Young and the Restless gives Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) with a plan in mind and she’s set a trap for somebody. And my guess is that it is Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) because even if she goes down, I doubt that she’s going to go down alone.
So, we’re going to talk about how Phyllis and her chief enemy Victor might both end up in trouble with the law.
Phyllis Starting To See How Bad Her Legal Situation Is on Young and the Restless
So, right now, Phyllis is starting to see with a lot of clarity how bad her legal situation is. The faked AI evidence is either really thorough and convincing or Victor paid off some experts to say it’s legit. Seems like something he would do. So, it’s enough though to convince new DA Christine Romelotti (Lauralee Bell) to go full speed ahead with the criminal charges against Phyllis and Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn), which you know Christine is enjoying.
And when Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman) suggested that Phyllis could cut a deal to give Newman back to Victor and escape criminal prosecution, well, Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc) wrote Phyllis a reality check. And he said even if Victor were to drop the charges, Christine would most likely still go after Phyllis. She could still prosecute. And I mean, let’s not forget she is guilty. But don’t forget, so is Victor in this storyline.
Victor Needs to Pay as Much as Phyllis Does
Both Phyllis and Victor are really the villains. So there is a chance Phyllis and Victor both may wind up in legal hot water. I mean honestly that would be pretty karmic because they’ve both been behaving terribly. Phyllis and Victor both use the AI to steal companies and Victor did Phyllis really dirty before that. So that’s why she’s turned around and flipped and done him dirty in return.
So, if Victor was also arrested and both he and Phyllis were facing criminal charges, that seems right. It seems like they’re facing consequences they deserve. Now, I doubt either of them would wind up in prison at all, or if they did, not for long. If Victor and Phyllis were both charged, they might get probation or they could be barred from running a corporation. But let’s face it, both Victor and Phyllis are way overdue for a good slap from karma.
The Evidence Against Phyllis Is All AI Generated on Y&R
Let’s talk about Victor in just a minute, but I want to start with Phyllis. So, the evidence against her is all AI generated. Plus, Christine absolutely hates Phyllis and won’t stop prosecuting her unless she gets 100% proof that the evidence against her is 100% fake. Up until that, full steam ahead. So, with all that stacked up against her, Phyllis seems to be in really hot water. And it’s hard to see a path forward for her. The problem is, not only does Victor want Newman back, but he also wants to punish both Phyllis and Cane for doing the exact same thing that he did. It’s hard to see how Phyllis can avoid legal consequences and a criminal conviction.
Now, as for Victor, Young and the Restless viewers really don’t want him to go unpunished for using this illegal AI to ruin two different companies. More than that, honestly, I think fans would just like to never hear the words AI again. So, even though Cane is a jerk, Victor’s track record of despicable deeds is much worse than Cane’s. So, they don’t appreciate him doing what he did to him.
Matt Clark (Roger Howarth) is an awful murderous rapist human being that everybody hates and also fears. So, him losing his company isn’t something really anybody but him cares about. Regardless, Victor’s gotten away with too much for too long. Plus, he’s playing dirty and he’s acting like Phyllis is beneath him and that her actions are detestable.
Victor is Guilty Too on Young and the Restless
However, Victor did the exact same thing Phyllis did and he did it first. It’s just ridiculous how Victor can want to punish others for doing bad things, but then he does the exact same thing or worse, and he thinks the rules don’t apply to him. It’s gotten so old, and he needs to face consequences. Fans are on fire about Josh Griffith’s meh AI writing. And don’t forget, Cane’s got his lawyer, Amanda Sinclair (Mishael Morgan), working on the case.
Amanda Might Be Able to Turn Up Evidence Against Victor
She might be able to turn up some damning evidence against Victor. Or could be Amanda has a backup of the Chancellor server since she was shutting down the AI after they took over all of Newman. If there is a Chancellor backup, it would show that the emails implicating Phyllis and Cane didn’t exist at the time they were supposedly sent.
Another thought is that Matt might have some evidence he can offer to Phyllis from when Victor cleaned him out and took all his stuff. Matt doesn’t have his memory at the moment. I’m expecting him to get it back soon and he may recall something that could help Phyllis.
And of course, Matt would love to have some other way to get revenge on Victor because he took everything from him and punishing Noah Newman‘s (Lucas Adams) granddad is always a bonus to Matt. Also, we’ve got Phyllis making a move by the end of this week and she’s setting a trap. Michael asked her if she’s ready to give back Newman later this week to try and stop all the madness.
But Phyllis says she has something else in mind. So, she might try and do what she asked Michael to do, but he refused. If you remember, Phyllis asked Michael to get Victor on tape confessing and admitting the evidence against Phyllis was fake. But Michael said Victor wouldn’t fall for it. However, you never know. His ego is so big that he might.
Phyllis Could Get Victor on Tape Confessing
Phyllis could show up with her phone already in her pocket or purse set to record. She could confront Victor and start a fight with him. And Phyllis could get Victor all riled up. And you never know, Phyllis might actually get Victor to say something incriminating like, “Yeah, the evidence is fake, but there’s nothing you can do about it. You’re going down.” Something like that.
And then Phyllis would have Victor exactly where she wants him. He’s been very careful when Chelsea Lawson (Melissa Claire Egan) or anybody else asks him if he faked the evidence. But if Phyllis goads him the right way and keeps poking, poking, poking, Victor might lose his patience with Phyllis. You know, his family never pushes after Victor lies and denies or says, “Don’t worry about it.”
Phyllis Tries to Trick Victor on Young and the Restless
You know how he does. But with Phyllis, she’s able to get all the way under Victor’s skin and she could provoke him into telling the truth if he gets really mad and starts ranting at her. I think it would be phenomenal if Phyllis could get the goods on Victor.
And if she threatens Victor once she has it and says she’ll give it to Christine, that might not stop things just like Michael said. Because even if Phyllis has him over a barrel, you know, if Victor can’t stop Christine from prosecuting Phyllis, she may go ahead and say fine and give this legitimate evidence to Christine to use against Victor.
Phyllis’s mindset might be, if I’m going down, then Victor’s going down with me no matter what. And so he might have to suck it up and even admit that it was all him that faked the evidence because otherwise Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) could be prosecuted for giving Christine knowingly false evidence.
And let’s be clear, Victoria knows it’s false even though she’s lying and denying. So, I think honestly it would be great if both Victor and Phyllis wound up facing consequences for their awful antics. We’ll see what happens.
But for me, with we’ve got like I don’t know six episodes, maybe seven left of May sweeps, I’d like to see this happen and both of them land in handcuffs. Phyllis already has, but Victor, he’s overdue for cuffs.
