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2[[caption-width-right:350:''"Like it or not, we live in an age of dynasties."'' [[note]]From left to right: Blake Carrington, Michael Culhane, Cristal Carrington, Fallon Carrington, Sam Jones, Jeff Colby, Kirby Anders, Dominique Deveraux, Alexis Carrington, Adam Carrington, Liam Ridley and Amanda Carrington.[[/note]]]]
3This is a summary page for the characters from ''Series/Dynasty2017''.
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5[[foldercontrol]]
6!!The Carringtons
7[[folder:In general]]
8* TheBeautifulElite: All of them are dazzling, or at least average in appearance.
9* BigScrewedUpFamily: Just like the original series.
10[[/folder]]
11
12[[folder:Fallon Carrington]]
13!!Fallon Morel Carrington
14!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ElizabethGillies
15[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fallon_carrington.png]]
16%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
17
18The main character, heiress to the Carrington family fortune, who seeks to establish herself in the corporate world.
19----
20* AdaptationalIntelligence: While Fallon was merely an heiress to the family fortune in the original series, this version of the character is much more competent and business savvy in her own right.
21* BrokenPedestal: Her already somewhat-questionable opinion of her father gets damaged even more in "The Gospel According to Blake Carrington", after she learns of what Blake did to Cecil.
22* DaddysGirl: Alexis claims that Fallon was always Blake's child. Seems to be especially proven when it's revealed that one of the codes for the secret safe in Blake's office is Fallon's birthday. [[spoiler: This changes after Fallon learns she was being used to lie for Blake's murder of Hank]]
23* DeadpanSnarker: Practically every word she says is dripping with sarcasm.
24* HighPoweredCareerWoman: Fallon Carrington is depicted as a ruthless and determined businesswoman who will do anything to prove she belongs in the male-dominated world of business. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her tricking two arrogant male executives into giving her information by posing as a [[SexyStewardess ditzy stewardess]].
25* ItsAllAboutMe: Culhane calls her out on this, their relationship being AllTakeAndNoGive. She later improves somewhat, [[spoiler: promising to ensure justice for Culhane's father, even if it risks her losing the Carrington Atlantic COO position she's wanted for so long]].
26* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite her sarcasm, she has shown some surprising heart.
27** When she finds Culhane working at a homeless shelter, Fallon discovers his family believes he is an executive at the company and not a limo driver. Rather than rat him out, she covers by making it sound like Michael is a good vice-president.
28** After making a crack about the homeless to Michael's sister and seeing her glare, Fallon makes a "rich bitch donation", which appears to be enough money to keep the place running for a year.
29** When Alexis tries to frame Sam for shoplifting, Fallon catches on and slips the stolen items into her mother's bag instead. Later, when a plan to drug Alexis into incriminating herself backfires, and Sam (who had the idea in the first place) ends up drinking the spiked champagne, she covers for Sam and says that it was all her idea, despite Steven being furious with her.
30* ManipulativeBastard: Fond of manipulating others for her own gain. It occasionally backfires.
31* MsFanservice: Dresses up really well, and has quite a few love scenes. She almost always has noticeable cleavage. Being played by Creator/ElizabethGillies certainly helps.
32* ReallyGetsAround: Summed up when she meets the guys playing a football game with hugs, slaps and a few kisses.
33-->'''Cristal:''' The whole team?\
34'''Fallon:''' [[TakeThat And yet not one sex tape]]![[note]]Referring to Cristal's sex tape with Matthew[[/note]]
35
36[[/folder]]
37[[folder: Steven Carrington]]
38!!Steven Carrington
39!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesMackay
40[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steven_carrington.png]]
41%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
42
43Fallon's older brother. An environmentalist, he clashed with his father on the family company's policies, and left for a while to pursue his own interests.
44----
45* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: Returns in the series finale to get his revenge on Adam and reunite with the family]].
46* BlackSheep: Is viewed as such for the Carrington family, not sharing any of their views and opposing his father's corporate policies.
47* BourgeoisBohemian: Despite hailing from the wealthy and powerful Carringtons, he and his father often clash over their differences in politics and policies of his family's company concerning the environment.
48* ButNotTooGay: Averted. While Steven's homosexuality was often disregarded in the original series, this version of the character seems to be unequivocally gay.
