Open-Node.net

Adam Carrington

Gordon Thomson as Adam Carrington
DYNASTY

Name Adam Carrington
Alias Michael Torrance
Portrayed by Gordon Thomson (1982-1989)
Robin Sachs (1991)
First appearance “The Plea” (1982)
Last appearance Dynasty: The Reunion (1991)
Spouses Claudia Blaisdel Carrington
Dana Waring
Romances Kirby Anders
Virginia Metheny
Children Son by Karen Atkinson (surrogate)
Family Blake Carrington (father)
Alexis Colby (mother)
Fallon Carrington Colby (sister)
Steven Carrington (brother)
Amanda Carrington (sister)
Krystina Carrington (half-sister)
Enemies Jeff Colby
Neal McVane
Sean Rowan

Robin Sachs as Adam Carrington

Adam Alexander Carrington is a fictional character on the American TV series Dynasty dui lawyer torrance . .
The role was originated by Gordon Thomson in the first episode of the show”s third season (Episode 32, “The Plea” which aired in September 1982); he played the character until the series finale in 1989 dui lawyer torrance . Adam was recast with Robin Sachs for the 1991 miniseries Dynasty: The Reunion because Thomson was unavailable dui lawyer torrance .
The addition of Adam to the cast provided a male villain to the show dui lawyer torrance . Over the next seven seasons, Adam would be motivated primarily out of jealously, undermining the professional successes of his brother Steven and brother-in-law Jeff, in an attempt to curry favor with his parents, especially his father dui lawyer torrance . Adam would betray both his parents multiple times but would be forgiven, even when his acts were criminal, due to residual feelings of guilt for Adam”s difficult childhood dui lawyer torrance . When circumstances arise that truly make Adam sympathetic, he squanders that good will due to his selfish, jealous nature dui lawyer torrance .

Season Three

Thomson”s main title card
In Billings, Montana, an elderly woman named Kate Torrance watches former spouses Blake Carrington and Alexis Colby make a televised plea for the return of their kidnapped infant grandson L dui lawyer torrance .B dui lawyer torrance . Colby dui lawyer torrance . While on the air, Alexis confesses a dark secret from their past: their firstborn son, Adam, had been kidnapped as a baby and never recovered dui lawyer torrance . Traumatized by the event, they had hidden his existence from their subsequent children Fallon and Steven dui lawyer torrance . After watching the broadcast, Kate tearfully tells her grandson Michael that he is really the Carrington heir dui lawyer torrance . To prove it, she shows him an engraved silver baby rattle with the monogram AAC dui lawyer torrance . Michael is stunned by the news dui lawyer torrance . As her dying wish, Kate tells Michael to find his real family dui lawyer torrance . Michael agrees, telling Kate, “My name is Adam Carrington dui lawyer torrance .”
Still using the name “Michael Torrance,” Adam travels to Denver and checks into the La Mirage Hotel dui lawyer torrance . He meets a beautiful woman, and while they flirt with each other and share a kiss, she playfully refuses to tell him her name dui lawyer torrance . Adam first goes to meet his father dui lawyer torrance . Blake assumes that he is a con-man who saw the TV broadcast dui lawyer torrance . Stunned by Blakes abrupt rejection, Adam leaves without showing him the baby rattle dui lawyer torrance . In episode 41, “The Will,” Adam meets his mother, Alexis dui lawyer torrance . She immediately accepts him as her lost child, and they have an emotional reunion dui lawyer torrance . When Alexis introduces Adam to his sister Fallon, they are shocked - she is the woman from La Mirage! Adam isn”t bothered by their close-call with incest, but notices that it troubles Fallon dui lawyer torrance . Over time, their relationship will remain strained dui lawyer torrance . Alexis and Adam also visit a doubtful Blake, who gradually accepts the idea that Adam could be his son dui lawyer torrance .
Alexis offers Adam, a lawyer, a job at ColbyCo dui lawyer torrance . When she also recruits Fallon”s husband Jeff, Adam is jealous dui lawyer torrance . Revealing his devious nature, Adam has Jeff”s office painted with toxic paint dui lawyer torrance . Gradually, Jeff”s behavior becomes increasingly erratic dui lawyer torrance . In episode 51, Alexis sends Jeff away on a vacation dui lawyer torrance . Realizing that Jeff will “recover” when he”s not breathing toxic fumes every day, Adam confesses to Alexis dui lawyer torrance . Alexis orders Adam to have the paint removed from Jeff”s office dui lawyer torrance . Adam warns his mother that if she betrays him, he will implicate her in the scheme, since Alexis used Jeff”s poor health to trick him into signing over his son”s shares in Denver-Carrington to her dui lawyer torrance .
During this time, Adam also is attracted to Kirby, Jeff and Fallon”s nanny dui lawyer torrance . Jeff protects Kirby from Adam”s unwanted advances, increasing tension between the two men dui lawyer torrance . In episode 48, Adam rapes Kirby dui lawyer torrance . In episode 55, Adam attacks Kirby again but is rescued by Jeff dui lawyer torrance .
Fallon, Krystle, and Blake, are all suspicious of Adam and Alexis when they learn from Jeff”s doctors that there was poison in his bloodstream dui lawyer torrance . Fallon vows to learn the truth dui lawyer torrance . She notes that Adam is distressed that his family doctor from Billings is in Denver for a conference dui lawyer torrance . Fallon questions Dr dui lawyer torrance . Edwards, who reveals that Adam once won a court case that involved poisoning by toxic paint fumes dui lawyer torrance .

