List of Dynasty (2017 TV series) episodes
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Dynasty is an American television series based on the 1980s prime time soap opera of the same name. Developed by Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Sallie Patrick, the first season of the new series stars Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington, Grant Show as her father Blake Carrington, Nathalie Kelley as Blake's new wife Cristal, and James Mackay as his son Steven, with Robert Christopher Riley as chauffeur Michael Culhane, Sam Adegoke as tech billionaire Jeff Colby, Rafael de la Fuente as Sam "Sammy Jo" Jones, Cristal's nephew and Steven's fiancé, and Alan Dale as Joseph Anders, the Carrington majordomo. The series later introduced Alexis Carrington (Nicollette Sheridan and Elaine Hendrix), Blake's ex-wife and the estranged mother of Steven and Fallon; Anders's daughter Kirby (Maddison Brown); Blake's third wife Cristal Jennings (Ana Brenda Contreras and Daniella Alonso); Blake and Alexis's long-missing son, Adam Carrington (Sam Underwood); Blake's half-sister Dominique Deveraux (Michael Michele), the mother of Jeff and Monica Colby (Wakeema Hollis); Fallon's husband Liam Ridley (Adam Huber); and Amanda Carrington (Eliza Bennett), Alexis's secret daughter by Blake.
The pilot was announced in September 2016,[1][2] and the reboot received a series order in May 2017.[3][4][5] Dynasty premiered on October 11, 2017, on The CW in the United States,[6] and on Netflix internationally the following day.[7] On November 8, 2017, The CW picked up the series for a full season of 22 episodes.[8] On April 2, 2018, The CW renewed the series for a second season,[9] which premiered on October 12, 2018.[10] Dynasty was renewed for a third season on January 31, 2019,[11] which premiered on October 11, 2019.[12] Dynasty was renewed for a fourth season on January 7, 2020, which premiered on May 7, 2021.[13][14][15] On February 3, 2021, ahead of its fourth season premiere, The CW renewed the series for a fifth season.[16] During the course of the series, 108 episodes of Dynasty aired, between October 11, 2017, and September 16, 2022.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | Rank | Average viewers (in millions inc. DVR) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||||
| 1 | 22 | October 11, 2017 | May 11, 2018 | 145 | 1.00[17] | |
| 2 | 22 | October 12, 2018 | May 24, 2019 | 141 | 0.80[18] | |
| 3 | 20 | October 11, 2019 | May 8, 2020 | 133 | 0.59[19] | |
| 4 | 22 | May 7, 2021 | October 1, 2021 | 161 | 0.40[20] | |
| 5 | 22 | December 20, 2021 | September 16, 2022 | 140 | 0.39[21] | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2017–18)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "I Hardly Recognized You" | Brad Silberling | Sallie Patrick & Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage | October 11, 2017 | 1.26[22] |
| 2 | 2 | "Spit It Out" | Michael A. Allowitz | Sallie Patrick | October 18, 2017 | 0.92[23] |
| 3 | 3 | "Guilt is for Insecure People" | Kellie Cyrus | Ali Adler | October 25, 2017 | 0.72[24] |
