The American television daytime soap opera “The Young and the Restless” on CBS shall be marking its 11,000th episode on September 1 and the special milestone for the show shall be highlighted by the appearance of two guests.
Lee Philip Bell, the co-creator of the show and mother of Lauralee Bell, who plays Christine Williams in the soap opera, will return for the second time ever in “The Young and the Restless.” Lee’s last appearance on the show was about 10 years ago. Her character shall surprise both Christine and Paul Williams, played by Doug Davidson.
The other guest star on the September 1 episode is Nichelle Nichols, who is best remembered for playing Lt. Uhura in the original “Star Trek.”
Nichols will play the mother of Neil Winters, portrayed by Kristoff St. John, who is already in bad shape in a medical facility. Neil will confront his mother about abandoning him in the past after Lily, played by Christel Khalil, and Devon, played by Bryton James, encouraged her to do so.
Taking a break from the show
In the early goings of this week on “The Young and the Restless,” Victor, played by Eric Braeden, is shown gambling big time but the fallout is that Adam Newman, played by Justin Hartley, may be gone for good.
Interestingly, Victor’s partner in his latest caper came as a surprise to viewers of “The Young and the Restless because it turned out that it is Nikki Newman, played by Melody Scott, who was his co-conspirator in aiding and abetting a criminal.
Allowing Adam to escape alone and remain at large make sense. In fact, the viewers were not surprised when Chelsea, played by Melissa Egan, encouraged Adam to get away as she and their son Connor, played by twins Gunner and Ryder Gadbois, stayed behind.
A few weeks back, Nicholas Newman, played by Joshua Morrow, promised Adam that he will take care of Chelsea and Connor. And it is something that Adam will hold on to during his escape. Nick plans to be with Chelsea as she tries to cope with her life without Adam.
While his character may not be entirely out of the soap opera, but the Adam going away storyline was a ruse to give Justin Hartley a break from the show to work on his primetime series “This Is Us,” reports the Christian Post.
Coming clean for the oil rig disaster
Luca, played by Miles Villanueva, also admitted to Summer, played by Hunter King, that he was responsible for the Newman oil rig disasters.
Summer then decided to call off the wedding and things turned for the worse when Jack, played by Peter Bergman, suddenly showed up and Luca threatened to hurt Summer if he meddles with their affair.
Jack then called the police and Luca was busted. As he is being led away by the officers, he tells Summer how much he truly loved her, details the Inquisitor.
Nick will also show his support to his daughter as he gets the details on what happened from Jack. Summer will be hard on herself for what just happened between her and Luca but Nick will calm her down.
Jack will be calling Phyllis, played by Gina Tognoni, and he will be wondering why she is not answering her phone. It turned out that she is with Billy, played by Jason Thompson, at her office in Jabot.
Apparently, she is having a jealous tantrum at that point and tells Billy that the reason why she broke up with him was because Jill, played by Jess Walton, forced her to after she found out about their relationship.
Phyllis will accidentally run into Billy again in the elevator later, and she will make a snarky remark about how he still has feelings for Victoria Newman, played by Amelia Heinle. She takes off, but Billy tracks her down and insists that he is in love with her.
She balks at the idea, certain that he is set to reunite with Victoria, and he pushes back that she is the one who backed away from their relationship. Soon Phyllis will explain why she walked away from him, telling Billy that Jill knows about them.
“The Young and the Restless,” which fans also refer to as “Y&R” was created by William J. Bell and Lee Philip Bell for CBS and aired first on March 26, 1973.