Season Four

In episode 66, Alexis warns Adam that if Fallon learns the truth about Jeff”s illness that he”s on his own dui lawyer torrance . In return, Adam tricks Alexis into signing documents that make it look like she ordered the office to be painted dui lawyer torrance . Alexis pleads with Jeff not to press charges against Adam, as she will suffer the consequences dui lawyer torrance . Jeff agrees but he and Blake get her to give up her control of Denver-Carrington dui lawyer torrance . Alexis travels to Montana to investigate her sons background and learns from Dr dui lawyer torrance . Edwards that Adam had experimented with drugs as a teen and suffered a psychotic breakdown dui lawyer torrance . Alexis is somewhat more sympathetic to Adam at this point, feeling guilty that they gave up the search for their lost son so many years ago, condemning him to such a tragic life dui lawyer torrance .
In episode 71, Adam is attacked by Jeff dui lawyer torrance . Jeff tells him that Kirby (who is now married to Jeff) is pregnant with Adam”s child dui lawyer torrance . Surprised, Adam tells Kirby that he wants to be a father to their baby dui lawyer torrance . When he learns that Kirby and Jeff plan to divorce, he proposes dui lawyer torrance . In episode 75, Kirby accepts his proposal dui lawyer torrance . Adam confesses to Blake that he raped Kirby, who is disgusted by his son dui lawyer torrance . Kirby is diagnosed with hyperreflexia and must be hospitalized dui lawyer torrance . She suffers from seizures and convulsions and doctors are forced to operate dui lawyer torrance . In episode 77, Adam learns that Kirby”s baby has not survived dui lawyer torrance .
Stunned with grief, Adam apologizes to Blake and Alexis for the pain that he”s caused them dui lawyer torrance . He and Kirby decide to proceed with their wedding plans dui lawyer torrance . However, Adam is crushed when, in the season finale, Kirby breaks off their engagement and moves to Paris

Season Five

Adam causes great concern when he unwillingly is duped by Sammy Jo, his former sister-in-law into helping her kidnap her son, his nephew, Danny dui lawyer torrance . Steven”s wife Claudia sympathizes with Adam and encourages him to re-kidnap the child back, mollifying the situation dui lawyer torrance .
Adam is also called upon to defend Alexis against charges that she murdered Mark Jennings dui lawyer torrance . Adam and Dex are able to identify Congressman Neal McVane as the killer, and Alexis is acquitted dui lawyer torrance . During this time, Adam mourns the death of his sister Fallonand discovers that he has another sister, Amanda dui lawyer torrance .
Adam also grows closer to Claudia, and steps in to comfort her when her marriage to Steven falls apart dui lawyer torrance . Despite Blakes admonition not to become romantically involved with Claudia, he invites her to accompany him to Amanda”s wedding to Prince Michael of Moldavia dui lawyer torrance . Adam promises Blake that he”ll end the relationship after the wedding, which is interrupted by a terrorist attack dui lawyer torrance .

