1 00:00:08,876 --> 00:00:10,477 Sharon. 2 00:00:10,577 --> 00:00:12,145 Oh... 3 00:00:12,246 --> 00:00:15,048 I didn't expect to see you back here so soon. 4 00:00:15,148 --> 00:00:16,717 Gotta stay busy. 5 00:00:16,817 --> 00:00:18,819 Of course, of course. I-- 6 00:00:18,919 --> 00:00:20,888 I just--I heard about Mariah 7 00:00:20,988 --> 00:00:22,422 and Dominic. 8 00:00:22,523 --> 00:00:23,891 Yeah, pretty much everyone 9 00:00:23,991 --> 00:00:25,292 has heard about it by now. 10 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:26,560 I'm sorry. I'm sure this is 11 00:00:26,660 --> 00:00:27,861 all very hard on you. 12 00:00:27,961 --> 00:00:31,832 It has been a very emotional... 13 00:00:31,932 --> 00:00:33,901 few days, to say the least. 14 00:00:34,001 --> 00:00:35,602 Well, Adam spoke to Abby this morning, 15 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:36,703 and she said that Dominic 16 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:38,272 seems to be doing okay. 17 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:40,040 She didn't hurt him. 18 00:00:40,140 --> 00:00:42,442 Mariah could never do that. 19 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:44,111 No, of course not, but... 20 00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:48,615 I mean, Sharon, what was she thinking? 21 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:51,218 How did Mariah expect this to end up? 22 00:00:54,922 --> 00:00:56,123 Victor. 23 00:00:57,991 --> 00:00:59,126 VICTOR: Let me guess. 24 00:00:59,226 --> 00:01:02,062 Billy Boy Abbott... 25 00:01:02,162 --> 00:01:03,564 and Phyllis Summers 26 00:01:03,664 --> 00:01:05,365 screwed you over, didn't they? 27 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:08,702 How does it feel, Cane? 28 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:16,777 ♪♪ 29 00:02:00,220 --> 00:02:02,489 [clears throat] Sally. 30 00:02:02,589 --> 00:02:03,890 I just want you to know 31 00:02:03,991 --> 00:02:05,158 I had absolutely nothing to do 32 00:02:05,258 --> 00:02:06,493 with what Billy and Phyllis 33 00:02:06,593 --> 00:02:08,629 did to Victor. 34 00:02:08,729 --> 00:02:10,998 Okay. 35 00:02:11,098 --> 00:02:12,432 Now I know. 36 00:02:12,532 --> 00:02:13,967 I mean, the result is still 37 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:15,602 the same, though, isn't it? 38 00:02:15,702 --> 00:02:17,404 I'm really sorry, Adam. 39 00:02:17,504 --> 00:02:19,473 Oh, don't be. 40 00:02:19,573 --> 00:02:22,042 Your side won for now, 41 00:02:22,142 --> 00:02:23,543 so go ahead and take 42 00:02:23,644 --> 00:02:25,112 a victory lap--I don't mind. 43 00:02:25,212 --> 00:02:27,481 It's not my side, Adam. 44 00:02:27,581 --> 00:02:30,917 I told Billy I didn't want any part of this. 45 00:02:31,018 --> 00:02:34,788 And we're not in a really good place right now because of it. 46 00:02:36,123 --> 00:02:38,091 Well, I'm sorry to hear that. 47 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:39,259 Are you? 48 00:02:39,359 --> 00:02:41,528 No, I'm not. 49 00:02:41,628 --> 00:02:43,296 I think you are far too good for him, 50 00:02:43,397 --> 00:02:46,500 but it is none of my business one way or the other. 51 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,368 Well, I just... 52 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:51,438 felt like I should tell you that it was not my decision 53 00:02:51,538 --> 00:02:53,006 to take control of Newman Media 54 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:54,307 and fold it into Abbott Communications. 55 00:02:54,408 --> 00:02:56,276 That was Billy's idea, not mine. 56 00:02:56,376 --> 00:02:58,612 Oh, wait a minute. 57 00:02:58,712 --> 00:03:00,881 Billy did what? 58 00:03:18,432 --> 00:03:21,368 I've been pushed to the limit with everyone doubting me 59 00:03:21,468 --> 00:03:24,638 and judging me--because why? Because I want it all? 60 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:27,641 Last time I checked, so did you, Sally. 61 00:03:27,741 --> 00:03:29,676 And I love you and I've supported you 62 00:03:29,776 --> 00:03:31,545 and I've wanted your dreams to come true, 63 00:03:31,645 --> 00:03:33,447 but the woman that supposedly loves me 64 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:36,116 refuses to support me in the same way! 65 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:37,484 Why is that? 66 00:03:37,584 --> 00:03:38,885 What are you afraid of? 67 00:03:38,985 --> 00:03:41,254 -Billy, I-- -Sally, stop. You refuse 68 00:03:41,354 --> 00:03:43,290 to try and see any of this from my perspective, 69 00:03:43,390 --> 00:03:44,891 and I can't do it anymore. 70 00:03:44,991 --> 00:03:47,360 I can't-- I can't live like this. 71 00:03:47,461 --> 00:03:49,463 [footsteps] 72 00:03:50,964 --> 00:03:52,899 Jeez, Nick. Where are your manners? 73 00:03:52,999 --> 00:03:54,234 Don't you know you're supposed to knock 74 00:03:54,334 --> 00:03:55,836 before you get invited into someone's house? 75 00:03:55,936 --> 00:03:58,071 I don't need an invitation, you son of a bitch. 76 00:03:58,171 --> 00:03:59,806 All rules went out the window 77 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:02,576 when you decided to mess with my family. 78 00:04:09,683 --> 00:04:12,819 Sharon...that was wrong. I'm sorry. 79 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,622 I-I didn't mean for it to come out like that. 80 00:04:15,722 --> 00:04:18,759 Mariah wasn't thinking is your answer, Chelsea. 81 00:04:18,859 --> 00:04:21,328 She wasn't in her right mind at all. 82 00:04:21,428 --> 00:04:24,564 I know she wasn't. And I've been there. 83 00:04:25,832 --> 00:04:29,636 I-I'm really sorry. I... I shouldn't have said that. 84 00:04:30,637 --> 00:04:33,473 You know, it's hard for people to understand 85 00:04:33,573 --> 00:04:35,075 or sympathize with someone 86 00:04:35,175 --> 00:04:37,377 who's lost complete control over their actions 87 00:04:37,477 --> 00:04:39,012 or their mind. 88 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:41,748 All they see is the person who did the unthinkable. 89 00:04:41,848 --> 00:04:45,185 And I get it, I do, but I am Mariah's mother. 90 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:46,887 I do sympathize. 91 00:04:46,987 --> 00:04:49,790 With you and Mariah. I'm sorry. 92 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:53,193 I didn't mean to go on a rant. 93 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:56,530 No, if anyone deserves to go on a rant, Sharon, it's you. 94 00:04:57,564 --> 00:05:01,101 But...I mean, if you don't mind my asking, 95 00:05:01,201 --> 00:05:03,470 what do you think happened to Mariah? 96 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:05,238 Ian Ward. 97 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:08,642 -Of course. -Yeah, this all started 98 00:05:08,742 --> 00:05:09,910 when he came back into our lives 99 00:05:10,010 --> 00:05:11,778 and got back into Mariah's head again. 100 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:13,513 He raised her, you know. 101 00:05:13,613 --> 00:05:15,182 I-I did know that, yeah. 102 00:05:15,282 --> 00:05:17,584 Well, more like, um... 103 00:05:17,684 --> 00:05:20,387 trained her is a better way to say it 104 00:05:20,487 --> 00:05:21,955 to be just like him-- 105 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:25,225 cunning, manipulative, evil. 106 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:27,227 But he didn't plan on her 107 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:30,330 having such a big heart the way she does, 108 00:05:30,430 --> 00:05:32,465 and that's what saved her. 109 00:05:32,566 --> 00:05:34,968 Well, for some of the time anyway. 