YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS SPOILERS – WEDNESDAY, MAY 20: Victor Newman Orders Michael Baldwin To Strike Back, Victoria Confronts Nick About His Recovery, And Genoa City Is HEATING Up

VICTOR NEWMAN GIVES MICHAEL BALDWIN HIS MARCHING ORDERS AND THE STRIKE COMING NEXT IS GOING TO BE BRUTAL

TL;DR: On Wednesday’s Young and the Restless, Victor Newman orders Michael Baldwin to strike back against a rival, Victoria Newman confronts Nick about his recovery, and Sally Spectra worries about Billy Abbott’s past catching up with him.

Victor Newman Sics Michael Baldwin On The Rival

Victor Newman has been quietly freezing Phyllis’s deals out of every market she touches, and Wednesday the Mustache decides to escalate.

Victor orders Michael Baldwin to strike back against a rival, and a Michael Baldwin with Victor Newman’s full authority behind him is one of Genoa City’s most lethal weapons. Whatever the strike looks like, it is going to be precise, brutal, and aimed at the person Victor has decided needs to feel his full attention. The rival in question is going to find out exactly why nobody crosses the Mustache and walks away clean.

Victor Newman has been letting the slow squeeze on Phyllis’s company do the work for him, but Wednesday he sends Michael in for something sharper. Michael Baldwin is not a man who delivers messages, he is a man who delivers consequences, and Victor giving him the order means the Mustache is done playing the long game. The strike is happening. The rival is going to BLEED.

This is the storyline The Young and the Restless has been escalating since Phyllis and Cane crossed Victor, and Wednesday is the day the gloves come off completely. Christian LeBlanc playing a Michael Baldwin who has been weaponized by his oldest, most dangerous client is appointment television.

The question is who, specifically, Victor has decided to crush.

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Victoria Newman Confronts Nick About His Recovery

Victoria Newman heard her brother admit he was an addict Friday, and Wednesday she comes back with the harder questions.

After Nick Newman told her about the fentanyl, about Matt Clark feeding him bad doses, about losing control, Victoria has had the weekend to process. Wednesday she sits him back down and asks the questions that go deeper than the first confession. How long can he stay clean? Who knows? What does the family need to do? Whatever Victoria asks, Nick has to answer honestly, and the conversation is going to test the bond between these two in a real way.

Amelia Heinle and Joshua Morrow do their best work when they get to sit in this kind of charged emotional honesty. Wednesday is going to be tender, hard, and necessary.

Sally Spectra Worries About Billy Abbott’s Past

Sally Spectra loves Billy Abbott, and Wednesday that love starts to look like anxiety.

Sally worries that Billy Abbott‘s past is going to catch up with him, and given that Phyllis and Cane went down on the Newman case Billy may or may not have been adjacent to, her concern is not unfounded. Wednesday she sits with the fear out loud, and Billy is going to have to decide whether to dismiss it, share it, or come clean about something he has been holding.

Courtney Hope playing a Sally who is genuinely scared for the man she loves is going to be heart-tugging.

Victor sent Michael in for the kill, Victoria pushed Nick on his recovery, and Sally is scared for Billy. Whose Wednesday is going to bruise the worst? Drop it below.

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