I found this to be one of the best shocks daytime has provided in a long time. Aside from the rotting corpse in the Elm street basement on GH back at the end of January, I can’t remember a time where I’ve been this shocked. Today’s episode was great. It’s been really hard for the 4 remaining soaps (especially B&B) to provide that kind of a shock recently, so kudos to the writers, not in a million years was I expecting this.

Also, people that are freaking out about how Maya first came on to the show, looking for her daughter and all, need to calm down. There’s no way Brad Bell has forgotten about that and is going to rewrite history so blatantly for this story. Yes, B&B has a history of bending history, but to completely rewrite Maya’s roots and entire purpose for her introduction on the show? No. I have a feeling an explanation is coming soon.

Here’s my theory: what if it wasn’t hers? What if It was that guy Jesse’s from a prior relationship and Maya took the baby? Or what if she adopted the baby (because, as a man, she can’t have one) and lost parental rights?

I’m just really looking forward to the fallout from this. Rick is going to flip at the deceit, and I bet this will send him further on his downward spiral. Carter and Maya also had a relationship, so I wonder how he will take this.

Also, the acting in this episode was great, especially Karla Mosley. She really shines when she’s given good material. As for Reign Edwards… she’s still growing on me, I don’t think she’s a great actress, but she did well today. Overall, awesome episode!

WHAT!!!!!!!!!

I’m behind on episodes so this headline made my jaw drop. First thought was how are they going to explain her baby with Ricky Paull Goldin, but I’m sure they’ll find a way. Glossing over it would leave a lot of people scratching their heads.

But…. WOW. I certainly didn’t expect this twist and hopefully they mine some real emotional beats out of this, rather than let Rick come off as an ignorant bigot or do the showy thing of revealing this on the runway at a fashion show, or have the Forrester girls cattily out Maya as Myron because Maya has been so awful to them… I guess my core hope is that Bell is planning to tell this story with the sensitivity and respect it deserves, rather than use it as the stunt to grab all headlines and then not know how to get out of a corner he painted himself into.

Fingers crossed.

Wow, wow, wow…I was thinking they were going to do a “She’s my sister, she’s my daughter”…you know daddy did it…but this one was brilliant–a stroke of genius! I would bet money that Rick’ s first reaction is total betrayal and goes off the deep end. And later, will wake up to himself and he’ll be living in a whole new world and just maybe become a real human being. Wouldn’t that be a kick in the head!

As a transgender woman this story is a welcome change at B&B and something that of course is close to my heart. Good for them keeping it quite for one but also giving the story line to a main character. I now am looking forward to watching this show again. Thank you

I don’t follow B&B, so perhaps my opinion will be discounted…That being said, after watching the scene, I say “kudos” to the two actresses involved. They were both great. Sometimes great acting is in what’s not said, the reactions, the listening, more so than what is said. Both ladies did an excellent job.

I’d also like to commend Mr.Bell for putting this story out there and hope he will do it justice for all the B&B fans the world over and for the trans community out there. As he said in is statement, everyone deserves to be loved. If this story can help the trans community feel supported and loved, and help all the other communities learn and love better, than I hope it’s well received. Hope that makes sense.

I am amazed and have to applaud them for not doing what I thought they would do, recycle tired plots like “maya is her mom” or “maya did porn or was a hooker”.

This is a huge step for any show, especially when the last five years were based around that nitwit Hope.

I cant wait to see how Carter and Rick react.

I was flabbergast. What a shock! But I’m for it. Should make for interesting story. I thought Reign did a great job. Karla too of course.

Maya had a baby, but maybe she fathered it or got the baby from someone else. Should be interesting to find out.

Wondered why they did the cliffhanger on Wednesday, but now find out no soaps for two days! Boo. I so hate basketball.

I think it’s fantastic.

It’s a shock (good) for the viewers, and a well thought storyline. Compare that to what “shocks” viewers on GH, for example, and the contrast is story telling rooted in realism.

Nice work.

Let the stilted dialogue begin!! Well…this is hardly new for daytime. The City told the story 20 years ago with an Asian model. And it went over like a led zeppelin and was written away quickly. I am all for social issues being explored on soaps if they are written well….like by Claire Labine or Doug Marland. They had a way of weaving those storylines organically into the characters, not pushing the characters into a story just for the sake of it. I watch soaps for escapism, and seeing burned children, a hastily rewritten transgender tossed in, bad horror movie rip offs, etc….just aren’t cutting it across the dial.

LMAO what a twist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love B&B

* sigh *

Applaud the unexpected but disappointed with the wrinkle here. Would have preferred to see gay male characters years ago, I will admit. And more diversity earlier on. Maya is so rich with possibilities, an outlier in the Forrester/Logan family. Just not sure transgender was the best way to go here. Will watch it play out and see. That said, the actresses rocked their scene of revelation. Just seems a shock value story development on a series lately rife with sudden shifts in character and tone. Give me a ronace that lasts longer than three months and is based on something real. Please let me have a couple marry and take the vows seriously. Let someone have a baby and raise it properly.

I was just thinking . Does anyone remember when Caroline first came on the show? She was dating Rick & Thomas at the same time. Rick was still with Amber who took his picture and fixed it somehow and convinced Caroline he liked to dress-up in women’s clothing. Caroline pulled away from him and went out more with Thomas until the truth came out. It should be interesting to see what happens this time since Rick told his Aunt Katie that he’d rather be alone than to be with someone who lies to him. Mind you she didn’t lie but she was not up front and honest with him not to mention Rick wants a family at some point.

I’ve just started watching the show about a month ago. I know who some of the characters are though, because I’m an avid reader of all things soap. My husband has seen 1 show in his life, and it was 1 where Nicole was telling her she knew her secret. I called my husband when I saw this and told him!! That’s how fabulous this surprise was! Even he was shocked!

I think of all of the soap writer’s going right now, this is the 1 that has the best chance of telling the story correct. I really thought GH was going to do a transgender s/l w/Luke or his relatives, but ? (Could this propel B&B past Y&R in the ratings? Maybe!)

Elite advisors Hi, Yes I realize that but while she was a male could she not have impregnated somebody that later gave the baby up to her? There’s a lot to be told about the story but if told right it’s going to be fantastic. We couldn’t ask for better actress’s either. Mind you I’m a little sick of Rick and his holier than thou attitude.

I thought when she came on the show they had said she gave birth in jail. I would like to know who is the father/mother because they had Maya’s ex- boyfriend AKA baby daddy on the show. I am not understanding. Am I wrong?

Well, what a disappointment. Here we have a Beautiful black woman who by the way, is in love with a white man with financial stability and the writers make the relationship a travesty. The writers have made her a Gold Digger and now you have made her a man. I understand that there are transgender people out there but the story-line could have happened with two of the other characters or perhaps they could have introduced a new character who was or is a transgender person. It is the fashion business.

Learn more before judging and talking and understand without judging someone.