5x13Choke

[@LoganLavery]

People under estimate how good the '80s really were. We didn't have the internet, or cell phones, but we most certainly had Dynasty.

[@istvanpraha]

The media couldn't fear monger like it does now with the 24/7 news cycle.

[@msrain1235]

The night soaps were making a comeback at one time, but now it seems like they are going away again. I loved the 80s prime time soaps! Those were the good days!

[@msrain1235]

@Benito Lopez , did you like The Colbys too?

[@msrain1235]

@Benito Lopez, which Fallon and Steven did you like best? Do you watch the new Dynasty and if so, do you like it?

[@msrain1235]

@Benito Lopez , you liked Donna Reed over Barbara Bell Gedes?Barbara was Miss Ellie to me!

[@TrevorLogan]

Dominique's outfit is snatched, I live!

[@bfitz1373]

Trevor Logan oh yes ma'am!

[@alijanes2016]

My mother told me if you want to watch the most classiest cut throat shade then you have to watch dynasty I found it and now im getting my life

[@phoenixnyc]

Indeed. There has never been anyone since who could hold a candle to Alexis, Dominique, Krystle, Fallon, and Sable.

[@David-dz3ig]

I agree with most of these ladies except for Fallon Season 5-9. Fallon Seasons 1-4 yes.

[@MKD825]

Nolan Miller was King.

[@EyeOnSciFiPod]

"I ALWAYS question motives. That's how I've survived so long and so well." ICONIC! Rest in power, Ms. Diahann Carroll.

[@babooshky]

"I always question motives... that ´s how I survived so long and so well" 💅

[@morganolfursson2560]

These nasty bitchy scene must have been so hilarious for Joan and Diahann since they absolutely loved each other in real life. I can only imagine how devastated Joan must be to have lost such a lifelong friend.

[@paulofachiolo2519]

Calm down Morgana it's a tv show jejeje 🖕🏻😉

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Absolutely

[@kaleahcollins4567]

They played half sisters on the show but they was spiritual sisters off the show

[@nekomochi486]

​@@kaleahcollins4567 I thought Dominique was Blake's half-sister?

[@richardmcgraw6881]

RIP Diahann

[@anthonywest4173]

DIAHANN WAS SUCH A BEAUTY. REST IN PEACE DIAHANN CARROLL.

[@nickcolby1391]

I didn’t know she was dead 😮

[@coralarch]

"Clawed by a lion or bitten by a cobra"- in this show, you get both!

[@islezeus]

"Alexis, you are many things... a SISTAH isn't one of them"

[@darkskinss]

Dead!

[@islezeus]

Chaz Michael ikr? Whoever wrote the dialogue on that show sure knew his/her stuff

[@ahmadissa8863]

Lou

[@ravenna9969]

she pronounced it sister " not "sistah" dear

[@briancooper2007]

You caught that too?

[@btchnotme1587]

My favorite part here is when Dominique is choking, she guzzles more wine instead of reaching for the glass of water.

[@darkskinss]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@SvenMatthias]

I like how the glass is magically teleported into her hand at 1:35 😄

[@Hervinbalfour]

@@SvenMatthias ☠☠☠☠☠😂😂😂😂

[@robertmesk6310]

The champagne was burnt!

[@pyromaniac709]

She was as ratchet as alexis 😂

[@DaveJordanReports]

These clips never get old. But seeing them now pales in comparison to seeing them in context. Dynasty had the nation and the world in a chokehold and you HAD to be there to experience it. Do yourselves a favor and look up the clip of Dominique’s arrival in Denver. I have NEVER seen an entrance like that! Classic.

[@arkadashi]

Throwing shade, with class and elegance, iconic!!!!!

[@TheLeslieMichelle]

The most elegant way of throwing shade. Both ladies did it well.

[@marquiswilliams485]

Before the Real Housewives Franchises were shading each other, Dynasty and Dallas we're the pioneers of shading!

[@richg9448]

Don’t forget bitches Angela Channing(Jane Wyman) of Falcon Crest and Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle (Morgan Fairchild) of Flamingo Road!

[@melondygraves296]

And Dynasty had much more class

[@MrsSam]

Two beautiful women oozing class! The glamour and scandal of it all. So over-the-top. Boy how how miss Dynasty!

