DYNASTY: THAT HOLIDAY SPIRIT (TV)
Summary
One in this nighttime serial about the wealthy Carrington family of Denver, Colorado. In this episode, Alexis, Dex, and Amanda arrive in London, where Alexis makes plans for her immediate wedding to Dex; Nicole asks Jeff to help her look for Peter de Vilbis' map and a statue, and Jeff agrees only because he feels that the search may lead to Fallon, whom he believes may still be alive; Krystle is released from the hospital, as newborn baby Krystina remains in an incubator; Daniel Reece sells Allegre back to Blake, who presents the horse to an ecstatic Krystle as her Christmas gift; in London, Amanda tries to get Dex to rethink the idea of marriage to her mother, since she and Dex have started to have romantic feelings for each other; Claudia tells Steven that she slept with Dean Caldwell while he was away; Amanda learns from Rosalind that Blake is her father; Dominique, now Blake's business partner, insists that he publicly acknowledge her as his half-sister and Blake refuses; the Carringtons celebrate a festive Christmas at the mansion, replete with carolers and a hired Santa Claus, until Dominique becomes furious when Blake announces that Amanda is now part of the family, and Alexis makes an uninvited entrance; Krystle receives an expensive gift from Daniel Reece, and she pays a visit to him and angrily asks him why he's come back into her life. Includes commercials, promos, and an "ABC News Brief" with Brit Hume. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: December 19, 1984 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:26
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T86:0112
- GENRE: Drama, night-time serial
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, night-time serial
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1981-1989
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Charlie fragrance
- TV - Commercials - Chex cereals
- TV - Commercials - Clairol heated hair rollers
- TV - Commercials - Emeraude fragrance
- TV - Commercials - Enjoli fragrance
- TV - Commercials - L'Air du Temps perfume
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Mervyn's department stores
- TV - Commercials - Michelob Light beer
- TV - Commercials - Old Spice aftershave
- TV - Commercials - Pierre Cardin men's cologne
- TV - Commercials - Scoundrel fragrance
- TV - Promos - "20/20"
- TV - Promos - "Battle of the Network Stars"
- TV - Promos - "Finder of Lost Loves"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America" (voice-over)
- TV - Promos - "Hardcastle & McCormick"
- TV - Promos - "Johnny Dangerously" (feature film)
- TV - Promos - "Love Boat"
- TV - Promos - "Malibu"
- TV - Promos - "Nightline" (voice-over)
- TV - Promos - "Protocol" (feature film)
- TV - Promos - "Star Flight: The Plane That Couldn't Land"
- TV - Promos - "Superman" (telecast of feature film)
- TV - Promos - "T.J. Hooker"
- TV - Promos - "The River" (feature film)
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, Writer
- Camille Marchetta … Producer, Writer
- John B. Moranville … Associate Producer
- Curtis Harrington … Director
- Susan Baskin … Writer, Story by
- Bill Conti … Theme Music by
- Peter Myers … Music by
- Rock Hudson … Cast, Daniel Reece
- Juliet Mills … Cast, Rosalind
- 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
- Catherine Oxenberg … Cast, Amanda Carrington
- Diahann Carroll … Cast, Dominique Deveraux
- Joan Collins … Cast, Alexis Carrington Colby
- George DiCenzo … Cast, Charles
- Susan Scannell … Cast, Nicole Simpson
- Hedley Mattingly … Cast, the Vicar
- William Beckley … Cast, Gerard
- Betty Harford … Cast, Mrs. Gunnerson
- Virginia Hawkins … Cast, Jeannette
- Susan Gordon … Cast, the Nurse
- St. Alix, Alain … Cast, LaSalle
- Matthew Lawrence … Cast, Danny
- Timothy McNutt … Cast, Little Blake
- For "ABC News Brief":
- Brit Hume … Reporter