110 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:37,604 Until the darkness came back, 111 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:41,341 this demon she carries, and then... 112 00:05:41,441 --> 00:05:43,210 she just became lost. 113 00:05:43,310 --> 00:05:45,278 Yeah, but now you've found her. 114 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:47,113 And you can help her. 115 00:05:47,214 --> 00:05:49,182 If she'll let me. 116 00:05:49,282 --> 00:05:50,784 That's been a challenge 117 00:05:50,884 --> 00:05:53,119 even before all of this happened with Dominic. 118 00:05:53,220 --> 00:05:55,255 She just keeps pushing everyone away. 119 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:57,090 How is she doing now? 120 00:05:57,190 --> 00:05:59,693 She's quiet. 121 00:05:59,793 --> 00:06:03,063 Just full of shame and remorse. 122 00:06:03,163 --> 00:06:06,132 She alternates between staring out the window 123 00:06:06,233 --> 00:06:08,101 or crying in my arms. 124 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:09,936 It's...it's heartbreaking. 125 00:06:10,036 --> 00:06:13,006 It will take time, but she will find the light again, Sharon. 126 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:14,441 I promise. 127 00:06:14,541 --> 00:06:17,210 She's got people around her that really care about her 128 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:19,346 and she has a great mom. 129 00:06:19,446 --> 00:06:22,682 Thank you. I really appreciate that. 130 00:06:22,782 --> 00:06:25,452 It's hard to feel like a good mom right now 131 00:06:25,552 --> 00:06:27,220 when you can't protect your children 132 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:28,855 from something like this. 133 00:06:28,955 --> 00:06:30,457 It's torturous. 134 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:32,292 But who's taking care of you? 135 00:06:32,392 --> 00:06:34,527 I mean, I don't know how you're still standing 136 00:06:34,628 --> 00:06:36,129 after everything you've been through. 137 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:37,931 Um... 138 00:06:38,031 --> 00:06:41,001 I'm wobbly but I'm upright. 139 00:06:42,102 --> 00:06:44,671 My family has been wonderful 140 00:06:44,771 --> 00:06:46,473 and my friends and... 141 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:49,276 Nick has been a giant though, you know, 142 00:06:49,376 --> 00:06:51,745 he has his own family issues to deal with. 143 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:54,014 Yeah. I know all about those. 144 00:06:54,114 --> 00:06:56,716 But ultimately, in the end, 145 00:06:56,816 --> 00:06:58,618 it's all up to us, isn't it? 146 00:06:58,718 --> 00:07:01,321 That's what I found after living through 147 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:05,825 all those nightmares that I've been through, that... 148 00:07:05,926 --> 00:07:08,094 I can do just about anything. 149 00:07:08,194 --> 00:07:09,663 And I have. 150 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:13,466 Yeah. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? 151 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:15,769 That's absolutely true. 152 00:07:15,869 --> 00:07:18,038 But there is this... 153 00:07:18,138 --> 00:07:22,876 lightness that... seems to have vanished, and I... 154 00:07:22,976 --> 00:07:25,545 don't know that I'll ever get it back. 155 00:07:28,949 --> 00:07:32,052 To answer your question, Nikki, it doesn't feel very good. 156 00:07:32,152 --> 00:07:33,787 Good. 157 00:07:33,887 --> 00:07:35,722 But I wouldn't be gloating if I were you. 158 00:07:35,822 --> 00:07:37,624 We're all in the same sinking boat. 159 00:07:37,724 --> 00:07:40,160 You know, when I came to see you 160 00:07:40,260 --> 00:07:43,430 and found you chloroformed and unconscious, 161 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:45,966 took me about two seconds to figure out 162 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:48,268 that Phyllis was behind it. 163 00:07:48,368 --> 00:07:50,670 With a little help from Billy Abbott. 164 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:54,374 What--w-why would you suspect Billy? 165 00:07:54,474 --> 00:07:57,310 He came over here before Victor went to see you 166 00:07:57,410 --> 00:07:59,646 and he told us that he knew about the agreement 167 00:07:59,746 --> 00:08:01,414 between you and Victor. 168 00:08:01,514 --> 00:08:06,019 And then he informed me that you were willing to double-cross me. 169 00:08:06,119 --> 00:08:07,854 That's not true, and--and he-- 170 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:10,156 he could have only have learned that from Phyllis. 171 00:08:10,256 --> 00:08:13,360 Well, you never should have trusted her in the first place. 172 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:15,662 That was your biggest mistake. 173 00:08:15,762 --> 00:08:17,197 VICTOR: Your biggest mistake 174 00:08:17,297 --> 00:08:19,966 was to take a shot at me and my company. 175 00:08:20,066 --> 00:08:22,335 And you thought you were gonna get away with it. 176 00:08:22,435 --> 00:08:24,971 It doesn't look like either one of us got away with it, does it? 177 00:08:25,071 --> 00:08:27,040 Why don't you spare me the lecture, Victor? 178 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:29,409 I've beaten myself up harder than you ever could. 179 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:32,746 Okay, so now that you know that... 180 00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:34,848 that it was Phyllis and--and Billy, 181 00:08:34,948 --> 00:08:36,416 you know I'm not a threat to you. 182 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:38,852 So why don't you just go ahead and let Lily and the twins go? 183 00:08:38,952 --> 00:08:40,954 Why the hell would I do that? 184 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:42,756 I just explained it to you. 185 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:45,425 I know that you know it's the right thing to do, Victor. 186 00:08:45,525 --> 00:08:47,427 They had nothing to do with any of this. 187 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:49,295 Look, it's not my problem 188 00:08:49,396 --> 00:08:51,698 that Phyllis pulled a fast one on you. 189 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:55,435 You wanted to steal my company. 190 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:59,406 That's why it is now in her hands. 191 00:08:59,506 --> 00:09:02,842 So if you want your family released... 192 00:09:02,942 --> 00:09:05,845 it's up to you to make that right. 193 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:10,417 You didn't know about this? 194 00:09:10,517 --> 00:09:12,986 Not until you just told me. 195 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:17,424 I would not have blurted it out. I'm sorry. 196 00:09:17,524 --> 00:09:19,492 I thought you already knew. 197 00:09:19,592 --> 00:09:22,662 No, it's okay. I mean, I shouldn't be surprised 198 00:09:22,762 --> 00:09:24,497 that Billy would wanna add Newman Media 199 00:09:24,597 --> 00:09:26,299 to his list of treasures. 