby is born to Andrew Colby in California.

1940
Garrett Boydston is born.

Blake Carrington takes a job as a soda jerk at Annie’s Eats.

1941
Iris Grant is born outside Dayton, Ohio.

The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; America enters the second World War.

1942
Blake Carrington enters the service.

1943
Millie Cox (Dominique Deveraux) is born, the product of an affair between Tom Carrington and Laura Matthews; the child is given the surname Cox.

Nick Toscani is born.

1944
Farnsworth Dexter II is born to Sam Dexter in Wyoming.

Cassandra “Caress” Morell is born to Steven Alexander and Fallon Morell.

1945
ColbyCo Oil is a national fixture.

Sabella Scott is born.

Blake Carrington returns from World War II, goes to Denver and invests in oil (wildcatting by day and attending the Colorado School of Mines by night).

[Jason!]

1947
Samuel “Mark” Howard Jennings is born in Ohio.

Ashley Mitchell is born.

1948
Krystle Grant is born outside Dayton, Ohio.

Past 1948
Krystle’s father dies, leaving barely $200.

1949
Matthew Thomas Blaisdel is born in Wyoming.

Early 1950’s
Joseph Anders and Alicia Rowan marry two weeks after they meet.

1950
Blake Carrington graduates the Colorado School of Mines.

Cash Cassidy is born.

1952
Claudia Mary Barrows/Johnson is born.

Sean Rowan is born to Joseph & Alicia Anders.

Adrienne Cassidy is born.

Theodore “Ted” Franklin Dinard is born.

Prior to 1953
Buck and Emily Fallmont marry.

1953
Peter DeVilbis is born.

Bartley Fallmont is born to Buck & Emily Fallmont.

1954
Blake Carrington’s first oil well comes in.

Blake becomes friends with Cecil Colby.

Cecil Colby introduces Blake Carrington to Alexis Morell just one week after her 17th birthday.

Jason Colby meets Sabella Scott.

Caress Morell comes to Denver for her sister’s wedding.

Ellen Carrington breaks her leg and becomes an invalid.

Ben Carrington has an affair with Emily Fallmont.

A fire in the Carrington home kills Ellen Carrington; Tom Carrington blames Ben Carrington.

Alexis and Caress Morell shop in Chicago.

Blake Carrington and Alexis Morell elope.

Michael Culhane is born.

Mid 1950s
Krystle spends her summers on a ranch.

1955
Adam Alexander Carrington is born to Blake & Alexis Carrington in Denver.

1956
Blake Carrington saves Alexis, Adam and Joseph when the Carrington home burns.

Fallon Marissa Carrington is born to Blake & Alexis Carrington in Denver; she is baptized by Reverend Carlton.

Jason Colby has an affair with Francesca Scott.

Shortly before his first birthday, Adam is kidnapped by Kate Torance.

Tom Carrington visits Millie Cox.

Philip Colby marries Francesca Scott.

Clayburn “Clay” Fallmont is born.

1957
Jeffery “Jeff” Broderick Colby is born, the product of an affair between Jason Colby and Francesca Scott; baptized by Reverend Carlton.

Victoria Anders is born to Joseph & Alicia Anders.

1958
Steven Daniel Carrington is born on June 7 to Blake & Alexis Carrington in Denver; Blake is in a board meeting.

Dana Bethany Waring is born in Montana.

Nicole Simpson is born.

1959
Denver-Carrington is founded.

Prince Michael is born in Moldavia.

Luke Fuller is born.

Kolya Rostov is born in Moscow.

Early 1960s
Iris Grant marries Frank Dean.

1961
Blake and Alexis are together in the South of France.

Sable Colby is raped.

1962
Kirby Alicia Anders is born.

Twins Monica Scott and Miles Andrew are born in California; Monica is born first, an easy delivery; Miles is second, a more difficult delivery.

Arthur Cates becomes Sable Colby’s attorney.

1963
Steven Carrington suffers pneumonia.

Fallon kills Roger Grimes.
Iris Grant has an affair with Daniel Reece.

Virginia Methany is born in Dayton, Ohio.

Channing Carter is born.

Arnold McBride is born.

Alexis leaves Denver.

1964
Samantha Josephine is born, the product of an affair between Iris Grant and Daniel Reece.

Amanda Kimberly Carrington is born.

Alicia Rowan has an affair and murders her lover; she is institutionalized in North Dakota.

Elena, duchess of Branagh is born.

