Letterrips from 2002 (first part):

I can't wait until Stephanie finds out Brooke is pregnant with Deacon's child. I love watching them spar!

I am really glad that Stephanie has a chance to feel how it is to keep a deep, dark secret from your loved ones.

My father passed away two years ago at the age of 96. He never went a day without letting me know that he thought Stephanie was the most beautiful woman on TV. I have to agree with him. He so much enjoyed watching Stephanie and the show. He always had a good eye!

I want to comment to the person that said that this reveals Stephanie as the tramp she always said Brooke is. They apparently haven't watched the show very long. There is a BIG difference between having two boyfriends at the same time when you are in college and sleeping with two brothers AND their father, breaking up marriages, not knowing if your children are by your husband or his son, and now HAVING A BABY WITH YOUR DAUGHTER'S HUSBAND! Big difference - Stephanie is still the most dignified woman in daytime and Brooke will NEVER compare or be worthy.

Stephanie is not a saint, but she's a fighter. She fights for her family. There aren't too many people on this show that will go that extra mile like Stephanie would. Now can someone please explain to me why Massimo is demanding Stephanie to tell Ridge that he is his father? Why? What's the point? Ridge is a grown man. It's not as if he's Little Eric's or Thomas's age. He is not a child. It doesn't matter that Massimo is Ridge's biological father. Eric is his father in every way that counts. Massimo is jealous of Eric because Eric has Stephanie. Therefore, he believes that by telling Ridge of his true paternity, he'll get the woman he's always loved and a son. It doesn't matter what Massimo does or says, he will never break the bond between Ridge and Eric.

It's great seeing Erik Estrada on B&B. He is still great looking and a wonderful addition to the cast. Also, if Stephanie left Eric for Massimo that would be too cool. He has always walked all over her, so if she dumped him for Massimo he would be getting what he deserved!

I think Ridge needs to know who his real father is. I also hope they can form a friendship. I realize Eric has raised him, but he is wrong about the inheritance. Ridge made a huge mark in the company and is entitled to a bigger share. He should really inherit Forrester Creations but since Brooke has 51% of the company, Ridge can't. Rick and Bridget are going to inherit Brooke's share later so they shouldn't be considered in Eric and Stephanie's will. I want Eric to find out the fact that Ridge is Massimo's son. I hope Ridge sticks to his guns and demands more. Great show.

What a GREAT storyline regarding the family feuding over the "family business!" This will create much tension, envy, jealousy and rivalry between the brothers/siblings/spouses, not to mention Eric/Stephanie/Massimo!! I can see this storyline going on for a very long time to come!! Bring it on!

Stephanie needs to remind everyone that it was her money that started Forrester Creations. I think Eric and Stephanie could split their personal assets equally amongst their four kids but as for the company, Ridge should get controlling interest. If not, Ridge needs to quit Forrester Creations. Mass could offer to back him financially to start his own company. Forrester Creations should become a shadow of itself.

Ridge certainly has his nerve. One minute he's acting all high and mighty about the "gift" Rick is giving him and the next he's treating Rick and Amber like enemies. I can't believe he would get that vicious over the Forrester stock. He never gave a fig about it until Stephanie planted the idea in his head. And to boot, Ridge isn't even a Forrester, yet Stephanie would have the controlling interest go to him rather than the rightful Forrester heirs, the company that Eric FORRESTER built! Ridge and Stephanie both deserve to end up with nothing for as selfish as they're being.

It didn't surprise me that Massimo is Ridge's father. I have watched B&B since the first day and Stephanie has always favored Ridge over the other children. I wondered years ago if she had made a mistake and Ridge was not Eric's son after all. I still want Stephanie and Eric to stay together, though.

It is a shame to pour your life into a family business and then find out you are inheriting less than 10%. I would feel ripped off too if I were Ridge. Eric is way out of line on this decision and it very well may cost him his son and his company. Without Ridge, Forrester Creations would be nothing. Also how will Brooke's new baby fit into the "splitting of the pie?" 51% divided by 3 is only 17%. How will Amber like that? All Ridge would have to do then would be get one of his siblings to combine their stock with his and then they would control Forrester with a mere 19.6% It will certainly be interesting to see how this all works out. Greed is a powerful motivation!