| 4 | 4 | "Private as a Circus" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Jenna Richman | November 1, 2017 | 0.74[25] |
| 5 | 5 | "Company Slut" | Cherie Nowlan | Christopher Fife | November 8, 2017 | 0.72[26] |
| 6 | 6 | "I Exist Only for Me" | Lee Rose | Kevin A. Garnett | November 15, 2017 | 0.64[27] |
| 7 | 7 | "A Taste of Your Own Medicine" | Matt Earl Beesley | Jay Gibson | November 29, 2017 | 0.64[28] |
| 8 | 8 | "The Best Things in Life" | Pascal Verschooris | Francisca X. Hu | December 6, 2017 | 0.64[29] |
| 9 | 9 | "Rotten Things" | Brad Silberling | Paula Sabbaga | December 13, 2017 | 0.69[30] |
| 10 | 10 | "A Well-Dressed Tarantula" | Kenny Leon | Adele Lim | January 17, 2018 | 0.63[31] |
| 11 | 11 | "I Answer to No Man" | Steven A. Adelson | Gladys Rodriguez | January 24, 2018 | 0.56[32] |
| 12 | 12 | "Promises You Can't Keep" | Norman Buckley | Christopher Fife & Kevin A. Garnett | January 31, 2018 | 0.65[33] |
| 13 | 13 | "Nothing but Trouble" | Matt Earl Beesley | Jenna Richman | February 7, 2018 | 0.65[34] |
| 14 | 14 | "The Gospel According to Blake Carrington" | Dawn Wilkinson | Francisca X. Hu & Paula Sabbaga | March 9, 2018 | 0.64[35] |
| 15 | 15 | "Our Turn Now" | Matt Earl Beesley | Libby Wells | March 16, 2018 | 0.60[36] |
| 16 | 16 | "Poor Little Rich Girl" | Kenny Leon | Ali Adler & Jenna Richman | March 23, 2018 | 0.63[37] |
| 17 | 17 | "Enter Alexis" | Jeff Byrd | Sallie Patrick & Christopher Fife | March 30, 2018 | 0.69[38] |
| 18 | 18 | "Don't Con a Con Artist" | Carl Seaton | Kevin A. Garnett & Paula Sabbaga | April 6, 2018 | 0.71[39] |
| 19 | 19 | "Use or Be Used" | Viet Nguyen | Jake Coburn & Jay Gibson | April 20, 2018 | 0.56[40] |
| 20 | 20 | "A Line from the Past" | Pascal Verschooris | Jenna Richman & Francisca X. Hu | April 27, 2018 | 0.68[41] |
| 21 | 21 | "Trashy Little Tramp" | Brandi Bradburn | Christopher Fife & Kevin A. Garnett | May 4, 2018 | 0.55[42] |
| 22 | 22 | "Dead Scratch" | Michael A. Allowitz | Sallie Patrick & Libby Wells | May 11, 2018 | 0.56[43] |
Season 2 (2018–19)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "Twenty-Three Skidoo" | Matt Earl Beesley | Sallie Patrick & Christopher Fife | October 12, 2018 | 0.64[44] |
| 24 | 2 | "Ship of Vipers" | Kenny Leon | Josh Reims & Jenna Richman | October 19, 2018 | 0.61[45] |
| 25 | 3 | "The Butler Did It" | Pascal Verschooris | David M. Israel & Paula Sabbaga | October 26, 2018 | 0.56[46] |
| 26 | 4 | "Snowflakes in Hell" | Mary Lou Belli | Francisca X. Hu & Audrey Villalobos Karr | November 2, 2018 | 0.55[47] |
| 27 | 5 | "Queen of Cups" | Jeff Byrd | Kevin A. Garnett & Jay Gibson | November 9, 2018 | 0.60[48] |
| 28 | 6 | "That Witch" | Tessa Blake | Josh Reims & Libby Wells | November 16, 2018 | 0.66[49] |
| 29 | 7 | "A Temporary Infestation" | Michael A. Allowitz | Jenna Richman | November 30, 2018 | 0.63[50] |
| 30 | 8 | "A Real Instinct for the Jugular" | Matt Earl Beesley | David M. Israel & Francisca X. Hu | December 7, 2018 | 0.56[51] |
| 31 | 9 | "Crazy Lady" | Melanie Mayron | Christopher Fife & Paula Sabbaga | December 21, 2018 | 0.63[52] |
| 32 | 10 | "A Champagne Mood" | Michael A. Allowitz | Josh Reims & Kevin A. Garnett | January 18, 2019 | 0.59[53] |
