Young & The Restless Update
Recap written by Christine
Victoria closed a deal, and Nikki wanted to take her to Society for a reward. When Victoria wasnât receptive, Nikki pushed the issue, because she wanted to leave the office and talk about Ashlandâs death. Nikki had the feeling that Victor had a secret about Ashland. Victoria told Nikki the truth about Victor having his men stage the car accident. Nikki wasnât surprised, since this was so similar to what Victor did for Adam when he was a child. Victoria said she and Nick werenât kids, and Victor didnât have to go to this extreme. Victoria said Chance was suspicious, but thankfully he didnât have much in the way of evidence. Victoria said she and Nick covered, but if the truth came out, they would have damaged their credibility. Nikki got worried because Chance was at the ranch when she left. She was sure Victor held his own, but she had to get home now.
Nick met Sharon at Crimson Lights. He said he told Victoria the truth about what happened to Ashland. He thought she would rather heâd kept his mouth shut, but he thought she had the right to know. He didnât think Victoria suspected there was a cover up until he told her the truth. Sharon guessed Victoria was shocked to find out what Victor did. Nick said yes and no â Victoria had dealt with something like this before. Sharon knew Nick meant the time she, Victoria and others tried to hide JTâs body. Nick said Victorâs first instinct was to protect them, but now they had to protect him, unless he came clean.
Nick said that Chance didnât buy the cover story about Ashland at all â he thought Victor had Ashlandâs body removed. Sharon said Nick was in a difficult position, but it wasnât the first time he had to decide whether or not to cover up Victorâs shady choices. Nick said Victoria had been in that position too, and the only one new to this was Chance. Sharon thought Chance was a lot like Rey, in that it was his job and in his nature to find and expose the truth, but in order to do so, he had to put his own wifeâs family in jeopardy.
Nick predicted Chance was going to keep digging, and Victor was going to keep denying, and sooner or later, something was going to have to give. Nick admitted heâd he set this whole thing in motion by calling Chance that night. Sharon thought Nick was right to call Chance. She wished theyâd contacted the authorities the night JT seemingly died. She couldnât believe Victor didnât learn his lesson from what Victoria and Nikki went through with JT. Nick said Victor couldnât help being protective, and there was no point at being mad at him for who he was. She asked if he wasnât angry with Victor anymore. Nick was mad, and heâd come close to telling Chance the real story. He just didnât know what to do. She thought he was having a normal conscientious reaction to what he did and that this wasnât completely about Victor.
Nick admitted Sharon was right â this was more about him than it was about his dad. Nick was upset he let his anger get the best of him. He said Ashland pushed him too far. Sharon understood. She was there the right Nikki thought she killed JT. According to Sharon, Nikki had been completely in the right, but it was still devastating for everyone to watch. Nick finally understood what they all went through that night. Sharon said their first instinct was to cover up JTâs death, but it backfired spectacularly. She hoped history wouldnât repeat itself. Sharon thought Nick should take a break from all this, even if it was only for a little while. He didnât think that would be possible.
Sharon invited Nick to go to dinner with her, Noah and Allie. He asked if Noah and Allie were getting serious. Sharon hoped so, because she thought itâd be good for Noah. He agreed. He said itâd been a long time since theyâd seen Noah in a healthy happy relationship, and Allie seemed great. Nick declined the invitation. He didnât think heâd be able to shake his scowl, and he didnât want Noah or Allie thinking that it had something to do with Allie. He said heâd go for a run, and maybe watch cartoons with Christian. She reiterated that he wasnât responsible for Victorâs choice.
At the Ranch, Chance laid out his theory that Ashland died at Victoriaâs house, and someone disposed of the body to protect her and Nick. Victor asked if Chance had any proof to back up his supposition. Chance tried to corroborate everyoneâs initial story, that Ashland left the house of his own volition, but there was no evidence of that. Chance found that strange. Victor told Chance not to fill the holes with conjecture. Chance said there was footage of Ashlandâs car, and it looked like there could be more than one person in the car. They also found a cigarette butt that may have belonged to one of Victorâs security guards. Victor dismissed those things. Victor felt like Chance was conducting an excessive search for information. He said Ashland died in a car accident, and the events that lead up to it werenât important.
