Young and the Restless Spoilers: Matt Clark Reckoning Forces Phyllis Summers to See What He Did to Sharon

THE NEW WRITERS PROMISE A MATT CLARK RECKONING, AND PHYLLIS HAS TO FACE IT

TL;DR: Young and the Restless spoilers: the new head writers promise a Matt Clark reckoning as Phyllis finally sees what Matt put Sharon through. She already said the words to his face in May. Nobody has said who turns up.

The New Writers Promise a Matt Clark Reckoning

A reckoning is coming for Matt Clark (Roger Howarth), and the new Young and the Restless head writers say Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) is the one who has to face it. Co-head writer Jamey Giddens told an interviewer on Tuesday, “There’s going to be a reckoning of sorts in terms of how Phyllis realizes just what Matt put Sharon through all of those years ago, and it’s going to reset the tone of the story a little bit.” So will Phyllis finally see what Matt did to Sharon?

The trigger is the secret Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) is keeping. Giddens said “the audience doesn’t know what Nick did to neutralize that threat,” and that the mystery will unite Phyllis and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) “in a way that they’ve never been united before.” His partner, Dan O’Connor, said the two women “are on a quest together,” and that its destination “leads to a lot of surprises and maybe a few familiar faces popping by.” Their first episode airs Wednesday, and this week’s spoilers put Phyllis on Nick’s case.

Phyllis Already Said the Words to Matt’s Face in May

Here’s what the tease leaves out: Phyllis isn’t hearing this for the first time. On May 19, when Matt couldn’t remember his own past, she bluntly told him he had tried to kill several of the Newmans and had committed assault and rape. On June 2, Nick told her about pending kidnapping and drug trafficking charges that would send Matt back to Las Vegas. And on October 30, Sharon told her Matt’s dark side was back and that he wanted Sharon as his therapist.

What Phyllis has never done is look at it. She was never part of Matt’s history with Sharon, and former head writer Josh Griffith said in June that “Phyllis was never a victim of Matt’s horrors.” On October 30 she admitted she never saw his dark side. Sharon lived it. Matt raped her in 1994, drugged her drink and tried to rape her in 2001, and held her in Las Vegas in April before the explosion.

Nick Still Won’t Say Where He Took Matt

The quest starts with Nick. On October 29 he told Sharon he took Matt to a clinic, but the clinic she had arranged never saw him, and Nick won’t say where Matt is. The next day, Sharon and Phyllis teamed up to get the truth out of him. Matt hasn’t been on screen since October 16.

On Tuesday, Nick admitted to Sharon that he’s struggling and put drugs he took from a dealer on the table. In Wednesday’s episode, already seen in Canada, he says he hasn’t opened a bag, but when Sharon presses him about Matt, he won’t talk.

Thursday is Phyllis’s turn. The listing reads, “Phyllis gives Nick the third degree about Matt Clark’s whereabouts,” and our preview of that showdown lays out what she wants from him.

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Will Phyllis Learn What Matt Did to Sharon on Young and the Restless?

She already knows the words. What the writers are promising is the moment they finally land, when Phyllis understands what Sharon survived. Giddens didn’t say when that airs, and no spoiler has put a date on it yet.

Nobody Has Named the Familiar Faces Yet

So who turns up? O’Connor only said “maybe,” nobody has been named, and no actor from Matt’s past has return news. My gut tells me the faces worth watching are the ones with a live tie to him.

Sienna Bacall (Tamara Braun) hit Matt with a rock this spring and left for Los Angeles in August. Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) was in the car with him before the October crash and was gone when he woke up. Detective Burrow (Matt Cohen) was on the case when Matt’s prints turned up in an empty crashed car. Could the quest end at one of their doors?

In a Reddit thread called Pearl Clutchers Logic, one viewer pushed back on fans who want Matt with Phyllis, writing, “This man is a known rapist, drug dealer, attempted murder.” Another fan said Sharon has to put up with “the man who raped her walking around like it’s nothing.” On our own Facebook page, one reader said of Nick, “He owes Sharon the truth.”

Put it together and the twist is plain. Phyllis doesn’t need anyone to tell her what Matt is, because she told him herself. She needs to see it through Sharon’s eyes, and the new writers just promised she will.

Who do you think turns up at the end of Phyllis and Sharon’s search? Leave your answer in the comments.

See what’s next for Phyllis, Sharon and Nick in our full two-week Young and the Restless spoilers.

Phyllis Is Out of Excuses for Matt, and Sharon Is Done Waiting

Here’s where I land. Matt Clark won’t stay hidden for long under these writers, because a quest only works if it finds him. When it does, Phyllis has to choose between the Matt she took in and the Matt whose crimes Sharon has lived with since 1994.

Sharon has carried this for a long time, and it’s about time someone stood beside her. Tell us who you think turns up on our Facebook page.