Season Six

After surviving the terrorist attack on Amanda”s wedding, Adam proposes to Claudia in episode 121 dui lawyer torrance . After they elope in episode 123, a furious Blake disowns Adam and cuts him out of his will dui lawyer torrance . Meanwhile, Claudia pressures Adam to help her acquire an oil well from Blake that she believes is rightfully hers dui lawyer torrance . Adam takes advantage of Blake”s health problems to trick him into signing a Power of Attorney dui lawyer torrance .
Adam is also working with Denver-Carrington on a pipeline project with Colby Enterprises dui lawyer torrance . When he travels to California for a meeting, he encounters his sister Fallon who is suffering from amnesia dui lawyer torrance . Fallon becomes hysterical upon meeting Adam, and accuses him of raping her dui lawyer torrance . Jeff is ready to believe her accusation, but upon further counseling, Fallon realizes that her unresolved conflict over her sexual attraction to Adam when they first met was what triggered her mental breakdown and subsequent disappearance and amnesia dui lawyer torrance .
As part of his work on the pipeline, Adam attempts to bribe State Senator Bart Fallmont dui lawyer torrance . When Fallmont refuses the bribe, Adam investigates and learns that he is a closeted gay man dui lawyer torrance . Adam leaks stories to the press that Bart is sleeping with Steven, which infuriates his family but ultimately causes Bart to resign, effectively ending opposition to his pipeline deal dui lawyer torrance .
Claudia has been increasingly obsessed with regaining her oil well from Blake dui lawyer torrance . When Adam cannot help her, she reveals to Blake that Adam took advantage of his illness dui lawyer torrance . Later that night, in the season finale (episode 148) Claudia accidentally sets fire to her hotel room while Adam drowns his sorrows at the hotel bar dui lawyer torrance .

Season Seven

Adam escapes the hotel fire, but is devastated to learn that Claudia has perished in the blaze dui lawyer torrance .
Adam, working for Alexis at ColbyCo, attempts to seduce his father”s assistant Dana Waring dui lawyer torrance . Dana is furious when she learns Adam has used her, but he convinces her that his feelings for her are true dui lawyer torrance . In episode 165, Adam proposes dui lawyer torrance . Dana accepts, although in episode 166, it is revealed that Dana has a secret which she fears could come between them dui lawyer torrance .
In episode 167, Neal McVane is released from prison dui lawyer torrance . He tells Adam that, while in prison, he learned that the real Adam Carrington baby died during the kidnapping - that he is a fraud dui lawyer torrance . He also claims to have evidence dui lawyer torrance . McVane begins blackmailing Adam dui lawyer torrance . Adam, who has recently reconciled with Blake, is panicked that he will lose everything dui lawyer torrance . Adam feeds McVane insider trading information but his depression causes him to drink heavily dui lawyer torrance . In episode 170, Adam is arrested for DUI dui lawyer torrance . Blake vows to learn what is causing Adam”s troubles dui lawyer torrance . In episode 174, Adam confesses to Blake and Alexis that he has learned he is not their son dui lawyer torrance . Adam plans to leave Denver with Dana, but Blake convinces him not to go dui lawyer torrance . In episode 176, the season finale, Adam and Dana are married dui lawyer torrance . Just prior to the wedding, Blake and Alexis present a stunned and grateful Adam with adoption papers - regardless of what McVane says, they consider him to be their son, faults and all dui lawyer torrance .

Season Eight

On their honeymoon, Adam tells Dana that he wants to start a family dui lawyer torrance . He grows suspicious when Dana keeps avoiding the subject dui lawyer torrance . He follows Dana to her doctor and is crushed to learn that Dana is unable to have children dui lawyer torrance . They decide to hire a surrogate mother, and in episode 181 meet Karen Atkinson dui lawyer torrance . After she becomes pregnant, Adam showers Karen with presents and affection making Dana feel excluded dui lawyer torrance .
Meanwhile, Adam finds himself in conflict with his mother”s new husband, Sean Rowan dui lawyer torrance . Sean is hell-bent on destroying all the Carringtons dui lawyer torrance . Sean blackmails Dana who must eventually confess her secret to Adam dui lawyer torrance . Dana cannot have children due to a botched abortion during high school dui lawyer torrance . What”s more, Dana was a student at Adam”s high school in Billings dui lawyer torrance . One night during a drunken blackout, the shy and mousy Dana slept with Adam who has no memory of the incident dui lawyer torrance . She was obsessed with him which is what ultimately lead her to Denver last year dui lawyer torrance . Adam is stunned by the news and reacts badly, accusing her of killing his child dui lawyer torrance . Adam turns to Karen for comfort dui lawyer torrance . Eventually, Adam forgives Dana and threatens to kill Sean if he hurts Dana again dui lawyer torrance .
Undaunted, Sean pays Karen”s ex-husband, Jessie, to reconcile with her, throwing the surrogacy into question dui lawyer torrance . Adam attempts to bribe him to leave town, but Sean forces Jessie to stay dui lawyer torrance . After the baby is born in episode 194, Karen tells Adam that she and Jessie want to keep the baby dui lawyer torrance . During the trial, Alexis reveals that Sean bribed Karen and Jessie dui lawyer torrance . Dana sympathizes with Karen and states that Karen is the rightful mother dui lawyer torrance . Adam moves out of their bedroom dui lawyer torrance .
Just before the end of the trial, the baby is kidnapped dui lawyer torrance . Adam is the primary suspect, but he and Steven discover that Sean is the kidnapper and are able to rescue the baby dui lawyer torrance . In the season finale, custody is awarded to Karen and Jessie dui lawyer torrance .

