Fallon may be practicing empathy, but she’s also acquired a new enemy in the process.
On Dynasty Season 5 Episode 6, the dynamic duo — Fallon and Colby — reunited, and it honestly felt so good.
It’s been a while since I’ve been excited about a storyline featuring Jeff, but re-teaming up with Fallon to win back Morrell and pivot to green energy was a welcome change of pace.
In general, it seemed as though the episode shaved off the excess and got back to its roots with the “core” cast if you will. Amanda was the outlier, but I didn’t miss Adam, Alexis, or Dominique one bit in this jam-packed hour.
Fallon and Jeff’s desire to scoop up the company they started together right before they got married led to the typical shenanigans that we’ve come to expect from Fallon.
She’s usually not above destroying someone when it benefits her, but this time, she was the one that was showing a little grace when it came to their nemesis and Morrell’s new CEO Patty de Vilbis.
The duo had a history with Patty, so they were initially both on board to destroy her upon finding out that Morrell, a Turo company, was “greenwashing” and using only 5% of green energy while promising to be completely sustainable.
That changed when Fallon confronted Patty’s father, Peter, and realized that he was determined to cut his daughter off and “drop the dead weight.”
Fallon knows exactly what it’s like to want to impress your father, so she could understand why Patty chose to go to the extreme. Plus, Peter was a scummy man who thought there was nothing wrong with referring to a 16-year-old Fallon as “bouncy” and suggesting that they “get out of here” to have a fun time somewhere else.
Fallon is so good at dishing what’s coming, and it was satisfying when purse met crotch.
Jeff Colby, however, found out that it wasn’t Peter that was lying about his green company, the mastermind behind it all was Patty. When he pressed her about it, she basically divulged everything about how no one would question the practice and if they did, the people in the community wouldn’t have the money to lawyer up.
It was incriminating stuff with the power to truly destroy someone if it got out.
Fallon thought she was doing the right thing by taking a step back and protecting Patty, but Jeff knew that they had to expose the truth, even if it meant hurting Patty, because what she was doing was hurting a whole community instead.
So, they played the recording during her speech, which prompted Peter to express his disappointment, kick her out, and agree to sell the company to Fallon Unlimited.
Still, Fallon wanted to make good with Patty by offering her a job at Morrell, which she understandable declined. Fallon’s heart is always in the right place, but she definitely lives in a delusional world of her own.
Even when Fallon had Patty’s back, she is still the one with a target on hers as Patty made a call to someone to take everything that Fallon loves away from her.
Why do I get the feeling that Liam is in danger… again?
While it was exciting to see Fallon and Colby team up, I’m definitely digging the bromance between Liam and Culhane.
They were brought into each other’s orbit as Nina’s production team booked La Mirage to film a scene. Unfortunately, some wires were crossed and they booked the same day that a wedding also reserved the venue, which led to some pretty tense conversations.
Liam dressed up as a firefighter to smooth things over, though, eventually, Culhane’s sheer persuasion worked to convince the bride to change her wedding date.
Oh, and he also threw in Nina as the videographer, which was a compromise she was willing to make to ensure that her project with Liam remained on schedule.
Now that Culhane has signed on as a producer, I’m willing to bet that sparks will fly between them. There’s a fine line between love and hate, and these two are teetering right on it as if it were a tightrope.
Sammy stepped away from his hotel responsibilities for a bit to deal with the fallout of Daniel’s announcement. He was convinced that Daniel was a faux father simply trying to get money out of him, but the DNA test proved that he was telling the truth.
And honestly, Daniel’s backstory was pretty heartbreaking. While there was definitely a possibility of being in his son’s life earlier, he was in a tough place as Iris had a husband that she didn’t want to leave, she never told him about Sam (he had to do the math all on his own), and moving back to his hometown would’ve hurt his career. No one understands a career mindset more than Sammy.
He was pretty harsh with Daniel initially, but after the shock wore off, Sammy came around and gave him a chance. And I’m glad he did. Daniel seems like a decent man who simply wants to get to know his son.
Sammy has done a great job of choosing his own family, but this might finally close that void that he’s always had.
And Cristal 3.0 or 4.0 (what a great joke!) is finally home.
Dynasty — “Devoting All of Her Energy to Hate” — Image Number: DYN506_0020r — Pictured (L – R): Daniella Alonso as Cristal Carrington — Photo: The CW — ? 2022 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
In a surprising turn of events, Blake was the one who walked in on his wife fighting her doppelganger. Usually, I’d scoff at the fact that a man was stalking his wife’s whereabouts, but in this situation, his arrival was a lifesaver as it’s unclear who would’ve won that WWE smackdown.
Plus, he saw it with his own eyes so Cristal doesn’t have to worry about people not believing her.
While it was tough to distinguish who the real Cristal was, Blake was able to identify her by asking a question only she could know the answer to.
Of course, if I were Cristal, I’d be pretty upset that no one figured out that something was off. Yes, Blake followed her because she was “acting weird” but no one was like “yeah, this is not Cristal, send up a flare.”
Fallon even thanked her for giving her some of the best advice ever.
Poor Cristal. Though, to be fair, Rita was really good at impersonating her.
Thankfully, Blake sensed that something was wrong and drafted up fake papers, so that means that Beto doesn’t actually get Flores Incorporated after all that he went through.
I’d say I feel bad for him, but he was pretty dense. Even after Cristal told him Rita wanted to kill her and assume her life, he still allowed her to go back to the hideout alone where his sister was a sitting duck. The dude doesn’t have what it takes to run a major company!
What did you think about the episode? Are you happy Cristal is safe?
What are your thoughts about Sammy and his father? And what do you think Patty has up her sleeve?
Sound off in the comments below!