I don’t talk about Rick Springfield’s Dr. Noah Drake character very often because it was a long time ago and he moved away from that character a long time ago. But I did miss Dr. Noah Drake tonight…
Instead RS was Pastor Charles on “American Horror Story: Cult,” which is a horror anthology TV show and not something I’d usually watch. But I thought I’d give it a try tonight to see what RS’s character was like. 
The episode, “Winter of our Discontent,” was creepy, as I had expected. I didn’t take a photo of the last scene – too gruesome – but it did remind me of RS’s injured rib. He may not remember how he hurt his rib, but now we know. (Just kidding.)
He sure likes to play creepy roles (think the freaky Dr. Irving Pitlor on “True Detective” in 2015 and Lucifer on “Supernatural” last year) and he’s disturbingly good at it. (Could this be a hint of what his upcoming new CD “The Snake King” is going to represent, some kind of creepy character?)
Fortunately there was a good character in the mix these past few years (Greg from “Ricki and the Flash.”)
Ricki and the Flash
Now I need to erase the image of Pastor Charles from my head and think of RS in my favorite role.
OK, that’s better. Now I can sleep tonight.
My Rick Springfield crush 