[@growlikesco]

"Yeees I choke on his name too." 😃 LMAO 😂 😁 😂 😁 😂 That had me dead!

[@islezeus]

she didn't know yet that Dominique was choking in disgust at the thought of her being interested in her brother...

[@fobypawz418]

also she realized that Alexis didn't know about her and her brother's relationship I think....

[@MKD825]

Ultimately, it was foreshadowing to Dominique's tuberculosis storyline.

[@bootichow]

Lawd, the tuberculosis c-storyline! SMH. Dominique came to Denver on FIYAH until they stopped all that momentum and threw a bucket of cold water on her. These writers truly didn't know how to write for her and made her into a saloon singah.

[@dalemcilwain]

Dominique threw shade with that fake choke on Alexis. Alexis fell for it without knowing that Blake and Alexis were half siblings.

[@kazior6521]

I love this scene! The actresses, the lines, the fashion, and the scene. I wish I was having that lunch. From the Black Forest cake to the seafood.

[@marvinjones4415]

On a side note, I miss these kind of rich incidental music cues like at the beginning of this scene.

[@LoganLavery]

I totally agree with you, the music in the older shows was very compelling and is lost today. Also, together with the music cues, they used long shots without dialogue where the actors had to emote using body language and facial expressions and truly ACT !!

[@LoganLavery]

I should have said in my reply “and ACTUALLY ACT !!”

[@bloom4096]

That music teleported me straight back to my childhood 😍

[@jameswalls933]

Diahann Carroll character as Dominique was Classy, she was The Boss and she made sure her character wasn't a stereotype! Bravo 👏

[@vernonsmith6176]

I was very disappointed that the writers watered her character down 😢 sad.

[@charlesdavis545]

That's because Diahann asked them to write her character as if she were a wealthy business man.

[@Chosen4DaKingdom]

Two of the most beautiful women to ever walk this earth.

[@Karl_95]

Talk about class.these two are great.the lunch and table set up is so elegant.i love when Dominique starts to choke.Alexis:yes i'd choke on his name too.Dominique: thats like asking me if i'd rather be clawed by a lion or bitten by a cobra either way if im not careful i could be dead( with the ending scene music ).the lines, oh the lines.so.poetic.what wonderful writers they had...ahhh, the good ole days!!!!

[@japerkins3565]

She coupled because Blake is her brother, and, at this point, Alexis didn't know that

[@pyromaniac709]

0:03 Omg that seafood plate 🤤

[@nwezetx1]

Yes!

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Such fun, decadent escapism here; Dynasty gave us a yummy little taste of the good life. Love the fashions, hair, food, and also the friction between these two fierce characters. I think I watched every episode in its initial run-- well, at least the first few seasons. Wednesday nights were always a good time in my high school and college years. 😄

[@PHlophe]

Edu, how old where you back then

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@PHlophe When Alexis started on the show I was a teenager. I was born in 1966. (Didn't watch the first season.)

[@charlesdavis545]

It was good until it wasn't.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@charlesdavis545 That was very succinctly put.

[@pyromaniac709]

This is how rich people til this day so

[@Miumiu0404]

"I choke on his name too." lol that was hilarious!

[@JBiggsofWSNC]

I want that chocolate cake with the cream and maraschino cherries in the opening scene!!!!!

[@charlesdavis545]

I want those lobster tails.

[@ramona2400]

Two real life friends and GRAND DIVA's showing us how it is done. They both in sincerity are playing themselves.

[@bobbyv5943]

ramona2400 ricky That is nice.

[@davisdupreez5397]

Oh for the days when a whole black forest cake on a silver tray on a glass table was a display of wealth and power.

[@Kelaiah01]

Shrimp and chocolate cake... good lunch.

[@enolamsamoht]

Bk94541 My sentiments exactly !!!

[@marvinjones4415]

I need this lunch casually in my life!

[@dalemcilwain]

😋😋😋

[@pyromaniac709]

Diarrhea incoming

[@robertmesk6310]

I hope to god for Dominique's sake that the champagne was not burnt!

[@runnerwalters779]

The show was too good!

[@vistaprime]

in all scenes Alexis had lunch with her enemies none ever finished their lunches.

[@TXejas19]

A shame, because those lunches look delicious

[@alexherbst9477]

I'd ask for a to-go plate, haha.

