Young and Restless Recaps
Y&R week of October 15, 2007
Monday
Her appeal turned down, Phyllis hung with her cellmate, Jana, and figured she might as well use the gym to keep her New Year's resolution. Jana jokingly suggested they get in shape to break out, before admitting she was probably stuck in the prison for the long haul. Jana then suggested they play, "Whose life sucks more?" As they traded misdeeds, Jana was the clear winner. Later, Jana daydreamed about having kids and after insisting Phyllis had her finger on the pulse of her family even from prison, she called Daniel for her. After that, she commended Phyllis on raising a great boy. Then the warden came in with news on contraband in the block. "We're limiting the use of the day room to one hour per prisoner per day," he announced. Phyllis argued about fairness, so she was cuffed and taken to "seg."
After Daniel and Jack worried over Phyllis and plotted over getting her into the pilot work release program, Sharon caught Nick sketching an image of Phyllis behind bars. He wasn't confident about the release program, so she offered to distract him with talk of Cassie's Challenge. Then she went and asked Jack for permission to do the event with her ex. He balked, so she admitted she was worried about Nick and suddenly came up with a plan. She suggested they do the event at the casino. Jack jumped immediately on board, but Nick feared the negative impact of having a drunk driving event at a casino that serves booze and added, "I just don't like the idea of using my daughter's memory to help restore your husband's image." Nick ultimately agreed to check the site out before making a decision. Once alone, Sharon prepped Jack for the ethics committee by firing tough questions at him. When the call came, however, his appearance before the committee had been "delayed indefinitely." They celebrated the first win in a while with a hug, but before Sharon could get home to break open the champagne with Jack, Maggie showed up. "Did you know that you were the last person seen on the security camera outside Ji Min's door?" she asked Jack. After he again denied fighting with Ji Min, she countered, "Then how exactly do you explain your dog's hair on Ji Min's clothing?"
Amber was very frustrated at having to watch Crimson Lights customers Heather and Cane flirting. While Cane talked Heather into joining him for a "pre-date," Daniel arrived and tried to cheer up Amber, but he was the one who needed it. The pals hit the basketball court to "blow off steam," but instead of shooting baskets, Daniel showed Amber how to chuck the ball at the wall for release. Amber got out her aggression, but the last ball went straight into Cane's hands, because apparently basketball counts as a pre-date. Cane said he and Heather would wait their turn on the court, but Daniel defended Amber and told them to get lost. Heather challenged them to a game of two-on-two instead. It wasn't fairly matched since Heather knew how to play, while Amber didn't. Before Amber stormed off, she saw Cane massaging Heather's leg, which was cramping. At the bar, Daniel tried to get Amber to accept that Cane had moved on and then asked how she planned on financing her much talked about upcoming album. When she left him, she called a Mr. Jacobs and told him she had the money to start recording. Then she snuck into the storage room to recover the stolen money. She was feeling pretty good, until she walked past the basketball court again. Cane was carrying "injured" Heather and they were kissing. Cane found an opening to ask Heather about the Ji Min case before the kiss.
Tuesday
At the GCAC, Jill grilled Maggie about the Ji Min investigation. When Jill revealed she kept reliving the moment when she'd looked into his dead eyes, a touched Maggie told her they'd found dog hair on Ji Min, "most likely from a golden retriever, like Jack Abbott's dog," and that Jack was the last person cameras caught leaving before the body was discovered. She insisted the evidence was only circumstantial, but Jill was wound up when Cane arrived with his date, Heather. While Jill vented to her son, Maggie told Heather she suspected Jack had more to tell. Then Heather and Cane sat together and he again pushed for info on the Ji Min case. Frustrated, she rose and excused herself, but agreed to another date, "So long as you can understand that I can't always tell you everything you want to hear." Later, he called to make sure she made it home safe and to apologize. "If I made you feel uncomfortable, I didn't mean to do that," he said. Afterward, he chucked a basketball at the wall in frustration.
Sharon returned to the Abbott manse ready to toast her man, but Jack's mood had been "mooted" by news that he was Maggie's number one suspect. He figured it was time to get an attorney and worried, "As far as my credibility with my constituents is concerned, this may be one scandal too many." Sharon offered to help him talk it out, but also insisted they celebrate his win with the ethics committee. Instead Jill showed up and wasted no time in asking about the dog hair. Sharon defended Jack, reminding her that was still undetermined, and Jack added that even if it were his dog's hair, that proved nothing. "You need someone to blame and you've picked me," he countered, but she just accused him of getting into an unplanned fight and leaving Ji Min to die. Before storming out, she shocked Sharon with news that Jack was the last one to see Ji Min. Eventually, Sharon skewered Jack for not telling her about the surveillance tapes and threatening Ji Min, but her "real concern" was that things kept looking worse for her innocent hubby. After some hand-holding, she left to pick up Noah. With Jack left alone, John came to speak to him, reminding him Sharon was the best thing that's happened to him lately, but she's not the only one looking after him. Jack insisted on his innocence, so his father said to take control of the situation. "The only thing I have any control over is finding the killer myself," Jack said, and John liked the plan.
