On today’s Young and the Restless (Tuesday, September 23, 2025), the future of Abbott Communications may be in doubt, but Sally and Audra spark ideas for their own venture, while Kyle’s romance with Claire teeters on the edge as Holden steps into the picture.
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On the last episode of Y&R, Billy lashed out at Cane after he was nixed from the plan, Traci revisited her past with him, and Daniel helped Tessa’s struggle with Mariah’s shocking confession.
The Neil Winters Jazz Lounge
Sally and Audra talk over drinks. Sally tells her that Abbott Communications is dead in the water. Billy decided that something else was more important than the company!
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Audra can’t believe it… She thought the company was set for success! She wonders if Kyle threw a tantrum and got his father to pull the funding because she was involved.
Sally says Jack did pull the funding, but it was because Billy asked him to. She’s worried about Billy!
Audra is surprised that Sally is still trying with Billy after he did this to her.
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Sally sighs. They’re both unemployed now!
Audra says it all seemed so promising… She hadn’t seen Sally so excited about something in a while! She asks if Billy gave her any reason for doing this.
Sally shrugs. Not really. Billy had told her that he was doing it “for them.” She saw it coming, which is why she had Billy sign away the company if he ever did get Chancellor back. She can’t believe she believed Billy would change.
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Audra asks what Billy had planned to do.
Sally tells her how Billy had planned to work with Cane to get the company back.
Audra is in disbelief. She thinks Billy set Sally up to fall. Are they over as a couple, too?
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Sally isn’t sure where she stands with Billy. He doesn’t seem to think she should have a say in what he wants to do. She was going to move in with him, and she thinks Billy wants her to be with him, but he won’t let her have any say in their future… He had their story already written about their future. She tells her about the newspaper that Billy had printed for her about their future. Billy could have had her, but instead he chose Chancellor and Cane.
Audra asks what she’s going to do next.
Sally doesn’t know. She’s taking some space and time away from Billy. She’s sorry that things didn’t work out between Audra and Nate… Men have been dragging them both down!
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Audra agrees. There’s no way any man should stop them from what they want to do!
Sally appreciates the positivity, but she’s just lost her job and maybe her relationship. She needs time to recover!
Audra says self-care is fine, but beating herself up over it is not. It’s Billy’s loss! Sally did everything for the team!
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Sally says she left Marchetti for this job, but the writing was on the wall. She tells Audra to stop her if someone else starts calling the shots for her.
Audra says that won’t happen… Sally needs to partner with someone who won’t slow her roll!
Sally thinks she knows who that someone may be; Audra would be perfect! They can build something successful from the ground up. The question is… What would they build?
They brainstorm for a bit, and Audra thinks they could start a vintage store. They laugh as they come up with ideas, and clink their glasses together in a toast.
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Society
Kyle enters the restaurant and sees Victoria ordering a drink. He tells the waiter to put it on his tab.
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Victoria asks him to have a seat, and he does. She asks him how things are going with Claire.
Kyle sighs. “Not good.” He asks how things are with Claire.
Victoria says Claire is having problems forgiving him.
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Kyle sighs. He wouldn’t be in this situation if Victor hadn’t interfered! Why is it that when Victor decides to stop interfering with him and Claire that they’ve been driven so far apart?
Victoria won’t defend what her father has done. She says Victor has tried to ruin her relationships, too, but he wanted to put Kyle’s love to the test, and he passed.
Kyle sighs. He thought he was protecting Claire by not telling her about the kiss and his agreement with Victor.
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Victoria says there’s no place for deception in relationships. Claire makes it easy to forget how strong she is! She can handle hard truths, but where there’s love, there’s hope!
Kyle says he invited Claire to go to Paris, the city of love, but she thought he was trying to run away from their problems.
Victoria thinks part of the problem is that Kyle is looking at this like her father would… Love isn’t a game!
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Kyle wonders if Claire is looking for reasons for their relationship to fail. If they both want the same thing, why can’t they have it? Maybe he’s broken it for good.
Victoria says the Newmans and the Abbotts are the same in one way… They both love to fight! She says Claire came from a background of hurt, but she gave her family a chance. Kyle needs to look in his heart and show Claire what’s in there, too. He needs to fight for her daughter! No matter what Claire says, she’s fighting for Kyle, too.
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Kyle appreciates that Victoria is fighting for them, too.
Victoria says she’s a total romantic; she can’t help herself!
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Claire walks into the coffeehouse. She’s surprised to see Holden there… Wasn’t he supposed to be in LA?
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Holden says his flight was cancelled. He’s happy that he gets to connect with Claire; she and Genoa City will have to deal with him for one more night! He asks how she and Kyle are getting along. He’s happy to listen!
They have a seat, and Claire says she keeps thinking she’ll be able to get past what Kyle did, but then something happens to make her doubt it again. She’s trying to get past this, but Kyle might be trying too hard. She tried to talk it out with him earlier when Holden ran into them.
Holden nods. He says it might be best if she took some time and distance to gain perspective. He asks if 2,000 miles away would help… Would she like to go to L.A. with him tomorrow? He promises he’s only asking as a friend.
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Claire isn’t sure what to say. He told her he enjoyed her company in the park the other day!
Holden laughs. He does enjoy her company, but promises he wasn’t making a play for her.
Claire grins. “That’s disappointing!”
