9.29pm GMT/4.29pm EDT

Part 1, courtesy of ADL:

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UPDATE, 7 Sep: Okay, now we have our definitive answer, and the plurality were correct. The fact that the last five months have been one enormous tease with no payoff, has made this so much worse.

Given the passion in the early kisses, and the open (and frequent) discussion of sex, I thought for sure the show would have the guts to finish what they started and let Luke and Reid consummate their relationship (even mostly off-screen). I am frequently wrong, but rarely am I so disappointed to be so.

ORIGINAL POST, 2 Sep: I am taking down this poll because the answer has been spoiled via a Soap Opera Weekly interview with Van Hansis. This article contains MAJOR MAJOR spoilers, so if you do not want to be spoiled (any more than you already are) do NOT read the article. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

I will update this page once the answer has played out on-screen.

Where will Luke and Reid first make love?

• At Katie’s house/Reid’s (30.13%, 113 Votes)
• At the LilyPad/Luke’s (9.07%, 34 Votes)
• At the LakeView (8%, 30 Votes)
• At Memorial (1.87%, 7 Votes)
• Snyder Farm (1.6%, 6 Votes)
• Another known Oakdale location (0.8%, 3 Votes)
• Some random Oakdale location (0.27%, 1 Votes)
• Someplace outside of Oakdale (0.27%, 1 Votes)
• They won’t make love before the end 🙁 – (48%, 180 Votes)

Total Voters: 375

UPDATE:

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just saw that Eric and Van were #1 and #2 respectively on this week’s Soap Opera Source Pulse poll with Luke and Reid finishing #2 (to CarBo – Bo and Carly on DOOL). This is about as close to a trifecta as possible. It’s nice to have a little recognition of the yeoman work these two are doing amidst an otherwise grim week. Congrats to Van and Eric! It was incredibly well deserved and long overdue.

ORIGINAL POST:

More to come later tonight, but I wanted to get the Michael Fairman podcast info up for those who are interested….

HUGE thanks to Michael Fairman, who  has continued to be a big supporter of the Doctors without Borders campaign, with back-to-back posts on Tragic Tuesday and again today (Weepy Wednesday?). Among other things, he gives another shout to the campaign in today’s podcast (23:20 through 25:33, News & Views)* and mentions it’s the first time in 20 years in the industry he’s every heard about fans doing anything like this, and the other soap/celebrity interviewers all seem to be aware of the campaign. Listen here.

Speaking of which, the DWB campaign hit its initial goal of $15,000 in the hours immediately following Reid’s death, and just before midnight on Tuesday, September 7th.

In the meantime, earlier in the podcast is an interview featuring Terri Columbino. Michael’s description of this segment:

Terri Colombino Interview – Our podcast soap star call-in guest, Oakdale favorite Terri Colombino, discusses Katie’s final storyline on As the World Turns as the show heads towards its final week.  Find out her thoughts on the Reid Oliver/Chris Hughes heart transplant storyline and the way it played out, the loss of Helen Wagner, and saying goodbye to the fans who have been so loyal to the 54-year-old soap.

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8.56pm GMT/3.56pm EDT

Part 1 of today’s episode, courtesy of ADL:

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And part 2:

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And part 3:

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8.09pm GMT/3.09pm EDT

BTW, the Doctors without Borders/Eric Sheffer Stevens campaign is up to $15,365, but that doesn’t mean we should rest on our laurels.

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Update 12th March 2011:

In the last 24 hours, nearly a dozen donations have flowed into the Doctors without Borders campaign set up as an outlet for Eric Sheffer Stevens fans (and Van Liked a post on his Wall about this last night). The fundraising page is active until August 2011 and is a convenient way to do something material for those in need in Japan and elsewhere.

If you want to donate, but don’t feel like doing so on Eric’s page, FirstGiving is the official Doctors without Borders online fundraising site, so feel free to have a wander around and pick another worthy fundraiser.  Alternatively, you can visit the Red Cross site to donate to their humanitarian and disaster relief efforts.

You can view the news items showing the campaign’s progress by clicking here:

https://lukeandreid.com/?s=doctors+without+borders

Full details on the history of the campaign below after the jump…

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