200 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:29,135 Makes sense that he would take the easy win. 201 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:33,139 Okay--Abbott Communications is mine to run, not Billy's. 202 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:35,775 And there's not gonna be anything easy about this. 203 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:38,178 I stand corrected. 204 00:09:38,278 --> 00:09:41,181 Though there will be one less competitor. 205 00:09:44,384 --> 00:09:45,952 Look, Adam... 206 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:49,556 I'm really sorry. Okay? 207 00:09:49,656 --> 00:09:52,459 I know how hard you worked for this. 208 00:09:53,893 --> 00:09:56,563 You were there for some of that too, remember? 209 00:09:56,663 --> 00:09:58,631 I do, yeah. 210 00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:03,736 And I also know how losing it to Billy stings even more. 211 00:10:03,837 --> 00:10:06,306 Well, at least I'm not alone. 212 00:10:07,507 --> 00:10:08,908 When Phyllis double-crossed Cane 213 00:10:09,008 --> 00:10:10,710 and kept Newman Enterprises for herself, 214 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:13,813 she screwed over four generations of Newmans 215 00:10:13,913 --> 00:10:15,482 including her own daughter. 216 00:10:15,582 --> 00:10:18,284 I mean, you almost gotta admire the sheer audacity of it. 217 00:10:18,384 --> 00:10:21,254 I do not admire it at all. 218 00:10:21,354 --> 00:10:25,058 Yes, well, you have a soul and a conscience. 219 00:10:25,158 --> 00:10:26,759 Something that is in short supply 220 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:28,695 at the top of the new masthead. 221 00:10:28,795 --> 00:10:30,363 But it's not gonna last for long. 222 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:33,633 Victor's gonna crush Phyllis and Billy along with her. 223 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:35,401 So I wouldn't make too many plans 224 00:10:35,502 --> 00:10:37,170 to merge the media companies. 225 00:10:37,270 --> 00:10:40,340 Billy's power trip's gonna be a very short one. 226 00:10:43,877 --> 00:10:46,012 When you said that Billy and you weren't in a good place, 227 00:10:46,112 --> 00:10:48,882 what does that mean exactly? 228 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:50,917 I mean just as I said. 229 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:54,053 There's some tension between us. 230 00:10:54,154 --> 00:10:57,190 Is it tension or is it a fracture? 231 00:10:57,290 --> 00:11:00,326 Has this move blown you two apart? 232 00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:04,531 You don't look so good. Your leg still bothering you? 233 00:11:04,631 --> 00:11:06,065 Go to hell. 234 00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:08,868 Well, your father could tell me how to get there, huh? 235 00:11:08,968 --> 00:11:11,638 -If he could afford a map. -You keep talking and you're 236 00:11:11,738 --> 00:11:13,606 gonna be spitting a bunch of teeth outta your mouth. 237 00:11:13,706 --> 00:11:16,075 Sorry. Is that supposed to be frightening to me? 238 00:11:16,176 --> 00:11:18,211 We'll see. Just keep talkin'. 239 00:11:18,311 --> 00:11:19,712 Don't embarrass yourself, Nick. 240 00:11:19,812 --> 00:11:21,915 The only blows in this fight have already landed, 241 00:11:22,015 --> 00:11:24,184 and they knocked you and the rest of the Newmans on your ass, 242 00:11:24,284 --> 00:11:27,253 which, as far as I'm concerned-- long overdue. 243 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:29,222 Wait--do you think you've won? 244 00:11:29,322 --> 00:11:31,357 I think it appears that way, yeah. 245 00:11:31,457 --> 00:11:33,927 It's not even round one, you idiot. 246 00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:36,362 You're not gonna have time to print up new business cards 247 00:11:36,462 --> 00:11:37,797 by the time we're done with you. 248 00:11:37,897 --> 00:11:38,998 Oh, that's rich coming from someone 249 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:40,667 who's been unemployed for how long now? 250 00:11:40,767 --> 00:11:42,335 How many times have we been knocked down 251 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:44,170 and we come back bigger and stronger than ever? 252 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:45,838 -Okay. -Unlike you. 253 00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:48,208 See, you go the other direction, unless I'm getting that wrong. 254 00:11:48,308 --> 00:11:49,642 No, the past is the past. 255 00:11:49,742 --> 00:11:52,078 I'm all about today, and today is pretty sweet. 256 00:11:52,178 --> 00:11:53,646 You already had that. 257 00:11:53,746 --> 00:11:55,515 You had a new job, new company on the way up. 258 00:11:55,615 --> 00:11:57,183 You had an amazing woman in your life. 259 00:11:57,283 --> 00:11:59,252 Why is that not enough, Billy? 260 00:11:59,352 --> 00:12:00,987 Why is ordinary success not enough? 261 00:12:01,087 --> 00:12:03,323 But I guess there's always more out there for you to grab. 262 00:12:03,423 --> 00:12:05,258 And why's it okay for the Newmans 263 00:12:05,358 --> 00:12:07,860 to take whatever they want and get all huffy and puffy 264 00:12:07,961 --> 00:12:09,295 and pissed off and self-righteous 265 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:10,830 when the people that they screwed over 266 00:12:10,930 --> 00:12:13,433 -turn it around on them? -Okay, so that's what this is? 267 00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:14,901 You've been wronged? 268 00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:16,836 Your mother sold Chancellor to my father 269 00:12:16,936 --> 00:12:18,805 and now you won't rest until you get it back, 270 00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:20,773 and it doesn't matter how you do it 271 00:12:20,873 --> 00:12:22,642 or who you hurt to get there. 272 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:24,444 You're damn right. 273 00:12:24,544 --> 00:12:28,214 And let me tell you something. It feels good. 274 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:36,689 So did Billy screw you over too? 275 00:12:36,789 --> 00:12:38,291 [huffs] Oh. Adam. 276 00:12:38,391 --> 00:12:41,027 It's just a question. Okay? 277 00:12:41,127 --> 00:12:43,830 You can answer it or you could not answer it. 278 00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:45,598 It's your choice. 279 00:12:47,267 --> 00:12:48,601 No. 280 00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:50,937 Billy did not screw me over. 281 00:12:52,472 --> 00:12:53,706 Okay. 282 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:56,943 What, you don't believe me? 283 00:12:57,043 --> 00:12:58,945 Sally, it's not that I don't believe you. 284 00:12:59,045 --> 00:13:01,047 I just--I can imagine a scenario 285 00:13:01,147 --> 00:13:02,715 where Billy wants to step back in 286 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:04,951 and take control of Abbott Communications again. 287 00:13:05,051 --> 00:13:06,786 Not a chance. 288 00:13:06,886 --> 00:13:09,622 There's always a chance 289 00:13:09,722 --> 00:13:11,791 with Billy. 290 00:13:11,891 --> 00:13:15,194 He only cares about Chancellor. 