[@peterpatzig9068]

Alexis never finished any meals...

[@azizaalihonou7680]

😅😅😅

[@vistaprime]

@@peterpatzig9068 except caviar.

[@rinwesley3092]

Just two absolutely stunning queens, the likes of which we’ll never seen again in media for a long time.

[@QueueAnasi]

While they are having their conversation, I am Like….OH MY GOD ARE THOSE STAR FIRE LILLIES?!?!?!!! Elegance and Class. FANTASTIC bouquet 💐 LET US GIVE THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT A PEARL NECKLACE!!!! The Flowers are not Burned unlike the Champagne lol.

[@renegaderunner332]

The dialogue in this scene was killer!

[@melspauldingify]

Can you believe both of these women were in their 50s when this was shown on tv and they look 10-15 years younger wow

[@pyromaniac709]

Stem cell treatment maybe?

[@anthonybarlow5955]

And the new dynasty will never natch the original

[@dorseylandria6119]

The new is HORRRRRRRRIBLE!!!!!!!!! ITS A JOKE

[@p994able]

@@dorseylandria6119 I honestly didn't even try to tune into the new series. I couldn't do it to myself.

[@TonniTonne90]

Venus I agree

[@perryIII]

NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! I do not watch it. I hope they canned the show

[@LinhHueTran]

They will never measure up to the original.

[@BlackWolf6420]

I wonder what they were talking about afterwards. They had to finish the food after all.

[@toplaycool21]

Diahann Carroll was gorgeous and a groundbreaker. A wonderful combination.

[@charlesdavis545]

"a sister is not one of them" "Maybe you like Blake Carrington" "Yes I choke on his name too." lmao

[@MaryBlanche]

Love her hat!! 🎩 ❤️

[@prof32]

Great to see this scene in it's entirety. Many of the syndicated versions edited the scene.

[@johnson_]

my fav part is when she says "no witnesses" lmao. i'm gonna have to find a way to use that.

[@joannehines7806]

The two classiest women on tv in the early 80's: Dominique & Alexis!!

[@bazandjamie]

Even the Black Forest gateaux was frosty !

[@paulvoorhies8821]

I love how all of these people who clearly hated each other kept hanging out together. I mean, you don’t see me hanging out with my family and friends….

[@ritaandleo]

Class and Beauty!!! I love Ms.Carroll

[@dalemcilwain]

I'm motivated to sew some replicas of these beautiful costumes. The tough part is to make the patterns, the size can be adjustable.

[@businesslady7840]

Please inbox my and let me know 👏

[@ronscott1816]

Dynasty rocks

[@mumble.jumbles]

That cake could only pass in an elite setting in the 80s. Looks tasty though.

[@mikechrisscorpio.2659]

The Scenes With These To ICONIC ACTRESSES Will Never Stop Being Entertaining, Pure Perfection ✨

[@teralmiles]

That lunch looked divine.

[@Andrewclovis]

The 80s. Nothing like it!

[@sierria64]

People also don't realize that Joan and Diane Carroll have been friends since the late 50s both of them were stunning a buffing with badass asking them b****** could act on anything

[@eddpower5425]

"Yes, I'd choke on his name too". 😂😂😂

[@Aramanth]

I bet no one is going to eat that cake! 🎂🥂

[@noahleith2509]

prawn cocktail and black forest gateau, how very 80s and common.

[@TheYoungjobe]

I always question motives" 🔥

[@naokisan07]

Gabriel García Marquez said in one of his books (Love in the times of cholera) that rich people made these rituals (dinners, social events, etc) as a way to distract themselves from killing each other. After watching a few short clips of Dynasty I can't agree more.

[@omiluna7362]

Gabriel García Márquez.

[@pyromaniac709]

So they dont enjoy each other at all? Ive always assume you go to parties to have fun not to be with people you hate

[@naokisan07]

@@pyromaniac709 Read the book so you can understand what I mean

[@EdjeMr1975]

R.I.P Dominique

[@davidfischer6923]

Joan was a great actress

[@oldmacisback]

No food was eaten in this scene.

[@freemindsloveforever]

oldmacisback figures to watch at the dinner table and board room

[@dalemcilwain]

They sure was sipping on that Sparkling apple cider (Champagne) and Grape juice (Wine).