Michael's plan to visit Phyllis was delayed when he saw Gloria was dolled up for a date with Jeff. "Hanging out with Jeffrey Bardwell is dangerous," warned Michael, who was confident Jeff wanted to claim his brother's money and send Gloria to jail. He was not calmed by Gloria's insistence that she knew not to trust him and could handle herself. When Gloria got to the GCAC, Jeff came up from behind and gave her a start. Once they sat, he got her talking about John. "John was the first man who ever let me know it was all right to hold my head up high," she said, "even if he did leave me out of his will." She was sure it was Jack's doing, which Jeff could relate to. "I'll never know for sure if William just really left me out of his will, or if he was manipulated into doing it," Jeff mused, but Gloria scoffed that William wasn't one to be manipulated. Then Jeff avoided questions about the animosity between him and his family by revealing he'd made big money, only to lose it. He was hoping to get into the real estate opportunities in the area, but swore he wasn't asking her to invest. After she left, he sidled up to Jill at the bar. When she told him William ended up with someone else instead of her, he demurred, "I know Gloria. I also know my brother made the wrong choice."
Phyllis watched prison life drag on around her until the prison chaplain joined her. She balked at praying with him, but agreed to chat, "no third party involved." She revealed her hopes to work on Jack's Clear Springs Web site through the prison's pilot work release program. She accepted her responsibility in having landed in prison, but was desperate for a sign that things would work out. The reverend mentioned faith and told her that even John Abbott had struggled at the end. Later, Michael told her to be on good behavior if she wanted to get into work release and she insisted she was a "model prisoner." When she mentioned her talks with the reverend, Michael recalled that it was during John's final days that he rewrote his will. Michael was sure his mother was "Jacked" out of her inheritance, but Phyllis jumped to Jack's defense and refused to believe John had been manipulated by his son. Michael said of Jack, "If we take a stack of his good deeds and a stack of his sins, and we put them on the scales of justice, the good ones would be cantilevered out of the county." Later, Phyllis asked the reverend about John while Michael returned home to find his mother sitting in the dark. She was sure Jeff wasn't interested in anything but her money.
Wednesday
Victoria hung out with Nick and Summer at Crimson Lights, daydreaming about the Newman still in utero. When Jill ran into them, she said she was "coping." That made the sibs talk about the unfairness of life, while Jill waxed maternal with Cane over having missed his childhood. Then Jill left Cane, who started daydreaming about Lily...until Heather showed up. When Heather asked for another date, he said he had too much work to do, but asked for a raincheck. Then he checked in with JT, who'd gotten a tip in Clear Springs that someone was selling low-grade concrete at high prices to his foreman's contractor. Cane wanted proof before they blew the lid off the scam. Next, he met back up with his mom at the GCAC. She shared her Ji Min death nightmares with him and then told him about Jack's final meeting with Ji Min. When Cane waxed romantic about his perfect woman, he clearly had someone in mind — and it wasn't Heather. Talk went back to Ji Min and Cane perked up when Jill insisted age wasn't important. Not missing a beat, she advised, "If you're lucky enough to find somebody that you love, you grab it." He called Lily as soon as his mom left.
On their way to work, Nick and Victoria discussed how to raise sales numbers for the condos at Clear Springs. Newly back as co-CEO, Nick promised to get up to speed ASAP. Then they were called into a meeting with Victor. He let them prattle on about their plans and complemented them on working together, though not on their actual plans. Then he gave Victoria a baby naming book and she decided she was going to stop being superstitious about the baby. They joked about names and then Nick revealed he needed someone to watch Summer while he visited Phyllis and the Clear Springs construction site. Victoria was also heading to CS, so she couldn't help. After more baby talk, she admitted she was worried about undercover JT, who was busy talking up his foreman. JT casually warned that the concrete looked too wet, but the foreman shrugged him off. Later, he told Victoria, "I can't tell if he's legit or if he's bluffing. He's got a good poker face." Just about everyone was worried that Victoria was driving herself to Clear Springs and after some more bonding with Dad, Nick suggested Victoria drive with him, but she was over-worrying and said she'd be fine.
