1. Adam Alexander Carrington is a fictional character from the ABC prime time soap opera Dynasty, created by Richard and Esther Shapiro.
48 Facts About Adam Carrington
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Adam Carrington has appeared as a series regular until the series finale in 1989.
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Adam Carrington 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 Carrington's difficult childhood.
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Adam Carrington was recast with British actor Robin Sachs for the 1991 miniseries Dynasty: The Reunion because Thomson was unavailable, filming the daytime series Santa Barbara.
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Adam Carrington meets a beautiful woman in "The Wedding", and while they flirt with each other and share a kiss, she playfully refuses to tell him her name.
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Adam Carrington first goes to meet Blake, who assumes that he is a con artist who saw the TV broadcast.
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Adam Carrington immediately accepts him as her lost child, and they have an emotional reunion.
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Adam Carrington is not bothered by their close-call with incest, but notices that it troubles Fallon.
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Alexis and Adam Carrington visit a doubtful Blake, who gradually accepts the idea that Adam Carrington could be his son.
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Adam Carrington is jealous when she recruits Fallon's husband Jeff Colby, so Adam Carrington has Jeff's office painted with toxic paint.
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Fallon questions Dr Edwards, who reveals that Adam Carrington once won a court case that involved poisoning by toxic paint fumes.
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In "The Proposal", Jeff attacks Adam Carrington, telling him that his new wife Kirby is pregnant with Adam Carrington's child.
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Surprised, Adam Carrington tells Kirby that he wants to be a father to their baby and the prospect begins to break down his selfish evil ways, awakening a conscience in him.
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Adam Carrington suffers from seizures and convulsions and doctors are forced to operate.
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In "A Little Girl", Adam Carrington is distressed to learn that their baby girl has not survived.
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However, Alexis blackmails Kirby into leaving Adam Carrington, who is crushed when Kirby breaks off their engagement and moves to Paris in the season finale, "The Nightmare".
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Steven's wife Claudia sympathizes with Adam Carrington and encourages him to kidnap the child back, mollifying the situation.
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Adam Carrington is called upon to defend Alexis against charges that she murdered Mark Jennings.
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Adam Carrington grows closer to Claudia, and steps in to comfort her when her marriage to Steven falls apart.
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Meanwhile, Claudia pressures Adam Carrington to help her acquire an oil well from Blake that she believes is rightfully hers.
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Fallon becomes hysterical upon meeting Adam Carrington, and accuses him of raping her.
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When Fallmont refuses the bribe, Adam Carrington investigates and learns that he is a closeted gay man.
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Dana is furious when she learns Adam Carrington has used her, but he convinces her that his feelings for her are true.
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Neal McVane is released from prison in "The Mothers", and tells Adam he has proof that the real Adam Carrington died as a baby.
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Adam Carrington feeds McVane insider trading information but his depression causes him to drink heavily.
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In "The Confession", Adam Carrington confesses to Blake and Alexis that he has learned he is not their son.
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Adam Carrington grows suspicious when Dana keeps avoiding the subject.
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Adam Carrington follows Dana to her doctor and is crushed to learn that Dana is unable to have children.
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Meanwhile, Adam Carrington finds himself in conflict with his mother's new husband, Sean Rowan.
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Adam Carrington cannot have children due to a botched abortion during high school; it turns out that she was a schoolmate of Adam's in Billings, and they slept together during one of Adam's drunken blackouts, leaving him with no memory of the encounter.
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Adam Carrington is stunned and reacts badly, accusing Dana of killing his child.
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In "The Scandal", Adam Carrington learns that McVane's story was fabricated, and Adam Carrington really is Blake and Alexis's son.
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Adam Carrington is the primary suspect, but he and Steven discover that Sean is the kidnapper and are able to rescue the baby.
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Adam Carrington continues his manipulative ways, attempting to double-cross Jeff on their pipeline work by sleeping with Steven's former secretary, Claire.
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Adam Carrington seduces Virginia, Krystle's cousin, who shares a mysterious past with Dex.
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Adam Carrington learns that Virginia was a prostitute and humiliates her into leaving Denver.
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Dex tells Blake about Adam Carrington's behavior, causing a rift between father and son.
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Adam Carrington discovers a witness who claims he saw Blake put the body in the mine.
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Adam Carrington passes this information to Blake, and then finds the witness dead just moments after seeing Blake leave the witness's apartment.
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Blake accuses Adam Carrington of setting him up, but Adam Carrington insists that something more nefarious is going on.
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Out of spite, Adam Carrington has photographs of Jeff and his half-sister, Monica, doctored to look like they are sharing a romantic moment.
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Three years later, Adam is still working for Alexis, having sold out Denver-Carrington to a foreign cartel while Blake was in jail.
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The baby, Adam Carrington, was kidnapped at six months old and never returned due to a trigger-happy police officer ruining the ransom exchange.
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In "Don't Con a Con Artist", Alexis tells Steven about Adam Carrington, and admits that she spent all of her money trying to find him.
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In "Motherly Overprotectiveness", Adam introduces himself to the family at Carrington Manor with a silver rattle Blake recognizes.
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Adam Carrington explains that he stole the drugs for his ailing mother, but does not tell the others that he euthanized Theresa.
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Adam Carrington confronts Alexis with proof that she orchestrated Hank's arrival and fake DNA test; she explains that she was desperate, and apologizes.
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Adam Carrington offers to keep the secret, but then pushes Alexis's face into her fireplace.