Vicious Vendetta

Vicious Vendetta
Season 5, Episode 14

Air date	June 3, 2022
Written by	Josh Reims & Christopher Fife
Directed by	Pascal Verschooris
Viewers	0.23 million (230,000)
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"Vicious Vendetta" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season, and the one hundredth episode overall of The CW's Dynasty. It aired on June 3, 2022.

Synopsis[]

ONE HUNDRED - It's Alexis' wedding day and as she attempts to make sure everything runs smoothly, everyone else in the family seems to have their own agenda. Blake receives a package that raises some questions, so Cristal and Sam set out to do some detective work to get to the bottom of it. Fallon and Liam make a life-changing decision. Dominique resorts to drastic measures to further Dom-Mystique and then asks Culhane for a huge favor. Kirby becomes suspicious of Amanda, thanks to Adam.^[1]

Plot Summary[]

SPOILERS AHEAD

Another family wedding stirs more chaos than bliss. The bride, Alexis, tries to smooth over her tarnished reputation with Dex's father, Samir, by inviting both exes (Blake and Jeff) to the ceremony. Fallon shuffles her search for the perfect surrogate and business negotiations between duties as Matron of Honor. Dominique crashes the reception to show off her portfolio. Blake, Cristal, and Sam rule out potential enemies among the guests including paroled Claudia Blaisdel, who slips by security with a coffee mug for Alexis. Adam's plot to break up Kirby and Amanda is thwarted when they announce their relationship during the champagne toast. Blake's hated brother, Ben, enters and takes a punch from his sibling as the party ends.^[2]

Cast[]

Starring[]

Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington
Daniella Alonso as Cristal Carrington
Elaine Hendrix as Alexis Carrington
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[]

Co-Starring[]

Henriette Zoutomou as Dina
Todd Allen Durkin as Bruce Fontaine
Anna Rizzo as Mallory
Jim Braswell as Officiant
Ava Hill as Event Planner

Trivia[]

Kevin Kilner (Senator Bill North), Wil Traval (Father Caleb Collins), Geovanni Gopradi (Roberto Flores), Michael Beach (Police Chief Aaron Stansfield), Kelly Rutherford (Melissa Daniels), Pawel Szajda (Nikolai Dimitrov), and Michael Patrick Lane (Ted Dinard) appear via photograph.
This episode marked the return of Brianna Brown as Claudia Blaisdel after three seasons.
Steven Carrington was mentioned in this episode.
This marks the one hundredth episode for Elizabeth Gillies (Fallon Carrington), Rafael de la Fuente (Sam Jones), and Grant Show (Blake Carrington).
- This also marks the one hundredth episode for Robert Christopher Riley, but not Michael Culhane due to only appearing in the noir segments of "You See Most Things in Terms of Black & White".
There are references to the 1980s Dynasty in this episode.
- Ben Carrington (Brett Tucker) debuts in this episode as Blake's estranged brother. Ben was a major antagonist in the sixth and seventh seasons of the original series. He was first established in "Parisian Legend Has It...", an easter egg left to be expanded upon in the future seasons of the reboot.
- Samir Dexter appears in this episode as Dex's father. In the original series, Dex's father was Samuel Dexter. Sam's business connections and established relationship with Blake in the original series is maintained in the reboot.
- Alexis' wedding dress and Dex's wedding suit pay homage to the outfits that Joan Collins and Michael Nader wore in the 1980s series.
- The score from the original series is used at the end of the episode to dramatize Ben's introduction to the series.
- The dress that Fallon wears to the wedding is a callback to the dress Fallon wore to Blake and Cristal's wedding in the first episode of the reboot. That dress paid homage to the dress that Fallon wore to Blake and Krystle's wedding in the original series.
- King Galen of Moldavia is mentioned in this episode, a character from the original series. With Alexis' wedding being the focus of the episode, this could potentially allude to the idea of the Moldavian Massacre from the original series in which Amanda's wedding to the Prince of Moldavia leads to a mass shooting.
Dominique mentioned a person named Val Gibson, this might be a reference to Valene Ewing Gibson, a famous character from the 1980s soap operas Dallas and Knots Landing that were competitors of the original Dynasty.
- Nicollette Sheridan, who previously portrayed Alexis, starred in Knots Landing.
This is the first episode to use the full theme since "Go Catch Your Horse".
The title of the episode is said in this episode by Blake Carrington.

Soundtrack[]

Bruno Mars - "Marry You"
- Scene: Montage as Alexis makes arrangements for her wedding to Dex.
Johann Pachelbel - "Canon in D"
- Scene: Alexis rushes off to her wedding after locking Dominique in her panic room.

Quotes[]

Cristal: Who puts champagne on their wedding registry?
Sam: Oh, honey, this is the same woman that registered at Aston Martin when she married Jeff. I have to get her something.
Blake: Having been married to Alexis, might I suggest noise-canceling headphones for Dex?

