6.8/1056 votes#1 - Ep. #1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/23/1987
Eric Forrester puts on his latest fashion show. Bill Spencer demands that Ridge stop dating his daughter, Caroline. Det. David Reed questions Brooke Logan about the two men who tried to rape her.
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- 7.0/1030 votes
#2 - Ep. #2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/1987
Eric tells Stephanie their marriage has gone stale. Ridge tells his parents he and Caroline are getting married. Brooke searches through mugshots to find her attackers.
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- 6.8/1024 votes
#3 - Ep. #3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/1987
Beth reassures Katie about her complexion. Stephanie informs a stunned Thorne that his brother Ridge is getting married. Brooke confides in her sisters Katie and Donna about her attack. Caroline introduces Ridge to her father and tells Bill she is marrying Ridge. Bill who knows of Ridge's constant womanizing via Margo tries to hide his rage.
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- 6.6/1021 votes
#4 - Ep. #4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/26/1987
Dave tells Brooke he wants to use her as bait to catch the rapists. Brooke is worried. Thorne suspects Ridge is marrying Caroline to spite Bill. Eric informs a shocked Margo that Ridge is now engaged. Bill tries to convince Caroline that Ridge is no good for her but she refuses to stop her wedding plans.
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- 6.8/1022 votes
#5 - Ep. #5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/1987
Caroline urges Bill to accept her feeling for Ridge. Brooke tells Dave she will act as a decoy. Though he is reluctant, Dave agrees. Stephanie and Eric have their first meeting with Bill and offer to use their home for the wedding. To lift Katie's spirits, Storm asks Donna to set Katie up with a date. Bill hires a private detective to uncover Ridge's indiscretions and to stop his daughter from marriage.
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- 6.4/1020 votes
#6 - Ep. #6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/1987
Dave proposes to Brooke but she asks for time to think about it. Bill pressures Margo to tell him about Ridge but she refuses. Storm and Dave argue about using Brooke as a decoy. Eric confronts Ridge about whether or not he loves Caroline.
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- 6.3/1020 votes
#7 - Ep. #7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/31/1987
Stephanie calls her daughter Kristen in New York. Kristen tells Stephanie she won't be able to attend the wedding. Donna meets Rocco at the library and convinces the young hipster to ask Katie out. Katie is overjoyed when Rocco calls. Thorne meets Caroline and feels initially attracted to her. Meanwhile, Stephanie gets a suspicious phone call.
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- 6.5/1022 votes
#8 - Ep. #8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/1/1987
Stephanie believes Eric and Margo are having an affair. Rocco arrives for his date at the Logan house but is disappointed in Katie's looks. Eric and Stephanie argue about their absent daughter - who Stephanie chastises as having an unhealthy proximity to Eric - as Caroline convinces Kristen to come to the wedding.
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- 6.8/1021 votes
#9 - Ep. #9
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/2/1987
Ridge receives a call from his old flame Alex Simpnson who convinces him to go out on date upon her return to Los Angeles. Caroline talks Bill into giving Ridge a chance. Bill then unsuccessfully tries to reach Conway Weston. He leaves a message to call off the investigation on the P.I.'s answering machine. An overjoyed Katie returns home from her date with Rocco. Brooke isn't ready to marry Dave just yet.
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- 7.2/1019 votes
#10 - Ep. #10
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/3/1987
Eric urges Stephanie to come clean with Kristen. Caroline daydreams about her wedding. Ridge manages to have Thorne cover for him at Forrester Creations and takes off the Café Russe where he meets Alex. Alex gets Ridge to reminisce about all the good times they had together. Conway gets the message that Bill called off the investigation but proceeds: He breaks into a hotel suite and takes pictures of Alex and Ridge making love.
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- 7.0/1018 votes
#11 - Ep. #11
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/6/1987
Thorne finds Caroline having a first fit in her wedding dress. Bill tells Margo to confess all about her relationship with Ridge or to drop the subject. Storm reads aloud about the upcoming Forrester wedding. Beth pauses and wonders if Eric - who she seems to know - remembers her. Ridge is worried about Conway's picture. Thorne confronts Ridge about his late-night disappearance but Ridge doesn't tell him about Alex. P.I. Weston fails to get a hold of Bill to inform about his coup.
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- 6.9/1018 votes
#12 - Ep. #12
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/7/1987
Kristen arrives in L.A. and meets with Caroline. Alex approaches Ridge again but he tells her he only loves Caroline and is worried he will lose her because of the picture. Later, Bill tells Ridge he now accepts his relationship with his daughter. Brooke tells Storm how much she envies Caroline's wedding. She is still undecided about Dave's proposal. Conway gives Bill the picture.
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- 7.2/1018 votes
#13 - Ep. #13
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/8/1987
Caroline and Kristen get along fabulous and she asks her future sister-in-law to be her matron of honor. Bill is furious when he sees the picture of Ridge and Alex. Ridge and Caroline have a press conference about the wedding where he confesses his love. After a long time away, Kristen returns to the Forrester mansion where she runs into her mother. Their conversation is as icy as ever. Bill shows the picture to Margo and asks her what to do.
