Dynasty (2017 TV series) season 5

The fifth and final season of Dynasty, an American television series based on the 1980s prime time soap opera of the same name, premiered in the United States on The CW on December 20, 2021. The series was renewed for a fifth season on February 3, 2021. It was announced in May 2022 that the fifth season of Dynasty would be its last.

Season five stars Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington, Grant Show as her father Blake Carrington, Daniella Alonso as Blake's wife Cristal, Sam Underwood as Fallon's brother Adam Carrington, and Eliza Bennett as her younger sister Amanda Carrington, with Robert Christopher Riley as Michael Culhane; Sam Adegoke as Jeff Colby; Rafael de la Fuente as Sam Jones; Adam Huber as Liam Ridley; Maddison Brown as Kirby Anders; Michael Michele as Dominique Deveraux; and Elaine Hendrix as Alexis Carrington Colby. Notable recurring characters include Geovanni Gopradi as Roberto "Beto" Flores; Rogelio T. Ramos as Daniel Ruiz; Pej Vahdat as Dex Dexter; and Brett Tucker as Ben Carrington. Alonso also plays the recurring role of Rita, and James Mackay returns as Steven Carrington.

Main

 * Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington, an heiress and businesswoman, daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington and his first wife Alexis, and married to Liam
 * Hanna Ciubotaru portrays young Fallon
 * Daniella Alonso as Cristal Jennings Carrington, Blake's third wife and the CEO of Flores Incorporado
 * Alonso was also given an end credits billing for playing Rita, a Cristal lookalike in league with Beto
 * Elaine Hendrix as Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter, ex-wife of Blake and Jeff, new wife of Dex, mother of Adam, Steven, Fallon and Amanda
 * Rafael de La Fuente as Samuel Josiah "Sammy Jo" Jones Carrington, Steven Carrington's ex-husband, owner of the La Mirage Hotel
 * Sam Underwood as Adam Carrington, Blake and Alexis's eldest son, a doctor
 * Michael Michele as Dominique Deveraux, Jeff's mother, Blake's half-sister, owner of fashion brand Dom-Mystique
 * Robert Christopher Riley as Michael Culhane, former Carrington chauffeur, now co-owner of La Mirage with Sam
 * Sam Adegoke as Jeff Colby, Dominique's son and Blake's nephew, a billionaire tech genius
 * Maddison Brown as Kirby Anders, daughter of the late Carrington majordomo, Joseph Anders, a model
 * Adam Huber as Liam Ridley, a writer married to Fallon
 * Eliza Bennett as Amanda Carrington, Alexis's youngest daughter by Blake, a lawyer from the UK
 * Grant Show as Blake Carrington, billionaire and the father of Adam, Fallon and Amanda by his first wife, Alexis
 * Jax Buresh portrays teenage Blake.

Recurring

 * Geovanni Gopradi as Roberto "Beto" Flores, Cristal's vengeful brother
 * Rogelio T. Ramos as Daniel Ruiz, a horse trainer who is Sam's biological father
 * Pej Vahdat as Dex Dexter, a hedge fund manager who marries Alexis
 * Cynthia Quiles as Charlie Jiménez, a modeling agent who reps and romances Kirby
 * Felisha Terrell as Nina Fournier, an up and coming independent filmmaker
 * Brett Tucker as Ben Carrington, Blake's estranged brother
 * Townsend Fallica portrays Ben as a boy
 * Samantha Massell as Stacey Moore, a paleontologist who is Fallon and Liam's surrogate
 * Grace Junot as Ellen, a board member of Fallon Unlimited