Prior to 1965
Millie Cox becomes a successful nightclub owner and entertainer, and changes her name to Dominique Deveraux.

1965
Bliss Colby is born to Jason and Sable Colby in California.

Dominique Deveraux meets Garrett Boydston.

1966
Jacqueline Deveraux is born, the product of an affair between Dominique Deveraux and Garrett Boydston.

1968
Claudia Barrows/Johnson meets Matthew Blaisdel.

Matthew Blaisdel enrolls in the Colorado School of Mines.

Lindsay Blaisdel is born to Matthew and Claudia Blaisdel on July 6.

1969
Fritz Heath comes to work for Cecil Colby at ColbyCo.

1971
Jeanette Robbins comes to work for the Carringtons.

Matthew Blaisdel graduates the Colorado School of Mines.

1972
Kirby Anders realizes she is in love with Jeff Colby.

1973
Dana Waring aborts Michael Torance’s child.

Michael Torance graduates high school.

Virginia Methany suffers pneumonia.

Fallon graduates Miss Porter’s.

1974
Jeff spends the summer with the Colby family in California, the last time he sees Jason Colby until he is an adult.

Monica Colby develops a crush on her cousin Jeff.

1975
While visiting California with Cecil, Jeff falls in love with Ashley Mitchell.

Dominique Deveraux marries Brady Lloyd.

Melissa Carrington leaves Ben Carrington fleeing to Canada with daughter Leslie.

1977
Fallon graduates Vassar.

Jeff graduates.

1978
Early 1978, Claudia Blaisdel has her first breakdown; she is hospitalized at High Meadows Hospital.

Scott Colby is born, the product of an affair between Monica Colby and Cash Cassidy.

Dex Dexter meets Harry Thresher.

Jeff Colby sees Kirby Anders.

Krystle Grant becomes a secretary for Denver-Carrington on May 2.

Krystle Grant and Matthew Blaisdel go to dinner and movies on May 13.

Krystle Grant and Matthew Blaisdel make love for the first time on June 15. Their affair lasts almost 2 years.

The first Carousel Ball is held in Denver.

1979
Matthew Blaisdel accepts a job overseas to pay for Claudia’s increasing hospital bills.

Mother Blaisdel takes in Lindsay to raise for Matthew.

Steven Carrington graduates Princeton.

Steven and Ted Dinard move into a walkup apartment in Greenwich Village.

Luke Fuller marries Karen.

Cecil and Jeff Colby meet Lady Ashley Mitchell in Switzerland.

Dex Dexter meets (Ginger) Virginia Methany in a bar near Sam Dexter’s office.

1980
Fallon Carrington meets Kirby Anders in Paris.

Caress Morell comes to Caracas.

Blake Carrington meets Ashley Mitchell in Vienna.

Claudia Blaisdel is released as an outpatient in March. She takes a job as a waitress.

Blake Carrington discovers Steven’s lifestyle.

Steven Carrington leaves Ted Dinard, returns to Denver for his father’s wedding.

Prior to 1980
Alexis Carrington encounters Peter DeVilbis in Mirabella, St. Moritz, and Monaco.

[Jason!]

From here out, data is just by seasons and, unfortunately, not chronological.

1980-1981
Krystle Grant becomes Blake Carrington’s personal secretary.

Blake Carrington and Krystle Grant marry for the first time in Denver on May 24; they honeymoon for one month visiting Hawaii, Tahiti, and Samoa.

Ted Dinard dies when Blake Carrington pushes him in an altercation.

Blake Carrington goes on trial for Ted Dinard’s murder.

Blake Carrington rapes his new wife, Krystle.

Jeff Colby and Fallon Carrington marry in Las Vegas.

Ted Dinard comes to Denver.

Claudia Blaisdel and Steven Carrington have an affair.

Michael Culhane and Fallon Carrington have an affair.

Neil Kittridge comes to work for Dominique Deveraux in Los Angeles.

Tanner McBride’s brother dies.

1981-1982
Alexis Carrington returns to Denver.

Lindsay Blaisdel

Sammy Jo Dean comes to stay with her Aunt Krystle.

Steven Carrington and Sammy Jo Dean marry in Reno.

Claudia Blaisdel attempts suicide.

Ted Dinard’s funeral (with Steven and Fallon Carrington in attendance).

Krystle Carrington has a miscarriage after falling from a horse when Alexis fired her gun.

Jeff Colby has a brief affair with Claudia Blaisdel.

Alexis Carrington and Cecil Colby resume their affair.