49* GranolaGirl: GenderInvertedTrope. Steven is a staunch environmentalist, which caused a divide between him and his father.
50* KickTheDog: Gets this big-time in the final season of 2X03 at a baby shower. First, thanks to a public tantrum from Kirby, Steven discovers that [[spoiler: Anders is his real father. Before he can recover from that, Melissa decides that because Steven is not a Carrington after all, she doesn't have to put up with the deception and reveals he's ''not'' the father of her child.]]
51* MommasBoy: He's definitely Alexis's favorite. He even turns out to be the child she chooses to stay in touch with after she left the Carringtons many years ago.
52* PutOnABus: He decides to stay in Paraguay after the first few episodes of Season 2, which was followed by James Mackay's name being removed from the opening credits. He later ends up in Paris, and is confined to a mental hospital due to [[spoiler:Adam's]] machinations.
53* SiblingYinYang: While Fallon acts like a RichBitch and seeks to further her business interests, Steven is noticeably nicer, and distances himself from corporate politics in favor of supporting environmentalism and charity. While Fallon seemed to be closer to her father Blake, Steven is closer to Alexis, even keeping in contact with her after she and Blake divorce.
54* StraightGay: This version of the character isn't necessarily flamboyant, but he's not overly masculine either. Sam could also be seen this way.
55
56[[/folder]]
57
58[[folder: Sam Jones]]
59!!Samuel "Sam" Jones
60!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RafaelDeLaFuente
61
62[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sammy_jo.png]]
63%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
64
65Cristal's nephew, and Steven's (former) boyfriend, for a while, husband.
66----
67* AdaptationalSexuality: Coupled with the GenderFlip, here, instead of being a heterosexual woman, Sam is a gay man.
68* AmicableExes: Despite no longer being in a relationship with Steven, they still seem to get along quite well. Then they get back together, and later married, albeit temporarily.
69* BirdsOfAFeather: Despite a rocky start, he and Fallon get along well due to their shared love of fashion and expensive tastes.
70* FishOutOfWater: Sam more or less takes this aspect from Cristal in the original series. While she's already somewhat entrenched in the privileged world of the Carringtons when we meet her, Sam is obviously more of an outsider.
71* GenderFlip: Sammy Jo from the original series was a woman; here, he's a gay man.
72* TheIllegal: It is revealed in "The Gospel According to Blake Carrington" that he entered the United States illegally, which is why he's so reluctant to talk to the police.
73* MrFanservice: He's young, good-looking, and shows quite a bit of skin in the early episodes.
74* OddFriendship: With Anders, the latter acting as a ParentalSubstitute when Sam finds himself in trouble or uncertain about what he wants to do with his life. Sam also has this dynamic with Fallon, despite their initial meeting, and Fallon hires him as her assistant.
75* PrettyFreeloader: For most of the first part of season one, he crashes at the Carrington manor, to Anders' ire.
76* RaceLift: The original Sammy Jo was white; here, like Cristal, he's Venezuelan.
77* SeenItAll: He's apparently reached this point with the Carrington family's drama and insanity: when Fallon rips out her mother's hair extensions and shoves her into the pool, Sam comments to Liam that it's quite subdued behaviour for Fallon. When Fallon then storms into the room and fires a bullet at the ceiling (using the gun that Alexis sent her for her sixteenth birthday), Sam calmly notes that ''this'' is a little more typical.
78* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Due to his relationship with Steven and Cristal, he crashes at the Carrington estate for a while as a somewhat-unwelcome guest.
79
80[[/folder]]
81[[folder: Blake Carrington]]
82!!Blake Carrington
83!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/GrantShow
84
85[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blake_carrington.png]]
86%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
87
88The Carrington family patriarch, Fallon and Steven's father, and the CEO of Carrington Atlantic.
89----
90* AdaptationalHeroism: In the original series, he was quite homophobic toward Steven. Here, however, he's more or less accepting of the fact that his son is gay.
91* BeardOfSorrow: He's grown one in the aftermath of [[spoiler: Cristal's death]].
92* BerserkButton: Once Alexis reappears, anything to do with her ticks him off, to the point he threatens to fire any of his household staff who even speak to her.
93* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's not above using his influence and position to further his own interests.
