EXCLUSIVE MONDAY CANADIAN Y&R DAY AHEAD: Nick Newman Sobriety Lasted Exactly One Weekend

NICK NEWMAN POCKETED THE PILL THE SECOND HIS BROTHER WALKED INSIDE

TL;DR: Monday on The Young and the Restless, Nick Newman is hunting Matt Clark at the Chancellor Park Café and reaching for a pill the second he is alone, two days after telling Victoria Newman he was done. Phyllis Summers calls Christine Blair “Victor’s puppet” in the GCAC lobby. Victor Newman pours a scotch at the Ranch and admits the spectacle is the point. Chelsea Lawson is the only conscience left in any of these rooms and nobody is listening to her.

Nick Newman Lasted From Friday to Monday

Nick Newman sat across from his sister at the GCAC on Friday and shuddered through the confession he had been swallowing for weeks. He told Victoria Newman he was a fentanyl addict. He told her about the accident, the prescription pills, the Vegas hand-off from Matt. He apologized for disappointing her. Victoria hugged her brother and asked if he could promise her he would not relapse. He said yes.

He lied.

Monday opens with Nick at the Chancellor Park Café hunting Matt Clark with Adam Newman. Adam, ever the obliging brother, asks if Nick needs a pill. Nick says no, his blood sugar is off, perhaps a sandwich. Adam walks inside to grab him one. The instant the door closes, Nick reaches into his own pocket and pulls out the exact thing he told his sister he was no longer carrying.

That is the entire arc of his recovery, in one cut. Forty-eight hours from “I am sorry I disappointed you” to a park benchand a hand in his own coat. Sharon Newman is at home so reassured. Victoria is so proud of him for being brave enough to tell her. Adam is actually being a decent brother for once. And Nick is alone with the pill he swore was gone.

The man is still using. Genoa City is still pretending he is not.

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Phyllis Summers Calls the District Attorney “Victor’s Puppet” in Public

Phyllis Summers walks into the GCAC Monday morning with Lauren Fenmore and a chip on her shoulder roughly the size of Newman Tower. Michael Baldwin sits her down to deliver the news she did not want. The fake AI evidence has been reviewed by experts. The experts agree it cannot be proven fake at trial without making things worse for her. Michael tells her the case is close to unwinnable. He tells her she should consider a deal. Phyllis tells him he is sidestepping for Victor.

Then she spots Christine Blair across the room, bypasses every adult in the building, and walks straight at her. She calls the Newmans whiny. She calls Christine “Victor’s puppet” out loud, in public, with witnesses. She threatens to expose what she calls Christine’s corruption to the press. Christine, who has been a prosecutor longer than Phyllis has been able to spell prosecutor, calmly threatens to sue her for defamation, win, and watch her go to prison broke.

Michael leaps between them. Lauren tries to redirect. Phyllis is past redirection. The woman is going to lose her case, her empire, and her last functioning attorney before lunch on Tuesday, and on Monday she is laying the groundwork by yelling slurs at the elected official who controls her freedom.

Victor Newman Pours a Scotch and Watches the Spectacle

Back at the Newman Ranch, Victor Newman walks Christine in like she works for him, tells her this case has to be done by the book, and then tells her exactly how he wants the book to read. Christine reminds him she follows the law. The Mustache pretends to hear her, smiles, and sends her on her way.

The second she is out of the room, he pours himself a drink and admits the quiet part out loud. Phyllis is going to unravel. Victor is going to enjoy watching it. The man is not even pretending this is about justice anymore. This is sport. This is an ancient grudge with a glass of scotch attached.

Chelsea Lawson, who is in the room because she is a Newman now whether anybody likes it or not, asks the question every reasonable adult in Genoa City has been afraid to ask. Did they fabricate the evidence. Victor waves her off. Adam tells her the authenticity is irrelevant. That is the legal strategy. Authenticity. Irrelevant. The men of this family are openly admitting on camera that they framed a woman, and they think the moral weight of that is something a Newman absorbs at breakfast.

Chelsea is the last conscience in the room and nobody is listening to her.

Adam Newman Tells Chelsea He Is Not Tempted Right Before He Is

Adam’s Monday opens with a Chelsea check-in about Riza’s voicemail and the Spyder spark Chelsea heard in his voice on Friday. Adam swears he is fine. He swears he is committed to her. He swears he can resist it. He uses the word adrenaline. He uses the phrase no intention.

Chelsea, who has been here before with this exact man, watches him say all the right words and clocks every single one of them as a lie. She knows because she lived it. The tone of intimacy in his voice when he was on that call with Riza was not the tone of a man who hated his old life. It was the tone of a man who missed it.

By the end of Monday, Adam is back at the Café handing his brother a sandwich while his brother pockets a pill, and Adam is pretending he does not see it because Adam is in his own version of pretending. Two Newman brothers. Two quiet relapses in motion. One Mustache pouring scotch at home and calling it justice. And Phyllis Summers in the lobby of the GCAC screaming at the District Attorney like a woman who has nothing left to lose.

The week is going to be a lot.

Whose unraveling takes Genoa City down first, Nick’s pills, Phyllis’s mouth, or Adam’s old life pulling him back? Sound off below because this comment section is about to be a war zone!

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