The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington (John Forsythe), the patriarch; Krystle (Linda Evans), his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam (Gordon Thomson), lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon (Pamela Sue Martin; Emma Samms), pampered and spoiled; Steven (Al Corley; Jack Coleman), openly gay; and Amanda (Catherine Oxenberg; Karen Cellini), hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis (Joan Collins). Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.