WOW!! I loved today's episode!! When Bradley is good he is good!! The only thing missing was having Tracy M. there today for the final Forrester look around.

I hate Nick!!! He just rubs me the wrong way...wanting Bridget back, I hope she's not stupid enough to go to him and I wonder if he and Felicia are going to be getting it on before too long??

Sally....

I'm watching and I'm liking what I'm seeing........

Totally Great show today, and more of a great kickoff to the great story that is to come for the Queen. Even Nick and Budge could not ruin today's show. Like said in another thread I am enjoying B&B more right now than I am my other two soaps ATWT and Y&R. I am just happy to see a new kind of storyline finally on a soap instead of WTD, or who's been cheating on who.

Susan Flannery and Jack Wagner are awesome right now - more Emmy nominations in store for both, I'm sure. It's nice to see Wagner as a bad guy again, which he's so good at.

Saying all that, I'm hating Nick and his mother very much.

The Forresters and Brooke have my support in the war of the fashion houses.

Looking forward very much to the appearance of Betty White.

Yes, B&B is certainly more watchable!

Stephanie: I am honored to be your wife.

Love classic lines like that!! Susan Flannery was very calm and suttle today...I think pair this episode with anything coming up with her you know who...she'll have a lock on an Emmy nomination!!!

Jackie and Nick..Blah! BOO!! Great episode!!

OH I personally LOVED the three "F"s with Stephanie smashing the windows, too bad she couldn't have let loose and gone for the gold on Nick!!!!!

Yep. B&B is definitely on the upswing. I actually can't wait for Y&R to be over to watch it.

B&B is good, but this ALWAYS happens. It's good then back to crap. As far as I'm concern both Brad and LML aren't great, but when they're good they're amazing. I'm a sucker for this though, and I love B&B's campiness.

I had to pass on B&B all week so far but am looking very much forward to a marathon on Friday or Saturday.

About Sally: I fear this might have been Darlene Conley's last appearance for a long time. It depends how much they were pre-taping due to Xmas but it is pretty likely that she won't been seen for the upcoming months now with DC battling cancer.

OMG! I just saw the promo with Betty White.

I've died and gone to heaven!

B&B is really on a roll, and I am loving it.

*dead* Just saw it!

That promo is fantastic. That look of Betty White. Oh my god, I can't wait till tomorrow. CBS better promote B&B during CSI...

That look of Betty White.

RIGHT!! She has a look that could kill...this is going to be so exicting!!! This is a huge thing for daytime!!! I would only hope that SOD/SOW gave Susan and Betty a cover...but they're not a part of GH or DAYS so that is out of the question. Blah!

I noticed Jim Houghton wrote the last two episodes -- he's done a very good job for a newbie SW, particularly with regards to Stephanie. It was almost up to Patrick Mulcahey's standard.

Even though I've loathed the woman ever since I started watching, I do have some sympathy for Stephanie and I hate that Brad Bell's succeeding there. The final scene when she smashed out the windows of Eric's office was brilliant and ballsy and I hope she doesn't lose that aspect when she's worked out her rage issues. The only thing about the episode I couldn't stomach was the schmaltz between Stephanie and Brooke. After being bullied by the woman for years, it's pathetic to see Brooke still get gooey eyed just because Stephanie's appreciative she sold her shares to Nick.

One other thing of note was a continuity error. The establishing shots for the final scene were set at night time but in Eric's office, it's clearly still daylight.

I all I can say again is I am loving B&B right now, which was last on my list of favorites a few weeks ago, is now number one, seeing as ATWT and Y&R seem to have hit a major road block as of late, at least I am seeing something new on a soap for a change.

BTW: loved that promo, that was just totally to cool.