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The Young and the Restless - Season 53 Episode 25 -
Monday, November 10, 2025
Monday, November 10, 2025
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00:00Well, of course, we're excited.
00:01My brother Jack has redirected all his resources into Chabot,
00:04which means Abbott Communications has all the funding it needs to take off.
00:10Newman Media, are they still in business?
00:13No, we're not worried about the competition, especially those muckrakers.
00:18Look, at the end of the day, I believe in our team.
00:22We have fantastic people, and our co-CEO, Sally Spector, is a star, and the sky's the limit.
00:27Yes. No, no, no, I'm not going to do that.
00:32I'm not going to tell you who's on the team.
00:35But we are hiring the best of the best, and you can quote me on that.
00:39Ultimately, I think our product is fantastic.
00:41We're young, we're ready to do it, and you can quote me on that, too.
00:46All right, I'll talk to you soon.
00:48Anytime. Thanks.
00:52Hi.
00:52Hi.
00:53I just spent the last half hour singing your praises
00:55about how you're going to make Abbott Communications
00:57the toast of the town and the gold standard.
01:00Well, that's good.
01:02Uh-oh.
01:03What's wrong?
01:05I just spoke with Jill about bringing Audra on board.
01:08Let me guess, she doesn't like the idea.
01:10Just as you predicted.
01:12I'm sorry.
01:14I mean, I pitched my heart out to her.
01:16She wasn't even hearing any of it.
01:17She just kept saying, and I'm quoting her directly,
01:19that Audra's past precludes her from being a part of our future.
01:21Yeah, that's Jill speak for hard no.
01:27Audra, relax.
01:29Do not tell me to relax.
01:31I mean, what the hell were you thinking,
01:33spilling your guts to declare about her past in L.A.?
01:35You're making a bigger deal out of this than it was.
01:37No, I get to decide if this is a big deal or not,
01:39and it is a big deal to me.
01:41You know, if you wanted to impress Little Miss Sunshine,
01:43why didn't you book one of those corny,
01:45old-fashioned Hollywood tours that parks a stupid bus
01:48in front of those houses where celebrities don't live anymore?
01:50I guess they were all booked.
01:52You're not funny, Holden.
01:53You haven't been funny for a very long time.
01:55Hey, I'm sorry I upset you.
01:57But why did you do it?
01:59It was so unnecessary.
02:01Why bring Claire into something we agreed was off-limits?
02:03It kind of just happened.
02:05What?
02:06There was a, what, a lull in the conversation?
02:09Which wouldn't surprise me at all with her.
02:10So what, you suddenly got the urge
02:12to take a trip down bad memory lane?
02:14Listen, she's been...
02:15She's been pressing me forever about our history, okay?
02:18So then we went to the shadow room with...
02:19You went where?
02:23We went to the shadow room with Mitch and...
02:25Okay, I know what the shadow room is, Holden.
02:27That's right.
02:27So, of course,
02:29the topic of our past came up again.
02:32Yeah, I just...
02:33I can't believe you took her there.
02:36Given our history with that place
02:38and those people,
02:40what is wrong with you?
02:41Do you have a death wish or something?
02:50What is wrong with you?
02:52I know.
02:53I know.
02:54I appreciate you letting me know.
03:21I'll send word to the tech team so they can do whatever they can.
03:24Thanks.
03:31That sounds like bad news.
03:34You really gonna sit there and pretend like you don't know what just happened?
03:37I have no idea what you're talking about.
03:39You have my AI software.
03:41You just launched it against me and my company.
03:44You gonna deny it?
03:51Here you go.
04:03You know, it's not fair.
04:06Jill doesn't even know Audra.
04:08She knows enough to know that she's bad news.
04:11And she's not the only one.
04:12Okay, so?
04:14Ever heard of second chances?
04:15I think Jill used all her second chances on me.
04:18Sorry about that.
04:20Look, I know that Audra's a friend of yours.
04:22Yes, a friend who just happens to be very highly and uniquely qualified in exactly what we're trying to accomplish.
04:27That's fine, but this is Jill's final verdict.
04:30And, you know, her word matters.
04:35You know, Jill didn't exactly say that I couldn't hire Audra.
04:43What does that mean?
