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ATWT -- Luke/Noah SPOILERS For the Week of June 30th - NOW WITH FRESH SPOILERS!

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Luke and Noah will air on Thursday, July 3rd and here's what's up....

It's Oakdale's first Gay Pride Day (some mags are saying it's Gay Pride Week) and Cyndi Lauper is performing at Yo's.  Luke is interviewing her for the school paper (I think it's funny how everyone one of school age on this show is going to summer school).   Noah shows up at the event, with Reg's ex-boyfriend Tony as his date.  Of course, Luke is hurt by this.  Cyndi senses the tension and asks what's wrong and Luke tells her everything and the two bond.  Noah leaves with Tony then returns in time to see Cyndi sing 'True Colors', which she has dedicated to Luke.   After the song, Luke introduces Cyndi to Noah and she encourages the boys to work things out and not give up in their relationship.  Luke and Noah go outside and they share a kiss and Noah tells Luke he loves him.  But he then says he feels as if he doesn't belong in Oakdale anymore and plans on joining the Army.

In SOW, Jake Silbermann (Noah) says that Luke and Noah have some tough times ahead of them.

 

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Maryann1970's picture

crossing my fingers

that this is the end of noah, and praying that things between reg and luke (Ruke, or what ever u wanna call it) actually go where nuke didnt.  but it would be hot and maybe alittle more interesting to see a first ever gay love triangle, if only they would just suck the "dumbass" outta noah, but it doesnt look like thats gonna happen since he's now decided to join the army.
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smallville's picture

omg

that would be something eh? would the Noah claws come out to fight for Luke??

time will tell.....

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Cammtl's picture

Keep "Nuke"!

Noah is the right guy for Luke period.  He's had some turmoil but you don't bail on somebody you love because they're having problems.  Here's a quote you should remember " A life with love will have some thorns but a life without love is a life without roses".  Keep Noah and Luke together..
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Cammtl's picture

Keep "Nuke"!

Noah is the right guy for Luke period.  He's had some turmoil but you don't bail on somebody you love because they're having problems.  Here's a quote you should remember " A life with love will have some thorns but a life without love is a life without roses".  Keep Noah and Luke together..
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you_will's picture

how romantic....awww

thank god he is coming around. :-D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

....UGH

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Psionycx's picture

My head is spinning...

Uh, Noah, just to clue you in...they don't actually want gays in the Army.

Also, does it qualify as emotionally manipulative to tell someone that you love them and then announce that you're planning to leave them?  Or does Oakdale have an Army base among it's many surprising "small town" amenities?

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bubbabug_2010's picture

Agree

I don't see how someone can say that they love you and just leave.... My theory is that he says key word "says" that dosen't mean he is going into the Army... So I think that after Cyndi comes on the show Noah throws the whole Army thing out the window and Nuke gets back together....

But Ya for a "Small Town" they do have alot of variety on stores.

 

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Psionycx's picture

Indeed

Plus skyscrapers, a major hospital, a university, an airport....

This story is beginning to hinge just a trifle too much I Cyndi Lauper.  Don't get me wrong, I've loved her in the 80's like everyone else who watched WWF pro wrestling.

Now personally, if I were Luke I'd offer to send Noah care packages in Afghanistan, Iraq, Hell or wherever else he gets shipped off to.  Then I'd turn around, grab Reg and head for the nearest hot tub to release eight months of pent up tension.  One more month and it should have built up to the point where Luke could give birth to a baby!

Maybe I'm a cynic.  But how Luke can put up with the cr@p that flows out of Noah's mouth without punching him astounds me.

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Anthony D. Langford's picture

You Are A Cynic, But....

... you're sooooo right.

After everything else he's done to Luke, Noah says 'I love you, but I'm running away from you and my problems rather than facing them and joining the military, something I swore I'd never do'.  Now, he won't phrase it like that, but you see my point.   Why torture poor Luke some more by exposing your love and then leaving?  Are you really doing him a big favor?  Is telling him you love him, empty as it is since you won't be there, helping Luke... or making him feel worse.  If you REALLY love him, cut the boy loose totally and completely, move away and keep your feeling to yourself (you're good at that) and let a cute, compassionate and loyal guy like Luke find a guy who would truly appreciate him and take a pass on the endless issues, mind games and broken promises.

That said, I'd be surprised if he joined.  Either that or there's some plot twist where he does join, but for reasons yet to be revealed.

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Cammtl's picture

I agree.

Says he's joining the army but I think we can safely say...  at this time.
Knickie's picture

Since everyone in town knows

Since everyone in town knows Noah is gay -- hey, even Reg knew about the "fake" marriage, something Homeland Security couldn't figure out! Doesn't that already violate "DADT"? All Luke would have to do was make one phone call and Noah's Army career would be toast.
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maskbear55's picture

What ATWT do research....nahh!!!

TIIC of writing the NUKE storyline didn't do any research on immigration laws in regards to Ameera....so don't you think that DADT to them is just "DAD with a T on the end of it....They don't do any due dilligence on any of their storylines...which is astounding in this age of information....they really think we won't notice....amazing!!!  