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- 7.1/1017 votes
#14 - Ep. #14
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/9/1987
Eric is glad to have his daughter Kristen back in town. Brooke continues to be amazed by the Forrester wedding. This prompts Beth to tell her daughter that she knew Eric Forrester in college. Bill's dinner party for the newly engaged couple begins. Margo can hardly hold Bill who is raging mad back. Eric and Stephanie wonder how well Margo knows Bill. Dave and Brooke have a romantic dinner. Brooke is angry when Dave admits Storm talked him out of the decoy plan. Bill tells Ridge he wants to speak to him after the party.
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- 7.1/1020 votes
#15 - Ep. #15
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/10/1987
Donna realizes Katie is upset that Rocco hasn't called her and convinces him to ask her out again. Bill confronts Ridge with the picture. Ridge tells Bill it was a mistake but Bill wants the wedding called off immediately!
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- 7.0/1017 votes
#16 - Ep. #16
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/13/1987
Ridge confesses to Thorne his indiscretion but maintains that he loves Caroline. After some soul-searching Ridge decides not to tell Caroline anything. Donna informs Beth about Rocco's true interest in Katie. Later, Rocco tells Donna he wants to date her not Katie.
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- 6.5/1018 votes
#17 - Ep. #17
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/14/1987
Stephanie argues with Kristen about her love life. Brooke and Storm worry about their grandmother living alone at her high age. Kristen and Caroline continue to bond. Storm tries to convince Grandma Logan to move in with the rest of the family. Ridge informs Bill he will have to tell Caroline the sordid truth himself because he refuses to hurt her.
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- 7.3/1018 votes
#18 - Ep. #18
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/1987
The big day has arrived: Ridge and Caroline have a trial ceremony where the Minister is surprised that the father of the bride is not present. Bill is still at his apartment and ponders his next move with Margo. Meanwhile Ridge says to Thorne that he hopes Bill won't tell Caroline about Alex. Caroline is thrilled about the wedding. When Bill finally arrives at the Forrester Mansion, he goes to straight to Caroline and informs her that there is something important he has to tell her.
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- 7.2/1017 votes
#19 - Ep. #19
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/16/1987
Stephanie is astounded that Margo is attending the wedding. Eric urges his wife to focus on the happiness of this days instead of any hostile feelings. Brooke tells Storm that she cannot forget the day when she was mugged. She still plans on acting as a decoy as Dave is planning. Bill tells Caroline about Ridge and Alex and she is heartbroken. Caroline decides to go through with the wedding anyway but collapses at the altar.
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- 7.3/1017 votes
#20 - Ep. #20
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/17/1987
Ridge rushes Caroline to the hospital. Though Dr. Adams informs the waiting family that Caroline is fine physically but very much torn up, so he had to give her a sedative. Rocco comes to the Logan house see Donna but is caught by Katie. Margo is shocked that Bill told his daughter about Ridge's indiscretion. Ridge and Thorne learn the same via Kristen who mentions that Bill spoke to Caroline just before she collapsed.
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- 7.7/1021 votes
#21 - Ep. #21
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/1987
Brooke acts as a decoy but the plan traps the wrong men. Kristen tells Bill that she doubts that the excitement of the wedding caused Caroline's collapse. Meanwhile Brooke and Donna read about the wedding in the paper and decide to go to the hospital to get in on the tumultuous events regarding the Forresters and Spencers. Bill lets Ridge know that it is over between him and his daughter. Caroline wakes up and begins to cry. Thorne comforts her.
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- 7.1/1016 votes
#22 - Ep. #22
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/21/1987
Donna is having second thoughts about going to the hospital to see a woman they never met before. Brooke however is certain that it is a chance for them to feel a brisk of the life of the rich and famous. Eric asks Kristen to stay in town. Due to hostility with Stephanie Kristen refuses. Thorne begs Caroline to give Ridge another chance. Stephanie and Eric wonder about what caused Caroline to collapse. Brooke actually walks into Caroline's room and the two woman have a friendly chat.
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- 6.8/1016 votes
#23 - Ep. #23
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/22/1987
Upon her release form the hospital, Caroline tells a shocked Kristen the wedding is canceled permanently. Brooke narrates to her mother how she went to the hospital last night and actually met the Forrester brothers and Caroline Spencer. As Brooke mentions how interesting it would be if Beth had known Eric Forrester better at college, Beth has a thoughtful look. Thorne urges Ridge to talk to Caroline but Ridge is reluctant. Caroline asks Bill how he could be so cruel as to break the news of Ridge's infidelity to her on her wedding day.
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- 6.5/1018 votes
#24 - Ep. #24
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 4/23/1987
Caroline tells Bill that she won't forgive him for his cruelty. She plans to turn her life around and become independent. Hence she is moving out.The wedding is canceled indefinitely. Stephanie is deep in thoughts and ponders to tell Ridge a huge secret. Ridge decides to talk to Caroline but is devastated to find her gone. An argument as to who is responsible ensues but most importantly Bill and Ridge wonder where Caroline went.Caroline rents her own apartment.
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- 6.7/1015 votes
#25 - Ep. #25
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/24/1987
Storm is catching up with his old flame Alex at Café Russe. Brooke is having a romantic dinner with Dave but is taken aback when he gives her an engagement ring. Katie and Donna make dinner for Rocco. When Katie leaves the room, Rocco tries to kiss Donna. She likes it despite her efforts not to.
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Continuing drama combining romance and intrigue set against the glittering backdrop of Beverly Hills and the American fashion industry.
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Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Ep. #1" is the best rated episode of "The Bold and the Beautiful" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/23/1987. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Ep. #2".