Dr. Nick Toscani pursues Krystle Carrington while treating her for depression.

Fallon Colby has an affair with Dr. Nick Toscani.

Blake is blinded by thugs.

Blake Carrington [Jeffrey] Colby is born to Jeff & Fallon Colby in Denver.

Steven Carrington leaves Denver.

Sammy Jo Carrington leaves Denver.

Michael Culhane leaves Denver.

Walter Lankershim leaves Denver.

Matthew Blaisdel and Lindsay leave Denver.

Lindsay Blaisdel is killed in an auto accident in Peru.

Alexis Carrington moves into her old studio on the Carrington grounds.

Claudia Blaisdel goes to work at Denver-Carrington.

Steven Carrington goes to work for Matthew Blaisdel.

Blake Carrington is revealed to be Fallon’s father.

1982-1983
Cecil Colby dies of a heart attack.

Nick Toscani leaves Denver.

Kate Torance dies in Billings, Montana.

Michael Torance learns he is really Adam Carrington.

Adam Carrington returns to Denver.

Alexis Carrington Colby moves into a penthouse.

Fallon Carrington takes over La Mirada hotel, renames it La Mirage.

Mark Jennings comes to Denver.

Blake and Krystle Carrington learn their marriage is invalid.

Cecil Colby marries Alexis Carrington.

Cecil Colby’s will is read.

LB Colby is kidnapped.

Alexis Carrington Colby inherits ColbyCo Oil.

LB Colby is rescued.

Claudia Blaisdel suffers a relapse, committed to Hackley Morris.

Adam Carrington rapes Kirby Anders.

Adam Carrington poisons Jeff Colby.

Steven is meomorialized (Claudia Blaisdel in attendance).

Adam Carrington and Fallon Carrington have a near-miss.

Mark Jennings and Alexis Colbyhave an affair.

Mark Jennings and Fallon Colby have an affair.

Frank Dean comes back to Denver.

Cathy Curtis is born in Wyoming.

Steven Daniel Carrington Jr. “Danny” is born in Hollywood California.

Kirby Anders returns to Denver shortly before Christmas.

Sammy Jo returns to Denver and dumps Danny on Blake and Krystle.

Blake Carrington hires psychic Justin Dehner to locate Steven.

1983-1984
Neal McVane kills Mark Jennings and frames Alexis for murder.

Blake Carrington sues his son Steven for custody of Steven’s son Danny.

Mark Jennings tries to rape Krytle.

Allegree is kidnapped.

Jeff Colby and Kriby Anders marry in Reno.

Steven Carrington and Claudia Blaisdel marry in Reno.

Claudia Blaisdel is released.

Sam Dexter suffers a heart attack.

Dex Dexter arrives in Denver.

Joseph Anders commits suicide.

Kriby Anders has a miscarriage.

Sammy Jo Carrington returns.

Fallon Carrington disappears.

Dominique Deveraux arrives in Denver.

Kirby Anders leaves Denver.

Peter DeVilbis and Fallon Carrington become “engaged”.

Tracy Kendall

Blake Carrington and Krystle Jennings remarry.

Tom Carrington retires to Telebetum, Sumatra.

1984-1985
Luke Fuller’s marriage ends in divorce.

Krystina Emma Carrington is born December 5 at 8:10 pm.

Fallon Carrington disappears and is presumed dead.

Dex Dexter and Alexis Colby marry in London.

Jeff Colby and Nicole DeVilbis “marry” in Bolivia.

Michael of Moldavia and Amanda Carrington marry in Moldavia.

Funeral for Fallon Carrington.

Sammy Jo meets Rita Leslie.

Steven Carrington has an affair with Luke Fuller.

Claudia Carrington has an affair with Dean Caldwell.

Claudia Carrington has an affair with Adam Carrington.

Jeff Colby has an affair with Ashley Mitchell.

Daniel Reece and Krystle Carrington form a partnership.

Ashley Mitchell is hired by World Finance magazine to do a photoshoot of Blake Carrington.

Ashley Mitchell comes to Denver.

Daniel Reece comes to Denver.

Alexis Colby is tried for the murder of Mark Jennings.

Amanda Bedford comes to Denver.

Alexis renews her relationship with King Galen of Moldavia.

Doctors tell Jason Colby he is dying.

Dominique Deveraux and Brady Lloyd divorce.

Tom Carrington dies in Sumatra.

Rashid Ahmed is killed by Turkey Police in Istanbul.

Daniel Reece is killed by commandos in the East.

