It's only fair to begin the discussion of As the World Turns with the storyline that got me into the show in the first place last Thanksgiving. That would be, of course, the long-running relationship between Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer. Unfortunately, this is now the storyline that has absolutely nothing going for it.
Let's review. Since I started watching the show, the following are the dramatic points in the relationship between the two young men, when Luke was recovering after being attacked by Noah's homophobic father.
- The two looked for a place to live, settling on the Snyder Farm for Wayward Gay Teens, where Luke's grandmother Emma strictly forbids physical contact.
- Noah gets married to an Iraqi refugee to get her a green card.
- Said Iraqi refugee is supervised by the ICE, causing all sorts of shenanigans!
- Noah's father kidnaps the Iraqi to New York (taking 30 minutes to get there!); the boys chase after; lots of tedium; Noah's father is killed and the Iraqi leaves forever.
- Noah enlists for all of about 15 minutes.
- Cyndi Lauper helps the two reconcile, in a very special episode.
- Brad Snyder and Katie Peretti have NSA sex solely for the purpose of making a baby.
- 38-year-old ex-prostitute newspaperwoman Emily Stewart and 22-year-old ex-con Casey Hughes fall in love and have repeated sex, never mind that Emily is the mother of Casey's half-brother and has also been in a relationship with Casey's uncle Chris.
- 15-year-old Parker Munson Snyder loses his virginity to his adoptive cousin Liberty Ciccone.
- Holden Snyder destroys his marriage by sleeping with his cousin Jack's ex-wife.
I leave it to the reader to draw the obvious conclusions about P&G's real feelings about gay sex on network television. When the best the writers can come up with for a gay couple is Cyndi Lauper, I think the premise of their relationship needs a revisit.
NEXT: I'll look into this a little more.
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