Y&R SPICY HOT TAKE! Patty Williams Is on Screen, Victor Newman Is Kidnapping People, and Paul Williams Is Retired in Portugal Like That Makes Any Sense

PAUL WILLIAMS WOULD HAVE HAD VICTOR NEWMAN IN HANDCUFFS BY THE SECOND COMMERCIAL BREAK

TL;DR: Reader Christine Capuano wants to know why Victor Newman can kidnap Jack Abbott on a yacht, drug him, and arrange for Patty Williams to seduce him on The Young and the Restless without a single person calling the police. The answer is devastatingly simple: Genoa City does not have a police department worth calling anymore because Paul Williams is retired and living in Portugal. We are begging this show to bring him back. Patty is here. The crimes are piling up. And Paul Williams is the only cop this town has ever respected.

Christine Capuano Asked the Question and We Cannot Stop Thinking About It

Christine Capuano sent us an email that said what every The Young and the Restless fan watching this kidnapping storyline has been screaming at their screen. Victor Newman kidnapped Jack Abbott. He held him on a yacht in the middle of Lake Michigan against his will. He installed Patty Williams as a seduction weapon. Jack was drugged. Jack was assaulted. Diane Jenkins found her husband in bed with a woman who has a documented history of dangerous obsession.

And not a single person in Genoa City picked up the phone and called the police.

Kidnapping is a federal crime. Christine Capuano pointed that out and she is absolutely correct. The FBI should have been involved. Law enforcement should have been all over this. And yet Victor Newman is sitting at the ranch pouring himself a scotch and telling Nikki Newman to “begone” like a man who has never once faced a consequence in his entire fictional life. Because he hasn’t. And we know exactly why.

Christine Capuano asked the question nobody in Genoa City seems to be asking. Who do YOU think should be holding Victor Newman accountable? Send your hottest takes to [email protected] and we just might publish them!

Genoa City Does Not Have a Police Department and That Is Not a Joke

Here is the uncomfortable truth that The Young and the Restless does not want to address. Paul Williams retired. He left town. He went to Portugal. And when Paul Williams walked out of Genoa City, the law walked out with him.

Paul Williams was the chief of police for years. He was the one man in that city who could look Victor Newman in the eye and not blink. He investigated the powerful. He arrested the untouchable. He kept Genoa City from descending into complete lawlessness, which, if we are being honest, it was always one bad week away from anyway. And the show let him go.

Doug Davidson played Paul Williams from 1978 to 2020. Over four decades. The longest serving actor on the show until his appearances were reduced and the character was quietly written off to live overseas. Paul Williams did not get a grand exit. He got a mention in passing, a retirement nobody saw, and a heart attack offscreen when his daughter Heather died. That is what Genoa City gave the man who kept it safe for forty years.

Patty Williams Is Here and Her Brother Is Not and That Makes Zero Sense

This is the part where the trolling becomes a genuine editorial argument. Patty Williams is on screen right now. She is actively involved in one of the biggest storylines on The Young and the Restless. She was installed on that yacht by Victor Newman to seduce Jack Abbott. She drugged him. She climbed into bed with him. She said “Oops” when Diane walked in and ruffled her hair like she had won the lottery.

Patty Williams is here, on screen, causing chaos, and her brother Paul Williams is nowhere to be found.

Paul, who spent years tracking Patty down. Paul, who talked her off ledges and out of crime sprees and into treatment facilities. Paul, who loved his sister fiercely even when she was at her most dangerous. Paul, who would have taken one look at Victor’s yacht scheme and had him in handcuffs before the second commercial break.

You cannot bring back Patty Williams and leave Paul Williams in Portugal. You cannot have one half of that sibling story tearing Genoa City apart while the other half is mentioned in passing as if he does not matter. Christine Capuanois right. The writers are making mistakes. And the biggest mistake they are making right now is pretending that Genoa City can function without the one man who kept the Mustache in check.

Bring Back Paul Williams Because This Town Is a Mess

Victor Newman kidnaps people. Adam Newman is in Las Vegas revisiting his darkest chapter. Matt Clark is sending threatening texts. Phyllis Summers stole an entire corporate empire and renamed it after her daughter. Billy Abbottcannot hold onto Chancellor for more than 24 hours. And nobody is calling the police because there is nobody worth calling.

Paul Williams would not let Victor get away with this. Paul Williams would not let a kidnapping go uninvestigated. Paul Williams would look at this mess and do what he has always done: his job.

Bring back Doug Davidson. Bring back Paul Williams. Give Genoa City a cop who actually shows up. And while you are at it, give Patty her brother back, because the idea that she is running around this town without Paul Williams trying to save her from herself is the most unrealistic thing on a show where people regularly come back from the dead.

Christine Capuano, we could not agree with you more.

Do you think The Young and the Restless needs to bring back Paul Williams? And how long should Victor Newman get away with kidnapping before someone actually calls the police? Sound off below because Genoa City is lawless and we need to talk about it!

WATCH THIS: We need Paul now more than EVER!

@soapoperamag Jack Abbott Is About to Snap! Victor kidnapped him, Patty seduced him, and Diane caught every bit of it. His marriage is in ruins and someone is going to pay. The question is how far Jack will go. #YR ♬ original sound – Soap Opera Magazine