Young and the Restless brings some wild new spoilers for next week, including Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) bizarre run-in with Matt Clark (Sean Dominic) that has some sparks flying. We’ve also got Phyllis Summers‘ (Michelle Stafford) big move and Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) hurling accusations at Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow).
Nick Tells Victoria About His Drug Addiction
So, first of all, let’s talk about Nick and Adam Newman. So, at the end of this week, Nick was up at the GCAC to meet Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle). But when Christian Newman, you know, that kid of his we never see or hear about, actually calls Nick, maybe to say, “Hey, Dad, when are you coming home?” Um, he kind of turns around to take the call and that’s how he misses seeing that Matt Clark is at the GCAC and the guy walks right by. So after that, Nick goes to sit with his sister Victoria and she’s got questions about exactly what happened in Vegas. Because nobody has really given her a lot of details.
So Nick fills in Victoria about Adam and Rizza Thomas (Tina Casciani) and also about how Matt lured Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) and Noah Newman into basically a death trap and held them captive in the gas station garage and then tried to blow all of them up. And Nick also told Victoria they don’t know if Matt is really dead. Because his body hasn’t turned up. Then Nick tells Victoria that he fell into drug addiction after the car accident and surgery. And Nick tells her he got in over his head with fentanyl. He also says Matt gave him some bad fentanyl and then he overdosed. And Victoria says this isn’t Nick’s fault.
Young and the Restless Spoilers: Victoria Blamers Herself
And Victoria actually blames herself for not seeing the signs and not being there for Nick, which is very sweet. And Victoria asks if Nick is sure that he won’t relapse. That is a great question. Because he really should be in inpatient rehab, but instead he’s going to meetings and Sharon recommended I don’t know if it was an outpatient or an online thing, but probably not what he needs, you know.
So, the big reveal that Matt is alive and in Genoa City could push Nick back onto fentanyl. Because in next week’s Young and the Restless spoilers, Adam confronts his brother when we see Nick looking worse for wear. He’s all edgy. He’s kind of rumpled and stained. So, he tells Adam, “Just spit it out.
You know, if you’re going to accuse me, just do it.” And so, he asked Nick, “Are you using again?” So given that Adam saw the symptoms when Nick was tweaking in Las Vegas, yeah, I’d be worried that he did fall off the wagon and start using again and Adam has noticed. Because really Nick’s addiction cleared up way too fast to be believable. So a relapse seems likely.
Matt Has a Run-In with Noah
All right, let’s talk now a little more about Matt. At the end of this week, he was at the GCAC bar. He was chatting with Phyllis about being a town pariah, not knowing who he is. There was a little bit of a flirty vibe. And after narrowly avoiding a run-in with Nick, we’ve got Matt up at the Chancellor Park Cafe where Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) sees him and calls out Mitch, the name that she’s always called him.
So Noah happens to be nearby. Because he was chatting with Audra. And of course, Noah flips out when he sees Matt. So, as this week of episodes end, Noah charges at Matt and the guy doesn’t know what’s going on. He’s trying to stop Noah from attacking him, saying he lost his memory. And Matt’s begging Noah to please tell me who I am. And of course, he thinks Matt is faking.
When Noah goes to grab him again, we’ve got Matt punching him basically in self-defense. Because he has no idea why this is happening, and he runs off. Then Noah calls Grandpa Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) and tells him Matt is in Genoa City and sucker punched him and took off. So, by the way, it looks like Roger Howarth is sticking around. As of earlier this week, he was still filming scenes as Matt. Michelle Stafford posted a video of the two of them in hair and makeup earlier this week together. That means we’re likely going to have villainous Matt at least until early June on Y&R, which is interesting.
Matt Runs into Patty Williams
So clearly Victor’s security people are lax as always. Because next week Young and the Restless spoilers have Matt walking right into Sharon’s coffee shop. He’s up at Crimson Lights and he runs into another lunatic town pariah, Patty Williams. And Matt gives Patty kind of a really flirty look and she gives him one back and they’re smiling at each other. Let’s hope these two just keep walking because the idea of Matt teaming up with Patty could be a real problem for everybody in Genoa City because they are both violent psychos.
Phyllis Has Something Better In Mind
And speaking of psychos who dislike the Newmans, let’s talk about Phyllis. So, turns out the Newmans not only, you know, fed fake evidence to petty new DA Cricket, but they’re also sabotaging Summer’s conglomerate. And Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman) tells Phyllis that there’s deals being scrapped. And Phyllis assumes Victor’s behind it. Lauren warns Phyllis even if she wins the court case, things could still fall apart. Because Victor’s destabilizing everything. Lauren will stick around and stay loyal, but she worries Phyllis isn’t going to be able to deal with all this.
Young and the Restless Spoilers: Will Phyllis Accept Help?
So, next week, Young and the Restless spoilers have Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc) hoping that Phyllis is ready to let him really help her. And Michael is hoping Phyllis will give back Newman Enterprises to Victor if the criminal charges can be dropped. But no, of course, can’t be that easy. She tells Michael that she has something better in mind. So, the big question is, what in the world is Phyllis up to now? We know she’s not going to go down. She’s not going to cave to Victor without a fight. I expect more dirty moves from her. And we still have to see if the arrests are done or if Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) also winds up in handcuffs soon.
I’m still hoping that Victor is outed for using the AI on others because he did it all first. I mean, surely Cane or Matt’s business records could prove that the AI was in there doing its thing. Honestly, Josh Griffith just got pushed out as executive producer. And if this plot ends with Victor facing no consequences, they should go ahead and fire him as head writer, too. I mean, honestly, I think Josh should be fired as head writer anyway, because he’s a mediocre, repetitive writer who loves retcons and ridiculous stuff. And the AI plot is just the latest bad thing that explains why he needs to go.
More Spoilers for Next Week
We’re also going to see next week more of Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) getting closer to Cane Ashby (Daniel Goddard) now that he is doing all he can to save Malcolm Winters (Shemar Moore) despite his arrest. Plus, Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin) gets closer to Holden Novak (Nathan Owens) and they’re going to be headed to New York City for Malcolm’s procedure.
Claire’s definitely going because Holden promised the whole truth about what went down with him and Audra and Claire cannot resist. Meanwhile, Audra keeps putting herself in Noah’s orbit, and Sienna Bacall (Tamara Braun) is not going to like that one bit. She has never been a fan of Audra’s anyway, and now with her checking out Noah, that’s a problem.
Y&R is on fire next week, so don’t miss an episode and check back for our weekly spoilers video, our weekly predictions, and lots more for the week of May 11th through the 15th.
