Y&R Best Lines Wednesday, August 11, 2021

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Jack: I suspect if I spent the rest of the day coming up with reasons you should feel better about this, I wouldn’t put a dent in it. So, let me ask you something — how does Nick feel about this? Is he as upset as you are, or is he already seeing a silver lining? Judging from that reaction, the two of you are not seeing eye to eye.

Phyllis: Mnh-mnh, we are not.

Jack: What does Nick say?

Phyllis: I’m not gonna tell you what he says, ’cause I have a feeling you’re gonna agree with him, and then you two will be right, and then I’ll be wrong. And I will not accept that.


Adam: Hey, Jack.

Jack: Adam, hello.

Phyllis: Long time no see, Adam.

Adam: Don’t tell me you missed me. Hey Jack, Chloe just hired Sally Spectra to start working at Newman Media. I know that you know her well. Am I making a mistake by letting Chloe run with the new hire?

Jack: Well —

Phyllis: I’ll answer that. Yes. A big mistake, gigantic one.

Adam: Any particular reason why?

Jack: It’s —

Phyllis: I’ll answer that. Yes. Because she and Tara Locke were partners in crime.

Adam: You don’t say.

Phyllis: That one is selfish, self-centered, and devious. While Tara Locke is rightfully facing charges, this one over here lands on her feet.

Adam: So, you’re saying you and Sally have a lot in common. Is that why you don’t like her?


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Y&R Short Recap Thursday, August 12, 2021

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Moses tells Hate he doesn’t want to be a doctor and wants to explore a career in music.

Ashland has his first cancer treatment and he has a few symptoms after treatment. Victoria tells Billy, Lily, and her children that she and Ashland are getting married.

Hate assures Elena he will not give her special treatment now that he is her boss at the hospital.

Jack asks Billy and Lily not to do a story on Tara’s arrest to protect Harrison.

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Y&R Transcript Wednesday, August 11, 2021

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Jack: You say you’re looking for a friend, well, look no further. You were the guiding force that figured out how sally and tara were working together to come between kyle and summer. I had my doubts all along. You were right from the start. Kudos to you.

Phyllis: Yay to me.

Jack: What’s wrong?

Phyllis: I raised my daughter to be a strong, independent woman, didn’t I? Yeah, I raised her to run from no fight, run from no challenge. I raised the kind of woman who would do whatever she wanted with whomever she wanted and be whatever she wanted.

Jack: All great qualities. What is the problem?

Phyllis: She took me up on it.

Chelsea: Connor says lacrosse camp is going well.

Adam: That kid is becoming a phenom on the field. Fast, strong, tough.

Chelsea: Just like his parents.

Adam: Yeah, before he left, i advised him that he should take this opportunity to improve his skills, and he really listened.

Chelsea: I hope you don’t think I put up too much of a fight when you wanted to bring him back from minnesota.

Adam: No, not at all. I realize it was hard for you, but you did the right thing, letting him come back here.

Chelsea: I was actually thinking it might be fun to visit him at camp, you know? See him in action.

Adam: Sure. He would love that.

Chelsea: Maybe you could take the day off and join us. Think about how much fun connor would have. I mean, we just haven’t had a chance to be together for him as a family, you know? We haven’t been able to be there for him like that in so long.

Adam: You’re right. He would love that. Um…I’ll check my calendar.

Chelsea: Or maybe we could make a weekend of it. You know, find something fun to do in the area, go to one of the restaurants by camp, or maybe we could take connor out of camp for a night and do a sleepover at a hotel.

Adam: Honestly, chelsea?

Chelsea: You don’t think it’s a good idea.

Adam: It’s not that, it’s just all this talk about family time. I’m curious — where do you see that going?

Sally: I was just saying the same thing to a friend new york. That all of the looks that are coming out of paris this season have, like, a certain…

Chloe: Je ne sais quoi.

[ Chuckles ]

Sally: Yes, precisely. No, I love the silhouettes and the playfulness, the colors, the textures.

Chloe: I just love that you come at everything from such an interesting angle. I mean, you’re fun, but serious. Audacious, but grounded.

Sally: Well, that’s me.

Chloe: And this is what i mean when I was talking about partnership benefiting both of us, because if you could put that all down in writing, you could occupy the top spot on newman media’s fashion site. I mean, I’m thinking maybe even a byline that reads “sally spectra, contributing expert.” I don’t know, something along those lines. And I don’t know, I mean, if things turn out the way they should, what do you think about being the face of the platform?

Sally: Ha, I would love it. I mean, I already have a million ideas.

Chloe: Good, I want to hear them all. So next, I think we just need to have lauren sign off on your side hustle, which I really don’t think will be a problem because jcv could really use the press and, I mean, not to mention, she’s family.

Sally: Uh, put — put your phone away, chloe.

Chloe: Why?

Sally: ‘Cause this would never work.

Rey: Hey.

Sharon: Oh, hi. I was just about to text you.

Rey: Yeah, are you looking for an update on tracking mariah’s location using her cellphone data?

Sharon: Yeah. Please tell me that you’ve had some good luck.

Rey: Oh. I know this isn’t what you want to hear, but I’ve been running into the same roadblocks that tessa has. I’ve been using more sophisticated software, but the results are the same.

Sharon: Is there something else we can do?

Rey: Well, there is one more thing I want to look into, but unfortunately, I can’t give you any information on mariah’s location right now. She could be anywhere.

Sharon: Look, I know you don’t like making guesses without a lot of facts, but you also have a lot of experience to draw on. And I probably know mariah better than anyone so that means I have no objectivity. What is your gut telling you? What do you think is going on with mariah?

Rey: I hate to say this, sharon, but sometimes people don’t want to be found.

Abby: [ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

Devon: Hey, is that mariah?

Abby: I don’t know why I even keep trying. I wonder if she knows how worried we are about her or how much we miss her, how much we want her to come back home.

Devon: I think she has an idea.

Abby: I just — I want her to know how grateful I am to her and to you, too, and if space is what she needs, then, fine, i will move out of the chancellor house until the baby’s born. Mariah and tessa can have the whole place to themselves.

Devon: Abby, that’s not gonna be necessary. I’m sure when she comes back, she’s gonna be ready to be around everybody again.

Abby: I hope so. I just — I keep sending these texts to who knows where, and i hear nothing in response. It’s just — it’s all so hard.

[ Cellphone vibrates ] Do you think it could be…?

Devon: There’s one way to find out.

Abby: [ Sighs ] “Please stop. I need more time. You’re not making this any easier.”

[ Pounding on door ]

Mariah: You don’t scare me, you know.

Tessa: Mariah? Are you in there? It’s me.

Mariah: Tessa, oh, my god. Tessa?! Tessa, it’s me! I’m here!

[ Gasps ] I can’t get out. Somebody locked me in here, and I’ve been trapped here ever since.

Tessa: I’m here to get you out and take you home where you belong.

Mariah: Oh, I knew you would find me. The door — the door is locked.

Tessa: Stand back.

Mariah: What?

Tessa: Mariah, I mean it. Get away from the door.

Mariah: Okay. Um… I’m good. Just be careful.

Tessa: [ Grunts ]

Mariah: Are you okay?

Tessa: Yeah.

[ Hitting door ]

Mariah: Tessa. Oh, my god. Oh, my god.

[ Gasping ] Oh, my god. You don’t know how many times I’ve hoped and I’ve prayed for this moment, just so I could see your face.

Tessa: Oh, babe, you’re breaking my heart.

Mariah: How did you find me?

Tessa: I didn’T.

Mariah: What? What are you talking about? Of — of course you did. You’re right here.

Tessa: I want to be able to tell you and the baby how i saved you one day, but, honey, listen to me. This is important. I have no idea where you are and no idea why you left us in the first place. Everyone thinks you’ve deserted us.

Mariah: No, I would never —

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Jack: Hey. I know how proud you are of your daughter.

Phyllis: Of course I’m proud. Of course I am. I mean, she got everything she wanted. She has a great job, her fiancé is by her side. She has an adorable little stepson. I just… I wish she had that here.

Jack: Yeah, I know that feeling.

Phyllis: Oh, it’s bad enough that daniel’s in savannah. I see him, like, never, ever.

[ Scoffs ] And the reason that I uncovered everything behind, you know, sally and tara’s scheme is because I wanted to pave the way for summer to come back home. But she didn’t want to come back home. She’s in another continent. I mean, I can’t really call her up now and say, on the spur of the moment, “hey, you want to go out for brunch? You want to go shopping?”

Jack: I do get this, but just pretend that summer got this job without sally pulling any strings. You had to be pretty excited when she got the job, even knowing it would take her out of town, right?

Phyllis: But I wasn’t, because I knew there was something shady going on, so I didn’t allow myself to get excited. So it’s like she was pulled over there for really no good reason.

Jack: No, a great job is a very good reason to move.

Phyllis: It’s a very good reason, jack, but it just —

[ Sighs ] I did all of this so she would come home. And she’s not coming home. She’s still [Scoffs] Like seven time zones away.

Jack: I suspect if I spent the rest of the day coming up with reasons you should feel better about this, I wouldn’t put a dent in it. So let me ask you something — how does nick feel about this? Is he as upset as you are, or is he already seeing a silver lining? Judging from that reaction, the two of you are not seeing eye to eye.

Phyllis: Mnh-mnh, we are not.

Jack: What does nick say?

Phyllis: I’m not gonna tell you what he says, ’cause I have a feeling you’re gonna agree with him, and then you two will be right, and then I’ll be wrong. And I will not accept that.

Chelsea: I let myself get carried away, didn’t I? Um…I’m sorry.

Adam: It’s okay.

Chelsea: I’m just excited to give connor all the things he missed out on last year when he was at boarding school.

Adam: So am I.

Chelsea: But if my suggestions are making you uncomfortable, we can scale back my ideas.

Adam: I think we need to take it a step at a time.

Chelsea: Not a problem. I think I’m just excited about my progress, you know? Every day is like a renewal. Every day is a chance to take another step forward.

Adam: Well, that’s a good way to look at it.

Chelsea: I mean, being out of the hospital is just liberating.

[ Exhales ] I’m finally realizing just how bad it got, and I just want to start to piece my life back together as best I can. So if it seems like I’m going overboard trying to, you know, get all the quality family time, it’s just because I feel ready, and that’s a really good feeling.

Adam: That’s nice to hear.

Chelsea: But?

Adam: I am glad that you’re being so positive. I think that that is great. But I’m worried that too much too soon might confuse connor about where things stand between us.

Chelsea: It’s never going back to the way things were, is it?

Adam: I think it’s just best that we say this out loud, chelsea. Too much has changed. We will always be connor’s parents, and he can always count on us working together and making his life as happy as possible, but we need to make our own paths forward now. Separately.

Chloe: Wait. Everything was going so great. Why put the brakes on all of a sudden? What’s the problem?

Sally: Me. I’m the problem, so why don’t you just save yourself a lot of heartache and have somebody else write for your site?

Chloe: Does this have something to do with what phyllis told me?

Sally: [ Sighs ] I just got so swept up in the idea of everything that i thought there could be a way to make this work, but there’s not. You’re gonna learn the truth eventually, and I’m sure lauren will relish in telling you why she fired me.

Chloe: Oh, uh, sorry, so you don’t work for jcv anymore?

Sally: That is the least of it.

Chloe: Well, it couldn’t be that bad. I mean, what, were you trying to bring back the poodle skirt or something?

Sally: Do you really want to know?

Chloe: Sure. I mean, listen, I’m gonna hear about it anyway, so you might as well tell me your end of the story.

Sally: Okay. Alright, here it is in all its glory — the tragic tale of the downfall of sally spectra.

[ Sighs ] Okay, right after I arrived from la trying to carve out a new fashion niche for myself, i learned that summer had gotten my dream job, while I became lauren’s assistant. And I was very grateful for the opportunity, don’t get me wrong, but I ran my own fashion house. I had my own lines. I have massive amounts of experience. And here I was, starting at the bottom again. So I bided my time, until i learned that ashland locke was giving his wife the boot, and i saw that our goals aligned. Summer had both the job that i wanted and the man that tara wanted, and I — together, we could make our dreams come true. So I asked eric forrester and asked him for a job recommendation, and long story short, one thing led to another, and boom, now summer is the creative director for angelina marchetti in milan.

Chloe: So how did you get her to take the job? I mean, aside from it being a bad-ass career move?

Sally: Well, tara told summer that if summer didn’t take the job, that she would make sure that kyle never saw his son again.

Chloe: Oh. Well, yeah, that’S…extreme.

Sally: And unfortunately, phyllis figured everything out and told everyone, so now kyle and summer are living happily ever after in italy, and I am out of a job. And now we can just part ways and you can pretend that you never met me. (Tonya) smoking damaged my heart.

Chloe: Maybe we should shift focus and talk about a deadline for your first piece.

Sally: Did you not hear everything I just said?

Chloe: I heard every word, very clearly. And I knew going in that you’re no saint. I mean, I didn’t know things had gotten that crazy.

Sally: So why are you still here?

Chloe: My best friend chelsea is trying to turn her life around, and I want that to happen for her. So your story resonates with me. But mainly, I used to be you, more or less. Things change. People change. I mean, now I have two gorgeous kids and a man who loves me, and the man I loathed more than anything on this earth gave me an incredible job with a lot of autonomy, free rein to do anything I want, and what I want is to have sally spectra’s byline on my site. So are we gonna get to work, or what?

Sally: [ Chuckles ]

Abby: I’m trying really hard not to be angry with mariah because she’s a good person and there has to be some logical reason why this happened.

Devon: Yeah, I — I really don’t know the right way to respond to this.

Abby: Well, empathy — empathy is what I want to feel. I mean, mariah wouldn’t be pregnant if it wasn’t for me, if I hadn’t asked her to carry the baby. And I just — I want to hug her and I want to tell her that i understand how difficult this is for her, and I am sorry for hovering, but, you know, you can’t hug someone through a text. I can’t make her feel how much I love her.

Devon: I know, but you’ve said that to her in person tons of times.

Abby: Which is part of the problem. I wouldn’t stop talking about it, and now she’s having to deal all of this by herself. And I don’t think she realizes that she’s making it more difficult. I mean, isolation is not the answer.

Devon: You’re absolutely right. And I don’t know what’s going through mariah’s mind. I know that you’ve shown more empathy than most people would in your situation right now. But you just have to try and remember to not worry so much about mariah that you forget to take care of yourself. Like you should delegate and have some of your staff handle the paperwork until she comes back home.

Abby: Yeah, yeah, you’re right. I can do that.

Devon: Yeah. Yeah, and you know what? Maybe you need to distract yourself, too. Why don’t you plan to go and hang out with nina or something?

Abby: Well, nina is in la. A film company hired her to work on a script.

Devon: Oh, really?

Abby: Yeah.

Devon: I figured she would be in town until chance came home.

Abby: I told her to go. I would hate if any of this interfered with her life or her career.

Devon: Well, you still have me. I’m not going anywhere. And hey, speaking of films, i have an idea. You should make another video for chance. It might make you feel better to focus on him like that, have that connection. I’ll be your camera man.

Abby: Yeah, I don’t know.

Devon: No? Was it something I said?

Abby: No, you always give the perfect advice. It’s just I haven’t been making those video diary entries recently.

Devon: Why haven’t you?

Abby: Because I’m afraid.

Devon: What are you afraid of?

Abby: Of what he’ll see. Is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes

Devon: Hey. You never answered my question. What are you afraid of chance seeing in these videos?

Abby: Resentment. Do you remember how I talked to you about how I was feeling angry that I was having to deal with all of this by myself? You’re the only person that i can talk about that stuff with.

Devon: Okay, but you know that everything you’re feeling is completely normal.

Abby: Yeah, but it scares me to think about him coming home and watching the videos and seeing that.

Devon: Why is that scary? That’s your husband. That’s like the one person who you shouldn’t have to hide your feelings from, right?

Abby: Yeah, but he has a lot on his plate. He’s on a job that’s taken him away from everyone he loves. He’s putting his life in jeopardy every single day. And the last thing I would want is for him to come home and feel like I wasn’t giving him 110% of my support while he was away.

[ Sighs ]

[ Cellphone vibrates ] Sorry. What if this is —

Devon: Is it mariah?

Abby: No, it’s sharon. She’s with rey. They want to meet.

Devon: Okay. Alright, I’ll go with you.

Phyllis: You know, I came here to talk to a friend, not get the third degree, but you want to know how nick’s being? Yeah, he’s being great. Great, rational, reasonable. Terrific. Terrific about this entire thing.

Jack: You don’t say.

Phyllis: Yeah. He thinks it’s wonderful that our daughter is in italy having the time of her life at her dream job. He is so happy for her that she is thriving.

Jack: My god, what has gotten into him?

Phyllis: You know what? I don’t appreciate your sarcasm. I want to feel how you guys feel, but all I do is miss my daughter. I just miss my daughter, okay?

Jack: Okay, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to tease you. I will stop right now.

Phyllis: Thank you.

Jack: I do know how you feel. I love summer and kyle more than I can say, and I could not be happier that the two people i love so much are together right now. But it comes at a price.

Phyllis: I mean, you don’t have your co-ceo anymore.

Jack: I enjoyed every single minute watching my son grow into this competent, strong businessman.

Phyllis: And harrison. What about him?

Jack: Hopefully kyle and ashland will work out some way for harrison to spend time in milan with them, and that, of course, is time I won’t have watching my grandson grow up or watching my son become a father.

Phyllis: You know how I feel.

Jack: Yeah. You know what, though? We didn’t — we didn’t have kids to become clones of ourselves that never leave our side. There’s a cost we have to pay. It’s — it’s part of the package. And I mean, they’re not out of our lives, they’re out of the country.

Phyllis: Long plane ride away.

Jack: Yeah, a long plane ride away to really great brunch opportunities and good shopping.

Phyllis: Yeah. Yay. I know what you want me to say. You want me to say, “stop feeling sorry for yourself and be happy for your brilliant daughter.”

Jack: You think you’re gonna do that?

Phyllis: No.

Jack: No, I didn’t think so.

[ Both laugh ]

Phyllis: I’ll try to do that. You know, it’s just really hard. Thank you.

[ Sighs ] I need a drink. You want a drink? I’m paying.

Jack: If you’re buying, I’d love to have a drink.

Phyllis: [ Chuckles ]

Chloe: Hey, adam.

Adam: [ Sighs ] Don’t bother knocking. Come on in. Who do we have here?

Chloe: This is the person who will give our fashion platform instant credibility and set us apart from the rest — sally spectra.

Sally: Nice to meet you.

Adam: Sally spectra. Where have I heard that name before?

Sally: Well, I’m only slightly famous, but it’s mostly because of great-aunt, the original sally spectra, which lucky for you ’cause otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to afford me.

Adam: I know why you seem so familiar. You were dating jack abbott, weren’t you?

Sally: Yeah, but that’s in the past.

Adam: He’s a friend of mine.

Sally: Wow, everyone in this town really does know each other.

Chloe: Tell you what, give jack a call, he’ll give you all the dirt on sally. It won’t be pretty, but I don’t care because you told me I can hire whoever I want, and I am standing by my latest discovery.

Adam: It never crossed my mind to call jack, but now it sounds like maybe I should.

Chloe: Don’t forget, if we start holding people to unreasonable standards because of their questionable pasts, you and I are the first ones out the door.

Adam: [ Sighs, chuckles ] Fair enough. Sally…welcome aboard.

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Chloe: Now, this is the perfect place to celebrate your new job. We’re gonna pop some bubbly and we’re gonna brainstorm.

Sally: Man, I really thought things were gonna go south whenever adam remembered that i used to date jack, because trust me, whatever negative things lauren has to say about me, they are not nearly as bad as what jack could tell you.

Chloe: And I am so glad that you were honest with me because now we can just start with a clean slate — no secrets, no skeletons. And I don’t really care what jack has to say because you already told me everything that I need to know.

Sally: Why are you so willing to take a chance on me?

Chloe: Because I have a really good feeling about you, a sense that this risk is really going to pay off.

Sally: You have no idea how good it feels to have someone actually believe in me.

Chloe: I mean, I know that you can’t just change overnight. I mean, that would be naive, but all I’m saying is just don’t bring whatever you’re getting into into work because I am very serious about this new venture, and I know adam. If you cross the line, then I’m gonna pay the price, so don’t even try it, because I am 10 times meaner than lauren.

Sally: You don’t have to worry about me at all. I learned my lesson. I just plan on keeping my head down and staying focused on my work.

Chloe: Then I think we’re gonna get along just fine.

Sally: [ Chuckles ]

Chloe: And I was serious about what I said before, about you being our on-camera personality. You know, there are some really big fashion shows coming up, so I’m thinking you can interview some designers, get some backstage exclusive footage.

Jack: This was a good idea.

Phyllis: Yeah, I’m filled with good ideas. You know that about me.

Jack: How could I have forgotten that?

Chloe: Sally? What do you think?

Sally: Sorry, we were talking about video.

Chloe: Close. We were talking about making you a star.

Sally: [ Chuckles ]

Rey: Thank you all for coming. I know that everyone here is anxious to find out the latest on the search for mariah.

Devon: What did you guys find out?

Rey: Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find out anything on her location. Even with using the department’s more sophisticated software, I’ve been running into the same problems that tessa has — a message that says mariah’s location has been turned off.

Abby: Okay, so what do we do now?

Tessa: We stop pretending that this isn’t as bad as it seems. It’s time to do more than just cross our fingers and hope mariah’s gonna come home on her own. Not everyone feels this as strongly as I do, I get that. But it’s one thing for mariah to want some time to herself, but to go to these extremes to be alone? Sorry, that’s not mariah. And everyone needs to acknowledge that — now.

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Sharon: Tessa, I know that you’re convinced that something more happened to mariah than we know about, and I’m not telling you that you’re wrong, but as rey said earlier, there’s just no proof.

Rey: Look, I understand why you want to hit the panic button, but I can’t do anything without a lead, and so far, we don’t have any. That’s why I called you all over here so I could see if there’s anything that I’m missing.

Tessa: I know in my heart that something’s off.

Abby: And there’s one thing i know for sure — if mariah knew how upset we all were, she’d be home in a flash if she could.

Sharon: I think abby’s right. Mariah loves her job. She takes it very seriously. She texted jack to say that she would be gone for a few days, and then no one at jabot has heard from her ever since. She missed a prenatal appointment after she said she would be home in time for it.

Tessa: She knows how dangerous that can be for her and the baby. And she knows how much she means to me.

Sharon: And the bottom line is, mariah may be upset, but she’s not cruel. She would never torture tessa or abby or any of us intentionally.

[ Laughter ]

Phyllis: Oh, my gosh, look at that. I warned chloe about that snake, and there she is, carrying on at the bar. They’re like besties.

Chloe: Cheers.

Sally: Cheers!

Jack: Maybe it’s business.

Phyllis: But sally’s unemployed, unless you know something I don’T.

Jack: Adam told me that newman media offered chloe a fashion platform. Maybe sally wants to be part of that.

Phyllis: Oh, my goodness.

[ Scoffs ] I wouldn’t put it past her. Seriously, lauren gives her the heave-ho, and here she is, worming her way into chloe’s life.

Jack: I am confident chloe can handle herself. Stop staring.

Phyllis: I can’t even believe this. What is she still doing here? I blew up her scheme sky high. She should be embarrassed. She should be leaving this town with her tail between her legs, not enjoying herself at the bar while my daughter is thousands of miles away. You know what I always say, right? You know what I always say.

Jack: No, I don’T.

Phyllis: Don’t get mad, get even. This is the sound of an asthma attack…

Chloe: So I’m envisioning our video content as a mix of in-studio segments where we’re showcasing new trends and keeping our users up-to-date on the latest fashion news and field coverage and maybe you’re out on the street, styling people and taking people into the headquarters of their favorite designers. I want all of your input, your wildest ideas.

Sally: You might regret saying that.

Chloe: I don’t want you to hold back, okay? We are starting this from scratch, and I know that you just had your wrist slapped, but I don’t want that to diminish your ambition because that is the engine will make this so special.

Sally: Okay, so you would be okay with sending me on a tour of every fashion capital on earth, traveling first class all the way?

Chloe: Okay, let’s maybe not get ahead of ourselves. After everything you just told me, I don’t think I need to explain that.

Sally: Yeah, sorry, I was just day-dreaming out loud. No, I’m all about keeping things on a budget and making you, my brand-new boss, look good because I have a lot to prove, and I do accept full blame for taking things way too far at fenmore’S. But that woman has been out to get me from the moment that we met, and even if I had done nothing, she would have found something to use against me. She’s trouble. And I will never forget it.

Adam: Hey, jack.

Jack: Adam, hello.

Phyllis: Long time no see, adam.

Adam: Don’t tell me you missed me. Hey, jack, chloe just hired sally spectra to start working at newman media. I know that you know her well. Am I making a mistake by letting chloe run with the new hire?

Jack: Well —

Phyllis: I’ll answer that. Yes. A big mistake, gigantic one.

Adam: Any particular reason why?

Jack: It’s —

Phyllis: I’ll answer that. Yes. Because she and tara locke were partners in crime.

Adam: You don’t say.

Phyllis: That one is selfish, self-centered, and devious. While tara locke is rightfully facing charges, this one over here lands on her feet.

Adam: So you’re saying you and sally have a lot in common. Is that why you don’t like her?

Mariah: You, boy, are gonna have the best baby book ever. It’s gonna be three pages at least dedicated to the time that you were kidnapped in utero, all the while, your surrogate had to find her way out of a seemingly impossible situation. So if you want to know what is going on out here, I am searching for something. Anything. A clue to why we’re here, where we are, and who put us here. So maybe we — that’s — that’s a camera. So is that you’ve been doing, you’ve been watching us? Have you been watching us?! How twisted are you?! Why am I here? What do you want? No, no, no, no, no. That’s it, okay? No more video. No more watching. Got it? There. How do you like that? If you want to know what’s going on in here, you can come out from hiding, you coward, and face me.

Sharon: Each of us has tried to get through to mariah, and so far, nothing has worked.

Abby: What do you think we should do?

Sharon: Some sort of digital intervention, just try to get her to understand how we feel being away from her, why we’re so concerned?

Tessa: But what if that doesn’t work?

Sharon: If our intervention isn’t enough to make her come home on her own, then I think that we need to turn up the heat on the search. No more crossing our fingers and waiting for an app to give us answers. No more being passive. If there are no leads, then we need to dig some up. You know, we haven’t yet looked at her credit card usage, her bank account activity, and i think we need to start doing that.

Tessa: Hallelujah. This is what I have wanted all along.

Abby: Sharon’s right. It’s time to bring mariah home, one way or another.

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Phyllis: I saved Kyle and Jack. I saved them from their overly trusting ways. They bought into Tara’s whole thing of, “let’s be friends, let’s be family, let’s love each other.” [ Sighs ] I’m heroic.

Nick: So, cynicism and meddling are your superpowers?

Phyllis: Uh, and being right.


Sally: Lauren, please just hear me out.

Lauren: I feel like I’ve been listening to you for hours.

Sally: That’s not fair.

Lauren: You don’t know when to stop!

Sally: I don’t know what you think you know, but I would really like to clear up this misunderstanding.

Lauren: There is no misunderstanding. I know exactly what happened with Summer, and I have proof.

Sally: What proof could you possibly have?

Phyllis: Hey, is she still denying it?

Lauren: She is.

Sally: Please don’t listen to Phyllis’s nonsense.

Phyllis: Should we tell her what we heard?

Lauren: I think so.

Phyllis: Okay, let’s do that. Uh, Tara admitted that the two of you worked together to force my daughter out of town!

Sally: You “heard” that. From who?

Jack: From me.


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Adam has a video call with Chelsea to update her about Connor. Chelsea wants to be a family again and starts making plans for family activities. Adam makes it clear to Chelsea that they are never getting back together.

Sally tells Chloe the truth about what she and Tara did to Summer and Chloe hires her to be the face of Newman Media’s fashion platform.

Phyllis is upset that Sally didn’t leave town and instead got a new job. Phyllis is determined to ruin Sally’s life.

Abby, Sharon, Tessa, and Devon ask Rey to start an official search for Mariah by checking her credit card usage because it’s time to bring Mariah home. Mariah searches for a way to get out of the room where she is trapped. Mariah finds a camera above the door of the room and she takes the camera down and dares her kidnapper to come out, and face her.

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Nick: Alright, now that it’s had some time to sink in, how you feeling about summer and kyle staying in milan?

Phyllis: Our daughter was doing great here. She was happy.

[ Sighs ] She was running jcv. She was successful. They were building their house, planning their wedding. I just don’t understand. I don’t get it, why she would want to stay in italy. I don’t understand why she wouldn’t want to come home.

Nick: I mean, summer’s young. She’s always had a sense of adventure.

Phyllis: Yeah, but this wasn’t an adventure. She was forced out by sally and tara because one wanted her man and the other one wanted her job.

Nick: Look, you came to our daughter’s rescue. You gave summer and kyle their futures back. It is an incredible gift. You want to know what else you gave summer? You lifted this threat that she was under and gave her her life back, so she can make her own decisions, and she’s doing that.

Phyllis: Yeah. You’re right. I did that.

[ Exhales sharply ] I saw lauren fire sally. And so I called summer and i told her — I told her that she had her job back. She wanted to stay in italy. You know, our daughter, she’s thousands of miles away.

Nick: I’m sorry this is so hard for you.

Phyllis: It’s just really difficult. I can’t imagine how jack feels. I mean, one minute he’s running jabot with kyle. That’s his dream, you know? Just like he did with his dad.

Nick: Kyle’s not quitting. He’s just relocating.

Phyllis: Yeah, but in italy. I mean, it’s not the same.

Nick: You got to let them work it out, you know? You’ve been an incredible friend to jack, and sally is the worst kind of trouble-maker. And thank god you exposed all her manipulations. Jack’s a big boy. You don’t have to appoint yourself champion in every circumstance.

Phyllis: I’m not doing that. I’m definitely not doing that. I just feel bad for him. It’s all — I feel bad for him. He’s my friend, and he’s had a really bad year. His mom died. His nephew was suing him. Now kyle’s gone. All that stuff with sally. And then with harrison, he loves harrison so much. I mean, if harrison goes off to italy, jack will be lost.

