DYNASTY: THE VERDICT (TV)
Summary
One in this nighttime serial about the wealthy Carrington family of Denver, Colorado. In this episode, Alexis is on trial for the murder of her bodyguard, Mark Jennings, and her son Stephen is called by the prosecution as a surprise witness. Urged by the district attorney, Stephen describes how he saw his mother push Jennings over the balcony of her penthouse. In a hysterical display, Alexis begs the court to dismiss her son's account. That night, Blake visits Alexis in jail and implores her to forgive Stephen for testifying, but she vows to seek revenge on the entire family. Krystle is called to the witness stand, where she details a conversation she held with Jennings just hours before his death. Adam, who is serving as his mother's defense counsel, is fired for discouraging Alexis from submitting herself to a cross-examination. Representing herself, Alexis gets carried away during her emotional testimony and inadvertently admits that she had a strong motive for killing Jennings. Having seemingly convicted herself, Alexis struggles to deliver her conclusive remarks to the jury. In other developments, Krystle fends off the unwanted advances of one of Blake's business partners, and Dominique schemes to wrestle control of Denver-Carrington away from Blake. The program concludes with an ABC News Brief featuring Ted Koppel. Includes commercials. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: November 7, 1984 Wednesday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T85:0057
- GENRE: Drama, night-time serial
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, night-time serial
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1981-1989
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Budweiser beer
- TV - Commercials - Clorox 2 bleach
- TV - Commercials - Comtrex cold medicine
- TV - Commercials - Cover Girl Opulence nail polish
- TV - Commercials - Daydreams perfume and cologne
- TV - Commercials - Excedrin aspirin
- TV - Commercials - Finesse shampoo
- TV - Commercials - Fresh Step cat litter
- TV - Commercials - Happy Cat cat food
- TV - Commercials - Keri skin lotion
- TV - Commercials - Nestle Tollhouse chocolate morsels
- TV - Commercials - Wheaties
- TV - Promos - "20/20"
- TV - Promos - "Amadeus" (feature film)
- TV - Promos - "Benson"
- TV - Promos - "Hawaiian Heat"
- TV - Promos - "Life's Most Embarassing Moments"
- TV - Promos - "Matt Houston"
- TV - Promos - "Stir Crazy"
- TV - Promos - "The Cotton Club" (feature film)
- TV - Promos - "The Imposter"
- TV - Promos - "Webster"
CREDITS
- Aaron Spelling … Executive Producer
- Douglas S. Cramer … Executive Producer
- Richard Shapiro … Executive Producer, Created by
- Esther Shapiro … Executive Producer, Created by
- E. Duke Vincent … Supervising Producer
- Elaine Rich … Supervising Producer
- Edward DeBlasio … Producer
- Camille Marchetta … Producer, Writer
- Jerome Courtland … Director
- Stephen Karpf … Writer
- Elinor Karpf … Writer
- Joel Steiger … Writer
- Bill Conti … Theme Music by
- Angela Morley … Music by
- John Forsythe … Cast, Blake Carrington
- Linda Evans … Cast, Krystle Jennings Carrington
- John James … Cast, Jeff Colby
- Pamela Bellwood … Cast, Claudia Blaisdel Carrington
- Gordon Thomson … Cast, Adam Carrington
- Jack Coleman … Cast, Steven Carrington
- Michael Nader … Cast, Farnsworth "Dex" Dexter
- Diahann Carroll … Cast, Dominique Deveraux
- Joan Collins … Cast, Alexis Carrington Colby
- Bradford Dillman … Cast, Lombard
- Jeff Pomerantz … Cast, Cunningham
- John Reilly … Cast, the D.A.
- Basil Hoffman … Cast, the Judge
- Brynia Willis … Cast, Amy
- Christine Kellogg … Cast, Laurie
- Conroy Gedeon … Cast, the Bailiff
- Joan Welles … Cast, the Clerk
- Marlena Giovi … Cast, Matron