Lily vented about getting a bad grade, but was more upset to realize she'd "scribbled Cane's name in the margins of my quiz, like I'm back in middle school." Colleen suggested they talk over coffee, but then Lily got an IM from "IB_Romeo" that said, "I miss you." She assumed it was from Daniel, since that was his screen name when she was in boarding school, but it turned out to be her friend Mia teasing her. Lily could hardly bring herself to tell Mia she was divorced. It was all the more awkward when she ran into Daniel in the halls. She made an excuse to leave, so Daniel took the chance to tell Colleen that he knew about Lily's crush and that Cane was romancing Heather. Later, at Crimson Lights, Colleen said goodbye to Adrian, who was off to Clear Springs as well. Heather teased them about their public makeout session and after Adrian left, Heather admitted she was a cynic when it came to love. After asking vague questions, Colleen asked if things were romantic with Heather and Cane. Lily showed up just in time to hear Heather say they were "hanging out" and had shared a "not disappointing" first kiss. Lily smiled and took off. Colleen followed and Lily insisted she was fine, but needed to "get a grip." She also admitted that for all that happened with Daniel, she would "do it all over again." She figured Cane was the way she'd avoided her feelings of loss over Daniel, which is why she didn't answer when Cane called.
Daniel invited Amber to make some quick money by working for Jack. She planned to get into her music and designing, which would ultimately win Cane back. Her new song was all about Cane kissing other girls. "My ex is playing your ex," she told Daniel, realizing she had another good song. Later, she was on the phone setting up her studio time and agreed to a $15,000 deposit in cash. Then she got to work with Daniel, but kept turning the convo with talk of her CD. Nick interrupted and asked Daniel to baby-sit Summer at the tack house.
Thursday
Cane checked in with JT at Clear Springs to see if Boddington "took the bait." JT promised to keep him posted and after he hung up, Victoria warned she'd bring charges if kickbacks were involved. JT set out to get her proof. He went to the site and warned Boddington that the "slump" in the cement was off, indicating it was "substandard." Boddington threatened to transfer or drug test him if he didn't get back to work. Later, Victoria ran into Boddington having a biz lunch with David. David told her they'd made time with the condos, but Victoria was clearly suspicious. When she told JT, he told her he needed more than her gut instinct. Back at the site, Boddington acknowledged the slump. JT asked for a raise, posing it as blackmail by saying, "I've been around here long enough to know that truckload wasn't an isolated case." As if on cue, Victoria showed up and praised the work going on. Boddington told her JT had been promoted to supervisor, but JT continued to push for the raise after she left. Later JT updated Paul, who revealed Boddington had made five big cash deposits in recent months, but that there was "no connection yet to David." Maggie was listening in and asked if she could come to Clear Springs with Paul for a romantic getaway. Katherine also insisted on visiting CS when she heard Cane was going to handle the kickback situation. Meanwhile, Boddington called JT to offer a 25 percent raise. JT wanted more, so they agreed to schedule a face to face.
Phyllis was giddy when she told Michael she'd gotten into the work release program, but Michael was serious in his insistence that she follow the rules. Jack was almost as excited to hear the news as Nick was, but Sharon just rolled her eyes. Jack was in a state because, having given a free pass by the ethics committee, he was now being called Teflon Jack by the press. Sharon suggested they take a break by hitting Clear Springs with Noah, and Jack agreed. When Nick joined them, Sharon suggested he meet up with them there. Instead, he was going to check out the casino as a site for Cassie's Challenge. Meanwhile, set on getting back to work at Newman, Nick thanked Neil for stepping in as co-CEO. When he compared Victor's right-hand man to a backup quarterback, however, Neil asked if that meant he was being sent back to the bench. He went to Victor for that answer and after they talked biz, Victor admitted he needed to figure out where Neil fit. Later, they looked at a Clear Springs sales graph and Victor announced he wouldn't allow Nikki to continue to risk her marital assets. Neil was excused when Nick interrupted with news on Phyllis. While the Newman men bonded a bit over family, Neil vented to Karen. Then, after landing a new skincare product for Newman, he met with Victor again. Nick had also done good biz recently and an impressed Victor revealed he'd figured out the CEO situation: Nick would run cosmetics, Neil would run venture capital and Victoria would head up the real estate division. Everyone was cool with the "triumvirate."
Lauren stopped by Crimson Lights pressed for time. She was supposed to head to Clear Springs with Michael, so she asked Amber to bring some things to the GC store for her. Amber took the chance to show her some original designs she'd done the night before, but Lauren only promised to look at them when she returned and left Amber with a "To Do" list. In her rush, however, she left her design plans, so Amber agreed to bring them to CS for her the next morning. When Lauren met Michael, he promised her a romantic night, but then Victor called him in to draft a takeover bid. On his way in, he ran into Nick and warned him to follow the rules with Phyllis. "If you get caught bending the rules, even a little, Phyllis will go back to jail for six years." Nick assured him they'd follow the rules, but Michael sighed in worried disbelief as he walked away.