Chance wasnât going to drop the investigation. He took his job seriously. Victor admired Chanceâs sense of duty, but he thought the effort would be better spent elsewhere. Chance didnât think Ashland would agree. Victor didnât think Ashlandâs feelings mattered, since he was dead. Victor contended that Ashland realized he was a fraud, and he decided to drive into a ravine. Chance said Victor covered up a fatal accident in the past involving one of his children. Victor said the incident with Adam happened decades ago. Victor said the more information you had about the case, the more it obscured the truth. Chance didnât agree, and he said he wasnât going to stop investigating. Victor didnât give a damn. Heâd said all he had to say.
As a father, Chance understood the instinct to be fiercely protective of your children, but Victorâs kids werenât in danger anymore. Chance said Victor was taking a risk by stonewalling the case. Victor claimed he had nothing to atone for. Chance admired Victor and respected that they were family, but he wasnât going to back off. Victor knew. He told Chance to go home to his beautiful wife and son and sleep easy knowing Ashland was dead and not a danger to anyone.
Chance went back to Victoriaâs office because he left his phone there the last time he was there. She asked how things went with her father. He said Victor essentially took the fifth. Victoria said it was like Chance already made the assumption of guilt. Chance thought they both had a pretty good idea what happened that night. She said he had a theory, and she saw no point in him running around making these accusations unless he was assuming they were going to crack under the pressure. âYou? Never,â he replied.
Victoria said Ashland was charming, intelligent and manipulative, and he couldnât handle it when things didnât go his way. She said she wouldâve been in serious trouble if Nick didnât show up that night. Chance didnât doubt that. She didnât understand why he was wasting time and energy investigating a man no one would miss â Ashland wasnât worth it. Chance didnât prejudge who was worth it. He wasnât doing this for Ashland, he was doing this for Rey. He was trying to live up to Reyâs extremely high standards. He knew that was a high minded approach to the world they lived in, but they created the world they lived in by the choices they made. Victoria said someone like Ashland came along and stripped people of any notions they had of things like truth and honesty.
Nikki went home and told Victor that Victoria had been forthcoming with her about about the night Ashland died. Victor pretended not to know what Nikki meant. âVictor, you know exactly what I mean. You had your security team move Ashlandâs body and make it look like he died in a car crash,â Nikki said. Victor assumed Nikki now understood why he didnât want to drag her and Victoria into this. She did understand, but she wondered when heâd understand that she had his back. She said he shouldâve told her the truth from the beginning. He admitted she was right. She asked what Chance said.
Victor said Chance didnât like his answers. Victor had wanted to tell Nikki the truth, but he didnât want to drag her into this. She said sheâd done the same thing to protect him, but it was always a mistake â they should rely on each other because they were stronger together. He agreed. He said it was important for them to stick together as a family.
At Newman Media, Chloe came to Sally with a business idea inspired by Kevinâs love for superhero movies and video games. The subject caused Sally to zone out and flash back to the night she and Adam watched movies on New Yearâs Eve. She also flashed to other happier times with her ex, like him promoting her to her current position. Chloe noticed Sally wasnât listening and called her out. Chloe recognized the signs, thanks to her time with Chelsea. She said they needed an exorcism to get Sallyâs mind off Adam. Chloe thought Sally was devoting energy to Adam that she should be putting into Newman Media. Sally worried that she couldnât do this job without Adam. Chloe said Adam may have gotten Sally the job, but Nick and Victoria kept her in the chair because of her determination and brilliance. Chloe said she wouldnât have taken this job if she didnât think Sally knew what she was doing. The pep talk worked, and Sally appreciated it.
Sally made arrangements for Newman Media to make a movie, video game and TV show based off a comic book. The call ended, and Sally was triumphant. Chloe smiled because Sally had just been doubting herself a minute ago. Sally marveled at how much influence this company was going to have over the public â so much more than when she and Chloe were working in fashion. Sally told Chloe that her ideas for the entertainment division were really great. Sally moved on to the news division and said she wanted to beef up their reporting department. Chloe was on board with that. Sally wanted to change their approach to the Ashland story. Chloe was afraid that would endanger their jobs, since they were on probationary status with the Newmans. Sally said their probationary status ended when she informed Nick that she knew he punched Ashland the night he died. Sally didnât think the Newmans would cut her and Chloe loose now that they had this little nugget of information.