04:44Well, she just strongly advised against it and that ultimately she said it was gonna be my decision.
04:48Yeah, that's the same as no.
04:50I speak and understand Jill, okay?
04:53What she's saying is that it's your neck on the line and if it doesn't go good, it's your head.
04:58Well, I'm still gonna fight for Audra.
05:00She changed her mind about you, didn't she?
05:02I think that's very different.
05:04How?
05:05Because when you convinced Jill to come on board knowing that I was still a part of the team, she probably said yes at a guilt not because of my ability.
05:13Mm-mm.
05:14You're wrong.
05:15I saw her face when I pitched the idea of you and me running the company together.
05:19Her eyes lit up.
05:20That was not guilt.
05:21That was excitement for all the possibilities.
05:23If I could do it with you, I could do it with Audra.
05:25Sally, are you sure that Audra's the hill you want to die on?
05:28I believe in her.
05:30Okay.
05:31Look, just for argument's sake, let's say that, you know, Audra is the rock star because nobody's doubting her talent.
05:37But she has a long track record of being a very loose cannon.
05:40You want to risk that?
05:42Hoping that she stays on the straight and narrow?
05:44Because if she doesn't, and she reverts to her old ways, that's it.
05:49Abbey Communications is no more. Jill pulls the funding.
05:52So, you got a question.
05:55Is Audra really worth it?
05:57Worth your future.
05:59Worth our future.
06:04I cannot believe you took Claire to the shadow room.
06:07It's a nightclub.
06:08That's what people do in LA. They go to clubs.
06:10But why did it have to be that one?
06:11I mean, there are hundreds of other clubs in LA, Holden.
06:15So, so what was the problem?
06:17Huh? Were you afraid that you weren't gonna get past the velvet rope and your stupid little girlfriend wasn't gonna realize you're not as cool as you pretend to be?
06:23First off, Claire is not my girlfriend. Let's get-
06:26Okay, that is not the point.
06:28I don't care who she is to you or what you did. Why did you have to take her to that place? The place that could bury us, bury me particularly. Huh? So, so what was the angle? To just entertain crazy Claire with some dirt about me that she could use down the road?
06:45You're wrong on all counts.
06:47I don't know, Holden. This fits your MO. To try to impress vulnerable women. Hmm. Yeah. With a little dirt and a little scandal to get them all hot and bothered. That's your twisted idea of foreplay. And I bet it worked. I bet Claire got all excited about you revealing information. Our corruption. And she just couldn't wait to take you back to her home.
07:03And just show you her appreciation. Did I call it Holden? Is that how it went down?
07:10I have no idea what the hell you're talking about.
07:12I know it was you, Victor.
07:14Isn't that ironic? The very doomsday machine you were intending to use against other companies. It's been used against you. Is that mortifying? I would be if I were you.
07:21How did you do it? Hmm? Phyllis? Phyllis?
07:22Phyllis.
07:23Phyllis?
07:24Any time anything goes wrong with some damage you were talking about. I know it was you, Victor.
07:27Is that how it went down? I didn't know what it was. Is that how it went down? I know it was you, Victor.
07:32Isn't that ironic? The very doomsday machine you were intending to use against other companies. It's been used against you. Is that mortifying? I would be if I were you.
07:44How did you do it? Hmm? Phyllis?
07:47Phyllis.
