We’ve made it to the end of a lackluster list of fall premieres, but television critic Glenn Garvin found a couple of gems at the last possible minute:
So: What about the 2017 version of Dynasty? Its opening plot lines—essentially Carringtons vs. Colbys—are pretty similar to 1981. But the characters serve as an interesting index to the way television’s version of America has evolved over the past four decades.
Blake Carrington’s Nordic blonde trophy wife Krystle has become his Latina fiancée Cristal (Nathalie Kelly, The Vampire Diaries), a possible gold-digger and certainly the chief rival of daughter Fallon (Elizabeth Gillies, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll) for control of the family energy empire. It takes just 28 minutes for their first hair-pulling, bodice-ripping bitchfight to erupt. (Oops, there goes the office pool.)
Fallon’s chief debating partner is now her brother Steven (James Mackay, The Leftovers), who’s a good deal more politically conscious than in his previous incarnation. “When the revolution happens, it’ll be your head they come for first,” he warns his sister, who airily dismisses him: “I’ll be sure to get my hair done.”
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