On today’s Young and the Restless (Friday, October 17, 2025), something sinister is happening in Los Angeles, and Nick Newman is determined to find out what. Noah’s car crash was no accident, and the detective investigating the case just made a mysterious phone call that proves a conspiracy is in motion. In Genoa City, Billy chooses Sally over Chancellor Industries, Jack extends an olive branch, and Victoria’s growing closeness to Nate has Audra seeing red.
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The Neil Winters Jazz Lounge
Billy walks into the lounge and sees Jack there. He joins him at the bar and says hello. He asks Jack to buy him a drink since he won’t fund Abbott Communications.
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Jack wonders if they can pull off having a civilized drink together.
Billy grins. They both know how to push each other’s buttons!
Jack agrees; he came down a little hard on Billy, and regrets it.
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Billy says he’s had his own problems accepting Jack’s wisdom, but he’s trying to get better at it. Taking on the world is too expensive!
Jack wonders why Billy always has to take him on. He wants them to act like brothers.
Billy says they’ve always been a bit off balance.
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Jack says he’d like to have peace between them. He doesn’t want to fight anymore. He asks if Billy talked to Jill before she left town.
Billy shakes his head. He didn’t; she was too busy talking to Cane, and he doubts Jill really cares about him.
Jack disagrees, but says it’s between Billy and Jill.
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Billy laughs. They just agreed to disagree!
Jack smiles. He asks what finally happened with Cane. Is Billy still on his side, or not?
Billy says he wants no part of Cane Ashby. He says he was greedy and wanted revenge, and Cane was a means to that revenge. Cane had him chasing his tail, and when he finally realized things weren’t going to happen with Cane, he understood that Chancellor wasn’t his to begin with.
Jack asks if his “sage advice” has sunk in.
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Billy laughs and says that he needs to give Sally a lot of the credit here… He wanted his relationship with Sally more than he wanted Chancellor. He asks Jack whether he reached out to Jill to stop Cane, or whether he wanted her to check up on him.
Jack says he contacted Jill so she’d see Cane as he really was. Jill can’t pretend Cane is harmless now! He says he also called her to see if he could repair their relationship. He wants Billy and Jill to reunite.
Billy doesn’t think he’ll be as close as they were before she hung him out to dry at Chancellor, but he believes she wants to see him back on his feet.
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Jack nods. What’s done is done, and what’s important is where Billy goes from here.
Billy says he didn’t get to tell him the good news… Sally seems to have found an investor for Abbott Communications.
Jack is surprised. “Who?”
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Billy says that’s above his paygrade. Sally said she trusted the person, and that’s all he needed to know. He knows it’s not Cane!
Jack raises a glass and they clink in a toast. He admits he was hurt when Billy pushed him out of Abbott Communications, and it still does.
Billy apologizes. He’d keep Jack on as the sole funder of Abbott Communications if he could go back.
Jack says they can’t go back, but he really does want to see Billy succeed on his own. Even if Billy falls, he’ll be there to pick him up. He only wants to see Billy succeed, and he knows Jill feels the same way. He lifts his glass and they toast. “To time, the healer of all wounds!”
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An LA Hospital
Nick asks the detective for answers… Someone ran their son off the road?
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Sharon worries that the person who tried to kill Noah might still be out there.
Detective Burrows says they were lucky to get the call about their son… It could have been weeks until they found him otherwise.
Nick wants to know who the caller was.
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Detective Burrows can’t tell him; the police aren’t releasing that information yet. He asks what Noah was doing there.
Nick gets upset and wonders if the detective is trying to blame Noah for what happened.
The detective says that he’s not trying to place blame on Noah for the accident. He knows this is frustrating for them, but they’re trying to figure out what happened. He gets their contact information and tells them he hopes their son pulls through. He leaves the hospital.
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Nick thinks that seemed strange.
Sharon agrees; there was something about the way the detective was asking the questions!
Nick wonders who would want to hurt Noah and why. He remembers that the detective didn’t even show them his ID. Something did seem off.
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Sharon thinks they shouldn’t bother worrying about the detective; they should focus on Noah.
