Blake Alexander Carrington is a fictional character on the ABC television series Dynasty, created by Richard and Esther Shapiro.
George Peppard was originally cast as Blake, but ultimately had difficulties dealing with the somewhat unsympathetic role and was replaced with Forsythe.
[5] In the series premiere, Denver oil tycoon Blake Carrington marries his secretary Krystle Jennings.
While Blake struggles to save Denver-Carrington from financial troubles, he is thrilled to learn that Krystle is pregnant.
Blake come to suspect that Krystle is having an affair with Nick, so after his sight returns he continues to feign blindness in order spy on her.
In the season finale, he confronts Nick, who leaves an unconscious Blake for dead on a remote mountainside.
Weeks later, attorney Michael Torrance from Billings, Montana approaches Blake and claims to be Adam.
In the third-season finale, Blake learns that Steven is living with another man, and decides to sue for custody of his grandson.
Although Alexis initially denies that he is Amanda's father, Blake eventually learns that she is, in fact, his daughter.
The entire family attends the wedding of Amanda and Prince Michael of Moldavia, and rebels storm the chapel and spray the church with bullets.
Thanks to Ben and Alexis's interference, he loses everything, including his lucrative South China Sea oil leases.
Blake learns that his hotel, La Mirage, has burned down and that several people, including Claudia, have perished in the fire.
As Blake continues to try to regain his empire, he discovers that the land he inherited from his mother is rich in natural gas.
Soon after, Emily Fallmont gives incriminating information about Alexis and Ben to Blake, who uses it to force them to relinquish their ownership of Denver-Carrington and all its holdings back to him, including the South China Sea oil leases.
Later, Blake, Alexis, and Ben are in southeast Asia inspecting an oil rig when it catches fire.
Ben rescues a trapped Blake moments before the rig explodes, which eventually leads to their reconciliation.
The situation is complicated by the fact that the mine is full of stolen Nazi treasure, hidden there by Tom.
In the last episode of the series, Blake learns that the police captain investigating Roger's murder is searching for the treasure.
Three years later, in Dynasty: The Reunion (1991), Blake has fully recovered from his gunshot injury and is being released from jail after being exonerated for the fatal shooting of Captain Handler.
Along with his sons, Steven and Adam, and former son-in-law Jeff Colby, Blake attempts to regain control of Denver-Carrington from an international consortium.
A pilot for a Dynasty reboot for The CW was announced in September 2016,[6][7] and Grant Show was cast as Blake in March 2017.
[11] She noted, "I love Grant Show's warmth when he lies directly to his son's face about having returned the phone.