Liveblogging "As The World Turns": Doctor My Eyes

Can Dr. Reid Oliver help Noah see again? If he does nothing else of note, he'll always have a place in my heart for the expression on Luke's face after this: "What I see is the big, fat silver spoon in your mouth that ... I hope you choke on"

Oh No You Didn't!

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2:05PM EST: Princess huffs "finally" when Reid comes in, then quickly apologizes when the Doc does the head back "excuse me?" move. Reid complains about the hospital food, the people in Oakdale, the state of Illinois, and all of it's "whitebread"-ness. Um yeah, this is rich coming from Opie Cunningham.

After getting some bile out, he states "let's do this. let's make a blind man see". Noah whines "But what about me? Oh wait, it's me you're talking about".

Carly is her usual self-absorbed self. I think I'll refer to her as MeCarly from now on. She's convinced that Jack is going to come back to her, but that won't be easy now that Janet has told him that Liberty is dying .. or something.

2:15PM EST: Luke is astonished that Reid (i'm still trying to come up with a nickname) wants to operate today, but Noah says "I'm calling the shots, and if he wants to to do it today, let's get started. I have more fireworks to mishandle!"

Reid exits the hospital room and runs into Dr. Bob and says "You ... you look important. If there's such a thing as an operating table in this hospital, I need one, now, as well as your best neuro team, and blah blah (other medical stuff )". I love this guy! Dr. Bob is aghast and says "Who are you?"

2:25PM EST: Luke just had one of my all-time favorite Luke moments. He introduces Dr. Bob to Reid and says "this is Bob", and Reid says "naturally, you're on a first-name basis". Luke then delivers one of the greatest "Bitch, whatever" looks I've ever scene.

Dr. Bob says "Yes, I know who you are now. I gave you permission to be in the hospital, but I had no idea you were going to perform surgery today. Reid says "Well, now you do", and turns and goes into Noah's room.

Noah is ready to sign the consent, but Luke says "not so fast, you need to think about it". Dr. Bob calls Reid out into the hall and then calls him out on his arrogance, telling him that if he doesn't reassure Noah and stop acting like an ass, he won't be able to perform the surgery.

Reid tells Noah "I know this a tough decision, but if you don't have the surgery, you'll be blind forever". Well, that a little better, i suppose.

2:35PM EST: Noah convinces Luke to let him sign the consent, and Reid takes it back out to Dr. Bob and says "I need an OR and your best staff. It would help if they've been to medical school sometime in the past thirty years.". When he walks away Kim says "What a hot ass!" ... no wait, she says "What an ego! I would never let him anywhere near me if I needed to be operated on". Dr. Bob says "Yes you would. In the operating room he's a genius.".

Jack tells MeCarly that he has to stay with Janet til Liberty is dead.

Luke is about to go the snack bar when Reid comes out of the operating room and says "I have bad news".

2:45PM EST: Reid says that Noah has a lot more eye stuff wrong with him than he thought, and he's going to need lots of surgeries, which is not what Reid agreed to. He tells Luke he's leaving, and he'll bill him for the day. He then asks Luke to call the car for him to take to the airport. Wow, this guy is something. Luke says "hell no, and you're not taking the Grimalda jet". Reid says "whatever. have a nice life", and leaves.

2:55PM EST: Luke explained to Noah what happened, and Noah once again blames Luke for everything. He says "he probably didn't want to stay because you blackmailed him". Um yeah, a little while ago Noah was all "I love blackmail!"

Reid comes back, having lost his ride to the airport and runs into Luke, who begs him to stay and finish what he started. Reid says no, and demands Luke drive him to the airport himself. We cut to the hospital parking lot where the two of them are walking towards Luke's car, when Luke says "I'm not driving you", prompting Reid to grab Luke's keys and say "Fine. I'll drive your car. You can pick it up at the airport". As Reid starts to pull away Luke plants himself on the hood?, which doesn't stop Reid from plowing ahead ... and running into Kim's car.

Well that whole sequence was odd, but I guess it's somehow going to lead to Reid sticking around.

Preview Time: Reid is staying, but he doesn't want to have anything to do with Luke.