Luke becomes his father’s son and Noah finally has reason to smile on “As the World Turns”

Thank God for the arrival in Oakdale of Dr. Reid Oliver! Not only is he going to restore Noah’s sight, but he has instantly established a very antagonistic rapport with Luke which was very entertaining to watch.

“I don’t like you,” the doctor says to Luke point blank toward the end of the episode.

You can’t blame him. Luke took a page out of Damien’s book and blackmailed the dude to fly into town and examine Noah. Luke (Van Hansis) was fun to watch as he was on the phone doing the blackmailing then returned to being sweet Luke when the doc arrived and the doctor (played by new cast addition Eric Scheffer Stevens) is having none of it.

There is some buzz out there that the doc and Luke become attracted to each other which makes sense because the line between love and hate is rather thin. Meanwhile, Noah (Jake Silbermann) is smiling again! He’d been so unrelentingly angry since he went blind after an explosion on his film set. I loved the scenes with ex-girlfriend Maddie and her friend (WHO is that cutie pie znd is he gay? I missed how he is in the storyline).

Anyway, let’s hope things stay interesting during the show’s final eight months or so. If things stay interesting, the writers just might make us really sad that Luke and Noah and co. are leaving the airwaves.