Gays of our Lives (June 30, 2009)

All That Matters — With Nina’s heart on the line, Roman sets out to find out if Axel is gay or not. And what better way to do that than by asking the good doctor to rub a spot he can’t quite reach … while naked? You won’t see this on American broadcast television! The question is, can Axel resist or is the doctor going to be ready to, um … play doctor?

Meanwhile, Deniz gets sprung from the slammer when Mike comes forward and confesses his role in Bulle’s death. And how is that for a lackluster end to what was an interesting storyline? Sigh …

Roman lets it all hang out for a good cause

As The World Turns — Having been injured after a shootout with Riley, Col. Mayer tracks down his number one son, Noah. Said son is stunned to see his father and upset that Col. Mayer didn’t tell him that he wasn’t dead. The colonel wants to make a fresh start with Noah (let’s just ignore those murders and attempted murders, shall we, Son?), but Noah’s not interested in having anything to do with his father.

Ever the detective, Luke, (with Papa Damian at his side) tracks down Noah and Col. Homophobe. Noah is encouraged to turn his father in, but Noah, seemingly forgetting that his father is a murderer and an attempted murderer two times over, hesitates about making that fateful phone call.

I guess smoking is not so bad for your health when you’re dead already

Kings — Jack is getting married. To a woman. That’s right, the gay prince is about to take an ominous walk down the aisle. But despite her ongoing attempts to keep her son closeted, the Queen isn’t exactly down with the nuptials and it causes her an endless number of headaches.

The King however, is delighted by his only son’s impending marriage and showers him with gifts. Meanwhile, David is enlisted to find one of the country’s missing treasures, but the adventure takes a shocking turn when he learns some unexpected news about his father’s death.

Something tells me there are more tears to shed in Jack’s future

River City — Scott is back and as usual, he’s cleaning up after the women in town. His friend Eileen is running for office and she enlists Scott to help her out by acting as campaign manager. But as you would expect, despite Scott’s best efforts, Eileen continues to be her own worst enemy and sabotages Scott’s efforts to help her campaign.