Genoa City is a powder keg on Wednesday’s The Young and the Restless on CBS, with multiple feuds threatening to boil over. First up: Chelsea, who makes a desperate plea to Nikki, hoping for backup in her ongoing war with Victor. Her SOS comes as Victor dials up the pressure on Adam, giving him a hard-and-fast ultimatum: put a stop to the smear campaign against Billy, or face the consequences.
Meanwhile, Sally finds herself playing damage control, looking to smooth over the fallout from the Abbott Communications launch delay. Victor’s fury at Adam stems from the holdup, which he views as a missed opportunity to knock Billy down a peg. The Newman patriarch makes it clear that failure isn’t an option—leaving Adam to face the difficult choice of obeying his father or risking his own neck.
Nikki, ever the voice of reason (or at least, experience in dealing with Victor’s iron will), gives Chelsea some pointers but acknowledges the uphill battle she’s facing. Chelsea’s set for a showdown with Victor later in the week, where she’ll make a play for compromise—but with the Mustache in full battle mode, her odds of success are dicey at best.