07:48anytime anything goes wrong with some damn computer everyone points to finish that's how
07:54crossed the bear you know i'm gonna find out i bet you will and quite frankly i don't give a damn
08:02so let me get this straight you didn't have any kind of protection in place in case this
08:10kind of thing happened that's not really the point here adam no the point is you're accusing
08:14my father of something in which you have zero proof yeah i kind of like the lies you put on
08:18your media platform about me and my father okay those weren't lies god we're gonna have a field
08:25day with this boneheaded play aristotle dumas undone by his own frankenstein monster i mean that
08:32sings let's not be too hard on him okay he's just reacting the way we would if this had happened to
08:40us that's what he intended to do right to destroy our company is that it you're not gonna get away
08:48with this but whoever got a hold of this doomsday machine already has you want to take me on
08:56good luck to you now if i were you i wouldn't waste any more time talking about this
09:04because you have a business to save right
09:08is that true did you really unleash kane's creation against him
09:34you know there was a time when audra was the only person who would have a cup of coffee with me in
09:43this town my reputation was not as stellar as it is now i know a little bit about that myself okay
09:50then you should understand why i want to help her when she's down i mean come on billy she's lost her
09:57business she's lost her relationship and she's running out of money the girl deserves a break
10:02usually i would never argue that kind of opportunity to give to someone but look
10:08sally it's a big bet to make on someone because if it doesn't go well you lose it all
10:14audra needs this opportunity so i really don't think she would do anything to jeopardize it maybe
10:21not now what if she gets a little too comfortable look okay i i know audra's faults billy you and jill
10:27don't need to make a list for me but i also know that she will work like a demon and she will have
10:33my back and that is very important to me because i didn't that's not what i'm saying you don't have
10:42to say it i screwed up i really messed up when i went down the chancellor rabbit hole okay and i didn't
10:50i didn't give you the loyalty or or the support that you deserved and i still feel bad about that
10:58okay billy just stop i've already forgiven you for that i guess i haven't forgiven myself for it
11:04and maybe that's what this is about maybe i'm being too hard on audra but i just
11:09i don't want to see you get burnt again sally
11:12well i think audra is a benefit not a liability especially when it comes to taking on new media
11:22she is a fighter just like me and she is not afraid to get her hands dirty when the other side plays rough
11:27okay look it's your call right as your junior partner i'm here to give you advice based on my
11:38experience but you know what you need to do you need to really look at this you need to weigh the
11:42pros and the cons i trust you sally you'll make the right call
11:49but audra would you please calm down stop telling me how to feel you know this was so stupid old and
11:57stupid i don't want to fight you no you just want to ruin my life if that were true then why would i be
12:02telling you claire knows what she i don't understand why she had to know anything at all she already
12:07i think something suspicious went down between you and me in the past okay the closer we got the
12:11more she wanted to find out so what you tell her that it's none of her business i already tried that
12:17oh yeah i'm sure you did well it's not so easy when kyle's around asking questions and then of
12:21course sienna piping in with her two cents listen claire was not gonna let this go oh so you know what
12:28you should have done next holden what's that yeah you should have told her to kick rocks and go
12:31back to fairy tale land with kyle oh but of course that means you wouldn't have gotten what you wanted
12:36your little conquest would have been interrupted all right now if i were to do that who's to say
12:41that she would have stopped trying to find out anyway which would have been even worse i can't
12:45see how i can't see how audra i told her a very careful version of our truths i didn't want her to
12:51imagine anything worse you still don't get it holden you just gave that woman who hates me with a
12:57passion something she could try to use to sabotage my life and there is absolutely no doubt in my
13:02mind she's gonna try to do exactly that
13:04yeah no i don't i don't care how many reinforcements you have to bring in all right now that the program
13:11is inside our system there has to be a way to activate the kill switch so yeah the more eyes on
13:16the better why yeah of course this is critical all right if we don't stop the bleeding my company's
13:23gonna go down keep me posted that's funny running into you here your timing is impeccable
13:31what does that mean that right it doesn't matter why are you so worked up
13:41you know it turns out that whoever stole my ai program just turned it against me and my company so
13:46my company's collapsing from the inside as we speak
13:51i i mean that has to be victor you know that right yeah and his accomplices
13:58how do we stop it oh you know we devised the kill switch but we haven't been able to activate it
14:06okay well what if we can't activate it i don't know i guess it depends on what victor's tech