Fallon Carrington resurfaces in Los Angeles suffering from amnesia.

Revolutionaries in Moldavia overthrow the monarchy.

Between 1981 and 1986
Leslie Carrington meets Michael Culhane.

1985-1986
Alexis Colby finds Ben Carrington in Yaralula, Australia and brings him back to Denver.

Caress Morell pens her book, Sister Dearest.

Jason Colby learns he is not dying.

Pipeline deal between Denver-Carrington and Colby Enterprises.

Blake vs. Ben over Tom Carrington’s will.

Lady Ashley Mitchell dies in Moldavia.

Luke Fuller dies in Moldavia.

Joel Abrigore dies in a car crash.

Rita Leslie dies in a car crash.

Walter Lankershim dies and leaves his oil well to Claudia Carrington.

Claudia Carrington accidentally sets fire to La Mirage and perishes.

Unknown attacker kills Mahoney with a hammer.

Captain Lavidas is strangled with a rope.

Krystle Carrington is kidnapped by Joel Abrigore and replaced with her double, Rita Leslie.

Adam Carrington and Claudia Blaisdel are married in San Francisco.

Mile Colby and Fallon Carrington are married in Lake Tahoe.

Roger Langdon and Francesca Scott are married in London.

Fallon Carrington regains her memory.

Miles Colby rapes Fallon Carrington.

Jeff Colby and Fallon Carrington are remarried at the Colby Mansion in Los Angeles.

Constance Colby leaves Los Angeles with Hutch Corrigan.

Jeff Colby discovers Jason Colby is his father and not Jason’s brother Philip.

Funeral for Luke Fuller.

Monica Colby goes to work for Dominique Deveaux.

Garret Boydston and Dominque Deveraux renew their relationship.

Amanda Carrington and Michael divorce.

Amanda Carrington has affairs with Dex Dexter and Clay Fallmont.

Jason Colby and Sable Scott divorce.

Garrett Boydston and Dominique Deveraux divorce.

Jacqueline Deveraux discovers Garrett Boydston is her real father.

Monica Colby has an affair with Neil Kittridge.

Bliss Colby has affairs with Sean and Spiros.

1986-1987
Melissa Saunders dies one month before Leslie shows up in Denver.

Emily Fallmont dies after being hit by a car.

Constance Colby and Hutch Corrigan die in a plane crash in India.

Sarah Curtis kidnaps Krystina Carrington.

Sable Colby kidnaps Scott Cassidy.

Fallon Colby is abducted by “aliens”.

Scott Colby learns Monica Colby is his mother.

Philip Colby kidnaps Francesca Colby.

Adam Carrington and Dana Waring marry.

Blake Carrington is accused of arson.

Alexis Colby buys the Denver Mirror newspaper.

Monica Colby has an affair with Cash Cassidy.

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Bliss Colby and Kolya become engaged.

Kolya Rostov defects.

Amanda Carrington has an affair with Michael Culhane.

Clay Fallmont and Sammy Jo Reece marry.

Constance Colby is memorialized.

Jason Colby and Francesca Colby’s wedding is interrupted by Philip Colby’s return.

Michael Culhane returns to Denver and saves Amanda Carrington from the La Mirage fire.

Clay Fallmont has an affair with Leslie Carrington.

Buck Fallmont reveals Clay is really Ben’s son.

Ben Carrington reforms.

Leslie Carrington comes to Denver and reconciles with her father.

Lauren Constance Colby is born to Jeff and Fallon Colby in Los Angeles.

Matthew Blaisdel returns to Denver and takes the Carrington family hostage.

Boyd Curtis and daughter Cathy die in an automobile accident.

Krystina Carrington needs a heart transplant; Cathy Curtis’ heart is donated.

Nick Kimball proposes to Dominique Deveraux.

Neal McVane is released from prison.

Neal McVane tells Adam Carrington he is really Michael Torance.

Ben Carrington forces himself on Alexis Colby.

Blake Carrington and Alexis Colby adopt Adam Carrington.

Amanda Carrington leaves Denver and returns to London.

Sarah Curtis attempts suicide.

Clay Fallmont leaves Denver.

Sean Rowan comes to Denver.

Dominique Deveraux and Garret Boydston call off their wedding.

Dominique Deveraux sells her hotel and record company to Zach Powers.

1987-1988
Jeff Colby and Fallon Carrington divorce.

Alexis Colby tells Jason Colby Miles and Monica are not his children.

Blake Carrington runs for governor of Colorado.

