Young and the Restless reveals things take a turn for crazy Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk), and she ends up in handcuffs after stabbing Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters) with a syringe full of some sort of deadly toxin. So, Patty intended that syringe to kill Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman).
And now instead we’re going to see Diane winding up fighting for her life. And with this arrest, things are looking bad for Patty and she might make a drastic move to save herself and throw Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) under the bus.
Young and the Restless: Patty’s Capture and Diane’s Poison
All right, so if you haven’t seen all of this this week, we’ve got Diane. She was up at the hospital with Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) and Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) and they’ve been waiting at his bedside for Jack to wake up. And then Traci stepped out and Diane and Kyle left to run home to get Jack some clothes while he was off having some scans done. And that’s when Patty snuck around the guard that Kyle hired.
Patty was dressed as a nurse and she had a lethal injection in her pocket ready to go. And she was talking crazy to an unconscious Jack, saying that he has to die. Because he chose Diane over her yet again. And as she told Dr. Laurence Markham (Jere Burns) she’s got to kill Jack before he wakes up because he will tell the cops that she stabbed him.
So, Patty’s plan to frame Diane was going great. Because DA Christine Williams (Lauralee Bell) and Detective Burrow (Matt Cohen) are grossly incompetent. They never even questioned Kyle, who has a very strong alibi for Diane. And they took it at face value that Dr. Markham keeping Diane locked in his house with barred windows was appropriate psychological treatment.
So, Patty’s ready to inject Jack’s IV with something that’ll kill him. Then the guard opened the door, assumed Patty was a real nurse, and asked how Jack’s doing. That’s when Patty tells him Jack cheated death, which is true. Because Patty was literally about to put Jack down. So, Patty’s annoyed, she’s interrupted and she leaves Jack’s room.
Kyle & Diane Chase Patty Down on Y&R
And then Patty sees Diane and Kyle. So she runs off down the hall trying to escape. But they see her and Kyle yells for the guard to go after Patty. Meanwhile, Kyle goes to check on Jack and he calls Detective Burrow. And we also have Kyle very worried that Patty’s going to try to kill his mom. Because she takes off after her. And we’re going to see Diane catch up to Patty and she’s choking her out, which is an appropriate response. But then Patty jams the syringe into Diane’s neck.
So, the cops and the guard show up, they catch Patty, they arrest her on the US Thursday episode, and Detective Burrow is there, he’s arresting Patty, and then Kyle scoops up Diane and rushes off to get her medical attention. At the same time, we have Jack finally waking up with Traci at his side.
Jack remembers Patty stabbing him and he tells Traci and of course, they all knew that’s what happened. But the DA and the detective are dopes. So, Traci tells Jack that Patty’s blaming Diane for the stabbing and his wife was even arrested for it. And Tracy tells Jack now that he’s awake, he can tell the police about Patty and that’ll exonerate Diane.
Young and Restless: Diane Proven Right
However, neither Traci nor Jack know that Patty just jammed a syringe full of some toxin into Diane’s neck. And now she’s fighting for her life. First, Jack was near death and now Diane may have the same fate. Meanwhile, Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) still blind and Josh Griffith is still writing badly and we’ve got him until October.
So, with Patty still clearly insane and dangerous, Christine looks like an idiot. She’ll have to drop the charges against Diane. So, the truth’s coming out. That means Dr. Markham’s going to be in trouble and may also face arrest because it’s clear that Patty and the shrink were lying and Diane was telling the truth all along. But nobody listened.
Victor’s Involvement and Consequences on Y&R
So, I fully expect Dr. Markham to roll over on Patty and blame her for everything that he did. And from there, if Dr. Markham throws Patty under the bus, she might pay it forward and throw Victor right under the bus. And at this point, Patty’s looking at life in prison or in the psych hospital.
One of those is a much better option. So, I think Patty may tell cops the truth that Victor hired her and brought her back to Genoa City and that he paid Patty to ruin Jack and Diane’s marriage. First by kidnapping Jack, stashing him on the yacht that, you know, Victor paid for. And according to Patty, Victor was the one who drugged the liquor. So, he paid a psycho to kidnap Jack, then drugged him into being sexually assaulted. That is a whole lot of crimes.
And DA Christine knows exactly what kind of vendetta that Victor has against Jack and has had for many years. So, the truth could get Victor charged with several felonies. But Patty could even kick it up a notch and lie and say that Victor paid her to kill Jack. She has that bag of cash that could be traced back to Victor.
Young and the Restless Spoiler: Victor & Nikki’s Marriage Faces Ultimate Test
There’s a Y&R summer spoiler that says Victor and Nikki’s marriage is tested like never before. I don’t think that’s about the blindness. It could be about what happens to Jack. So, if Patty rolls over on Victor and tells the truth about their arrangement or lies and says he paid her to murder Jack in addition to all that, it’s going to get bad for Victor, not only with the police. But also with his family and especially with Nikki.
And honestly, Victor’s horrible for doing all that he did, bringing psycho Patty back. Victor knew when he brought Patty to town, she’s fixated on Jack. She’s violent, homicidal and capable of anything. Heck, Victor might have been actually hoping that Patty would kill Jack. So, Dr. Markham could conspire with Patty and they decide to blame Victor for everything they did.
They could say he paid them for all of it. Plus, we actually don’t know if Victor was financing this. Because Patty was paying Dr. Markham to keep Diane at his house and that was supposed to be long-term that he was going to keep Diane and Patty doesn’t have that kind of money. So yeah, there’s a chance that Victor was more deeply involved than has been revealed yet on Young and the Restless.
Victor is Ruthless on Y&R
He might have bankrolled Diane’s kidnapping as well. At a bare minimum, Victor did pay Patty to kidnap Jack and Victor drugged the liquor knowing bad things would come of it. So, that bag of cash could be hard proof of his involvement with Patty. I’m sure Victor had to go to a bank to get all that cash.
And Christine at this point might love the chance to take Victor down after he had Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) give Christine that fake evidence that was used against Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) and Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn) and then turned out to be bad. That’s another embarrassment for Christine as DA. And now her arresting Diane made her look really foolish. So, if Patty implicates Victor, yeah, we could see Christine so annoyed that he made her look like an idiot twice that she’s got no problem charging Victor and tossing Patty back in the psych ward and probably charging Dr. Markham, too.
Even if Patty lies and says that Victor paid her to kill Jack, all the rest of it is true. And once Nikki finds out Patty stabbed Jack, I’m certain that she’s going to lose it on Victor. And the other Newmans might not be able to look past what Victor did this time since Jack almost died and Diane is on the brink of death soon.
Victor has gotten away with way too much for way too long. So maybe, just maybe, Josh Griffith wrote some comeuppance for Victor where he finally faces some consequences for all the bad deeds he’s done to Jack over the last few months. We’ll see. Fingers crossed. But it would be amazing if Patty dimed out Victor for paying her to do these foul things to Jack and Diane.
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