14:12team ordered it to do my guess would be full destruct mod oh it's only a matter of time before
14:18my company is eventually destroyed i'm sorry easy come easy go as they say i mean it's not easy
14:29and and it's it's not too late for us to fix this we can fix this yeah the odds aren't looking good
14:38maybe it's karma maybe this is the price the universe decided i have to pay for deceiving lily and my
14:44children it's a hell of a price ain't it maybe i deserve it
14:53well i have to hand it to you i never saw this coming you going after kane first
15:01instead of hitting jabot yeah well
15:07he didn't either i think it was downright brilliant
15:12it was a perfect move kane thought he could play in the big leagues with you well
15:17here's your answer yeah
15:20you know guy like that doesn't even realize what will hit him
15:25his company will be in total disarray he'll be financially decimated you run to the next damn
15:32bankruptcy court to salvage whatever's left in the meantime we'll move in and we will take what we
15:38want for pennies on the dollar yeah it's a masterstroke pop really he was one of your finest thanks son
15:46you know it was satisfying to watch his face when he realized that everything he'll build up
15:54his phony empire began to crumble
16:07almost as satisfying as it will be to watch jack abbott
16:11you know what if what if claire tells nate or amy why would she do that have you not been listening
16:29holden she hates me you know nate already thinks that i am horrible and this is just gonna seal the
16:33deal i mean of course she's gonna tell kyle but who gives a damn what he thinks oh my god what if this
16:40gets back to sally and billy it could ruin me what are you talking about my job at avid communications
16:47a job i haven't even been officially hired for yet but if this gets out i mean that's it i mean what
16:54am i gonna do then okay audra let's take a step back okay i told claire a version of our story but
17:00i never mentioned his name at all and that's supposed to make it okay it nips it in the bud hopefully it
17:05satisfies claire so she won't keep looking that's right because then she'd find out you were a lot
17:12more involved than you probably told her you were i told her my part oh you told her that you took the
17:18cash i gave you to keep your mouth shut maybe i should demand a refund it's very funny i'm serious
17:26what you do with that money anyway huh i bet you didn't share that little detail with claire because
17:31you were too busy throwing me under the bus i told her what i told her okay audra so you can be
17:37pissed you can be paranoid you can be whatever you want i do not care but the reason i told her is
17:42because i didn't want claire to take a deeper dive into what really happened because that is a story
17:48and neither of us wants to get out is everything okay here
18:04hi hi how did your meeting with victor go i ordered you a drink thought you might need it thank you
18:12um there was a lot to unpack and i'm gonna fill you in later but i just got off the phone with a
18:19reporter that filled me in on the abbey communications launch do they have a date uh not officially but billy
18:28as usual is running his mouth on how great and wonderful it's gonna be and blah blah blah and how
18:34he's gonna bury newman media he won't no i know you know that but we have to be on guard against
18:42whatever bs billy throws out there because he's not going to be kind and gentle adam i know conflict
18:48is inevitable i accept that we are competitors i just don't want things to end up in the gutter
18:53well that's up to billy not just billy i mean victor plays a part in this as well
19:00i think i might be able to get him to back off on that really sure i mean we could use billy's
19:09canceled at the last minute launch party and paint abbey communications as an inferior product doomed to
19:14fail but i think the smarter move is to just leave it alone and wait to see what billy's up to and victor
19:23signed off on this i think he will which means he has it chelsea victor has bigger fish to fry
19:32at the moment and he's already got one of them on the grill who kane dad um released the ai software
19:44into arabes operating system oh my gosh and it's working by the end of the week kane could be out of
19:51business why aren't you happier about that it's so funny oh just you know life me god he has
20:09a funny way of laughing at those who make plans and i had a thought about what my father would say
20:13to me right now well he wouldn't be laughing that's for sure i don't know about that he has
20:19fair share of wins and losses well not a loss this big you know but but i mean it's not over
20:26it's not lost yet such an optimist phyllis well when i have something to be optimistic about
20:33well you know this turn of events leaves you out in the cold too unless
20:40unless tell me again phyllis said you had nothing to do with stealing my ai program
20:45i don't want you to make me believe it i really really want to believe it is it just me or you
20:53two always together lately it's just you billy is it really seem a little panicked are you trying to
21:01figure out how to get back that stolen ai software if it was actually stolen it's just you in a nutshell
21:08isn't it a day late and a dollar short oh well please kane enlighten my uninformed self yeah well
21:14i don't have time for your conspiracy theories i have fires to put out
