The Young and the Restless: Nick Addicted, Claire Rages, Victor Suspected – The Newmans Hit Rock Bottom Chaos!

The Young and the Restless reveals the Newmans are in trouble right now. It looks like Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) will continue to struggle after surgery. Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin) upset her granddaughter and lied. Soon, even those who love him will realize that Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) is responsible for all this.

The turmoil in the Newman family won’t end anytime soon. There are many tragedies to come and it seems like the whole family is circling the ditch. We’ll talk about how bad things get for the Newmans soon.

Victor Newman’s feud with Jack Abbott creates a family crisis for the Young and the Restless

Right now, the Newmans are splitting up. They might lose everything because Victor had to go after Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) again Jabot. That’s more than the actual tangible danger that was already occurring. Not only is the drama created by Victor, but he makes it worse with Matt Clark (Roger Howarth) in Genoa City determined to destroy the Newmans.

That was already bad, but it got worse because instead of calling the police, Nick, Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) and a furious Victor, decided to punish Matt themselves before handing him over to the authorities. But then he got loose and attacked Nick while he was driving, causing a car crash, and then Matt fled.

Now Nick is seriously injured and his broken leg is just the beginning of his troubles. Thankfully, Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) managed to snag Matt and tried to use him as a bargaining chip to get the AI. However, because Victor thinks he knows everything and wouldn’t cooperate with Jack for any reason, Matt didn’t turn his back on the Newmans or the police.

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As Victor is distracted by an AI attack on Newman Enterprises, everything went sideways with Matt. He’s still a real threat, even though he’s not on their front-burner radar. So far, Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) and Adam’s damage control efforts have not stopped the AI ​​from attacking the company.

They will break down while standing helpless. Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) has already said that Victor knows how this happened because he did it to her Arabesque and he did it in the company of Matt. Newman’s goods are being transferred to who knows where. One group was gone and it was getting worse by the minute.

An insider Newman Enterprises leaking details of the company’s problem to the media. Then, Victor blew it with Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn) and Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) for insulting Cane’s father, Colin Atkinson (Tristan Rogers), and threatening Phyllis with the fall of Summer Newman (Allison Lanier). So, they refused to consider the agreement.

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To be honest, Phyllis and Cane probably wouldn’t have made a deal. That’s Victor’s fault because he destroyed Cane’s company, arabesque, that he started with Colin. That was to be the inheritance of Cane’s children. Plus, Victor has done really bad things to Phyllis in the past—unspeakable things.

On top of all those past sins, he just hurt her with the AI ​​deal. I don’t know why Victor thought he could get anywhere with them. He has no strength, no humility, and no discernment. Even when Nikki and Michael Baldwin (Christian Jules Leblanc) try to talk sense into him, the problem is that Victor has been abusing his powers for a long time.

It’s like he can’t imagine that he’s in a position where he’s weak. He has no power right now. That’s karma, and I gotta tell you guys, I’m enjoying it. Cane and Phyllis take over Newman Enterprises revenge for Victor’s sketchy actions.

Nick Newman Struggles With Injury and Possible Pain Addiction

When Nikki says it’s all her fault, Victor explodes and tries to blame everything on Cane and Phyllis. But Nikki knows better and calls Victor out in front of the family for actions that destroy their empire. All because he despises Jack. That is the root of it all.

Victor is suspicious and will take more. Newmans will be broke if they can’t sell things quickly. They all may have to move into Sharon Newman’s (Sharon Case) small farm house. Meanwhile, speaking of another Newman problem, Nick has decided to check himself into the hospital against the doctor’s advice because he wants to recapture Matt and stop the family company from leaving.

But he is not in a position to do anything. Nick was sure he could get Phyllis to listen to reason and stop the attack. But basically, Nick failed for the same reason that Victor did. Both men have hair-raising tempers. Nick was absolutely furious with Phyllis and was making threats and going on and on, anger on his face.

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Like Victor, Nick threatened to tell Summer everything Phyllis had done and vowed that Summer would confront her mother. But that pushed him over the edge. Phyllis will not back down. Nick was so angry, he promised to crush Phyllis and Cane. However, he currently has no strength or power.

After that frustrating protest that didn’t go away quickly, Nick had returned to the farm in great pain because he must be in the hospital recovering. He called Summer, said they needed to talk, and took several pain pills at once. We all know how painkillers work. Nick was not supposed to take more than one pill at a time.

If it was Tylenol, fine, take two. If it’s an opioid, that’s one, right? Nick had already mentioned that his doctor had increased his pain medication. The pressure from Matt, Phyllis, and Cane is probably increasing Nick’s pain level. So, I suspect there will be another problem, and that will be Nick becoming addicted to pain medication.

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This week, he’s already hiding things from Sharon, and that means Nick is in no mood to confront Matt. And don’t forget the creep is a fentanyl dealer. I wouldn’t be surprised if they bring that up and somehow Matt manages to get Nick hooked on fentanyl. It is used in a medical setting, but even in that setting, it is highly addictive and dangerous.

Also, with Nikki’s addiction gene almost in his DNA, there’s a good chance Nick will find himself addicted to painkillers. But if Victor had made a deal with Jack, Matt would have been out of their lives and things wouldn’t have been so dangerous. Let’s talk about Claire now. He immediately raised the alarm to Victoria about Victor lying to her face and denying that he had Cane’s AI program.

Victoria was trying to say it was complicated, but it wasn’t. Victor lied to Claire because he wanted to use the plan on the Abbotts. Victor knows that Claire is close to all the Abbotts and cares about them. Therefore, he lied to his face while planning to attack Jabot behind his back.

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Claire does not feel well when lied to, so she may cut Victor out of her life. He’s already fired her once for interfering in her relationship by paying Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) to break up with Kyle. So, we have Matt, who I’m sure will escape soon based on 2026 Y&R the robbers.

With Nick on drugs, maybe we’ll run out and turn to street drugs. Sharon is upset about the divorce of Tessa Porter (Cait Fairbanks) and Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) and the Matt thing. Then there’s Noah Newman (Lucas Adams), who is also likely to have a crush on Victor based on spoilers saying he finds something shocking about Matt.

That would be when Noah heard that they could bring Matt back and everyone would be safe. But Victor wanted revenge more than he cared about the family’s safety. Noah and Sharon will be tagged. I think in the coming weeks we will see the whole family hit the ground running, but especially Nick. Victor will insist that all of this is not his fault and will likely be angry at any Newman who tries to blame him. It’s about to get messy, y’all.