Dynasty Episode 151 - The Arraignment

Blake is arrested for arson and First Degree Murder.  Krystle rushes down to the station and is happy to see her husband.  Poor Krystle is so stressed that she keeps having blurred vision, or else the camera work is really bad on this show.  Despite being arrested, Blake is only concerned about Krystle.  Regardless, Krystle wants to work hard to get Blake free.  No worry, Blake's attorney, the Professor from Gilligan's Island (where is Andrew Laird?), is hard at work.  Apparently, he is not that hard at work because Blake will have to wait until his arraignment to have bail set - which is normal.  

Alexis is thrilled that Blake was arrested and goes to congratulate the District Attorney.  Alexis also promises to use her newspaper to help push hard for a conviction.  All she needs is to know the evidence against Blake.  The District Attorney reluctantly agrees to divulge what he has.  Alexis cannot believe that the District Attorney is going to use the evidence from that arsonist that Alexis knows to be false, but not the District Attorney.  She confronts Ben about using such a witness.  Ben assures her that it will be fine, but Alexis is not so sure.

Just to cover her back, Alexis pays Blake a visit and makes him an incredulous offer.  She will use her paper to have Blake exonerated only if he leaves Denver and promises never to see the children again.  Blake scoffs at such an offer and knows Alexis is making it because she is afraid the children will turn on her once they learn the truth.  The way the two are talking about the children you may forget that they are actually adults.  Blake is determined to fight this and win his freedom.

Fortunately for Blake, his wife and sister are amateur detectives who manage to solve the case in like ten minutes.   This really is an indictment of the criminal justice system in Denver.  Krystle and Dominique first speak to a fire marshal who is now reluctant to give evidence to Krystle and Dominique.  The marshal does tell Krystle to look at the autopsy report of the man Blake allegedly hired to set the fire.  He died of smoke inhalation and not burned to death when the chemicals exploded.  Really?  The District Attorney did not think this evidence would be used for Blake's defense.  It is very strong evidence that the fire did not start in that room.

Even better, Jackie is beginning to remember what happened.  At the hospital room, Dominique tries to get Jackie to remember.  Jackie remembers seeing smoke and nothing but smoke until she gets towards Claudia's room.  She sees Claudia open the door to her room and the flames are shooting out from there.  There you have it.  The fire started in Claudia's room.  The District Attorney decides to drop the charges and Blake is a free man and free to pursue his business ventures.

Blake better get a move on those ventures because word reaches him that the crew has abandoned Nick Kimball following Blake's arrest.  Blake does not find that surprising.  At least he still has Nick and Dex on his side and they will assemble another crew once Blake's legal problems are resolved.

Clay is still trying to do all he can to get Sammy Jo not to have dinner with his family.  At first, you would think that Clay is ashamed of Sammy Jo, but it is quite the opposite.  Clay is ashamed of his father.  Apparently, Buck Fallmont has regained his animosity of the Carrington family (even though Sammy Jo is not one) and blames them for Bart's downfall.  It does not help that Buck seems now to be a drunk.  I guess he did not go to those P-FLAG Meetings with Blake.  Dinner with the Fallmonts ends in failure and with Buck accusing Emily of doting too much on Clay and ignoring Bart.  What could that be all about?

This American Amanda is really naive and cannot sense the pile of shit that Michael is trying to feed her.  Michael feigns concern for Blake's legal troubles and how it is effecting Amanda.  He even offers her a should to lean on whenever she needs it.  Amanda may take him on that.  Steven, filling in for Blake, assures Michael that he will stop that.  He will not let Michael do to Amanda what he did to Fallon.  Yeah, I know, I think Fallon was able to handle herself.  Sort of, in Fallon's own way.

The fun continues over at Denver Carrington as Ben and Adam continue to spar.  Ben does not appreciate Adam hiring Dana after Ben fired her.  Odd, didn't Dana quit.  Anyway, when Adam informs Alexis that Dana is a valuable source of information, Alexis backs Adam's decision.  How is Adam going to get information from Dana?  By seducing her of course, oh and lying.  Two of Adam's best skills.  Dana does not seem that reluctant in being seduced, even though she is showing stronger resilience in keeping her loyalty to Blake.

Ben, meanwhile, has other issues.  He receives another mysterious phone call from Australia which he refuses to take and for which Adam notices.  Back at the mansion, Ben finds Blake's box of pictures (why didn't Krystle pick it up) and weeps like a little girl over the picture of his mother.  He apologizes for what he had done to her.  Alexis tries to assure Ben that it was an accident and not to blame himself for her death.  Especially, since they have blamed Blake for it.

I love that when we see Dex's work site, they combine stock footage from Season 6 and footage from the first season when Walter and Matthew were setting up their first oil well.  I thought Dex was constructing a pipeline, so why do we keep seeing this rig and Walter and Matthew's old trailer.  Oh well, maybe they placed the exact same trailer in the exact same place.  Sorry about the digression.  When Blake is freed, Gordon Wales asks him about his dealings with Dex (not that Wales got anywhere snooping around Dex's work site).  Blake promises good things to come.

Alexis still does not approve of Blake and Dex working together and takes the helicopter out to the site to confront Dex.  Alexis will not have Dex use her equipment to help Blake.  No need to worry about that, Dex is using his own equipment.  Alexis then gets a call from her pilot that they are grounded because of a coming storm.  You would expect Alexis to demand someone to drive her back to Denver.  Instead, Dex entertains Alexis to a meal of franks and beans with a bottle of Stella Artois.  Such a feast is really a turn on for Alexis because, before you know it, the two are making love in the trailer.  Hmmm. . . I guess everyone else went home.

Adam just happens to be at Ben's office for the last mail run of the night and takes the mail from the courier.  The top letter is addressed to Blake and it is from Venezuela.  That's right - Caress had written Blake a letter.  It is a good thing that Adam intercepted the letter because Ben had strict orders that he is to receive all mail addressed to Blake.  Adam takes the letter to his father (as a gesture to get back in his father's good graces) and claims he did not open it, but we all know Adam did.  Blake opens the letter and learns that Ben had Caress kidnapped and sent her back to that Venezuelan prison.  She pleads with Blake to get her out of there or she will die there.  Blake knows that Caress is the key to clearing up this whole mess with the death of his mother and tells Krystle that he is going to free her.

Memorable Dialogue

Alexis:  I'm giving you a chance to save your neck.
Blake:  You better look out for your own neck, you're about to hang yourself.

Dex [to Alexis]:  I knew there was a storm brewing.  I didn't know it carried such an ill wind.

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