At breakfast with Nikki, Katherine was surprised to hear about her impending divorce. Katherine laughed at Nikki's expectation that Victor would change, but Nikki countered that she had changed, "and that's what he can't accept." She admitted all she needed from Victor was his acknowledgment that she was smart. "Walking away from marriage is so easy. But to fight for a marriage, flawed as it may be? Is very, very hard," Katherine reasoned, challenging a teary Nikki to reevaluate her decision. Later, Nikki spoke to Victor's portrait, saying she still saw the man she fell in love with in him. Her affectionate mood came crashing down when the real man showed up and called in her loan. They argued until Victor screamed, "I'm saving you from disaster! I'm allowing you to leave this marriage with some money and your dignity intact! You should be thanking me!"
Friday
Clear Springs was abuzz with Genoa City power players. In their hotel room, JT and Victoria joked around about baby names until work called. Before heading out to meet Adrian, Victoria decided to put on her engagement ring — baby superstitions be damned! When she met Adrian, he had a publishing emergency, so they agreed to meet up later in the garage.
Before setting out to go over security at the new Clear Springs Fenmore's, Paul, Maggie and Lauren went for brunch and ran into Cane and Katherine. Katherine underplayed her reason for being in CS, but got back to discussing the kickback situation as soon as Lauren walked away. Nearby, Sharon, Nick and Noah chatted about the morning while Jack took business calls. After Jack shrugged off the caller's fear that there would be a recall election, he got Nick to confirm his casino as the location for Cassie's Challenge. When Phyllis called bursting with excitement over her first day at work, Nick reminded her they have to follow the rules. Then Noah came on to tell her he got a job stuffing envelopes for Jack so they could see each other. When Lauren found Nick later, he asked her to watch Noah while he talked to Jack. Noah was mad he wasn't going to the skate park and it was even worse that he was going to a "girls' store." Paul stepped in, offering to take him fishing instead, and Maggie agreed to hit Fenmore's with Lauren. When Amber showed up with the plans Lauren had forgotten, she took advantage of the face time. She showed Lauren the hip young designs she'd been working on for Fenmore's opening fashion show, and then gave her a CD of her music to use for the event. Lauren teased her, but said, "You will definitely have a presence at the opening." When Maggie arrived, she said Noah was playing video games upstairs. Then, not realizing Maggie didn't know, Lauren let slip that she was once married to Paul. Maggie didn't hesitate to ask Paul about it. They laughed, but she was clearly a bit annoyed. Lauren returned with Noah and suggested they all go to Fenmore's to pick up fishing supplies, followed by a group fishing expedition.
Meanwhile, Katherine and Cane arrived at the "huge" Clear Springs garage to meet JT, but first they ran into David and Nikki. While David went to contact some folks about covering the loan Victor was calling in, Nikki told Katherine about the failed peace meeting with her soon-to-be ex and begged for help. Katherine could offer an extension on the money Nikki owed her, but no additional financial assistance. Instead, Kay called Victor and told him off, calling him "ruthless and almost inhumane." He guessed she'd turned down Nikki's plea for money and said, "If you thought it was a bad business proposition, why wouldn't I?" Victor's next angry call came from Nick, who'd also run into Nikki and learned about him calling in the loan. "I am not letting this go. Because this involves all of us, not just you and Mom," Nick warned, to which Victor countered, "Stay out of this." Meanwhile, Nikki saw Jack and asked for a loan. "Can you imagine what would happen if Victor were in charge?" she challenged, but he said he couldn't afford to help. Later, Jack drove to the casino with Nick and Sharon. Nick took the chance to ask him about his part in Ji Min's death and mutter about the police suspecting him. He was worried how the recent happenings would affect Noah. When the trio got to the garage, they ran into Victoria and Adrian, who were raving about the beauty of the Clear Springs reconstruction. Nick pulled his sis aside to talk about the Victor situation. Victoria was shocked and immediately called Victor. "I have been overseeing Clear Springs since Newman got involved. I have put my heart and soul into this project. What you've done is selfish and vindictive. You should've consulted me," she raged. When he hung up on her, Adrian suggested she take it easy, but Victoria was livid. "I'll show him just how much I am my father's daughter," she growled.
When Kay met with JT and Cane, Cane said they were clear, "Unless the city inspector's on the take." Kay suggested they keep investigating on the down-low. Then she visited the contraction site, where she talked to Boddington. JT walked the garage and found a major construction flaw: A concrete support beam had a crack that easily opened. It seemed hollow inside and there were more cracks in the area. He called Cane, who was with his grandmother and trying to shake Amber, and asked them down to the garage. They were shocked at all the cracks he showed them and realized they were going to lose big money fixing things.
Meanwhile, Nikki and David had tapped out all their loan options. As David gave her a pep talk about future projects, the building next to them started collapsing. It was the garage! Trapped under the rubble, Sharon gasped for air.
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