94* ItsAllAboutMe: At the end of the day, Blake's main concern is bettering himself and his own interests, regardless of who he has to threaten or manipulate.
95* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a manipulative, ruthless CEO, but it's clear he cares about his family
96* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulates various people using his money and influence.
97* ManChild: The more the series progresses, the more it becomes clear how extremely ambitious, arrogant and even spoiled Blake can be in pursuing his selfish goals by exploiting whoever surrounds him (including his children) with the conviction that since he is an enormously rich and influential man, all they will automatically prostrate themselves at his feet.
98* ParentWithNewParamour: Cristal is his second wife. Since she took over the position COO Fallon was supposed to get, the latter hates her.
99* SanitySlippage: Suffers one after [[spoiler: Cristal's death]] at the end of season 1, becoming extremely apathetic and hedonistic.
100* SecretSecretKeeper: In "Answer to No Man," he reveals to Culhane that he's known about his and Fallon's relationship for a while, but never said anything, knowing Michael was a much better man than others Fallon has known.
101
102[[/folder]]
103
104[[folder: Cristal Carrington]]
105!!Cristal Flores Carrington / Celia Machado
106!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/NathalieKelley
107!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/BarbaraBeretta (European French)
108
109[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krystle_carrington.png]]
110%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
111
112An employee of Carrington Atlantic, whom Blake later marries, later becoming the COO of the company.
113----
114* AdaptationNameChange: In this series, her name is spelled "Cristal" instead of "Krystle". [[spoiler: Then it turns out that's not even her real name]].
115* ConflictingLoyalties: She's torn between being loyal to Blake, a CorruptCorporateExecutive, and doing the right thing, like revealing Carrington Atlantic's dirty environmental practices.
116* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: Her real name is Celia Machado. Back in Venezuela, she stole a large amount of money, and was forced to leave her sister behind. And she apparently killed her sister Iris's husband (Sam's father) to protect Iris.]]
117* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: She gets shot by Claudia and dies in the fire at the end of Season 1.]]
118* MsFanservice: Dresses up well at big events, and has several scenes with Blake, ''and'' a sex tape.
119* NotSoAboveItAll: When Fallon and Alexis brawl into the pool, Cristal is laughing as she watches it and snaps at Blake "don't you dare" when he wants to break it up.
120* RaceLift: Krystle in the original series was white. Here, she's Venezuelan.
121* SexySecretary: Was this to Blake before they married, though this version of the character held a loftier position in the company.
122
123[[/folder]]
124
125[[folder: Cristal Jennings]]
126!!Cristal Jennings
127!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AnaBrendaContreras (season 2), Creator/DaniellaAlonso (season 3)
128
129The nurse from whom Cristal Flores took her name, who makes her debut in Season 2.
130----
131* TheRealRemingtonSteele: [[spoiler:She's the ''real'' Cristal, from whom Celia got her name.]]
132* ReplacementGoldfish: Blake tries to use her as a substitute for Cristal Flores after he meets her. She realizes this, and calls him out on it.
133
134[[/folder]]
135
136[[folder: Thomas Carrington]]
137
138!!Thomas "Tom" Carrington
139!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BillSmitrovich
140
141Blake's father, Fallon and Steven's grandfather, and the former CEO of Carrington Atlantic. He, unfortunately, doesn't get along well with Blake.
142----
143* {{Jerkass}}: He's racist and dismissive of Blake and his family.
144* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As he reveals in his VideoWill, he still loves his son, despite never getting along.
145* RacistGrandpa: Compared to Blake, who grew up in more-recent times, Thomas is racist towards Cristal and her family and homophobic towards Sam.
146* VideoWill: Leaves one for Blake to find, hidden inside one of his books.
147
148[[/folder]]
149
150[[folder: Alexis Carrington]]
151!!Alexis Carrington
152!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/NicolletteSheridan (seasons 1 - 2), [[spoiler:Creator/ElizabethGillies]] (season 2), Creator/ElaineHendrix (season 3)
153
154[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alexis_carrington.png]]
155%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
156
157Blake's ex-wife and Fallon and Steven's mother, long absent from the family. She returns after his father's death and shocks everyone by inheriting the family manor and thus getting back into their lives.