Season Nine

A drunk and depressed Adam alienates his family dui lawyer torrance . Dana leaves Adam and moves away from Denver dui lawyer torrance . Adam continues his manipulative ways, attempting to double-cross Jeff on their pipeline work by sleeping with Steven”s former secretary, Claire dui lawyer torrance . He also seduces Virginia, Krystle”s cousin, and learns of her mysterious past with Dex dui lawyer torrance . Adam learns that Virginia was a prostitute and humiliates her into leaving Denver dui lawyer torrance . When Dex learns of Adam”s actions, they come to blows dui lawyer torrance . Dex tells Blake about Adam”s behavior causing a rift between father and son dui lawyer torrance .
Adam also flirts with Joanna, Sable Colby”s personal assistant, in an attempt to help his mother with a vendetta against Sable dui lawyer torrance . Blake eventually fires Adam who returns to ColbyCo, and offers Joanna a job when Sable fires her dui lawyer torrance . Adam assists Alexis in investigating a mysterious mine on the Carrington property, where a 20-year old dead body was recently found dui lawyer torrance . Adam discovers a witness who claims he saw Blake put the body in the mine dui lawyer torrance . Adam passes this information to Blake, and then finds the witness dead just moments after seeing Blake leave the witnesses apartment dui lawyer torrance . Blake accuses Adam of setting him up, but Adam insists that something more nefarious is going on dui lawyer torrance . As the mystery deepens, Adam and Alexis learn that the mine holds stolen Nazi treasure and artwork dui lawyer torrance .
Out of spite, Adam has photographs of Jeff and his sister, Monica, doctored to look like they are sharing a romantic moment dui lawyer torrance . In the chaos that follows, Alexis reveals that Monica is not Jeff”s brother dui lawyer torrance .
In the final episode of the series, Adam taunts Dex when he learns that Sable is pregnant with his child dui lawyer torrance . The men fight while Alexis, Sable, and Monica watch in horror dui lawyer torrance . When Dex turns his back, Adam rushes him dui lawyer torrance . Dex falls backward into Alexis, sending them both crashing through a railing falling off a second-story balcony dui lawyer torrance .

Dynasty: The Reunion

Three years after the final episode, Adam is still working for Alexis, having sold out Denver-Carrington to a foreign cartel while Blake was in jail dui lawyer torrance . After Blake”s release and subsequent recontrol of his company, Adam and Blake are reconciled once again dui lawyer torrance . In addition, a remorseful Adam is reunited with Kirby dui lawyer torrance .

Notes and references

1. ^ Alexis had been married, briefly, to Jeff”s uncle Cecil, from whom she inherited ColbyCo dui lawyer torrance .
2. ^ Jeff and Kirby are married in the following episode dui lawyer torrance .
3. ^ It”s important to note that Blake violently raped Krystle in the first season of Dynasty dui lawyer torrance .
4. ^ Unknown to Adam, Alexis blackmails Kirby into leaving Adam dui lawyer torrance .
5. ^ It will turn out that Fallon is alive and suffering from amnesia
6. ^ In an interesting scene, Adam and Amanda exchange stories about being “new additions” to the family dui lawyer torrance .
7. ^ Blake is being slowly poisoned by a Krystle look-alike dui lawyer torrance .
8. ^ In episode 195, Adam confronts McVane”s source on the kidnapping, and learns he is, in fact, really Adam Carrington dui lawyer torrance .
9. ^ In the Reunion movie, it is revealed that Alexis survived the fall, while Dex”s fate is left deliberately unclear dui lawyer torrance .

• Los Angeles Drunk Driving Lawyer
• Seattle Dui Lawyer
• Dui Lawyer Seattle
• Dui Lawyer Newport Beach
• Alice And Liza Galitsin

December 20th 2007 Posted to   Pills