After an Enraged Adam Accuses Victor of a Cover Up, He Argues About Family Loyalty, and Chance Lashes Out at Abby

In this episode of CBS’ The Young and the Restless, Adam goes off on his father and Nick opens up to Sharon. In the previous episode, Chance gave up on the Locke case and Diane and Jack made out in her fantasy.

(The Canadian Y&R day ahead recap for August 19, 2022 episode airs in the USA August 22. Recaps live by 5:45 PM EST daily.)

Nick arrives at Crimson Lights as Sharon’s closing. He tells her about Chance’s visit to the ranch and that it’s over.

His dad won’t face charges for a cover-up. He’ll report that his death was a direct result of the car accident.

He knows he needs to let go of some of this aggravation because it seems like this is all going to be behind them soon.

Sharon knows he’s been through a stressful time but he can’t avoid his own conflict with having killed a man.

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Even someone as horrible as Ashland. She knows since then he’s been busy. He tells her he’s been focused on everything and avoiding his guilt. Is he ready to face those feelings? She’ll be there if he’s ready. She’ll help guide him through it if he’d like.

Nicholas tells his ex that he hated Locke. He even wished the man dead but seeing him and knowing he caused his death…”I don’t know what to do with that.”

He has issues sleeping and relives the night.

He wonders how things would have played out if it happened differently. Sharon knows he didn’t intend to take the man’s life.

He needs to separate his feelings for Ashland from what happened.

He was defending his sister and protecting himself. She knows Chance is righteous as they come and he’s declared it an accident.

That he’s let it go means he believes Nick is innocent.

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Chance drinks at Society’s bar. Abby finds him. She had to close up because her shift manager’s wife went into labour. “Dominic’s home sleeping,” she says.

She asks if he’s okay. He says nothing. She’ll get the place locked up because it’s clear to her he’s not okay.

Abby lets the last customers out and asks Chance what’s up. He tells her about Kevin finding new evidence. He can’t go into detail but he had to make a call.

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He saw her family and the investigation is over. His final report was that Ashland died from head trauma, most likely caused by the accident.

He’ll file it tomorrow and move on. He takes a drink and Abby breaths a relieved sigh. There was no coverup! “No Abby, there was evidence of exactly that,” he says.

She doesn’t know what to say.

Chance admits if he would have kept digging, he’d have found more but at the end of the day, his death was an accident.

He takes another drink. He thinks her dad orchestrated a coverup. He fills his glass and explains that there are a lot of other cases out there to be closed.

After everything Ashland did, he isn’t sure if it’s right to drag her family through hell.

He knows there was no malice. He believes that the man died because of the altercation.

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Nick will have to come to terms with killing Ashland. Victoria will need to heal and her father will have to live with what he did. Abby knows her dad will always protect her family.

She appreciates that Chance has chosen to protect her father.

Chance gets upset. He made a choice and he wishes she’d stop acting like it was the right one, just because he came around to how the Newmans do things.

She apologizes for the way she put that to him.

He reminds her he was drawn to the military and the police because there are rules.

You break them and you’re punished. She’s sorry she forced the ‘family first’ idea onto him. It wasn’t fair.

She wants to be there for him even if he’s disillusioned with her family and her.

He apologizes. He appreciates her support. He knows he put her in a rough spot. He hopes her family can move on.

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Adam greets Victor at the ranch. He’s picking up his things. He whines about him preferring Victoria’s company instead of his.

He calls himself being used as a placeholder for his sister until her inevitable return knocks him into the reject pile.

Vic says Victoria wants to move home, though the kids are upstairs, asleep. Adam thinks Victoria’s sucked him his hospitalities and took off.

Victor argues that she has wounds that are traumatic for her and the children.

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Adam comments that nobody knows how Locke actually died. He thinks his dad had something to do with it. Victor asks if he’s looking for a fight but Adam isn’t. Victor asks him to stay for a drink.

