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Y&R SPOILERS OCTOBER 28: PHYLLIS FORCES VICTOR’S HAND AT NEWMAN RANCH—PARTNER UP OR WATCH HER SELL CANE’S STOLEN AI TO HIGHEST BIDDER
TL;DR: On October 28’s Young and the Restless, Phyllis Summers shows up at the Newman ranch with Cane Ashby’s stolen AI technology and gives Victor Newman an ultimatum he can’t refuse—become her partner in destroying Jack Abbott, or watch her sell the tech to the highest bidder.
The devil just made a deal with… well, another devil, honestly.
And Jack Abbott? He has absolutely NO idea what’s coming for him.
October 28’s Young and the Restless delivers one of the most shocking, morally twisted alliances in soap opera history when Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) walks into the Newman ranch with a nuclear weapon—Cane Ashby’s stolen AI technology—and forces Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) into a partnership that crosses every line imaginable. This isn’t your typical corporate warfare. This is personal destruction weaponized through cutting-edge technology, and the target is Victor’s oldest enemy: Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman).
The question isn’t whether this alliance will cause chaos. It’s how many people get destroyed in the process.
What Deal Does Phyllis Force Victor to Accept?
Phyllis Summers gives Victor Newman an ultimatum at the Newman ranch that he simply cannot refuse: partner with her to destroy Jack Abbott using Cane Ashby’s stolen AI technology, or watch her auction off the tech to the highest bidder.
The audacity of Phyllis walking into Victor’s home and essentially blackmailing him? That takes either incredible courage or complete insanity. (With Phyllis, it’s probably both.) She’s stolen powerful AI technology from Cane Ashby—who recently warned Jack that Jabot Cosmetics is in “serious trouble” because of the missing tech—and now she’s leveraging it for her own revenge scheme.
Victor could say no. He could throw her out. He could have security escort her off the property.
But he doesn’t.
Because Phyllis is offering him something he’s wanted for four decades: the total, complete, personal destruction of Jack Abbott. Not a business takeover. Not a corporate victory. Personal devastation that will leave Jack broken and desperate enough to surrender his family’s legacy just to make the pain stop.
How can Victor resist that?
What’s the Plan to Destroy Jack Abbott?
The plan is ruthless, specific, and absolutely chilling: Phyllis hands over Cane’s stolen AI technology so Victor can target Jack Abbott on a deeply personal level, prying Jabot from his hands once he’s psychologically broken, and then Phyllis expects to take the AI back after the takeover is complete.
Let’s break down why this plan is so devastating. The AI isn’t just a business tool—it’s a psychological weapon. Victor doesn’t want to destroy Jabot Cosmetics. He wants to destroy Jack the man. There’s a difference, and it matters.
Victor explicitly tells Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) and Chelsea Lawson (Melissa Claire Egan) when he swears them to secrecy: the goal is hurting Jack personally, not annihilating the company. This is about four decades of hatred, betrayal, and personal vendettas finally reaching their breaking point.
Phyllis knows where all of Jack’s emotional vulnerabilities are located. She knows about Diane, about his fear of losing his family’s legacy, about every betrayal that’s ever wounded him. And now she’s handing all that intelligence to Victor Newman—a man whose entire life has been built on crushing his enemies with surgical precision.
The stolen AI is the delivery system. The real ammunition is weaponized history.
But here’s where Phyllis’s plan has a fatal flaw…
Will Victor Actually Return the AI to Phyllis?
It’s highly unlikely Victor Newman will return the AI technology to Phyllis Summers once he has control of it and achieves his goal of taking over Jabot Cosmetics.
Come ON, Phyllis. You’re smarter than this!
Victor Newman doesn’t share power. He doesn’t return weapons once he’s used them to achieve total victory. And he definitely doesn’t honor deals with people he views as expendable pawns in his grander schemes. Phyllis believing she can simply reclaim the technology after Victor takes down Jack shows a fundamental misunderstanding of who she’s partnered with.
Think about Victor’s history. He’s spent decades manipulating people, using them as instruments of his will, and discarding them the second they stop being useful. Why would Phyllis be any different? She’s desperate, which makes her predictable. She’s burned her bridges with Cane, which means she has nowhere else to turn. And she’s handing Victor exactly what he needs to accomplish the ultimate victory over his oldest rival.
