while soaps have often featured "earth shattering" secrets that proved to be "lackluster at best", "this was not at all the case when it came to the bomb nicole avant had been sitting on since she strolled into beverly hills", ashley dionne of "tvsource magazine" said. the reveal scenes "were something to be seen and seen again." dionnne praised the acting and said the "flawless portrayal of a flawed character like maya by karla mosley is nothing new." "the news of this shocker spread through media outlets faster than i could rewind my dvr to make sure i heard it correctly." dionne said the reveal "quickly became the most talked about moment on tv that day." however, dionne, like many others immediately questioned how much of the character's history would need to be "rewritten" to make the story work. she continued, "i found the move to be just as the title of the touts, bold." tim surette of "tv guide" admitted that the plot twist on soaps had become quite "common," and "the writers of the bold and the beautiful took the show's later shocker to a whole new level. and you know what? good for them." "people" magazine said "after 28 years on the air, "bold and the beautiful" just aired its most genuinely unexpected twist yet."