Dynasty (2017 TV series) season 2
2017 television season
The second season of Dynasty, an American television series based on the 1980s prime time soap opera of the same name, originally aired in the United States on The CW from October 12, 2018, through May 24, 2019. The season was produced by CBS Television Studios, with Sallie Patrick as showrunner and executive producer alongside executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. Debuting on October 11, 2017, the series was renewed for a second season on April 2, 2018. Dynasty was renewed for a third season on January 31, 2019.
Season two stars Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington, Grant Show as her father Blake Carrington, and James Mackay as her brother Steven, with Robert Christopher Riley as Michael Culhane, Sam Adegoke as Jeff Colby, Rafael de la Fuente as Sam Jones, Alan Dale as Joseph Anders, and Nicollette Sheridan as Alexis Carrington. Series regulars added for the second season include Ana Brenda Contreras as Cristal Jennings, Maddison Brown as Kirby, and Sam Underwood as Adam Carrington, Blake and Alexis's eldest son. Notable recurring characters featured in season two include Monica Colby (Wakeema Hollis); Dominique Deveraux (Michael Michele); Claudia Blaisdel (Brianna Brown); Liam Ridley (Adam Huber); Ada Stone (Katherine LaNasa); Melissa Daniels (Kelly Rutherford); and Hank Sullivan (Brent Antonello).
Cast and characters
Main
Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon Carrington, an Atlanta energy executive and heiress who is the daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington and his first wife, Alexis
Marisa Hampton portrays a younger Fallon
Nicollette Sheridan (later Gillies) as Alexis Carrington, Blake's ex-wife, mother of Adam, Steven, and Fallon
Ana Brenda Contreras as Cristal Jennings, a friend of Blake's late wife, Cristal Flores
James Mackay as Steven Carrington, Fallon's gay environmentalist brother, raised as Blake's son but fathered by Anders
Rafael de la Fuente as Samuel Josiah "Sammy Jo" Jones, nephew of Blake's late wife Celia, and Steven's husband
Robert Christopher Riley as Michael Culhane, Fallon's fiancé, formerly the Carrington chauffeur
Sam Adegoke as Jeff Colby, business rival to Blake, revealed to be his nephew
Maddison Brown as Kirby Anders, Joseph's daughter
Alan Dale as Joseph Anders, the Carrington majordomo
Grant Show as Blake Carrington, recently widowed billionaire, father of Fallon and Adam by his first wife, Alexis
Sam Underwood as Adam Carrington / Dr. Mike Harrison, Blake's and Alexis's eldest son, who was kidnapped as an infant
Recurring
Adam Huber as Liam Ridley, a writer who marries Fallon and whose real name is Jack Lowden
Brent Antonello as Hank Sullivan, Alexis's former lover and co-conspirator in a plot to fleece Carrington Atlantic
Wakeema Hollis as Monica Colby, Jeff's sister and Blake's niece
Katherine LaNasa as Ada Stone, an antiquities dealer who blackmails Michael
Brianna Brown as Claudia Blaisdel, the disturbed woman who killed Blake's wife Cristal/Celia
Nicole Zyana as Allison, Fallon's assistant
Guests
Kelly Rutherford as Melissa Daniels, wife of Senator Paul Daniels, and Steven's former lover
C. Thomas Howell as Max Van Kirk, Liam's uncle
Pawel Szajda as Nikolai Dimitrov, a Russian oligarch interested in buying Carrington Atlantic
Shannon Lucio as Mora Van Kirk, Max's wife
Sharon Lawrence as Laura Van Kirk, Liam's mother
Brian Krause as George, Liam's stepfather
Natalie Karp as Mrs. Gunnerson, the Carrington cook
Robert Arbogast as Dr.
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