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The Biggest Payday is the first novel penned by Liam Ridley in the Dynasty universe. The book was written about Liam's relationship with his current fiancé, Fallon Carrington, over the course of the first two seasons. It was released under Fallon's former publishing house in the episode, "This Illness of Mine."
In the fifth season, Liam signed a deal for a film adaptation, directed by Nina Fournier.
History[]
Season 1[]
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Season 2[]
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Season 3[]
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Season 4[]
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Season 5[]
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Film Adaptation[]
Production Crew[]
- Nina Fournier (Director)
- Liam Ridley (Screenwriter)
- Michael Culhane (Producer)
- Dominique Deveraux (Wardrobe Designer)
Cast[]
- Janelle Crowley as Farrah (based on Fallon Carrington)
- Sasha Harris as Ainslie (based on Ashley Cunningham)
- Unknown as Lionel (based on Liam Ridley)
- Unknown as Cutler (based on Michael Culhane)
Trivia[]
- The Biggest Payday was written after Liam Ridley decided to scrap the manuscript about his family, entitled Life with the Van Kirks. ("Use or Be Used", "How Two-Faced Can You Get?")
- Following the success of the novel and its film adaptation, Liam wrote a children's book series, entitled Lauren's School for Ghouls.
- In the film adaptation of The Biggest Payday, the audition scene for the role of Farrah is based on Fallon's phone call to Liam where she chooses to be with Michael. ("That Witch", "A Real Actress Could Do It")
- The original actress set to play Ainslie backed out of the role for "personal reasons." This could be a nod to the respective departures of Nicollette Sheridan (Alexis Carrington) and Ana Brenda Contreras (Cristal Jennings), who initially cited "personal reasons" as the reason when exiting Dynasty. ("Mind Your Own Business")
- According to Nina Fournier, Michael kept pushing for the hottest actor to land the role of Cutler. ("I'll Settle For a Prayer")
Appearances[]
| Dynasty: Season 1 (0/22) | ||||||||||
| "I Hardly Recognized You": | "Spit It Out": | "Guilt is for Insecure People": | "Private as a Circus": | "Company Slut": | "I Exist Only For Me": | "A Taste of Your Own Medicine": | "The Best Things In Life": | "Rotten Things": | "A Well-Dressed Tarantula": | "I Answer to No Man": |
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| "Promises You Can't Keep": | "Nothing But Trouble": | "The Gospel According to Blake Carrington": | "Our Turn Now": | "Poor Little Rich Girl": | "Enter Alexis": | "Don't Con a Con Artist": | "Use or Be Used": | "A Line From the Past": | "Trashy Little Tramp": | "Dead Scratch": |
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| Dynasty: Season 2 (3/22) | ||||||||||
| "Twenty-Three Skidoo": | "Ship of Vipers": | "The Butler Did It": | "Snowflakes in Hell": | "Queen of Cups": | "That Witch": | "A Temporary Infestation": | "A Real Instinct for the Jugular": | "Crazy Lady": | "A Champagne Mood": | "The Sight of You": |
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| "Filthy Games": | "Even Worms Can Procreate": | "Parisian Legend Has It...: | "Motherly Overprotectiveness": | "Miserably Ungrateful Men": | "How Two-Faced Can You Get": | "Life is A Masquerade Party": | "This Illness of Mine": | "New Lady in Town": | "Thicker Than Money": | "Deception, Jealousy, and Lies": |
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| Dynasty: Season 4 (2/22) | ||||||||||
| "That Unfortunate Dinner": | "Vows Are Still Sacred": | "The Aftermath": | "Everybody Loves The Carringtons": | "New Hopes, New Beginnings": | "A Little Father-Daughter Chat": | "The Birthday Party": | "Your Sick and Self-Serving Vendetta": | "Equal Justice for the Rich": | "I Hate to Spoil Your Memories": | "A Public Forum for Her Lies": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "Everything But Facing Reality": | "Go Rescue Someone Else": | "But I Don't Need Therapy": | "She Lives in a Showplace Penthouse": | "The British Are Coming": | "Stars Make You Smile": | "A Good Marriage in Every Sense": | "Everything Looks Wonderful, Joseph": | "You Vicious, Miserable Liar": | "Affairs of State and Affairs of the Heart": | "Filled With Manipulations and Deceptions": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Appears |
| Dynasty: Season 5 (5/22) | ||||||||||
| "Let's Start Over Again": | "That Holiday Spirit": | "How Did The Board Meeting Go?": | "Go Catch Your Horse": | "A Little Fun Wouldn't Hurt": | "Devoting All Of Her Energy to Hate": | "A Real Actress Could Do It": | "The Only Thing That Counts Is Winning": | "A Friendly Kiss Between Friends": | "Mind Your Own Business": | "I'll Settle For a Prayer": |
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| "There's No Need to Panic": | "Do You Always Talk to Turtles": | "Vicious Vendetta": | "Ben": | "My Family, My Blood": | "There's No One Around to Watch You Drown": | "A Writer of Dubious Talent": | "But a Drug Scandal?": | "First Kidnapping and Now Theft": | "More Power to Her": | "Catch 22": |
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