Sam: Long-term grudges are so exhausting. Who has the time?
Blake: Cleary someone with a vicious vendetta against this family. The question is who?
Cristal: Beto's in Mexico.
Blake: Apparently, Nikolai Dimitrov has been in mourning since his pet parrot was killed.
Sam: Jeff relocated Chief Stansfield to the Bahamas and took his passport.
Blake: Moldavian kings, they don't send warnings first.
Sam: Melissa Daniels is in the middle of her third divorce.
Cristal: Who's Ted Dinard?
Blake: Some bozo I tried to pay off to stop seeing Steven.
Cristal: Caleb moved to a parish in Sicily.
Sam: Evan Tate is still behind bars.
Blake: Senator North doesn't have the spine to mess with me again.
Cristal: Where does that leave us?
Blake: I'm afraid, right where we started. No possible suspects.
Sam: Or are we? There's one person we haven't thought of.

Kirby: Now I know why you were so intent on keeping our relationship a secret. Wouldn't want your real girlfriend to find out, right?
Amanda: Okay, Kirby, this is a misunderstanding.
Kirby: Save it. Have fun at the wedding. Guess the lying apple doesn't fall far from the lying tree.
Amanda: Kirby. Kirby!

Claudia: Hey, it's me. Well, it looks like the Carringtons are all gonna be in one place tomorrow. I'm gonna need your help.

Dominique: Mr. Dexter? My name is Dominique Deveraux. You may have heard of my clothing company Dom-Mystique?
Samir: I actually haven't, so...
Dominique: Well, you will soon. I understand you're on the board at NordicStar, and I'm part of the competition to redesign the company's uniforms. I'd love for you to take a look at what I've got.
Samir: Listen, dear, I appreciate your passion, but I have nothing to do with uniform decisions. I'm more of a financial adviser.
Dominique: I understand, but if you like what you see, you could pass it on to Val Gibson, who heads the search committee.
Samir: I don't know Val. And we live in a merit-based society. So if your work can't stand on its own, I'm afraid you don't deserve the job.
Dominique: But women like me can always use some help from men like you, men with more experience.
Samir: That is true. I do like helping beautiful women.
Dominique: And with your guidance and knowledge, I'm sure you could... Screw this. I can't do it. I'm not some damsel tied to the railroad tracks. You know, men like you from connected families always think that they got where they are by talent alone. If it was about talent, I'd be running the fashion world, and you'd be my bookkeeper, if you were lucky.

Alexis: You need to Leave. Now. Either by the elevator or over the balcony.
Dominique (laughs): Didn't you already get arrested for that once before?

Samir (to Alexis): I should have known trash like you never changes. And now my son has just made the biggest mistake of his life. Hopefully it won't take him too long to realize it.

Alexis: Thank you for being so supportive. It's a new look on you.
Blake: Consider it a wedding gift since we didn't get you one.
Alexis: But, hey, maybe next time I ask for help, don't tell people that I am an alcoholic with rage issues.
Blake: Now-now you said, do whatever it takes.
Alexis: True. Okay, send me the PPA proposal tomorrow, and I will take a look.
Blake: Oh, uh, Alexis. Congratulations.

Amanda: Hello, everyone. For those that don't know me, my name's Amanda Carrington, and on this happy day, I would like everyone to know that I am in a wonderful, committed relationship with Kirby Anders.
Alexis: What?!
(applause and cheering)
Kirby (to Adam): Nice try.
(glass clinking)
Adam: And, um, while we're, uh, sharing great news, um, I would like to announce that I've developed a groundbreaking anti-aging serum that's basically the fountain of youth.
Amanda: Cool.
Fallon: And Liam and I have found our surrogate. Yes! Her name is Stacey, and she is going to help us usher in the next generation of Carrington greatness.
(whooping, applause)
Liam (to Fallon): I thought this was private.
Fallon: Oh, I'm sorry. It just felt like the right time to jump in.

Alexis: We've only been married for three hours, and already I got in a fight with Dominique, my ex-husband told my father-in-law that I am an alcoholic, and all of my children are narcissists. You probably want an annulment.
Dex: Do you have any idea how boring my family was growing up? Oh. Yours is a breath of fresh air. Always has been. Do you remember those Carrington Atlantic holiday parties Blake threw every year?
Alexis: Oh, my God, talk about boring.
Dex: True. Except for one year, when a certain someone showed up in a sexy Santa outfit and led a conga line throughout the entire office.
Alexis: Me?
Dex: You. I fell in love with you that day, Alexis. And I knew you were exactly the woman I wanted to be with. And now here we are. So, as far as I'm concerned, the more chaos, the better.
Alexis: Bring it on.

Cristal: Wait. I don't understand. What is going on? Who are you?
Ben: Not bad. You must be Cristal. Where are my manners? I'm Ben Carrington, Blake's brother.