Jack: Hey! I hope you had a great nap. Aunt traci told me you had a great time at the children’s museum. So I have news for you. Your father is back in town, and he would like to visit you in a little bit. How’s that sound? Good?

Harrison: Yes.

Jack: I thought you’d like that. Listen, before he gets here, I was thinking maybe we could go over to the park, play some catch? You up to that? Okay. Well, you’re gonna be a very popular guy here for a while. I’m gonna squeeze in every minute with you I possibly can. Why don’t you go get your ball and your mitt, and we’ll head to the park?

[ Laughs ]

[ Sighs ]

Nikki: My goodness. You’ve taken my breath away.

Victoria: Oh, I know, that was my reaction, too, when I saw this engagement ring. Ashland surprised me with it earlier.

Nikki: Well, it’s lovely, but that’s not what I was referring to, as you well know.

Victor: Ashland, what’s the point of all this?

Victoria: You don’t have to answer that.

Ashland: No, it’s a fair question, given that everything’s happened so quickly. After all, the last we all got together, I had barely begun divorce proceedings.

Nikki: Indeed.

Ashland: And now that’s all been finalized, and your daughter and I are planning a wedding. A big, splashy one, at that.

Victor: Why now?

Ashland: It’s simple. We’re both making up for lost time. Both the time we missed out on by not meeting each other sooner and a long future that we may not experience together.

Victoria: That’s our other piece of news. Ashland has changed his mind. He’s gonna — he’s gonna fight his illness. He starts treatment very soon.

Nikki: Oh, that’s an option you’ve resisted.

Ashland: The odds of success aren’t that high, but even if there’s the slightest chance that I could enjoy a longer life with your daughter and spending a couple more years watching my son grow up, I’ll do whatever it takes to make that happen.

Victoria: We’re going into this with our eyes wide open.

Nikki: Well, it’s your decision to make. Nobody else can know what it’s like to be in your shoes.

Victor: Let me put it this way — I’m glad the two of you erefore, that’s what I’ll do because I work —

>>> This is a cbs news special report. I’m dana we’re coming on the air with breaking news. Andrew cuomo, governor of new york is announcing his resignation. Let’s listen in.

Government really needs to function today. Government needs to perform. It is a matter of life and death, government operations. And wasting energy on distractions is the last thing that state government should be doing, and I cannot be the cause of that. New york tough means new york loving, and i love new york, and i love you, and everything i have ever done has been motivated by that love, and i would never want to be unhelpful in any way. I think that, given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing and, therefore, that’s what I’ll do because I work for you, and doing the right thing is doing the right thing for for you because, as we say, it’s not about me, it’s about we. Kathy hokum, my lieutenant government is smart and competent. This transition must be seamless. We have a lot going on. I’m very worried about the delta variant and so you should be but she can come up to speed quickly and my resignation will be effective in 14 days. So my team — (naming team ). — And the hundreds of dedicated administration officials, I want to say this, thank you. Thank you. And be prouD. We made new york state the progressive capital of the nation. No other state government accomplished more to help people, and that is what it’s all about. Just think about what we did. We passed marriage equality, creating a new civil right, legalized love for the lgbtq community, and generated a force of change that swept the nation. We passed the safe act years ago, the smartest gun safety law in the united states of america, and it banned the madness of assault weapons. We’ve saved countless lives with that law. $15 minimum wage, the highest minimum wage in the nation, lifting millions of families’ standard of living, putting more food on the table and clothes on their backs, and we led the nation in economic justice with that reform. We have managed every emergency mother nature could throw at us — fires, floods, hurricanes, superstorms and pandemics. We balanced the state budget and got it done on time, more than any other administration, because government should work and perform, free college tuition for struggling families. Nobody in this state will be denied their college dream because of their income. We have built new airptsd, rail — airports, rail, transit, roads across the state faster and better than before and, more than any state in the nation, the most of effective green economy program in the nation. We did more for black and latino families than any other administration. We did more for working families, for our union brothers and sisters, we did more to battle racism and antisemitism. Today so much to have the politics is just noise, just static, and that’s why people tune it out. What matters is actually improving people’s lives, and that’s what you did. You made this state a better state for the generations that follow, and that is undeniable, inarguable and true, even in these ugly, crazy times. I thank speaker karl carl heastie and others for their leadership. Let me say this on a personal note — in many ways, i see the world through the eyes of my daughters, kara, mariah and mckayla. They are 26 and 26, twins, and 23. And I have lived this experience with and through them. I have sat on the couch with them, hearing the ugly accusations for weeks. I have seen the look in their eyes and the expression on their faces, and it hurt. I want my three jewels to know this — my greatest goal is for them to have a better future than the generations of women before them. It is still, in many ways, a man’s world, it always has beeN. We have sexism that is culturallized and institutionalized. My daughters have more talent and natural gifts than i ever had. I want to make sure that society allows them to fly as high as their wings will carry theM. There should be no assumptions, no stereotypes, no limitations. I want them to know from the bottom of my heart that i never did and i never would intentionally disrespect a woman or treat any woman differently than I would want them treated, and that is the god’s honest truth. Your dad made mistakes, and he apologized, and he learned from it, and that’s what life is all about. And I know the political process is flawed, and I understand their cynicism and distrust and disappointment now, but don’t give it up because government is still the best vehicle for making positive social change. Lastly, I want to remind all new yorkers of an important lesson and one that I will carry with me for the rest of my life, and that’s what you new yorkers did in battling covid. The enemy landed in new york state. Covid launched the attack here. It came on planes from europe, and we had no ideA. It was an ambush, and it was up to new yorkers to fight bacK. We were on our own, and it was war. Numberses, doctors, essential workers became our frontline heroes. Hospitals became the battlegrounds. Streets were still, and sirens filled the city’s silence. Trailers carried the bodies of our fallen brothers and sisters. But you refused to give up, and you fought back, and you won, going from the highest infection rate in the nation to one of the lowest. No one thought we could do it, but you did it. You led the nation, and you showed the way forward. And how you did it is what’s most important. You did it together, not as black new yorkers or white new yorkers, not as lgbtq new yorkers or straight new yorkers or democrats or republicans or upstate or downstate or jewish, muslim, protestant or catholic new yorkers, but as one community, one family, the family of new york. You overcame the naysayers and the haters and the fear and the division, and you unified and you rose and you overcame and you saved lives, and that was powerful in its effect. It was beautiful to see, and it was an honor to leaD. Please remember that lesson. Hold it dear and hold it up high for this nation to see because it is new york state at her finest, creating her legacy, fulfilling her destiny, giving life and animation to the lady in the harbor, saying excelsior! We can be better, we canire, and proclaiming eplur bys onium, out of many one, unity, community, love, that is our founding premise. And our enduring promise. And that is the salvation of this nation that it so desperately needs to hear. Thank you for the honor of serving you. It has been the honor of my lifetime. God bless you.

That was governor andrew cuomo resigning effective in 14 days, his third term as governor. And this comes just one week after the attorney general’s report that he had harassed or tumped inappropriately eleven women based on those allegations and investigation. I want to bring in national correspondent jericka duncan who has been covering this story several months. She spoke with one of the accusers and women in this report. In hearing the governor and hearing his personal attorney before that, it seemed they were laying out a case for the governor, and then that changed.

It did. As you and I have been sitting here listening to the news conference, the headline, after listening to his attorney, was this is the governor fighting back. But the governor said, quote, my instinct is to fight, but in this case, it was different. He said that he loved new york, he loved new yorkers and, by showing his love, he didn’t want to waste the tax dollars, the time and knew it was best, he said, to step aside at this time. But it was very, very interesting, I think so many people, dana, who have been following this weren’t sure how this was going to go because we knew the governor laid out even friday, his attorney, same typical argument about holes in the report, questions they had. How are we supposed to fight and give evidence to the judiciary commity friday when we haven’t seen all the transcripts? So that’s what we heard in the first 45 minutes. Then the governor comes up, he says what he said. Interestingly enough, talked about the good things he’s done for the state, reminded people of the progress that the state has made, but also welcomed lieutenant governor but soon to be governor kathy hokum. Me sources say she is ready to step in. I think people knew this was a possibility. Clearly a reality the governor say he was stepping aside and the first female governor to take the role in new york state history.

Interestingly, he very specifically addressed the troopers’ allegations against her.

He did and maintained that he did not do anything appropriate with the women we spoke to compleestles in reporting with the albany times union, brittany commisso. But he apologized to the family, he apologized to the trooper and that he did not know, he said — he does not recall touching her in a way that made her feel uncomfortable. He does not recall putting the palm of his hand on her stomach as reported in the state attorney general’s report last week.

Ricky cleemen, your reaction to what we heard?

I think this is a sad day for new york state. No matter what, this is a hero who as fallen and his life is forever changed. He is someone who led this state in so many ways, particularly as we have seen in the fight against covid, albeit there are still flaws there. He is someone who championed the rights of women in ways that other politicians have never done, and the irony, the supreme irony, almost shakespearean, is that someone who has made it easier for women to be able to sue for sexual assault, to be able to go all the way back for those who were children who were sexually abused, and he is undone by allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment. I do have to think that we give him much credit for resigning now, for resigning with grace, and for being conscious that this staying in office would be so bad for the state of new york, the people of the state, and for his daughters. I am very moved by his comments, but he has a lot to still face. There is a criminal case that may go forward against him, it may be one, there may be others, and he still has to deal with lawsuits for sexual harassment for a hostile work environment. His crises are not over.

Yeah, he may be stepping down, but, at this point, as you mentioned, there are other issues that he may face. We want to turn to senior white house correspondent ed o’keefe at the white housE. Ed, you have been speaking with lawmakers in albany, what are they sayinG.

Reporter: I spoke with a senator that said the governor was dealing with a biased jury, so this is a sigh of relief in albany. Another member was in tears because it’s been so intense for the state to deal with. Bottom line, he still has a legal fight ahead of him and his lawyer laid out a pretty detailed case to try to defend him in that regard. But the political fight is lower. People said if the 63 member new york state senate would hold a vote to remove the governor they would have done so. The governor understood the political fight was unsurmountable and this is a guy who does not like to lose. The deep-seated hatred or disgust for this governor among legislators, members of both parties, runs deep and the latest allegations were too much for them. They wanted to explore not only these recent allegations but concerns about the book deal he cut last year during the covid 19 outbreak. The concerns about deaths at nursing homes in this states and other issues that had gone over the course of his roughly ten and a half years in office. The other thing to watch for now, jericka mentioned kathy hochul, the lieutenant governor of new york. For the last eight years, she’s traveled the state, visits every 62 counties every year, but is in over her head, they argue, in terms of being able to lead this state. A watch in the next 14 days if the governor does anything to boost her because there’s concern she may not be ready for this. This is just somebody who has not involved because the governor has not allowed her to be involved. That could be an important thing to watch. As rikki said, an important fall for someone who was running for president, a close ally of this president and worked with him on infrastructure during the obama administration and leaving as a major democratic party scar.

The president calling for his resignation last weeK. Thank you very mucH. Our coverage will continue on our streaming network cbsn, your local news and tonight on the “cbs evening news.” This has been a crives special report, I’m dana jacobson in new york.

Nikki: So, how is phyllis handling the news about summer and kyle?

Nick: Honestly, not well. She was kind of blind-sided.

Nikki: Yeah, she probably assumed they’d be moving home.

Nick: Having seen summer over there really seemed to have hit her stride, I had a feeling this might happen. Phyllis didn’T. She’s heartbroken.

Nikki: Well, that’s natural. Mothers want their babies nearby. And she’s been used to seeing summer every day since she’s been staying at the hotel.

Nick: Yeah, she just wanted to be close, you know? To — to be a part of those milestone moments, like a wedding, maybe some grandkids one day.

Nikki: I’m gonna need a moment to sit with that. I mean, I understand that. It’s bound to happen one of these days. It’s just very strange to think of you as a grandfather.

Nick: Yeah. And that would make you —

Nikki: No, no, no. Not talking about that.

Nick: [ Laughs ] Okay.

Nikki: Anyway, I’m sure that phyllis will come around. I mean, she has to understand what an incredible opportunity this job is for summer.

Nick: She just needs some time to adjust, you know? Daniel’s in georgia, and noah’s in london. We got used to it.

Nikki: Yeah, eventually.

Nick: Eventually is right. Alright, I got to go. I’m gonna go and give christian a big hug.

Nikki: Give him an extra squeeze from me, will you?

Nick: Will do. Love you, ma.

Nikki: Love you.

Adam: Chloe just likes to mouth off. Makes her feel like less of a sell-out.

Victor: Son, I’m telling you, she’s dangerous. She shouldn’t be around here at all.

Adam: We both want connor here full-time, right? That means I have to find a way to keep chelsea here, too. Happy, occupied, and most importantly, out of trouble. So hiring her is a strategic move.

Victor: Trust me when I tell you, she will be distracting.

Adam: Don’t worry. My focus is where it should be — on newman media, turning it into a powerhouse, trying to take advantage of our competitors’ weaknesses.

Victor: I hope by that you’re talking about chanccomm, not newman/locke.

Adam: You made it clear that victoria and the family business are off limits.

Victor: And I mean it. Okay? This is an opportunity for you to improve your relationship with your sister, as you have mended fences with your brother nicholas.

Adam: Well, that’s gonna be easier for me than it will be for her. Victoria’s hostility runs pretty deep. Maybe you ought to have that conversation with her.

Victor: I am not gonna talk to her. She has so much on her plate right now. I’m not gonna bother her with it. I’m expecting you and your brother to be supportive of your sister.

Adam: Understood.

Chloe: Sorry, I’m late.

Kevin: No worries. I ordered your favorite.

Chloe: Oh, you’re my hero.

Kevin: How’s your day so far?

Chloe: Not going by fast enough.

Kevin: Adam being difficult?

Chloe: Just the opposite. He is so calm and cooperative, it’s unnerving. It’s like he’s this spider weaving this big, gorgeous web just to trap me in it. Or maybe I’m already trapped and I don’t know it yet.

Kevin: If I had my way…

Chloe: I wouldn’t have taken the job, I know.

Kevin: Well, if it makes you feel any better, I don’t think you’re his intended target. You’re the bait meant to lure chelsea back under his control.

Chloe: Well, I don’t like the idea of that, but, I mean, what other options does she have? Who’s gonna take a chance on her at this point?

Kevin: Does chelsea even want to go back to work? I thought she was still hanging with her mom in minnesota.

Chloe: It might take a while for her to get back into a creative head space. I mean, she’s recovering from a lot of emotional trauma, which is unfortunate, since it turns out creating a fashion platform by yourself is a lot less fun. Oh, my god.

Kevin: What?

Chloe: That’s sally spectra.

Phyllis: Sally spectra — oh, trust me, you don’t want to get involved with that one.

Kevin: Who is this person and why are you asking us to avoid her?

Phyllis: You were so kind warning me not to get involved in your mother’s blackmail scheme, so I am returning the favor. Okay? Um, trust me, you’ll thank me. And if you don’t believe me, just ask lauren.

Chloe: [ Scoffs ] My hygienist cleans with a round head.

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Kevin: Who is this person phyllis apparently hates, and what does she have to do with lauren?

Chloe: Sally works at fenmore’S. She used to be a fashion designer in la — a damn good one, actually. She took over at jcv when summer newman moved to italy.

Kevin: Why would lauren give her a high-powered job if she didn’t like her?

Chloe: I don’t even know what phyllis is talking about because every time that lauren has mentioned sally to me, she’s had nothing but great things to say. I’m gonna go introduce myself.

Kevin: Da-da-da. Hang on. Hang on. Phyllis just compared this woman to gloria. What does that tell you?

Chloe: That phyllis is all about drama? You’re more than welcome to join me. You can keep an eye out for red flags.

Kevin: I have to get back to the station, but will you be careful?

Chloe: Aren’t I always?

Kevin: No.

Chloe: Hi. I am a fan of your work. I just wanted to introduce myself.

Sally: I saw you on the patio talking to phyllis, so obviously you’re friends. Did you come over here to give me a hard time?

Ashland: You know, now that I’m settled in at victoria’s house, I’d love for you to come and spend the night with us. We have a room for you if you want it. And guess who else might be there sometimes — your cousins johnny and katie. I think we should all get together and have some pizza, play some games, huh? Does that sound good? We’ll make that happen.

Jack: Sorry to interrupt. Mrs. Martinez asked me to tell you she has a fresh tray of cookies coming out of the oven.

Ashland: Well, you better get some while they’re warm, buddy. I’ll see you soon. I love you, son.

Harrison: I love you, father.

Ashland: [ Chuckles ] Okay. Go get some cookies.

Jack: Mrs. Martinez is waiting for you.

Ashland: [ Laughs ]

Jack: Hey, I didn’t mean to cut your time off. I —

Ashland: No, no, no, no. It’s fine. I’m glad we have a moment to — I wanted to let you know that my oncology specialist has arranged for me to start chemo. First infusion’s tomorrow at memorial.

Jack: Well, I wish you luck with that.

Ashland: Thank you. Probably going to need it. And I think it’s probably best that harrison continues to stay with you while I see how i tolerate the treatment.

Jack: He’s always welcome here. We’re happy to have him.

Ashland: Appreciate that, jack. And I owe so much credit to you and kyle for providing him with stability that he’s needed over these past few months.

Jack: It has been our pleasure.

Ashland: Why don’t you have your son get in touch with me when he gets back from europe, and we can talk about visitation schedule.

Jack: About that — I’m afraid kyle is not coming back.

Victor: Well, I hope I’m not intruding.

Victoria: No, not at all. I just didn’t expect to see you again so soon.

Victor: Yeah. Well, I heard ashland say something about visiting harrison, so I thought I’d catch you alone, you know?

Victoria: Do you have something that you want to say that you didn’t want ashland to hear?

Victor: No, no, no, no, no. I just want you to be able to speak freely. Are you still alright about your decision to become engaged to ashland? Feeling stressed in your skin?

Chloe: I used to work with phyllis — for about five minutes. I would not say that we’re friends. And, yes, she did mention that you two are not on the best of terms, but that’s neither here nor there. I just want to introduce myself because we’re actually in the same industry.

Sally: We are?

Chloe: I have a background as a stylist, designer, and editor, and now I’m launching a new fashion platform for newman media.

Sally: Wow. Sorry, I really didn’t mean to jump to conclusions. Please forgive me. Phyllis took a dig at me earlier, and it put me on edge. But never mind that. You were starting to introduce yourself.

Chloe: I’m chloe mitchell.

Sally: It is really nice to meet you, chloe. So, tell me more about this platform.

Chloe: Oh, well, I’m hoping to recruit chelsea lawson. We teamed up before when she was designing at jabot.

Sally: Yeah, I know her work. She’s a major talent.

Chloe: And I’m sure you know about her recent breakdown, since it’s all over the news.

Sally: Yeah, I hope she’s doing well.

Chloe: She’s resilient and incredibly strong. I have no doubt that she will make a full recovery soon.

Sally: Well, it sounds like you’re a good friend.

Chloe: I think we all deserve second chances.

Sally: I couldn’t agree more.

Victoria: This visit is throwing me a little.

Victor: Why’s that?

Victoria: Well, at lunch, you were behind my engagement to ashland, but now you show up here, you’re questioning my decision.

Victor: No, sweetheart, I’m not. You know that I respect ashland locke, and I don’t say that kind of thing lightly.

Victoria: I’m hearing a “but.”

Victor: You know he’s in a dire situation, my darling. Treatment or no treatment, he has a rough road ahead of him.

Victoria: One that I don’t want him to walk alone.

Victor: So you’re doing this out of pity?

Victoria: No, don’t twist my words. Ashland knows the difference, whether or not you do. If pity were enough for him, if that’s all he wanted, he would have reconciled with his wife because she was willing. Ashland and I are together because we know that’s where we belong for as little or as much time as we have.

Victor: [ Sighs ]

Jack: Since we last spoke, I’ve had a chance to talk to summer and kyle. She does not want to leave her position with angelina marchetti, and my son does not want to leave his fiancéE.

Ashland: That complicates things.

Jack: Tara put them through quite a lot.

Ashland: Well, I can imagine kyle’s gonna have his work cut out for him making it up to summer. And I know she wasn’t too keen on the idea of helping him raise harrison in the first place.

Jack: No, no, that is not the case. No, that was her cover story to get out of town when tara was pushing her to do so. No, summer and kyle would love to have harrison stay with them in milan, if you would allow it.

Ashland: A few hours ago, you were emphasizing the importance of not uprooting the boy, and now you’re asking me to send him across the ocean to live with a couple of kids who have no experience in parenting?

Jack: I think it is very important that kyle and harrison continue to build the bond between them, especially with tara somewhat out of the picture and you, of course, are going to be focusing all your time and energy on your treatment.

Ashland: I agree, but that’s why I was going to allow kyle visitation. But apparently your son has other priorities.

Kevin: We need to get something straight.

Adam: Just checking my calendar. Nope. You’re not on it.

Kevin: I tried to stay out of this, but I can’t any longer. I’m not gonna let this slide.

Adam: What are you talking about?

Kevin: You’re being too nice to my wife. Why new woolite?

Adam: Well, I can’t remember the last time someone complained about me being nice.

Kevin: I don’t buy this reformed act of yours. Neither does chloe. The more you try and sell it, the more convinced we are that you’re hiding something.

Adam: Well, I mean, that’s understandable, given our history.

Kevin: Really? That’s all you have to say?

Adam: [ Sighs ] Look, if this is giving you this much anxiety, maybe chloe should go work for somebody else.

Kevin: Trust me, there’s nothing I would like better, but she’s determined to help chelsea rebuild her life.

Adam: That makes two of us.

Kevin: I find that hard to believe after everything chelsea put you through. But hey, whatever. I could care less about what you and chelsea do to each other from here on out. I came here to put you on notice. If chloe gets caught in the crossfire, there will be hell to pay.

Adam: Noted. And for what it’s worth, i admire how protective you are of your family. You know, if I would’ve stood by chelsea with the same devotion, who knows how things might have turned out?

Kevin: They would’ve been screwed no matter what because the real adam always comes out in the end.

Adam: Alright, kevin, I think we’re done.

Kevin: You’ve got a lot of people fooled. Maybe even yourself. But I know who and what you are and always will be. Just a matter of time before that guy shows up again.

Chloe: Your athletic line for forrester — I mean, it was killer.

Sally: Thank you. I’m flattered.

Chloe: And as long as I’m singing your praises, congratulations on your big promotion at jcv. I knew that when lauren hired you as her assistant, it would only be a matter of time before you got moved up.

Sally: Lauren, you know her?

Chloe: The love of my life, kevin fisher, is her husband’s brother.

Sally: Gotcha.

Chloe: A bit convoluted, i guess.

Sally: No, no, no. Not at all. I, um — I love lauren. She did not have to take a chance on me, and she did and i will be forever grateful. She’s just been a fabulous mentor.

Chloe: You know, it’s really funny that we haven’t run into each other until now. Maybe it’s perfect timing.

Sally: Oh?

Chloe: Well, jcv could use some positive press, and my new platform is looking for content, so maybe we could help each other out.

Sally: That would be great.

Phyllis: Hey. Is this a bad time?

Jack: No, no, come on in.

Phyllis: Hello, ashland.

Ashland: Well, phyllis. I understand you had a hand in exposing tara’s machiavellian plot.

Phyllis: Well, I hope you won’t hold it against me.

Ashland: Someone had to do it. We’ll talk later.

Phyllis: Someone had to do it? Did I interrupt something?

Jack: Don’t take this the wrong way, but whenever there’s a problem, you have this habit of wanting to go all in to fix it. Please don’T. I can handle this on my own.

Phyllis: Okay. Nick said the same thing, that you don’t need my help.

Jack: Okay. Well, if that’s so, why are you here?

Phyllis: I need a friend.

Victor: I’m not questioning you. I’m not questioning your decision. I meant what I said about ashland. I have respect for him. And I must say, you’ve finally met a man who’s worthy of you. But I also know you. You’re like your mother. You love deeply. That means you’re setting yourself up for potential heartache. And I’ve been through that with you before. I’ve comforted you before, right?

Victoria: Dad, I’m gonna be alright. No matter what. I don’t want to lose ashland, and if I do, I’m sure that i will be devastated. But at least I won’t have any regrets. Because we won’t have wasted any time, and I plan to make all of our memories very beautiful and meaningful so that when i look back one day, I will just remember how happy we were. Dad, I know I’ve been in love before — I know that — but not like this.

Victor: Okay. Well, then let me do something for you. Ashland mentioned something about a big wedding. So let me plan that for you, with the help of your mother.

Victoria: Why?

Victor: You’re my daughter. I adore you.

Victoria: I don’t know what to say.

Victor: I just want you to know that when I appointed you ceo of newman enterprises, i knew you could handle it. But now there’s this merger, along with it goes enormous responsibility. As if it that wasn’t enough, you now have to see ashland through probably the most difficult phase of his life. Don’t you have enough on your plate?

Victoria: Yes, I do. And weddings, they do take — they take a long time to plan.

Victor: They do. I remember my weddings to your mother.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ]

Victor: They were huge, you know? And I bet yours is gonna be very similar. So why don’t you let me handle it, along with your mother? I won’t do it alone. Do we have a deal?

Victoria: [ Chuckles ] Yes. Just call me nancy.

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Chloe meets Sally and Sally does her best to get a job with Chloe before she can find out why she was fired from JCV. Kevin warns Adam not to get Chloe caught up in any of his schemes or he will be very sorry he did it.

Ashland spends some time with Harrison and later isn’t happy when Jack tells him that Kyle and Summer want Harrison to live with them in Italy.

Victoria is very touched when Victor offers to plan her wedding to Ashland.

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Victoria: Everything looks a little different, doesn’t it?

Ashland: I’m not sure what you mean.

Victoria: My house. It now feels like our home, a place that we can build a future together, for however long that turns out to be.

Ashland: Proposing to you was the best thing I’ve ever done. My past is behind me, my divorce is final, and I want to walk into the future, whatever it holds, with you.

Victoria: I still can’t believe tara was arrested. But, um, I’ll support you and harrison however I can.

Nikki: Victoria, darling, are you here? I am sorry for dropping by before you’ve even had a chance to unpack your luggage, but i just wanted to make sure you had heard the news about tara.

Ashland: I got the message from my lawyer when I was flying back.

Nikki: Well, nicholas mentioned it to me. I haven’t seen it in the press yet. But I’m sure very soon the whole world will know that tara was arrested for misappropriation of funds.

Ashland: I thought I was past being surprised by my ex, but i suppose her selfishness knows no bounds, not to mention her sense of self-preservation. I don’t have a doubt that tara will land on her feet, but, uh, all I care about is harrison and what this is doing to him.

Victoria: He’ll be in good hands with jack and kyle.

Nikki: Oh, yes, he will be in as stable a situation as possible under the circumstances. But I don’t know how much he knows about his mother being handcuffed and led from the house by police.

Ashland: Wait, wait. Did he see that happen? I mean, ’cause if he did, I can only imagine how jarring and confusing it would have been. I-I have to go see him right now. Please excuse me, ladies. It’s nice to see you.

Nikki: Oh, you, too.

[ Sighs ] I feel for that little boy.

Victoria: We all do. But we will surround him with love, the abbotts, ashland, and me.

Phyllis: I saved kyle and jack. I saved them from their overly trusting ways. They bought into tara’s whole thing of, “let’s be friends, let’s be family, let’s love each other.”

[ Sighs ] I’m heroic.

Nick: So, cynicism and meddling are your superpowers?

Phyllis: Uh, and being right.

Nick: I got to admit it. You were dead on. I was concerned that you might cross a line and it might come back to bite you in your very attractive backside. But you pulled it off. And I’m glad I was able to help you get to the truth.

Phyllis: You were incredible, too. We’re an unstoppable team when it comes to summer. I wonder what’s next for her.

Nick: You’re wondering what’s going on in milan.

Phyllis: Yeah. I mean, I know that when kyle tells her about everything that happened, she’s gonna want to come home, where she belongs.

Nick: [ Sighs ]

Sally: Hey, tara. I was just following up on our conversation yesterday. I hope everything is alright with you. Please call me back whenever you can.

Lauren: I don’t know. I don’t think she’s gonna be available.

Sally: Well, does she have a meeting with fenmore’s marketing team or something?

Lauren: Tara spent last night behind bars.

Victor: Thank you for coming, amanda. Please have a seat.

Amanda: Thank you.

Victor: So, I was curious about an update on your situation with sutton. And how are you doing?

Amanda: The case against my mother is finally closed, and the D.A. Will be once again pursuing the conspiracy-to-commit-murder charges against them. So I have to thank you again for what you did. You practically got sutton to confess to killing my father, and I never would have been able to do that.

Victor: I’m glad you got the answers you were looking for. But I do have a feeling that you don’t yet have a sense of closure, do you?

Jack: I’m glad you’re back in town.

Ashland: Me too. I head to the east coast for a few days, and all hell breaks loose. I need to see my son, as I heard tara was dragged out of here by the cops.

Jack: Harrison is with his aunt traci at the children’s museum. They should be back right after lunch. And for the record, he doesn’t know anything about his mom.

Ashland: Well, I appreciate you protecting my son. But why was tara planning on taking him out of town in the first place?

Jack: A lot went on with tara that you didn’t know about before the arrest.

Ashland: Well, what else has she done?

Jack: She blackmailed summer, threatened to run away with harrison if summer didn’t leave town.

Ashland: Let me guess. Tara wanted to get the competition out of the way so she could land kyle. Since she’s no longer a locke, she set her sights on becoming an abbott.

Jack: Apparently.

Ashland: Yeah. Well, I tried to warn you from the beginning that the saintly airs that tara likes to put on were a pretense.

Jack: If I may say so, your handling this a lot better than I expected.

Ashland: Well, it’s not a shock because the moment I found out that tara lied about harrison’s paternity, I realized what she was capable of.

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Amanda: It meant the world to me to learn that my father knew that I existed and wanted to find me, but it was gut-wrenching to discover my grandfather’s involvement in all of this.

[ Sighs ] I just — I feel like I just found my family, and I am losing them all over again.

Victor: But you still have your mother and your sister.

[ Cellphone pings ]

Amanda: Excuse me. Huh. Speak of the devil. There’s naya now.