Elise's picture

This is ludicrous.

But hey. It wouldn't be a soap opera if it weren't totally insane. Plus, we know he won't join the army for three reasons:

  1. Don't ask.
  2. Don't tell.
  3. Cyndi Lauper will sing "True Colors" and Noah will see the error of his ways. Then Nuke will celebrate their reunion by jumping on a bed.
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dannydc's picture

Noah ain't goin' nowhere

C'mon gang, do you honestly believe that TIIC are gonna ship Noah off to some remote Army base where he can salivate over ALL the hottie recruits in the shower, parading around bare-assed naked, grab-assing each other in the privates, making outrageous sex jokes...  Wait a minute. That's what we did when I was in the Navy! Oh those late night showers on the ship...  Ummmmmmmmm, were they hot!

Let's see, where was I? Oh yea...  TPTB may be idiots, but they're not gonna dump Noah just yet. This soap's ratings are riding on this storyline despite losing some of the audience with the "Ameera sham marraige." They may be playing the "break-up" angle to get some sympathy for Nuke, but it may end up where the audience loses whatever appeal Noah once had. Treating Luke the way he is doing currently may backfire. It will be interesting to see what develops with Noah's so-called soul searching.

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BabylonDancer's picture

If Noah really was leaving Oakdale ....

... wouldn't we by now have heard something about Jake leaving the show? As far as I know he still has a contract and there hasn't been any rumors about him leaving anytime soon.

Also he would have already had his last day on set as we know that they're filming weeks if not months in advance.

Anyway, it's much more interesting to see the two separated and trying to come back together with some jalousy etc. then Luke and Noah jumping on beds.

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Anthony D. Langford's picture

Actually....

Jake doesn't have a contract with the show and never has.  He's always been a recurring player, which is why folks keep wondering when/if he's leaving.

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rschlem's picture

Jake could be leaving

Jake is not under contract. If he gets another acting job, ATWT can write him out real fast. Jake is an actor. He has been looking for parts and has landed at least one that we know of.

Production for the New Shows and New Episodes for the Fall Sweeps are beginning right now. Networks often keep these shows and everything about them under wraps, unless a show is being written as a vehicle for a name actor, like William Shatner. ABC might announce that Shatner is going to star in a medical drama on their network this fall, but they wouldn't announce that Jake Silbermann is going to play the part of his son. So, if Jake has had a job offer to do a prime time drama we might not hear about it until August or September, even if he signed a contract two months ago.

Going into the Army would be the perfect way to get rid of Noah, while Jake moves onto do a new gig in the fall. If his show gets canceled, Noah can always get kicked out of the Army and come back to Oakdale. If Noah does in fact join the Army, I would suspect that's the reason why.
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Anthony D. Langford's picture

Noah/Jake Isn't Leaving....

... at least according to several soap magazines and Van Hansis (Luke).  So either Noah changes his mind and doesn't enlist... or he does enlist and his stationed at that new Army base right outside of Oakdale.  Though, if he does go into the military his daddy issues are still coming between he and Luke and I think the point of this plot arc is for Noah to put this behind him and for he and Luke to move on with their lives and their relationship.   At least until Daddy Win shows up alive and well that is!
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simone66's picture

Does Oakdale

actually have a military base? Geez how big is this town anyways?
Anthony D. Langford's picture

So Wait....

Noah doesn't want Luke to break up with Luke, but he doesn't want to be around him either.  He doesn't want Luke to date other guys, but Noah doesn't mind dating other guys himself.  Wow.  Looks like Noah really IS a gay man.
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Mungoman's picture

aha! proof at last

see... I've been telling people all along this storyline is real.

Here's my view on the whole Army thing....  PFFFFFTTTTTTT, for one thing, Win's army buddy the Major who came to Oakdale to give his respects to Noah concerning his incarcerated dad, KNOWS Noah is gay, and no matter how understanding he was, he's still an officer in the Army and sworn to uphold the standards of the military.

Major: "Your father was a hero, you still have family in the Army. You're always welcome."

Luke:  "As long as you don't enlist."

Major: "You never know, things change."

Note:  Major did not say: "You never know, we might be able to hide the fact that you're gay, especially since the only sex you've had so far is str8."

Hmm....  it's been a long time since my homosexual discharge, maybe it's okay to ask and tell about kissing men, just not okay to ask and tell about having sex with men.

I don't believe for a second Noah is going into the Army.

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samgillespie's picture

I understand how soaps work

and i've tried to keep an open mind regarding these storylines, but good god.  I read this spoiler and just started laughing.  I mean, really.  How effing ridiculous is this? 

"I love you and I'm joining the military!"

Maybe he's thinking back to the lame Valentine's day special where he was in the Navy and he's just missing all the below-deck action...

*expletive*

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Anthony D. Langford's picture

Noah.....