Nick apologizes and says he’ll focus on Noah.
Noah’s phone, which was in the bag of effects they’d been given, starts ringing. It’s “Sienna Bacall”. Nick and Sharon wonder if they should answer it… Maybe this person knows something!
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Nick answers the phone. “This is Nick Newman.”
Sienna says she was calling for Noah.
Nick says Noah is in the hospital; he’s been in a serious car accident. He asks who he’s speaking to, and how she knows his son. He asks when she last saw Noah and what he was doing in town.
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Sienna says she’s a friend of Noah’s. She says she hopes he’s okay and ends the call.
Nick tells Sharon that’s weird… Sienna hung up before she asked about her “friend.” What’s happening here?
Sharon says she’s going to go back in and visit Noah. She knows he’s asleep, but thinks he can hear her still.
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Nick gives her a hug and says Noah is a fighter like his mother, and he knows he’ll make it through.
Sharon leaves the waiting room, and Nick picks up Noah’s phone. He tries to guess the password and tries “1265.” The phone unlocks; it’s their old address. He looks through his phone and wonders what Noah was doing on that road so late that night. He won’t give up until he finds answers!
Nick sees that Sienna had called four times. He calls her back. “Pick up!”
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Sienna refuses the call and it goes to voicemail.
Sharon talks to Noah. She talks about how she’d tell him the names of the states instead of reading him a story because he liked to hear them. She starts naming off the states again for him and makes it to California before she breaks down crying. She tells him that he needs to get better; Allie needs him, and so does she and Nick.
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Chancellor Park
Nate is out for a jog when he runs into Audra in the park. He says he’s there to meet someone.
Victoria walks into the park and says hello. She says she didn’t get her running clothes on because she was waiting to hear about Noah.
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Audra asks what happened to Noah.
Nate tells her that Noah was in a car accident and his parents are with him in LA.
Audra reminds them she had a relationship with Noah and still cares about him. If this is serious, she wants to know what happened!
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Victoria says she doesn’t know much.
Audra nods. She asks them to keep her posted and leaves the park.
Nate says he’s sorry they had to run into Audra.
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Victoria smiles and says it’s always hard to run into your exes… Except Nate has always been easy to talk to.
Nate asks what she knows about Noah.
Victoria tells him that Noah’s car went into a ravine and someone saw it and called the EMTs. Noah has serious head trauma, and he’s been put into a coma.
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Nate nods. They’re trying to reduce the swelling on his brain. He says there’s hope for recovery.
Victoria says it’s reminding her of Cassie and Faith’s accidents. Nick has been through this before!
Nate says this time’s different. Faith turned out to be okay, and Noah isn’t dead.
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Victoria nods. She says it feels like their family has been cursed; they’ve been given so much, but they’ve lost a lot, too. For every blessing they have, something else gets taken away, and sometimes the pain is overwhelming. She’s sure Nate understands… He just lost his newfound half-brother!
Nate says he has good days and bad days, but he reminds her that Noah is young, strong, and is still fighting. He has a chance! He puts his arm around her shoulder and tells her to stay positive. He’s glad she feels comfortable enough to share her feelings with him.
Victoria smiles and says she forgot how easy it was to talk to him. She’s sorry for bailing on their run; he’s got his workout clothes on and probably needs to get back to the office!
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Nate says he’ll probably go back to the office in his jogging clothes. He doesn’t like having to be in a suit all day! He says he’d understand if she needs to cancel their dinner plans.
Victoria says she wants to keep the date. She might go to LA with her mother, but she can use the distraction if they don’t leave tonight. She takes his hand and says that his support means the world to her; he’s one of the best guys she knows!
Audra walks back into the park and sees them holding hands. She apologizes for interrupting their “moment.” She left her shopping bag behind and grabs it.
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Nate says they didn’t even see her bag there.
Audra scoffs. They didn’t notice her, either! She stalks out of the park.
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A Street in LA
The detective calls someone. He tells them that he talked to Nick and Sharon and told them what they’d agreed on… They seem to have bought it! He texts Nick’s number to the person he’s talking to.
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