Alexis Colby runs for governor of Colorado.

Adam and Dana Carrington honeymoon in Hawaii.

Jim Rayford becomes governor of Colorado.

Blake Carrington gives control of Denver-Carrington to his children Adam, Fallon, & Steven.

Adam and Dana Carrington sue the Atkinsons for custody of Adams’s son.

Sean Rowan kidnaps Adam Carrington’s newborn son.

Sean Rowan and Alexis Colby marry in Denver.

Dex Dexter has an affair with Leslie Carrington.

Sammy Jo Reece has an affair with Josh Harris.

Jeff Colby has an affair with Leslie Carrington.

Sean Rowan has an affair with Leslie Carrington.

Josh Harris dies of an overdose.

Sean Rowan kills Harry Thresher.

Sean Rowan attempts to murder Blake Carrington and Alexis Colby.

Sean Rowan “dies” in a tanker explosion in Natumbe, West Africa.

Adam Carrington discovers he is a true Carrington.

1988-1989
Dex Dexter kills Sean Rowan.

Elsworth Chisholm is murdered.

Blake Carrington kills Captain Handler.

Adam sues for custody.

Dana Waring leaves Adam Carrington.

Blake and Krystle renew their wedding vows.

Sable Colby comes to Denver.

Monica Colby comes to Denver.

Fallon Carrington has an affair with John Zorelli.

Adam Carrington has an affair with Virginia Methany.

Virginia Methany comes to Denver.

Adam Carrington has an affair with Joanna.

Dex Dexter has an affair with Sable Colby.

Jeff Colby proposes to Sammy Jo Reece.

Sable Colby becomes pregnant.

Alexis hires Cray Boyd.

Alexis Carrington and Dex Dexter fall from the balcony of the Carlton Hotel.

Krystle slips into a coma.

As per her living will, Krystle divorces Blake Carrington.

Between 1989-1991
Buck Fallmont dies.

Dex Dexter doesn’t “fare that well”.

Krystle awakens from her coma and is programmed to kill Blake.

Blake Carrington sent to prison.

Jeff Colby works on an appeal.

Jeff Colby and Fallon Carrington remarry.

Jeff and Fallon Colby move to California.

Fallon is given custody of her younger sister Krystina.

Adam Carrington begins working for the Consortium.

Denver-Carrington is the first of three (ColbyCo & Colby Enterprises) to fall to the Consortium.

Fallon Carrington has an affair with John Zorelli.

Fallon Carrington has an affair with Miles Colby.

Sammy Jo Reece loses her father’s fortune, and returns to modeling.

Steven Carrington moves in with Bart Fallmont in Washington.

The Reunion
Blake Carrington is paroled.

Krystle Carrington escapes her captors and returns to Denver.

The Carrington mansion is auctioned.

Blake Carrington vs. the Consortium.

Jeff Colby is kidnapped by the Consortium; he is rescued by Miles Colby, Adam Carrington, and Kirby Anders.

Sammy Jo Reece has an affair with Arlen Marshall.

Blake Carrington regains Denver-Carrington and the mansion.

Jeff and Fallon Colby sign divorce papers.

Miles Colby proposes to Fallon Carrington.

Adam Carrington is reunited with Kirby Anders.

The Carringtons reunite in Denver.

Alexis Colby purchases Fashion Fury.

Adam Carrington proposes to Kirby Anders.

Blake, Krystle, and Alexis call a truce.

[SnarkyOracle!]

I remember doing something very much like this circa 1987; I've still got it someplace.

[Jason!]

Dig it out and contribute!

Andy Koenig gave me her version a few weeks ago, I'll add hers to it.

[SnarkyOracle!]

Dig it out and contribute!

Andy Koenig gave me her version a few weeks ago, I'll add hers to it.

Yours is even better, but mine was fairly elaborate. I just dont know where it's buried (perhaps in that Delta Rho lake).

[FSJD]

Thanks Jason, All that info is very Intresting

[Sabella Scott]

waouw, great job!!!

But (yes, a "but"), as a fan of Sabe I couldn't let this pass...

You said that she was born in 1945 (4 years after Francesca), that she meet Jason in 1954 (so, she was 9 or 10) she was raped in 1961.... (that make her 15-16).... But if I remember correctly she said she "wasn't even twenty" when it happened....
OK, 15 or 16 isn't even twenty but don't you think that was far too young for a bride at this time?????

And (don't ask the episode) in the Colbys she said she married Jason at 17 or 18.... (with 28 ou 29 years of mariage, that would make her 46 and better in timeline?!)