158----
159* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the original series, Alexis didn't appear on screen until the second season. In this show, she appears in the sixteenth episode of the first season.
160* [[ConMan Con Woman]]: She's actually in cahoots with Adam (actually her lover, Hank) in order to gain control of the Carrington fortune.
161* GoldDigger: It's heavily implied that her main interest is money, hence the reason she married Blake, and why she's trying to reconnect with her children.
162* LoopholeAbuse: When her attempt to get the manor fails, Alexis reveals that the loft above the barn technically belonged to her family first and was deeded to her by Thomas, giving her perfectly legal right to stay there.
163* MagicPlasticSurgery: Her face is remade to look like [[spoiler:Fallon's, under Adam's supervision after he shoved her into the fireplace.]]
164* MamaBear: Although she is plotting to [[spoiler: liquidate Carrington Atlantic and take her share of the billions]], and treated Fallon coldly when they first reunited, she flies off the handle at [[spoiler: Hank]] when he [[spoiler:decides to sell and take his cut, after Fallon became CEO and Alexis told him to hold off]].
165--->'''Alexis:''' Do you really think I'm going to let you walk away with millions of my children's inheritance in your pocket?
166* ManipulativeBitch: It turns out the reason she inherited the family mansion is because she took advantage of Thomas being woozy from surgery to seduce him into naming her. Although it's implied that this may have just been a lie by the other Carringtons to render the changes to the will null and void.
167** She also uses [[spoiler: her kidnapped firstborn, Adam, to manipulate Blake and Steven in a con to seize the family fortune- the "Adam" that Steven tracks down in Mexico is a fake, working with Alexis.]] She also uses Jeff and Monica and [[spoiler: their secret Carrington lineage]] as part of the plan, in almost MagnificentBastard style.
168* MockMillionaire: She enters in lavish outfits and bragging about spending the last decade traveling across Europe. But Fallon discovers she's been living in a trailer just outside of Atlanta and is dead broke, putting on the appearance of wealth to get back with the family.
169* PutOnABus: After Nicollette Sheridan had to leave the show, she ends up getting her face burned by Adam, with her face reconstructed to look like Fallon's (conveniently allowing Elizabeth Gillies to play her for a little while). She eventually heads off to Europe to get her face reconstructed a second time.
170[[/folder]]
171
172[[folder: Adam Carrington]]
173!!Adam Carrington
174!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SamUnderwood
175
176The ''real'' Adam Carrington, who returns to the family in Season 2.
177----
178
179* BitchInSheepsClothing: He puts on a veneer of politeness to most people, but is actually manipulative and deranged.
180* CrazyPrepared: Each time someone tries to expose him as crazy, it turns out he anticipated it, and had a contingency plan to get past it.
181* DeadlyDoctor: He was a doctor before his medical license was revoked for stealing drugs, supposedly for his mother [[spoiler:(He actually used them to murder her)]]. He gets his license back after Blake pulls a few strings.
182* EyeScream: He gets his eyes burned out after triggering a gas explosion at the end of "Something Desperate".
183* FauxAffablyEvil: He's nice to more or less everyone he meets, to mask his manipulative and sociopathic personality.
184* LongLostRelative: He was kidnapped when he was six months old, and raised by his kidnapper's girlfriend in Billings, Montana for most of his life.
185* ManipulativeBastard: He frequently manipulates people to get back into his father's good graces, and to further his own interests.
186* {{Matricide}}: [[spoiler: He killed his adopted mother via drug overdose after discovering she wasn't his real mother.]]
187* TheSociopath: He lies all the time, frequently manipulates others to further his own interests, and shows no remorse for his actions, including [[spoiler:killing his adoptive mother and shoving his ''real'' mother's face into a fireplace]].
188
189[[/folder]]
190
191!!Carrington household
192
193[[folder: Michael Culhane]]
194!!Michael Culhane
195!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RobertChristopherRiley
196!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/JeanBaptisteAnoumon (European French)
197
198[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/michael_culhane.png]]
199%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
200
201The Carrington's chauffeur. He's also been in a relationship with Fallon for years.
202----
203* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Unlike the conniving opportunist from the original series.
