IN their first Dynasty catfight, Alexis Colby lobbed a vase of flowers at her rival Krystle Carrington’s head. “If you want a rematch, just whistle,” Krystle, played by Linda Evans, huffed to her nemesis, played by Joan Collins. “It was a powerful time of my life,” Linda, 83, says. “Thank God Dynasty came along.”
That’s what 60 million people who tuned in to watch the season 5 finale of the quintessential 1980s primetime soap thought, too. By that time, the series, about the exploits of a filthy-rich Denver oil family, had become a national obsession. Dynasty — which ran from 1981 to 1989 — “was spectacular,” the late Diahann Carroll, who played Dominique Deveraux, once recalled. “Everyone was saying, ‘Hello, Diahann,’ and, ‘You slapped Joan Collins! Thank you, Diahann!’ ”…
