Blake Carrington, CEO of Carrington Atlantic conglomerate, has decided to marry his public relations employee, Cristal Flores, after only a few months of dating. This causes friction with his daughter, the ambitious Fallon, who expects to inherit the company from her father. She concocts a plan to break up the wedding with the help of the family chauffeur, Michael Culhane, and business rival Jeff Colby, but this only leads to the fast-track of the wedding and Cristal's promotion as COO. On the other hand, Blake's son, Steven, is indifferent to the issue, since he has been effectively disinherited because of his sexual orientation and support for progressive causes. He strikes a relationship with Sam "Sammy Jo" Jones, who is revealed to be Cristal's nephew.
Meanwhile, Cristal is hiding a secret that the house majordomo, Joseph Anders, knows about, and decides to break things off with her lover, Matthew Blaisdel, a longtime engineer at Carrington Atlantic. When Matthew is killed in a freak accident, his wife, Claudia, puts the blame on Blake.
Tropes
- Affectionate Pickpocket: Sam steals Steven's money after sleeping with him.
- Altar the Speed: Blake and Cristal move up their wedding date so it occurs right after their engagement party.
- Antagonistic Offspring: Fallon consciously becomes Blake's business rival by starting Carrington Windbriar with Jeff.
- Black Sheep:
- Steven is the black sheep of the house because of his sexuality and support for progressive causes like environmentalism, in the face of a father who is firmly in the predominantly white upper class of the Deep South.
- Sam claims that Cristal is the black sheep of their family.
- Cure Your Gays: Blake once tried to make Steven straight by bringing his hot girlfriends to the house.
- Heteronormative Crusader: Part of the reason why Steven is a black sheep is because his father did not approve his sexuality.
- The Jeeves: Joseph Anders, who claims to "know everything", and hints at Cristal that he knows about her past.
- Missing Mom: Fallon and Steven's mother left some while ago, and this was what drove Fallon's assertiveness and rejection of any stepmother, as she wants to become the "mom" of the house.
- Mistaken for Servant: Jeff mistakes Michael to be a Carrington servant.
- The Mistress: Cristal is/was dating Matthew, who is already married.
- Retirony: Matthew is killed during what should have been his last day on the job.
- Sleeping with the Boss:
- Cristal, who marries her boss Blake.
- Michael, the chauffeur, is having an affair with Fallon.
- Take That!: When Fallon compares her father to business execs like Charles Koch, Rupert Murdoch and "the President dad voted", Steven comments that they are all evil men.
