In this episode of CBS’ The Young and the Restless, Chloe gets fed up with Sally, Nate goes sniffing for a job at Newman, and Billy tries to get Lily to relax. In the previous episode, Sally forgave Adam and he wanted more than friendship, and Devon tore apart Nate’s plan before Nate quit.
(The Canadian Y&R day ahead recap for September 9, 2022 episode airs in the USA September 12. Recaps live by 4:15 PM EST daily.)
Nick stops by his sister’s office at Newman. She boasts about how successful her acquisition trip was. It’s a game changer. He hasn’t seen her this happy since the merger.
“This time it’s mine,” she says. If she’s happy, he’s happy. She says one of the reasons for that is him. Having him and their mom to rely on is nice. They are unbeatable.
He hates to bring down the mood, but Victor wants him to fire Sally and take her place. She wonders why. Her brother assumes it’s to retaliate against Adam.
Victoria never anticipated Adam and Jack getting together. He complains about how manipulative and vindictive their father is being.
She shrugs that off. That’s just how their father is. What does he want? Nick is tired of being part of their father’s mind games. He admits he is also concerned Sally is now second-guessing herself.
Victoria doesn’t think that’s a good sign and wonders what happened to knock her off kilter.
He assumes Adam is behind it.
Although Nick makes excuses for Sally, his sister is not impressed. This isn’t a charity. He thinks it would be bad for optics to replace her so quickly. She can probably grow in the job.
She’s been impressed by Sally’s loyalty but that’s not enough of a reason to keep her around. She gets a text about Sally not showing up for a marketing meeting.
Chloe anxiously waits for Sally in her office.
When Sally arrives, Chloe tells her about the marketing summit that she just missed.
“What urgent meeting were you in?” miffed Chloe asks.
Sally thought that was in two hours. Chloe had to do the presentation on her own. She did her best but everyone was confused and annoyed the boss was a no-show.
Sally reluctantly admits that she was with Adam. Chloe laughs bitterly. Her friend tells her she finally has absolute clarity about him. They had a civil conversation and it felt good.
She was almost overwhelmed by their chemistry but put on the breaks. Chloe thinks he’s screwing with her job. Sally says missing one meeting is not the end of the world and she’s overreacting.
Nick walks in. Sally wonders if he’s brought bad news. He asks about the marketing summit. Sally prompts Chloe to explain and she claims that her boss gave her the spotlight.
He knows Sally wasn’t really there, even if they are trying to make it sound like she was. Nick hopes she has a reasonable explanation.
Sally admits she screwed up and offers to make it up to everyone. He sends Chloe out and tells Sally he’s one of the only people who want to
see her succeed. He needs to understand why she missed the meeting.
She admits she was with Adam. She’s been trying to clarify her feelings. Their relations have been defrosting and they can have a conversation without things turning ugly.
“That’s good I guess,” he shrugs. This whole mess with Adam has clearly done a number on her and she doesn’t seem able to get past it.
She knows that Adam was being noble now but that doesn’t make it better. It was twisted. Nick admits he doesn’t hate his brother. He’s realized they have common ground and he’s come to understand him better.
Sally insists she’s fine. He can’t ignore her missing the meeting. It’s bad for how people perceive her and he needs assurances she can do her job. She swears she won’t let anyone come between her and her dream job.
Nick points out she is already letting Adam get in the way. He’s confident she can succeed if she gets him out of her system.
Once he leaves, Chloe returns. Sally says she’s grateful Nick is giving her a second chance and wonders how to fix this.
Her friend tells her that means cutting Adam out. Sally wishes she would see that she thought Adam was the love for her. They are cut from the same cloth and she can’t erase him from her heart because everyone tells her to.
Throwing up her arms, Chloe declares she’s done and storms out.
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Nate and Elena visit the patio at Crimson Lights. He starts complaining about how stodgy Devon is.
Nate was excited to build something with his family but…
He thinks she should be happy that he is walking away from the business. After she gets them some tea, she reminds him she only suggested that he do that because of the tension.
Nate recaps the video conference. He never expected Billy to put his ideas out there. Nate’s befuddled about why she keeps siding with Devon. She’s just trying to see his point of view to help them resolve their issues.
She does think he’ll be better off with less tension. He’s given his resignation in his head already. Elena urges him not to burn any bridges. Nate has to cool off.
He hasn’t thought about his future. She still thinks he should go back to Memorial.
Nate reminds her that hated the bureaucracy there and his old position has been filled. He’d only go back as a surgeon and that can never happen because of Devon.
She thinks he’s conflating different things. He doesn’t want to discuss this anymore. She’d like to map out their future at dinner and takes off.
Nate spots Victoria and walks over to her to ask about how things are going at Newman.
She tells him about her acquisitions spending spree and hopes things are going for him as well at Chancellor-Winters.
He admits he’s looking for other opportunities and reminds her of the offer he was given by Newman. She wonders why he wants to walk away from the family business.
Victoria says he deserves to be somewhere people will appreciate him but she doesn’t need someone immediately.
Once the dust settles with her acquisitions that will change. She hopes he can figure things out with his family.
When he returns to the patio, Imani strolls in and finds him distracted. He recaps the conference call and how everything blew up. Devon got bent out of shape and Lily wouldn’t take sides. He walked out.
“Today was my last day,” he says. Anything that’s right shouldn’t be this difficult. He wants to go somewhere he’s appreciated.
She appreciates him and if he walks away now, he will only be confirming Devon is right about him. He complains he’s played by Devon’s rules and it hasn’t worked.
“Maybe it’s time to start thinking a little more ruthlessly,” she suggests.
In Lily’s office, she wonders to Billy about why Nate lost it during the meeting. They both think he has good ideas but Devon doesn’t. She thinks he’s taking Nate’s side and tells him she can’t deal with that right now.
Lily thinks that Devon must have felt blindsided and undermined when the festival issue came up again. If they don’t do something about this, Nate might walk away from good.
She feels like a failure because she’s supposed to help everyone. He reminds her that it’s not her job to mediate. She feels responsible because they are family.
They discuss Jill’s idea to take the company public. He admits that he initially had the same concerns with Devon that they would lose power to stockholders. Lily notes it could also give them financial leeway.
When this merger started, Billy never thought that he and his mom would wind up getting along better than her family is. He admits that even he is a little jealous of how well Nate has been working his way into the corporate world.
Maybe Devon’s ego is hurting? Whatever is going on is deeper than this music festival. She says that whatever it is needs to be dealt with before it explodes.
He tries giving her a hug but she’s so tense it’s like hugging a statue. As he gives her neck a rub, he tells her she always looks call and calm and is a born CEO. “I am in awe of you,” he says. They kiss.
Back at Newman, Nick returns to his sister’s office. He says Sally messed up and took ownership of it. That’s not good enough for her.
The marketing department are already complaining about Sally.
Victoria says they have overlooked a lot with her and there are plenty of other executives they could snatch up. Nate for instance.
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Monday’s Y&R recap: Diane’s livid thinking Phyllis is after her and Nick and Sally get close