291 00:13:15,295 --> 00:13:17,497 Yeah. For now. 292 00:13:17,597 --> 00:13:20,066 But if Abbott Communications absorbs Newman Media, 293 00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:22,335 it more than doubles in size. 294 00:13:22,435 --> 00:13:24,971 And Billy loves big. 295 00:13:25,071 --> 00:13:26,706 And he'd also like to stick it to me, 296 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:28,141 so I could very easily see him 297 00:13:28,241 --> 00:13:29,842 forgetting about any promises he made to you. 298 00:13:29,942 --> 00:13:31,544 I have an ironclad contract, 299 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:33,813 and my lawyer made sure that that can never happen. 300 00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:37,183 Well, never's a long time, and laws are broken all the time. 301 00:13:37,283 --> 00:13:38,951 Yes, I know, Adam, 302 00:13:39,052 --> 00:13:41,988 and your family has broken more than their share of them. 303 00:13:42,088 --> 00:13:44,957 Look, let's not pretend like Victor's entirely guiltless 304 00:13:45,058 --> 00:13:47,560 in all of this--he goaded Billy, he humiliated him, 305 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,929 and he's taken every opportunity he can to put him down. 306 00:13:50,029 --> 00:13:53,299 So, I mean, this shouldn't have come as a surprise to anybody. 307 00:13:53,399 --> 00:13:55,635 Okay, well, now I'm confused. Are you defending him again? 308 00:13:55,735 --> 00:13:57,370 No, not at all. 309 00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:59,572 I made it very clear to Billy, and now to you, 310 00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:01,174 that I was not on board with this, 311 00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:03,509 and he went ahead anyway, despite my objections. 312 00:14:03,609 --> 00:14:05,111 Well, that should tell you 313 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:07,246 everything you need to know about Billy. 314 00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:09,882 He always puts himself first. 315 00:14:10,983 --> 00:14:13,753 I guess my question to you is... 316 00:14:13,853 --> 00:14:16,456 how much longer are you gonna put up with that? 317 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:20,526 You know, I actually like this, Billy-- 318 00:14:20,626 --> 00:14:22,395 you being honest. 319 00:14:22,495 --> 00:14:25,164 I mean, look at you. You're hurt. 320 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:28,201 So you're lashing out like a little three-year-old. 321 00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:31,471 You're right about one thing. Chancellor was mine. 322 00:14:31,571 --> 00:14:34,140 Until your father stole it from me, slapped a big bow on it, 323 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,142 and handed it to your mother like a gift. 324 00:14:36,242 --> 00:14:38,678 That's 'cause your mom knew that you were gonna fail 325 00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:42,014 the way you always do, so she did the only thing she could. 326 00:14:42,115 --> 00:14:43,850 Come on. Does it matter anymore? 327 00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:46,185 It obviously matters, or you wouldn't be using this 328 00:14:46,285 --> 00:14:47,987 to fuel your greed and ambition. 329 00:14:48,087 --> 00:14:50,590 Greed and ambition--isn't that on the Newman family crest? 330 00:14:50,690 --> 00:14:53,426 You're a bunch of sore losers, Nick, all of you. 331 00:14:53,526 --> 00:14:56,362 And now you're upset because you're on the other side, 332 00:14:56,462 --> 00:14:58,931 which, granted, doesn't happen very often, but you are now. 333 00:14:59,031 --> 00:15:01,401 -It's not gonna be for long. -Sure. 334 00:15:01,501 --> 00:15:03,403 I mean, you're acting like you got some magic wand 335 00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:05,505 that's gonna fix all this-- you don't, okay? 336 00:15:05,605 --> 00:15:08,441 Phyllis and I are in. You're out. Deal with it. 337 00:15:08,541 --> 00:15:10,977 We both know this is more than just about business. 338 00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:12,945 Oh, you're damn right it's more than business. 339 00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:14,580 This is very, very personal to me. 340 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,015 And if that's the fuel for me wanting 341 00:15:16,115 --> 00:15:18,818 what you had your entire life, then so be it. 342 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:21,120 Bring it on, Nick. 343 00:15:22,355 --> 00:15:23,923 What are you--what are you smirking about? 344 00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:26,225 You got nothing else to say? You just gonna laugh about it? 345 00:15:26,325 --> 00:15:28,528 No, no, no, see, it just occurred to me. 346 00:15:28,628 --> 00:15:30,263 This right here... 347 00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:32,432 it's why you always lose. 348 00:15:32,532 --> 00:15:34,867 You get all revved up. You get too emotional. 349 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:36,302 Somewhere down the line, 350 00:15:36,402 --> 00:15:38,304 you're gonna do something and lose your head, 351 00:15:38,404 --> 00:15:40,773 then it's a quick trip to losing everything. 352 00:15:40,873 --> 00:15:43,943 It's the way the story always ends for you. 353 00:15:44,043 --> 00:15:46,946 This time's not gonna be any different. 354 00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:51,584 How exactly am I supposed to make things right? 355 00:15:51,684 --> 00:15:53,219 Not my problem. 356 00:15:53,319 --> 00:15:55,288 Phyllis has probably already transferred everything 357 00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:57,190 over to herself, okay? That was the point 358 00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:59,258 of her knocking me out, right? So she could steal everything. 359 00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:00,860 Figure it out. 360 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,896 -I don't know how to do that! -Find a way! 361 00:16:09,936 --> 00:16:11,771 Look, you're not gonna hurt them. 362 00:16:11,871 --> 00:16:13,773 You willing to take that chance? 363 00:16:13,873 --> 00:16:15,641 Look, you wanna take it out on somebody, Victor, 364 00:16:15,741 --> 00:16:17,243 you take it out on me! 365 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:18,611 I'm right here! 366 00:16:18,711 --> 00:16:20,847 Lily and my kids, they are just innocent bystanders 367 00:16:20,947 --> 00:16:22,849 in all of this. 368 00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:25,585 -You brought them into this. -I brought them into it? 369 00:16:25,685 --> 00:16:28,821 By attacking me and my company and my family. 370 00:16:28,921 --> 00:16:30,289 I've apologized to you for that! 371 00:16:30,389 --> 00:16:32,625 Not enough! 372 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:35,461 Look, Nikki, look, you-- you care about lily. 373 00:16:35,561 --> 00:16:37,730 I cannot believe that you're okay with Victor 374 00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:40,032 holding Lily and my kids against their will like this! 375 00:16:40,132 --> 00:16:41,367 VICTOR: You keep her out of it! 376 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:44,270 You either bring me back what I want... 377 00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:47,807 or you'll never see Lily and the twins again! 378 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:59,719 Oh, God, I hate this. 379 00:16:59,819 --> 00:17:01,687 I know you do. 380 00:17:01,787 --> 00:17:03,656 Is this necessary? 