From Joe Diliberto
I was very pleased to see John James back on AS THE WORLD TURNS as Rick Decker. There was always something about the character that I liked, and I was disappointed when he was turned evil. Perhaps what I liked best about Rick was how well portrayer James melded with the rest of the cast. His rapport with Colleen Zenk Pinter's Barbara yesterday was instant and effortless. (I am also overjoyed to see Pinter getting more lines and meatier scenes. Go Babs!) Unlike a lot of soap returns, Rick was brought back in a logical manner, and he seems like a perfect candidate to function as Oakdale's own Hannibal Lecter. (Am I imagining things, or was something similar tried with James Stenbeck some years ago?) Rick was portrayed as a competent medico, and he actually got results. Too bad he pointed a finger at Meg. But, then again, how do we know she didn't do it? Alison screaming was a perfectly logical reaction to seeing a serial killer brandishing his weapon of choice while looming over Sofie's cold, dead body. (Kudos to Marnie Schulenburg for that blood-curdling scream; nice...er, lungs!) I'm waiting to hear Rick do his best Hannibal impression while purring, "Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?"

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