1. Steven Daniel Carrington is a fictional character on the American prime time soap opera Dynasty.
49 Facts About Steven Carrington
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Steven Carrington has been called the first openly gay character on a prime time drama series, and remains one of the most well-known of the earliest gay characters on television.
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Steven Carrington is devoted to and loved by Fallon, who sees the differences between her brother and Blake but does not understand why they cannot be reconciled.
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Steven Carrington, knowing Fallon's devotion to Blake, is hesitant to open up to her.
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Blake explodes, revealing the secret of which Steven Carrington thought his father was unaware: Blake is disgusted by Steven Carrington's homosexuality, and his refusal to "conform" sets father and son at odds for some time.
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Steven Carrington finds a kindred spirit in Matthew's fragile wife Claudia, who is trying to put her life back together after a mental breakdown, and they secretly kiss in "The Chauffeur Tells a Secret".
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Steven Carrington is framed for an accident at Walter's oil rig and fired.
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Steven Carrington is offered his job back when his innocence is later proven, but declines; after beginning an affair with Claudia in "The Necklace", Steven decides to work for Blake at Denver-Carrington.
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Steven Carrington spends the night with Ted, soon deciding he must break it off with both Ted and Claudia.
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Angry and upset, Steven Carrington testifies that Ted's death had been the result of malicious intent, which infuriates Blake and Fallon.
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Fallon is cold toward Alexis and Blake is openly hostile; at odds with his father, Steven Carrington is drawn to the long-absent mother he hardly remembers.
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Steven Carrington is seduced by the apparent devotion of Alexis, whom Blake had exiled from Denver and her children's lives after he had discovered her affair with another man.
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Steven Carrington soon gets a taste of his mother's poison in "Alexis' Secret": according to Alexis, Fallon is not Blake's daughter at all, and she later indicates that Fallon's father is in fact Blake's longtime friend and business rival, Cecil Colby.
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The secret eating at him, a drunken Steven Carrington falls, hits his head, and nearly drowns in the pool.
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Steven Carrington proposes to Claudia; still in love with Matthew, she declines, driving Steven Carrington back to Sammy Jo.
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Fallon is devastated at the revelation that Blake is not her father, but a blood test proves their biological connection in "The Gun" as Steven Carrington follows Sammy Jo to Hollywood.
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On his way home to Denver in "The Shakedown", Steven Carrington meets an attractive male stranger who subsequently tries to blackmail him; Steven Carrington beats him up and is arrested.
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Blake and Alexis rush to Indonesia to search for him, but Steven Carrington is presumed dead; Blake refuses to believe it.
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Meanwhile, Steven Carrington is alive in a Singapore hospital, his face bandaged after extensive cosmetic surgery.
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Several episodes later in "The Mirror", Steven Carrington's bandages are removed.
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Steven Carrington considers letting his family continue to believe that he is dead, but Steven's doctor contacts Blake.
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Blake recognizes his son despite the surgery, but Steven Carrington refuses to return to Denver.
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Steven Carrington finds himself in the middle of his parents' fight over a potential merger of their companies initiated by a plotting Alexis.
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Tensions between Blake and Steven Carrington escalate further thanks to Alexis, who manages to keep Steven Carrington away from a dinner planned by Krystle to mend fences between father and son.
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When Steven Carrington learns of his father's plans, he and Blake come to blows.
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Blake argues that a homosexual cannot be a good parent, while Steven Carrington argues that Blake, as a convicted murderer, is worse.
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Steven Carrington is concerned about Claudia's fragile emotional state when she starts receiving flowers, gifts and phone calls from her missing husband, Matthew.
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When Steven Carrington finds Dex Dexter with violets at ColbyCo, he suspects that Dex is responsible.
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Meanwhile, Steven Carrington is distressed by his mother's arrest for the murder of Mark Jennings, Krystle's ex-husband.
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In episode 96, Steven Carrington learns that he has another sister, Amanda, born after his parents divorced and raised by Alexis' cousin.
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At work, Steven Carrington meets a gay co-worker named Luke Fuller.
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When Steven Carrington learns of the affair, he sleeps with Luke.
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In episode 105, "Triangles", Steven Carrington decides to end the affair and reconcile with Claudia.
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However, by episode 110 Steven Carrington tells Claudia that while he loves her, he loves Luke.
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Steven Carrington is heartbroken when Luke is killed in the terrorist attack at Amanda's wedding.
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Steven Carrington is needed to help Blake, who is having serious health problems.
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Steven Carrington has learned that her co-conspirators have been poisoning Blake.
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Steven Carrington saves his father from faux-Krystle while Sammy Jo frees Krystle from her captors.
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Adam, with Denver-Steven Carrington's interests in mind, leaks to the press that Bart is a closeted gay man.
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Bart accuses Steven of betraying him for Denver-Carrington, but Steven knows the true culprit is Adam.
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In episode 157, Steven Carrington is distressed to learn that Danny is demonstrating troubling behavior at school.
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Sammy Jo and Steven Carrington agree to put aside their differences for Danny's benefit, and in episode 166 agree to live together platonically in an attempt to give Danny a normal home life.
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In episode 172, a frustrated Steven Carrington goes recklessly horseback riding and is injured when he is thrown from his horse.
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Steven Carrington decides to move out of Sammy Jo's ranch and leaves Danny with his mother.
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Steven Carrington knows all of this luxury has warped his mind, but he can't give it up.
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Mackay subsequently appeared in three additional episodes of the second season, with Steven Carrington's storyline left on a cliffhanger at the end of the fourteenth episode and the fate of the character unclear.
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Steven Carrington has a one-night stand with Sam Jones, who he later discovers is Cristal's nephew.
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Steven Carrington tries to uncomplicate matters by keeping his distance from Sam, who is staying at the mansion, but is won over by Sam's compulsive honesty and thoughtfulness.
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Soon, Steven Carrington is furious when a repentant Sam admits his complicity in the robbery.