204* ICouldaBeenAContender: He went to college on a football scholarship, until an injury abruptly ended his sports career. His parents made sacrifices to get him through school, but Culhane lies about his current career, ashamed that he didn't get a job as good as his parents hoped.
205* TheDriver: To the Carrington family, though he has a bit more backstory and personality than most examples of the trope.
206* LastNameBasis: Most characters simply refer to him as "Culhane".
207* MrFanservice: He's ripped, and has quite a few shirtless scenes.
208* RaceLift: The Culhane from the original series was white.
209* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: He loves Fallon, but while Fallon does care about him, it's clear her feelings aren't on the same level. He eventually breaks up with her due to her dismissive attitude and begins dating other women, but continues to care about her, as seen in "Nothing But Trouble", when he alerts her about [[spoiler:the Colbys' plan for revenge]].
210* UndyingLoyalty: To the Carrington family, and, as we find out in "Nothing But Trouble", mainly to Fallon.
211* UnequalPairing: With Fallon. She's a rich billionaire, while he's the family's driver.
212* WalkingShirtlessScene: Often appears shirtless when off-duty.
213
214[[/folder]]
215
216[[folder: Joseph Anders]]
217!!Joseph Anders
218!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AlanDale
219
220[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anders_3.png]]
221%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
222
223The Carrington's majordomo.
224----
225* AbusiveParents: His daughter Kirby resents him after he sent her away to Australia, supposedly for a crime she didn't commit. It's eventually revealed [[spoiler: he did it because she knew of his affair with Alexis]].
226* EmbarrassingMiddleName: It's "Winifred", as Sam finds out when he has to use Anders' driver's license to pick a lock.
227* EvilBrit: As loyal as he is to Blake, he's willing to play along with Blake's illegal activities. Except he's actually a New Zealander, as he reveals to Sam.
228* OddFriendship: Eventually develops one with Sam, after the events of "A Taste of Your Own Medicine".
229* ParentalSubstitute: Becomes something of one for Sam, giving him advice and pointing him in the right direction. It's implied that he was also something like this to Blake, while he was working for Thomas Carrington.
230* UndyingLoyalty: To the Carrington family, especially Thomas.
231[[/folder]]
232
233!!The Colbys
234
235[[folder: In general]]
236* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:They're eventually revealed to be related to the Carringtons, due to an affair Thomas had with Jeff and Monica's grandmother.]]
237* RaceLift: The Colbys were white in the original series; here, they're black.
238
239[[/folder]]
240
241[[folder: Jeff Colby]]
242!!Jeff Colby
243!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SamAdegoke
244
245[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeff_colby.png]]
246%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
247
248A powerful businessman, who used to work for Carrington Atlantic. He teams up with Fallon to start a rival company.
249----
250* BlackAndNerdy: He made his fortune off music software, and is adept with technology.
251* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler:At first he just wants to marry Fallon to bring down her family, but he slowly but surely grows to love her for real.]]
252* NouveauRiche: Unlike the Carringtons, he's new to the billionaire's club, having made his fortune from music software.
253* {{Revenge}}: It's eventually revealed that the [[spoiler:reason he's working with Fallon is so he can eventually usurp Carrington Atlantic, after it's revealed Blake had an affair with his mother, and framed his father on drug charges to keep him out of the way.]]
254* TheRival: To Blake Carrington, as Jeff apparently made his fortune off music software that supposedly belonged to Carrington Atlantic (a judge ruled otherwise). Blake frequently makes his contempt known.
255
256[[/folder]]
257
258[[folder: Monica Colby]]
259!!Monica Colby
260!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/WakeemaHollis
261
262Jeff's sister, and an old friend of Fallon's.
263----
264* {{Foil}}: To Fallon. Monica is from a NouveauRiche background and relied on scholarships to attend the expensive school where they first became friends, and appears more grounded and snarky towards Fallon's elitist and entitled tendencies. [[spoiler: By the season one finale, it seems that she's become just as bad as Fallon, if not worse.]]
265* RichBitch: Although originally she acted as a {{Foil}} to Fallon's more self-centred and materialistic tendencies, Monica admits in the season one finale that she actually really likes money.
266* WeUsedToBeFriends: Has several fights with Fallon, especially after Fallon starts dating Jeff and Monica goes after Culhane. They make up once or twice, but their friendship appears to be ruined permanently once [[spoiler: Fallon finds out that Monica was helping Jeff in his plan to bring her family down]].