Guest

 * Kara Royster as Eva, Fallon's incarcerated former assistant
 * Randy J. Goodwin as Brady Lloyd, Dominique's ex-husband
 * Arnetia Walker as Louella Culhane, Michael's mother
 * Kate Kneeland as Betty, Fallon's new assistant
 * Carson Fagerbakke as Patricia "Patty" De Vilbis, longtime nemesis of Fallon's from the equestrian circuit
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Peter De Vilbis, Patty's oil baron father
 * Daniela Lee as Jeanette, a Carrington maid
 * Lara Silva as Luna, a terminally-ill friend of Jeff's
 * Yvonna Pearson as Sasha Harris, a model friend of Kirby's
 * Daphne Zuniga as Sonya Jackson, a college friend of Blake's
 * Elena Tovar as Iris Machado, Sam's mother
 * Scott Daniel Johnson as Richard Payne, CEO of Plenexia Pharmaceuticals and Jeff's foe
 * Sharon Lawrence as Laura Van Kirk, Liam's rich, controlling mother
 * Brianna Brown as Claudia Blaisdel, the parolee who killed Blake's second wife, Cristal/Celia
 * Tetona Jackson as Frankie Chase, a singer Fallon wants to join her company
 * David Diaan as Samir Dexter, Dex's father
 * Angeria Paris VanMicheals as Herself
 * Danny Nucci as Professor Kingston, Liam's mentor
 * Walker Russell as Jasper, Kingston's unscrupulous nephew
 * Carly Hughes as Geneva Abbott, the widow of Sam and Michael's late contractor Leo Abbott
 * Shaun MacLean as Ronnie, a talkative bartender at La Mirage
 * Charisma Carpenter as Heather, Fallon's former nanny with whom Blake had an affair
 * Henry Simmons as Kevin, Dominique's bodyguard
 * Amy Pietz as Mandy Von Dunkel, an Atlanta dilettante
 * Matt Bennett as Cole, a bachelor who takes part in Fallon's auction
 * Ashley B. Jones as Gemma, a sexy spy for Plenexia
 * Lachlan Buchanan as Ryan, Sam's ex-boyfriend
 * Kate Beahan as Florence Whitley, a British judge and Amanda's ex-girlfriend
 * Natalie Karp as Mrs. Gunnerson, the Carrington cook
 * James Mackay as Steven Carrington, Fallon's gay, environmentalist half-brother
 * Steve Spoon as young Steven
 * Dan Amboyer as Graham, a candidate to replace Anders as Carrington majordomo who is actually Steven in disguise

Development
Ahead of the season four premiere on The CW, Dynasty was renewed for a fifth season on February 3, 2021. The CW President and CEO Mark Pedowitz stated in a press release, "Though we’re just a few weeks into the new season, we wanted to get a strategic head start on next season with these early renewals, which allows our production teams to start laying out story arcs and hiring staff, and at the same time, continues to provide us with a strong, stable schedule to build on for next season."

Season five consisted of 22 episodes. It was announced in May 2022 that the fifth season of Dynasty would be its last.

Casting
In August 2021, Eliza Bennett was cast as Amanda Carrington in a recurring role for season four, to become a series regular in season five. In January 2022, it was reported that Pej Vahdat had been cast as Dex Dexter for season five. In April 2022, Variety reported that Grant Show's former Melrose Place castmate Daphne Zuniga would appear on Dynasty as Sonya Jackson, a college friend of Blake's, debuting in the episode "A Friendly Kiss Between Friends". In May 2022, TVLine reported that Charisma Carpenter would guest star in the seventeenth episode as Fallon's former nanny, Heather.

Filming
Filming for the fifth season began on October 21, 2021, and concluded in August 2022.

Broadcast
The fifth season premiered with two episodes on Monday, December 20, 2021, and then returned to Fridays on March 11, 2022.

Critical response
According to Clarise Tujardon of The Lasso, "The fifth and final season partly made up for the disappointment it has given the viewer for the past three seasons, there were still some aspects of the show that made no sense and lacked the dramatic, legendary feel that the original Dynasty had and continues to do so to this day." Tujardon praised the writing for the storyline surrounding Cristal's doppelgänger (Daniella Alonso) and the introduction of Blake's brother, Ben Carrington (Brett Tucker), two popular storylines from the original series, as well as the character development of Alexis (Elaine Hendrix), and Fallon's marriage to Liam and subsequent fertility issues. Tujardon noted that the best part of this season is Cristal's character development. "This season, she inherited her family's company, rebuilt her relationship with her husband, Blake, and gained the confidence she lost after losing her baby in season two, which made her a well beloved character in the series, and gave a nostalgia feel that the legendary Linda Evans did during the run of the original Dynasty." However, Tujardon criticized the inclusion of Sam, Michael, and Kirby as "boring characters that no longer needed to be on the show," as well as the acting of Michael Michele as Dominique Deveraux, deemed disgraceful, "because she portrays the character as cheap, crude, tacky, and a woman who has no class, as opposed to the Carroll's version."

The series finale received critical acclaim for the return of James Mackay as Steven Carrington.