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Holden smiles and says he finds her very attractive, but knows she’s in a relationship. He thinks she’d love LA, and LA would love her! He hopes he’s not making her uncomfortable by asking.
Claire says she’s not feeling uncomfortable. She just wasn’t expecting it! Jetting off to LA sounds tempting, though… She hasn’t been out of town since her dad died.
Holden thinks he could show her around; she could check out the Hollywood stars!
Claire says what she really wants is to go to Disneyland.
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Holden laughs and says he has mouse ears with his name on them… From earlier that year! Does she want to go? He’s serious about doing whatever it takes to get her to feel better.
Claire says it’s tempting, but she’s not sure where things stand with Kyle. Going away with him wouldn’t help her relationship, especially because of the way Kyle feels about him!
Holden understands. He only wants to support her and Kyle.
Claire thanks him. It means a lot!
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Society
A bit later, Claire and Holden enter the restaurant. They approach the table. Claire is surprised to see Kyle there with her mom.
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Victoria explains that Kyle was keeping her company while she waited for Claire.
Kyle thought Holden would have been in LA by now.
Holden shrugs. Change of plans; he’s leaving tomorrow, unless there’s a reason for him to stay. He smiles at Claire.
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Kyle asks to talk to Claire alone, but she tells him that she has things to discuss with her mom. He nods and asks to see her for breakfast tomorrow, and she agrees. He leaves the restaurant.
Holden says goodbye, but Kyle doesn’t say anything as he leaves.
Claire asks Holden if he’d like to join them for dinner.
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Holden says he’s just there to pick up some empanadas and is going to take them up to his suite at the GCAC. He smiles and heads over to the bar to pick up his takeout.
Victoria asks Claire if she’s okay; the business with Audra and her grandfather must be upsetting her!
Claire didn’t realize she was upset, but it didn’t make her happy to see Kyle there!
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Victoria says it wasn’t a planned meeting; was it wrong that they met?
Claire says she can’t dictate who she talks to. She asks what they talked about; was he trying to get her to take sides?
Victoria says that Kyle is unhappy about the rift developed between them, but she told him that they needed to work it out on their own. She told him not to give up; Kyle is dedicated to making it work, but he doesn’t know how.
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Claire says she doesn’t know either. She thought she could get over it, but she feels like there’s part of her that seems to be intentionally pushing him away.
Victoria nods. “Kyle just said the same thing about you!”
Claire isn’t surprised. She can tell how much this is hurting him. She thinks she’s talking about their relationship like it’s already over. She doesn’t want it to be, but she doesn’t want it to hurt anymore! Being with Kyle used to make her feel good, but lately she just wants to run away!
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Victoria says it’s not wrong to be honest with yourself.
Claire glances over at Holden and she says that “someone else” might be getting under her skin. She wonders if she’s not ready for a serious relationship yet; maybe she needs more experience! Maybe she needs to live a little before she commits to one person for the rest of her life.
Holden looks over and notices her gaze on her. He smiles and holds up his drink in a toast, and Claire blushes, smiling back.
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The Jazz Lounge
Kyle walks into the lounge and gets a whiskey from the bartender.
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Audra looks over at the bar and tells Sally that Kyle seems to be numbing his pain, but there’s not enough whiskey to help when his whole world has fallen apart.
Sally nods. “Or when it’s been torn apart by someone else.”
Audra scoffs. She’s not going to apologize for breaking Kyle Abbott before he breaks someone else’s heart. Maybe she’s just as bad as Billy… She let her ambition get in the way of her relationship with Nate, who loved her for who she was! She’s sorry she allowed herself to get pulled into Victor’s plan.
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Sally thinks she should be telling Kyle this instead of her.
Audra doesn’t think she needs to apologize to him. He’d probably just humiliate her and kick her while she’s down.
Sally thinks that maybe it would be karma… The universe might turn in her favor!
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Audra tells her not to get all woo-woo on her.
Sally laughs. It’s not woo, it’s Buddhism! She thinks Audra’s “universal balance sheet” has a deficit, and maybe she needs to rebalance it!
Audra says it’d take her lifetimes for the universe to pay her back… And she makes her own luck! Kyle screwed himself over; she just helped him see what type of man he is. Maybe she does believe in karma… He seems to be getting what he deserves!
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Kyle wanders over to their table and says he’s sorry to hear about the Abbott Communications launch. It’s probably a blessing in disguise, though; Sally working with Audra can only lead to ruin!
Sally has no regrets bringing Audra on to work with her. She says that Audra just told her how sorry she was about what happened in Nice.
Kyle laughs. He doubts it!
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Audra says Sally is right… She’s sorry; sorry that it took him so long to hit rock bottom! She’s sorry she helped Kyle break Claire’s heart; Claire did nothing to deserve that, even though she did threaten to poison her!
Kyle says she might want to check her glass; Claire’s not the only one in town who might try to save the world from Audra’s misery!
Audra snaps back that she’s not the one who’s sitting alone and drinking by herself… And Claire probably isn’t, either; she’s probably sitting and having Vespers with someone else!
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They go back and forth for a bit. Kyle asks if Nate kicked her to the curb… Or was that Holden in LA?
Sally jumps in and tells them both to take it down a couple of notches… People are starting to look over!
Kyle glares at Audra and says that she’s going to be alone for the rest of her life. Nobody cares about what happens to her!
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