Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10735 in DVD
• Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
• Released on: 2008-10-21
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: Spanish
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 540 minutes

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This hugely popular prime-time soap opera follows the exploits of the Carringtons and Colbys, both "oilrich" family dynasties in Denver, CO, as they accrue and manipulate power and wealth.

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In one of this set's two episodes that are absolutely essential for Dynasty fans, Krystle (Linda Evans) and Alexis (Joan Collins) bring it on like "common mud wrestlers" in a titanic lily pond smackdown. This is what OMG looked like in 1982-83. So, where were we? (It's hard to keep track with these split seasons.) Steven is still missing and presumed dead. Jeff (John James) is beginning to show the effects of the toxin that Adam (Gordon Thomson) mixed into the paint used to redecorate his office. The "brilliant, beautiful, and conniving" Alexis is scheming a takeover of Denver-Carrington while trysting with Mark (Geoffrey Scott), Krystle's former husband, from whom she is not legally divorced. Sammy Jo (Heather Locklear) is back in town with a vengeance, a new name (Samantha), and her and Steven's son. The stage is set for more instantly addictive serial shenanigans between the feuding Carrington and Colby clans, and the innocent (and not so innocent) bystanders whose lives they impact. Over the course of these remaining 12 episodes, Alexis and Adam, her kidnapped at birth son, form an axis of evil to destroy Blake (John Forsythe). Steven, lo and behold, is alive and in a hospital in Singapore. In another series benchmark episode, "The Mirror," his bandages are dramatically removed to reveal a new face (Jack Coleman replacing Al Corley). Kirby (Kathleen Beller, the Anne Hathaway of her day), butler Joseph's daughter, marries Jeff. Good news: She's pregnant. Bad news: Jeff is not the father. Until that fateful trip to Muldavia, Dynasty excelled at season finales, and this Season Three cliffhanger was one of its best: an apocalyptic cabin inferno that traps natural born enemies Krystle and Alexis. "This is all your fault," Alexis screams. "Every time you come into my life something terrible happens to me!" Dynasty's third season was its highest-rated yet, and the episodes that comprise Volume Two are representative of the series' many guilty pleasures. Not to worry if this is your first encounter with Dynasty. Each episode contains helpful expository dialogue to get you caught up ("I'm not just talking about my obsession about Steven being alive after that oil rig disaster"). --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews

Season Three
I am still put off by having the seasons broken up in two but am glad that the wait for Volume 2 wasn't interminable. The picture quality is still excellent (much better than the faded and scratched "Dallas" transfers) and the episodes uncut.

Oddly, the third season of "Dynasty" found the show becoming a phenomenon to rival "Dallas" and yet I found I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous seasons. First of all, some of the compelling characters like Claudia and Al Corley as Steven aren't around much or at all and that's a disappointment. Pamela Bellwood's Claudia was so great and in Volume 2 she only appears once (thankfully, Claudia does come back in Season 4.) "Heroes" Jack Coleman assumes the role of Steven but seems stiff and uncomfortable connecting with his character. Other newcomers like Geoffrey Scott, Kathleen Beller and Gordon Thomson are a mixed bag. Thomson's Adam brings the melodrama and camp up a notch but Beller's Kirby flounders in a chemistry-free relationship with Jeff and Scott, brought in as Krystle's not so ex-husband, has a storyline that loses steam as the season progresses. I know I shouldn't compare to "Dallas' but I did like the fact that the cast of the latter show stayed intact as long as possible. "Dynasty" seems to change directions every season -not that it's a bad thing and hey, the ratings told the story.

And then there's Krystle and Alexis and the lily pond. As classic as this sequence is, I think it lacks the ferocity of the original studio battle which was the culmination of months and months of tension. The lily pond was just an excuse to have them fight again after a brief argument.

Does my critique mean I will be staying away from Season 4? Heck no. I say bring on more drama because now I'm hooked. I just hope the wait isn't too long.

HURRY SEASON 4
Please hurry with season 4-9. This is taking too long to be put on DVD. Dallas series is already on its 9th season out. Come on Dynasty fans and lets get the ball rolling! We need more of this 80's drama on dvd quick!!!

Price isn't the issue!
I really don't care what price they put on each series but I do think most people/fans would like to have each season in its entirety. Die hard fans would easily sit down & watch an entire season over a weekend once they've brought it home from the shop. If you have a "set" that ends mid season!? well...thats not the way it was meant to be watched! Charge what you need to charge to make you profit but PLEASE put each season out in ONE box set! The manufacturers should try "channeling" Krystle more & not Alexis! Be good! Not evil!