Dynasty Review: A Good Marriage in Every Sense (Season 4 Episode 18)

Liam hits his breaking point, and Fallon attempts to get rid of Amanda on Dynasty Season 4 Episode 18, “A Good Marriage in Every Sense.”

Liam and Fallon’s relationship has been rocky for quite some time due to time constraints. Fallon can’t seem to figure out that to keep a partner, you have to be in their presence and spend time with them. Work is a vital factor in anyone’s life, but if work is more important than your significant other, it’s sure to cause some issues.

The family drama has Fallon too enthused with convincing herself that Amanda couldn’t be anything other than a lying scammer. She is so enthused she can’t notice that Liam is pulling away day after day. She’s too busy worrying about her company and pleasing others instead of giving Liam a little bit of happiness.

Liam’s feelings towards Fallon’s actions are valid, and it’s about time that he calls her out on her behavior. Without proper effort on her part, there will never be any solution, and at this point, it doesn’t look like it’ll come anytime soon. Fallon continues to paint Liam as the bad guy for expecting his wife to spend time with him instead of taking the blame for her wrongdoings.

Dynasty is slacking a bit by trying to force Eva on the audience and involving her with Liam. He and Fallon should be able to work on their marriage issues without there being another issue thrown into the mix.

Unintelligent is not a word that would be used to describe Liam; oblivious would suit him better. He also would never be categorized as a cheater, which is why it feels like even If he’s given the opportunity, he won’t cheat on Fallon. He has morals and doesn’t seem the type to break them for someone he barely knows, even if he isn’t getting intimacy at home.

Amanda feels like a genuine soul, someone who wants to form a connection with her family, without any ulterior motive, but is unaware of the level of crazy she’s getting into. However, working at one of the most notable law firms in all of England gives Amanda the ability to put up with Adam and Fallon without losing her mind. She’s been prepared for their type of psychological attacks.

While Amanda can hold her own against the Carrington family and seems to be doing well at it, that doesn’t mean a skeleton won’t come barreling out of her closet at some point.

Eventually, some deep, dark secret will come to light, and it isn’t going to be Amanda’s affair with the judge, either. No matter how much I would love for her to be simple and not as crazy as the rest of them, it doesn’t seem plausible.

Kirby’s small moments throughout “A Good Marriage in Every Sense” are arguably the best ones. She is still in the middle of grieving Anders’ death, and her focusing on that is more prominent than anything else.

It’ll be interesting to see what Kirby does with an entire book full of Carrington secrets. Will she sit back and keep it as a backup for a rainy day, or will she take her revenge on the family and air their dirty laundry out? The show might be a tad bit more entertaining if she were to take option B and run with it, but it makes more sense at the moment for her to do nothing.

While it may sound like a broken record repeating the same thing over and over, it’s still going to be said; Steven deserves better. Yes, it’s nice that all of Anders’ money gets left for Kirby, but yet again, it’s being forgotten that Steven is also a part of Anders’ family, and it’s time he’s brought back.

Steven’s absence is a central plot hole, and without bringing him back, there’s always going to be something missing from the story. The outrage isn’t even necessarily because of the love for the character; it’s because of the inconsistencies in the story. Does he even know about Anders’ death?

Fallon loves to exclaim that she’s the head of the family, and that’s the reason why she must assess and take care of Amanda. Well, okay, sweetie, what about your brother that you haven’t spoken about or seen? Does a Carrington get admitted into a psychiatric facility and all of sudden drop off the face of the earth or stop being of importance?

Dynasty has a real issue that needs to be dealt with instead of coming up with new, poorly executed storylines that aren’t entertaining. There is a lot of stress for the last four episodes to tie everything together, and I don’t see them succeeding.

Dynasty likes to keep the number of characters in play high, but the quality of storylines they’re being given is becoming an issue. The characters’ back and forth wishy-washy behavior isn’t appealing and hasn’t been for a while now. For a show full of “main characters,” we sure do only see some every other episode and for only five to ten minutes of showtime.

Other Thoughts:

• Blake and his senate run is not an interesting storyline whatsoever. He’s just another rich white man who feels like he should have whatever he wants whenever he wants it. He doesn’t even want to be senator, all he wants the title for is his airport construction… I hope he loses.
• When I said I wanted more exciting things for Sam, I didn’t mean him sleeping with Cristal’s brother and being used so Beto could steal paperwork.
• If Cristal is going to be the new head of the Flores Empire, she needs to leave and take Blake with her. I’d much rather watch Blake tend to Cristal as she runs a business.
• Elizabeth Gillies’ directorial debut is wonderful! She did a phenomenal job directing the episode and I hope that we get to see more of her vision played out in Season 5. 

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Dynasty airs Fridays at 9/8c on The CW.

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