Noah's decision to join the Army made no sense to me until yesterday's episode.  Like he told Luke, he doesn't feel like he belongs anywhere.  Noah isn't from Oakdale and only came to town for the summer before going off to Northeastern (or was it Northwestern).  And he doesn't think he's good enough for Luke (which he isn't, but that's a whole 'nuther story!).  Given that the military is all he knows, it makes sense he'd go to something that is familiar.  But with all that, there's no way Noah will join the military.  I'm sure something will prevent him from leaving.
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choub's picture

where is the spoiler I can't

where is the spoiler I can't see it?!
TWA2's picture

Don't get too excited or disappointed, whichever the case may be

The whole Army thing gets wrapped up pretty soon, and, because of all the rumors stemming from the Army story, the show has released a statement saying that Jake isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

http://establisheddisestablishmentarian.blogspot.com 

Anthony D. Langford's picture

Jake, Van, The Show, God and Everybody....

... have all said in the past couple of weeks that Jake isn't leaving in response to these rumors.   In fact, Jake is giving in an interview that will be in the soap mags in a couple of weeks that will talk about the guys' upcoming storyline.  All this talk about Noah going into the Army is just talk.  There will be tears shed, some passionate emoting (on Van's part anyway - LOL!) and maybe even a painful farewell, but in the end, I believe Noah will stay in Oakdale.  For good or ill, we're stuck with Jake/Noah for a good long while.
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Mungoman's picture

don't forget Gramma Lucinda!

Besides, even if Noah actually makes it past the final swearing in, Gramma prolly has a friend in the Defense Department (aka Agent Coil's brother... Mr. Coil) who can figure something out. Hopefully, this Mr. Coil isn't so inept as to go missing for a few days while Colonel Winnie supplants him with an imposter.
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Cammtl's picture

I'm glad.

Jake is a good actor.  Luke and Noah together is a great storyline.  Noah has had a lot to endure.  Like they say in their interviews bad things happen in soaps.   Good things happen also.  It will be fine.  I'm glad Jake is staying -right?.  Luke and Noah together forever. 
springintoaction's picture

If this were the Lucinda of the 1980s....

Noah would already be in harms way and would have set up Luke with a "suitable" young man to replace Noah. Of course suitable would probably be all about being from a rich family, but maybe this would-be paramour would actually be gay, like/lust/grow to love our Luke, and might turn out to be a tree-hugging activist in response to his upbringing.

I miss the days when Lucinda wanted the best for her family and nothing would stop her from getting the job done in her own manner. This defanged character has "learned" too much and is being too supportive of lousy decisions. La Walsh has always known what's best and would have already have had the Colonel killed for real.

And how about getting her a man? Check out some of her dalliances. This list I found would make it seem that the last man Lucinda macked with was BRAD SNYDER in the late 1990s!!!!

Romantic Entanglements:

  • Jacobo Esteban (first husband, father of Sierra)
  • James Walsh (second husband, adopted father of Lily)
  • Martin Guest (third husband, widowed by)
  • John Dixon (fourth husband, divorced in 1991)
  • Martin Chedwin (fiancee)
  • Cal Stricklyn (lovers)
  • Craig Montgomery (lovers)
  • James Stenbeck (married on November 18, 1998)
  • Scott Eldridge (lovers)
  • Niles Mason (dated)
  • Sawyer (lovers)
  • Brad Snyder (kissed)
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    Anthony D. Langford's picture

    You Mean....

    Lucinda and Brad weren't lovers? For some reason, I thought they had a brief affair. I do know the actor who played Brad back then (when Brad was actually Jack's OLDER brother and not his younger one) were hot together and had great chemistry.

    springintoaction's picture

    He was a major hottie and totally different from this Brad

    I did not get to sample older Brad and Lucinda as I took off a few years, but Elizabeth Hubbard could have chemistry with a pear. In trying to find a great picture/video to share with you guys, I found so many promos (lousy quality video/audio) that showed what she can do as her coupling with older man and kiddies all worked. I'd love to see her tugging it with John Dixon again or someone who ALMOST can handle her.

    Anthony: Did you read which nut-job is coming back to Oakdale in mid-July? I am SURE that you have. I am the anti-spoiler, so if you don't I can email you with the name. I can't wait.

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    Anthony D. Langford's picture

    Nick Kototakis was the

    Nick Kototakis was the actor's name.  He was amazingly hot and very talented.  I just loved him.  He had chemistry with every woman he was paired with and Brad went through a lot of women in those early days.  Yes, he was very different from Austin Peck, who's hot, but certainly not talented (though he is better than I ever thought he'd be).  The only similarity is that they have the same name and they do a lot of shirtless scenes.  It would be nice if Lucinda got a romance as part of the upcoming Luke/Noah storyline, so I hope it happens.

    As for the returning character, I did hear about it.  For those who are curious, it's Dr. Rick Decker, played by John James, who was Jeff on Dynasty.  Rick had romances with Babs and was married to Susan.  He turned out to be a serial killer was murdering patients in the hospital.  He's only going to be back for two days, July 15th and 16th.

     

     

     

    simone66's picture

    I remember Nick

    and he was hot as well as really talented. He was the best Brad out of the three actors that have played the character.

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