Victor: Mm.

Amanda: She wants to meet with me. I am not gonna go. I don’t even know what it would accomplish at this point.

Victor: Perhaps she wants to reach out and apologize.

Amanda: Yeah, and I do sympathize with the position that she’s in. I just don’t want to go another round of her pleading for forgiveness on sutton’s behalf. And I’m not saying that it got hostile. I just… it hurts me to see how misguided she is when it comes to him.

Victor: I understand your reluctance to reach out again, you know? You’ve been on a very, very difficult path. But you have only one mother. Why don’t you give her another chance?

Victoria: I still can’t believe that tara was arrested.

Nikki: Ah, I didn’t see that coming, either.

Victoria: [ Sighs ] She is a real piece of work.

Nikki: Are you worried that that might impact ashland’s divorce?

Victoria: It won’T. The divorce was already finalized in new york.

Nikki: Oh! Well, you must be pleased about that.

Victoria: Well, there’s no reason to be polite about it anymore. I’m thrilled for ashland’s sake. Tara — her betrayal cut him very deeply, and I’m glad that he can move on from this chapter in his life.

Nikki: So that he can start his next chapter with you?

Victoria: It caught us both off guard, but this connection that we feel — it just keeps getting stronger and stronger every day. I mean [Sighs] He’s an amazing man. And the way that he’s fighting this disease, he’s doing it with such grace and showing such strength when he went to new york to wrap up his life there. I have not felt this loved and respected in a long time.

Nikki: I can see that. The joy is positively radiating off you.

Victoria: Well, sometimes love does wonders for a person.

Nikki: Am I missing something?

Victoria: Like what?

Nikki: Did something else happen on your trip with ashland?

Ashland: What are you implying, jack? That I’m not shocked about what happened with tara because i knew she was making a move against summer?

Jack: Did you know?

Ashland: Well, I can see how you could come up to that conclusion, but I assure you there’s no conspiracy here. My only involvement, if you can call it that, was with the woman that you are seeing — sally spectra.

Jack: Wait, what went on between you and sally?

Ashland: She asked if I could make a connection between summer and angelina marchetti. So I reached out to eric forrester, and, uh, sally took it from there. And that’s it. Uh, I have no idea if sally and tara were working together, but it certainly seems as if they had a common goal.

Jack: Yeah, I wish I’d known about this a long time ago.

Ashland: You know, jack, I’m not one to — to look back on things with regret. I only want to look forward, and my priority right now is harrison.

Jack: Good. Good. Yeah, we all want what’s best for the boy.

Ashland: I certainly appreciate your family making sure that harrison is happy and busy, but I miss him, and with his mother gone, my guess is he’s missing me, too. So, uh, I’d like to stop by so we can discuss some arrangements going forward.

Jack: That may have to wait for a few days. With the news out about tara, kyle is in milan right now trying to talk summer into coming home.

Ashland: Mm. Well, I wish him luck with that. We all deserve a little happiness after everything that’s happened.

Jack: When you say “arrangements,” what exactly do you mean by that?

Ashland: Well, the first thing I’m going to do is file a motion with the court to restrict tara from seeing harrison.

Jack: And what about kyle?

Sally: Well, why would someone like tara, who has everything, be skimming funds from her own company?

Lauren: For some people, everything isn’t enough.

Sally: Well, I suppose you’re lucky that all this came out before you got in too deep with her.

Lauren: Yes. Very. Unfortunately, I got in too deep with you.

Sally: What? Wait. Okay, hold —

Lauren: You not only betrayed summer. You betrayed me and my trust even after I gave you a second chance.

Sally: Okay, please don’t tell me that you’re buying into phyllis’s crazy notion that tara and I are somehow in cahoots.

Lauren: It’s not a crazy notion. It’s the truth. And I know that now.

Sally: [ Sighs ]

Ashland: You know, when it comes to kyle, uh, I’m not rushing to judgment. I want to take the time to look at all the angles and then agree upon the best visitation arrangement for harrison going forward.

Jack: I don’t want to sound insensitive, but…from what i understand, you don’t have much time.

Ashland: Well, I’m happy to say that I may have more time than I expected. I’m about to start treatment for my illness.

Jack: Well, I’m glad to hear that. I am. It doesn’t change what I’m concerned about — uncertainty in harrison’s life. Where’s he gonna live? Who’s gonna look after him? These are things that need to be decided by all the parties concerned — you, tara, and kyle.

Ashland: Your point is well taken. I will wait until kyle returns from milan to, uh, discuss any custody arrangements, and by that time, hopefully we’ll have a better understanding of tara’s legal situation.

Jack: Thank you. I appreciate that.

Ashland: You know, I just want you to know that I realize it’s not just our lives that have been affected by all this. Yours has been upended, as well, in a mess that you had no part in making. And I truly appreciate and am impressed by how you have stepped up as a grandfather, as a father, and as a man.

Jack: Family is everything to me.

[ Cellphone chimes ]

[ Cellphones chime ]

Phyllis: Ah, it’s summer.

Nick: She wants to have a video call with us and jack because they have news?

Phyllis: That could only mean one thing — she and kyle reunited and they want to pick up where they left off.

Nick: We don’t know that for sure. Let’s just wait and see what they have to say.

Phyllis: Okay, let’s wait and see for them to tell us what we already know.

[ Chuckles ]

Victoria: Ashland and I had a fantastic time in new york. So, if I have a glow about me, i guess that comes from traveling with someone that you love. You look very radiant yourself after your trip to england and italy with dad.

Nikki: Oh, nice try, but i see what you’re doing. Darling, if you aren’t ready to share anything from your personal life, it’s perfectly alright.

Victoria: There is something that I would like to talk to you and dad about, but I was hoping that ashland and I could sit down with both of you. Are you free later?

Nikki: Shall we say the ranch in about an hour?

Victoria: Are you sure you don’t need to run that by dad?

Nikki: We’ll be there. Count on it. In this family, everyone does their own laundry,

Amanda: I was surprised to get your text after our last conversation.

Naya: I’m sure you were.

Amanda: If you’re here to talk me out of filing this civil suit against sutton, you —

Naya: I’m not. I’ve had a lot of time to think, and I’ve come to a conclusion.

Amanda: Okay. I’m listening.

Naya: It might sound strange, but I’ve realized that giving you and hilary up was the best thing I ever did.

Amanda: [ Scoffs ]

Victoria: Tara forced summer to leave town by threatening to run away with harrison? That is so despicable.

Ashland: And now she’s experiencing the consequences.

Victoria: Well, I’m sorry that you weren’t able to see your son right away, but it’s a good thing that jack and kyle were able to shield him from the ugly truth about his mother.

Ashland: Well, I did get an update on tara while I was on my way back here. Given that her crimes involved companies and accounts that are based in new york, she’s being transferred back to manhattan for arraignment. She’s hired a lawyer who’s an old friend that we know in the city who’s agreed to take on her case. And because it’s a white-collar financial crime and her lawyer is top-notch, most likely she’ll make bail, but she won’t be able to leave new york.

Victoria: So she probably won’t be able to see harrison for the foreseeable future.

Ashland: Which is probably for the best. I’m gonna file papers with the courts to ensure that that’s the case, but I do worry what her absence will do to my little boy. I mean, he adores his mother. And we just have to figure out how to make this okay for him.

Victoria: We will. I’m really in admiration of the way that you’re willing to work with kyle. I know it’s not easy.

Ashland: Mm.

Victoria: But you’re doing the right thing, putting harrison first. Did jack say how long kyle will be in milan?

Ashland: Well, just long enough to convince summer thatY. The sooner, the better.

Phyllis: Summer and kyle have to be calling with good news. I mean, that’s the only reason they’d want us all together, right?

Nick: No matter what, it’ll be good to see their faces and hear what’s going on directly from them.

Jack: Hey! Together and smiling — that’s a good sign.

Summer: Hi, everybody!

Phyllis: Oh, my goodness. How are you guys doing?

Summer: Uh, we are great.

Kyle: All is good in our world.

Jack: That is wonderful to hear.

Phyllis: So, are you still mad at me for overstepping?

Summer: I have forgiven you, but, you know, mom, boundaries are actually a good thing.

Phyllis: Eh, usually.

Nick: Let’s just let them talk, okay?

Phyllis: Okay. So? What’s your big news?

Summer: Um, okay, well, we have spent all day and night talking, and, um, we’ve gotten everything out in the open.

Kyle: And we’ve figured out where we want to go from here.

Summer: We want to stay in milan. Truthfully, it’s frustrating to see how fast dust reappears.

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Summer: Look, the thing is, i love my job more than I thought I would. And, um, being the creative director for angelina marchetti’s fashion house is a dream come true in more ways than I expected, and i just — I don’t — I don’t want to give that up.

Nick: I tried to tell your mother that even if the plot to get you out of here was exposed, you may not want to come home.

Phyllis: So, wait a second. Is this final? Or are you two maybe just, you know, riding a wave of happiness?

Summer: No, this is — this is definitely what we want.

Kyle: Mm-hmm.

Summer: You know, regardless of how the job offer came about, it is perfect for me. And, you know, um, italy isn’t a bad place to call home.

Kyle: I think I can do my part running jabot from here. I hope you agree, dad, and can understand why I need to be with summer. She’s already sacrificed so much for me.

Jack: Well, I get your wanting to be with summer. Uh, yeah, we can work out all the businesses stuff. What about harrison?

Kyle: He’s been on my mind every second since I’ve gotten here.

Jack: Ashland just agreed to table any discussion of visitation until you’re back from italy.

Kyle: I’ll reach out to him. But summer and I were thinking maybe he’d let harrison come stay with us.

Victor: For a visit? Or you mean permanently?

Kyle: We’re hoping permanently. Look, I know it’s a lot to ask for. With tara caught up with her legal troubles and ashland dealing with his illness, coming to live with his dad in italy might be the best thing for harrison. And he’d have two people that care about him. Look, dad, I believe that ashland can see how much I love my son and how close we’ve grown. I will talk to him and hope for the best.

Jack: It’s worth a shot.

Nick: Kyle, I got to say, I’m impressed that you’re willing to go over there and allow summer to continue to thrive at this job. You know, maybe against all odds, maybe this time is finally the right time for you.

Summer: Well, we have no doubt about that.

Kyle: Yeah. You don’t have to worry about us. I promise. Well, we would love to keep talking to you all night, but we’ve got to go. We have a very special celebration planned.

Jack: Well, enjoy. You deserve it.

Kyle: Thanks, really, for all of your support.

Jack: Hey, that’s what parents do.

Nick: We just want you to be happy.

Summer: Okay, well, um… we’ll talk to you guys later.

Summer: Bye.

Jack: Bye.

Nick: Bye. Yeah. I, uh — I think I was more prepared for this outcome than you two.

Jack: Yeah, I wanted to keep things positive, but I got to say, this has thrown me for a loop. Never in all this did I imagine that my son and possibly my grandson would not be living in genoa city.

Nick: Look, I know, as thrilled as you are to see summer smile like that again, you’re disappointed. I am, too. I wanted them both to come home.

Phyllis: [ Voice breaking ] I’m just gonna miss her. That’s it. Um…that’s all.

Nick: I know.

Phyllis: I have to get some air.

Jack: Yeah, I could use some air, too. You mind if I join you?

Phyllis: Sure.

Victoria: You know, it’s just so odd. All the scheming that tara did, and the thing that brought her down was embezzlement from her own company.

Ashland: There is some poetic justice in it. In any case, she’s going to pay the price for what she’s done.

Victoria: I know you think she’ll lose custody, but it is possible that the judge will show her some leniency.

Ashland: Maybe. But I’m ready and willing to fight for my son.

[ Chuckles ] Do you remember when we were in our perfect little bubble last night?

Victoria: Mm.

Ashland: It was wonderful while it lasted.

Victoria: Yes, it was. Well, we can create that bubble again — but not now because we have a plan.

Ashland: Ah, yes, you’ve extended the invitation.

Victoria: I did, and my parents accepted.

Ashland: Ah, wow.

Victoria: You know, I wanted to push it off a little bit, but my mom was just chalked full of questions about our trip to new york.

Ashland: Yeah.

Victoria: She has a sixth sense when it comes to things like that.

Ashland: I know we discussed holding off on sharing the news with others, but I understand how important it is for you to tell your folks.

Victoria: Well, I have discovered over the years that paving the way with my father is usually best when it comes to major life decisions like an engagement.

Ashland: You have any idea how you think it’ll go down?

Victoria: I think it will go over well, given that my dad likes you better than the other men that I’ve married. But I guess we’ll find out soon.

Victor: Well, kindly e-mail me the contracts. I’ll look them over and get back to you, alright? Yep. Thank you.

Nikki: Hi, darling. Busy day?

Victor: Hello, sweetheart. Yes. Making a few calls from home, and then I am off to the office.

Nikki: Well, I’m glad i caught you because victoria and ashland are coming by to meet with us.

Victor: Why would she want to see us?

Nikki: I have a couple of theories, but I think it’s best if we just wait and see.

Victor: Well, now I’m intrigued.

Sally: Lauren, please just hear me out.

Lauren: I feel like i’ve been listening to you for hours.

Sally: That’s not fair.

Lauren: You don’t know when to stop!

Sally: I don’t know what you think you know, but I would really like to clear up this misunderstanding.

Lauren: There is no misunderstanding. I know exactly what happened with summer, and I have proof.

Sally: What proof could you possibly have?

Phyllis: Hey, is she still denying it?

Lauren: She is.

Sally: Please don’t listen to phyllis’s nonsense.

Phyllis: Should we tell her what we heard?

Lauren: I think so.

Phyllis: Okay, let’s do that. Uh, tara admitted that the two of you worked together to force my daughter out of town!

Sally: You “heard” that. From who?

Jack: From me.

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Amanda: Abandoning me and my sister was the best thing that you ever did? What do you want me to say to that? “Congratulations”?

Naya: I didn’t mean it as an insult.

Amanda: [ Scoffs ] Well…

Naya: I’m in awe of you. You’re remarkable. You’re intelligent and strong. You stand up for yourself and what you believe in. And from everything I’ve heard, hilary — she was very much the same. When I think back on… the college girl I was when i gave you up — insecure, lost, under my father’s thumb — I don’t think I could have raised you girls to be the amazing women you grew up to be.

Amanda: Well, I don’t think that that’s true. What about imani?

Naya: She has a great father who partially shielded her from my dad. That wasn’t my doing. If I am being brutally honest… I have to admit that all those years ago, even if I defied sutton, married richard, kept you and hilary, eventually i would have run back home and begged him to take me back into the fold. And he would have taken me back. Eventually, he would have accepted you girls. And then you would have grown up under his domineering thumb, like the rest of us.

Amanda: I don’t think you’re giving yourself enough credit.

Naya: Because I don’t deserve any. That’s who I was. It took you, my courageous child, fighting sutton, fighting the system, fighting me, to save me from myself. I wish I was more like my daughters.

[ Voice breaking ] But I’m not.

Jack: Tara told us you came to her with a plan that would benefit both of you.

Sally: Yeah, she probably did that to make herself look better. She didn’t want to admit what she did, and she knew that I was an easy scapegoat.

Lauren: I spoke to eric forrester myself directly, and he confirmed exactly what phyllis told me — that you asked him to recommend your friend summer for the job in milan.

Sally: Okay, we’ve already been over this. I never denied talking to eric.

Jack: But you did conveniently forget to mention that you went to ashland locke, went to him to intervene with eric for this job at marchetti. Ashland told me this earlier today.

Phyllis: This is absolutely unbelievable. You got ashland in on this? So you had both of the lockes doing your bidding for you?

Jack: Everything tara did to get summer out of town was with your help.

Sally: That’s not true.

Jack: Stop trying to deny this. Just stop, okay? When tara forced my daughter out of town, you made sure she had a nice, cushy job to go to, didn’t you? And then you slid into the job at jcv. My daughter lost everything. She lost the love of her life. She lost everything. But you got exactly what you wanted, didn’t you, sally?

Lauren: Well, not for long. It’s over, sally. You’re fired.

Ashland: Before we go, I have something for you.

Victoria: You’ve already given me so much the last few days. Ashland.

Ashland: I thought about going with the usual diamond, but I saw this sapphire, and it reminded me of the brilliance of your eyes.

Victoria: [ Sighs ] It’s — it’s stunning.

Ashland: You don’t have to wear it in public until you’re ready, but I just wanted you to have it. Things just happened so spontaneously in new york that, uh, I didn’t give you all the bells and whistles.

Victoria: The way everything happened was perfect.

Ashland: But why don’t you let me just take one more stab at it?

[ Exhales heavily ] Victoria newman, will you marry me?

Victoria: Ashland locke, I would be honored.

Ashland: [ Sighs ]

Victoria: [ Chuckles ]

Ashland: Ooh.

Victoria: [ Sighs ] I brought in ensure max protein,

Sally: Don’t do this, lauren. I am good at my job, and you know it, or you wouldn’t have made it permanent.

Lauren: So, you just want me to forget about the abhorrent behavior and personal failings? That’s impossible. I took you under my wing. I gave you so many opportunities, and I was excited to be your mentor. I’m done. I can never trust you again.

Sally: Please don’t look at me like that.

Jack: Oh, you don’t have to worry. I’m gone.

Lauren: So am I.

Phyllis: But I’m still here.

Sally: You’re gonna regret this.

Phyllis: You are in no position to issue threats. The best thing you could do is go away.

Naya: I want to be in your life more than anything.

Amanda: [ Cries ]

Naya: [ Voice breaking ] But how can I even ask that… when, at every turn, I’ve been so much less of a mother than you deserve?

Amanda: You don’t have to ask…because who you were, what you did back then — that’s all in the past. What matters right now is that the woman sitting in front of me is my mom.

Summer: Mom?

Phyllis: Hey, supergirl!

[ Laughs ] Too soon?

Summer: Are you okay?

Phyllis: I’m fabulous. Guess what. Lauren fired sally. I mean, it was blistering, it was crazy, but she did it. So it’s all good now. You can come home.

Summer: Oh. Gosh, I knew you were being too quiet on the phone earlier.

Phyllis: Well, because I was listening to you this time, and I was absorbing what you were saying. So, sally’s gone, and, uh, she’s not coming back. I mean, she left L.A. She’ll leave genoa city, too. So, I know milan’s amazing and gorgeous and the love your life is there and blah, blah, blah, but you need to come home.

Summer: And I will come home, to visit at least. Mnh…

Phyllis: Summer… I did this for you! I went after sally for you! I knew she was behind this, and I uncovered what she was doing for you! And I got hammered by everyone. By jack and by lauren and by your dad. And — and they thought I was going too far, but I knew i wasn’t, and I kept on going for you!

[ Gasps ]

Summer: Oh, mom…

Phyllis: So you need to come home, okay? Don’t look at me with pity in your eyes, please.

Summer: No, no. Mom, mom, it is not pity. It is so much love and gratitude. I mean, you’ve already protected me, sometimes, yes, a little too much, um… I’ve never felt alone out there ’cause you’ve always had my back.

Phyllis: I always have your back. I’ll always have your back.

Summer: You told me to go after what I want…and to fight for what I want.

Phyllis: Yeah, exactly.

Summer: And what I really want is to be here, this job, kyle, and to hopefully have harrison here, too. Mom, I know what you did for me and I love you so much for it and I’m so grateful. I love that you’ve always given me my freedom and never held me back. And you’re doing it again right now by understanding that what i need to do is, um — is to stay here.

Phyllis: [ Crying ] I don’t understand. I don’t understand.

Summer: Mom, you are the bravest person that I know. And you made me brave. And, um…we’re gonna be okay.

Phyllis: [ Sighs ] Summer…

Summer: I promise.

Phyllis: Alright, you’re right.

Summer: I love you, mom.

Phyllis: I love you, too, supergirl.

[ Sniffles ]

[ Sighs ]

Ashland: Hello, nikki.

Victoria: Hi, mom.

Ashland: Victor, nice to see you.

Victor: Well, ashland, you look well.

Ashland: And you, sir.

Victor: Well, nikki tells me that your ex-wife, tara, was arrested. That must weigh heavily on you.

Ashland: It wasn’t the best news to come home to.

Victor: I bet you that complicates the divorce proceedings.

Ashland: Well, the divorce is already final, but it does make arrangements for custody a little bit more difficult. And then there’s the kyle abbott role to consider.

Victor: Well, now, that must be a difficult situation all around.

Ashland: I’m confident that things will go the way I hope.

Nikki: Well, victor and I are very curious to find out why you two wanted to meet with us.

Ashland: I’m just gonna cut to the chase. Victoria and I have an announcement to make.

Victoria: We’re engaged.

Nikki: My goodness. Well, your relationship has grown very quickly.

Victoria: Well, we love each other, and we just — we don’t want to waste any time. Dad? How do you feel about this?

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Y&R Best Lines Friday, August 6, 2021

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Rey: You know, chess really isn’t my game.

Victor: Uh-huh. Well, if it were ever to become your game, I think you’d be a formidable opponent, you know. I think you have a rather analytic mind. You doubt me, doubt what I say?

Rey: No, I’m just — sounded a whole lot like a compliment from you.

Victor: [ Laughs ] Yeah. It is.

Rey: Oh, I’m not used to that coming from you. It’s more like, “stop harassing me, detective, and talk to my lawyers.”


Tara: My little boy is having to deal with losing his father, and now you’ve done this to his mother? I hope you’re proud of yourself.

Phyllis: I am proud of myself. I’m very proud of myself, actually.


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Nick: Is there anything I can do to help?

Phyllis: Really? Oh, my god, you’re so sweet. You’re volunteering to be an accessory to the crime.

Nick: Well, “sweet” is the last thing I’m feeling right now when I think about what Tara and Sally have done to Summer’s life.


Ashland: You know, I’m gonna have to explain to my doctors that I have even more of a reason to want to stay alive now.

Victoria: Well, you can just tell them the goal is to keep you alive long enough to get tired of me.

Ashland: Well, that might take another 50 years, easily.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ] Okay. A toast to our golden wedding anniversary.


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Phyllis: Tara’s going down. She is going down. I don’t care if I get a million more phone calls from summer, it’s gonna be completely worth it.

Nick: You know, summer has a point. You pulled out all the stops to prove that tara and sally were working together to get her out of the picture.

Phyllis: Yes, I have.

Nick: Well, that could wind up costing kyle a lot. If tara takes harrison out of his life as retaliation…

Phyllis: That’s why we can’t waste any time. I have to get on this lead right away.

Nick: We do. You’re not in this alone.

Phyllis: Thank you.

Lauren: Hi. Wish your text had more information as to what this meeting was about, but I’m assuming it’s sally and tara.

Phyllis: Nope, it’s about you. It’s about us saving fenmore’s, your company, from making a huge mistake.

Nick: We’re working on something.

Phyllis: That’s why we can’t waste any time. We have to get on this.

Nick: And the best way to do that is to split up, but first, we need you to make a phone call.

Kyle: I’ll tell you what you’re gonna do next. You’re gonna tell everybody and anybody who will listen that you teamed up with sally to force summer out of town. You’re gonna stop with the games and the lies. I — I can’t believe this is how you repay my family for taking you in after ashland kicked you to the curb.

Tara: Sounds like you want me out of the house.

Kyle: What?! What?! That’s what you have to say? Summer and I were in love. We were about to get married, and you destroyed that relationship by threatening to take harrison away from me to get what you wanted.

Tara: Yes. I made that threat. And now [Sighs] I think it’s the right time to make good on it. Because, obviously, there’s nothing for me here, so I’m gonna go upstairs and I’m gonna pack y things and pack harrison’s, and then we’re heading straight to new york.

Jack: No, wait.

Tara: Wait, wait, no, no, no, no. I won’t let you take him.

Tara: How are you gonna stop me? I’m his mother. That carries a whole lot of weight with the courts. You’re just some guy I had a fling with.

Faith: The concert was so much fun.

Sharon: Was it loud?

Faith: So loud. But we had backstage vip passes, so it was unreal. We were just hanging out with the band, and then they went out and performed in front of all those fans. It was amazing.

Sharon: What was the best part? Was it hanging with the musicians? The tigirlily set?

Faith: Not exactly.

Sharon: Was it being with moses?

Moses: Hi.

Sharon: Hi.

Faith: Hi.

Adam: I know that you’re having fun at lacrosse camp, but this is a chance for you to learn, too. You said that you wanted to be more aggressive with your stick work, right? Well, have fun, but don’t forget that this is a chance to improve, too. Okay? Alright, I love you. I miss you, and I will see you soon. Alright.

Rey: [ Exhales ]

Victor: Detective. Sorry to keep you waiting.

Rey: It’s not a problem.

Victor: Yeah. You see that?

Rey: See what?

Victor: White is three moves away from checkmate. How would you defend that?

Rey: You know, chess really isn’t my game.

Victor: Uh-huh. Well, if it were ever to become your game, I think you’d be a formidable opponent, you know. I think you have a rather analytic mind. You doubt me, doubt what I say?

Rey: No, I’m just — sounded a whole lot like a compliment from you.

Victor: [ Laughs ] Yeah. It is.

Rey: Oh, I’m not used to that coming from you. It’s more like, “stop harassing me, detective, and talk to my lawyers.”

Victor: Well, let bygones be bygones, you know? I asked you to come here because… well, to thank you for taking chelsea to see her mother and for making sure that connor got back home safely.

Rey: Yeah, I know you weren’t happy with chelsea leaving town with your grandson, but it all worked out.

Victor: How did she seem to you?

Rey: She seemed concerned about her mother, but happy to be with her son.

Victor: Uh-huh. How happy?

Rey: It seemed legit. I’m not sure why you’re asking.

Victor: I just wonder, you know, maybe it’s all a ruse on her part. I have a feeling she might want to come back here one day and, at the opportune moment, take connor and run off with him. We’re eating and drinking foods and beverages

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Rey: I thought you had dismissed chelsea as a threat.

Victor: Yeah. To be honest with you, I’ve learned to never let my guard down where she’s concerned. Have a seat, detective.

Rey: Thank you. Well, victor, I observed the opposite during my trip with chelsea.

Victor: Hmm. What do you mean?

Rey: Well, she seems to have accepted the situation. On the day we were leaving, she took connor aside and was very loving with him, but she told him to listen to his father and to his grandparents.

Victor: Oh.

Rey: She’s a good mom, and she doesn’t want to jeopardize her relationship with her son.

Victor: Well, that’s good to hear.

Rey: And I didn’t think she was playing me. I never got the sense that she was putting on a show for me or anything like that.

Victor: You know, detective, you were put in a rather difficult situation, and you handled it very well. I have a feeling you’d handle anything well that’s put before you.

Rey: I’d like to think so.

Victor: Have you ever thought of using your considerable analytic talents anywhere but the police department?

Rey: That sounded a lot like a job offer.

Victor: It is.

Sharon: Faith was just telling me what a great time she had at the concert.

Moses: Yeah, it was cool. I mean, hanging out backstage, that was really eye-opening for me, and seeing how everything comes together, that was — that was almost my favorite part.

Sharon: Almost?

Moses: Yeah, well, hanging out with faith, that was the best part.

Sharon: She was just telling me something similar about you.

Faith: Mom.

Moses: Hey, I got something for you.

Sharon: A white album? Is that the beatles?

Moses: [ Chuckles ] No. It’s a recording from tigirlily’s set. Devon had some pressed.

Faith: He’s selling them?

Moses: No, it’s a memento for special fans, like you.

Faith: It’s signed!

Moses: [ Chuckles ] Yeah. How cool is that?

Sharon: Well, it’s too bad we don’t have a turntable here, you could play it.

Moses: Oh, that’s okay, actually. I have a digital copy right here.

Sharon: Well, why don’t you two go on the patio, then? You can listen to it there.

Faith: But you’re teaching me how to make fancy espresso drinks.

Sharon: Oh, it’s okay. You look like you know what you’re doing. Why don’t you take a few minutes with moses?

Faith: Alright, let’s do it. Thanks for this. You’re the best.

Nick: Are you looking for someone?

Brian: I am.

Nick: Lauren fenmore?

Brian: That’s right. She called and asked me to meet her here.

Nick: I arranged that call. I’m nick newman. There are some things I would like to discuss with you. Let’s have a seat.

Kyle: [ Sighs ] Tara can’t do this. How are we gonna stop her?

Jack: Look, I tried to be understanding with her before you got here. I didn’t want her to feel like she was cornered. That would only make her lash out and do more damage. Well, now she is cornered.

Kyle: Yeah, okay, so what do we do now? I need options.

Jack: Well, we’ll run it by our lawyers to see where we stand. Maybe we can get an injunction to stop her from taking harrison out of genoa city.

Kyle: Yeah, I’m willing to try anything, no matter how long a shot. Tara summed it up when she said I’m just some guy she had a fling with. And in the eyes of the law, that’s all I am right now.

Jack: You are harrison’s biological father and you have rights.

Kyle: Yes, and it’s going to take some time to assert those rights. Who knows where she’ll be with harrison by the time a judge rules on it? Dad, she’s up there with my son, packing his bags to take him away from me, and when summer left me, I consoled myself knowing I had a son here who i loved. Now I’m about to lose him, too.

Jack: There is one option.

Kyle: What?

Jack: Get her to come down and tell her we understand she messed up, that we forgive, that we’re gonna give her another chance.

Kyle: Are you serious?

Jack: She does not want to go back to new york. This gives her options.

Kyle: Dad, she’ll see right through it. She’ll know we’re just being nice to make sure she doesn’t run off with harrison. Look, she has all the leverage. You just said she’s cornered. Well, so are we.

Jack: [ Sighs ] For people who are a little intense about hydration.

Victor: You know that I have a private security firm.

Rey: I am aware of that.

Victor: Mm-hmm. You’d be a hell of an addition, you know. You’re a born leader.

Rey: Yeah, I’m not sure what to say to that.

Victor: Say yes. Then the fun part starts. We negotiate your salary. You know, I pay well, very well. Most people will tell you. And all kinds of perks.

Rey: [ Chuckles ] I’m sure they are, and i appreciate the offer.

Victor: I hear a “but.”

Rey: You know, I can’t imagine being anything but a police officer. I take a lot of pride in the badge. It’s the perfect job for me, so I’m gonna stick with what i have.