267* WhatTheHellHero: She eventually becomes concerned over the lengths Jeff is willing to go to get revenge, culminating with her temporarily abandoning Jeff and moving their father out of Jeff's house.
268
269[[/folder]]
270
271[[folder: Cecil Colby]]
272!!Cecil Colby
273!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/HakeemKaeKazim
274
275Jeff and Monica's father, who spent a decade in prison, apparently for drug trafficking.
276----
277* BerserkButton: Anything to do with the Carringtons, really, considering Blake paid to have him locked away for ten years.
278* FrameUp: Blake framed him on drug charges after Cecil tried to kill him when he discovered Blake was having an affair with his (Cecil's) wife.
279* MiscarriageOfJustice: How he ended up in prison. Blake framed him on drug charges and played the justice system to keep him imprisoned after apparently having an affair with Cecil's wife.
280* MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler:Thomas eventually reveals that Blake never actually had an affair with Cecil's wife; Blake was just covering for his father]].
281* SinsOfOurFathers: He despises Fallon as Blake's daughter, even though she had nothing to do with his imprisonment.
282
283[[/folder]]
284
285[[folder: Dominique Deveraux]]
286!!Dominique Deveraux / Millie Colby
287!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelMichelle
288
289Jeff and Monica's estranged mother.
290----
291* TheGhost: She's mentioned a few times in Season 1 and throughout Season 2, but only appears in the last few episodes of the latter season.
292* MissingMom: She left Jeff and Monica ten years earlier.
293
294[[/folder]]
295
296!!Others
297
298[[folder: Matthew Blaisdel]]
299!!Matthew Blaisdel
300!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/NickWechsler
301!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/SylvainAgaesse (European French)
302
303Claudia's husband, and an engineer for Carrington Atlantic, before his untimely death.
304----
305* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Though he appears to have survived the bombing to visit Claudia, he's eventually revealed to just be a hallucination of Claudia's]].
306* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler:Claudia imagines his presence during her institutionalization and after her escape]].
307* SacrificialLamb: His death sets off a prominent storyline involving the Carringtons and Claudia.
308* WeHardlyKnewYe: Is introduced and gets killed in the very first episode
309[[/folder]]
310
311[[folder: Claudia Blaisdel]]
312!!Claudia Blaisdel
313!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BriannaBrown
314
315Matthew Blaisdel's wife, who suffers from brain injuries following a car accident, and eventually gets caught up in the Carrington's affairs.
316----
317* NeverMyFault: When she reveals that [[spoiler: she killed her own husband]], she blames it all on the Carringtons ruining her life and it's all their doing. [[spoiler: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as in episode 21 it's revealed that everything, including Matthew's murder, was a lie]]. [[spoiler: And then unjustified in episode 22 as it's revealed that Matthew actually ''is'' dead and she was hallucinating his survival.]]
318* ObfuscatingDisability: It turns out she was faking her brain injury to make sure her husband never left her. When Fallon asks why she would keep it up after his death, everyone realizes how "no one's going to suspect the brain-damaged widow."
319* WomanScorned: [[spoiler:She killed Matthew after she found out he was having an affair with Cristal]].
320[[/folder]]
321
322[[folder: Iris Machado]]
323!!Iris Machado
324!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ElenaTovar
325
326Cristal's sister, and Sam's mother. She remained in Venezuela after Cristal left for the United States.
327----
328* BitchInSheepsClothing: She initially appears to want to reunite with Cristal, but it's eventually revealed it was all part of an extortion plot.
329* TheDogBitesBack: She's the one who finally [[spoiler:kills Alejandro]] after the latter attacks Cristal.
330* StockholmSyndrome: Despite Alejandro's abuse, she stays with him and does his bidding. Cristal calls her out on this, and she eventually realizes it.
331
332[[/folder]]
333
334[[folder: Alejandro Raya]]
335!!Alejandro Raya
336!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LuisFernandez
337
338Iris' husband and Sam's father.
339----
340* AssholeVictim: Is killed by Iris when he tries to strangle Cristal. No one is particularly upset at his passing.
