It was a hard decision for me between deciding what was the best season and what was the second best season. Both are pretty much equal, but I had to choose. So, I went with Season 3 being the second best season of the show.

Season 3 brought us so many great moments: Claudia on the roof with “Fallon’s baby”, the arrival of Adam (Alexis and Blake’s son who had been kidnapped as a baby), the arrival of Mark Jennings (Krystle’s first but not ex-husband), the transformation of Steven following an oil rig explosion, Fallon opening up La Mirage, the fight between Alexis and Krystle in the lily pond, Congressman McVane strangling Alexis, Alexis at the board of Denver Carrington as she is about to force a merger, and I could go on and on.

It is safe to say that Dynasty really took off in Season 3 and it set up how the standard for the following 3 seasons. The season ended with Alexis and Krystle trapped in a fire in Steven’s cabin (who set it being more important than whether Krystle and Alexis will survive), Blake determined to take custody of Steven’s child and Kirby finding out that she is pregnant with Adam’s (via rape) baby and not Jeff’s.

The season was pretty much perfect except for one little thing. . . see below

Highlights

Alexis vs. Blake - With the untimely death of Cecil, Alexis found herself a very wealthy woman and with the power to destroy Blake. She could not do it alone, as her long last son, Adam, put in motion the events that led to Alexis trying to force a merger between Denver Carrington and Colby Co., making Blake the junior partner.

Adam Carrington - With the departure of Steven at the end of Season 2, the writers decided to introduce the first son of Alexis and Blake who was kidnapped as a baby. It is a shame that Adam pretty much turned out to be a sociopath - raping Kirby, flirting with Fallon (did he really not know?) and poisoning Jeff. Adam added a great dark element to the show.

Mark Jennings - I actually liked the introduction of Mark, Krystle’s playboy/tennis pro ex-husband. Problem is, Mark never got the divorce. Even though it was never serious that Mark would win Krystle back, he did have great chemistry with both Fallon and Alexis as he ran around La Mirage in short shorts (so 80s).

La Mirage - Season 3 introduced another scene for action to take place, La Mirage, a resort that Fallon took over and renovated to prove that she is just as capable in business as her father. This also added another dimension to Fallon’s character. It was great to see Fallon to continue to mature.

Steven #2 - With Al Corley not coming back in the role of Steven, the writers eventually brought in Jack Coleman to play the “black sheep” of the family. Instead of just introducing the new Steven and act like all is cool, the writers decided to have the new Steven get a new face (with a mole) as a result of an oil rig fire. Steven had no intention of returning to Denver until he found out he had a son. This son would become a fulcrum of tension between Steven and Blake (who had wanted the child for Krystle).

Almost reminds me of Jason from Friday the 13th Part 2

Lowlight

Kirby - Sorry, I have to pick on Kirby. It seems we always have to have some sort of middle class individual interact with the very wealthy. This season it was Kirby, the daughter of Joseph who returned from university just to be L.B.’s nanny. That was fine with Kirby who wanted to be with Jeff. Unfortunately for Kirby, Adam had his eyes on her and took what he wanted. In the end, she did get Jeff but then realized she was carrying Adam’s child. I made Kirby sound more exciting that she was. The storylines with Kirby are strong, it’s just how they wrote the character that was weak. Kirby was pretty annoying (not as annoying as Lindsey but annoying nonetheless).