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How can anyone even think about swimming in the pool at 4616 Melrose Place? Our favorite night time soap from the '90s is back and we were treated to a bloody body floating in the pool before the first commercial even aired. Top that, eh? Unfortunately, it was Sydney's bod that was face down and then carted off in a body bag. Guess we'll have to enjoy our favorite character from the old-school show through flashbacks for the rest of this season.

The beauty is that just about everyone in the building (and even some ex-residents) had a reason to off Syd. She was blackmailing David, she was evicting Ella, Michael was taking a break from being a "happily married man" with Syd and she was threatening to tell his wife. Frankly, we're surprised she lived this long.

And though it will surely be awhile before we find out who killed her, it was fun to watch Syd's memorial service, which ended up being a celebration for Riley and Jonah who for some crazy reason think they can live at the art deco apartment building on Melrose Place and still get married and live happily ever after. Though we loved those two as a couple just about as much as we loved the liberal use of the word douchebag...quite a bit, actually.

We're still trying to figure out most of the MP residents. We thought new resident, Violet, who not only discovered Syd in the pool but snuck off with her photo after the memorial service, was more than a little creepy. Auggie, who appeared to be Sydney's biggest fan, was in an alley burning bloody clothing at the end of the ep. It's crazy that Lauren can't afford tuition for med school but manages to somehow find the funds for the painfully massive silicone lips. The seemingly evil Ella provided a solid, though untrue, alibi for David. According to Ella, it'll give the rest of the MP'ers something to tweet about. David is possibly the most intriguing. He's clearly picked up where his father, Michael Mancini, left off in the original series.

Entertainment Weekly recently gave Melrose Place 2009 a solid B grade but we think they were slightly off the mark. EW said that "…it remains to be seen whether the new Melrose Place will become as giddily addictive as its predecessor." What the…? We’re already hooked! Now if only we can convince the writers to have Sydney start haunting the pool. What? It worked for Brooke (aka Kristin Davis) back in the '90s!

We knew that Melrose Place would be an absolutely fab show but we had no idea it would be as smoking hot as eppy number one has proven it to be. There are so many delicious, naughty characters, we simply can’t decide which one is going to be our favorite. Which character stood out to you? Who will you love to love and who will you love to hate?

Killer Quotes:

"I love love! I just hate monogamy." Ella
"Karma sucks. Stab enough people in the back and eventually you’ll get a knife of your own." Ella
"If it wasn't for me you'd still be wearing Juicy sweat suits, French tips and a bad dye job." Sydney to Ella
"I admit that I kind of freaked out when I found out that Syd came after me to get back at you. But when she told me how much better I was, it made it all worth it." David to his father, Michael