I think it is past high time for the Forresters to take back controlling interest in their company. Is this ever going to happen? Eric promised Stephanie that he would get the company back.

I have been watching B&B since the very first show. As I read comments from other viewers it is obvious that they do not know the whole story. Brooke's mother, Beth, and Eric were in love in college when Stephanie told Eric that he had fathered her child. He left Beth and married Stephanie to raise a child that he doesn't know is not even his. If Stephanie had left Brooke and Ridge alone in the beginning, her whole world would be different. But she is a manipulator and she kept them apart.

How dare Stephanie stand up in front of the press and humiliate Brooke and then say, "What are we going to do? This is such a scandal?" What kind of scandal will come from the press finding out that Ridge Forrester is not Eric Forrester's son and that Stephanie has been keeping it a secret? What kind of values are they? I think that's what should happen. Please let Brooke be the one to find out about Ridge's paternity and use it against them all the way they use everything against her. That would be a great story!

Stephanie needs to come down! Please, please let Brooke find out about Ridge's true father. Why is everyone letting her off when she is the one that humiliated Forester? She needs to be put in her place! This is the meanest person I ever saw. KUDOS Susan Flannery! Nobody can make me mad like you do!

Yesterday's show was a barn burner. The way Stephanie manipulated that press conference was classic. S.F. was superb. Usually, I am indifferent to this sort of thing (realizing this is a soap opera) but I was actually steaming after this episode. Stephanie gives new meaning to the word "b---h." She can be downright cruel and boy was this apparent when she stepped up to that podium and went at Brooke full blast. Another Emmy for Susan Flannery, perhaps?

Well done B&B! What a fabulous episode. Stephanie and Brooke were terrific. My kids are off school this week and they phoned me at work to tell me that Stephanie just ripped Brooke to pieces. I have to tape the show so when I got home and watched it, WOW! I love to see them both at each other. And I can't wait to see the episode when the Forresters find out who the father of Brooke's child really is. Keep up the good work. You deserve the Soap Opera Award.

I cannot believe that Ridge feels that Brooke is destroying the company because she is pregnant by an employee. Was the company destroyed when he was having an affair with Brooke who at the time was married to his father? Will the company be destroyed when Stephanie's secret is out about Ridge not being Eric's son? As far as I am concerned Stephanie has no right trying the sabotage Brooke. I hope that Brooke is the person that finds out Stephanie's secret and holds it over her head! All in all this family, this close group of people, are all scandalous. Stephanie has no right to be so furious with Brooke since she has her secret about her own son.

Since Stephanie found out about Brooke's baby it is only fair that Brooke bust Stephanie out about Ridge not being Eric's son.

Brooke has always been the bad girl in the show. It's time to let her be happy and that should be with Deacon and their baby. He has been given a hard time too and his first was taken from him. I hope the show puts them together with a little happiness. And focus on Stephanie and Massimo and show that she's not the moral goody-two-shoes her family thinks she is. She had an affair too and had a baby with another man. She's always down playing Brooke. I hope when it comes out, Brooke throws it in her face. And I would like to see Thorne with Megan. Stephanie needs to stop thinking that she only has one son.

Stephanie acts like she is so "sweet" but don't forget her wicked ways, and the fact that she knows Ridge isn't Eric's son. Brooke is really is a good woman at heart, one who makes a lot of mistakes too regularly, but don't let her go down with everything that is happening. Ridge deserves what he is getting and don't forget Taylor is no angel. Her secrets are in the closet. Love the show.

I really enjoy watching this show. It moves at such a fast pace. If you miss a day, you've missed too much. I love Brooke and Deacon together. Stephanie is getting on my nerves with her self-righteous act. She has a BIG skeleton in her closet. I am eagerly awaiting the day everyone finds out about Massimo being Ridge's father. I hope Brooke is the one to tell so that she can embarrass Stephanie the way she did to Brooke. OK, maybe Brooke did do sneaky things to get the company. But do two wrongs make a right? Why is Ridge acting like he didn't deserve what he got? He was being just as sneaky trying to get it back.