| 33 | 11 | "The Sight of You" | Matt Earl Beesley | David M. Israel & Aubrey Villalobos Karr | January 25, 2019 | 0.58[54] |
| 34 | 12 | "Filthy Games" | Geary McLeod | Francisca X. Hu & Libby Wells | February 1, 2019 | 0.60[55] |
| 35 | 13 | "Even Worms Can Procreate" | Viet Nguyen | Christopher Fife & Jay Gibson | February 8, 2019 | 0.61[56] |
| 36 | 14 | "Parisian Legend Has It..." | Pascal Verschooris | Sallie Patrick & Jenna Richman | March 15, 2019 | 0.47[57] |
| 37 | 15 | "Motherly Overprotectiveness" | Brandi Bradburn | David M. Israel & Paula Sabbaga | March 22, 2019 | 0.55[58] |
| 38 | 16 | "Miserably Ungrateful Men" | Jeff Byrd | Garrett Oakley & Bryce Schramm | March 29, 2019 | 0.52[59] |
| 39 | 17 | "How Two-Faced Can You Get" | Joanna Kerns | Christopher Fife & Kevin A. Garnett | April 19, 2019 | 0.55[60] |
| 40 | 18 | "Life is a Masquerade Party" | Jeff Byrd | Josh Reims & Aubrey Villalobos Karr | April 26, 2019 | 0.49[61] |
| 41 | 19 | "This Illness of Mine" | Matt Earl Beesley | Francisca X. Hu & Jay Gibson | May 3, 2019 | 0.39[62] |
| 42 | 20 | "New Lady in Town" | Elodie Keene | David M. Israel | May 10, 2019 | 0.42[63] |
| 43 | 21 | "Thicker Than Money" | Ken Fink | Jenna Richman & Kevin A. Garnett | May 17, 2019 | 0.47[64] |
| 44 | 22 | "Deception, Jealousy, and Lies" | Michael A. Allowitz | Christopher Fife & Paula Sabbaga | May 24, 2019 | 0.53[65] |
Season 3 (2019–20)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 1 | "Guilt Trip to Alaska" | Michael A. Allowitz | Josh Reims | October 11, 2019 | 0.45[66] |
| 46 | 2 | "Caution Never Won a War" | Melanie Mayron | David M. Israel | October 18, 2019 | 0.41[67] |
| 47 | 3 | "Wild Ghost Chase" | Jeff Byrd | Christopher Fife | October 25, 2019 | 0.42[68] |
| 48 | 4 | "Something Desperate" | Kenny Leon | Jenna Richman | November 1, 2019 | 0.35[69] |
| 49 | 5 | "Mother? I'm at La Mirage" | Brandi Bradburn | Liz Sczudlo | November 8, 2019 | 0.35[70] |
| 50 | 6 | "A Used Up Memory" | Matt Earl Beesley | Kevin A. Garnett | November 15, 2019 | 0.38[71] |
| 51 | 7 | "Shoot from the Hip" | Geoff Shotz | Paula Sabbaga | November 22, 2019 | 0.44[72] |
| 52 | 8 | "The Sensational Blake Carrington Trial" | Melanie Mayron | Francisca X. Hu | December 6, 2019 | 0.37[73] |
| 53 | 9 | "The Caviar, I Trust, Is Not Burned" | Jeff Byrd | Aubrey Villalobos Karr | January 17, 2020 | 0.34[74] |
| 54 | 10 | "What Sorrows Are You Drowning?" | Pascal Verschooris | Libby Wells | January 24, 2020 | 0.34[75] |
| 55 | 11 | "A Wound That May Never Heal" | Brandi Bradburn | Bryce Schramm | January 31, 2020 | 0.34[76] |
| 56 | 12 | "Battle Lines" | Matt Earl Beesley | Christopher Fife | February 7, 2020 | 0.31[77] |
| 57 | 13 | "You See Most Things in Terms of Black & White" | Heather Tom | David M. Israel | February 21, 2020 | 0.32[78] |
| 58 | 14 | "That Wicked Stepmother" | Brandi Bradburn | Garrett Oakley | February 28, 2020 | 0.34[79] |
| 59 | 15 | "Up a Tree" | Andi Behring | Jenna Richman | March 27, 2020 | 0.32[80] |
| 60 | 16 | "Is the Next Surgery on the House?" | Michael A. Allowitz | Liz Sczudlo | April 3, 2020 | 0.32[81] |