21:23i wonder what kind of fires those could be any thoughts phyllis
21:38there's no problem at all sally audra and i were just reminiscing about old times
21:47oh well those old times seemed pretty intense from where i'm standing
21:51oh you know how it is sometimes you look back on things that used to be important in life changing
21:57and it turns out they're not worth remembering at all okay well i'm really glad i ran into you because
22:02there's something i have to talk to you about you know it seems like i've lost my appetite sally
22:07it's great to see you audra it's always a pleasure
22:15uh do i even have to ask please don't okay well it looks like steam was coming out of your head
22:21yeah holden has a rare gift of always putting me in a bad mood whenever i run into him okay well um
22:26i have an idea maybe don't engage when you run into him or if he reaches out to you just have something
22:30better to do great advice thanks so uh what kind of trouble am i in who said anything about trouble
22:41well it's been my experience that when someone says we need to talk it usually doesn't bode well
22:46for the person at the other end of the conversation i'm not shedding any tears for kane if that's what
22:55you're thinking no that's not what i'm thinking so go ahead i mean as far as i'm concerned the guy
23:04already had it coming for tricking the family into going to nice and then holding them hostage where
23:09three people had died don't forget that so i haven't forgotten you know and then the bastard comes sets up
23:18shop holds the entire town hostage with these ai doomsday threats listen nobody at this table feel
23:25sorry for kane trust me yeah but you're clearly upset or else we'd be ordering champagne and we're not
23:37it's my father's next target that bothers me
23:39jibout along with the complete destruction of jack abbott well you can't be surprised victor would
23:50want to go there i'm not plus it's part of phyllis's deal jibout for the ai program but victor does not
23:58always hold up his end of the deal i just i wish for once he could just be satisfied in winning
24:06i mean the guy has everything in his life that he could ever want or dream of and it's never enough
24:15it's a cautionary tale for me no i for everybody people that can never be satisfied can never truly
24:23be happy they just keep wanting and wanting and the need is insatiable and i feel sorry for him
24:33well i feel a hell of a lot sorrier for jack
24:39what does victor want you to do
24:44he wants me to create some kind of diversion for the abbots
24:48so they will be distracted when he finally wants to drop the hammer on them
24:52when is that supposed to happen
24:57clock's already ticking
25:02michael victor what have you learned about noah's associates in los angeles
25:08and by the way you and i were discussing business before
25:11have you made up your mind i need your counsel things are heating up around here okay
25:16but don't wait too long because things are becoming rather urgent bye
25:26as a matter of fact yeah i do know the fires that kane is putting out right now what are they
25:32like i'm gonna tell you you had a chance to be part of our winning team and you blew it
25:37come on winning team there's not a whole lot of winning happening with you okay like you know
25:45anything about winning i do know quite a bit i noticed your partner seemed pretty upset about
25:51something i'm thinking maybe things aren't going according to plan see that's the problem you're
25:56thinking and you're doing everything you can to avoid the subject which means that you're in trouble
26:00okay um we're fine you should put less emphasis on me and kane and more emphasis on uh what victor's
26:09gonna do next i'm not worried about victor you're not oh my goodness well you should be because it's
26:15only a matter of time before he goes after jabot and abbott communications i appreciate your concern
26:21but both companies will be just fine we'll be safe oh oh okay because you say so no because we
26:28were alerted and we took precautions um let me tell you something once that software gets in your
26:35system there's nothing you're going to be able to do to stop it we have tools okay for your sake i hope
26:43that's true you have a good day and i really hope that whatever your partner's freaking out about it gets
26:50solved but it didn't look good and good luck phyllis
27:04so i had a conversation with the person who is investing in avid communications oh your anonymous
27:21investor yeah they were concerned about your history how concerned are we talking about
27:31they strongly advised me not to hire you i mean that's it you know i am out of a job before i
27:39even get started no no hey take a breath okay because this is not over i mean it sure sounds that
27:44way to me sally audra i'm still gonna fight for you sally no hey look i'm not giving up on you
27:50or our friendship okay it's gonna work but how look i love that you're sticking up for me i do
27:57but we both know that whoever signs the checks calls the shots it's just the way it works okay
28:03well this particular person bought into my vision and my leadership 100 and that includes me putting
28:08together the team that i want just might take a little longer than we thought how much more time
28:17well once billy and i get avid communications up and running successfully then i am sure i can
28:22convince the backer to bring you on so more waiting i'm sorry yeah there's gonna be more waiting