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the Feb 18 episode when Stephanie ripped into Brooke. I love the feuds between these two. I can't wait to see what Stephanie has in store for Brooke! Keep up the excellent work! I was watching B&B with my windows opened and started screaming so loudly my next door neighbour came over to see if I was alright...ha ha! Excellent job guys!

What a show on February 20 with Stephanie and Eric arguing over support for Forrester Creations and saving face!! I had to watch the show twice to cheer Stephanie on!! What a disgrace Brooke is to Forrester Creations.

I just wanted to say that Susan Flannery is the best actor ever!! I loved it when she stuck it to Brooke the Tramp at the press conference. She is and always has been right on where Brooke is concerned. Go get her Stephanie!!

My comment is on Stephanie trying to embarrass Brooke at the conference. Brooke may have been embarrassed, but Stephanie should have been more embarrassed. The dirty laundry that she aired was not Brooke's alone. It actually made Forrester Creations more of a laughing stock than it already was. Eric should have knocked her off the podium. She is the one who showed no class. Especially since she has the biggest secret of all. She is fighting for her son to have control of Forrester Creations when Brooke's children are the true Forrester heirs not Ridge.

Loved the show where Stephanie revealed Brooke's pregnancy! Best show ever. I'm glad I had it taped so I could watch it over and over! Cool, especially after Brooke talked about promiscuity! More, more, more!

Bravo to B&B! I've been waiting very impatiently for Brooke to get hers. Stephanie exposing her pregnancy at the press conference was the BOMB! I was screaming my head off. I can't wait for the day it's revealed that Deacon is the father of her baby.

The 2/18/02 episode was great. However, it seems to me that Stephanie, again, didn't consider anyone but her little Ridge when she stepped up to the podium. This is the family company and she ruined the company's press conference. Her hatred of Brooke is amazing, and yet she's the biggest hypocrite of all. Knowing that Ridge is another man's son, yet still passing him off as Eric's! Can't wait until Brooke gets that piece of information. Also, there is not one man in the bunch of the lot! Ridge lets his mama do his dirty work. Eric lets Stephanie humiliate, not only the other mother of his children, but also his company. Rick, Deacon and Thorne just stood by and let Stephanie do what she always does and that's put her hatred of Brooke before anything or anyone else. Hope someday a real man is there to nail Stephanie and let Brooke find true love. Not one of those men there deserve her.

Ridge and Stephanie need to run Forrester Creations, not those young and inexperienced kids. The Forresters deserve the company, after all, it's theirs. If Massimo is Ridge's father, I don't want Massimo to start a relationship with Stephanie. He needs to be with Sally. Sally deserves to be happy with all that she has been through.

As far as Massimo, Ridge and Stephanie - I'd like to see them as a family. I can hardly wait to see Ridge's reaction when he finds out who his real father is and the rest of the Forrester clan's reactions.

The Bold and the Beautiful has been doing a fantastic job on their storylines! The writers are superb. Now it's time for Stephanie to get what she has done to Brooke paid to her and worse! It should be clear to everyone that Ridge is not Eric's biological son. However, the time has come for all to be revealed and Brooke to be the one to do the honors. What a day; what a day! Stephanie has played the good girl long enough and has others actually believing her. I'm a fan that has watched this show from day one. It's Stephanie's turn and she should know that it's a lesson she needed to learn, especially when it comes to judging others.

Monday's storyline was priceless. Brooke, the tramp, got just what she deserved. Supposedly, Brooke is sorry that she slept with her daughter's husband, Deacon, yet, she is in his arms every chance she gets. I would hate to have a mother like Brooke. She is awful. I hope Stephanie and Ridge leave Forrester and go to work for Massimo. Eric is a wimp and I can't believe he would not support Stephanie. Besides, he is the reason they lost the company in the first place. Please give him a backbone and stop allowing him to be such a coward. He is too good of an actor to be such a coward. I am waiting to see what is going to happen this week. I am waiting for the day that the Forresters will be in control of their own company again. Let the tramp go back to the valley or Paris.

I have been watching B&B for many years and, although I love the show, I would like to see Stephanie get what she has coming to her once in awhile instead of always picking on Brooke. It would be great to see Brooke call Stephanie a few choice names for her indiscretion and the truth she's kept from Ridge.