[@haranoe]

That skin tone, that make-up, that glamour, even the voice and accent... unless you are handicapped or maimed by prejudices, you should acknowledge Deveraux is like a further improved version of Morell Carrington Colby Dexter... Rowan.

[@larrycj4382]

I like how Alexis is drinking red wine, while Dominique is drinking white. 🍷

[@bobbymaesteg]

They were good friends in real life.

[@duchessravenwaves2834]

They hated each other but were always together

[@karlperriment7763]

These two together were magic

[@Thumpersnissle]

Shrimp and a giant cake 😂

[@americangiant1003]

More than anything (after watching this classic “soap opera” later in reruns) I will most remember Dynasty for this. One of the first major TV Shows in which the Female Stars/Lead Characters were gorgeous looking middle aged Ladies ie 40s/50s. Especially these 2 Beauties in this scene. RIP Diahann.

[@orion8835]

This scene was so contrived and enunciated with very strong plosives and throat like quality. The timing and gesticulations were played to the hilt by both of these soap divas. The faux world domination was absurd yet incredibly compelling. In fact all of these types of scenes were played like a Bond film. It’s a shame Linda Evans never got the fact that she wasn’t playing in a Western. Which I suspect was the original idea with the working title first named “Oil”. This show was far more dangerous. And very camp.

[@Xanadudancer]

That wig is so high and full and love it ❤

[@The70sGal-mf2xc]

Back when there was actual good shows on TV.

[@AndyBluebear-fi9om]

There are still good shows on TV now.

[@Nocturne22]

The entire half of an avocado on the plate - so 80's!

[@tonybarlow4291]

Dynasty fit the era so will

[@Youngstown529]

These two are going to eat about 8 pounds of seafood for lunch, along with an entire chocolate cake and a bottle of champagne?

[@xfiler-gl7nc]

I choke on his name too. Get out while you can.😂

[@lisettegarvin5030]

Good memories!! Loving that hat.

[@marymary68ify]

She looks great

[@alistairwharton1559]

Gosh, how I miss these shows! Don't make 'em like this anymore!!😂

[@strikeleather6503]

No way they would eat all that!! They would be watching their figures constantly. Still, the table setting is just fabulous!!

[@nicolemonrue]

My mother LOVED this show lol

[@carlosdossantos917]

Women were so beautiful and feminine in the 80s. This style needs to come back. They didn't all try to look the same either

[@humps678]

THE SHADE!!!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@AndyBluebear-fi9om]

So what did they talk about during the rest of the meal? Did they just make boring casual small talk or just sit in silence?

[@lorealdrayton6164]

damn it.....the champagne is still burnt!

[@williamweimian]

I can use some of their hair and shoulder pads

[@lmw9610]

Diahann Carroll was especially fabulous

[@103lvm]

I would wear those outfits today. Dynasty was known for their fashions

[@MarcusLeepapi]

Too cute...

[@Turtletoots3]

I never knew they still used the transatlantic accent in the 80s.

[@kyletanker5257]

If they ever teamed up together...watch out world.

[@damianrhea8875]

This dialogue is so deep ! BRAVI !

[@gandfgandf5826]

"Like sisters " "sincerity" no wonder she choked.

[@japerkins3565]

She coupled because Blake is her brother, and, at this point, Alexis didn't know that

[@andrewgarrett3555]

Look at all of the food on those plates.

[@lifefullloved545]

Those ladies both aged so beautifully.

[@Sunny-in-Tucson]

She’s choking on the burnt champagne

[@benharis1956]

No. Because Blake is her half brother. Although Alexis don't know.

[@japerkins3565]

She coupled because Blake is her brother, and, at this point, Alexis didn't know that

[@Bbcream342]

That orange lipstick!❤

[@brianwilson4668]

I know those 2 ladies couldn't sit there and eat all that food!

[@littlericky46]

When do they start singing "Bosom Buddies?"

[@spencerwilson3298]

The food looks delicious!!!!

[@circusm139]

I like how “Alexis, you are many things. A sister is not one of them” has a double innuendo especially coming from a black woman 😂

[@iluop3623]

There is no way they could eat all that food...

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Alexis and Dominique barely took a bite of their food.