| 61 | 17 | "She Cancelled..." | Pascal Verschooris | Kevin A. Garnett | April 10, 2020 | 0.38[82] |
| 62 | 18 | "You Make Being a Priest Sound Like Something Bad" | Elodie Keene | Aubrey Villalobos Karr | April 17, 2020 | 0.30[83] |
| 63 | 19 | "Robin Hood Rescues" | Jeff Byrd | Paula Sabbaga | May 1, 2020 | 0.32[84] |
| 64 | 20 | "My Hangover's Arrived" | Gina Lamar | Francisca X. Hu | May 8, 2020 | 0.37[85] |
Season 4 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [86] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 1 | "That Unfortunate Dinner" | Michael A. Allowitz | Libby Wells | May 7, 2021 | 0.24[87] |
| 66 | 2 | "Vows Are Still Sacred" | Michael A. Allowitz | Josh Reims & Jenna Richman | May 14, 2021 | 0.25[88] |
| 67 | 3 | "The Aftermath" | Pascal Verschooris | Christopher Fife | May 21, 2021 | 0.24[89] |
| 68 | 4 | "Everybody Loves the Carringtons" | Andi Behring | David M. Israel | May 28, 2021 | 0.19[90] |
| 69 | 5 | "New Hopes, New Beginnings" | Geary McLeod | Jason Ganzel | June 4, 2021 | 0.23[91] |
| 70 | 6 | "A Little Father-Daughter Chat" | Star Barry | Aubrey Villalobos Karr | June 11, 2021 | 0.25[92] |
| 71 | 7 | "The Birthday Party" | Kenny Leon | Katrina Cabrera Ortega | June 18, 2021 | 0.28[93] |
| 72 | 8 | "Your Sick and Self-Serving Vendetta" | Melanie Mayron | Libby Wells | June 25, 2021 | 0.23[94] |
| 73 | 9 | "Equal Justice for the Rich" | Melanie Mayron | Bryce Schramm | July 2, 2021 | 0.20[95] |
| 74 | 10 | "I Hate to Spoil Your Memories" | Ayoka Chenzira | Elaine Loh | July 16, 2021 | 0.26[96] |
| 75 | 11 | "A Public Forum for Her Lies" | Jay Karas | Liz Sczudlo | July 23, 2021 | 0.25[97] |
| 76 | 12 | "Everything but Facing Reality" | Brandi Bradburn | Garrett Oakley | July 30, 2021 | 0.26[98] |
| 77 | 13 | "Go Rescue Someone Else" | Heather Tom | Josh Reims & Christopher Fife | August 6, 2021 | 0.25[99] |
| 78 | 14 | "But I Don't Need Therapy" | Brandi Bradburn | Aubrey Villalobos Karr | August 13, 2021 | 0.33[100] |
| 79 | 15 | "She Lives in a Showplace Penthouse" | Heather Tom | Katrina Cabrera Ortega | August 20, 2021 | 0.29[101] |
| 80 | 16 | "The British Are Coming" | Grant Show | David M. Israel | August 27, 2021 | 0.18[102] |
| 81 | 17 | "Stars Make You Smile" | Michael A. Allowitz | Jason Ganzel | September 3, 2021 | 0.22[103] |
| 82 | 18 | "A Good Marriage in Every Sense" | Elizabeth Gillies | Bryce Schramm | September 10, 2021 | 0.26[104] |
| 83 | 19 | "Everything Looks Wonderful, Joseph" | Brandon Lott | Libby Wells | September 17, 2021 | 0.25[105] |
| 84 | 20 | "You Vicious, Miserable Liar" | Robbie Countryman | Elaine Loh | September 24, 2021 | 0.30[106] |
| 85 | 21 | "Affairs of State and Affairs of the Heart" | Geoff Shotz | Liz Sczudlo | September 24, 2021 | 0.21[106] |
| 86 | 22 | "Filled with Manipulations and Deceptions" | Pascal Verschooris | Josh Reims & Garrett Oakley | October 1, 2021 | 0.22[107] |
Season 5 (2021–22)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [108] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 1 | "Let's Start Over Again" | Michael A. Allowitz | Christopher Fife | December 20, 2021 | 0.38[109] |