381 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:07,126 I mean, maybe we should just call the whole thing off. 382 00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:09,061 No. 383 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:10,963 Not as long as there's a chance 384 00:17:11,063 --> 00:17:13,199 that he'll bring back the whole thing. 385 00:17:13,299 --> 00:17:15,067 But can he do that? 386 00:17:15,167 --> 00:17:18,237 Should we trust him to try? 387 00:17:18,337 --> 00:17:20,907 He damn well better. 388 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:28,614 Adam, just stop it, okay? 389 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:31,350 Given our history as a couple, you are the last person on Earth 390 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:33,853 to judge how I'm being treated by another man. 391 00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:35,154 I know. 392 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:37,223 But, Sally, I can tell that you're hurting, 393 00:17:37,323 --> 00:17:39,458 and I really do feel bad about that. 394 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:44,030 Okay, well, it's my problem. 395 00:17:44,130 --> 00:17:46,132 And my business. 396 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:49,735 Okay, you're absolutely right. 397 00:17:49,835 --> 00:17:51,837 But this whole thing is gonna escalate. 398 00:17:51,938 --> 00:17:53,839 You know that, don't you? 399 00:17:53,940 --> 00:17:55,975 I know that Victor's gonna go to war 400 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:57,610 with Billy and Phyllis, 401 00:17:57,710 --> 00:18:00,446 and I'm assuming you're gonna be a part of that? 402 00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:03,115 I want Newman back. 403 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:05,051 All of it. And like my father, 404 00:18:05,151 --> 00:18:07,987 I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get it. 405 00:18:09,221 --> 00:18:11,424 Well, that sounds chilling. 406 00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:13,426 I'm being honest with you. 407 00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:15,127 Which is why I'm selfishly hoping 408 00:18:15,227 --> 00:18:16,596 that you're not involved with Billy 409 00:18:16,696 --> 00:18:18,331 when things get even nastier. 410 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,099 You're saying that Abbott Communications 411 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:22,902 is at risk now too? 412 00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:26,072 Anything or anyone Billy Abbott has ties to 413 00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:29,041 will be fair game, okay? 414 00:18:30,176 --> 00:18:32,545 Look, the last thing I wanna do is cause you any more pain, 415 00:18:32,645 --> 00:18:34,880 but you are on the losing side here, Sally. 416 00:18:34,981 --> 00:18:37,283 And I know it might not seem like that right now, 417 00:18:37,383 --> 00:18:39,452 but Victor Newman did not get to where he is 418 00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:42,888 by being beaten by the likes of Phyllis or Billy. 419 00:18:42,989 --> 00:18:45,992 He's gonna find a way to get everything back. 420 00:18:46,092 --> 00:18:48,995 This time he's got his entire family behind him. 421 00:18:49,095 --> 00:18:52,365 So just be aware of that. 422 00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:54,600 And look out for yourself. 423 00:19:04,944 --> 00:19:09,281 It must be strange for you to not have an office to go to. 424 00:19:09,382 --> 00:19:11,450 It is, uh, but it's also been kinda nice. 425 00:19:11,550 --> 00:19:14,153 I've been getting to spend more time with Connor. 426 00:19:14,253 --> 00:19:15,721 How is he doing? 427 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:17,623 He's really great. Thank you. 428 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:19,225 I think he has a girlfriend. 429 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:20,993 But he doesn't wanna talk about it. 430 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:22,495 No, of course not. 431 00:19:22,595 --> 00:19:24,930 We didn't talk about that when we were teenagers. 432 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:27,967 Oh, God, no. Well, certainly not with my mother. 433 00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:32,071 And it all goes by so fast. 434 00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:35,241 I can't believe that Faith is in grad school 435 00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:37,510 and Noah is a grown man now, 436 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:41,013 and Mariah, well... 437 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:43,649 Mariah is going to be fine. 438 00:19:43,749 --> 00:19:45,217 Guaranteed. 439 00:19:45,317 --> 00:19:47,153 I can take that to the bank? 440 00:19:47,253 --> 00:19:48,854 Yes! Take it from me. 441 00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:52,224 From the mouth of an unemployed media mogul. 442 00:19:52,324 --> 00:19:54,760 [both chuckling] 443 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:58,030 So sad, isn't it, what's happened to Newman Enterprises? 444 00:19:58,130 --> 00:19:59,532 It really is. 445 00:19:59,632 --> 00:20:01,400 You know, that business has been 446 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:04,370 a colossus in this town for so long, 447 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:06,238 it's hard to remember when it wasn't around. 448 00:20:06,338 --> 00:20:08,841 Well, Victor seems to think he can get the company back, 449 00:20:08,941 --> 00:20:11,210 but I'm not so sure. 450 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:13,479 Well, never underestimate Victor Newman. 451 00:20:13,579 --> 00:20:16,148 No, that's true. And I don't. 452 00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:20,152 But all things come to an end eventually, right? 453 00:20:20,252 --> 00:20:21,854 I mean, I'm trying to be encouraging 454 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:24,056 when it comes up with Adam, but I just don't see things 455 00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:26,225 going back to being the way that they were. 456 00:20:26,325 --> 00:20:28,828 I don't know how they could. 457 00:20:28,928 --> 00:20:31,263 How's Nick handling all of this? 458 00:20:31,363 --> 00:20:33,966 Oh, you know Nick. 459 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:36,368 He would like you to believe 460 00:20:36,469 --> 00:20:39,138 that everything is going to work out. 461 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:42,141 And you know the maddening thing about that? 462 00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:43,809 He's right... 463 00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:45,778 a very high percentage of the time. 464 00:20:45,878 --> 00:20:47,346 But not this time? 465 00:20:47,446 --> 00:20:49,381 Well, he doesn't really fill me in 466 00:20:49,482 --> 00:20:50,816 on what's going on with the business, 467 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,485 and I guess that's just because of everything 468 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:55,554 that's gone on with Noah and Matt Clark and now Mariah. 