The fourth 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 May 7, 2021. The season is produced by CBS Television Studios, with Josh Reims as

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and executive producer alongside executive producers Josh Schwartz and

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. ''Dynasty'' was renewed for a fourth season on January 7, 2020, and for a fifth season on February 3, 2021. Season four stars Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington, Grant Show as her father Blake Carrington, Daniella Alonso as Blake's new wife Cristal, and

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as Blake's eldest son

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, with

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as former chauffeur Michael Culhane; Sam Adegoke as tech billionaire Jeff Colby; Rafael de la Fuente as Sam Jones, the ex-husband to Fallon's half-brother

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; Adam Huber as Fallon's husband Liam Ridley;

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as Joseph Anders, the Carrington

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; Maddison Brown as Anders's daughter

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;

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Dominique Deveraux Dominique Deveraux (born Millie Cox) is a fictional character on the ABC prime time soap opera ''Dynasty'' and its spin-off, ''The Colbys''. Portrayed by Diahann Carroll from 1984 to 1987, the character is the surprise half-sister of millionaire B ...

, Blake's half-sister and the mother of Jeff and Monica Colby (Wakeema Hollis); and Elaine Hendrix as Alexis Carrington Colby, Blake's and Jeff's ex-wife and the mother of Adam, Steven, Fallon and Amanda. Notable recurring characters featured in season four include Wil Traval as Father

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, Cristal's lover; Ashley Day as

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, Fallon's college nemesis; and Eliza Bennett as Amanda Carrington, Alexis's secret daughter by Blake.

Cast and characters

Main

* Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington, an heiress and businesswoman, daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington and his first wife, Alexis, and married to Liam * Daniella Alonso as Cristal Jennings Carrington, Blake's third wife * Elaine Hendrix as Alexis Carrington Colby, Blake's and Jeff's ex-wife, and Adam, Steven, Fallon and Amanda's mother * Rafael de La Fuente as Samuel Josiah "Sammy Jo" Jones Carrington, nephew of Blake's second wife Cristal, and

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's ex-husband *

, Blake and Alexis's eldest son, a doctor *

, Jeff and Monica's mother and Blake's half-sister *

as Michael Culhane, Fallon's ex-fiancé, formerly the Carrington chauffeur * Sam Adegoke as Jeff Colby, Dominique's son and Blake's nephew * Maddison Brown as Kirby Anders, Joseph's daughter * Adam Huber as Liam Ridley, a writer and Fallon's husband *

as Joseph Anders, the Carrington

* Grant Show as Blake Carrington, billionaire and the father of Adam, Fallon and Amanda by his first wife, Alexis

Recurring

* Wil Traval as Father

, the hospital chaplain and Cristal's lover * Lachlan Buchanan as

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, a stripper Sam marries briefly, and then dates * Ashley Day as

, Fallon's college nemesis *

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, Kirby's Australian ex-boyfriend *

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as Leo Abbott, a shady contractor * Kara Royster as Eva, Fallon's new assistant and protégé * Eliza Bennett as Amanda Carrington, Alexis's secret daughter by Blake, a lawyer raised in Europe

Guest

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, Liam's mother * Ken Kirby as

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, the older brother of Fallon's childhood friend Trixie * Roxzane Mims as

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, Dominique's mother * Christian Ochoa as Victor Diaz, a player on the Atlantix * Brian Littrell as himself * Coby Ryan McLaughlin as Deputy Commissioner Dawkins * Wakeema Hollis as Monica Colby, Jeff's sister * Kelsey Scott as Martina, Fallon's interim assistant * Shannon Thornton as Mia, a college friend of Jeff's who becomes romantically entangled with both Jeff and Michael * Jesse Henderson as Nash Martinez, a college friend of Liam's *

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, a public relations consultant who is Sam's ex * Corbin Bleu as Blaine, a client of La Mirage * Laura Leighton as Corinne Simon, an SEC officer * Kevin Kilner as Bill North, a senator Liam believes is involved in his father's murder *

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as Katy Lofflan, North's chief of staff * Ramón De Ocampo as Nolan Jamison, a tech mogul and friend of Jeff's * Daniela Lee as Jeanette, a Carrington maid * NeNe Leakes as herself * Grace Junot as Ellen, a board member at Fallon Unlimited *

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as Roberto "Beto" Flores, Cristal's brother *

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, Dominique's ex-husband

Episodes

Production

Development

''Dynasty'' was renewed for a fourth season on January 7, 2020. Production of the third season was suspended in March 2020 as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the filming of only 20 of the 22 ordered episodes of the season had been completed at that time. It was later confirmed that the 20th episode of the season, "

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", would serve as the season three finale.

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Josh Reims, hoping to use reworked versions of the two unproduced scripts to start the fourth season, said in May 2020 these episodes feature Fallon and Liam's wedding; Blake going to war with Alexis, Jeff and Adam; Sam's new relationship with Ryan; and the return of the Moldavians. It was reported that if production resumed by late fall 2020, season four would be expected to premiere in spring 2021 or later, and The CW's president

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announced that all of the network's series would be producing "our normal episodic counts" for the post-pandemic season which indicates a full season of 22-24 episodes. Production on the fourth season officially began on October 15, 2020. On November 5, 2020, Daniella Alonso revealed on a podcast that she was pregnant with her first child; she further verified her real-life pregnancy would not be affecting Cristal's storyline in any capacity, and she would go on maternity leave a week prior to production shutting down for winter hiatus. On February 3, 2021, ahead of its fourth season premiere, The CW renewed the series for a fifth season. On April 28, 2021, '' Variety'' announced Elizabeth Gillies would make her directorial debut during the season. Grant Show directed the sixteenth episode of the season. On September 10, 2021, Gillies made her directorial debut with the eighteenth episode of the season. On June 3, 2021, showrunner Josh Reims described the fourth season as a "rollercoaster ride" for Cristal, "She and Blake have to figure out how to move forward in their marriage after both cheated; her brother Beto will pay a surprise visit, upending her life and bringing out the dark side of Cristal once more; and in her biggest challenge yet, she has to deal with a medical situation that becomes much worse than anyone expected..."

Casting

Alonso had previously been the third Cristal cast in as many seasons. In May 2020, Reims confirmed that she would be back for season four, saying "I kind of wanted to do this thing—which I still might do—where we pretend at the beginning of the season that we're getting another new Cristal. But I don't want to scare Daniella. She's so great in the role, and I'm so excited that she's coming back." In February 2021, the casting of Luke Cook as Oliver, Kirby's Australian ex-boyfriend, was announced. The casting of Kara Royster as Fallon's new assistant, Eva, was announced in May 2021. In June 2021, showrunner Josh Reims revealed that

would return as Cristal's brother, Beto. Michael Fairman also reported Laura Leighton's casting in the guest role of Corinne Simon, an SEC officer. Original cast member Dale's character Anders was killed off in the August 2021 episode "

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", but the actor continues to appear on the series as a fantasy of other characters. The casting of Eliza Bennett as Alexis's secret daughter by Blake, Amanda Carrington, was announced in August 2021. NeNe Leakes appeared as a version of herself in the August 2021 episode " The British Are Coming".

Broadcast

The fourth season of ''Dynasty'' premiered on May 7, 2021. The season is also scheduled to stream on Netflix starting October 22, 2021.

Reception

References

External links

* * {{Dynasty 2021 American television seasons Dynasty (2017 TV series) seasons Television productions postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic