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The Butler Did It
Season 02, Episode 03
Dynasty 203 Promotional (9)
Air date October 26, 2018
Written by David M. Israel & Paula Sabbaga
Directed by Pascal Verschooris
Viewers 0.56 million (560,000)[1]
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So a crazy person said something crazy to you, and you're accepting it as gospel.
Steven to Fallon about Kirby

"The Butler Did It" is the third episode of the second season and the twenty-fifth episode overall of The CW's Dynasty. It aired on October 26, 2018.

Synopsis[]

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYEFallon gets in over her head and needs Liam and Culhane's help. Kirby makes a shocking discovery that changes everything, while Blake wines and dines a new guest.

Plot Summary[]

SPOILERS AHEAD


Cristal is uncomfortable when she realizes that Blake sees her as a substitute for his deceased wife. Ada Stone blackmails Michael with the escort's testimony against Fallon. Fallon meets Liam's imperious mother Laura, hoping to win her over, but Fallon eventually eviscerates Laura over her abusive treatment of Liam. Kirby attends court-ordered counseling sessions with Dr. Nick Toscanni, who is secretly working with Alexis to find out what Kirby remembers regarding her banishment from Carrington Manor. Kirby realizes that Alexis started the fire in Fallon's room to get rid of her, and learns that Alexis and Anders had a one-night affair that led to Alexis' pregnancy. Kirby reveals the affair publicly, and Anders confirms that Steven is his biological child, devastating the Carringtons. Now that she believes her baby is no longer a Carrington heir, Melissa admits that Steven is not the father.[2]

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Trivia[]

  • Joseph Anders is the titular character of the episode.
  • This episode's title along with its synopsis, writers and directors were revealed on October 5, 2018.[3]
  • Blake has brunch with Cristal Jennings, to hear about her relationship to his late wife.[4]
  • On October 20, 2018 promotional pictures for the episode were released via SpoilerTV.[5]
  • On October 26, 2018, a few hours before the premiere of this episode, Sharon Lawrence, who plays Laura Van Kirk (Liam's mother)[6] revealed this is the episode her character debuts in.[7]
  • Katherine LaNasa who made her debut as Ada Stone this episode is the real-life wife of Grant Show.
  • The Falliam Storyline in this episode is one of Elizabeth Gillies's favourite Falliam storyline.
  • Promotional stills reveal there was a deleted scene featuring Alexis and Sam, as well as Blake and Cristal.
  • The "Dr. Toscanni" that Kirby consults is a reference to Dr. Nick Toscanni, who was a main character in the original Dynasty series.
    • The fact that a Carrington child might not be Blake's is a reference to the storyline in the original series, where it is suspected that Fallon is Cecil Colby's daughter.
  • The line George says to Fallon about tennis is a line that Krystle says to her friends in the Season 1, Episode 08: The Bordello in the original series.
  • The title of this episode comes from a line said in the original Dynasty series, first said by Alexis to Anders in the Season 3, Episode 24: The Cabin.
    • Part of the original line was used by Melissa Daniels in this episode.
  • The expression "low level vaginal climber" was inspired by writer Paula Sabbaga's mother.[8]

Quotes[]

Alexis (to Melissa): Well, every despicable human was once an innocent baby.


Alexis: Okay. I am sorry for doubting your pregnancy and for exposing your naked body to all those strangers. Now... can we host the shower?
Melissa: Well, that depends. What do you want everyone to call you from now on? "Nana Alexis" or "Meemaw" or something more classic, like "Granny"?
Alexis: Listen, you low-level vaginal climber, we can have a judge take that kid from you faster than you removed your diaphragm.
Melissa: Don't be jealous, Alexis. It's an even worse look than that suit.
Alexis: (laughs) "Jealous"?
Melissa: Well, you will be once your grandchild is the heir to the Carrington fortune and won't have to settle like you did for whatever scraps a two-bit divorce lawyer can get. But yes, you can host the shower. Steven texted me earlier.


Kirby: Do you understand what it does to a little girl to be ripped from a parent, to be shipped halfway around the world for no reason?
Alexis: No reason? (chuckles) Are you off your meds?
Kirby: We both know I didn't start that fire.
Alexis: You were always a dramatic brat.
Kirby: I was a kid, and you thought you got rid of me. You told everyone I was the problem child. Well, I'm back, bitch. And I'm your problem now.


Dr. Toscanni: Kirby is a hardheaded woman.
Alexis: Hardheaded little bitch is more like it.


Alexis: If you knew how to handle that hellion, we wouldn't have this issue, would we? I refuse to have this discussion right now, Anders. I have Melissa's thunder to steal.
Joseph: You were the one responsible for sending Kirby away.
Alexis: This is absurd.
Joseph: It makes perfect sense. You wanted her gone, so you did the most despicable...
Alexis: I did what I had to do.
Joseph: She was 12. She didn't have a clue what was going on!
Alexis: She could have exposed us then. And who knows? She could expose us now.
Joseph: We slept together once, Alexis. And to think that that's why you sent Kirby away, when you didn't even know what she heard. You set fire to Fallon's bedroom, you destroyed my daughter's life, and for what? To protect your reputation? Unless there was something else. I once asked you about this and you said no. Alexis?
Alexis: Joseph, please.
Joseph: Am I the father?
Alexis: Yes. Congratulations.


Kirby: Fallon. I'm so happy you're here.
Fallon: How's therapy treating you, babe? Seventh time's the charm?
Kirby: Oh, come on. That's no way to talk to your sister. Crazy, right? Sister? Isn't that a slap in the face? Another one.


Kirby: Liar. You're a filthy liar, Alexis, and everyone here knows it.
Alexis: I'm a liar? I'm sorry, but... (to the crowd) well, I think you should all know that the court ordered Kirby to see a therapist, and he diagnosed her as a sociopath.
Kirby: That's not true.
Alexis: He was required to report it to me because she is a threat to my daughter.
Kirby: I am not.
Alexis: Kirby, we have tried to be discreet about this, but I am going to make sure that you get the best care in a secured facility.
Kirby (to the crowd): No. I heard it. She had an affair with my father. And a child, Fallon. You have to believe me...
Joseph: Enough. (to the crowd) Kirby is telling the truth.
(The crowd gasps.)
Alexis: Anders, don't...
Joseph: She's right about the affair. But Fallon isn't my child.
Fallon: (exhales) Oh, thank God.
Joseph: Steven is.
Melissa: Okay, wait, so, my son wouldn't be a Carrington heir? I can't do this anymore. I mean, I can just see the headlines now: "The butler did it." You're not the father, Steven. My gyno is.
Steven (crying): What?

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