469 00:20:55,654 --> 00:20:57,623 He doesn't wanna burden me with it. 470 00:20:57,723 --> 00:20:59,859 That's also very Nick. 471 00:20:59,959 --> 00:21:01,827 But I know he's feeling it. 472 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:04,430 Sharon, everyone is feeling it. 473 00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:06,298 Victor in particular. 474 00:21:06,398 --> 00:21:09,835 Losing Newman Enterprises to him was like losing a child. 475 00:21:09,935 --> 00:21:11,704 I'm sure it feels like a nightmare 476 00:21:11,804 --> 00:21:13,839 he just can't wake up from. 477 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:16,976 Cane Ashby has no choice 478 00:21:17,076 --> 00:21:19,512 but to do my bidding. 479 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:24,116 As you notice, he's obviously very worried about his family. 480 00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:25,618 Well, let's not forget 481 00:21:25,718 --> 00:21:27,920 Lily and the twins are part of this plan too. 482 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:29,355 I haven't forgotten. 483 00:21:29,455 --> 00:21:32,224 Well, what happens when Lily finds out 484 00:21:32,324 --> 00:21:35,528 that Cane is no longer controlling things? 485 00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:38,831 You know, I just have a feeling that she'll go along, 486 00:21:38,931 --> 00:21:40,966 play this game to the very end just to make sure 487 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:42,902 that Cane Ashby 488 00:21:43,002 --> 00:21:44,804 gets a taste of his own medicine. 489 00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:46,705 I don't know. 490 00:21:46,806 --> 00:21:50,009 This now seems like a big gamble. 491 00:21:50,109 --> 00:21:53,345 Well, I'm not gonna sit around and wait for Cane Ashby. 492 00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:55,414 You have another plan, don't you? 493 00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:57,550 -What do you think? -Of course you do, 494 00:21:57,650 --> 00:21:59,752 but you're not going to tell me. 495 00:21:59,852 --> 00:22:02,221 But all I can say is it better not be about 496 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:04,723 pretending that Phyllis or Billy's children 497 00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:07,493 have been abducted, because I won't go along with that. 498 00:22:07,593 --> 00:22:09,862 I can promise you one thing. 499 00:22:12,097 --> 00:22:15,201 I'll become Billy Boy Abbott's 500 00:22:15,301 --> 00:22:18,037 and Phyllis Summers' worst nightmare. 501 00:22:19,572 --> 00:22:22,374 You going after Chancellor is not a business move, 502 00:22:22,474 --> 00:22:23,676 all right? 503 00:22:23,776 --> 00:22:26,879 It's a temper tantrum from a spoiled brat. 504 00:22:26,979 --> 00:22:29,048 Oh, are we sinking to name-calling now, Nick? 505 00:22:29,148 --> 00:22:31,717 -Are we about to fight? -Say when. 506 00:22:31,817 --> 00:22:34,220 Oh, yeah? You want me to hop around on one leg, too, 507 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:35,788 -to make it fair? -You think that's funny? 508 00:22:35,888 --> 00:22:38,524 No, I think it's sad. And it's embarrassing. 509 00:22:38,624 --> 00:22:40,326 And I think you're going after the wrong person. 510 00:22:40,426 --> 00:22:41,660 Phyllis and Cane are the ones 511 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,562 that masterminded this whole thing, okay? 512 00:22:43,662 --> 00:22:45,197 And then Phyllis screwed Cane over, of course, 513 00:22:45,297 --> 00:22:46,665 and she took it all for herself. 514 00:22:46,765 --> 00:22:48,868 After slicing off a piece for yourself. 515 00:22:48,968 --> 00:22:50,836 Well, right time, right place. 516 00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:52,538 You know where Phyllis is? 517 00:22:52,638 --> 00:22:55,107 Oh, did she go dark on you? Not surprised. 518 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:57,843 Who wants the wrath of the Newmans coming after you? 519 00:22:57,943 --> 00:22:59,945 Let me ask you a question. If I knew where Phyllis was, 520 00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:02,147 do you think I'd tell you? 521 00:23:02,248 --> 00:23:04,149 I'll find her eventually. 522 00:23:04,250 --> 00:23:06,685 Okay, well, I couldn't care less, because let me be clear. 523 00:23:06,785 --> 00:23:08,520 Phyllis and I are not partners. 524 00:23:08,621 --> 00:23:10,022 Whatever she does with Newman Enterprises, 525 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:11,657 that's her business, not mine. 526 00:23:11,757 --> 00:23:13,859 So she just handed you Chancellor on a platter 527 00:23:13,959 --> 00:23:15,761 out of the goodness of her heart? 528 00:23:15,861 --> 00:23:18,097 Well, I was rooting for her to succeed. 529 00:23:18,197 --> 00:23:19,999 Nah, there's more to it than that. 530 00:23:20,099 --> 00:23:21,567 Okay, well, good luck proving that. 531 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:23,836 But like I said, what's done is done, Nick, 532 00:23:23,936 --> 00:23:28,073 so you and the rest of the Newmans--you can deal with it. 533 00:23:35,547 --> 00:23:37,316 We're done? Is there anything else? 534 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:39,718 -Excuse me? -You've hurled your insults. 535 00:23:39,818 --> 00:23:41,720 You've registered your disappointment. 536 00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:43,789 I mean, I know you have all the time in the world 537 00:23:43,889 --> 00:23:45,891 on your hands, but I got a company to run. 538 00:23:45,991 --> 00:23:47,326 You're gonna regret this, Billy. 539 00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:48,827 No, I don't think I will. 540 00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:51,130 No, you will, all right? 541 00:23:51,230 --> 00:23:52,665 Mark my words. 542 00:23:52,765 --> 00:23:55,467 This is going to be the biggest fall you've ever taken. 543 00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:59,138 Well, I don't care what you or anyone in your family thinks. 544 00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:02,207 What I know is that it's time for you to leave. 545 00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:04,944 Now. Before I call animal control and tell them 546 00:24:05,044 --> 00:24:07,012 there's a one-legged dog on the loose 547 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:09,114 that won't stop barking. 548 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:16,055 You are wasting your life with this punk. 549 00:24:16,155 --> 00:24:19,725 Cut him loose before he drags you down with him. 550 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:30,602 What worries me about going after Phyllis and Billy 551 00:24:30,703 --> 00:24:32,604 is that our grandchildren could get involved, 552 00:24:32,705 --> 00:24:34,640 and I don't want them caught in the middle. 553 00:24:34,740 --> 00:24:36,642 I understand that, and you know 554 00:24:36,742 --> 00:24:38,844 that I always do everything to protect them. 555 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:41,780 I just wish we could let Lily go. 556 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,983 Darling, we can't do that. I explained that to you. 557 00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:46,452 Yes, I know she agreed to it, 558 00:24:46,552 --> 00:24:48,554 but it still makes me very uncomfortable. 559 00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:51,256 She and the twins are still basically our prisoners. 