Mariah Takes a Fall, While Tara, Harrison and Kyle Get A New DNA Test

This is the Canadian Y&R day ahead recap from the Friday, May 21, 2021 episode, which airs in the USA Monday, May 24. In the previous episode, Chelsea fooled everyone while giving her statement, but Rey’s still suspicious. In today’s episode, Mariah falls, Abby tells Devon she’s trying not to smother Mariah, and Nick meets Tara.


At the Abbott house, Nick learns that Tara claims she ran a paternity test but they’re doing another one. Ashland knows about the affair but not that Harrison may not be his biological son. Tara appears and introduces herself. Nick’s rude. Tara apologizes for the upheaval of his daughter’s life because of this. She goes and Jack tells Nick that Ashland will try to rip the child from his mother. Nick needs to think about Summer and Kyle. He thinks they should postpone the wedding. Jack thinks they’re under too much stress and he doesn’t want to make it worse. Nick wants them to slow things down. He goes and Tara reappears. They discuss how Ash will do something nasty once he learns that Harrison isn’t his. Jack knows. Tara says the paternity test proved that Kyle is Harrison’s father. It takes a lot of courage to go up against a man like her husband. She’s grateful that Kyle’s willing to prioritize and not back down. Jack says his son has changed and he doesn’t back down in a fight. Tara assumes Jack wonders why she kept this secret for so long. Jack assumes she wanted to maintain her marriage. Tara says it got easier over time. Ashland dotes on Harrison. “Their bond is deep.” She convinced herself she was doing the right thing. The bond won’t work in her favor, Jack tells her. Tara says her lawyer advised she needs to testify to all of the nasty things Ash has done. Jack tells her that Sally Spectra made things worse by using her knowledge of Kyle’s affair to get what she wants. Tara says she knows Sally and Sally directed her to the engagement party the night she got into town. Jack sighs — why is he not surprised? He tells her to stay away from Sally.

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Sally finds Summer at Crimson Lights. She flashes to Summer hitting her and asks how she’s doing. Summer’s on edge and asks why she’d care. Sally wanted to know how her engagement party went. Kyle appears at the door. Sally doesn’t want them to feel uncomfortable. Kyle doubts that. It’s why Theo told her that information about Harrison. Thanks to her manipulations, Harrison may lose one of his parents. Kyle will ensure that the boy won’t be harmed by this but he won’t forgive her. Sally wants to end the hostility but Kyle says that won’t happen. Maybe if Lauren knew about the damage she caused, she’d finally fire her. Sally is shocked. Kyle says it’s either that or she should move back to Los Angeles. Sally tells them both not to underestimate her.

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Mariah goes on a run through Chancellor Park and takes a selfie that she sends to Tessa. She trips and falls.

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At her house, Abby hates that she’s the smothering type with Mariah. She’s trying hard to fight those instincts. They discuss Neil and can’t believe it’s been more than two years since he died. Devon talks about the memorial but doesn’t give Abby too much information. She thinks he had such a connection with Neil and they weren’t biological family. She felt the same about Brad. “I still thought of Brad as my dad until the day I died.” Devon appreciates being involved this way with her surrogacy. She asks to film a cameo for her video. He rehearses in his head and Abby starts to worry that Mariah’s been gone a while. Tessa and Mariah appear and Tessa warns her not to get too upset. Mariah shows her that she has a brace on her right arm. Abby has a meltdown. “Why didn’t you call me?” Mariah says it’s just a sprain. A precaution. Devon tells her that wasn’t necessary for Mariah to call. He makes light of it and tells her to use it as a prop in the video diary for Chance, to calm Abby down. Mariah does a video for Chance and shows her baby bump and talks about her fall. Tessa makes everyone laugh in her cameo by calling her girlfriend a klutz and Devon says Chance he needs to come home since he’s outnumbered. Abby does a video and talks about their friends becoming family. She gushes about feeling blessed.

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Jack finds Ashland upset at Society. He asks if Jack knows where Tara is. Jack acts lost. Ashland warns that Jack doesn’t want things to get ugly. He wants his son’s wellbeing. Just like how Jack wants Kyle’s. Jack plays coy but Ashland warns that when it comes to Tara, he has no idea what he’s dealing with. Jack doesn’t want to be dragged into his personal problems. Jack tells him not to underestimate him.

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Summer and Kyle arrive at the Abbott home. Kyle asks how Tara’s doing. She says she and Harrison are both fine and fills them in on Nick’s visit. She apologized for the upheaval. Summer says it’s okay. “It’s not your fault.” Tara talks about how stressed she is and afraid she is of Ashland. When someone knocks on the door, she gasps. A nurse turns up to take DNA samples. Tara goes to get Harrison and leaves with the nurse to another room. Kyle can tell how stressed Summer is. She’s not jealous but it’s strange having her and his son there. Kyle calls it surreal. Summer’s trying to remind herself that everything will be okay and that they can get through anything together. She just needs space for herself to sort things out. He understands and vows that he loves her and this won’t change that. She goes.

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Summer sits at the park and thinks. Nick appears. She tells her father she’s afraid to share Kyle with Tara. She’s not sure she’s ready for that. Nick wants to tell her to postpone the wedding but she asks him not to say that.


Sally calls her grandmother, Sally Spectra, upset. She says everything is blowing up around her. She admits Jack dumped her and she blames everyone for diminishing her in his eyes. Now, his son and his girlfriend want to run her out of town. Sally’s shocked but hopes she’s not calling just to ‘boo boo’ about it. “Remember who you’re named after. The original Sally Spectra took no prisoners.” When she’s ready to hit back at them she should ensure she doesn’t miss.

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