28:31but it is gonna happen okay because our backer never gave me a direct order not to hire you so
28:38i'm gonna use that as a little wiggle room so that we can both get what we want
28:42i hate that victor does this to you he hands you his dirty work so he can keep his hands clean
28:53well i mean it's part of what i signed on for it shouldn't be and it's not even necessary i know
29:00it's one thing to go after kane when he was a threat to everyone but he's been neutralized everything's
29:04fine there are no more threats except for victor planning an unprovoked attack on jabot to satisfy some
29:11personal vendetta well it's a vendetta that has been going on for decades it doesn't make it right
29:19victor newman wants what he wants and jack abbott in his trophy room is right at the top of his list
29:26but adam could you do that to jack just it kills me jack has not only been a friend to me one of the
29:36few that i've had i mean you know he was a father for you to me when i came to town
29:43when everybody else in this town was turning their back on me including my own family jack
29:52jack somehow believed that there was more to me than the anger and the hurt that i was carrying around
29:57and i was taking it out on everybody else that means a lot to me it still means a lot to me
30:07and he was right about you after all
30:11and it's just what makes this so much harder okay it's one thing to go after billy not only because
30:18the personal history but he set himself up as a direct competitor newman media but
30:22but jack i i don't know you can always tell victor no he would see that as a betrayal he would see
30:32that as me choosing jack over here yeah even though he's forcing you into this position it just it
30:37wouldn't make a difference chelsea victor newman when he gives an order he expects it to be obeyed
30:44all those who don't are banished from the kingdom well now this is a nice surprise yes i i realize
30:53that our arrangement does not entitle me to drop by so don't worry did you hear about noah i did isn't
30:58that something yes yes it's great it's really i was so worried about that this could have really
31:05gone around yes it could have it could have i'm so grateful i haven't slept in two or three nights yeah
31:12i'm sure you and your family are relieved i can't begin to tell you so what brings you by
31:18i just ran into billy billy abbott what nonsense did he have to tell you this time
31:28uh well he said that he and jack have certain precautions set up to weather any kind of attack
31:34you and i know that's not true right yeah yeah we do well so let him think that you know
31:42makes it so much easier to go in for the kill
31:46do you have anything set up on that front what do you want to know
31:53what do you mean phyllis there's big to know when you're talking to you and i have known each other
32:01for a long time stop playing games what is it you want to know
32:08are you setting up an attack on kane's company because that was an ordeal
32:12thank you sally you know not a lot of people have my back these days well you've been there for me
32:28more than once and that's what friends do
32:33well you know i um i will keep my distance from avid communications i don't want to become an issue
32:39with your backer well i appreciate that but when the time comes i'll be ready to jump right in and
32:45hit the ground right yes and that is exactly why i need you on my team because i know that you are
32:49going to do that i know that i can count on you it means a lot sally like i promise i won't let you
32:56down it never entered my mind that you would yeah so we just got to get your money person to feel
33:04the same way about me yes and i am sure i can do that i just need a little time and a plan and i do
33:11have a plan i just wish we had more time to figure this out is there any way we could stall victor
33:20from going after jack well we could take a page out of kane's playbook we could build a giant maze in
33:27genoa city and we could plop victor right in the middle of it i actually really love that idea i mean
33:34it's a puzzle he likes puzzles it would take him a little while to find his way out okay and
33:41then what do we do after that beats me see that's the problem we've both tried to outmaneuver victor
33:50before and we've failed miserably well then maybe we should just stop trying to maneuver him at all
33:59and why don't we just tell him how we really feel are you being serious right now chelsea
34:06you're right if we don't want to do what victor says the only choice is to tell him directly
34:17i yeah i i agree i just didn't think what that that i didn't have the guts no no not that you don't
34:25have the guts i just i know how tricky the situation is for you
34:28but at the end of the day maybe it is time someone in your family stood up to victor and told him he
34:36was wrong could you do that could you go against victor to protect jack
34:46let me understand you you honestly think we were partners in this yes
34:51oh okay whatever we were
34:59you know i gave you that program to go after jabot that was our agreement not to go after kane
35:05and you will get what you asked for meanwhile what the hell i do with the whole damn thing
35:10it's my business not yours we are not partners in this whole project are we and what do you care
35:16what happens to kane ashby you screwed him over once shouldn't be difficult to do it again
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