Don't Con a Con Artist

Alexis to Sam

"**Don't Con a Con Artist**" is the eighteenth episode of the first season of The CW's *Dynasty*. It aired on April 6, 2018.

## Synopsis

**FALLON VS. ALEXIS** — When Fallon and Alexis fight for Steven's love, his relationship with Sam gets caught in the crossfire. Meanwhile, Cristal turns her attention to Culhane's family and stumbles upon a terrible secret.

## Plot Summary

**SPOILERS AHEAD**

Fallon and Liam discover that Alexis is trying to sabotage Steven's engagement, but he refuses to believe them. Cristal puts the Carrington resources behind helping Michael's ailing father. Blake informs the staff that Alexis is unwelcome, and that anyone who helps her will be fired. When Anders tries to dissuade him, Blake fires him as well. Fallon manipulates Alexis into confessing, but Steven is more mad at Fallon for endangering Sam. Alexis admits to Steven that she spent all of her money trying to find Adam, Alexis and Blake's kidnapped first child. Upon being rehired, Anders warns Blake that Michael's father's illness is tied to an environmental scandal that Carrington Atlantic covered up.

## Cast

* Nathalie Kelley as Cristal Carrington
* James Mackay as Steven Carrington
* Robert Christopher Riley as Michael Culhane
* Sam Adegoke as Jeff Colby *(credit only)*
* Rafael de La Fuente as Sam Jones
* Alan Dale as Joseph Anders
* Grant Show as Blake Carrington

Special Guest Star* Nicollette Sheridan as Alexis Carrington
* Arnetia Walker as Luella Culhane

Co-Starring* Darryl Booker as James Culhane
* Elizabeth Youman as Evie Culhane
* Amor Owens as Dr. Libby Kim
* Natalie Karp as Mrs Gunnerson
* Henry Bazemore Jr. as Security Guard
* Lauren Halperin as Prison Guard

Uncredited* Aiden as Bo

## Trivia

* As a main cast member, Sam Adegoke (Jeff Colby) is credited but does not appear in the episode.
* The 15-second opening sequence is featured in this episode.
* Steven learns he has an older brother Adam.
* Liam mentions that his parents have both slept with their therapist. As the gender of the therapist is unknown. Either Liam's dad, or Liam's mother belong to the LGBTQ+ community.
* The Carringtons' cook Mrs Gunnerson shares her name with the Original's one.
* During the staff reunion, Blake also talks with his maid Jeanette and his gardener Tony. Both of them were also members of the Original's staff.
	+ All the Staff members have been previously mentioned by Joseph or the family before being seen altogether in this episode.
		- Tony returns back in Season 2, but with a new face now.
		- Jeanette returns in Season 4, but with a new face now.
	+ Blake's speech to the staff has big similarities with the speech he does in the original Dynasty series, in the Season 1, Episode 4: *The Honeymoon.*
* Alexis and Sam do their shopping in *L. B. Luft Boutique*.
	+ L.B. is the nickname for Little Blake Carrington-Colby, the son of Original Jeff and Fallon Colby.
* Sammy Jo starting to dance at his engagement party is a reference to the episode *The Party* from the original series in which Sammy Jo starts making a spectacle of herself at a party for her and Steven.
* The title of the episode comes from a line said in the original Dynasty series, first said by Cecil Colby to Alexis Carrington in the Season 2, Episode 4 : *Fallon's Father.*
	+ In the reboot, Fallon says it to Alexis.
* Alexis Carrington is the titular character of the episode.
* 'Don't Con A Con Artist' is Rafael de la Fuente's favourite episode.

## Quotes

**Fallon**: Oh, this is sad. Hiding her valuables like a paranoid, underprivileged squirrel.

**Fallon** to Liam: The Talented Mr. Ridley.

## Multimedia

### Images

* Promotional
* Moments
* Behind the Scenes

### Videos

Dynasty Don’t Con A Con Artist Trailer The CW

## References

1. ↑ Final Adjusted TV Ratings for Friday 6th April 2018
2. ↑ This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).
3. ↑ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0567416/quotes?ref\_=m\_tt\_trv\_qu