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Ryan Serhant, the latest Inturn winner, debuts on As The World Turns today in the role of Evan Walsh IV.

So who, you may well ask, was Evan Walsh III (or the Second and First, for that matter)?

James Evan Walsh III arrived in Oakdale in 1990. He was the grandson of James Walsh, Lucinda's late husband. Evan and his sister, Conner, believed that it was Lucinda's take-over of Walsh Enterprises that led their father, James II, to commit suicide. (For those keeping score, Lucinda's first husband, Martin Guest, Lily's adoptive father, also committed suicide. Obviously putting up with Lucinda can push even the heartiest of men over the edge).

Evan briefly dated Rosanna Cabot during her I-may-be-a-stinking-rich-heiress-but-I-prefer-mucking-

out-stinking-stalls-on-the-Snyder-farm phase (thank goodness she eventually got over that). Rosanna dumped Evan for Mike, and Evan retaliated by getting the mechanic in trouble with his parole officer.

Evan's next love interest was Barbara Ryan (proving, once again, that she and Rosanna must have something in common, for men like Evan, Craig, James and, to an extent, Paul, to be drawn to both of them; for those wanting to take the comparison further, Evan also had a one night stand with Emily). Barbara convinced Evan to give up the straight-laced life of a businessman and search for his true passion in life. Evan responded by signing up for the merchant marines and setting sail out of Oakdale in 1995.

Presuming he met a girl in the very next port, Evan Walsh IV should be 11 years old right about now. However, to be fair, we don't know for a fact that this isn't a son he father before arriving in Oakdale -- and just neglected to mention.

In any case, Evan the son comes to town as a hot-shot research scientist, top of his graduate school class and the youngest one in it, to boot. He's a friend of Chris Hughes, looking to use Bob's doctor son as Evan's entree to doing some cutting edge biotechnology wonk-work at Memorial Hospital.

How will the Hughes' family react to the 22nd century crashing in on them in the form of Evan Walsh IV? Tune into ATWT every day and find out!

If he's in Oakdale to clone somebody, I'll suddenly have 5 more hours of free time every week.

Edited November 7, 200718 yr by stenbeck212

Here's background on the new addition in this episode, from the P&G blog:

If he's in Oakdale to clone somebody, I'll suddenly have 5 more hours of free time every week.

I've seen some speculation that Rose is coming back from the dead. Maybe she'll be a clone.

I am looking forward to today's show, but even looking more forward to this

Lily and Dusty have sex

next week.

That sounds absolutely horrible.

Lucinda is cracking me up to no end. Now does Rosanna assume that Meg will never disconnect the battery from her phone and possibly discover or lose the tracking chip?

In reference to the spoiler: TAKE THAT HOLDEN! I want him with KMH's Emily anyway. I always wonder if the Hensley's have on-screen chemistry. But I'm speculating their going to put him with Bonnie, who is an okay actor maybe its because i miss Naperia Groves or whatever name she was going by. But what the heck happened to Issac and Sarah (who would be a great character if they had recast her and had a great writer.)

Note to Goutman: random streets in Brooklyn don't pass for Illinois locations very well.

Note to Goutman: random streets in Brooklyn don't pass for Illinois locations very well.

theres more of that in the new year

I've seen some speculation that Rose is coming back from the dead. Maybe she'll be a clone.

Named Violet?

I thought the show would be headed to New Jersey like GL. Regardless, I'm more concerned about the jarring switch in quality from the video footage to digital. It's grainy, cheap, and the people look more yellow than the Simpsons.

Needless to say today's show was Great and then some. Could have done with out Sof and Cole. But other than that it was great, so nice to see Craig in scenes without MegHO. Great Luke and Noah scenes, loved the Lily and Holden stuff as well. Babs and Iris are such a hoot.

Thursday looks good as well, looks like Tom, Chris, and Bob in scenes together, which is great.

I thought the show was simply fantastic today. I didn't even mind seeing Cole & Sophie now that Bab's is involved in their story.

I thought the show would be headed to New Jersey like GL. Regardless, I'm more concerned about the jarring switch in quality from the video footage to digital. It's grainy, cheap, and the people look more yellow than the Simpsons.

Your awesome!

I know a lot about digital (I use them at UArts) and I would have to say that they probably need to white balance, check the exposure, or ease the lighting.

Jersey, you say. What part of Jersey North or South? I live in Philly and would love to see stars.

So what did everyone think of Evan??? I hope this embrace of family lineage is worth it in the long run. He came off like an InTurn winner, if you ask me. Lucinda was right on target when she brought up his age. I thought the guy was fresh out of high school! Was that line about baby socks actually uttered by Evan III back in the day?

I really liked Evan, I just hope this means there will be more of a business story to come.