Victor: I understand, okay?

Rey: Thank you for understanding.

Victor: But I also that situations often change, you know.

Nick: What’s up?

Adam: Nicholas. Have a seat.

Nick: You know, if people keep seeing us hang out like this, they’re gonna think we like each other.

Adam: [ Chuckles ] Well, that could be a problem for you. What do you want to do? I could, uh — how about some sunglasses? One of those fake mustaches, little disguise, you know?

Nick: That might work.

Adam: I mean, you joke about that, but I’m not above that.

[ Cellphone chimes ]

Nick: Sorry.

[ Clears throat ]

Adam: Good news?

Nick: Yeah, sort of. Phyllis and I are working on something.

Adam: Hmm. What’s that?

Nick: Um…alright, it’s — it’s not business, it’s personal. Turns out summer was coerced into leaving town and forced to break things off with kyle.

Adam: Oof, yikes. So what are you gonna do about it?

Nick: We have a plan. Might all be coming together as we speak. I’m just kind of waiting for an update.

Adam: Wow. Well, I pity anyone who messes with your kid.

Nick: We do what we have to do for our children, right? I know you feel the same way.

Adam: Mm-hmm. They always come first.

Nick: I know you were really going through it with — with chelsea and connor. Did chelsea object to rey bringing your son home?

Adam: [ Sighs ] Ultimately, she agreed to it, but I had to be a little delicate, but it was time.

Nick: You, delicate?

Adam: I know, I know, I know. It’s not my strong suit, and please, don’t say “no kidding.”

Nick: So, what is chelsea’s story? Is she gonna be staying in minnesota?

Adam: Yeah, for a while. Just depends on how her mom’s recovery progresses.

Nick: And if she’s given her release, where does that leave things with you two?

Adam: That leaves us nowhere. We are done. She can come back to genoa city. She can choose to stay with her mom. It’s her choice. But chloe’s running newman media’s fashion platform, so she’ll have a job waiting for her.

Nick: Mm. Job in your company — sounds awkward.

Adam: Yeah, not necessarily. Chloe has total autonomy, so we wouldn’t be working together, and chelsea is connor’s mother, so I want to make sure she has some options.

Nick: I mean, it’s admirable, but…

Adam: But what, you don’t think it could work? Two exes sharing a child, carrying on a friendly relationship?

Nick: It’s tricky.

Adam: Right. But it’s been done before. You and sharon, for example.

Jack: The lawyers have concerns about the success of an injunction.

Kyle: We have to try, don’t we?

Tara: I just told harrison that we’re headed back to new york. He’s very excited. Misses the city and his friends.

Kyle: Tara, just, please, don’t do this. It’s not about me, it’s about harrison. He’s just getting used to calling me “daddy,” and you’re about to whisk him away.

Tara: You’re playing the harrison card this early? I figured that you would work up to that. Start with threats, lawyers.

Kyle: You are making a mistake.

Tara: No, the mistake isn’t taking him away, it was bringing him here in the first place.

Kyle: Don’t say that.

Tara: You shouldn’t be upset with me. You should be congratulating me. I stepped out of ashland’s shadow and immediately sought someone else to replace him. But now I am striking out on my own. Gonna be independent, self-sufficient. Harrison is young. He’ll forget about you soon enough.

Jack: He will always remember his father. He will always need his father.

Tara: He’ll learn from the example I’m setting. He’ll be able to stand on his own two feet, not need any help from anyone.

That is a lesson that will last a lifetime.

Jack: Where is all this attitude coming from? You’re the one who messed up, not kyle.

Tara: Your son just tried to guilt me into staying here by implying I’m a bad mother. I am a good mother. I always put my son first, despite what the two of you think.

Kyle: Okay, okay, okay. Maybe I was guilt-tripping you, but that’s only because I will do anything to stop you from doing this. I only want what’s best for harrison, and if someplace else is what’s best, I wouldn’t fight you. But, tara, you’re taking him out of spite. Please, just don’t do this. I love him so much, and there’s already been so much hurt and pain. You do not double down on it. If you cared about me at all, ever, you won’t do this. Don’t settle. Start your day with secret.

Nick: Um, yeah, sharon and i have worked out a fairly peaceful and friendly arrangement, you know? It really works for us because it benefits faith.

Adam: Well, not all couples can do that after an acrimonious break-up.

Nick: Definitely takes a lot of work.

Adam: Well, for connor’s sake, I hope that chelsea and i can get there. She still has to fully recover, but I think she’s on the right track. You know, the call asking her to send connor back could’ve been ugly. Even though she disagreed with me at first, it wasn’t, so take that as a good sign.

Nick: Well, you know, let me know if you need any help or advice or whatever.

Adam: I will.

Nick: Still feels a little weird, doesn’t it? Us just hanging out, talking, saying what we mean.

Adam: Yeah, it feels a little strange without the occasional veiled threat.

Nick: We could go back to hating each other.

Adam: [ Chuckles ] I don’t even know what could make that happen at this point.

Nick: Hmm. I do. If you were to, say, uh, ruin things for sharon again.

Sharon: I still haven’t heard from mariah. I know I said that I think tessa’s overreacting by wanting to get the police involved, but this is so unlike mariah. I am really starting to worry.

Rey: Well, you know I can’t use department resources unless a formal missing persons report has been filed, but, unofficially, I’ve looked into it. And there isn’t anything.

Sharon: Well, thanks for trying. You know, I’ll contact abby and tessa. Maybe they’ve heard something new.

Rey: That’s a good idea.

Sharon: Oh, and please do me a favor. Faith doesn’t know anything about mariah missing, and i don’t want her to worry.

Rey: Don’t worry, I won’t say a word.

Sharon: Okay, she’s out on the patio right now with moses, and she’s trying to take it slow, but she really lights up whenever he walks in the room.

Rey: [ Chuckles ] He’s a good kid. I’m glad she’s gotten better at picking her friends. Speaking of which, I just had a very friendly conversation with victor newman.

Sharon: What did he want?

Rey: He wants to hire me.

Sharon: What?

Rey: Yes, he wants me to join his security team. It’s an attractive offer. It’s better pay, more benefits. The commute would be basically walking out our front door.

Sharon: So you’re gonna take it?

Rey: You think I’d accept a job offer without talking to you about it first?

Sharon: I would hope not, but…

Rey: Don’t worry. I turned him down.

Sharon: Thank goodness, ’cause, you know, you don’t want to work for victor newman.

Rey: I know. Told him I was perfectly happy at the gcpd. Can’t imagine being anything but a cop.

Sharon: That’s good, but…

Rey: Well, if the right opportunity came along — better pay, less risk, more time at home with you — well, for that last perk alone, I’d be crazy not to at least consider it.

Tara: You make a strong case, kyle. It’s very emotional. But let me ask you this — if the roles were reversed, would you be moved by such an appeal? You wouldn’t even listen to me. I have one card, and I’m not giving it up.

Jack: That’s how you see your son now, as a bargaining chip?

Tara: I’m not an abbott. I can’t just snap my fingers and get whatever I want. And I’m not a locke anymore either. And I resent the accusation that I only see my son as something i can lose. I love him, but I’m not about to give up the one thing I have — control.

Kyle: You’re being completely unreasonable.

Tara: No, I’m not! Look, I know what harrison means to you and you can come visit us anytime — new york, paris, wherever we end up. Somewhere that I can give him the best possible upbringing. I really hoped it was gonna be here. I thought this was the best scenario for all of us, to be a little loving family, but I was wrong. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go pack.

Phyllis: Oh, I’m glad you’re all here.

Kyle: Please, just not now. Tara’s leaving and she’s taking harrison with her.

Phyllis: Oh, no, she’s not.

Tara: It’s not like you can stop me.

Phyllis: Well, the cops can.

Lauren: Yes, thanks to phyllis, I’ve just learned why your accountant has been holding back the financial disclosures I’ve been asking for.

Tara: I told you I would send those documents to you soon. It wasn’t deliberate, it just fell through the cracks.

Lauren: Stop lying. You have been stealing from your own company. You have been siphoning off your investors’ capital to put in your own little private account. You misrepresented the health of your company to fenmore’s just to get your hands on more cash, and you know what that’s called, tara? That’s called fraud. Brazen fraud.

Tara: [ Sighs ] Phyllis, how did you uncover all of this? You hacked my accounts. That’s the only way you could’ve figured this out. I mean, you — you wanted to attack me so bad that you would just do whatever it took. Well, you know what? You messed up, because none of this is admissible. And this is a waste of everyone’s time.

Lauren: Not exactly. You see, nick found your accountant, got him to talk. Now I understand why you’ve been stalling — to give your accountant more time to doctor the books. Well, guess what — he’s flipping on you. And all that evidence has been sent to the authorities.

Phyllis: It’s over, tara. It’s over.

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Faith: [ Sighs ] It sounds great.

Moses: [ Chuckles ] Just like we were there, huh?

Faith: You know what? I think we were.

Moses: Oh, yeah, that’s right.

[ Both laugh ]

Faith: This is, like, a collector’s item.

Moses: Yeah. Hang on to that. It’s one of a kind.

Faith: And with this inscription?

Moses: It’s really something, huh?

Faith: You’re something. I can’t believe that you did this.

Moses: Well, hey, you should thank devon the next time you see him. He’s the one who made it happen.

Faith: But it was your idea.

Moses: I’m just glad you like it.

Faith: How could I not? You know what else I like?

Moses: What?

Faith: Listening to you talk about how inspired you were by being backstage.

Moses: Yeah, it was cool being backstage and seeing how something like that comes together, making something live and exciting for a big crowd. It was cool.

Faith: Is that what you want to do now?

Moses: Maybe? I mean, I know I sound like a big flake. First I want to be a doctor, like my cousin nate, and now i think I want to work in music like my brother.

Faith: Nobody would ever think of you as a flake. Least of all me.

Moses: You know what? I think my phone lost connection. So hold on a minute. I’m gonna see if I can make it work.

Faith: [ Sighs ]

Adam: Where is this coming from? You think that I’m gonna interfere in sharon’s life again?

Nick: I didn’t say that.

Adam: I’m focused on my new job and, more importantly, my son. Last few times I’ve seen sharon, it was at crimson lights to get a cup of coffee. I mean, what am I supposed to do, not go to her business and support it?

Nick: I’m not trying to cause a fight, alright? We were simply speculating about what could cause a rift between us. I came up with something. Clearly, it is a sensitive subject.

Adam: Hmm. Given our histories with sharon, how could it not be?

Nick: Yeah, you’ve cycled in and out of chelsea’s life many times. You’re on your own right now.

Adam: You really think that I’m gonna make a play for sharon?

Nick: I’m just saying that you have this pull to her, and it seems to really kick in an extra gear whenever you’re single, and, [Sighs] Adam, you see sharon as this, like, safe haven, and we both know she is not that, so just stay away from her.

Victor: Well, well, well. How nice to see the two of you spend time together.

If you can’t afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand your rights?

Tara: Yes, but this is outrageous.

Phyllis: My heart bleeds. It must be difficult to realize you’re not above the law.

Tara: Kyle, harrison’s upstairs. Will you please go to him? He’s probably worried, and i don’t want him to come downstairs.

Kyle: It didn’t have to be this way. Things could’ve worked out for everybody.

Tara: [ Sighs ]

Alright, let’s go.

Tara: My little boy is having to deal with losing his father, and now you’ve done this to his mother? I hope you’re proud of yourself.

Phyllis: I am proud of myself. I’m very proud of myself, actually.

Jack: How did you get involved with this, lauren?

Lauren: Phyllis called me. So thankful that you did. I can’t be in business with a thief.

Phyllis: Yeah, I realized that tara and sally had to have something pretty big on summer to get her to leave genoa city and her fiancé. I mean, but tara used her son? I mean, that’s just disgusting. So anyway, we just kept on digging and digging and we found something to neutralize her.

Jack: Indeed you did. Thank you, red. I owe you an apology. Shingles?

Nick: Join us, dad.

Victor: Alright. I came to see your brother. Called the office, they told me you were here.

Nick: Is this gonna turn into a high-level newman media meeting? I don’t want to hear any company secrets.

Victor: Well, my boy, let me tell you something, if you were to join our company, there wouldn’t be any secrets, would there? How about that, by the way? How about the three of us teaming up?

Nick: I think I’ll just stick with my charitable endeavors for now, let you boys continue to try and conquer the world.

Victor: You ever change your mind, you know where to find me.

Nick: I am curious, though, what your take was on victoria’s big merger with ashland locke’s company. Does that make her your competitor now?

Adam: For a guy who doesn’t want to know any secrets, you sure ask a lot of questions.

Victor: Let me put it this way, son, I’m proud of victoria. She had a vision, she acted on it. That’s all.

Nick: Well, I haven’t talked to her about it, but her relationship with ashland locke does worry me.

Victor: I’m worried, as well. But I think victoria knows what she’s doing.

Adam: Outwardly, she’s very confident, but ashland’s health has to be a distraction. She’s doubled her portfolio just like that, overseeing a much larger corporation, so I hope she can keep her eye on the ball.

[ Cellphone chimes ]

Nick: Gentlemen, I have to go.

Victor: Everything alright?

Nick: Everything’s great. Just a reminder, when phyllis says she’s gonna do something, don’t ever doubt her. It’s a losing bet.

Victor: You have a nice day, son.

Nick: You too.

Jack: I have to admit, I have been struggling with this whole thing. Phyllis, I did not want to believe what you told me about tara or sally.

Lauren: I was dubious, too.

Jack: I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what they held over summer. I was horrified to find out it was harrison. They actually summer’s love for kyle against her.

Lauren: I’m just so glad this all came out before that deal closed with tara.

Phyllis: Yeah, that’s why i was in such a rush to get the proof.

Lauren: I can’t even believe that I made sally head of jcv.

Jack: Sally’s involvement in this kills me, but tara lived under this roof. Phyllis, I know I came down very hard on you, told you to keep your nose out of other people’s business, and for once, I’m very grateful that you never listen to me. You saved the day, honestly. For summer, for kyle, for all of us. I owe you big tim.

Phyllis: You don’t owe me. You just didn’t want to see what was in front of you, that’s all. You want to see the good in people.

Jack: This is your opportunity to say “I told you so.” I have it coming.

Phyllis: I’m not gonna say “i told you so.” Although it does feel good to be right. Feels good. I mean, tara just took advantage of your big heart, and, you know, she had kyle right where she wanted him — vulnerable and lonely.

Lauren: And the good news is summer doesn’t have to stay away now. She can do what she wants. She can be with who she wants.

Phyllis: I know, I know. She can come home now.

Lauren: Yes.

Phyllis: [ Chuckles ]

Nick: Thanks to you. Ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete,

Sharon: I’m a little surprised to hear you talking about changing careers. You just seem so happy with the gcpd.

Rey: I am happy. And I’m not looking. It would be foolish of me to close myself off from opportunities, especially good ones.

Sharon: Oh, no, you’re not regretting turning the job down with victor, are you?

Rey: No, no, no, I’m just thinking hypotheticals.

Sharon: Good. Because as attractive as that job may be, you should remind yourself you’d be working for victor newman. You know, victor.

Rey: Yeah, I don’t need to remind myself. You’re doing it for me.

[ Chuckles ]

Adam: Thank you.

Sharon: Hello?

This is sharon.

Please leave a message.

Adam: Uh, hey. It’s me. I was just thinking about you, and I wanted to say I may have made you uncomfortable with some things that I’ve said lately. And I’m sorry about that. I don’t want you to feel that way, so don’t worry about me. I’m gonna keep my distance. I promise.

Phyllis: They took tara away in cuffs. I wish you’d been there.

Nick: Never should’ve doubted you from the beginning.

Phyllis: [ Sighs ] You came around. We did this together, you know that. Hey, you put pressure on that accountant, didn’t you?

Nick: Didn’t really have to. Turns out he didn’t like tara very much. He was very quick to rat her out.

Phyllis: Well, she’s easy not to like.

Nick: Regardless of how it turned out, you took a hell of a risk. It could’ve backfired.

Phyllis: But it didn’T. You took that risk with me. And come on, that’s what you love the most about me, that I’m a risk taker.

Nick: It is up there. I’m not worthy.

Phyllis: You’re worthy.

Nick: I just hope our daughter realizes how lucky she is to have a mother like you.

Jack: How’s harrison?

Kyle: He had no idea what was happening down here. Poor kid.

Jack: What did you tell him about his mother?

Kyle: It was tricky. Since he was already expecting to go to new york, I told him that she went early, ’cause his grandpa jack wanted to spend a few extra days with him.

Jack: That’s a smart answer. Buys us some time. Decide how we tell him, whether we tell him. Gosh, we were just preparing him for what’s going on with ashland, and now we have more bad news for him.

Kyle: What do you think is gonna happen to tara?

Jack: I don’t know. I’ve seen things like this happen before, and, you know, if the accountant is telling the truth, no matter how good an attorney she has, she’s gonna spend a few years behind bars.

Kyle: This is gonna be so hard for harrison. Why did I put so much trust in tara? How could I have missed it?

Jack: Wait, wait, wait. Do not blame yourself. There is no shame in trying to give people the benefit of the doubt. Look, I have been kicked in the face more than once. It’ll happen again. I hope I never lose my instinct for empathy.

Kyle: [ Chuckles ] I admire that. I’m in awe, in admiration of the kind of man you are. I hope I have that powerful influence over my son.

Jack: You will. You’ve proved it again and again these last few months. Kyle, you have your entire family here to support you. You can do this. We can do it together.

Kyle: [ Sighs ] And we will.

Jack: One other thing, nicholas and phyllis were really eager to call summer and tell her about everything that’s happened. I think you should be the first one to call her.

Kyle: I agree. And on that note, dad, I need to ask you one more favor. Can you look after harrison for the next few days?

Jack: Taking a trip, huh? Can I guess where?

Kyle: I’ll give you one hint. All I need is a passport.

[ Doorbell rings ]

[ Doorbell rings ]

Summer: Ugh. Uh, un momento per favore.

Kyle: I’ve come to take you home.

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Phyllis: Well, here’s to saving the world from selfish, manipulative people one person at a time.

Chloe: You know, it’s really funny that we haven’t run into each other until now. Maybe it’s perfect timing.

Sally: Oh?

Sharon: What is your gut telling you? What do you think is going on with mariah?

Rey: Sometimes people just don’t want to be found.

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Phyllis: Alright. We can talk now. Let’s talk.

Nick: What was that downstairs, slamming your computer shut so I wouldn’t see what you were working on?

Phyllis: I’m trying to protect you.

Nick: Protect me from what? We agreed to be partners in crime. You need to tell me everything that you know. Have you learned anything new about tara and sally targeting summer?

Phyllis: I’m past that.

Nick: You are?

Phyllis: Yeah, definitely. I’m following up on a tip that lauren gave us downstairs about tara’s shoe company holding back on their financials to fenmore’S. You and I both know there’s a reason for that, and I’m gonna find out what that reason is.

Nick: Well, it sounds like you’re reaching, because what does tara selling her company to lauren have to do with summer? She doesn’t work at fenmore’s anymore, and she never had any professional dealings with tara.

Phyllis: Well, they got al capone on tax evasion, so whatever it takes, you know?

Nick: Okay. So you plan on hacking into her accounts and going through her business records. I’m sure the da’s wife is gonna enjoy hearing that.

Phyllis: Well, only if we find something incriminating. And in that case, she’s gonna be happy.

Nick: You hope.

Phyllis: Listen, I haven’t done anything yet. See? Mainly ’cause I can’t get through tara’s firewall, but trust me, I’ll get in. You can count on that.

Tara: I am in a no-win situation here. Someone is lying about me.

Jack: So you have said.

Tara: My money’s on phyllis, although it could be sally. But since you’re fond of both of them, it doesn’t really matter what I say because I’m gonna offend you either way.

Jack: Those two can take care of themselves. My concern is you. And my primary objective here is to make sure harrison isn’t subjected to unnecessary drama.

Tara: You have a funny way of showing it. Repeating all these hurtful accusations.

Jack: Tara, you’re not listening to me. I am not accusing you of anything. I am inviting you to trust me enough to tell the truth. I got the sense there was something you wanted to tell me. Was I wrong about that?

Kyle: [ Sighs ]

[ Cellphone rings ] Summer. Hi. How are you? It’s so good to see your face.

Summer: Um…[Stammers] Kind of confused, actually. That message that you left me was pretty cryptic.

Kyle: Yeah, there’s a reason for that. This isn’t the kind of thing you text about.

Summer: Okay, well, whatever it is, I don’t — I don’t really think that I need to hear it.

Kyle: W-w-wait. What?

Summer: Kyle, look, we said our goodbyes. Okay? I don’t know if it’s such a good idea that you and I talk. It’s gonna make it harder for both of us to move on.

Kyle: Wait, so this is hard for you, too?

Summer: [ Sighs ]

Amanda: I assume you’ve been in touch with sutton’s lawyers about the recording I made.

Michael: [ Chuckles ] Yeah. Uh-huh. Well, his sense is that the remarks his client made regarding richard nealon’s death, they don’t comprise a confession. In fact, they don’t establish guilt of any kind.

Amanda: Well, it figures that’s the position they would take.

Michael: That’s not all. It’s pretty clear they’re going to use the same legal strategy that you proposed before — in essence, trying to increase doubt by deflecting attention to possible suspects at newman and elsewhere.

Amanda: That is infuriating. My own argument’s being used to defend the man who had my father killed.

Michael: I take it you haven’t made any headway with your mother or you would have mentioned it.

Amanda: [ Sighs ] God knows my sister and I have tried. Naya refuses to acknowledge that sutton could be guilty. She’s even holding out hope that you won’t press any charges. Is that a possibility?

Michael: I intend to pursue this case.

Amanda: Okay.

Michael: But unless we find more substantial evidence, I cannot guarantee that I’ll be able to get the charges reinstated.

[ Chuckles ] Hey. Hey, hey, hey. After all, it is me, right? So you hang in there, amanda.

Amanda: I will try.

Michael: Okay. I’ll see you later.

Amanda: Imani, it’s me. Are you with naya right now? Good. I need to do something for me.

Ashland: You know, maybe this is all happening too fast, but i don’t care. Hell, I love that it’s happening so quickly, because only god knows how much time we have together. And the one thing I know for sure is I want that time to be glorious and I want to spend every moment of it with you, the woman I love. So, victoria newman… will you marry me?

Ashland: There you are.

Victoria: Hey. Where were you?

Ashland: I was meeting with a realtor about getting my various homes on the market. I took my time to give you a chance to absorb the shock of my proposal.

Victoria: Who was more surprised, I wonder, me or you?

Ashland: Let’s call it a draw. The impulse struck, and I felt no need to hold back, because i knew you wouldn’t either. You’ll give it to me straight, even if you’re thinking this is sheer lunacy on my part.

Victoria: Yes, I will.

Ashland: So let’s hear it. What are you thinking? Your heart is at the heart of everything you do.

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Victoria: I’m not really sure how to react. I mean, you caught me off guard.

Ashland: My unpredictability tends to work to my advantage in business, but that might not be the case here. Even if you decide that marriage is out of the question, I won’t regret asking. It’s so exhilarating to feel the hope and the possibility and the adventure instead of the limitations of this damn disease.

Victoria: And I want that for you — that —

Ashland: Optimism.

Victoria: Yes. But we can’t ignore reality.

Ashland: No, we can’T.

Victoria: In terms of logical factors that support making a move like this, given the circumstances, I can’t really think of very many. But logic didn’t bring us to this point. We kind of threw caution to the wind — not that I have any complaints.

Ashland: But you will, though. Even if you don’t voice them. That day is coming. And this will likely all end in tears, as they say.

Victoria: In the meantime, this whirlwind romance of ours has really been the best, most intense thing that’s ever happened to me. And I don’t really want to rein myself in either. In case I wasn’t clear, that’s — that’s — that’s a yes.

Ashland: Did you say yes?

Victoria: Yes. [ Chuckles ] Yes.

Nick: Look, you are probably right about tara’s financial records being shady.

Phyllis: But probably?

Nick: I’m just concerned that this could just really backfire on you.

Phyllis: How?

Nick: It’s one thing to fly out to la and talk to all these people who know sally and to borrow her phone and send a fake text, but to hack into someone’s hard drive — it’s next-level and it puts you at risk.

Phyllis: I’ll be careful.

Nick: Careful may not cut it. If this gets out, if tara and sally find out what you’ve done, they’re gonna have a very powerful weapon to use against you. Why can’t you just go on investigating what they’ve done to summer?

Phyllis: Because no matter what kind of proof we get or theories I come up with, it might not be enough to take those girls down.

Nick: Seriously?

Phyllis: Yeah, seriously. I mean, I think jack is starting to realize it — everything that sally has done to get summer out of town — but I can’t be sure. I mean, he — he forgave her once. He’ll probably do it again. And he’ll go easy on tara.

Nick: Yeah, he’s — he’s probably not gonna want to risk alienating his grandson’s mother.

Phyllis: Exactly. So, honestly, we cannot count on jack and kyle. We can’t count on the abbotts.

Nick: That’s a good point.

Phyllis: And for reasons unknown to me, I don’t know why our daughter is not fighting for herself. I don’t know why. It’s up to us. We have to come up with something to neutralize tara. We have to do it, nick.

Jack: Tara, I am not standing here in judgment. God knows I have made my share of mistakes. Hurt people I care about deeply. I am not proud of that at all. I am proud of the moments I took responsibility. When I did, I learned this — people can earn trust and respect again, but it has to start with honesty.

Tara: Not everyone is as compassionate as you are.

Jack: I’m sure being married to ashland taught you to be wary, to never be vulnerable. You told him about your affair, and he utterly rejected you. You are on much safer ground now. Your harrison’s mother. That makes you a part of this family, always. And I think you know how much family means to me.

Summer: Okay, um, this was a mistake. I don’t think I should’ve called.

Kyle: Okay, you can do that. Hang up and leave me in the dark, but I’m going to find out the real reason you broke up with me, with or without your help.

Summer: Why can’t you just let this go?

Kyle: I’ve tried. Phyllis is the one who won’t quit digging, searching for evidence that tara and sally conspired against you.

Summer: [ Sighs ] I’ve begged her to stop.

Kyle: Why? If there was nothing for her to find, you could’ve just let her spin her wheels.

Summer: Come on, I know that this is hard for you to hear, but I made my own decision to leave you.

Kyle: I believe that, but the question is what kind of pressure were you under when you made it. Look, there’s more evidence coming out about this every day. Phyllis is never gonna stop, and your dad’s getting suspicious, too. The truth is gonna come out. I think I deserve to hear it from you. (Vo) single-serve fancy feast petites

Nick: You do realize the whole “should you or shouldn’t you” debate will be moot unless you can get through that firewall.

Phyllis: I mean, um, have we met? I mean, you know who you’re dealing with, right?

Nick: Is there anything I can do to help?

Phyllis: Really? Oh, my god, you’re so sweet. You’re volunteering to be an accessory to the crime.

Nick: Well, “sweet” is the last thing I’m feeling right now when I think about what tara and sally have done to summer’s life.

Phyllis: We’ll channel our rage together later, okay?

Nick: What do you mean?

Phyllis: You know what i mean. Okay, I downloaded this program, and it will get through the firewall soon like a force attack, you know?

Nick: That sounds promising.

Phyllis: Yeah, it is. It’s just gonna, you know, take a little, that’s all.

Nick: I mean, what are talking? How much time’s a little?

Phyllis: A few minutes. Hopefully a few minutes. And then we will get all the information we need to expose tara for the person that she really is.

Tara: Despite what everyone thinks, I didn’t stay with ashland because of his money or his status. Kyle back then — he was wonderful. But by the time we parted ways, I knew he wasn’t ready to be a father.

Jack: I agree with that. He had a lot of growing up to do.

Tara: Then, after my marriage was over and I came to him for help, [Sighs] He was so different. More mature, ready to settle down. Only with someone else. And I will admit, that was hard to see. To know that things might have been different if our timing hadn’t always been so off. But I pushed things aside. I kept my feelings locked up. And I smiled and I congratulated summer and kyle on their engagement. And I tried to mean it.

Jack: But something changed. What?

Tara: Sally. She guessed what I was feeling and pushed me to go after what i wanted, what harrison deserved. And she said she had a plan.

Summer: Don’t push this anymore. Please, kyle, do not make me say things that are only gonna hurt you.

Kyle: Do you think I’m not already hurting? If you’ve been telling yourself that I’m fine and I’m moving on, you’re way off-base. I miss you like crazy.

Summer: I miss you, too, but it doesn’t mean that it’s right for us to be together.

Kyle: Summer.

Summer: For your own sake, kyle, you have to stop coming up with these alternative scenarios for why we broke up.

Kyle: Why for my sake? What are you trying to protect me from? What could be worse than losing you?

Summer: It’s just a phrase, okay? I didn’t mean anything by that. Kyle, I have to go.

Kyle: Are you worried that i might lose harrison?

Summer: Why would you say that?

Kyle: It’s an idea my dad had. That tara was using harrison as leverage. Is that what happened? Charlie’s my little sidekick when it

Amanda: Thank you for joining me for lunch. My treat.

Naya: You don’t have to do that.

Amanda: I know I don’t have to. I want to. So how have you been?

Naya: A little tired lately.

Amanda: Is everything okay?

Naya: Well, for the past few nights, I’ve been having trouble falling asleep, and when i finally drift off, [Sighs] Sometimes I dream I’m back in that jail cell.

Amanda: Well, I’m really sorry to hear that.

Imani: We are both so grateful you were able to get her released. Right, mom?

Naya: I’ve been wondering about that recording you made of sutton. Did he know that he was being recorded? I mean, you’d have to admit that it would’ve been really clever of him to say just enough to get me released without incriminating himself.

Imani: He did incriminate himself. As far as I’m concerned, he proved his own culpability the minute he had you confess to a crime you didn’t commit.

Amanda: Yes, but naya’s right. The things that sutton said on that recording may not be enough to have the charges reinstated. I had a meeting with the da& earlier, and he conceded as much.

Naya: Does that mean my father will go free?

Amanda: No, I am confident that the trial will move forward.

Imani: I know you won’t be okay with it if sutton is acquitted.