[SnarkyOracle!]

I think this thread proves that DYNASTY was the best idea for a television show in the history of the medium.

waouw, great job!!!

But (yes, a "but"), as a fan of Sabe I couldn't let this pass...

You said that she was born in 1945 (4 years after Francesca), that she meet Jason in 1954 (so, she was 9 or 10) she was raped in 1961.... (that make her 15-16).... But if I remember correctly she said she "wasn't even twenty" when it happened....
OK, 15 or 16 isn't even twenty but don't you think that was far too young for a bride at this time?????

And (don't ask the episode) in the Colbys she said she married Jason at 17 or 18.... (with 28 ou 29 years of mariage, that would make her 46 and better in timeline?!)

But like Jason! has said, adjustments and compromises in time had to be made to accommodate the numerous changes in backstory and continuity goofs the show experienced during its run.

[Jason!]

I think this thread proves that DYNASTY was the best idea for a television show in the history of the medium.



But like Jason! has said, adjustments and compromises in time had to be made to accommodate the numerous changes in backstory and continuity goofs the show experienced during its run.

Thanks Marky.

It's not perfect people. And I did say you're free to contribute. Think of it as a group project. I have things I haven't even stuck in there. But remember the switching dates for when Alexis left, when Fallon killed Roger, when Roger died, didn't die. And the key word in the preface was "speculation". I'm open to your interpretation, so please, post your chronology of events.

Ah! I knew I would stir up controversy!

[Sabella Scott]

I think this thread proves that DYNASTY was the best idea for a television show in the history of the medium.



But like Jason! has said, adjustments and compromises in time had to be made to accommodate the numerous changes in backstory and continuity goofs the show experienced during its run.

OK, I can't beat this.... you're completely right, they had to correct some errors by "little lies and mistakes".... It's just that , and I talk just about Sable's case, I don't think they ever said how many years were between her and Francesca... so maybe we can think she was born in 47 or 48.....

Anyway, I wouldn't want to be the one who destroys Jason!'s work here.... it is great!!!

[Jason!]

LOL, no problem. It's not destroying anything! I only posted to get the help and cooperation and opinions of other posters (get off your ass Marky and find that "more elaborate" timeline) -- a group project!

I'm sick of the story of how the Pollocks kept this wonderful bible season to season and knew the story frontwards and backwards. That's bullshit. If they did this, seems there wouldn't have been so many continuity errors.

There has to be some fibbing to make everything work. We can always change things.

By the way, didn't Alexis just turn 16 when Blake married her?

One more thing, I have the Dynasty Family Tree a fan made and had posted at Stian's site years ago. It's HUGE. I'm still trying to figure out how to post it.

[SnarkyOracle!]

LOL, no problem. It's not destroying anything! I only posted to get the help and cooperation and opinions of other posters (get off your ass Marky and find that "more elaborate" timeline) -- a group project!

No, no-- it wasn't more elaborate than yours!

I'm sick of the story of how the Pollocks kept this wonderful bible season to season and knew the story frontwards and backwards. That's bullshit. If they did this, seems there wouldn't have been so many continuity errors.

Sad, but so totally true.

I mean, I realize that such a bible doesn't always prevent goofs, but, as I've said numerous times before, the script would sometimes contradict in the same scene!!

It's funny, with all of Esther Shapiro's fibbing, retroactive and current, she often described what they should have been doing with the show, but rarely were.

I mean, why couldn't they have actually done these wonderful things they always gave little more than lip-service to? Sure, it takes time and attention, but since you have to physically make the show anyway, it's got to be a tad easier to do so if you remain engaged with your own product.

Unless you think like a pimp. And the brass just seemed to Fight Against Nature at every turn.

There has to be some fibbing to make everything work. We can always change things.(...)

And that's how to explain away raging contradictions in plot and time that cant be cleverly reconciled (like Pauslen effectively explaining away Krystle's Stepford personality since Season 3 in the first episode of Season 9: "she hasn't been herself for years!" regarding the brain injury). Just say somebody lied--- on a show like DYNASTY that's got to be believable! Alexis or the DA lied about Roger's death in prison nearly 20 years after he got dumped in that lake; Blake lied about his mother dying at age four "to protect" his children a la the lies about Adam never existing; etc...

[Jason!]

I think this thread proves that DYNASTY was the best idea for a television show in the history of the medium.

