Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Separation

Dynasty
Season 1 Episode 11
Air Date:  March 23, 1981   
Recap:  Fallon wants Jeff to take her out since her car is in the shop again, but he just wants to hang out by the pool, they argue about her behavior at the party, it all ends with him pushing her into the pool. 
   Steven meets Claudia, she wants to know what’s wrong, he tells her that Ted stayed with him last night, he tells her that he didn’t want it to happen.  She starts to leave, he tells her to stay so he can explain.  She goes to see Matthew, she tells him she wants to get away and start over again somewhere else, he wants to know what she’s running away from, this is how her breakdown started.  He tells her he doesn’t want to go anywhere else, this business was the new start.  
   Krystle and Blake go to an appraiser, the jeweler tells him that the necklace is worth $70,000, Krystle is very confused, Blake tells the jeweler that they will keep the necklace after all.  Back at the mansion, Blake asks Krystle what’s wrong, she tells him that she wants to know when his obsession with Matthew and her will stop.  She tells him that he keeps her locked away like Rapunzel only letting her out when he wants to show her off.
   Blake leaves to take Steven his gift, Joseph doesn’t like the way Krystle speaks to him.  When she tells him she will tell Blake about the way he’s speaking to her, he tells her that since Blake isn’t too happy with her, he doesn’t think she’ll go to Blake.  This guy needs to get it through his head that he needs to be respectful of her as well, just because Blake is that way with her doesn’t mean he can too. 
   When Blake gets to Steven’s, Ted answers the door.  They talk about Princeton, and I think Blake is trying to catch Ted in a lie, but Steven comes home, and Ted goes to finish getting dressed and leaves them.  Blake gives Steven the gift, it’s an ice bucket and a brass cricket.  Blake wants to know if he will come to dinner, but Steven tells him that he and Ted have plans, but he’ll be over tomorrow to get the rest of his stuff.
   Michael tells Fallon that she needs to take better care of her car, and as usual he tries to kiss her, not sure when this guy is going to get the hint that she only comes to him when she wants to, and the rest of the time she hardly knows he exists.
   After dinner Ted tells Steven that Denver is ok, but he wants to know if Steven misses New York, Steven tells him that he does.  Ted wants to go to a movie, but Steven says that he needs to go study.  Ted blames the change in Steven on Blake. 
   Ted goes to see Claudia instead, they go to the back and she tells him that she always knew that they would meet.  She tells him that he doesn’t know anything about her and Steven when he tries to make it seem like she trying to change him, so she feels like a real woman.  Ted asks if she’s going to give up Steven, she asks him the same question.  He says that this is tearing Steven apart.  He tells her that he’s sorry and that he wanted to hate her, but he just can’t.
   Blake is in a drunken stupor at his desk, at first I thought it was going to go into a dream sequence since the lighting was a bit off.  Joseph listens in on the servants talking about Blake and Krystle, they seem to be on her side, which pisses Joseph off, and he tells them exactly what he thinks.  Joseph brings Blake upstairs and puts in bed.  Krystle talks to him even though he’s sleeping.  She says that he scares her, and that she loves him, but she can’t live with him. 
   The next morning Blake asks where Krystle is when he sees her car in the front, Joseph tells him she took a taxi and would be sending him a letter explaining everything.  Blake tells Joseph that he knows he’s glad she’s gone, but says that she will be back, he admits that he was too hard on her and should have given her a chance to explain.
   Krystle makes a phone call at a phone booth, she tells Matthew that she’s calling to say goodbye, and he says that he wants to meet.

   Ted comes back to the apartment, there’s a note for him on the phone, and it’s from Steven.  He tells Ted that he wants to break things off.                                                                                                 Matthew and Krystle meet up on a mountain, they kiss and he tells her he still wants her, she reminds him that he has a wife and daughter, and one day he will regret his choices.                                                                                                                                                            Steven is packing the last of his stuff, when Ted comes into his room, Steven tells him that he wasn’t invited to his father’s house.  He tells Ted that he’s going to go back to his apartment alone, and that he won’t be seeing Claudia anymore.  Ted just won’t take no for an answer, and wants Steven to come back to New York with him.  Steven tells him no, and that if Ted really loved him like Steven loved him then he would understand.  Finally something got threw his thick skull.     Blake gets home and Joseph tells him that Krystle isn’t home, Fallon is upstairs and that Steven is upstairs with his friend Ted.  Blake gets really mad and runs up the stairs.  He bursts into Steven’s room as he and Ted are hugging goodbye.  There is a struggle and Ted falls to the floor hitting his head on the railing around the fireplace.  Fallon is standing in the door shocked.  Steven rushes to Ted and says to Blake that he killed him.                                                                                           Final Thoughts:  This was a good episode, I feel bad that Ted died, but I am relieved that I won't have to see his face anymore, he was just so whiny, "Steven come back to New York" "Steven you don't really know what you want, I know what you want."  I loved it when he told Ted that if he really loved him that he would understand, that really got to him.  I liked Claudia standing up to Ted to.  I'm getting tired of the whole Blake and Krystle thing though, get over her past already.  And Joseph needs to get over himself too, he may have known Blake longer, now he's seem like he's jealous of her relationship with Blake.
Best Oufit:  Look at those pants. 
Fight Count:  1 (Blake vs Ted)

No comments:

Post a Comment