Amanda: You are right about that. But I will not be out of options. I can still hit him with a civil suit for wrongful death — hold him responsible that way.

Imani: Mm, the burden of proof would be much lower in a civil case.

Amanda: Yes. And if he is found liable, it will be the final blow to his political career. The financial judgment alone will ruin him.

Naya: You can’t do that.

Tara: I wish to god I’d listened to you and kyle when you warned me to stay away from sally.

Jack: Oh, boy, I wish you had, too.

Tara: If there was a chance i could give my son a stable household with a mother and father who adored him, I was going to take it. And sally, she offered me that chance.

Jack: Tell me something, what exactly did sally propose?

Tara: Sally said she arranged to have summer get a fabulous job opportunity in europe. All I had to do was get her to accept it.

Jack: And how did you accomplish that?

Tara: I’m sure you can guess.

Jack: By threatening to take harrison out of kyle’s life if summer would just disappear.

Tara: You said you wouldn’t judge me, and you shouldn’T. I was only fighting for what i knew was best for my son.

Summer: I wanted to tell you. I did, kyle. I was going to that day at your dad’s house and you went upstairs to go take care of harrison and tara came down and she warned me that if I said one word about her threats, that she would take harrison the next day, no discussion, no compromise, nothing. She would just be gone. Kyle, I’m so, so sorry for hurting you. I hated hurting you. I hated lying to you, but i didn’t know what else to do. You couldn’t lose your son.

Kyle: You should’ve told me anyway. We could’ve come up with a plan, called lawyers, something.

Summer: No, I thought about it from every angle. There was no way out. Unless I was willing to be the reason that you lost your son forever, and I cannot live with that, kyle, but…that poor little boy, he is stuck all alone with that awful woman. He needs you in his life.

Kyle: Let me call you back.

Summer: Kyle, where are you going? You cannot tell tara that you know. Charmin ultra soft has so much cushiony softness,

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Ashland: Well, here is to my stunningly beautiful fiancée who has made me the happiest man in the world.

Victoria: Cheers.

Ashland: You know, I’m gonna have to explain to my doctors that I have even more of a reason to want to stay alive now.

Victoria: Well, you can just tell them the goal is to keep you alive long enough to get tired of me.

Ashland: Well, that might take another 50 years, easily.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ] Okay. A toast to our golden wedding anniversary.

Ashland: Hear, hear.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ]

Ashland: I’m thinking that we should probably keep this news between us. People love to pass judgment on things that they don’t understand, and I do not want you to deal with that.

Victoria: I’m guessing that certain individuals will think I’m taking advantage of your condition, like they accused me of during the merger.

Ashland: Thereby insulting us both.

Victoria: Well, I don’t give a damn what anyone else thinks. And when it to comes to the wedding, I don’t think we should run off and elope. I think this love is big and it’s bold and it’s death-defying.

[ Chuckles ] I think we should have an epic celebration.

Ashland: I love it.

Victoria: I mean, unless you don’t have the energy.

Ashland: On the contrary, having something to plan and look forward to is gonna keep me going. I love the idea. And I love you.

Naya: How can you even think of suing sutton for richard’s death? He’s an old man. His reputation has taken a major hit, which meant everything to him.

Amanda: Oh, yes, it did. It was far more important to him than my father’s life. And don’t you dare claim that you don’t believe he was guilty, because I know better.

Naya: Even if your grandfather was involved, do you really want him to lose what he spent his lifetime building? So vindictive.

Amanda: Well, that’s exactly what I want. Listen, I understand that you love your father, but can you please put yourself in my shoes for one second? Because I never got a chance to love my father because he was callously disposed of before we could even lay eyes on each other. Naya, are you really okay with sutton getting through this without suffering any consequences for what he did? Come on. Did you not care about richard at all, huh? Because he was the father of your first-born children.

Naya: I didn’t know what had happened to him. I thought the car crash was some terribly sad accident. I cried for days.

[ Stammering ] I still — I don’t want to believe it.

Imani: Mom, you don’t want to believe it, but you do. In your heart, you know that sutton is responsible.

Naya: If I admit that, would it be enough for you? Would you let go of this crusade? Let sutton live out his days in peace?

Amanda: No. It won’t be enough. But it could be a start for the two of us, to help heal this relationship.

Imani: Amanda will be here in a way that sutton never was.

Nick: How much longer?

Phyllis: I don’t know, eight minutes. It says eight min– now nine minutes. Oh, it’s going backwards. Did this program stall?

Nick: It’s taking too long. I mean, what happens if the program stops running and you haven’t learned anything new?

Phyllis: I don’t know. Do you have any ideas?

Nick: We need a backup plan. Can you think of any other way we can get into her financial records?

Phyllis: Well, that depends. You know, how criminal are you willing to get?

Nick: What are my options?

Phyllis: Alright, let me think. Um…we hire a forensic accountant and they pose as an irs agent.

Nick: [ Sighs ] That sounds like multiple felonies. What else you got?

Phyllis: Okay, an anonymous tip to chanccomm, stirs the rumor mill.

Nick: Thinking we need something more immediate.

[ Cellphone rings ]

Phyllis: It’s summer. Hey, babe, hi. Um, your dad’s here.

Nick: Hey.

Phyllis: How you doing, babe?

Summer: Terrible. You’re ruining everything. Why do you have to stir up trouble?! – Oh…oh. – What’s going on?

Amanda: So, naya, how was the snapper?

Naya: Hmm? Oh, oh, it — it was delicious. Thank you again.

Amanda: Well, you’ve been awfully quiet.

Naya: I just feel so terrible.

Amanda: About what?

Naya: Dragging you into this mess in the first place. I’m the one who suggested to sutton that he hire you to lead his defense team. I hope you know that I truly thought back then that my father was being unfairly accused. I never would have tried to trick you into defending your own father’s — m– even now, I — it’s hard for me to say the word. I grew up idolizing my father. Believing that — that he only wanted the best for me.

Imani: I’m sure amanda understands how difficult this has been for you.

Amanda: Well, of course I do.

Naya: I’m, uh — I’m gonna go fix my makeup. Excuse me, will you?

Amanda: Well, that was one hell of an admission.

Imani: Yeah, it was.

Amanda: I really never thought that that would ever happen.

Imani: I’m curious — did you mean what you said about filing the civil case, or was that just a tactic to force the issue with naya?

Amanda: I am serious about seeing that man in court.

Imani: I understand the symbolic value of doing that, but that would be hard on our mom. Maybe you should think about whether it’s more productive to build your own future than to litigate our grandfather’s past.

Amanda: Do you have a problem with me holding him accountable?

Nick: What’s going on, summer?

Phyllis: Why are you so upset?

Summer: I just got off the phone with kyle, and he said that you have been relentless, looking into why I left town, getting jack all worked up. Why would you do this to me? Why couldn’t you just drop it when I asked you?

Phyllis: Because I’m not gonna sit back and let those two girls manipulate my daughter and get away with it.

Summer: Well, that’s not your call.

Nick: Just hear your mother out, alright? She has come up with some very damning information.

Phyllis: Yeah, because, you know, you’re not denying any of this, but I don’t think you know how devious and repulsive those two girls really are.

Summer: What do you mean?

Phyllis: Well, did you know that it was sally who flew to los angeles and got eric forrester to recommend you for the job that you have right now. Did you know that? Mm. Yeah, I didn’t think so.

Summer: Okay, fine. I didn’t know that. I assumed that sally was involved somehow — it doesn’t even matter.

Nick: Whoa, when you say sally was involved, involved in what?

Summer: Fine, fine. It’s true, okay? I was forced to leave town.

Phyllis: By whom?

Summer: Tara. She threatened to take harrison away from kyle if I didn’t break up with him and take this job offer that she somehow knew about before it even happened.

Phyllis: Because she was in on it with sally, that’s why. Was I right? Was I right?

Summer: Will you please stop celebrating, mom? This is not a good thing.

Nick: Is the truth not a good thing?

Summer: No, dad, it’s not a good thing. I had good reason to keep this a secret. I was trying to protect kyle from losing his son. And now, because of you, jack guessed it and kyle called to question me and I wound up just blurting everything out, and now I have this horrible feeling that he’s on his way to go confront tara, and everything’s just gonna blow up. And if it does, mom, it’s because you wouldn’t stop.

Kyle: Hey, where’s tara?

Jack: She’s upstairs with harrison. We just had quite a talk.

Kyle: Yeah, I just found out from summer why she left. Tara bullied her into it.

Jack: I know. Tara just told me.

Kyle: Oh, now she’s being honest, as the walls are coming down?

Jack: I understand, you’re livid. I don’t blame you one bit. The two of you share a child. You are connected for the rest of your lives. You’re going to have to find a way to get past this.

Kyle: She forced summer to break up with me! She tried to wreck my life.

Jack: I hear you. Calm down.

Tara: Please keep your voice down. Do you want harrison to hear you?

Ashland: Let us go out on the town and celebrate.

Victoria: Oh, well, are you sure you’re feeling up to it? I mean, would it be better to just rest here before our flight home?

Ashland: I can do my resting on the plane. I will take it easy, I promise. I won’t take you to all of my favorite places in town, just maybe my top five.

Victoria: Not sure we’ll make it to all of them, but we’ll try to squeeze in as many as possible.

Ashland: That’s kind of our thing — never let a moment go to waste. Are you ready to go?

Victoria: I’m so ready.

Ashland: [ Chuckles ]

Imani: My first reaction was the same as naya’s — that it’s vindictive. Bringing a suit, whether or not sutton is guilty of a crime, tying him up in court where the legal fees alone could bankrupt him, it just —

Amanda: I take a strong —

Imani: Please, just let me finish. That was my first reaction. You have to remember that I was raised in the same distorted environment my mother was. And any criticism of our grandfather, it sets off warning bells. The fact that there’s an actual threat of consequences for his actions? It feels downright dangerous. The more rational part of me knows this is the least of what he deserves.

Amanda: Well, that’s very insightful of you.

Imani: You grew up without a family, and I don’t mean to minimize that hardship, but there were definitely some things in the ames household that you were lucky you didn’t have to deal with.

Amanda: Yeah, imani, I’m sure it wasn’t easy all the time.

Imani: All I’m saying, I hope that you can be patient with our mother and me. It’s gonna take some effort to learn to separate the reality from the misconceptions that we were raised with.

Amanda: Listen, [Scoffs] I know that sutton is a smooth operator. He’s honed his skills over a lifetime. Even I was taken in by him at first. I felt this pull to want to please him, to live up to his lofty expectations. To soak up all his praise.

Imani: One of his most powerful tools.

Amanda: Sutton knows how to find your vulnerabilities and exploit them. He knows exactly which buttons to push. So I do have an idea of how challenging it was for you and naya to shake off that need for his approval. He’s trained you to prize it above all else. So I want you to know that i appreciate that you are willing to try.

Imani: We have to stop letting him influence us. I realize that. And I think, in time, naya will get there.

Amanda: You know what this means to me, don’t you? I mean, to have a relationship with my sister, my mother. It’s new, so I’m trying. But it’s incredibly precious.

Kyle: How could you do this to me?

Tara: I’m sorry. It was wrong.

Kyle: Oh, well, that’s that. As long as she’s sorry. All the hours you spent consoling me over my breakup when you’re the one who caused it.

Tara: I believed I was doing the best thing for our son.

Kyle: No, no, no, do not make this about harrison. This is about what you wanted and the hell with anyone who got in your way.

Jack: Time out, time out. You need to take a break. Calm down.

Tara: There’s no coming back from this, is there? So where does that leave us? What happens now?

Phyllis: Summer, your dad is right. The truth is out now, and this is absolutely for the best.

Summer: Really? Will you still be saying that when tara disappears with kyle’s son?

Phyllis: It’s not gonna happen.

Summer: How do you know? You’re not a judge. You have no power to stop her, none.

Nick: I still cannot believe the sacrifice you made for kyle.

Summer: Well, now it’ll all have been for nothing.

Phyllis: It’s not for nothing. I’m digging into tara’s past.

Summer: No, mom. Oh, my god, please just stop. You have done enough. I have to go.

Phyllis: Who was right?

Nick: You were.

Phyllis: Yes, I was right. I was right about those two devious, vicious little girls the entire time.

Nick: Summer makes a good point. If your actions lead to tara taking off with harrison, don’t expect to hear any gratitude from me or from summer or especially jack. He is crazy about that little boy. And if tara’s not around, who do you think’s gonna wind up getting blamed?

[ Computer chimes ]

Phyllis: We got in. Oh, we got in.

Nick: Well, congratulations. Now what?

Phyllis: Now what? I access tara’s hard drive that has all of her company’s financials and I expose it. That bitch isn’t getting away with this. – We’re just having a little fun.

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Y&R Short Recap Friday, August 6, 2021

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Moses gives Faith a white album recording of the Tiger Lily benefit concert they saw live from backstage.

Nick tells Adam the only thing that could ruin their new friendship is if he continued to interfere in Sharon’s marriage. Adam leaves a message on Sharon’s cell phone telling her he won’t interfere in her life anymore.

Victor offers Rey a job as head of his security team but Rey turns down the job offer because he loves being a cop. Rey tells Sharon that his unofficial investigation into Mariah’s disappearance didn’t turn up any information.

Lauren, Nick and Phyllis team up and discover that Tara has been stealing money from the investors in her shoe company and depositing the money into her personal account. Nick persuades Tara’s accountant to give the evidence to the police. Phyllis and Lauren arrive at the Abbott Mansion just before Tara carries out her threat to take Harrison away and not let Kyle see him again. Tara is arrested by the police and taken away in handcuffs. Jack, Kyle, and Lauren apologize to Phyllis for doubting her about Sally and Tara.

Kyle flies to Milan to bring Summer home.

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Y&R Best Lines Wednesday, August 4, 2021

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Lily: Well, if this is what I have to come home to, maybe I should go out of town more often.

Billy: Don’t say that. I don’t want you out of town.

Lily: [ Laughs ]

Billy: I missed you like crazy.

Lily: Aw! I missed you, too, although it was really nice to see Mattie, though.


Billy: It was lonely as hell here without you. And the kids were on a sleepover, too.

Lily: Oh, I’m sure you enjoyed your “me” time, watching action films with the sound on full blast, didn’t you?

Billy: Actually, no, it was all about rom-coms, making sure I was prepared for when you got home. How did I do?

Lily: Well, I mean, clearly, you are an a-plus student. You have the flowers, the candles, the caviar.

Billy: Yeah.

Lily: All that’s missing is a flash mob serenading me.

Billy: Hold that thought. They’re just about to pop out of the closet in 3, 2, 1…

Lily: [ Laughing ] Oh, my god! But no, you don’t have to watch movies for inspiration. You, just as you are, is all I’ll ever need.


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Lily: Uh…did I walk into the right place?

Billy: You sure did. Welcome home.

Lily: Hmm…

Nick: Well, the charity concert went about as well as we could have hoped.

Devon: I would say so. I would say it was a bona fide hit. We raised a ton of money and awareness for new hope.

Nick: You also made one of my daughter’s dreams come true by introducing her to tigirlily.

Devon: That’s right. That’s right. Moses asked his brother here if I would do a favor for the girl that he likes. So, how could I say no to that?

Nick: I think those two have figured things out.

Devon: Yeah, I think so, too. It’s good. They’re cute together.

Nick: Hey, you’re back already?

Phyllis: Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for keeping him company.

Devon: Oh, anytime. Anytime, yeah. He’s all yours now. I’ll talk to you later, though.

Nick: It was a quick trip. You either hit pay dirt or hit a brick wall.

Phyllis: If I’d hit a brick wall, you should pity the wall.

Sharon: Hey! This is a surprise.

Rey: Well, my superiors might not be happy with me stealing a moment in the middle of my shift with my beautiful wife, so it’s gonna have to be our little secret.

Sharon: Well, I’m not gonna tell anyone.

Jack: Hey, you two. Hope I’m not interrupting.

Sharon: No.

Jack: Listen — have you maybe heard from mariah?

Sharon: Um, I have gotten a few texts from her. Why? What’s wrong?

Jack: Well, I was hoping you could tell me that. She texted me that she would take a couple of days off after her business trip, and I didn’t realize how long this vacation was gonna take.

Sharon: She’s taking some personal time, but she’s expected to be back today.

Jack: Okay, the problem is, she hasn’t been in contact with me or anyone at jabot, and at the risk of sounding insensitive to whatever she’s dealing with, she’s kind of left us in the lurch. We’re putting projects on hold. Things are falling through the cracks.

Sharon: That’s really not like her.

Jack: But I can only cut her so much slack before I have to take action. In fact, I hate to say this, but if she’s not back to work soon, I’m gonna have to find a replacement.

Abby: [ Sighs ]

Tessa: I checked in with the doctor’s office. Mariah has not rescheduled her appointment.

Abby: Then why hasn’t she showed up yet?

Tessa: She’s cutting it close, but she technically still has time.

Abby: [ Sighs ] I have reread these messages from mariah a million times, and she said that she’s gonna be back in time for her appointment. And uncle jack has called her several times on behalf of jabot to find out what’s going on, and he hasn’t heard anything, either.

[ Sighs ]

[ Cellphones chiming ] What the hell?

Tessa: What — what is this? Why would mariah send such a bland group text over something so important? I don’t know what’s happening.

Abby: I do. Mariah’s not coming home.

Mariah: [ Gasps ] Oh! Oh. Okay. Ah, thank you. I needed that. Just keep kicking, okay? Keep letting me know that — that you’re in there. We have to keep fighting, or… we may never get out of here. Hi, I’m pat and I’m 75 years old.

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Lily: Well, if this is what i have to come home to, maybe i should go out of town more often.

Billy: Don’t say that. I don’t want you out of town.

Lily: [ Laughs ]

Billy: I missed you like crazy.

Lily: Aw! I missed you, too, although it was really nice to see mattie, though.

Billy: How’d the move go?

Lily: It was good. I got her away from her psychotic roommate and moved her into her new place, and now she’s very happy.

Billy: Glad to hear that. Did I mention I missed you like crazy?

Lily: Yeah!

Billy: It was lonely as hell here without you. And the kids were on a sleepover, too.

Lily: Oh, I’m sure you enjoyed your “me” time, watching action films with the sound on full blast, didn’t you?

Billy: Actually, no, it was all about rom-coms, making sure I was prepared for when you got home. How did I do?

Lily: Well, I mean, clearly, you are an a-plus student. You have the flowers, the candles, the caviar.

Billy: Yeah.

Lily: All that’s missing is a flash mob serenading me.

Billy: Hold that thought. They’re just about to pop out of the closet in 3, 2, 1…

Lily: [ Laughing ] Oh, my god! But no, you don’t have to watch movies for inspiration. You, just as you are, is all I’ll ever need.

Abby: “I’m not ready to face the doctor yet, not ready to come home. I’m sorry. I know this is torture for all of you, but I’ve got to get in a better head space, and I need to do it on my own.” Now she can’t face the doctor? Before she left, she was so excited about the doctor’s appointments. She was eager to see how much the baby had grown.

Tessa: I can’t imagine what’s changed so drastically. And the fact that she’s just ignoring work?

Abby: This is all my fault. I put too much pressure on her, so much so that now she regrets becoming a surrogate in the first place.

Tessa: Ugh! This just doesn’t make sense.

Abby: No, none of it makes sense. I-I’m some — somehow I’m responsible for pushing her away from everyone that cares about her, including you. And if, you know, we could just talk, but she won’t respond to my texts, even. So, how are we gonna talk? I mean, it’s clearly not an option. But if we could work through this together… I don’t know. I guess now we just have to pray that mariah works this out herself. I mean, not just for her but also for the baby.

[ Sighs ]

Phyllis: So, I had a real enlightening conversation with eric forrester and angelina marchetti. Do you know that sally flew all the way to los angeles to convince eric to recommend summer for the job in milan?

Nick: That’s odd. But it also sounds benevolent on the face of it.

Phyllis: On the face of it, yeah, sure. Of course. But we’re talking about sally. Why would she do that… especially going back to a town that she left under a black cloud? Summer’s her rival. Why would she have eric recommend her for a job that she was gunning for herself?

Nick: Well, it makes sense that sally’s end game was to get summer out of town and then take the job at jcv, but what exactly is sally guilty of? Recommending summer for her dream job? It doesn’t sound like much of a crime.

Phyllis: Something had to happen, something else. We’re missing a piece of the puzzle. We really are. I mean, what was it that pushed summer over the edge, where she felt that she had to call off her engagement and say yes to this job? I’m about to find out.

Nick: Good luck.

Phyllis: Thanks, baby.

Sally: Oh, joy. Look who’s back in town.

Phyllis: Hey, did you get the picture of me and eric and angelina?

Sally: Oh, that was for me? I thought you drunk-texted the wrong person.

Phyllis: Stone-cold sober when I was getting all the dirt I needed on you.

Phyllis: You know, eric was a little taken aback at how strange and secretive you were in los angeles. He knew you were up to something again.

Sally: Well, if eric really thought that I was up to something, he wouldn’t have done me any favors. And the favor that he did me benefited summer. Right? Isn’t that what he told you? So, you’re welcome.

Phyllis: [ Sighing ] Sally… please just drop it. Just come clean with what happened, and I will leave you alone, honestly.

Sally: I have nothing to come clean about. And, frankly, I don’t believe you because you’re just gonna find something else to stalk and harass me about. Fyi, I’m getting on the elevator. So, you might want to scurry back to your laptop and watch me on the security cameras.

Phyllis: You see? You see that, what I’m talking about?

Nick: Yeah, she’s definitely up to something.

Mariah: [ Sighs ] If I could just find a spot that’s thin enough to bust through. Then what? Who knows what’s even waiting for me on the other side? Ugh! I wish I had watched more prison-break movies. I could figure out a way to get us out of here. Right, kiddo? You know, I was thinking. I’m not sure if “kiddo” is cutting it anymore. You’re the only one I’ve been able to talk to while we’ve been locked in here. I’ve been really grateful for that. So, I think you might need something a little bit more personal.

[ Chuckles ] And with all that womb-thumping you’ve been doing lately… you could turn out to be a real musician. So… how about a rock-star nickname? Yeah? Maybe freddie? As in mercury? Bruno, as in mars? Uh… no. What about bowie? Yeah? Do you like that? I think it kind of fits. And if you don’t like it, don’t worry. It’s just temporary until you get back to your mommy and daddy, and they can give you something official. Everyone must be so worried about us. I can’t imagine what they’re going through. You know, I’ve secretly been hoping that tessa bursts through that door and saves us.

[ Sniffles ]

[ Sighs ] Oh!

[ Laughs ] You’re right, bowie. You’re right. I think we need to save ourselves. And your namesake has a song about heroes. We need to be our own.

Nina: Hey, tessa, you okay? I ran into abby on the way out, and she told me about mariah’s change of plans?

Tessa: Yeah, we’re all in shock.

Nina: Yeah! It’s just… it’s crazy!

Tessa: These generic texts from mariah are just driving me insane! I told you I asked her to send a clue if she could. Maybe this last text was the clue. Somewhere buried deep in it, is it possible that she’s signaling for help? Or is the craziness of her even writing the text the clue?

Nina: I wish I knew. Hey, did you have any trouble in tracking her location? I mean, she had to have her phone turned on to send all those texts, right?

Tessa: Oh, it’s not working. I even tried reinstalling it, but I keep getting the same message over and over — “location blocked.”

Nina: So frustrating.

Tessa: Yeah, you’re telling me. I don’t have the resources or the capabilities to find her. So, I think that I’m done playing detective and that we should go to a real one.

Phyllis: I’m glad we’re on the same page.

Nick: Yeah. I’m a little disappointed, though, I didn’t get a chance to be your eyes and ears, like we talked about before you took off for L.A.

Phyllis: Next time.

Nick: Mm. If you’re involved in something like this again, I’m gonna be by your side the whole time so you don’t feel like you have to keep a secret from me.

Phyllis: Deal.

[ Cellphone chimes ] Okay. Jack is on his way over.

Lauren: Hi, guys.

Phyllis: Hey!

Nick: Hey.

Phyllis: Um, should we tell lauren about what we found out? It involves her.

Nick: You think we should wait until we have more proof?

Lauren: Okay, I’m still standing here.

Phyllis: Uh, we may have more evidence. Have a seat. I want to talk to you about this.

Lauren: Oh, yeah, well, i definitely want to know.

Phyllis: Okay. So, um, I think that you should reverse your decision on having sally run jcv.

Lauren: Why? I’ve decided to make her position permanent.

Phyllis: No, no, no. You — you — you have to reconsider. The truth is about to come out.

Lauren: What truth?

Phyllis: Okay, well, sally maneuvered the situation so that she could get summer out of town and she could get the position at jcv.

Lauren: Oh, come on. I find that very hard to believe. Sally wanted that job in italy for herself.

Phyllis: Oh, yeah. Well, that’s what she claims.

Lauren: And when summer got the job, she suggested that sally take her place.

Nick: That may have been part of the deal.

Lauren: What deal? Are you buying into phyllis’ theory now? Because I’m not.

Phyllis: It’s actually not a theory. Sally and tara are working together.

Lauren: To what end?

Phyllis: Because they want to get what they want for themselves! Tara gets kyle, and sally, what does she get? Oh, summer’s position at jcv.

Lauren: Okay, you better have some major proof for these outrageous allegations because sally is doing an amazing job for me, and fenmore’s is just about to acquire tara’s shoe company.

Phyllis: Oh! That deal cannot happen. Don’t settle. Start your day with secret.

Devon: I thought you’d be at the doctor’s appointment with mariah.

Abby: Yeah, she didn’t come back for it, and apparently she won’t be home for who knows how long.

Devon: Why not?

Abby: She sent some vague text, saying that she needs to get in a “better head space.”

Devon: Isn’t that why she left in the first place? How long is that supposed to take?

Abby: I keep asking myself the same question. And I tried not to get too upset in front of tessa because I know mariah is her first concern. But mariah is carrying our baby, and we have no idea where they are.

Tessa: I’m starting to think that mariah is not on a trip at all. I keep coming back to the thought that maybe someone else is sending these messages.

Sharon: Why would they do that?

Tessa: Who knows? Frankly, I don’t care what the motive is. I just know that I am freaking out, and I need to know where mariah is.

Sharon: Okay, I completely understand, and I hope you won’t take offense to this, but you have never been pregnant before. So, you don’t wholly understand how overwhelming it can be. It forces you to go through all of these new emotions at once, changes in your body. It can be an all-encompassing experience. You know, physically, emotionally. Nina, you know what I’m saying. What’s your take on this?

Nina: I’m torn. I mean, I know absolutely pregnancy can be totally overwhelming. But tessa and mariah are so close, I don’t think her instincts should be ignored. Why don’t you show them the app?

Rey: What app?

Tessa: It’s supposed to track mariah’s phone, but somehow she has her locations turned off.

Rey: Yeah, I wouldn’t put too much stock in an app like this. A lot of the ones that consumers can download are unreliable.

Tessa: Well, I’m assuming that gcpd has better technology we can use?

Rey: No, I’m not sure we need to go there quite yet, especially if sharon doesn’t think there’s anything to panic about.

Tessa: I know you know your daughter extremely well. But mariah and I, we share the same heart. And that heart — our heart — is telling me that something is very wrong.

Lily: This caviar is heaven.

Billy: This vodka is perfect, as well.

Lily: Mm-hmm. You know, I think I’m gonna take back what I said about you not needing to watch movies for inspiration because this is fantastic.

Billy: Oh, cue the flash mob out of the closet.

Lily: [ Laughs ] Well, I really hope there’s not a crowd in there because I don’t want them to witness round two.

Billy: Round two?

Lily: Mm-hmm.

Billy: Mm.

Lily: I really, really missed you.

Billy: Mm.

Phyllis: Lauren, you don’t want to be in business with tara locke. Come on! She’s as duplicitous and manipulative as sally. Oh! Oh, I know that look. Oh, I know that look. You know something. You know something! You have — you have evidence of your own, don’t you?

Lauren: I’m reluctant to say anything because I don’t have any evidence.

Phyllis: Oh, well, you better tell us what you know because we told you what we knew.

Lauren: Oh, and then have you jump to conclusions and use what I told you against the two women that I happen to be in business with?

Phyllis: Okay, well, you don’t want to be in business with tara, honestly. Don’t you want to do your due diligence now and find out what she’s all about instead of being, like, duped later on?

Lauren: Okay. We’re doing due diligence on tara’s company before we acquire it. But we’re having some trouble getting some of the financial documents, which is strange because it’s just a normal audit.

Phyllis: Oh, okay, yeah, she’s hiding something in her books.

Lauren: Eh, not necessarily. I would like to reserve judgment until I actually see the documents.

Phyllis: Yeah! If you ever see them.

Lauren: [ Sighs ] Well, you’ve given me a lot to think about.

Phyllis: We are steps closer to taking those two girls down!

Nick: Well, lauren’s info does seem to support your theory.

Phyllis: Damn right it does!

Nick: I’m starting to get very upset on summer’s behalf.

Phyllis: Good! Good! I like it when you’re like this.

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Nick: It’s new hope. I got to take this.

Phyllis: Okay. Alright, tara locke… let’s see if I can figure out what your password is.

Jack: Okay, I’m here, but this better be good. Are you one of the millions of americans

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Lily: So, our relationship has a new fan.

Billy: Oh, I didn’t know there was a club.

Lily: [ Chuckles ] It’s very small, but it’s growing. No, I showed mattie pictures of our place and told her about us moving in together, and she’s genuinely thrilled that we’re so happy.

Billy: That’s nice. That means a lot.

Lily: Yeah. It’s so weird having a daughter that’s so mature and supportive.

Billy: [ Chuckles ]

Lily: You know? It’s almost like we’ve reversed roles. But I guess I have to admit that my little babies are all grown up. Even charlie’s self-sufficient. It’s like they just don’t need their mom the same way they used to.

Billy: How do you feel about that?

Lily: Um… I feel a little nostalgic sometimes, but…

Billy: Yeah.

Lily: …I also love seeing the people that they’re becoming.

Billy: I hope it doesn’t feel weird that you’re back parenting little ones again, now that johnny and katie are living here more full-time.

Lily: No, not at all. Honestly, it’s the opposite. I mean, I loved spending that time with johnny, and I think katie is such an angel.

