Oakdale Idol

Today was both a Luke & Noah day on As the World Turns and an American Idol performance night. It was also an incredibly busy day for me, so I'm going to deal with both in one blog.

The only thing that really needs to be said about Idol is that Adam Lambert was once again amazing. He took a rather cheesy 70's song, Play That Funky Music, and made it his own, giving a really great performance.

I was especially looking forward to tonight to see if he was going to keep the more clean cut look he was sporting last week. Honestly, as much as I liked it, I was hoping he would revert back to his own style and stay true to himself in that sense.

He seems to have found a compromise between the two looks, though, and it really works for him. His voice remains pure Adam, of course, and that's why he's so amazing.

I also have to admit that I've developed a little crush on Kris Allen as well. He could someone not, though, when he's completely adorable? I think he's also a decent singer who has impressed me a lot more than some of the other contestants, especially a few who have been overly praised.

Moving on to today's Luke & Noah scenes. Luke & Noah headed to WOAK after Luke got a phone call from Kim Hughes saying that a wealthy man had come forward to offer to fund PSAs about Housing Discrimination. On the way, Luke shared with Noah Holden's theory that Damian may have been involved with Luke's 'accident', hiring someone to hit him just so he could save the day and try and win Luke back.

At the police station, Holden was relating the same theory to Margo Hughes, who wondered if perhaps Damian didn't have another possible motive: scaring Luke out of using Grimaldi money for Gay Rights causes. Still, Margo told the Snyders there was nothing that she could do officially without evidence and warned Holden against taking the law into his own hands. She also advised again that they all keep a low profile for the time being.

Not surprisingly, the mystery donor that Luke & Noah met at the television station was Damian himself and Luke refused to accept his help. Once they were back at Java, Noah wondered yet again if perhaps Damian was really trying to change, but Luke reminded Noah that he didn't know Damian and what he was capable of. He asked Noah to think about how he'd feel if his own father showed up after all he'd done, saying the same things Damian was saying.

Later, Damian showed up and Holden & Lily's, spying on them through the window as they kissed until Lily spotted her peeping tom of an ex. Damian was there to try and convince Lily to plead his case with Luke about the PSAs. Lily called Luke and asked her to meet him at the TV station and after hanging up she informed Damian that the PSAs were a great idea, but they'd do them without his money.

While Luke & Lily were at the station, filming the first of the PSAs which Lily had announced that she was personally funding, Damian returned to the Snyder house and looked all lurk-y and suspicious as he placed his hand on the doorknob. Later, Holden & Lily returned to find their living room trashed and mud tracked all over the floor. The clueless maid (they referred to her as a maid more than once, but I thought she was little Ethan's nanny? Hell, next week she'll probably be the chauffeur, why worry about details on this show?) who'd been just upstairs and yet had somehow heard nothing while the house was trashed reported that she'd seen a man matching Damian's description in the garden.

Meanwhile, Damian stopped by Java, tracking in a lot of mud on his shoes, to tell Luke that he'd got the message and was leaving town. He also told Noah it was nice to have met him and that he regretted that he wouldn't have the chance to know him better.

Damian was checking out of his hotel when Margo showed up and took him down to the station for questioning. In true Oakdale P.D. fashion, the questioning took place in the lobby of the police station, with Holden, Lily, Luke & Noah all present to assist top cop Margo in her job.

Damian denied having broken into the house and reluctantly gave his expensive Italian shoes to Margo so she could see if they matched the prints or not. Margo told Damian not to leave town without her permission and Holden then ominously warned Detective Hughes that if she couldn't protect his family, he'd do whatever it took to do so himself.

On his way back to Java after parting with Luke, Noah ran into his boyfriend's Bio Dad who urged him to give him a chance and help him show Luke he'd changed. Noah, though clearly more willing that anyone else to believe Damian might really be sincere, refused to help.

Overall, it was a typical poorly written episode that moved way too fast. I hope this isn't as good as Damian's return is going to get! I'm looking forward to Thursday, though, when the twins debut.