Young and the Restless early weekly spoilers for May 18th – 22nd thrill with Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) plotting some premeditated murder with a cop as his sidekick. Plus, Audra Charles‘ (Zuleyka Silver) dirty, dark LA secret is going to spill out at last.
And as we always do on early edition day, we’re going to start with what happens the rest of this week before we dive into next week’s action. So, let’s do it.
Wednesday, May 13th
Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) tells Devon Winters (Bryton James) and Nate she’ll leave for New York. This is on the Wednesday, May 13th episode. She’s going up for Malcolm Winters‘ (Shemar Moore) surgery as soon as Cane Ashby (Daniel Goddard) does his donation of the bone marrow in Genoa City. Lily has some medical questions for Nate about the risk to Cane from the surgery, but Devon doesn’t care about what happens to Cane and he’s openly mocking.
Lily says that Cane’s arrest scared her, but he promised to jump bail to donate if it came to it. Devon is not impressed and Nate of course sides with Devon. But Lily says Cane is helping Malcolm, but Devon insists it’s just about Lily. And Devon gripes that Cane didn’t even pay for any of the bad things he’s done.
Young and the Restless Spoilers: Lily Encourages Devon
Lily thinks Devon is acting out because he’s mad at Mariah for not paying for her crime. And Devon admits he is annoyed. Plus, Abby’s attitude is also bothering him. Devon gripes about there not being justice and he’s really upset that Dominic wants to see Mariah. Lily encourages Devon to go see Mariah and start healing. And then Lily asks Nate and Devon to keep Cane in their thoughts as he goes through his procedure. And Lily leaves. Devon tells Nate he thinks Cane is a problem and he hopes Lily doesn’t bring Cane back into their lives.
Meanwhile, Nick is still acting off and Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) flat out asks Nick if he’s back on pills. He sidesteps Adam’s question and Nick asks instead where would he even get drugs since they were just in the park looking for Matt Clark (Sean Dominic). He offers to let Adam search him, which is funny because we know Nick took his last pill while they were in the park. Adam wants to be there, but Nick says he’s stressed about Matt and is hangry. And Nick says he has a plan for Matt, and that is to kill him. Adam doesn’t want Nick to wind up in prison.
And basically, Nick’s plan is to provoke Matt knowing he’ll go nuts, and then Detective Burrow can be there and Nick can kill him and the cop can see it’s in self-defense. So, he tells Adam, “Step back. I’ll take it from here.” And Nick is surprised that Adam’s objecting because he is morally flexible, morally gray. And he tells Nick, just let the Newman security team handle it. And he gets mad and he storms out on Adam.
Young and the Restless Spoilers: The Search for Matt
Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), meanwhile, updates Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) and Noah Newman and says the search for Matt is ongoing. And Noah tells Victor that Matt didn’t recognize Audra and he thinks the amnesia is real. And that gives them the upper hand on Matt, and Victor actually agrees. Sharon though thinks the cops should handle it, but Victor says no, it’s up to them.
Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) talks to Matt at Crimson Lights about growing up in Genoa City and brags that she once dated Danny Romalotti. He has no idea who that is. Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) storms over, interrupts, calls Patty a liar, and she takes off, but first tells Matt they should talk later.
Then Matt asks Phyllis why she’s always fighting with people. She says she has enemies and tells Matt a whole bunch of Patty’s past crimes. Matt talks about not remembering your crimes and says people hate him, too. Phyllis hates Patty and then Matt asks her about her argument with Cane that he saw. Matt asks if she’s a grudge holder and likes bad boys.
And then Matt tells Phyllis he remembers he’s from Los Angeles. So she starts grilling Matt about why he came to Genoa City, and Phyllis advises him to avoid Patty. And then Matt invites Phyllis to dinner, but says he lost his wallet, so she has to pay. And then he mentions these guys, Noah and Victor, that hate him, and they told him his name is Matt Clark, and he asks if Phyllis knows him. Her jaw drops.
Young and the Restless Spoilers: Making Sense of Matt’s Plans
Adam tells Victor that Nick was getting twitchy and then left, and he suspects his brother is already back on pills. Amazingly, Victor thinks that Nick should go to rehab. Adam says Nick wants to murder Matt with Detective Burrow there to say it’s self-defense. Victor and Adam agree that Nick needs to be on the sidelines.
Sharon’s happy to see Nick when he shows up at the house and she says Noah wants to go after Matt. Nick is in agreement, but says he’ll go with Burrow and that Noah can’t come along because it’s dangerous. Nick explains his whole self-defense murder plan, which Noah loves, but Sharon hates, and she says Nick needs to focus on his recovery and let security handle it, but he won’t back down and says it’s fine if he goes to prison.
Thursday, May 14th
Thursday, May 14th, Phyllis sets up a trap. I assume it’s about Victor, and I do wonder if it involves Matt Clark since she knows where he is, and she knows how much the Newmans want him taken down. Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc) asks Phyllis if she’s going to give up Newman Enterprises to avoid criminal charges.
But Phyllis claims to have a better plan on Young and the Restless. Meanwhile, Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) turns things around on Patty. And of course, she desperately wants Jack back, and he wants to ruin Victor. So, I wonder if Patty will do what Jack wants. Victor gives Nick some much-needed tough love on Thursday. Victor wants him in rehab. Yay to that. But I bet Nick is going to be mad and accuse Adam and Victor of ganging up on him and refuses to go.
Friday, May 15th
Friday, May 15th, we have got Nick in danger when he makes a deal. And I’m presuming it’s the drug deal because Nick is going to buy a baggie of pills from a dealer in the park. Adam already suspects Nick is back on fentanyl. And I’m sure the rest of the family is going to realize very soon that he has indeed relapsed.
Cane is stunned by Lily. Maybe she kisses Cane for donating bone marrow before she takes off to go to New York City to be with Malcolm. Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin) and Holden Novak‘s (Nathan Owens) bond grows in New York after they spend some time with his mom, Stephanie. And of course, Holden is very worried about Malcolm’s treatment. I do wonder if the sparks will fade once Holden tells Claire the big Audra LA secret.
Week of May 18th-22nd
Then the week of May 18th through the 22nd, we’re going to have a big early week because the last day of May sweeps is Wednesday, May 20th. And I expect Nick’s relapse to worsen and Matt’s memories to return very soon. They’re already starting to kind of filter into his brain. Malcolm is due back soon on our screens, I’m assuming, for these New York transplant scenes.
Jack gets to work manipulating Patty and we should see Claire demanding the truth from Holden since he promised her if she came to New York he’d tell her all about Audra in Los Angeles. Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) and Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) are excited about the baby but still worried he might face consequences. Cane and Lily get closer after his and Malcolm’s procedure once she is back home.
And Phyllis works hard to avoid prison at all cost. Victor is busy dealing with Nick, chasing Matt, and still pressuring Christine Romalotti (Lauralee Bell) to put Cane and Phyllis behind bars. Adam worries about Nick, and we’ll get more scenes with handsome Matt Cohen as Detective Burrow. Look to see if Crazy Patty circles back to Matt. Also, look for recast Jill Abbott for five episodes starting June 25th. She’ll be played by Days of Our Lives actress Lauren Koslow.