Chloe hoped Sally didnât threaten Nick. Sally said of course she didnât. Sally was grateful to Nick and Victoria for the opportunity. She assumed they were grateful she kept what she knew about Ashland out of the news, and that gave her and Chloe a certain amount of job security. Chloe didnât understand why Sally was going to keep digging into the story, then. Sally figured that someone was going to break the story at some point, and when that happened, she wanted Newman Media to be prepared with a story about exactly what occurred that night, in vivid detail. Sally just wanted to keep the article on file, not publish it unless someone else published one first. She said theyâd make sure the article was sympathetic to the Newmansâ point of view. Sally asked Chloe to ask Kevin for an update on the investigation. Chloe didnât want to do anything that would put his job at risk. Sally understood. She asked how well Chloe knew Chance. Chloe said she and Chance were engaged a million years ago, but they hadnât talked in a long time, and even if they had, heâd never leak anything about an ongoing investigation to the press. Sally said there had to be another way for the to get the rest of the pieces of the puzzle.
Adam went to Society and approached Jack. He wasnât sure if Jack heard what was going on in his life. Jack had heard about Adam stepping away from Newman Enterprises, and he found it surprising. Adam asked if Jack was really surprised, because if past predicted the future, it was probably inevitable. Jack knew things between Adam, Victor and the rest of the family things didnât work out long term in the past, but there was always hope. Adam had finally given up on that. Jack asked about Adamâs plans for the future. Adam didnât have any. Jack said when Adam wasnât focused on the future, he was almost always stewing with resentment, and that always ended badly.
Adam admitted he was bitter about Victorâs latest rejection. He was also mad at himself for not seeing it coming. Jack wondered if Adam had been more hopeful because of Sallyâs support. Adam admitted he may have gotten caught up in Sallyâs relentless optimism, but deep down, he knew this stint with Newman Enterprises would end the way it always did â in a smoking pile of ash. Jack asked why Adam kept going back. Adam said some part of him might keep seeking punishment for what heâd done as a kid. Jack understood that Adam thought eh had to earn back Victorâs respect and admiration, but he thought that was too pat an answer. âMaybe youâre not looking for forgiveness. Maybe youâre looking to forgive,â Jack theorized.
Adam knew that letting go of the anger and rage he felt for Victor would be therapeutic, but it was easier said than done. Adam said his psyche saw Victor as the enemy. Jack used to see Victor as a nemesis, but he learned from painful experience it was better to channel his energy as something positive. Jack said Adam could reinvent himself. Adam said heâd been reinventing himself his whole life, first as the perfect son to his mother, then as the Harvard Business school graduate, then as the anti-Newman. Jack said Adam forgot Spider, the man of mystery from Vegas. Jack thought it could be time for Adam to let all of that go and just be Adam. Jack thought Adam was a brilliant hard worker. He offered him a job at Jabot.
Once Adam found out Jack wasnât just joking, he said he was a little wary of family companies because heâd been thrown over too many times by the bossâs son or daughter. Jack said it wouldnât be an issue at Jabot, because Kyle stepped away to work at Marchetti with his wife. He noted that Summer was a Newman who took refuge at Jabot to avoid the family drama at Newman Enterprises. Adam asked what Kyle and Summer would think of this. Jack said theyâd just hired Diane Jenkins, arguably the most unpopular person in Genoa City. Adam asked about Dianeâs role. Jack said she was in PR, and her path wouldnât cross Adamâs, if that was an issue. Adam said it wouldnât be.
Jack didnât want to get so involved in work that heâd miss out on watching Harrison grow up. He needed someone to help him steer the ship. Adam needed to think about it, but it meant a lot to him that Jack offered him this job. Billy walked up and saw Jack and Adam shake hands. Billy commented on Jack making a deal with the devil. Adam said Billy was intruding. Billy stated that he wanted to say hello to his brother. Adam made a comment about Billyâs podcast and him loving the sound of his own voice. Billy said yes, he had two jobs, and Adam had zero. Adam left. Billy asked Jack what the hell was going on.
Billy was shocked and disapproving about Jack offering Adam a job. Billy said Adam tried to undermine Victoria as a CEO. Jack said Adam could use a fresh start. Billy said Adam couldnât be trusted. Jack felt he was offering Adam a lifeline when he needed one. Jack said Billy published an article about a monster, and he didnât look beneath the surface. Jack saw a human behind all the bitterness and resentment, and he thought Billy might be wise to take a second look too.
Adam tried to go into Crimson Lights, but the door was still locked because of Nick and Sharon having a private chat inside. Adam looked in the window and saw them together.
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