I think this is what confuses a lot of people. It started out with great promise, but TPTB became as greedy as the Carringtons, and the show suffered. Pointing out the show's errors, demise, resonstruction, and then total collapse is not "bashing". It's all part of a good review. Nothing is perfect. This timeline isn't perfect. As much as I love Dynasty, as much as it is a part of who I am, it's not perfect.

I've often thought about "re-creating" Dynasty. What it would be like if it were a 3-part big budget, big screen trilogy. Not just recasting ... but "editing" some of the errors.

No, no-- it wasn't more elaborate than yours!

My mistake. Still interested though.

I mean, I realize that such a bible doesn't always prevent goofs, but, as I've said numerous times before, the script would sometimes contradict in the same scene!!

LOL, yeah! Seems like if the whole thing is outlined one could refer to it from time to time. "Wait, we said it this way in season ___ and now we're doing it this way? Sure, no one's paying attention?"

It's funny, with all of Esther Shapiro's fibbing, retroactive and current, she often described what they should have been doing with the show, but rarely were.

I mean, why couldn't they have actually done these wonderful things they always gave little more than lip-service to? Sure, it takes time and attention, but since you have to physically make the show anyway, it's got to be a tad easier to do so if you remain engaged with your own product.

Shapiro has to be the best spin doctor in the business. She should go into politics! I mean, the woman can bring tears to your eyes when she wants to. For instance, read the intro to the Biography book. She talks about all these wonderful trappings of the rich, but we rarely saw them. I wanted Dynasty on a grander scale. One of the reasons I love The Colbys so much is you see the Colbys going in and out of the mansion, helicopter landing in the back yard, etc. But even then, The Colbys fail. Wouldn't you see more of Hollywood in ... well, Hollywood?

And that's how to explain away raging contradictions in plot and time that cant be cleverly reconciled (like Pauslen effectively explaining away Krystle's Stepford personality since Season 3 in the first episode of Season 9: "she hasn't been herself for years!" regarding the brain injury). Just say somebody lied--- on a show like DYNASTY that's got to be believable! Alexis or the DA lied about Roger's death in prison nearly 20 years after he got dumped in that lake; Blake lied about his mother dying at age four "to protect" his children a la the lies about Adam never existing; etc...

At least Paulsen tried to tie up a few lose ends, and give some continuity to the show. Saying the Carringtons, Colbys, and Dexters have been friends, foes, family, business partners was good.

For me, I think an Early Years could have worked as a mini-series produced during Dynasty's height. Of course, Joanie would have been barking about who would play her. Anyway, think of the mid 1950s and look at the key players of the time: Blake, Alexis, Cecil, Jason, Connie, Ben, Emily, Buck, Jason, Frankie, Philip, Sable.

Well, anyway, who's helping with this project?

[B.J. Ewing]

I love it, Jason! Great stuff! Do you still have contact with Andy Koenig? Andy should write a Dynasty episode guide, just like The Colbys. I love that Colbys episode guide!

[Jason!]

I've not talked to her in a while. She sent me her timeline, and we pretty much agree on things, but I'll incorporate what I don't have that she does.

She also sent this huge alphabetical list of facts -- it's amazing!

I did ask her about the episode guide and she said, "Unfortunately I never wrote an episode guide for Dyasty. Some people asked me to do so after having read my Colbys episode guide, but as Dynasty is so huge, I had to tell them I just don't have the time to do it - at least not for the time being. It might be great fun, but when I do something, I tend to do it right and beinig a teacher takes up most of my time now, so I have only holidays and weekends for my hobbies."

[Jason!]

These are some thngs Andy had that I didn't. (She had some things for her fiction that I didn't include here. That's another ... excuse the pun ... story!) DCR has also been working on a chronology, but I don't think she'd want me to post anything here, so I won't. However, she's free -- as is anyone -- to post theirs.

1915
Designed by architect Willis Polk, the forty-eight room Georgian mansion the Carringtons will one day call home is built.

1923
Tom Carrington marries Ellen.

1933
Pablo Zacharias (to Salvador & ? in Spain).

1933
Hugh Bedford.

1938
Rosalind ............ (Bedford)

1952
Alexis is dismissed from boarding school in Switzerland. During this time she meets Jason and Cecil. She works briefly as an artist's model in Brussels, and enters the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts for one year.

1953
Cecil is cut off by his father, but gets to keep ColbyCo in Denver, which he’s run up to now.

Alexis falls in love with Prince Galen of Moldavia, but his parents won’t let him marry her.