341* DomesticAbuse: From what we see of his past, he was extremely abusive to both Iris and Cristal.
342* HateSink: He's physically abusive, manipulative, and has no redeeming traits.
343* InTheBack: How he goes out in both of his appearances: first stabbed by Cristal, then [[spoiler:shot by Iris]].
344* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Cristal believed he died after she stabbed him to protect Iris]], but it's revealed he survived.
345* WouldHitAGirl: He kidnaps Fallon and physically abused both Iris and Cristal, and was responsible for the latter miscarrying a child.
346
347[[/folder]]
348
349[[folder: Hank Sullivan]]
350!!Hank Sullivan/"Adam Carrington"
351!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BrentAntonello
352
353[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hank_sullivan.png]]
354%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
355
356The Carrington's long-lost firstborn son, who was kidnapped as a baby. Alexis spent her fortune trying to find him, and Steven manages to track him down in Mexico and bring him back home.
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358* ConMan: [[spoiler:He's actually Alexis' lover, posing as Adam in a plan to gain part of the Carrington fortune]].
359* FingerInTheMail: The kidnappers cut off one of his fingers when they took him as a baby, which is what convinces Blake that he really is Adam. [[spoiler: He actually cut it off himself as part of the scam.]]
360* {{Fingore}}: His kidnappers apparently cut off one of his fingers as a threat to Blake. [[spoiler:He actually cut it off himself]].
361* LongLostRelative: Is the firstborn Carrington, kidnapped as a child and raised by his kidnappers as "John Miller". [[spoiler: Except he's not actually Adam, and is part of Alexis' plan to take the Carrington fortune.]]
362* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The reason he did everything, from [[spoiler: cutting his finger off and pretending to be Adam]] is for a large sum of money.
363* SpannerInTheWorks: He is the only one privy to [[spoiler: Alexis' complex plan to sell off Carrington Atlantic from under Blake]]. When Fallon [[spoiler: usurps Blake as CEO, however, Alexis wants to postpone the plan, and tells Hank to vote no on selling- as the long lost Carrington son, he would be the tie-breaker between the Carringtons and the Colbys. However, Hank just wants his payday and votes to sell, ruining Alexis' plan]].
364* TooDumbToLive: Season 2 shows he's really an idiot. He demands [[spoiler: Alexis pay him millions to keep their scam quiet. She gives him a painting with him confused as she tells him it's "collateral" and to never sell it. Cue him at an art gallery trying to sell a painting that a simple check will show has been "stolen."]]
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366[[/folder]]
367
368[[folder: Liam Ridley]]
369!!Liam Ridley
370!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AdamHuber
371
372Liam Ridley first appears in "Our Turn Now", supposedly as Sam's date to Fallon's "wedding". He's eventually revealed, however, to be [[spoiler:her husband, whom she married the day before after meeting him outside the courthouse]] in order to avoid getting married to Jeff.
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374* BigScrewedUpFamily: [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed he changed his name and ran away to escape his dysfunctional family.]]
375* GivenNameReveal: His name is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:Jack Liam Ridley-Lowden]].
376* MarriageOfConvenience: Fallon paid him to marry her in order to avoid marrying Jeff, but at the same time gain some of Jeff's corporate assets.
377* SecretlyWealthy: He actually comes from a wealthy family. The "wealthy, dysfunctional American family" that he was writing on his book was his, not Fallon's.
378* SupremeChef: Is revealed to be one in "Use or be Used", when he cooks Fallon dinner for an abortive date.
379
380[[/folder]]
381
382[[folder: Kirby Anders]]
383!!Kirby Anders
384!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MaddisonBrown
385
386Anders' estranged daughter, recently arrived from Australia.
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388* EnfantTerrible: According to the other characters, she was an insane child, scaring Fallon and apparently setting her room on fire.
389* LongLostRelative: It's revealed that [[spoiler: due to Anders' affair with Alexis producing Steven, she's actually a half-sister to Steven]].
390
391[[/folder]]
392
393[[folder: Ada Stone]]
394!!Ada Stone
395!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/KatherineLaNasa
396
397An antiquities dealer and criminal mastermind who blackmails Culhane into working for her.
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399* ManipulativeBitch: She forces Culhane to work for her by threatening to release compromising information about Fallon.
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