Ben

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Ben
Season 5, Episode 15
Air date	June 24, 2022
Written by	Bryce Schramm
Directed by	Brandon Lott
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Ben is the fifteenth episode of the fifth season, and the one hundredth and first episode overall of the drama television series, Dynasty on The CW. It airs on June 24, 2022.

Synopsis

THAT WAS THEN – When Blake's brother Ben comes back into the picture, chaos ensues affecting all the Carringtons. Fallon and Adam work together, surprisingly, and the siblings share bonding time. Sam decides to throw a huge event and enlists the help of Culhane and Kirby. Jeff asks Amanda to do some digging and she is shocked at what she finds.

Plot Summary

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Cast

Starring Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington Daniella Alonso as Cristal Carrington Elaine Hendrix as Alexis Carrington (credit only) Rafael de La Fuente as Sam Jones Sam Underwood as Adam Carrington Michael Michele as Dominique Deveraux Robert Christopher Riley as Michael Culhane Sam Adegoke as Jeff Colby Maddison Brown as Kirby Anders Adam Huber as Liam Ridley Eliza Bennett as Amanda Carrington Grant Show as Blake Carrington

Guest Starring Brett Tucker as Ben Carrington Samantha Massell as Stacey Moore Angeria Paris VanMichaels as Herself Co-Starring Byron Wigfall as Aaron John-Henry Hirozawa as Oscar Annunziata Gianzero as Martha Sara Spadacene as Chloe Jax Buresh as Young Blake Townsend Fallica as Young Ben Latoya Franklyn as Dr. Keith Joshua Quinn as Process Server

Notes and Spoilers

• Ben Carrington is the titular character of this episode.
• This episode celebrates LGBT pride.
• As part of the main cast, Elaine Hendrix is credited although she is absent from this episode,
• This episodes features a flashback to a young Blake and Ben Carrington. There is also mention of their mother and that Blake believes Ben to be responsible for her death
  • Blake explain his mother died drowned. In the original Dynasty series, she died in a fire.
  • Joseph Anders is mentioned during the flashback by Blake.
  • Thomas Carrington, the father of Blake, Dominique, and Ben, is mentioned in the episode, as well as Dominique's mother, Lo Cox. Blake is revealed to have fired Lo Cox as Thomas' secretary in order to get his lover of the time a position at Carrington Atlantic, which caused Lo to lose the Carringtons' support and fall in economic class.
  • This episode marks the 100th appearance of Michael Culhane, he had only missed on episode, You See Most Things in Terms of Black & White

Trivia

• The title of this episode is a reference to the episode of the same name of the Original Series in which Ben Carrington was formally introduced.
  • This is the third time a reboot episode is titled after an original one for the arrival of a character. The previous times were to introduce Alexis in "Enter Alexis" and Dominique in "New Lady in Town", just as they were in the Original Series.
• The episode celebrates LGBT pride with a special guest appearance by RuPaul's Drag Race season 14 contestant Angeria Paris VanMichaels.
  • Liz Gillies and Rafael de la Fuente are known to be fans of the Drag Race franchise.
  • This is the second time that the series has collaborated with a contestant from Drag Race, the first being with season 12 runner-up Gigi Goode, who designed a suit that Fallon wore in "The Only Thing That Counts Is Winning".
• This episode as many references to pop culture :
  • Sammy Jo talk about Call Me by Your Name, a movie about a gay romantic relationship.
  • He mentions West Hollywood, one of the first pro-gay municipality regions in the US.
  • Sam also mentions Tom of Finland a Finnish artist known for his stylized highly masculinized homoerotic art.
  • Sam ask Culhane to "stock the bar with enough vodka to fill the Nile," this is a reference to a line said by Gal Gadot in the 2022 movie Death on the Nile.
  • Sam quotes a line from the 2021 House of Gucci movie said by Lady Gaga.
  • When Fallon and Sam are at the dig site, Fallon is dress like the Dr. Ellie Sattler, played by Laura Dean, in the 1993 Jurassic Park movie, while Adam outfit looks like Indiana Jones (who is mentioned by Fallon).
  • Sam says his drag name is Samatha Jones, this is a reference to the character of the same name played by Kim Cattrall from the TV series and movies Sex and the City.
    • This might also be a reference to the fact that Samantha was the name of Sammy Jo in the original Dynasty series in which the character was a woman played by Heather Locklear.

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Dynasty 5x15 Promo (HD)