Yesterday's As the World Turns picked up where the previous episode left off, with Reid looking in through the window of Al's Diner as Luke and Noah held hands. Reid took a call from the hospital and fled the scene before he could see things take a turn for the worse in Nuke's little reunion.
Luke was thrilled that Noah was making progress towards getting his sight back and suggested that the two of them go out to celebrate. Noah told Luke that he couldn't because he already had dinner plans. Luke quickly ran through the list of Noah's friends before Mr. Mayer admitted that he was dining with a guy he'd met.
Poor Luke! Is there anything worse than finding out that the person you still love is moving on? Luke asked Noah what the guy's name was and how they'd met (Richard; at physical therapy) and Noah insisted that it wasn't a date, they were just having dinner together. Luke asked if Richard was gay, and Noah admitted that he was.
Luke asked Noah if he liked this guy, and Noah said that Richard was funny and nice and that he was easy to be with because there was no pressure from him to be 'the old Noah' from before his accident, and that since Richard doesn't love him, he didn't try to 'fix' him.
Noah seemed to think that Luke should just be okay with all of this, especially since it was Luke himself who'd wanted 'all or nothing' in regards to their relationship. Yes, because hearing your boyfriend say that he just wants to be friends for now until he's ready to be more again- if he ever is- doesn't count as breaking up, but saying you're not okay with that does.
I guess Luke should have just happily agreed to let Noah put their relationship on hold indefinitely. I really, really hate how they're writing Noah now.
Noah told Luke that he was meeting Richard 'soon', and Luke decided to leave, telling Noah that he wanted him to get what he needed, but that he wasn't going to sit there and watch it happen.
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Reid had been given the bad news that he was being put on suspension while his malpractice suit was under review by the medical licencing board. Reid was going off on Bob and Kim when Luke showed up and pulled him away just in time to stop things from going too far.
Luke took Reid into the on call room and tried to calm him down. Reid told Luke that if he lost his career they might as well just shoot him, that being in the operating room was everything to him, was all that he had.
Luke suggested that Reid get a lawyer and focus on making the lawsuit go away, but Reid said that he couldn't focus on anything if he wasn't working, that he had nothing else to hold on to. That, Reid said, was why he needed Luke.
Don't get too excited, now. Reid didn't mean that he wanted to hold Luke all night long or anything like that. Instead he explained that he needed Luke's name, his money, and his power. He asked Luke to do whatever it took- bribery, blackmail, whatever- to get him back into his operating room, if only for Noah's sake.
Luke apparently left for awhile, because the next scene saw him returning to the on call room to tell Reid that he wasn't going to do anything immoral or illegal, that when he'd done so in the past it had never worked out and it would just make him feel like he was Damian Grimaldi's son.
Reid said that he was out of luck, then, since a plea from a lovesick boyfriend to the medical board wasn't going to get him back in his operating room. Luke told Reid that his Grandmother might, though, and explained that Lucinda knew a lot of influential people. After a call from Luke, Lucinda had arranged to have the medical licensing review board in Texas schedule an emergency hearing on Reid's case.
Reid thanked Luke, but Mr. Snyder told him not to book any surgeries just yet, that they had a lot of work to do. When Reid questioned the use of 'we', Luke explained that he wasn't going to let Reid do this alone: he was going with him to Texas.
Later, in Old Town, Reid was back to his snarky self, wondering just how many private planes Luke's family owned as they headed to Al's to pick up some take out for the flight. Reid went to buy some magazines while Luke went in to grab their food.
Noah was still there, of course, and sharing a hearty laugh with Richard. Luke, who looked like he was attempting to shoot laser beams from his eye's in Richard's direction, got the food and made a hasty exit from Al's before Noah knew he was there.
He stopped outside to stare in the window just as Richard placed a hand on Noah's shoulder. Reid walked up in time to see the same thing and suggested that they go, and Luke was more than ready to get away.
Well, with Noah having made the first move towards life after Nuke, I think our Luciano is now free and clear to explore his feelings for Reid.
6 comments:
I guess Luke should have just happily agreed to let Noah put their relationship on hold indefinitely. I really, really hate how they're writing Noah now.
Here's the thing though, the writers definitely WOULD of had Luke dealing with how Noah wanted things to be in regards to their relationship (he would have given him his space and let him be, while lovingly waiting on the sidelines for Noah to come to his senses again) if Reid wasn't in the picture.
The writers are the ones that have kept the training wheels on the NUKE tricycle for way too long. Luke (and Noah) need to go through this breakup (and whatever is planned with Reid) if they're supposed to be 'endgame' or not.
"Here's the thing though, the writers definitely WOULD of had Luke dealing with how Noah wanted things to be in regards to their relationship... if Reid wasn't in the picture."
That's true. At least this way, I finally don't have to hate how Luke is being written.
The writers are doing what they should have done awhile ago - break up Noah and Luke and move on to more fulfilling, adult relationships.
I am way, way more excited at the prospect of Luke getting together with Reid than I ever was with him and Noah. Part of that is the drab way in which they have always written Noah, and part is due to the fact that they have gone above and beyond in creating a brilliant, vibrant character in Reid. There is simply no contest - if Luke ends up choosing Noah in the end I will just think of him as a shallow guy who couldn't see the gift he had in Reid.
I agree, at this point they'd really have to do some incredibly creative writing to get me to believe that Luke would pick Noah over Reid.
Part of that is the drab way in which they have always written Noah, and part is due to the fact that they have gone above and beyond in creating a brilliant, vibrant character in Reid.
I agree with you. The writers are to blame for how the Noah character has been perceived by the viewing audience (outside of the Nuke fan base). I've never thought that Jake S. was the best actor in the world, but he's not the sole person at fault for how that character has been portrayed.
The writers really dropped the ball and the knew that they dropped the ball in creating a persona for the character. That's why some of the Nukers are so damn outraged at how the character of Dr. Reid Oliver has been written.
It's like the writers took the time and made an effort to do more for that character.
chIf they aren't really going to try to find anew home for atwt and they give luke and reid oliver a sex scence forget it's daytime tv and go for it. They're taking it off the air anyway!
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