| 88 | 2 | "That Holiday Spirit" | Kenny Leon | Aubrey Villalobos Karr | December 20, 2021 | 0.31[109] |
| 89 | 3 | "How Did the Board Meeting Go?" | Pascal Verschooris | David M. Israel | March 11, 2022 | 0.25[110] |
| 90 | 4 | "Go Catch Your Horse" | Star Barry | Libby Wells | March 18, 2022 | 0.28[111] |
| 91 | 5 | "A Little Fun Wouldn't Hurt" | Andi Behring | Elaine Loh | March 25, 2022 | 0.20[112] |
| 92 | 6 | "Devoting All of Her Energy to Hate" | Brandi Bradburn | Liz Sczudlo | April 1, 2022 | 0.23[113] |
| 93 | 7 | "A Real Actress Could Do It" | Ayoka Chenzira | Bryce Schramm | April 8, 2022 | 0.28[114] |
| 94 | 8 | "The Only Thing That Counts Is Winning" | Heather Tom | Chris Erric Maddox | April 15, 2022 | 0.26[115] |
| 95 | 9 | "A Friendly Kiss Between Friends" | SM Main-Muñoz | Garrett Oakley | April 29, 2022 | 0.22[116] |
| 96 | 10 | "Mind Your Own Business" | Heather Tom | Katrina Cabrera Ortega | May 6, 2022 | 0.21[117] |
| 97 | 11 | "I'll Settle for a Prayer" | Brandi Bradburn | India Sage Wilson | May 13, 2022 | 0.20[118] |
| 98 | 12 | "There's No Need to Panic" | Robin Givens | David M. Israel | May 20, 2022 | 0.21[119] |
| 99 | 13 | "Do You Always Talk to Turtles" | Andi Behring | Malcolm Boomer & Chava Friedberg | May 27, 2022 | 0.23[120] |
| 100 | 14 | "Vicious Vendetta" | Pascal Verschooris | Josh Reims & Christopher Fife | June 3, 2022 | 0.23[121] |
| 101 | 15 | "Ben" | Brandon Lott | Bryce Schramm | June 24, 2022 | 0.25[122] |
| 102 | 16 | "My Family, My Blood" | Robbie Countryman | Elaine Loh | July 1, 2022 | 0.22[123] |
| 103 | 17 | "There's No One Around to Watch You Drown" | Grant Show | Liz Sczudlo | July 8, 2022 | 0.28[124] |
| 104 | 18 | "A Writer of Dubious Talent" | Heather Tom | Katrina Cabrera Ortega | August 5, 2022 | 0.24[125] |
| 105 | 19 | "But a Drug Scandal?" | Elizabeth Gillies | Aubrey Villalobos Karr | August 12, 2022 | 0.22[126] |
| 106 | 20 | "First Kidnapping and Now Theft" | Pat Santana | Chris Erric Maddox | September 2, 2022 | 0.18[127] |
| 107 | 21 | "More Power to Her" | Michael A. Allowitz | Libby Wells | September 9, 2022 | 0.17[128] |
| 108 | 22 | "Catch 22" | Pascal Verschooris | Josh Reims & Garrett Oakley | September 16, 2022 | 0.19[129] |
Ratings
Dynasty : U.S. viewers per episode (thousands)
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research[130]
| Season | Episode number | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| 1 | 1260 | 920 | 720 | 740 | 720 | 640 | 640 | 640 | 690 | 630 | 560 | 650 | 650 | 640 | 600 | 630 | 690 | 710 | 560 | 680 | 550 | 560 | |
| 2 | 640 | 610 | 560 | 550 | 600 | 660 | 630 | 560 | 630 | 590 | 580 | 600 | 610 | 470 | 550 | 520 | 550 | 490 | 390 | 420 | 470 | 530 | |
| 3 | 450 | 410 | 420 | 350 | 350 | 380 | 440 | 370 | 340 | 340 | 340 | 310 | 320 | 340 | 320 | 320 | 380 | 300 | 320 | 370 | – | ||
| 4 | 240 | 250 | 240 | 190 | 230 | 250 | 280 | 230 | 200 | 260 | 250 | 260 | 250 | 310 | 280 | 180 | 220 | 260 | 250 | 300 | 210 | 220 | |
| 5 | 380 | 310 | 250 | 280 | 200 | 230 | 280 | 260 | 220 | 210 | 200 | 210 | 230 | 230 | 250 | 220 | 280 | 240 | 220 | 180 | 170 | 190 | |