1954
The Scotts divorce. Francesca moves with her father to L.A.

Blake marries Alexis in June.

1955
The Scott sisters meet Philip Colby.

Alexis handpicks Joesph Aynders to head the Carrington household.

The Torrance family (David, his wife Doris, and son Michael) die in a car accident.

29th September: David's mother Kate steals baby Adam Carrington from his baby stroller in a Denver park.


1956
Blake buys his mansion and relocates his family there.

Alexis has an affair with Cecil Colby.

Philip Colby marries Francesca Scott shortly before her 18th birthday.

Jason discovers that Philip embezzles money from CE. Philip must go to Vietnam.

1957
______ Patterson marries Connie.

Philip Colby is examined and states that he is sterile.

Philip is assumed dead.

Francesca leaves Bel Air

1959
The Colterton Project starts.

1960
Frankie leaves Jeff with Cecil.

1961
Jason marries Sable Scott.

Zach walks in on Sable and Jason on whose yacht he’s working and gets fired.

December: Sable is raped.

1963
Alexis and Blake stay together for 3 more months after he’s caught her with Roger.

Roger Grimes disappears.

June: Alexis leaves Denver (3 days before Steven’s 6th birthday).

Alexis & Rosalind spent some time in Switzerland.

1964
Jason calls Roger Grimes (Nazi treasure).

Frankie marries diplomat Peter Hamilton.

Andrew Colby dies.

1969
Iris Dean dies.

1976
Fallon and Jeff go out dancing for the very first time.

1977
Connie's husband dies.

Jason enters into a fight with Senator Cassidy in Washington. He takes Monica to Washington, where she gets involved with Cash.

Jason hires Garret Boyston.

Jeff and Kirby meet somewhere in Europe.

Ashley, her financé and Dominique meet in Paris.

Ashley marries the British ambassador Lord Maynard Michell.

Hugh Bedford dies.

1978
Kirby starts studying at the Sorbonne in Paris for 4 years.

1981
Zorelli starts his police career in Philadelphia.

12th November 1981: Theodore Franklin Dinard dies in Denver.

Alexis leaves Zach Powers to return to Denver to testify in Blake's hearing.

Sa, 25th September 1982: Blake Carrington [Jeffrey] Colby is born in Denver.

1983
Sean is in jail in Dublin.

Denver-Carrington celebrates its 25th anniversary.

Dex Dexter comes to Denver. Later he and Alexis form the Lex-Dex company.

1984
Peter Hamilton is killed in Beirut.

Peter de Vilbis dies in a plane crash in Seattle.

Amanda Carrington arrives in Denver.

Krystina Carrington is born three weeks before Christmas.

June 1984: Steven’s birthday, episode # 62.

Blake and Krystle marry again.

December: Dex and Alexis marry.

1985
Th 21st November 1985: Thanksgiving at The Colbys.

1986
Jeff turns out to be Jason’s son.

Sable is shot accidentally by Jason and accuses him of attempted murder.

Monica has a plain crash in the mountains.

Dana Waring begins employment at Denver-Carrington.

Dominique meets Nick Kimball.

Blake learns about Krystle’s disease.

Jesse Atkinson disappears.

1987
Alexis tells Jason about Miles and Monica not being his children. She also tells Sable about her fling with Jason. Jason cuts off Miles and Monica.

Dominique marries Nick Kimball in New York.

Sam Dexter has a heart attack.

Krystle goes to see Dr. Hampton.

Kolya Rostov & Bliss Colby marry in New York.

1988
Zorrelli starts working in Denver.

Adam starts to work as spy in May.

The Atkinsons move to Colorado Springs.

Roger Grimes' body is found in the lake at Delta Rho.

Steven Carrington hands in his resignation and leaves Denver.

Sable moves to Denver.

Blake and Krystle renew their wedding vows.

Krystle slips into a coma after brain surgery.

The pipeline is finished.

[Jason!]

1964
Blake is injured in an oil-rig explosion in Denver.

[Bedford]

Great work!
Just wondering, I don't know if someone already asked. Where did you get Amanda's middle name as Kimberly from. Which episode. I need to rewatch that one. Thanks

[Jason!]

The middle names came from Judith Moose. I don't have her book in front of me, but this is from another forum where she posted the following:

This is information I got from Spelling Entertainment (about ten years ago) while working on a research project.

Blake Alexander Carrington
Alexis Marissa Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan
Fallon Marissa Carrington Colby
Amanda Kimberly Carrington
Claudia's middle name is Mary