NOW THAT LILY’S GONE… Phyllis PUSHES Cane to Embrace His DARK SIDE — and Friday’s Y&R Turns PURELY DANGEROUS!
Now That Lily’s Away, Phyllis Summers Pushes Cane To Play…With His Dark Side! These Friday Spoilers Are WILD!
Phyllis Summers encourages Cane Ashby to tap into his dark side on Friday’s Y&R! These two scheming together is PURE CHAOS and we’re here for it!

PHYLLIS SUMMERS IS CREATING A MONSTER ON FRIDAY’S Y&R AND WE’RE GRABBING POPCORN
Phyllis Summers encourages Cane Ashby to tap into his dark side on Friday’s Young and the Restless, and honestly? These two scheming together is CHAOS. Plus, it’s another setback for Nick in the Matt Clark nightmare, and Jack Abbott makes Victor Newman a shocking offer!
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Phyllis Summers Said “Be Worse” and Cane Said “Okay”
When Phyllis Summers tells you to embrace your dark side, you KNOW things are about to get messy. On Friday’s Young and the Restless, Phyllis encourages Cane Ashby to tap into his dark side, and we are both terrified and thrilled about what these two are cooking up.
Phyllis and Cane have been scheming together since Cane rolled back into Genoa City, and apparently “switching gears” on Thursday wasn’t enough. Now Phyllis is actively pushing Cane to go DARKER. Because apparently regular scheming just isn’t cutting it anymore. Phyllis looked at Cane and said “you know what you need? To be MORE unhinged.” And Cane is apparently taking notes.

Phyllis Summers: Life Coach From Hell
Let’s be real about what’s happening here. Phyllis Summers, a woman who has faked her own death, committed multiple felonies, and generally caused chaos wherever she goes, is now serving as Cane Ashby’s personal hype woman for bad decisions. She’s essentially saying “you know what would really help your situation? CRIME. Or at least moral flexibility.”
Michelle Stafford plays Phyllis with such delicious energy, and watching her corrupt Cane is going to be entertaining as hell. Phyllis doesn’t do anything halfway. If she’s encouraging Cane’s dark side, she’s got a PLAN. She’s got a TARGET. And she’s got absolutely zero moral qualms about whatever they’re about to do.
Cane has been trying to win Lily back while also causing problems for Victor and Jack. He’s been walking a line between redemption and revenge, and Phyllis is basically pushing him off the redemption path entirely. “Tap into your dark side” is not the advice you give someone trying to be a better person. It’s the advice you give someone when you need a partner in chaos.
What Dark Side Are We Talking About?
The question is what exactly Phyllis wants Cane to do. Are they targeting Victor? Going after someone who wronged them? Plotting corporate sabotage? With these two, the possibilities are endless and all of them are messy.
Cane has darkness in him, that’s for sure. He’s done shady things in the past, and his return to Genoa City hasn’t exactly been angelic. But Phyllis actively encouraging him to lean INTO that darkness? That’s a recipe for disaster. Lily is sending mixed signals, Cane is frustrated, and now Phyllis is whispering “be worse” in his ear. This is going to blow up spectacularly.
Billy Flynn and Michelle Stafford have great chemistry as partners in crime. Watching them scheme together is like watching two tornadoes merge into one mega-storm. Whoever they’re targeting better watch out.

Nick Newman Cannot Catch a Break
In absolutely exhausting news, it’s ANOTHER setback for Nick Newman to end the week. This man has been through it with the Matt Clark situation. He got choked while driving. His plans keep falling apart. And now Friday brings yet another setback? LET NICK REST.
We don’t know what goes wrong this time, but at this point, Nick Newman should just expect everything to fall apart. Matt Clark is like a cockroach that won’t die, and every time Nick thinks he’s got the upper hand, something goes sideways. Joshua Morrow is probably exhausted just from filming all this chaos.
Jack Makes Victor a Shocking Offer
Finally, Jack Abbott makes Victor Newman a shocking offer on Friday. This is clearly connected to the leverage Kyle helped Jack obtain on Thursday. Jack is feeling confident enough to approach The Mustache directly, which means whatever he’s got must be GOOD.
What kind of offer shocks Victor Newman? A truce? A business proposal? Blackmail disguised as diplomacy? Jack and Victor have been at war for months, so any offer between them is going to have layers of strategy and suspicion. Peter Bergman and Eric Braeden facing off is always appointment television, and Friday should deliver.