The Young and the Restless
EXCLUSIVE TUESDAY CANADIAN Y&R DAY AHEAD: Jack Abbott Is Letting Patty Williams Move Into the Family Home and Kicking Everyone Else to the Curb
Jack Abbott commits to Patty Williams to save Diane Jenkins, then hands Patty the keys to the Abbott estate and evicts his family on Y&R.
JACK ABBOTT HANDS PATTY WILLIAMS THE KEYS TO THE ABBOTT ESTATE AND BOOTS HIS WHOLE FAMILY OUT
TL;DR: On The Young and the Restless Tuesday, June 16, Jack Abbott commits to his blackmailer Patty Williams to save a kidnapped Diane Jenkins, suffers through the date from hell, and then drops the bomb that Patty wants to move into the Abbott estate while everyone else moves out. Meanwhile, Diane meets her captor Dr. Laurence Markham and starts realizing this is very, very personal.
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Jack Abbott Evicts His Entire Family for His Kidnapper
Buckle up, because Jack Abbott is about to make the single worst real estate decision in Genoa City history, and that is a town where people build clinics in their guest rooms. After agreeing to play along with Patty Williams to save his kidnapped wife, surviving a date involving aphrodisiac oysters he wisely declines, and toasting to “everyone getting what they deserve,” Jack gathers the whole Abbott clan to explain his master plan.
The plan, in case you were wondering, is to let the woman blackmailing him move into the family home. Traci Abbott, Billy Abbott, Abby Newman, and Kyle Abbott gather to hear Jack explain that the surest way to control Patty is to make her think she is calling the shots. He will turn the tables when the time comes. Sounds airtight. Nothing about handing a known psychopath your address has ever gone wrong.
Then comes the kicker that lands like a piano. Jack announces that Patty wants to move in, and she wants everyone else to move out. Yes, you read that correctly. The man is evicting his own family from the Abbott estate so his stalker can have it to herself. Billy, who earlier this week wished he had simply thrown Patty overboard, is having the only sane reaction in the room.
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Jack Sells His Soul One Cocktail at a Time
Before the great eviction, Jack has to actually pull off the performance of a lifetime, and watching him try is genuinely painful in the best way. He calls Patty to “discuss their future,” and she arrives instantly, smug as ever, completely unsurprised that he could not resist their so-called fate. He demands to speak to Diane’s doctor first. Patty counters that if she agrees to his terms, there is no going back, and she wants his mind, his soul, and his heart. She is asking a lot for a hostage situation.
“I am completely committed,” Jack says, with all the enthusiasm of a man reading a hostage note, which, fair. Patty quivers and asks if he really means it, disappointed he is not more eager. He explains it requires “a period of adjustment.” She decides this is practically an old-fashioned courtship, cackles, and demands a proper date with candlelight and cocktails. Jack, please blink twice if you need help.
The date at Society is exactly as humiliating as you would hope. Patty orders champagne and oysters, announcing the aphrodisiac benefits to a man who would clearly rather walk into the lake. Abby spots them, crosses her arms, and swans over fully appalled, then drags Jack aside to ask if he has lost his mind. He whispers that he is hunting for clues to find Diane and begs her to play along. The toast Jack finally raises, “to everyone getting what they deserve,” is the most honest thing said all episode.
Diane Meets Her Captor and Smells a Rat
Across town in a home clinic that is absolutely not a real medical facility, Diane Jenkins is locked up and refusing to play nice. Dr. Laurence Markham, played by the gloriously oily Jere Burns, keeps urging her to eat a snack like a deranged summer camp counselor, insisting he only wants to provide her the best care possible. Diane wants to speak to her husband immediately. Laurence says hearing Jack’s voice might send her “spiraling again,” which is a wild thing to say to a woman who knows for a fact she did not have a breakdown.
Diane is not buying a single word. She insists she has not blocked anything out and is convinced Laurence is lying through his teeth. He counters with vague menace about her therapist chipping away at her “wall,” and casually drops that if talk therapy does not work, there are “other ways” to help her avoid uncomfortable thoughts. Cool. Totally normal clinic. He then takes a few bites of her food and threatens to find “another way to nourish her” if she refuses, at which point Diane sensibly starts eating.
Here is where Diane earns her stripes. She clocks that something about this feels personal. She asks Laurence point blank who he is and what this is really about. He dodges, oozes more reassurance, and tells her he wants to help her whether she likes it or not. Over at the Genoa City Athletic Club, Patty phones Laurence to check on their patient and brags that she will have what she wants tonight. Diane Jenkins has survived worse than two amateur villains and a plate of refused ice cream, and they have no idea what is coming.
Is Jack actually going to pull this off, or is Patty three steps ahead of him? And how long before Diane figures out exactly who is behind her kidnapping? Sound off below!
