About to watch now. I hope y'all are correct.

Is Ridge the only new person in the opening? Who is gone?

Ridge, Quinn, Wyatt and Aly were added.

Wow the first scene between KKL and TK was so beautiful! The music, the location... it was just wow!

Monday was a very interesting episode... We actually had more than one storyline featured!

I liked that Katie mentioned that Brooke's efforts are not going unnoticed.

The stuff between Hope and Wyatt was great. I am liking them together more and more. Steffy REALLY needs to come back and take Liam and Hope out of each other's orbits.

Quinn and Steffy was fun.

Thorsten Kaye... He was excellent. Truly, TK played those scenes wonderfully. If only that was Ridge. Three reasons for that: 1) The accent is still horrible (although it seems that he made attempts at disguising/softening it) 2) As mentioned before, the styling is all wrong 3) TK played Ridge as a blue collar worker in a suit. There was no class, refinement or hoity-toity snobishness in his portrayal. That's essential for this character. But you guys are never going to admit that.

Anyways, I think Bell wrote his scenes the same way he would have written them if Moss was in them, so that helps. If they fix the styling and TK finds a way to portray that "richness" in the character, then I'm sold. And how wonderfully sneaky of Bell to use a classic theme that hasn't been on for years while Fridge was talking about being caught between two families.

Can't wait to see him with Brooke.

Love my TK, the scenes with Eric and Ridge are great

Hope sweetie denial is not just a river in Egypt

I warmed to Kaye today with KKL, as many predicted she would be his saviour. He isn't Ridge, but he isn't awful, they might as well have given him a new character because Kaye and Moss are poles apart. But Bell was smart and he did a beautiful exterior shoot for the first Brooke and Ridge scene, chose the right music and ta-da instant chemistry.

Welcome to the dark side lol. Seriously, though, I am looking forward to KKL working her magic.

Welcome to the dark side lol. Seriously, though, I am looking forward to KKL working her magic.

KKL sold it 100%.

I hate to say it, but TK as Ridge is not the train wreck I was expecting...But the Ron Moss camp is sorely missing.

I also am liking TK as Ridge! IMO he is playing Ridge seemingly more "Grown up" then RM. His gruff voice is a bit distracting though.... Are they a day behind in the TVGN showings? they showed Monday's episode today and Fridays yesterday.

I also am liking TK as Ridge! IMO he is playing Ridge seemingly more "Grown up" then RM. His gruff voice is a bit distracting though.... Are they a day behind in the TVGN showings? they showed Monday's episode today and Fridays yesterday.

Yeah they air them a day late, which is dumb IMO

TK is going to work out just fine. He and KKL have great chem and the fact that he's an actor is intriguing for this show. Has BB ever had one of those?

As for Dorothy Sbornak - aint nobody gonna be singing "Baby Come Back" for you! Adios!

TK is going to work out just fine. He and KKL have great chem and the fact that he's an actor is intriguing for this show. Has BB ever had one of those?

Don't be mean now.

The whole "actor" joke only applies to Ridge, as played by Ronn Moss.

Don't make me start a list.

OMG. The Brooke and Ridge scene WAS AMAZING! KKL's chemistry is ON!!! Kaye was superb too. I'm really rooting for them now and this is the first time I've had so much positive energy from a "couple" since the early 2000s.

Damn you, Bell! Kinda-Sorta-Ridge was so touching when he wished he could have been there for Stephanie's death and kissing Eric before he left was very sweet. TK literally melted from the end of an episode to the opening of the next.

And, how lovely was it that you could hear birds and dogs and a helicopter flying when they were standing by the balcony? Soaps have completely forgotten the outdoors have sounds, too.

That ending scene! How ironic that, of all remaining soaps, B&B hasn't completely forgotten how to do unabashed romance. The music, the looking up, the realizing, the walking towards each other. Their chemistry (as predicted by myself and others) worked and TK is SO lucky to have an actress as giving and generous as KKL to play off of. And that lovely smile of Brooke's at the end. The fade-out shot was, deservedly, hers. A classic scene.