Billy: Well, I’m relieved to hear that.

Lily: Yeah. Deciding to share my life with you is one of the best moves I’ve made in a very long time.

Mariah: [ Sighs ] You might not believe this, bowie, but the woman who is carrying you didn’t always lead a very charmed life. And the whole story is — it’s too much for your tender, little ears. But, um… well, I grew up in a cult, with the leader posing as my father, and — shocker — things went off the rails, as situations in cults usually do. So, if I’m making a list of people who could have possibly done this to us, ian ward would definitely be at the top of the list. This is certainly in his wheelhouse of evil deeds. The problem is, ian ward is supposed to be in prison. I mean, I guess he could have convinced one of his disciples to kidnap me and make me pay for some presumed crimes he thinks I’ve committed against him, but if I’m being honest, I think ian ward has bigger fish to fry than me. Tessa has also had her fair share of run-ins with shady characters. She’s a pure spirit, just like you. But her background was cruel and unfair, just like mine. And it got her and her sister into a lot of terrible situations with some people who could really hold a grudge. So, I guess it could be someone like that, but I… I don’t know. I really don’t know, and the truth is, until the person or people that’s holding us reveal themselves, we are stuck. We are completely and utterly trapped in this room.

[ Loudly ] Which is getting really old! Was this because of something i did? Is this about tessa? Can you please just tell me why you are doing this?! What did I do?!

Abby: Thank you.

Devon: You’re welcome. Listen — I know that this whole situation is frustrating, and it’s stressing you out, but we have to believe that whatever’s going through mariah’s head, she’s still taking care of herself and the baby.

Abby: Yeah, I do, too. It’s just my motherly instinct is kicking in, and I just feel helpless. I’m sorry. I’m sorry that I keep coming over here. I’m laying all of this on you. But, obviously, chance isn’t here for me to lean on.

Devon: I know. Don’t ever apologize for that, and that’s why I’m here. Alright? You haven’t talked to him at all lately?

Abby: No. Look — I knew what I was signing up for when I married him. I knew who he was. You know, he’s noble and responsible, and he’s always doing the right thing. And I can’t blame him for being who he is.

Devon: No, but you’re still entitled to have your feelings. If you need to get them out, I’m not gonna judge you.

Abby: Thank you. No, I’m not just frustrated about mariah and the baby, you know? It’s chance, too. He’s been gone for so long, and I haven’t been able to talk to him or hold him, and he was always so good at calming me down and reassuring me. And now he’s out there, doing whatever, and I am facing everything alone.

Devon: Hey. You know better than to say that. You’re not alone, abby. You have a lot of people in your corner.

Abby: I know. Thank you. I know I have great family and friends, and I thank god every day for that. But…no, chance is my husband, and this child was our dream. And it feels really wrong to be going through all of this without him. And I don’t know. I don’t know why he can’t call me. God, I don’t even know where he is. He’s out there, protecting other people, when he should be here. He should be here, protecting his wife and baby. He should be here when I need him the most! He’s been gone for too long, and I need him to come home.

[ Sighs ] Super emma just about sleeps in her cape.

Phyllis: So, my conversation in los angeles bore some very interesting fruit. It seems that sally was maneuvering behind everyone’s back to get angelina marchetti to hire summer.

Jack: That is strange, since sally was also pursuing the job in milan. But that doesn’t mean there was anything malevolent in what she did.

Phyllis: Oh, god, you’re still protecting her, are you? I thought you kicked her to the curb.

Jack: It could have been an offhanded comment to eric forrester that was misconstrued. Besides, even if sally is guilty, I am fed up with all of these constant attacks against her.

Phyllis: Oh, my god, you are acting like she is an innocent victim, and I assure you she is not.

Jack: I don’t care. This has got to stop.

Phyllis: You won’t even consider the possibility, will you?

Jack: I’m done, phyllis. No more!

Phyllis: Yeah, there is more! Guess what? She admitted it. I confronted sally with what eric told me about her, and she admitted it.

Jack: What exactly does that mean?

Phyllis: She admitted that she and tara were working together to force my daughter out of town.

Billy: Let’s just be honest, okay? I am the lucky one in this relationship.

Lily: Yeah?

Billy: You make me feel like an older, wiser version of myself — not too old, of course.

Lily: No! Mnh-mnh.

Billy: Now, this peace that I’m feeling inside is — is really it’s all because of you. You inspire me. And I really think that’s why this feels so strong and right.

Lily: So, dare I say we have a mature — not old, no — kind of love?

Billy: You know, when you were talking about charlie and mattie earlier, it made me want to get to know them better. I know they don’t live near us right now, but I feel like it’s really important they know just how much I love and adore their mother.

Lily: I would love that. I know they would love that, too.

Billy: How about a family vacation? All of us, the whole clan? You think charlie and mattie would handle the little ones for a little vacation?

Lily: Yeah, of course! I mean, the twins would love them. But, I mean, that’s big step.

Billy: It is. It’s a step I want to take with you.

Tessa: Mariah is missing. I don’t know how you can be so nonchalant about this. I clearly wasted my time by coming here.

Sharon: Wait, no. Please don’t go. We are not dismissing how you feel, and you’re right. You know mariah better than anyone. She has been missing for a while, and she did miss a doctor’s appointment. That’s not like her. Not mentioning anything to jack or her coworkers, that’s even stranger.

Rey: Look — those are all legitimate points. But the evidence still points to the fact that mariah is choosing to stay away. So, it would be difficult for me to launch an official investigation.

Sharon: Well, I’m not saying this is an official police matter. Wherever mariah is, she shouldn’t go through this alone. She needs to be with her friends and her family and the woman who loves her. If you can’t help me as a cop, can you help me as my husband?

Tara: [ Sighs ]

Jack: Hello, tara.

Tara: Too bad harrison just left with the nanny. He built something out of blocks, and he really wanted grandpa to see it.

Jack: I’m sorry I missed that. I’ll have to ask him about it when I see him.

Tara: Rough day at work?

Jack: Actually, I’m not coming from the office. I just had a chat with phyllis.

Tara: [ Scoffs ] What is she claiming I did now?

Jack: Phyllis took a trip to los angeles to do some digging. She found out some information about sally and confronted her. Apparently, when sally felt backed into a corner, she confessed to everything.

Tara: Phyllis has proven that she will do anything and make anything up just to cause trouble, like she did with the fake text. So, if you ask me, it sounds like she’s the one backed into a corner, willing to do anything, just to prove this crazy theory. I sincerely hope you can see that, jack.

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Abby: I guess I did have some things I needed to get off my chest. Just, it feels so wrong saying all that. I mean, I have no right to be angry with chance.

Devon: I guarantee you that chance would completely understand what you’re going through, and he’d also be the first person to tell you that you’re doing a fantastic job at handling everything. I’m sure he wants nothing more than to be here by your side, and he’s gonna come home to you as soon as he possibly can.

Abby: How is it possible that you’re an even better friend now than you were before? You always know the right thing to say to reassure me. Promise me that you’ll always offer the same kind of comfort and reassurance and wisdom to our baby when he’s born.

Devon: How about I do one better, and I guarantee it?

Mariah: [ Crying ] Aaah! Sorry, bowie. I’m sorry. Oh! I’m not gonna lose my temper. I’m not gonna upset you. I need to protect you from my anger, from my fear.

[ Sighs ] Whoever is keeping us in here has to talk to us eventually. And once I get some facts, I can start working on a plan of how to get us out of here. I’m not giving up. Okay? I’m not giving up.

Jack: Sally told phyllis that the two of you worked together to get summer out of genoa city, that you wanted her out as much as sally did.

Tara: Well, either phyllis is lying or sally is, because that’s insane. So, take your pick between two seasoned liars.

Jack: Are you sure you’re not the one who’s lying here?

Tara: Why would I do that, after you and kyle have been so good to me and harrison?

Jack: I can’t answer that. I can tell you I know how tempting it is to do whatever it takes for your child. I understand going to extremes to protect your family.

Tara: So, what exactly are you implying?

Jack: Tara, I’m trying to help you out from under all of this before it explodes.

Phyllis: Profit and loss, where are you?

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Nick: How’d it go with jack?

Phyllis: Huh?! Yes, well, yep, I think he heard me, finally.

Nick: Alright. What were you doing on the computer just now?

Phyllis: Hotel things.

Nick: What did we just talk about? No more secrets. So, save us both some time and tell me what you’re really up to.

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Y&R Short Recap Wednesday, August 4, 2021

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Billy and Lily spend some romantic time together when Lily returns home from visiting Mattie. Billy and Lily decide to plan a family vacation so he can get to know Charlie and Mattie better.

Jack tells Sharon that if Mariah stays away much longer he will have to find a replacement for her at Jabot. Tessa and Abby continue to worry about Mariah especially when she sends a text saying she isn’t ready to come home yet. Tessa knows in her heart something is wrong and has a feeling Mariah isn’t sending these texts. Tessa goes to Rey for help and Sharon persuades him to investigate in an unofficial capacity. Mariah is determined to find a way to get her and the baby out of the room where they are being held and back home to their family.

Phyllis tells Jack a white lie by saying that Sally admitted that she and Tara worked together to get Summer out of town. Jack asks Tara to tell him the truth so he can help her before this situation gets out of control.

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Y&R Best Lines Tuesday, August 3, 2021

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Adam: Welcome home.

Victor: Hey, son.

Nikki: We’re barely in the door, and here you are, wanting to talk business, I’m sure.

Adam: [ Chuckles ] That is not the only reason that I’m here. But we do have a lot to discuss

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Victoria: Mm. Well, I assume that you’ve made a reservation at one of your favorite fancy restaurants that most people couldn’t get into even if they tried.

Ashland: Oh, it’s a favorite, alright, and it’s impossible to get into. But that’s only because it’s a hole in the wall and only does take-out.

Victoria: Hole in the wall? Take-out, you? No.

Ashland: You just trust me, ’cause you are about to be transported. I’m gonna have them send over everything on their very limited menu. This is going to be the culinary equivalent of great sex.


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Phyllis: So I want to tell you something, but I don’t want you to take it the wrong way.

Nick: I’m a big boy. Lay it on me.

Phyllis: You’ve been better. [ Laughs ] I’m just kidding. No, um, you have to go away more often.

Nick: Why?

Phyllis: Because that was fun. That was really great.

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Phyllis: Thanks for taking me to the airport.

Nick: I want to spend as much time with you as possible.

Sally: Wow, you’re really leaving your hotel to go out of town. How will this place function while you’re in — where’d you say you were going?

Phyllis: I didn’t. Ooh, you have to be my eyes and ears


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Chloe: There are a few problems with my office. First, the internet is spotty. It keeps dropping at the worst times. I’m gonna need an ergonomic chair for my back, my fridge isn’t working, and I don’t know what’s going on with that side of the building, but the lighting is all wrong. Did you give me that suite just to mess with me?

Adam: [ Sighs ] Yes, chloe, I was up all night thinking about ways to make your work life miserable.

Chloe: Funny, but somehow i wouldn’t put it past you.

Adam: Order whatever you need. Anything else?

Chloe: Uh…

Adam: Wow, this is a first. You at a loss for a comeback. Now, that — that is funny.

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Sally: Okay, for the last time, Tara and I were not conspiring. And is it even legal spreading that tape around?

Phyllis: Is that the thing you’re worried about? Because that’s the least of your worries, actually.

Sally: You know what? It was bad enough that you spied on a guest in your own hotel, but then you had to go and share your lies with Jack?

Phyllis: Listen, Sally, Jack has plenty of reasons to doubt you. Nothing I say or do is gonna convince him.

Sally: How dare you continue to interfere in my relationship with him. I warned you before.

Phyllis: Wow. Okay. Well, that’s why Jack doubts you. See, he’s seen through that sweet, nice thing you have going on and this fake charm. Remember when he walked in here and he overheard you going off on the ways that you were gonna take me down?

Sally: Yeah, but we were moving beyond that.

Phyllis: Okay, well, he’s seen the light.

Sally: God. You are spiteful and vicious.


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Jack: Hey. You’re getting a late start this morning.

Kyle: I didn’t get much sleep. My mind kept replaying that elevator video with tara and sally. It raises so many questions. I can’t stop wondering if they were involved in getting summer out of town.

Jack: Yeah, I’d like to know that, too.

Kyle: I hate that I’m thinking this way about harrison’s mom, but I overheard tara on the phone with sally. Tara seemed relieved that they’d both given us the same excuse for the elevator footage. She said, “you handled it as well as you could have.”

Jack: Pretty damning words. They’re not exactly incriminating.

Kyle: Mm, that’s one more thing to worry about.

Jack: Well, maybe it’s time you confronted tara with all of this.

Kyle: I don’t know if I’m ready to do that. If I did, where would it lead, tara grabbing my son and running off? I dread the thought of her taking harrison away.

Jack: Do you really think she would do that?

Kyle: She has primary physical custody and legally shares parental rights with ashland. In the eyes of the law, I have no rights whatsoever. I’ve submitted the paternity paperwork, but that’s it. Dad, it never occurred to me how precarious this situation could get. Even though harrison’s only been with us for a short time, i can’t imagine my life without my son.

Jack: Okay, I feel the same way about harrison. Let me ask you something. What if phyllis’ suspicions turn out to be true? What if she can offer irrefutable proof that tara was somehow involved in sally’s manipulations to get summer out of town? Could you find a way to forgive her?

Sally: I’m telling you, grams, this woman won’t let up. Phyllis is dangerous, and she’s digging around in all my business. If I don’t watch out, she could ruin everything for me.

Phyllis: Angelina marchetti.

[ Speaking italian ] Very, very nice to meet you, and also, eric, you are just so handsome, charming as ever.

Eric: Thank you.

Phyllis: Yes.

Eric: Mm-hmm.

Phyllis: Thank you for meeting with me on such short notice.

Angelina: Anything for summer’s mother.

Eric: Ladies, here, sit down, please. Phyllis, it’s great to see you. You look beautiful, as always.

Phyllis: Oh, thank you. See what I said? Charming as ever.

[ Chuckles ] By the way, lauren sends her love.

Eric: Thank you. Mine goes back to her. Phyllis and I have many mutual friends. We met when she was doing restless style. That was a good time.

Phyllis: Yeah.

Eric: And her most recent venture is this beautiful boutique hotel in genoa city. I hear it’s a big smash hit.

Angelina: [ Chuckles ] Like mother, like daughter.

Phyllis: Ah, thank you.

Grazie.

[ Chuckles ] Thank you.

Eric: So, what brings you to la?

Phyllis: Oh, I had some hotel business to attend to, and i really just wanted to meet the fabulous woman who made my daughter creative director at her company. Thank you.

Angelina: Honestly, it should be me that’s thanking you — for raising such a brilliant young woman. Summer has been an exciting addition to our team. I am so glad eric recommended her for the job.

Phyllis: Wow.

Eric: It was actually a big surprise that sally came to me to ask for this recommendation for summer.

Phyllis: Sally recommended my daughter for the job? Wow.

Eric: She never ceases to surprise.

Phyllis: Uh, no, I absolutely agree. I’d love to hear more about that conversation.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ] Look at you.

Ashland: What?

Victoria: You look like a weight has been lifted from your shoulders.

Ashland: [ Exhales sharply ] Well, I feel liberated now that this chapter of my life is closed. I mean, shutting down my office here and setting in motion the sales of my new york houses, it’s — I don’t know — it’s like a cleansing.

Victoria: I think you were right, what you were talking about last night, about making a clean break.

Ashland: You know, and after our meeting with the specialist, I feel optimistic. This new chemo cocktail he’s suggested makes sense.

Victoria: Well, I’m just glad you were able to pull some strings to get started right away and that he had such high praise for the oncologist in genoa city.

Ashland: Don’t get too excited. The doctor made it clear that this isn’t a miracle cure, but it does give us hope for more time together. And I want to savor this once-in-a-lifetime connection that I’ve finally found.

Nikki: Oh, there is something about a european vacation that just makes you feel like you’ve escaped to another world.

Victor: Yeah.

Nikki: Thank you so much for my birthday trip. It’s always great to see leslie brooks in concert.

Victor: Mm-hmm.

Nikki: And then, of course, we got to see noah and summer.

Victor: You know, no matter where we go, how long we stay away, I’ve always loved coming back home.

Nikki: Well, yes, of course. Me, too. But now I have a very big problem.

Victor: What? What problem could you have?

Nikki: How am I ever going to top this now for your birthday?

Victor: Oh, well, we’ll see.

Nikki: [ Chuckles ]

Victor: You know how? By just being with me. I love nothing more than to spend my birthday with you.

Adam: Welcome home.

Victor: Hey, son.

Nikki: We’re barely in the door, and here you are, wanting to talk business, I’m sure.

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Ashland: I have a lovely afternoon planned, but first, lunch.

Victoria: Mm. Well, I assume that you’ve made a reservation at one of your favorite fancy restaurants that most people couldn’t get into even if they tried.

Ashland: Oh, it’s a favorite, alright, and it’s impossible to get into. But that’s only because it’s a hole in the wall and only does take-out.

Victoria: Hole in the wall? Take-out, you? No.

Ashland: You just trust me, ’cause you are about to be transported. I’m gonna have them send over everything on their very limited menu. This is going to be the culinary equivalent of great sex.

[ Both laugh ]

Victoria: You know, um, when I was first attracted to you, it was for your savvy gamesmanship and your confidence, but now i really love this fun and easygoing side of you just as much.

Ashland: Well, I’m a slacker. Who’d believe it? Do you see what you’ve done to me? No, I wouldn’t be this way if you hadn’t come into my life.

Victoria: I just wish it could’ve been sooner.

Ashland: No, I can’t think like that. I’m just happy it happened at all, especially at a point in my life that felt so bleak.

Victoria: You’re right, we should just be grateful for the time that we have.

Ashland: Yeah, in a way, i have tara to thank. Once she revealed her true self, it set me free and made me ready to walk away from my old life and open up to the possibility of this.

Kyle: I honestly don’t think I could ever forgive tara if she knowingly was responsible for driving summer away. But still, I can’t understand why she would’ve gotten involved in something like this.

Jack: Sally can be very persuasive.

Kyle: But what could be in it for tara? Our family already accepted her and harrison with open arms. We welcomed her into our home, until she got back on her feet and her business deal with lauren is finalized.

Jack: We made it very clear the boy would be well cared for no matter what happened. She had nothing to worry about.

Kyle: So what more could she gain by getting involved in this plot to drive summer away?

Jack: I can only think of one thing.

Kyle: What?

Jack: You.

Phyllis: Wow, eric, I had no idea that sally came to you for summer.

Eric: She was very determined to get your daughter that job.

Angelina: Then I guess i should thank her for sending summer my way.

[ Cellphone rings ] Ah, sorry, I have to take this. Excuse me.

Eric: Of course.

Phyllis: Can you just take me through this step-by-step? Um, I mean, honestly, I didn’t know that you and sally were so close. I mean, she would come to you for help.

Eric: Actually, it was quite a surprise that she came asking for a favor. It really was.

Phyllis: Why?

Eric: Because sally doesn’t have the best history with my family or with forrester creations.

Phyllis: Oh, I didn’t know that either. I’m — all I know about her — i mean, it’s really not that much, but she wanted to make a new start. What happened with your family?

Eric: Well, I won’t bore you with the details. It’s sort of water under the forrester bridge. I was just impressed that she wanted to make a new start in genoa city, turn her life around. I was very happy to hear that she’s doing well with lauren. She’s very happy there. She’s making changes to help her resist her worst impulses. It’s good.

Phyllis: Yeah, it’s great. She’s really made a name for herself in her new home town.

Eric: You’re happy about this, aren’t you, this new job for summer?

Phyllis: Yes, this is great for summer. This is great. I just want — I’m interested — did sally tell you why she was coming to you for summer?

Eric: She said that summer was a good friend of hers and that summer admired marchetti, wanted to work there, but she didn’t want to appear ungrateful to lauren by going after the job herself, so…

Phyllis: Right. Okay, so she wanted you to recommend summer to ms. Marchetti so that angelina would come to summer herself and offer her the job, right?

Eric: Yes, yes. She, uh, wanted to keep her name out of it. She didn’t want to take any credit for it. She wanted to keep her name out of it completely.

Phyllis: Okay. I wonder why she didn’t go after the job herself.

Eric: I asked her the same thing, but she said she’s very happy with lauren, so there it is.

Phyllis: Well, that’s interesting, but you know that sally has summer’s old job at jcv.

Eric: Ah, well, she told me that was her dream job. She really did. So everything worked out for the best, didn’t it? Except that you don’t think so. I mean, you’re not here just to thank her for this job for summer. You’re here to dig for information. What’s going on here? What’s sally up to now? Hey, it’s me…your skin.

Phyllis: A very complicated series of events led me to believe that sally and ashland locke’s ex-wife had been working together to get summer out of town.

Eric: Why would they want that?

Phyllis: Let me just tell you it benefits them both.

Eric: Wow. Sally just showed up here out of the blue. If I had had any idea this was not above board, that she was up to her old tricks, I would never have complied. Nothing that girl does surprises me.

Phyllis: Yeah, she’s an operator, isn’t she?

[ Sighs ]

Eric: She showed up here and she took — she took advantage of my goodwill. That does not sit well with me. I really wanted to believe she’d changed.

Phyllis: Me, too, eric. Me, too.

Kyle: You think tara wants to get back together with me?

Jack: She’s newly single. Is it that outrageous to think she might want to rekindle her relationship with you?

Kyle: I have to admit, there have been moments when I thought I picked up on the vibe that tara was hoping that we could pick back up where we left off that summer in the hamptons.

Jack: Uh-huh. Have you talked to her about it?

Kyle: No. I chalked it up to her loneliness and the impending divorce and us living in the same house. It’s not like she ever did anything overt that made me think that was on her mind.

Jack: Well, that doesn’t mean it wasn’T.

Kyle: What we had was pretty intense, even fantasized about running away together, but that was then.

Jack: Okay, let me ask you something, and I need you to be honest with me, be honest with yourself. Is there any possibility you still have feelings for tara?

Kyle: No.

Jack: Okay, that’s a definitive answer.

Kyle: I’m not proud I had an affair with a married woman. I knew it was a mistake, and that’s why I put it behind me, moved on. If tara had never gotten pregnant with my child —

Jack: But she did get pregnant. And you stepped up for your son. You embraced fatherhood. Your love and commitment for harrison was evident for everyone to see. You’ve said again and again you couldn’t imagine your life without him.

Kyle: That’s all true. What’s your point?

Jack: Maybe we have to look at this from another perspective. As highly motivated as sally was to get summer out of jcv, to move halfway across the world, she didn’t have any leverage against her. Tara, on the other hand, did in harrison, the son you love, the son you would never want to be separated from.

Kyle: I can’t believe she would use harrison like that.

Jack: I don’t want to believe it either, but we have to follow the logic, wherever it may lead.

Victoria: Oh. “Roman holiday.” You know, that’s one of my favorite movies. Gregory peck — he was so suave and dashing.

Ashland: That he was. Just like me, I presume. You know, audrey hepburn won the academy award for her role. I had a crush on her like crazy when I was a boy. Those eyes, that smile, her innocent charm.

Victoria: Just like me, i presume.

Ashland: [ Chuckles ] You know, we’re on our own little romantic holiday here, aren’t we?

Victoria: I guess so.

Ashland: The announcement of the locke/newman merger really stirred things up. Speculation about our personal relationship has seemed to be the story that everybody’s talking about.

Victoria: It’s a good story. Better than people know.

Ashland: I wholeheartedly agree. You know, this is a fascinating new world for me. Hanging around, leisurely eating good food, and watching classic movies. I could get used to this.

Victoria: Mm. I think you’d only last a few days before you went out of your mind with boredom.

Ashland: [ Laughs ] I think you got me on that one, but you’re pretty much the same way.

Victoria: Well, that’s because we’re doers. We, uh — we’re driven by the need to — to be on the move constantly. We have a passion for achievement. I don’t think that will ever change.

Ashland: Tell me more about that passion for achievement, our future. Talk to me about how we conquer the world.

Nikki: Noah and summer treated us like royalty. They really rolled out the red carpet.

Victor: They were so damn nice, we didn’t want to leave.

Nikki: [ Laughs ]

Adam: Well, it sounds perfect.

Nikki: I’ll spare you any more details, so you don’t have to keep pretending to be interested in our trip.

Adam: I’m genuinely happy that you two got away and you had that time together.

Nikki: I’m gonna check in on victoria. You two can talk.

Victor: Sweet love. So, how’s connor? Is he back?

Adam: Yes, and he’s still thrilled to be living at the ranch. First thing he wanted to do was to see his grandparents.

Victor: Well, we both are dying to see him. So, son, let’s get down to business. What’s happening with the preparation for the launch of the newman media?

Adam: Well, you will be pleased to know that we are moving at record speed. Marketing team is putting together a strong ad campaign. Should have the comps to you by the end of the week. I think you’ll find branding is on point.

Victor: Alright, and you’re spending a good amount of money on the media buy?

Adam: Mm-hmm. It’s a national buy with a heavy rotation focused on our target demos.

Victor: Very good. What else is on your mind?

Adam: The merger between locke communications group and newman enterprises and how we make it work for us. People everywhere living with type 2 diabetes

Jack: Let’s go over all the facts. Sally and tara had a confrontation in the elevator at the grand phoenix that was caught on security camera.

Kyle: And sally lied that she never saw what was in the text phyllis sent to tara from sally’s phone.

Jack: Tara claims she doesn’t even remember what was in the text, and yet it sent her running to sally.

Kyle: Yeah, and even without the audio, the video footage was definitely more than two coworkers sorting through their confusion. They were pretty upset about something.

Jack: And let’s not forget, they both had something to gain from summer leaving. Look, phyllis’ tactics aside, her little stunt really gave credence to the theory that sally and tara had been working together.

Kyle: And the conversation i overheard supports that, too.

Jack: Okay, if we accept that premise, then there’s only one possible scenario — tara was using her son as the leverage they needed to get summer out of the way. Summer was the obstacle to what each of them was trying to do.

Kyle: I still don’t think all the pieces fit together.

Jack: Let me give you another idea. Summer was definitely put in a difficult situation that she didn’t bargain for. But I have never known her to back down from a challenge. Never known her to not fight for what was hers. She was making room for harrison in the life you two were building.

Kyle: Yeah, but suddenly the situation was too much for her to handle.

Jack: Summer is tougher than that. She would’ve made room for tara in your lives because she knew you loved her and she knew she loved you.

Kyle: That’s the thing, dad, last words summer said to me were she didn’t love me anymore.

Phyllis: I just wanted to thank you so much, angelina. Would — summer’s dad and I, we’re so grateful to you. I mean, you’re really giving our daughter a chance to shine.

Angelina: She already is. Your daughter is smart. She’s — she’s creative, energetic, and delightful. She’s a real find.

Phyllis: Wow, that’s just music to my ears as a mother.

[ Chuckles ] Hey, do you mind if we take a picture?

Angelina: Of course not. Eric?

Eric: Yeah, let’s do it. Come on.

Phyllis: Summer would love this. Send it to her. Alright, let me get this. Alright.

Eric: Alright.

Phyllis: Here. It’s a better angle. Cheese. Aw, great.

Eric: Okay.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

Angelina: Yeah.

[ Indistinct conversation ]

[ Cellphone chimes ]

Sally: [ Gasps ]

Lauren: Good news or bad news?

Sally: Good! Great, actually. I just got the sales numbers for the latest jcv pop-up boutique. They exceeded expectations.

Lauren: Ooh, that is good news.

Sally: Sorry, that wasn’t a very professional reaction.

Lauren: [ Chuckles ] Well, first of all, we’re not at the office, and second, your genuine enthusiasm is what makes you excel at your job. You really love what you do, don’t you?

Sally: I wake up every day excited to get to work, and I’m very grateful for this opportunity that you’ve given me.

Lauren: Well, I hope you remember that when I offered you the job, it was on a trial basis, and that trial is over.

Sally: [ Chuckles ]

Lauren: It’s time to make your position permanent.

Sally: [ Gasps ] Thank you so much for being the best boss and mentor and having so much faith in me.

Lauren: Aww. Well, congratulations. You earned it. All your hard work has paid off. You’re only getting what you deserve.

[ Chuckles ] Now, I need coffee.

[ Laughs ]

Sally: [ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ] Whatever gives you life

“The young and the restless”

will continue.

Jack: I can only imagine how much that must have hurt to hear summer she didn’t love you. It was the only way she could think of to keep you from digging dipper into the real reason she was leaving.

Kyle: Which means she didn’t trust me to deal with the situation.

Jack: Which means she trusted tara locke to follow through with her threat to take harrison away and cut him out of your life.

[ Cellphone chimes ] Hold on. Oh, I got this conference call. I can’t reschedule this, okay? Hey. Just think about what I’ve said and we’ll talk some more, alright?

Kyle: Summer, it’s me. Things have taken a strange turn here at home. I really need to talk to you about it. Please, just call me back. I love you, summer. I miss you like crazy.

Victoria: So, picture this — we rent a villa on the cte d’azur and [Sighs] Our day starts off sleeping in. Then we wake up, we maybe do a little shopping in saint-tropez, a little gambling in monte carlo.

Ashland: Mais oui.

Victoria: And then, since we’re seven hours ahead, we spend our afternoons and our evenings on our e-mails and video conference calls, running our corporation together.

Ashland: Late dinners under the stars. And then we fall asleep in each other’s arms.

Victoria: [ Sighs ] And then we wake up and we do it all again.

Ashland: What a happy power couple we will be.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ]

Ashland: And upon returning stateside, we jet around the country buying and selling various entities to expand our portfolio.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ]

Ashland: I have so many things I want to experience with you. It is all so promising.

[ Cellphone rings ]

Victoria: Oh, it’s my mom. Excuse me for just a minute. Hi, mom. Welcome back. How was europe? Really?

Adam: You and I both know that this merger was pushed through too fast. Between ashland’s health crisis and victoria’s blind ambition to be ceo of a mega-corporation, there was some holes that were left unplugged. Leaves the company vulnerable, especially during what promises to be a messy transition.

Victor: Where are you going with this?

Adam: I propose that we start by siphoning off locke communications group’s talent. You’re still controlling figure of newman enterprises as chairman of the board. You’re in a position to complicate the merger.