Victor is going to use Phyllis as his proxy weapon, let her take all the initial risks and exposure, and then throw her under the bus the SECOND it becomes convenient. Mark my words—Phyllis is walking into a trap of her own making, and when Victor inevitably turns on her, she’ll have no one to blame but herself.
Why Does Victor Swear Adam and Chelsea to Secrecy?
Victor Newman brings Adam Newman and Chelsea Lawson into this clandestine operation and swears them to absolute secrecy because he’s conducting a critical loyalty test while simultaneously reshuffling the Newman family power dynamics.
This is HUGE for Adam. His relationship with Victor has always been volatile—he’s often been the outcast, the black sheep, the son who mirrors Victor’s ruthlessness but rarely receives his full trust. By bypassing his other children, Nick and Victoria, and admitting Adam to his innermost circle on a vendetta of supreme personal importance, Victor is sending a clear message: Adam might possess the killer instinct necessary to one day inherit the throne of Newman Enterprises.
But here’s what Victor might not have fully considered: the fallout.
When Victoria Newman discovers her father excluded her from this massive operation—and she WILL find out because secrets in Genoa City have a shelf life of about five minutes—she’s going to view it as the ultimate vote of no confidence. Victor is essentially telling Adam “you’re ruthless enough to be my true heir” while simultaneously telling his other children “you’re not dark enough for this level of warfare.”
That’s going to trigger a whole new war inside the Newman family. Victoria could align with Jack out of spite. Nick might finally have enough of his father’s manipulations. Victor is so obsessed with destroying one enemy that he’s actively creating a dozen new ones within his own family.
The pact of secrecy isn’t just a tactical precaution. It’s a catalyst for the next generation of Newman family chaos.
Does Jack Abbott Know What’s Coming?
No, Jack Abbott has no idea that Victor Newman and Phyllis Summers are working together or that they’re targeting him with Cane Ashby’s stolen AI technology.
Jack knows something is wrong. Cane personally warned him that Jabot is in “serious trouble” because of the missing AI. But Jack doesn’t know WHO has the technology, WHAT they plan to do with it, or WHY he’s being targeted. He’s aware there’s a technological threat to his company, but he can’t defend himself against an attack he can’t see coming.
And that’s exactly what makes this so terrifying.
Jack has weathered four decades of corporate warfare with Victor. He’s survived hostile takeovers, business betrayals, and every dirty trick in Victor’s playbook. But what he might not be able to survive is the emotional devastation of discovering that Phyllis—someone who knows his deepest vulnerabilities—has partnered with Victor to destroy him on the most personal level imaginable.
The discovery that Victor and Phyllis are working in concert will deliver a psychological blow BEFORE the AI is even fully deployed. It’s the ultimate business betrayal combined with the ultimate personal betrayal happening simultaneously.
By the time Jack figures out what’s happening, it might already be too late to protect himself or Jabot.
What’s Next for Victor, Phyllis, and Jack?
Could this mean the beginning of the end for Jack Abbott’s control of Jabot Cosmetics? Don’t be surprised if Victor’s plan succeeds in at least partially destabilizing Jack’s position, forcing him into increasingly desperate defensive moves that actually make things worse.
Given Phyllis’s history of chaotic scheming that inevitably backfires, this likely leads to her losing everything when Victor double-crosses her and keeps the AI for himself. She’ll end up with no technology, no allies, and possibly facing legal consequences for the original theft from Cane.
Reading between the lines of this unholy alliance, something tells me Cane Ashby isn’t going to sit back and watch his stolen technology destroy people. He warned Jack for a reason—he might become an unexpected ally in the fight against Victor and Phyllis, potentially transforming this into a three-way corporate war.
This has all the makings of a catastrophic implosion that will reshape Genoa City’s power structure for years to come. The Victor-Phyllis alliance is built on mutual distrust, conflicting endgames, and massive egos that won’t share credit for the victory. When it falls apart (and it WILL fall apart), the collateral damage is going to be spectacular.
If I know these writers, we’re watching the opening move of a much longer, more devastating game that will leave multiple characters destroyed before it’s over.
The real question isn’t whether this plan succeeds. It’s how many people get buried in the wreckage when it inevitably explodes.
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