They talk about Connor taking a break from sports. He’s coding now. Victor misses the boy. He’ll be a success, he’s sure. “Unlike his dad, serial failure,” Adam spits. Victor furrows his brow. He never said that. It’s pure nonsense. He asks if Adam’s trying to goad him, to piss him off. “It’s not going to work tonight. I’m feeling good.”

They talk about the Locke case being closed. Adam’s shocked.

Vic says Chance was there tonight. It’s over. Adam sneers that there really was something to investigate but this is Victor’s win, that it wasn’t.

“What the hell did you pull this time, Dad?” Victor shrugs and says he did nothing.

Adam thinks there was more to this. “Beats me,” Victor says. For someone who doesn’t want to be in the family, he’s awfully curious. Adam thinks having Sally not publish anything was crossing the line.

Vic says to just ask his question. Adam says, “Did you cover for Nick or Victoria? How did Locke really die and how did you convince Chance to look the other way?”

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Vic says he can attack him but asks him to leave Chance alone. “He’s an honest man.”

Victor shares the whole story with his son without details, that Nick protected Vicky and he protected them. He says that’s what family does.

Adam nods. He complains that his son left Newman Media and he put his ex in charge. Someone they don’t trust. Adam thinks his dad believes in loyalty unless it’s inconvenient or goes against his master plan.

He’s been loyal as hell. “You just don’t see it!” He feels that if Victoria hadn’t gone to extremes and taken Locke’s money and if Victor hadn’t prevented him from seeing Harrison, Locke would never have lashed out.

Victor rolls his eyes.

He says the man was backed into a corner. He tells his dad he warned Victoria and Nick. If his dad trusted his original plan, Locke would have taken the money and left. Alive.

Victor asks how that’d be a better outcome.

Adam huffs. He’s glad Vic’s out from that monster’s influence but he should remember there’s always another show out there waiting to drop.

He takes off.

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Victoria unlocks the door to her house and wheels in her luggage.

She glances around and wanders through the house, flashing back to Ashland manhandling her, calling her a “bitch.”

She keeps flashing back and tears up as she sits on the sofa. Billy arrives and apologizes for coming so late.

She tells him it’s her first time back. It struck her that nothing has changed and yet everything has.

Billy envelops her in a hug and they sit together on the sofa as she tells him she didn’t want to uproot herself or the kids. The case is closed.

She shares that Chance informed the family tonight that officially, Locke died in the crash. 

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Billy asks if there’s more to the man’s death. Victoria swears him to secrecy and tells him the truth.

Locke died there. She confesses that while she and Nick were outside, her dad had the body moved. He didn’t know what happened or who he was protecting at the time.

She says Nicholas was furious and that her dad made things worse.

Chance suspected a coverup and now, he told them there wasn’t enough evidence to prove a crime was committed. He closed the case. Billy’s glad he let it go. Victoria has the impression that it wasn’t easy for him.

Billy knows this is upsetting for her, too. She’s glad she didn’t see him fall.

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She’s worried about her brother.

Billy thinks he’ll be okay. He thinks it’s a miracle that they’ve come together since they were separated while she was with Locke.

She nods. It was because he knew what Locke was about.

She admits she’s home because she felt a weight lifted. The memories came flooding back and she’s grateful he showed up.

They joke that for once, his timing didn’t suck. They reminisce a little about marrying and she starts to laugh.

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He’s glad to see her laugh. They talk about the kids, doing water balloon fights, and snowball fights. He jokes about her cooking and they talk about decorating for Christmas.

They remember bringing Johnny home and then talk turns to how difficult it was for her to conceive.

They reminisce about Deliah’s death and how they made it through. “We’re almost friends, even,” she says. He laughs. She thinks she can get through this.

They decide to toast to the future and she gets some vino.

They drink to catharsis and talk about how much they have to be grateful for.

He calls her impressive — an amazing woman. He’s jealous. He’s considering making changes, though he won’t share tonight. Tonight’s about her new beginnings.

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Y&R day ahead recap!

Tuesday’s Y&R: Adam overhears Chance drop a bombshell, and Billy’s quitting

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