560 00:24:51,357 --> 00:24:52,624 Come on, now. 561 00:24:52,725 --> 00:24:54,660 They don't have locks in front of their doors, no bars. 562 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:56,161 They can go and come as they want. 563 00:24:56,261 --> 00:24:58,063 I promise you, this whole nightmare 564 00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,532 -will be over with soon. -[door opens, closes] 565 00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:04,937 I, uh, just ran into Sally 566 00:25:05,037 --> 00:25:06,238 at the Club. 567 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:08,307 She gave me some interesting information 568 00:25:08,407 --> 00:25:10,509 about Billy and Phyllis' arrangement. 569 00:25:10,609 --> 00:25:14,013 Appears Newman Media has been handed over to Billy 570 00:25:14,113 --> 00:25:16,215 who's given it to Sally to run. 571 00:25:16,315 --> 00:25:18,017 Well, that ain't gonna last. 572 00:25:18,117 --> 00:25:20,252 Well, however long that is, 573 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,121 it's gonna give Billy all the time in the world 574 00:25:22,221 --> 00:25:24,623 to focus on what we all knew he would. 575 00:25:26,325 --> 00:25:27,793 Chancellor. 576 00:25:33,432 --> 00:25:35,167 [groans] Ohh. [inhales] 577 00:25:45,144 --> 00:25:48,213 So where do things stand now? 578 00:25:48,313 --> 00:25:51,917 Newman Enterprises as we knew it is gone. 579 00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:53,952 Phyllis has taken complete control 580 00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:56,288 and handed Billy Chancellor 581 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:59,291 as a thank-you for helping her swindle Cane. 582 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:02,094 Nick did tell me that much. 583 00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:04,763 It's just hard for me to wrap my head around-- 584 00:26:04,863 --> 00:26:06,899 Victor Newman losing it all. 585 00:26:06,999 --> 00:26:09,134 Oh, yeah. It's hard for him too. Trust me. 586 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:11,470 He must be devastated. 587 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:13,172 He's a lot of things. 588 00:26:13,272 --> 00:26:15,808 I think most of all he's upset because 589 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:17,676 it was Billy and Phyllis behind it all. 590 00:26:17,776 --> 00:26:19,778 Well, it doesn't surprise me at all 591 00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:22,047 that Phyllis is right in the middle of all this. 592 00:26:22,147 --> 00:26:24,650 Really? I thought you two were friends again. 593 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,819 I-I thought you'd buried the hatchet. 594 00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:29,288 Well, we did, but... 595 00:26:29,388 --> 00:26:31,323 look, Phyllis has some good qualities. 596 00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:34,026 I did experience them when my life was on the line. 597 00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:35,360 But at the end of the day, 598 00:26:35,461 --> 00:26:37,096 Phyllis can't help being Phyllis. 599 00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:39,364 Unfortunately, no. 600 00:26:39,465 --> 00:26:41,366 You know what really upsets me 601 00:26:41,467 --> 00:26:43,202 is how she could do this to Nick. 602 00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:45,537 After all the times he's bailed her out. 603 00:26:45,637 --> 00:26:49,274 Phyllis always thinks she can make it up on the back end. 604 00:26:49,374 --> 00:26:51,276 No matter what horrible thing she's done, 605 00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:53,679 she can somehow get you to forgive her. 606 00:26:53,779 --> 00:26:55,047 You did. 607 00:26:55,147 --> 00:26:57,249 So did most of the people in this town 608 00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:59,118 at one point or another. 609 00:26:59,218 --> 00:27:01,353 But this time, I think it's going to be harder, 610 00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:05,357 because this time it involves pretty much everyone she knows. 611 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:06,825 As far as I'm concerned, 612 00:27:06,925 --> 00:27:08,760 if Phyllis loses all of her friends 613 00:27:08,861 --> 00:27:12,364 and all of her family, I say she deserves it. 614 00:27:16,201 --> 00:27:17,302 Nick! Hey. 615 00:27:17,402 --> 00:27:19,104 -Hey. -Oh, goodness. 616 00:27:19,204 --> 00:27:20,772 -Hey! -Can I get some water? 617 00:27:20,873 --> 00:27:22,074 -Sure! -Thanks. 618 00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:24,610 Sit down. Nick, you don't look so good. 619 00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:27,346 Are you okay? Is it the pain? What's wrong? 620 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:30,816 I'm all right. 621 00:27:39,958 --> 00:27:42,694 I'm sorry. I didn't mean to just blurt that out about Chancellor. 622 00:27:42,794 --> 00:27:44,830 No, it's okay. I've been expecting it. 623 00:27:44,930 --> 00:27:47,332 It just...was hard to hear. 624 00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:51,603 You both have to know this will all just be...temporary. 625 00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:52,971 I know. 626 00:27:53,071 --> 00:27:54,973 But it was just 627 00:27:55,073 --> 00:27:57,509 so nice knowing that I was 628 00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:59,511 continuing Katherine's legacy, 629 00:27:59,611 --> 00:28:01,580 making her proud. 630 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,383 Sometimes on long, hard days, 631 00:28:04,483 --> 00:28:06,451 I would talk to her, 632 00:28:06,552 --> 00:28:09,488 ask for her advice, 633 00:28:09,588 --> 00:28:11,924 imagine what she would say. 634 00:28:12,858 --> 00:28:14,593 What would she say to me now? 635 00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:18,897 Sweetheart, she would say that you ran the company brilliantly, 636 00:28:18,997 --> 00:28:21,333 more brilliant than anyone ever since Katherine. 637 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:22,834 And you will soon again. 638 00:28:22,935 --> 00:28:25,103 We don't know that. 639 00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:27,506 Do you honestly think I'm gonna sit around, 640 00:28:27,606 --> 00:28:30,309 not try to figure out how to get the damn companies back? 641 00:28:30,409 --> 00:28:32,678 I know that you will. 642 00:28:32,778 --> 00:28:35,347 But you and I both know 643 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:37,382 it's not a sure thing. 644 00:28:37,482 --> 00:28:39,918 And even if we were to get back everything that we lost, 645 00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:42,621 it would take a long time. 646 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:45,357 I mean, how did it get to this? 647 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:50,062 How did things get so out of hand so quickly? 648 00:28:52,965 --> 00:28:55,467 -I'm fine. -Is your leg feeling any better? 649 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:57,102 No, it's just--it's-- I'm frustrated. 