Victor: In other words, you want me to jeopardize the merger, is that it?

Adam: We need to exploit the fact that many of locke’s employees are being asked to relocate to genoa city from new york. I have it on good authority that they’re not very happy about that or being employees of newman enterprises.

Victor: Do I need to remind you that we are headquartered in genoa city, as well? Why would it be an advantage to them to work for us?

Adam: Because we will allow them to stay in manhattan and do their jobs remotely.

Victor: Oh, I see.

Adam: We need to make our move on newman and locke before they become a threat to our media company.

Victor: Let me tell you something. I don’t want to go after anything that has to do with newman enterprises, okay?

Adam: [ Scoffs ] What?

Victor: I do not want to put at risk what victoria has accomplished.

Adam: Wow, um…okay. I can’t believe what I’m hearing. Before you left on your trip, you were going off on me because I didn’t care enough that we had lost out on the deal to locke’s company and you even accused me of losing my killer instinct. I mean, this is a smart move, one that will benefit us. It’s a move that we should make.

Victor: We will not make it.

Adam: [ Sighs ] Well, then apparently the only person that has lost their killer instinct, dad, is you. Alice loves the scent of gain so much,

she wished there was a way to

make it last longer.

Tara: You’ve got to stop texting me to meet with you. If anyone sees us, they’re just gonna get more suspicious.

Sally: Okay, I had to tell you this. Look… at this selfie that phyllis just sent me. She is in la with eric forrester and angelina marchetti. This woman is relentless.

Tara: This whole thing is unraveling. Kyle reached out to summer, left a message that there’s been a turn of events and that he needs to talk to her about it.

Sally: Okay, well, that’s not good. What else did he say?

Tara: I mean, after all this talk about letting her go, he ends the call by telling her he loves and he misses her. Does that sound like a man who’s moving on? This is all because phyllis just keeps getting kyle and jack worked up.

Sally: Okay, well, that woman is a menace. That’s okay, we can still control it.

Tara: Really? How?

Sally: I don’t know just yet, but I will figure it out. It’s what I do. I’m a survivor — always have been and I always will be.

Tara: That’s not very encouraging.

Sally: Listen to me, okay? Now is not the time to panic. You cannot let on that any of this is bothering you.

Tara: But it is. This is making me crazy.

Sally: Get a grip. You just have to keep playing the hardworking mother whose only concern is her son. Jack and kyle are not gonna force you out of their lives if that means losing harrison because they love that little boy.

Tara: You don’t know that. If they find out I blackmailed summer into leaving, they’ll turn against me. And what if they use that to take away harrison?

Sally: The courts are not about to side with a brand-new family who come in and try and force a mother out of a child’s life. You will be just fine, but you have to stay calm.

Tara: Don’t you get it? I can’T. My entire life is about to blow up. I mean, I am trying to build a future for my son. Kyle and jack let me live in their home. They set me up with fenmore’S. Everything depends on their kindness. But now kyle has it in his head that I’m materialistic.

Sally: [ Scoffs ] Okay, well, that’s rich, coming from a guy who grew up in the lap of luxury and had everything handed to him. But it does seem like you’re a little scared that you might be losing the lifestyle that you’ve become accustomed to.

Tara: I don’t need to live in a mansion, but because of this prenup, without the abbotts, I have nothing.

Sally: Man, it’s really too bad that you’re not more like me. Seriously, I can live alone and scrape by with barely anything, if need be, and I’ve needed to more times than I care to remember. I just have a feeling it would be a lot harder for you.

Tara: You don’t know me. I’m not playing at being a concerned mother. It’s who I am. Everything I have ever done is to give my son the best future he can have.

Sally: I am not the one you need to convince.

Victoria: Sorry about that. I had to catch up with things at the office. But my parents, they — they had a fabulous time on their vacation. And my mom, I mean, she made europe sound so appealing. Maybe we ought to book our trip to the cte d’azur right now.

Ashland: That’s a great idea. We can leave after we get everything up and running with the merger. We can make it our honeymoon. You heard me. You talked about your sudden and surprising love for me. Well…

[ Sighs ] I have fallen in love with you, too.

Adam: This idea is not coming out of nowhere. After you accused me of losing my edge, I suggested that we take a run for portions of locke’s company.

Victor: But I never committed to that.

Adam: Yeah. But remember how pissed you were to find out about the merger? I mean, she used the same bylaws that you put in place for yourself to make her move without board approval.

Victor: Right, and I think it was a damn clever move on her part.

Adam: This is just — it’s very different attitude you had at the time. You were even wondering why i wasn’t more worked up about it. You want to know the reason? Because it wouldn’t have changed a thing. The deal was already done. At that point, there was nothing that we could do about it, but now there is something we could do about it. And why, after victoria has done this, are you so reluctant to respond in kind?

Victor: Victoria made a very gutsy move. The kind of move that I would have made. And it took me by surprise.

Adam: As I’m sure she knew it would.

Victor: And it made me realize that she is the real power at newman enterprises.

Adam: That’s exactly what she’s always wanted.

Victor: Yeah. You know, she’s a hell of a ceo. Very sharp, level-headed, always concerned about the bottom line. I mean…she makes me proud, to be honest with you.

Adam: It’s all the more reason to stop her before she comes after newman media.

Victor: No, son, I will not do anything to jeopardize what she has accomplished.

Adam: Alright. Agreed. It was a savvy move. But we need to respond with a move of our own. It’s just business.

Victor: No, son, it ain’t just business. Never when you and your sister are involved. Don’t settle. Start your day with secret.

Eric: Phyllis, I want you to know how deeply I regret allowing sally to use me in this whole plot against your daughter.

Phyllis: Oh, don’t worry about it. It’s not your fault. I don’t blame you.

Eric: Good.

Phyllis: Thank you for giving me such enlightening information.

[ Cellphone chimes ]

Eric: Alright, I have to go to this meeting. I have to go. I’m sorry. Look, let me know if there’s anything else I can do.

Phyllis: Oh, thank you. I mean, you’ve given me all the ammunition I need. I…I’ll [Sighs] Take it from here.

Eric: I don’t doubt that. Bye.

Phyllis: Bye.

Jack: Hey, how you doing? I know I dumped a lot of unpleasant ideas on you earlier.

Kyle: Yeah, I can’t stop thinking about what it means if you’re right. If tara would use our son that way and the sacrifice summer chose to make because of it.

Jack: It does kind of put a new spin on everything that’s happened.

Kyle: Yeah, if tara would tear apart my life like that, drive the woman I love away, the woman I was about to marry.

[ Cellphone chimes ]

Jack: It’s from phyllis. “Don’t do anything until I get back. I found out something big.”

Sally: Whatever you do, you need to keep focused on your son and how phyllis is trying to create trouble where none exists.

Tara: That’s easy for you to say. I live with the abbotts. I have to keep up that façade 24/7.

Sally: Okay, I’m telling you, the more panicked you get, the more likely this whole thing is gonna blow up for the both of us.

Tara: And I’m telling you, i can take care of myself. I don’t need you lecturing me.

Sally: Just keep it together.

Adam: This isn’t about victoria. I’m not upset about losing out to the deal because it went to her. This is about locke communications group and what is best for our company.

Victor: And you think that’s going after newman enterprises?

Adam: What I know for a fact is there are many people that work for ashland’s company that are not happy with what they see as becoming a fold-in to newman enterprises. They’re ready to jump ship and come work for us.

Victor: Son, one day you will understand when your children grow up. Victoria is my daughter. I’m very proud of what she’s accomplished with this merger.

Adam: But just think about how much newman media has to gain.

Victor: But, son, there’s enough for all of us. This is not about, you know, all or nothing. I have an idea. You want to do something? Let’s go after billy boy abbott. Let’s go after chanccomm. Newman enterprises is off limits.

Ashland: You know, maybe this is all happening too fast, but i don’t care. Hell, I love that it’s happening so quickly, because only god knows how much time we have together. And the one thing I know for sure is I want that time to be glorious and I want to spend every moment of it with you, the woman I love. So, victoria newman… will you marry me?

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Y&R Short Recap Tuesday, August 3, 2021

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Recap written by Eva

Adam and Victor argue because Adam wants to jeopardize the merger between Locke Communications and Newman Enterprises. Victor doesn’t want to jeopardize anything Victoria has accomplished because he has finally realized that Victoria is the right person.

Kyle and Jack finally put the pieces together about how Sally and Tara forced Summer to leave town. Tara listens to Jack and Kyle from the stairs worried that she will have nothing if Jack and Kyle turn against her.

Phyllis talks to Eric Forrester and Angelina Marchetti in Los Angeles and gets confirmation about Sally and Tara’s scheme. Phyllis sends a picture of herself with Eric and Angelina to Sally to prove to her that she knows everything.

Kyle calls Summer to tell her he loves and misses her and they need to talk.

Phyllis sends a text to Jack telling him not to do anything until she returns from Los Angeles she has something big to tell him.

Ashland’s doctor puts him on a drug cocktail that will give him more time with Victoria and he also recommends a doctor in Genoa City to help him continue his treatment. Ashland is happy at the prospect of getting to spend more time with Victoria so he gets down on one knee and asks Victoria to marry him.

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Y&R Transcript Monday, August 2, 2021

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Phyllis: Uh, I’m sorry. Can I get back to you? I just got a huge surprise. Yeah. Right. Okay. Yeah, we’ll talk later.

[ Inhales sharply ] Mm! What are you doing here?

[ Laughs ] Why didn’t you call me?

Nick: I wanted to surprise you.

Phyllis: You did.

Nick: Who were you talking to?

Phyllis: No one.

Nick: Mm.

Phyllis: No one, no one.

Nick: No, no, no. It sounded like it was important.

Phyllis: No, it’s not important. You’re important. I’m so happy to see you. I want to show you how happy i am. Come on. Don’t you want to be happy?

Nick: Yes.

Phyllis: Ohh.

Tara: You want to know if you’re going to learn something about me that’s gonna make you or kyle regret your decision to let me move in here?

Jack: I need to know.

Tara: I’d like to say no, of course not. I mean, with my current complications, though, I can’t predict the future. No one can, and I am hardly perfect.

Jack: Phyllis is throwing around some pretty wild theories about you. Tara, we’re parents, and as parents, there is nothing we won’t do for our kids. Including sometimes pushing the envelope, doing the unexpected, doing things we might one day come to regret. It can happen to anyone.

Kyle: Who’s out to ruin your life, sally? I’m curious.

Sally: Well, I’m assuming you talked to jack. And just when things started to get back on track for us, phyllis started interfering, and this time, he’s actually listening to her, of all people.

Kyle: Dad’s known her a lot longer than he’s known you.

Sally: Yeah, then he should know that she’s a conniving, manipulative liar. Stealing phones and sending fake text messages, using security camera footage to generate a story where there isn’t one? When does it stop? Phyllis has been out to get me from the second I came to genoa city. She decided that I wasn’t good enough for her ex, and she’s not gonna stop until she keeps us apart.

Kyle: That’s what you think this is all about? You and my dad?

Sally: Of course.

Kyle: Then why do you sound so defensive?

Sally: Because victims sound defensive.

Kyle: Okay, maybe you’re right. You could be genuine and as innocent as you say you are. But from my experience with you, you’d sound exactly the same if you were lying through your teeth.

Ashland: Last but not least.

Victoria: The bedroom. Very smooth.

Ashland: Well, that was not my intention, I promise.

Victoria: Gosh, this is just incredible. I mean, this entire penthouse is nothing short of a masterpiece. And the views! I mean, you must be the envy of the entire building with that wrap-around terrace.

Ashland: Well, you know you’re doing something right when other people are jealous.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ] Oh, my gosh, is — is that an anne schwartz?

Ashland: You know her work?

Victoria: I can’t tell you the last time I was this close to one of her paintings. I mean, the — the use of light and color, and she just draws you in to all her paintings. It’s like you’re a part of the picture and not just a voyeur. It’s — are you okay?

Ashland: Yeah, I’m fine. Really, it’s passing already.

Victoria: Maybe we should’ve postponed the trip. Flying took too much out of you.

Ashland: It’s important that we came. I just needed to take care of a lot of loose ends, and business to attend to, houses to close. And I can’t wait to walk into my midtown office and introduce everyone to their new ceo.

Victoria: Well, I’m very excited to meet everyone. But would you please do me a favor?

Ashland: Ask away.

Victoria: Look, you can pretend that you’re okay to the rest of the world, but not with me. I want your authentic self.

Ashland: That’s a tall order. But I can never say no to you.

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Tara: Jack, I can tell that you want me to say something, to explain or open up, but I don’t know how to give you what you want.

Jack: All I want is for you to tell me the truth.

Tara: I am being as honest as I possibly can. But if phyllis wants to cause trouble, there’s nothing I can do to stop that, but that doesn’t make her right.

Jack: Okay. Okay, I’m glad we talked.

Lauren: Oh, hi.

Jack: Hi. Did we have an appointment to meet? I —

Lauren: Oh, [Chuckles] No. I’m here to meet tara.

Jack: Oh, well, I’ll give you your privacy. I was on my way out.

Lauren: Okay, alright. Well, hey —

Tara: So good to see you, lauren.

Lauren: Is he okay?

Tara: I don’t know what you mean.

Lauren: He seemed like he had something very serious on his mind.

Phyllis: So I want to tell you something, but I don’t want you to take it the wrong way.

Nick: I’m a big boy. Lay it on me.

Phyllis: You’ve been better.

[ Laughs ] I’m just kidding. No, um, you have to go away more often.

Nick: Why?

Phyllis: Because that was fun. That was really great.

Nick: It really was. I mean, I loved hanging out with summer in milan, and noah has got london dialed in, but I’m so happy to be here with you.

Phyllis: I’m happy to be here with you. Do you mean that?

Nick: Can’t you tell?

Phyllis: Do you want to prove it?

Nick: I’m sure I’d come up with something. But first, what I’d like is for you to tell me why you were in such a hurry to get me up here.

Phyllis: Um, wasn’t it obvious?

Nick: Eh…don’t get me wrong. Loving the welcome home party, but honestly, you couldn’t have gotten off that phone down in the lobby faster if you tried.

Phyllis: Because I was excited.

Nick: Then you changed the subject when I asked you about it.

Phyllis: Well, what are you insinuating, that I’m up to no good?

Nick: Really? After all this time, you have no idea how well I know you.

Phyllis: Alright. I have a story to tell you.

Sally: I wish I could find the right words to make you understand that I am being attacked for no good reason.

Kyle: Remember who you’re talking to. I’m not just jack’s son. I’m summer’s ex. Phyllis may not have proof about the stuff she’s saying about you, but if I had to do a blindfold test about who was telling the truth, well…

Sally: So it just doesn’t matter what anyone says about me, it’s just automatically true?

Kyle: No, you’re automatically suspect.

Sally: Okay. You don’t trust me. So be it. There’s nothing I can do about that, but give me one good reason that justifies believing phyllis over me.

Kyle: Maybe I don’t have any evidence at the moment, but you better hope I never find any.

Sally: [ Sighs ] Liberty mutual customizes car insurance

Ashland: One of the reasons for me coming here was to select a few of the items that really mattered to me and have them brought back to genoa city.

Victoria: I hope that painting made the cut.

Ashland: Well, the initial plan was to travel light and just bring back what was important to me. You know, I’ve been so busy, i never really took the time to look at that particular piece. But if you like it, that’s all i need to hear. It’s coming back. So now that I can really see it, thanks to you, it’s totally revealed to me.

Victoria: Well, what about your home in long island?

Ashland: Oh, there’s definitely nothing of value for me out there. The hamptons house was tara’s domain. Do you know that house was fully furnished before I even set foot in the door?

Victoria: So this penthouse was your favorite.

Ashland: Oh, nothing compares. I’ve always preferred it here. Manhattan has always been my base of operations, and tara was always spending the entire season out at the beach house. Little did I know, that made it a lot easier for her to have an affair with kyle.

Victoria: You know, second-guessing your decisions is just a waste of time. All you have is this moment and the next one and the one after that.

Ashland: So you’re saying that I should take it step-by-step, let go of the past.

Victoria: Precisely.

Ashland: Now, I’ve always been a man who strategizes 5, 10 years down the road, and that planning has always been the key to my success. Right now, all I care about is finding the recipe for happiness for as long as I have left.

Victoria: You want to make the most of it.

Ashland: Big, intricate plans do not interest me in the least. Being here in the moment with you is what feels really right. You know, it’s like finally looking at that painting, taking a good, hard look and seeing it for the first time… and being awed by its beauty.

Victoria: Weren’t you just a little fatigued earlier?

Ashland: I told you, I’m alright. Everything is always better when I’m with you.

Jack: Look, sally —

Sally: No, jack, please, before you say anything, just hear me out.

Jack: Okay, go ahead.

Sally: This is almost the exact time and place where we were supposed to meet for our date tonight. And here we are. Is it too much to hope that maybe you’ve reconsidered and you came to find me. Because that’s the jack that i know. The man who is fair and considerate and who would never judge without knowing all the facts. The man who I found so compelling and attractive the first time we met. And I still do. Look, if I did something wrong, I totally understand you pushing me away the way that you did before, but I didn’T. And I think deep down you know that. Or you would not have let me get this far. I’m right, aren’t I? We were having so much fun, weren’t we? What we have is far too special and rare to just throw away for no good reason.

Phyllis: So, those two little girls — those malicious little girls did something — they did something to drive summer out of town.

Nick: And they wanted her gone because…?

Phyllis: Because it’s so convenient. I mean, one got her job at jcv, the other one, she’s playing house with kyle.

Nick: Man, whoa.

Phyllis: “Whoa” is right.

Nick: Do you have any proof, or is this just a theory?

Phyllis: Well, I’m working on it. I’m working on it. I mean, what I did is I sent tara a text from sally’s phone, saying something like, “phyllis know about us,” just to see if tara would show up, and, oh, she was there in minutes.

Nick: Just go back to the sally’s phone thing. You had it. How did you get it, exactly?

Phyllis: Not important. Not important how I did it.

Nick: Seems important.

Phyllis: No, not very important. The point is they had this whole confrontation in the elevator, and I took that footage and i gave it to kyle and jack.

Nick: You think that’s crossing the line?

Phyllis: No, I don’T. They were in a public place. It’s on them. They should know what they’re doing.

Nick: Okay, right. Um, but it’s not really proof. Right? It’s just guesswork and circumstantial evidence.

Phyllis: So what? I have my outrage. That’s what I have. I have my fire in my belly. You should have that, too.

Nick: I’m as upset —

Phyllis: This is about our daughter.

Nick: I’m mad, too, okay? If this really happened, if they really did this to summer, i cannot believe it, but you need more than theories.

Phyllis: You want irrefutable proof, right? You want it, jack wants it.

[ Sighs ] I want it. I’m working on it.

Nick: Okay, how are you gonna make that —

Phyllis: Oh, I’ll tell you. I mean, I have this idea. Remember in italy, you said that I should take the next trip?

Nick: Yes.

Phyllis: Well, I’m gonna do that. I’m leaving for la tonight.

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Nick: What’s in la?

Phyllis: Eric forrester and angelina marchetti. That’s who I was talking to in the lobby.

Nick: And these are the people who are gonna fill in the blanks for you?

Phyllis: Yeah, yeah. I’m hoping that they can give me the proof I need.

Nick: Alright. Talk me through this.

Phyllis: Alright. Well, it’s connected, okay? And just… [ Sighs ] How did summer get that job at marchetti? She’s running one of the biggest fashion houses in the world. How did she get that? She didn’t even apply.

Nick: She, uh — she was heading up jcv. That’s a very high-profile gig. Maybe her name just popped up on the right person’s radar.

Phyllis: Maybe. Or tara and sally were behind it. I mean, don’t underestimate sally spectra. And the other one, honestly, she cheated on her husband, she faked paternity. She can’t be trusted.

Nick: I agree.

Phyllis: Good.

Nick: Here’s what I don’t get, though. Our daughter is a fighter. Why would she give in to these two? She would fight to stay. She would retaliate.

Phyllis: What if she felt she couldn’t? What if sally and tara made it impossible for her to fight back? I mean, that would show you how far they’re willing to go to get what they want.

Jack: I appreciate all the kind things you said about me. And you’re right, I don’t like to judge people until I have all the answers. Everyone deserves a fair break and — this part I want to underline — there is a reason that I welcomed you back into my life.

Sally: Why?

Jack: You intrigue me. I haven’t been this attracted to anyone in a very long time. You’re bright, you’re funny, you’re talented, you’re spontaneous, you’re exciting, and you are very attractive. And I wish with everything in me that was enough. It’s not. I don’t know for sure if all of the things that phyllis alleges about you are true. I hope they’re not. But the fact that they could be, that someone could walk up to me and say, “sally did this horrible thing,” and immediately, that would give me pause. I would wonder, and that’s enough for me to not want to go any further with this.

Sally: So you can’t have anyone with a sullied reputation in your life?

Jack: Oh, sally, I have been there, done that. I know it sounds unfair, and maybe I’m wrong, but — but that’s the way it is.

Sally: No, okay, look, okay, so you didn’t trust my answer about the fake text message that phyllis sent from my phone to tara. Okay? And that’s really frustrating, but, I mean, i can’t force you to believe, okay? So we’re just gonna set that aside for one second because the real problem isn’t about the video of me and tara in the elevator, because without audio, we could be talking about anything.

Jack: That’s true, but you cannot deny you lied to me about tara showing you the text.

Sally: The actual issue here is whether or not I cheated my way into the top spot at jcv, and I did not. And there is proof of that. You can even ask lauren. She will tell you that summer recommended me for the job, which she would not do if I had done all of the things that phyllis said that I was doing.

Jack: I know lauren believes in you, and I know why. I also know what summer said. What — what you don’t understand, what — what I am struggling with right now is that doesn’t change who you are. It does not change anything I’ve said tonight.

Tara: Lauren, this has been absolutely enlightening, as always.

Lauren: And for me, acquiring a fabulous shoe line, I’m like a kid in a candy store.

Tara: Is this what it’s like to go shopping with you, fall in love with a dress and end up buying the boutique?

Lauren: Well, it has happened before, but… this is exactly how I want your new american customer to feel, like they have discovered the hot new thing.

Tara: I am excited about the possibilities.

Lauren: And I want to center the marketing around you.

Tara: Are you sure we should do that, given all the recent gossip surrounding me?

Lauren: Well, with the proper branding, you know, we can position you as a woman who’s had a tough go, had a few knocks, but graceful enough to come back and looking fabulous while doing it. You know, I want something powerful and aspirational.

Tara: Well, I haven’t really looked at myself that way before.

Lauren: Well, you need to start. This is about a lifestyle — accent on style.

Tara: I like it. You know, I think that this partnership is really going to pay off for both of us.

Lauren: Yes, me too. And you know that I have a team of accountants going through all the numbers that you provided my company with, just as the final stages of the acquisition process.

Tara: Yeah, I’m sure that’s going smoothly.

Lauren: Well, the reason i bring it up is I got a message on my way over here. I guess there was some documents that we requested that we haven’t received yet.

Tara: That’s odd. You should’ve received everything by now.

Lauren: Yeah, so I e-mailed you a list of the outstanding documents.

Tara: Well, I will take care of it personally. Thank you. And I hope that it doesn’t delay our arrangement. Given my divorce, I need a new immediate source of income.

Lauren: Yeah, of course i understand, but I’m sure you can appreciate I need to finish this part of the due diligence process.

Tara: Of course. I will have everything released to fenmore’s A.S.A.P.

Lauren: Good. Well, I am thrilled to be working with you, and I think we are onto something completely amazing.

Tara: I agree. I’m very excited.

Lauren: Me, too. Alright, I’ll talk to you soon.

Tara: Absolutely. Thank you.

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Victoria: Mm. Ashland?

Ashland: I’ve changed my mind about bringing back the things i consider important to genoa city. I’m keeping that painting, which means something me now because it means something to you. Everything else can go. I don’t want to bring back anything else from this place.

Victoria: But I thought that you said that —

Ashland: You talked to me about forgetting the past, and you were right. I need to let go of everything that happened before.

Victoria: Before what?

Ashland: Before you. I don’t want any complications from my previous life clouding things. From now on, I want to focus on you and working with my doctor to get as much time with you as I can. My divorce is final. I’m freed from my past life because you freed me.

Victoria: No, you give me too much credit.

Ashland: Hardly. You don’t give yourself enough. Do you realize how powerful you are right now?

Victoria: [ Chuckles ]

Ashland: What you have pulled off. I am in awe. You make me want to be as healthy as I can get. I think about what could happen, what we could accomplish together, even if time is short.

Victoria: I don’t want to dwell on that.

Ashland: Well, then look back at the first day we met.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ] When I made the pitch to buy your media division.

Ashland: My decision to sell brought us into each other’s orbit. And it was life-changing. You made me feel like I want to be absolutely and fully alive for every moment I have left.

Kyle: [ Sighs ] What’s all that?

Tara: Oh, just business.

Kyle: Something up? Everything okay with harrison?

Tara: No, he is sound asleep.

Kyle: Then what’s going on? I can tell something’s up.

Tara: [ Sighs ] I just got a call from ash’s assistant.

Kyle: Mm.

Tara: He’s gone to new york. I knew that he was closing down his offices now that his company has been absorbed by newman enterprises. But it turns out that, now the divorce is wrapped, he is, you know, purging a lot of things in his life, like our shared homes.

Kyle: Mm, and that upsets you?

Tara: He’s putting them all up for sale and liquidating the contents. I mean, I put a lot of love and attention into the manhattan penthouse and the place in the hamptons. And I know I don’t have a claim to them because of the prenup, but it still hurts. I mean, I didn’t even get to see them one last time to say goodbye.

Kyle: Hmm. You had to know this was coming.

Tara: Yes, but it’s still abrupt. Even though it was inevitable, still a little jarring.

Kyle: Pretty emotional.

Tara: That’s putting it mildly.

Kyle: To know that someday you’d be essentially homeless, outside of this situation, that’d be pretty terrifying, make you worried about your options.

Nick: You know I’m in your corner, alright? I always am. I’m just trying to come at this with fresh eyes.

Phyllis: I know. You want proof. I know you do. Ugh, I want it, too. I mean, you’re right to ask these questions. You are. That’s why I’m going to la to lock this down, you know? To see why summer’s hand was forced.

Nick: Okay, so your plan is to go behind our daughter’s back to her boss and ask her if there’s any shenanigans with the job offer.

Phyllis: Well, yes.

Nick: Do you think that puts summer in a bad position?

Phyllis: I’ll be careful.

Nick: How you gonna do that?

Phyllis: I have my ways.

Nick: Look, I just think that summer would have told us if there was anything wrong, but i was with her in milan. She was very happy. I saw it with my own eyes.

Phyllis: I did, too.

Nick: But I was with her a lot longer, and I’m telling you, I would’ve picked up on something if there was anything wrong, but she seems overjoyed by her new role.

Phyllis: I know, but she wouldn’t automatically come to us and tell us what’s wrong. You know, maybe she’s embarrassed. You know, maybe she’s humiliated. Maybe she’s —

Nick: She’s what?

Phyllis: I don’t know! Maybe she’s something, but i want answers and I know you want answers, too. And something is wrong. Something is wrong! I can feel it in my bones.

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Nick: Well, you seem very sure of yourself and you’re making a good case, I’ll give you that.

Phyllis: Okay, but?

Nick: Just wondering, you know, if you created this whole thing because you just miss our daughter and you want her to come back home.

Phyllis: Okay, you’re not the first person to say that to me, but you’re the last person i thought I’d hear it from.

Nick: We can say anything to each other, right? That’s the way this relationship works best, when we’re keeping it real. Now, you may have wanted to keep that to yourself, but you didn’t, you came clean.

Phyllis: [ Sighs ] And this is my reward.

Nick: I’m just being honest here. Summer seemed really happy when she was in milan.

Phyllis: I know, I know she did. But maybe she felt like she had to put on a happy face, you know? Like, she felt everything. She left her job, she left us, she left her fiancé. I just — I want to make sure it’s what she really wanted to do.

Nick: Well, I’m concerned that she’s not gonna see it like that when she finds out what you’re up to.

Phyllis: Well, it doesn’t matter, and why are you asking me all of these questions? I don’t expect this from you. If I don’t do this, I’ll never forgive myself.

Nick: Well, then you’re going to la.

Phyllis: There’s one last flight out, so… to go.

Nick: Well, you have my full support. And I’m gonna show that to you by coming with you.

Phyllis: What? Do you mean that?

Nick: Yes, we’re gonna nail this thing together, alright? Plus, I’m already packed from the trip I just came home from.

Phyllis: I mean, it’d be great, but I don’t know, I think I should do this alone.

Nick: Why?

Phyllis: You know, eric forrester will think we’re ganging up on him, and if you stay here, you can keep me in the loop.

Nick: Well, I don’t like being separated from you again so soon, but you got a point.

Phyllis: Alright. It’s settled?

Nick: I’ll stay here.

Phyllis: Okay. So…uh, do you want to give me one last kiss?

Nick: Yes.

Phyllis: Make it good this time.

Nick: The best I got.

Tara: Of course it was unnerving. I never hid that. Harrison and I have had our lives turned upside down, and i know — I know I brought it on myself because of my affair with you. However, that doesn’t make it any less daunting. But I don’t know what you’re driving at, what you want me to say.

Kyle: I’m only commenting on what I’ve observed. You didn’t mention how important these houses were to you before now.

Tara: Do you have any idea of the changes I’ve gone through over the past few months? My friends, my homes, my marriage — all gone. It’s like my whole life was just erased.

Kyle: Okay, I’m aware how difficult things have been for you.

Tara: But at the same time, i am deeply grateful for all the things that have taken the place of what I’ve lost. Things that I could never have expected, things that I couldn’t have planned for — a new family to love our son, a family that accepted us with no questions asked. I know how lucky I was. And I would never do anything to jeopardize it. Anything.

Sally: Just tell me what to do. What to say to make you change your mind. Give me another chance.

