Young and restless spoilers for the week of June 29 reveal that things are really heating up we need to talk about Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) is kidnapped and Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) is horrified when his wife loses her sight and has to undergo high-risk surgery.
We have the latest Y&R spoilers for the week of June 29 to July 3, including big things to Diane Jenkins Abbott (Susan Walters), also for Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) and several others.
Young and the Restless: Victor’s Terror and Nikki’s Crisis
First, let’s talk about why exactly Victor is so afraid. As we end the week with Friday’s episode, the July Sweeps are already hitting hard. Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) is in the hospital with Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle), Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin), and Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) all gathered around her. Victor is there too. Nikki’s vision is failing and she’s honestly just afraid to even open her eyes. But her husband is there, badly hurt, and Victor goes out into the hall to cry. He’s scared of Nikki and feels guilty as hell, of course.
So Victor starts fighting to get the top surgeon there as soon as possible. Seeing Nikki like this is tearing him apart, especially after how he’s treated her for the past several months. Nikki feels bad for the kids sits by her bed, but they all refuse to go. And finally she tells them she is glad they are there. And Victoria and Claire admit that Victor knows what’s going on with her and is doing everything he can to help, surprising her.
Y&R Spoilers: Victor on a mission & Nikki worries about Nick
Claire and Victoria try to stop Victor from leaving the hospital, but he says he doesn’t want to stress Nikki by being there and he needs to make sure the surgeon gets there as soon as possible. But in the end, Victor promises Claire and Victoria that he will be back once he makes arrangements to get the surgeon there to perform his operation as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Nikki worries that the stress of all this will affect Nick’s addiction, and Victor calls Stephanie, who is with Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic) and Lily Winters (Christel Khalil). So on Friday, Nate tells Lily about Nikki’s health crisis, and Nate says that the mass on Nikki’s optic nerve will be difficult to remove. And then Stephanie gets a call from the surgeon saying they can be there the same day.
And so Victor shows up and he is excited to hear that the doctor can come and tells Stephanie Simmons (Vivica A. Fox) that he will send his private jet to pick up the surgeon. Victor also calls Victoria to tell her that the surgeon is flying in. And after Victor leaves, Lily, Nate and Stephanie mention that Nikki and Victor are a true love story and they always reunite.
Young and the Restless: Race Against Time – Nikki’s vision fades
So it turns out the surgeon may be too late because back at the hospital, Victoria tells Nikki, Nick and Claire that Victor has the surgeon flying in. But just as he walks in, Nikki yells out, “It’s too late. Her sight is gone. She’s blind.” And then next week the doctor is there and operates on Nikki Young and restless.
Plus, we get Victoria giving Victor the update that Nikki is finally out of surgery. And when Nick asks how it went, Victoria says it’s too early to tell. So we get to see Nikki struggle with vision loss for a while because it’s soapy and sweeping, but I’m sure they won’t leave her permanently blind.
Young and the Restless: Jack’s Dangerous Rescue Plan
Okay, now let’s move on to Jack and Diane’s story with big things for both of them. At the end of this week, Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) and Jack speak at Crimson light about breaking into Dr. Markham’s (Jere Burns) house where they are sure he is keeping Diane. And Jack adamantly refuses to let Kyle do the burglary, saying he has to do it because Jack doesn’t want Kyle in danger, even though he really wants to be there for Diane.
So the two men debate whether they can deal with Patty directly and scare her, but Jack doesn’t think it will work. So he will Kyle to lure Markham out of the house so he can enter. And remember, Patty has already warned Markham that Jack is going to be a problem. So Kyle calls Markham and he leaves a voicemail and he tells him he saw his mother Diane through the window of his house and says Markham better call back or Kyle will call the police. So Jack and Kyle figure that if Markham calls back, it’s confirmation that he really has Diane.
Diane plays Markham on Y&R
Meanwhile, at the Markham house, we have Diane accusing Markham of lying about Jack moving Patty in. And Markham keeps turning on the gas, saying that Jack has moved on. Meanwhile, Diane realizes that Patty and Markham are working together against her. But Diane also wonders why Jack is playing with Patty. So Diane keeps playing Markham and she fakes this big tearful breakdown and says she was always Jack’s second choice. And then Diane starts asking Markham again to give her sleeping pills. Diane sobs and freaks out.
Young and the Restless: Patty’s backlash and Jack’s disappearance
And Markham steps out, listens to the voicemail from Kyle, and then Markham calls him back and denies having Diane. He says she’s in an institution, but won’t tell Kyle where. And Kyle says he knows Markham is lying and will show up with the police. So he asks to meet Kyle in town and he tells Markham, “Come on over Crimson light.So the doctor tells Diane he’s going to get her sedatives and he leaves.
Jack and Kyle are feeling pretty cocky about their plan. But once again, Patty is one step ahead of them because she listened, and now she’s mad that they’re going behind her back and lying to get to Diane. So we’ll find out next week if Markham shows up to meet Kyle. And he can’t. But it looks like Patty or Markham will kidnap Jack because next week Kyle asks Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) if she heard from Jack today and Traci hasn’t heard from Jack and asks if anything happened. And if you recall, neither Traci nor Kyle live in the mansion because of Patty.
So Kyle tells Traci Jack might actually be trouble. And I agree. I could see Patty hiding Jack somewhere like the Abbott Cabin or some other remote location and honestly drugging him. Patty is an unhinged lunatic with a twisted fixation on Jack. And of course Victor brought her back to Genoa City, which is terrible.
Young and the Restless: Diane’s Seduction Strategy
So next week we have Diane continuing to play with Dr. Markham, and she asks him if there is a psychological term for when a the patient develops an attachment to their therapist. And he tells Diane that it’s pretty common. Now that may be true, but twisted Markham says it’s a positive part of the process, and that’s definitely not true. And it has me further convinced that the guy is not a shrink at all and is a friend of Patty’s psych ward and the real Markham is either dead or locked in a padded room somewhere.
But Diane is unfazed, and she leans into Markham, who acts like she likes the idea that she’s, you know, crushing on him. So Diane gets really, really flirty next week and tells Markham that she’s really looking forward to their next session. And man, I just hope he gives Diane those sleeping pills and she turns around and drugs Markham, ties him up, tortures answers out of him and then runs away.
I think it would be a good twist if Diane was the one who actually saved Jack than the other way around. Y&R kicking it up a notch as the July sweeps roll on. Be sure to check out our full weekly spoilers tomorrow, our prediction edition, our two-minute spoilers, and more to come.