Jack: Sally, I —

Sally: Okay, yes, maybe we rushed back into things too quickly. Okay, but there’s a simple fix. We just slow things down. We can begin with the occasional breakfast and long conversations over the phone, and over time, you will see that there is nothing to any of these claims about me and you will feel safe. And in the meantime, we can just be enjoying each other’s company, putting building blocks in place for something special. And eventually, whenever you’re ready and confident that I will never knowingly hurt you, we can take stock, see where we are, and get the happiness that we both deserve.

Jack: You make it all sound very tempting. And I can see that it’s important to you, but…I’m not sure you’re seeing it from my perspective. I saw the person you are once before. And recently, I convinced myself that maybe I could forget that. That was a mistake. I can’T.

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Ashland: I got a phone call while you were sleeping.

Victoria: From who?

Ashland: My oncologist.

Victoria: Okay.

Ashland: He’s secured an appointment for me to meet with dr. Ferguson tomorrow.

Victoria: And he is?

Ashland: A leading small-cell carcinoma specialist. He’s been involved in all the latest treatments and some rather promising experimental trials.

Victoria: [ Sighs ] That’s great.

Ashland: I was hoping that you would come with me.

Victoria: I don’t know about that. I mean, your doctor, he’s gonna be asking you all kinds of personal questions. Are you sure you want me there?

Ashland: Absolutely. You’re the one who inspired me to fight this disease, and i want this doctor to see who’s driving me to live as long as i can.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ] Of course I’ll come. I’m all yours. I’ll be there with you every step of the way.

Ashland: [ Sighs ]

Kyle: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to put you on the defensive, but it seems I have.

Tara: What did you expect? All this talk about me losing my home and how stressed I must have been when my life blew up? And then earlier, you went and mentioned the very real possibility that I will spend the rest of my life alone.

Kyle: Not fun topics to discuss, but they can’t be ignored.

Tara: Would we even be having this conversation if phyllis hadn’t accused me of some — ugh — agenda?

Kyle: Are my questions really that disturbing? They seem natural enough to me.

Tara: It’s how you’re studying me when you ask them, like you’re trying to gauge whether to trust the answer or not.

Kyle: I want to be able to.

Tara: Then stop listening to phyllis and her outlandish theories. I mean, I can literally feel the ground shifting beneath my feet the more you and jack listen to her. I mean, he’s suspicious, you’re interrogating me, and this is how it starts.

[ Huffs ] She plants a seed and it just grows and it grows, and it becomes something else and i can’t live this way and I won’T.

Phyllis: Thanks for taking me to the airport.

Nick: I want to spend as much time with you as possible.

Sally: Wow, you’re really leaving your hotel to go out of town. How will this place function while you’re in — where’d you say you were going?

Phyllis: I didn’T. Ooh, you have to be my eyes and ears.

Nick: I will. Please be careful.

Phyllis: I will.

Nick: And come home with more than speculation.

Phyllis: Yeah, I will. I’ll come home with something. I mean, I know I’m on the right track, especially after that.

Nick: And when you do come back, with proof…?

Phyllis: I mean, I’ll have proof. I’ll have enough proof to blow this out of the water. And then the abbotts will be rid of tara and sally, and then our daughter can come home.

Nick: Alright.

Sally: [ Sighs ]

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Phyllis: Hey!

Amanda: Hello.

Phyllis: Oh, I’m so glad you could get together.

Amanda: Yeah.

Phyllis: Hey, after everything with your family, I know you need to decompress, but you look amazing. You’re actually glowing, so someone’s taking care of you.

Amanda: Yeah, I am feeling pretty wonderful, despite all that drama with my family.

Phyllis: Yeah. Well, spill. I want to hear everything.

Amanda: Okay, come on.

[ Both chuckle ]

Sally: Phyllis!

Phyllis: Is there a problem?

Sally: You just don’t know when to stop, do you? You just keep pushing and pushing, and now you have crossed me one time too many.

Tara: Kyle. I didn’t hear you come in.

Kyle: Got in earlier, but came back to see how things went with ashland and harrison. When I got in, you were on the phone with sally.

Tara: Oh, today has just been grueling. I mean, breaking the news about ashland’s illness to harrison was so much harder than i thought it was gonna be. It was tough on all of us. One of the hardest moments of this whole ordeal. I am so glad you’re home.

Chloe: There are a few problems with my office. First, the internet is spotty. It keeps dropping at the worst times. I’m gonna need an ergonomic chair for my back, my fridge isn’t working, and I don’t know what’s going on with that side of the building, but the lighting is all wrong. Did you give me that suite just to mess with me?

Adam: [ Sighs ] Yes, chloe, I was up all night thinking about ways to make your work life miserable.

Chloe: Funny, but somehow i wouldn’t put it past you.

Adam: Order whatever you need. Anything else?

Chloe: Uh…

Adam: Wow, this is a first. You at a loss for a comeback. Now, that — that is funny.

Chloe: [ Sighs ]

[ Cellphone chimes ]

Adam: Oh. Alright, this is the news I’ve been waiting for all day. My son is home, and I have to go.

Chloe: Oh, well, tell connor I said hi.

Adam: Alright, see you tomorrow — if you decide to come back.

Chloe: [ Sighs ]

Sharon: Connor! Rey, you’re back! Connor, it is so good to see you. How is your grandmother doing?

Connor: She’s getting better, mostly because my mom is taking care of her.

Sharon: Well, I’m really glad to hear that. I bet the first thing you want to do is see your dad. I know he can’t wait to see you, too. He talks about you all the time.

Rey: He does? You and adam have been in touch?

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Sharon: I bet you’re thirsty after your long drive. Natasha, will you make my friend here a nice glass of lemonade?

Rey: Why don’t you have a seat? Your dad’ll be here any minute, buddy. So you and adam were talking the whole time while I was gone?

Sharon: Uh, no, just briefly, you know, when he came here for coffee. We mostly discussed connor. You know, he wondered how he was doing, when he’s coming back.

Rey: You sure he wasn’t up to his old tricks again with you, playing on your sympathies?

Sharon: No. He was just a dad who missed his kid. Now, I want to hear about your trip — everything. But first, what I want is…

Tara: Forgive me. I’m a little emotional, but i know how worried you’ve been about how harrison would take the news.

Kyle: So how did it go?

Tara: I mean, it went as well as it could have, I suppose. Ashland let me stay in the room when he told harrison, and he’s decided to seek treatment, so there’s hope. That made the conversation a whole let less traumatic than it could have been.

Kyle: So what was harrison’s reaction?

Tara: Well, it was difficult telling him that this big, strong man that he’s known as his father his whole life was sick, but I think, in the end, he accepted it. Maybe it’s because he didn’t really understand.

Kyle: It’s way too much for his little mind to comprehend, I’m sure, but who knows how much time ashland will have now that he’s seeking treatment. I mean, harrison may have him in his life longer than we thought.

Tara: That’s what I’m hoping. I mean, as long as our son has all the love and support from all of us, I know he can make it through it.

Kyle: I’ll go check on him shortly, make sure he knows that his daddy’s here for him. But first, mind telling me about that phone call with sally. What was that all about?

Tara: Oh, right. I mean, she was just calling to apologize for blowing up at me about this whole phyllis thing.

Kyle: You mean the text phyllis sent on sally’s phone?

Tara: I know how you feel about sally, but I kind of feel sorry for her, given the way that phyllis has been hounding her about summer leaving town. I mean, now that I have been dragged into this mess, I know what it’s like to be targeted by her unfair accusations. And I hope that you haven’t let her misguided suspicions get to you, too.

Kyle: Like I said, phyllis operates out of a desire to protect summer. She has a long history of jumping to conclusions about people.

Tara: Well, she has clearly jumped to a few about me. So I need to know if you still trust me.

Phyllis: Uh…I assume you’re upset by jack’s visit.

Sally: Oh, you damn well i am.

Phyllis: Oh, you know, i forgot to tell you I gave jack and kyle a copy of the surveillance video from the elevator when you and your co-conspirator were going at it.

Sally: Okay, for the last time, tara and I were not conspiring. And is it even legal spreading that tape around?

Phyllis: Is that the thing you’re worried about? Because that’s the least of your worries, actually.

Sally: You know what? It was bad enough that you spied on a guest in your own hotel, but then you had to go and share your lies with jack?

Phyllis: Listen, sally, jack has plenty of reasons to doubt you. Nothing I say or do is gonna convince him.

Sally: How dare you continue to interfere in my relationship with him. I warned you before.

Phyllis: Wow. Okay. Well, that’s why jack doubts you. See, he’s seen through that sweet, nice thing you have going on and this fake charm. Remember when he walked in here and he overheard you going off on the ways that you were gonna take me down?

Sally: Yeah, but we were moving beyond that.

Phyllis: Okay, well, he’s seen the light.

Sally: God. You are spiteful and vicious.

Phyllis: Yes, I am. I’m spiteful and vicious. You can end this. You can end this now. You tell me what you and tara did to drive my daughter out of town. You tell me now — right now — or things will get much, much worse for you.

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Adam: It’s so good to see you again, connor. How was your trip? I can’t wait to hear all about it.

Connor: It was good. I got to spend lots of time with mom.

Adam: That sounds fun.

Connor: Can we go to the ranch? I want to see grandma and grandpa.

Adam: Oh, buddy, they, um — they’re in europe right now. They’re visiting noah and summer. But your favorite horse is chomping at the bit for you to take him for a ride again. Maybe faith can take you there tomorrow, like she offered before?

Connor: I hope so.

Adam: Alright, well, I will take you home, but we just have to make a quick stop first. I was so excited to see you that I left my laptop at the office.

Connor: That’s cool. I’m just glad to be hanging out with you.

Adam: Well, not nearly as glad as I am to have you back. It was lonely here on my own.

Kyle: What are you so worried about?

Tara: Oh, I’m just so grateful to you and jack, and you’ve been so kind and wonderful about this whole thing during a time when I had no one else. And I would hate to think that you were questioning whether me staying at your home was a mistake.

Kyle: Hey, I hope you know i have no qualms or regrets about you and harrison coming here. I want to look after my son. And you both need and deserve a stable environment, especially with the divorce and ashland’s illness.

Tara: Somehow phyllis has gotten the impression that I’m a gold-digger and that I have ulterior motives. If she’s gotten to you, too, and you no longer trust me, I need to know that.

Kyle: Okay, it’s not that i have doubts about you. I know for a fact how manipulative and underhanded sally can be. She’s a master at finding people’s weak points and backing them into a corner until she gets what she wants.

Tara: So you think she’s using me. In what way?

Kyle: I don’t know what sally’s up to. It’s not worth getting worked up about, especially now. You’ve had a lot to handle today. You’re probably pretty tired.

Tara: Exhausted. So I’m gonna go check on harrison now.

Kyle: Tara, I have to ask. How do you see things going forward?

Tara: What do you mean?

Kyle: Well, now that ashland’s seeking treatment, he may have more time than we originally thought. Does that change anything?

Tara: No, it doesn’T. My marriage is still over.

Kyle: Well, I hope you know you and harrison can stay here as long as you want. My dad loves having harrison here. And you and I, of course, will continue to co-parent with ashland as long as he can.

Tara: Yes, definitely.

Kyle: And you have your shoe line to work on. But what about your personal life? I mean, you probably want to start dating soon, possibly even re-marry. I don’t want to keep you from getting on with your life.

Sally: I don’t know what you’re talking about. I have nothing to confess. I think you’re trying to create something that doesn’t exist. Maybe because you can’t stand the fact that summer is perfectly happy in her glamorous new job far, far away from you.

Phyllis: You and your little friend, tara, are way out of your league. I will not stop until I get the truth.

Sally: You are unbelievable.

Amanda: Well, I see you wasted no time acting on your theory about sally and tara colluding.

Phyllis: It’s not a theory. It’s a fact.

Amanda: How do you know that for sure, phyllis?

Phyllis: I know enough.

Amanda: What proof do you have, as in cold, hard evidence?

Phyllis: I have zero proof. Zero. But I have this, okay? This is why jack is having a hard time getting convinced, ’cause I don’t have anything for him to see, but let me tell you something, those two little girls know that I’m onto them, don’t they? They’re afraid and they’re rattled, and they’re gonna make a mistake. And when they do, I will be right there to take them down.

Life…

Adam: Well, thank you, rey, for driving connor back. I know the request put you on the spot.

Rey: Ah, it’s okay. I was heading back home anyway. It was nice to have some company on the drive.

Adam: How’s chelsea doing? I hope she’s doing as well as she sounded on the phone.

Rey: You know, she seems to be doing okay. She’s following her doctor’s instructions, going to all her therapy sessions, but most importantly, looking out for this little guy. He’s a really good kid.

Adam: I think so, but, obviously, I am biased.

Rey: You should’ve seen how good he was with his grandmother.

Adam: Yeah, I couldn’t be prouder of how considerate and loving my son is. Well, thanks again for everything. We should get going. We got to make a stop before we get home, so we’ll see you guys later.

Sharon: [ Clears throat ] Well, you must be hungry. Can I get you something? You want food or coffee? Or how about a hot shower at home?

Rey: Right now being with you is all that I need.

Amanda: I want to remind you that I am not just your friend, I’m also one hell of an attorney. So you might want to tell me about this video that sally mentioned.

Phyllis: Okay. Listen, I sent a text to tara from sally’s phone saying, “phyllis is onto us.” I mean, you should’ve seen how quickly she got over here. She was really rattled.

Amanda: Okay, hold on. You need to back up there. You stole sally’s phone and sent a fake text message? Phyllis —

Phyllis: Yes, I did. And I am so glad I did it because what I got was gold. Security footage of them in the elevator freaking out, conspiring. I didn’t have audio. If I would have had audio, i mean, this whole thing would be over by now.

Amanda: Listen to me. You are playing with fire here.

Phyllis: [ Sighs ] You know, can you just maybe help me out instead of judge me?

Amanda: Okay, you want help putting the pieces of the puzzle together? Yeah, okay, I can help with that.

Phyllis: Really?

Amanda: Yes.

Phyllis: Oh, my god. This is great. I mean, with your brilliant mind and my somewhat brilliant mind…

Amanda: [ Chuckles ]

Phyllis: …And cocktails, we could figure this out. I mean, I tried to with billy, but we couldn’t — we didn’t get anywhere.

Amanda: Yeah, he is good at considering all the angles, yes, but I think that we could crack this case. So the first thing I think we need to do is put sally aside. Okay? I think we have to focus on tara. I just — I have this feeling that she is the key to this mystery.

Kyle: I didn’t mean to put you on the spot.

Tara: Don’t worry, you haven’T. It’s just that, um, I’ve been so lonely since ashland cut me out of his life. I know that you can understand that because of what happened with summer.

Kyle: Mm. And what do you plan to do about that loneliness?

Tara: If only there was a simple answer.

[ Door opens ]

Kyle: Dad, you’re back.

Jack: Tara, if you don’t mind, I’d like to have a moment alone with my son.

Tara: Yeah, of course.

Jack: I confronted sally about the video.

Kyle: Yeah, what did she say?

Jack: Well, when she was backed into a corner, her first instinct was to lie about it. She tried to tell me she never saw the text.

Kyle: But we saw her —

Jack: She didn’t know phyllis sent us the video. I have had enough of her lies. I — I ended it with her.

Kyle: Good for you.

Jack: This is a great chance for you to say you warned me.

Kyle: You were trying to see the best in a woman you were attracted to. I get it.

Jack: Even after she was busted, she still wouldn’t admit anything. Kept insisting that this was a set-up on phyllis’ part.

Kyle: Tara said the same thing. But knowing phyllis, I guess it makes sense.

Jack: Phyllis has crossed so many lines here, but [Sighs] You have to admit, it’s looking more and more like tara and sally are more than just colleagues. I mean, sally was panicking, desperate to put the blame on phyllis.

Kyle: So if sally is indeed hiding something…

Jack: Which means tara could be hiding something, too.

“The young and the restless”

will continue.

Rey: So, connor taught anita how to play his favorite video game, and the two of them went at it for hours.

Sharon: Anita didn’t mind?

Rey: Are you kidding? She wouldn’t give up until she won.

Sharon: Well, we had a good time around here, too.

Rey: Yeah?

Sharon: Yeah, faith got to meet her favorite band.

Rey: Mm.

Sharon: Thanks to devon and moses, and she’s very excited about that.

Rey: Well, that’s cool. Yeah, I saw the photo she posted. I’m gonna have to get her to tell me all about it.

Sharon: Oh, don’t worry, she will. She can’t stop talking about it.

Rey: And mariah? Have you heard from her?

Sharon: Just some vague texts. I really wish she would reach out directly. I could help her through whatever this is, you know, as her mom, therapist.

Rey: Okay, listen, she’ll be back home soon, and then you can surround her with all the love that she needs.

Sharon: I hope you’re right.

Rey: Hey, I came home. She will, too.

Sharon: So, tell me about chelsea. I mean, is she really alright? Will she be okay on her own without supervision?

Rey: You know, it’s interesting to see her in a different environment, away from adam. I think this distance is helping her. She and connor were with anita 24/7, so I didn’t really get much time to spend with her.

Sharon: But you did keep an eye on her.

Rey: Of course. I mean, I tested her, I gave her opportunities to give me the slip, but she never took advantage.

Sharon: What about now, now that you and connor are gone?

Rey: Well, local law enforcement will check on her periodically, and she’s required to carry a gps-enabled cellphone with her at all times. But I don’t think she’s gonna do anything to jeopardize her access to connor. It’s clear that he’s her number-one priority.

Sharon: You are amazing, you know that? I mean, this woman put you in the hospital, and yet I can hear the admiration in your voice.

Rey: Well, I’ve forgiven her. Chelsea’s been through so much trauma, both physically and emotionally. Listen, she lashed out and mostly ended up hurting herself. I think she truly regrets what she’s done, and she deserves a second chance.

Sharon: You, my love, are the kindest, most generous man i have ever met.

Rey: Ah, well, if you’re into that sort of thing.

Adam: Am I wrong? I always thought it was my, uh, wilder side that you found more compelling.

Sharon: Um… I don’t know where you would get an idea like that. I mean, after all the time and energy I spent trying to help you become healthy and become the person you want to be, who you were meant to be — that’s — that’s more what was pulling me in.

Adam: Sure. Yeah. Yeah. I see your point. I mean, look at who you’re with now. As far as I can tell, I don’t think rey even has a dark side. So, whatever thing you had for bad boys in the past, you are clearly over it.

Sharon: I hope you know i love everything about you, and I’m very grateful to be married to such a good man.

[ Tablet rings ]

Chloe: Oh. Chelsea! Hi! You look good.

Chelsea: Hi! Well, freedom will do that to you. Where are you anyway?

Chloe: I’m in adam’s office at newman media.

Chelsea: Oh, and I take it he’s not there. Are you snooping?

Chloe: No! I mean, not really.

Chelsea: Not the best way to start a new job. Are you trying to get yourself fired?

Chloe: No, I’m not. In fact, it’s going really well. This is a pretty sweet deal so far. I mean, adam is giving me a free hand, a big budget, and most importantly, well, he’s not getting in my way.

Chelsea: Well, that’s a good sign.

Chloe: Well, even better, he’s keeping his word, so whenever you’re ready, you’re welcome to come back on board.

Chelsea: Wow. [ Chuckles ] So I guess he really does feel bad about what happened.

Chloe: Oh, no, no, no, no. No, chelsea, you cannot go there. Do I need to remind you that adam is not doing you any favors? You deserve much more than just a fashion platform. You are the best thing that has ever happened to him, and he blew it.

Chelsea: Thank you for always being my fiercest defender, but, you know, I’ve had a lot of time to think about how everything went so terribly wrong.

Chloe: Seriously? You’re not about to give adam a break?

Chelsea: I just realized how twisted I got, you know, chloe? I imagined adam betrayed when i was incapacitated, when the truth is, he didn’t do all the things I thought he did. You know, I mean, I blamed him for everything, but really, it was all in my head.

Chloe: Wait, what are you saying, chelsea? I know you know that adam always was and always will be adam, which is to say bad.

Chloe: Well, a lot of people would say that I’m bad because of all the terrible things I’ve done. It’s just — it’s not that simple for me or anyone else. I’m just tired of all the rage, you know? I’m sick of it. It’s so heavy carrying around all of that anger, and I am finally ready to just let it go.

Chloe: [ Sighs ]

Phyllis: Let’s just go over this. Tara and harrison move in to the abbott house around the same time that summer gets this amazing job offer from angelina marchetti. I mean, seriously, she’s the biggest designer in milan.

Amanda: Out of all of the qualified people in that industry all over the world, why did she hone in on summer newman in genoa city? And not just for a job interview, to offer her the job, site unseen.

Phyllis: And then summer goes from, “I’m in love with kyle, I’ll do anything for kyle, i can’t wait to be a stepmom” to “I didn’t sign up for this.”

Amanda: And then she moves away from everyone she knows and loves.

Phyllis: And then tara takes summer’s place at the abbott dining room table. And then the other one, sally, she takes summer’s job at jcv.

Amanda: Let me just be a devil’s advocate for one minute, okay? What if summer’s departure — what if it didn’t have anything to do with tara colluding? You know, it could have just been a coincidence of luck and timing.

Phyllis: No, no, I don’t believe in coincidence. People make their own luck. I mean, look at tara. She made her luck when she latched on to ashland. I mean, he’s one of the biggest billionaires in the country.

Amanda: Yeah, and now that that marriage is over, she is insinuating herself into the life of another prominent man with a famous last name.

Phyllis: Exactly, and she’s using her kid to get what she wants.

Amanda: Phyllis, you’re not certain about that.

Phyllis: Oh, yes, I am. I have seen that game. I have played that game. A very long time ago.

Amanda: Okay, well, now that you tell me that, I have to ask — do you think that it’s possible that you are projecting your experiences onto tara?

Phyllis: Absolutely not. I’m just stating the obvious.

Amanda: Okay, well, assuming that you are right, why does tara even need sally? I just — I feel like we’re missing something here. I don’t know what.

Phyllis: [ Sighs ]

Amanda: Hey, when exactly did summer get that incredible job opportunity in milan?

Phyllis: Well… when did she — oh, my god. She heard about it through sally. Sally told her. Sally claimed that she was interested in this job, and then summer got it. And then later, sally claimed that she wanted it, but it was okay that summer got it because she was happy with the jcv job. Okay. We just need to do a deep dive into how this happened.

Kyle: Okay, why is phyllis working so hard to make tara and sally look bad? She can’t just want to hurt them for no reason.

Jack: I hate the way phyllis has handled this whole thing, but we should be surprised. She’s always been protective of summer.

Kyle: Which is why i attributed her actions to the pain of seeing her daughter move halfway around the world.

Jack: And why I initially wrote off all of her suspicions for just that reason, but I’ve known her a long time, I got to say this — she’s always been a pot-stirrer, but her instincts are always on the money.

Kyle: Honestly, dad, do you really think there’s some clandestine conspiracy at play here?

Jack: I don’t want to think that, but too many things don’t add up. I can’t just dismiss this entirely. Can you?

Kids can change minds.

Tara: You’ll be glad to know harrison is sound asleep. His busy day knocked him right out.

Jack: Oh, this little bodies have so much energy that they go and go till they can’T.

Tara: It has been a long day for some of us adults, as well. I was thinking about taking a swim, wash off this exhausting day. It’s a beautiful night.

Kyle: Go ahead. There’s something I need to take care of. So if you’ll excuse me.

Jack: You know, I think I’ll turn in, too.

Tara: Jack, can I ask you something before you go?

Jack: Sure, what’s up?

Tara: I get the sense that something has shifted in the way that you and kyle view me, and i know that our family bond is new, but I hope you know that you can ask me anything. I’m an open book. So if I can put any of your concerns at ease, please give me that chance.

Adam: Hey, the kitchen is all the way down the hall on the left. Stock full of all kinds of snacks. We can stop by there on the way out if you want.

Connor: Yeah, cool.

Adam: Okay. Chloe.

Chloe: Connor, hi! Perfect timing. I actually have your mother on the phone right now.

Connor: Mom!

Chelsea: Hi, buddy! Oh, how was your trip? That was so fast. I know it was probably a long ride, huh? I hope you didn’t get tired or bored.

Adam: I’m sure there’ll be plenty of time to talk about that later. I actually just stopped back by to grab my laptop, and I need to get connor home.

Chelsea: Adam, wait. Call me later?

Adam: I’m sure there’ll be plenty of time to talk about that before connor goes to bed. Weren’t you going home a while ago? Uh, bye, chelsea!

Connor: Bye, mom. Call you when we get home.

Chelsea: Bye, buddy. I love you. Well, thank god, connor seems okay.

Chloe: He is going to be fine, and so are you, as long as you keep everything with adam strictly business. You just have to focus on co-parenting your son. That’s all.

Chelsea: Of course.

Phyllis: You know what I’m gonna do? I’m gonna right to the source. I’m calling angelina marchetti herself.

Amanda: That is a pretty bold move, calling summer’s boss, and it’s the middle of the night in italy. She might be asleep, phyllis.

Phyllis: Nope. I happen to know that she went to la. That’s what summer told me, that she and her pr team went to la. She’s promoting her fall line.

Amanda: Okay. Are you really sure that this is a good idea?

Phyllis: It’s a great idea. And you know what? I know her pr person. I used to work with francesca back in my restless style days. Hey, francesca! Hey, it’s phyllis summers. I know! Oh, I know, restless style was fun. How’s summer doing? Oh, I love to hear that. That’s great. Listen, um, I have a big favor to ask of you. Man, I slept.

Rey: “Good man,” huh? I don’t know, I think I’d prefer sexy, handsome, maybe even brilliant.

Sharon: What? You’re all of those things and more.

Rey: Well, maybe we’ll just have to go back to the house so you can prove that to me.

Sharon: Well, we better get going because I have a lot of proving to do.

Rey: Mm.

Sharon: This must be something connor left behind.

Rey: Yes, chelsea gave him that for the car trip home. I’ll make sure it gets back to him.

Sharon: Despite everything she’s done, she tries to be a good mom.

Rey: You know, it’s easy to see how much she loves her son. She confessed to me that she wishes she could take it all back — everything she did to me, to adam, but most of all connor. Breaking up his family. I think she’s worried about how damaging this will all be to him.

Sharon: I can’t imagine the guilt weighing on her.

Rey: She truly regrets how things turned out with adam. And I still think chelsea has a hard time letting it go.

Adam: Uh-oh, looks like somebody’s ready to crash.

Connor: Not me. Mm, I’m just tired ’cause the drive back from grandma’s house was so long and boring.

Adam: Mm-hmm. If you say so.

Connor: I’ll go unpack and then I can call mom back. You can talk to her, too, if you want. We’ve got to start making some plans for when she comes home.

Adam: [ Clears throat ] Better go unpack.

Jack: I really am ready to call it a night. We can have this conversation some other time, alright?

Tara: I don’t want to let this fester. I mean, I know that this whole thing with sally and phyllis has complicated matters.

Jack: Everything tends to be complicated with those two.

Tara: I guess I’m learning that the hard way. Maybe I was too preoccupied with my concern about harrison finding out about ashland’s illness that I-I didn’t explain myself well enough, but I’d like to now, if it would help. I understand if things are too awkward. Maybe we should move out.

Jack: No, no, there’s no need for that. No, harrison is part of this family. He always will be. That means that — that means you are, too.

Tara: Thank you, jack. You and kyle have been a lifesaver for us.

Jack: I do need something from you, though.

Tara: What?

Jack: I’d like you to reassure me that you’ve been upfront about everything with us, that I won’t eventually learn something about you that will make me regret letting you into my home.

Sally: [ Sighs ] So tell me, kyle. Why is it so hard for everyone in this town to give me a chance? Why are you all so determined to ruin my life?

Phyllis: Ms. Marchetti, hi. This is phyllis summers. Yes, yes, francesca gave me your number.

Angelina: Yes, I recognize the name. Your brilliant daughter is working for me. I couldn’t be happier with her performance. I will be forever grateful to my dear friend eric for recommending her.

Phyllis: Wait, I’m sorry, eric? Eric forrester?

Angelina: Yes, I’m in los angeles meeting with him right now.

Phyllis: Wow, that’s a coincidence because I am on my way to los angeles, as well.

Next week on

“the young and the restless”…

Eric: Wait, you’re not here just to thank you for this job for summer. You’re here to dig for information. What’s going on here? What’s sally up to now?

Tessa: Why would mariah send a bland group text over something so important? I don’t know what’s happening.

Abby: I do. Mariah’s not coming home.

Victoria: Maybe we ought to book our trip to the cote d’azur right now.

Ashland: We can leave after we get everything up and running with the merger. We can make it our honeymoon.

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Y&R Short Recap Friday, July 30, 2021

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Recap written by Eva

Rey returns home with Connor and Rey tells Sharon he has forgiven Chelsea for what she did to him.  Chelsea talks to Chloe via video call and tells her she has had a lot of time to think and she is ready to let go of all her anger toward Adam.

Phyllis tells Sally she won’t rest until she can prove that she and Tara forced Summer to leave town. Phyllis goes over what she suspects about Sally and Tara with Amanda. Amanda helps Phyllis remember that Summer heard about the job at Marquettee from Sally. Summer calls Angelina Msrquettee’s PR person and asks for Angelina’s cell phone number. Phyllis calls Angelina who tells her that she is so grateful to Eric Forrester for recommending Summer for the job. Angelina tells Phyllisthat she is in LA meeting with Eric right now. Phyllis tells Angelina that she is leaving for LA today and hopes to see her there. Kyle and Jack begin to suspect that Phyllis is right and Sally and Tara forced Summer out of town.

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Y&R Best Lines Thursday, July 29, 2021

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Sally: Well, I was right. Tara, the text did come from phyllis, and she spied on us in the elevator.

Tara: I am dealing with a lot right now. The last thing I need is to get caught up in your drama. So just leave me out of it, please.

Phyllis: Wow, how does that feel, getting thrown under the bus?


Amanda: Hey. [ Chuckles ] When you said that you were gonna change, I didn’t know that you were gonna change. You look good.

Devon: Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Just threw on this suit.

Amanda: I know, you are wearing that suit.

Devon: [ Chuckles ] Alright. You ready to go?

Amanda: Let me finish my wine first.

Devon: Okay. What are you thinking about?

Amanda: Hmm. Let’s see, I was just thinking that if you really wanted to go to dinner, you would not come downstairs looking so damn good.


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