650 00:28:57,202 --> 00:28:59,404 I haven't been able to track down Phyllis yet. 651 00:28:59,504 --> 00:29:01,039 Do you think she left town? 652 00:29:01,139 --> 00:29:03,208 My guess is she's hunkered down somewhere 653 00:29:03,308 --> 00:29:04,977 so she doesn't have to face all the people 654 00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:07,479 she screwed over lately, but I will find her. 655 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:09,481 Actually, Sharon and I were just talking about that 656 00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:12,918 -when you came in. -About Phyllis' moral compass. 657 00:29:13,018 --> 00:29:15,087 Oh, you think she's got one? I used to think she did, 658 00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:16,622 but now I'm not so sure. 659 00:29:16,722 --> 00:29:19,591 You especially didn't deserve this from her. 660 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:21,593 You know, I'm just one of the many people 661 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:23,495 who fell for the act. 662 00:29:23,595 --> 00:29:25,530 That's not gonna happen again. I guarantee you that. 663 00:29:25,631 --> 00:29:27,766 Well, I fell for it too, 664 00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:30,636 after the experience we went through together with Martin. 665 00:29:30,736 --> 00:29:33,538 Could that madman have pushed her into doing this? 666 00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:36,275 I don't know, like maybe she needs control of something, 667 00:29:36,375 --> 00:29:38,343 like control of other people's lives? 668 00:29:38,443 --> 00:29:40,379 You're the therapist. Does that make any sense? 669 00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:42,147 There's no psychological explanation to this. 670 00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:44,249 It's just selfishness, pure and simple. 671 00:29:44,349 --> 00:29:46,585 I mean, Phyllis doesn't care who she's hurt. 672 00:29:46,685 --> 00:29:48,887 She doesn't seem to care that Daniel and Summer 673 00:29:48,987 --> 00:29:50,622 won't return any of her phone calls. 674 00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:52,157 She wants what she wants, 675 00:29:52,257 --> 00:29:54,359 and she doesn't care who's in her way. 676 00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:55,794 But she is gonna pay for this. 677 00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:58,997 I'll make sure she pays for this the rest of her frickin' life! 678 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,802 Sorry about Nick. 679 00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:05,604 Doesn't even matter. 680 00:30:05,704 --> 00:30:07,606 Well, he didn't have a right to be here, 681 00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:10,475 and he didn't have a right to say those things to you. 682 00:30:10,575 --> 00:30:13,512 Yeah, well, Adam just said the same thing. 683 00:30:13,612 --> 00:30:16,481 "Stay away from Billy. He'll only drag you down." 684 00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:18,016 You talked to Adam? 685 00:30:18,116 --> 00:30:20,686 Just now. At the Club. 686 00:30:20,786 --> 00:30:21,787 Well, I hope you're not 687 00:30:21,887 --> 00:30:23,488 believing in all that Newman garbage. 688 00:30:23,588 --> 00:30:25,624 Kinda hard to avoid these days. 689 00:30:25,724 --> 00:30:29,528 Well, they're upset and angry 690 00:30:29,628 --> 00:30:31,563 because they lost. 691 00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:34,032 And they also know that we are a powerhouse couple, 692 00:30:34,132 --> 00:30:35,634 so they're trying to chip away at us 693 00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:37,069 as much as they possibly can. 694 00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:39,104 Mm. Is that the way you see it? 695 00:30:39,204 --> 00:30:40,972 They're just chipping away? 696 00:30:41,073 --> 00:30:43,875 I'm sorry about last night. 697 00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:45,744 It's not just that. 698 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:47,612 No, I said some things that... 699 00:30:47,713 --> 00:30:49,748 I didn't mean, Sally, at all. 700 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:52,617 So I'm glad you're here so we can talk about it 701 00:30:52,718 --> 00:30:54,720 and move forward. 702 00:30:54,820 --> 00:30:57,322 There's no moving forward, Billy. 703 00:30:57,422 --> 00:30:59,224 Come on. You don't mean that. 704 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:01,326 No, I do. Actually, I just came to pack my things. 705 00:31:01,426 --> 00:31:03,095 No, Sally, don't do that, please. 706 00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:06,331 I have to, Billy, for my own self-respect, if nothing else. 707 00:31:06,431 --> 00:31:08,800 -I didn't mean what I said. -No, you did, Billy. 708 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:11,837 You meant everything that you said to me. 709 00:31:11,937 --> 00:31:14,506 It hurt, yes, but it was the truth. 710 00:31:14,606 --> 00:31:16,108 It was completely honest in the way 711 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:18,410 our conversations used to be and aren't anymore. 712 00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:21,146 But now, you're lying again-- to me and to yourself. 713 00:31:21,246 --> 00:31:22,447 What am I lying about? 714 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:24,082 God, do I really have to keep spelling it out? 715 00:31:24,182 --> 00:31:25,450 Yes, please. I'm stupid. So tell me, 716 00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:26,852 what am I lying to you about? 717 00:31:26,952 --> 00:31:28,787 About what it is you really want. 718 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:30,956 I know what I want. I want you. 719 00:31:31,056 --> 00:31:32,724 No, Billy. You keep saying that you want me, 720 00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:34,793 but, really, you just want all of that even more. 721 00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:37,062 -What do you mean "all of that"? -The power. 722 00:31:37,162 --> 00:31:39,164 The prestige. Being able to prove to your mother 723 00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:41,299 and Victor and anyone who's ever doubted you 724 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,935 that you belong, that they were wrong. 725 00:31:44,035 --> 00:31:45,670 It's the only thing that drives you. 726 00:31:45,771 --> 00:31:47,372 And it's driving you farther away 727 00:31:47,472 --> 00:31:48,907 from the thing that I really want, 728 00:31:49,007 --> 00:31:51,410 which has always just been you. 729 00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:53,678 Look, I hear you and I understand that, 730 00:31:53,779 --> 00:31:56,348 but, honestly, what's wrong with wanting that? 731 00:31:56,448 --> 00:31:58,250 What's wrong with striving for the things 732 00:31:58,350 --> 00:32:00,185 that everybody said that you couldn't have? 733 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:02,287 They're dreams, Sally. You have them. 734 00:32:02,387 --> 00:32:05,357 I have them. Mine just happens to be coming true right now. 735 00:32:05,457 --> 00:32:07,859 Okay, there's nothing wrong with dreams, Billy, 736 00:32:07,959 --> 00:32:09,461 or reaching for the stars. 737 00:32:09,561 --> 00:32:11,563 The only problem is when you get close, 738 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:15,066 you get blinded by them, and I completely disappear. 739 00:32:15,167 --> 00:32:17,436 -Sally, please-- -No, Billy. 740 00:32:17,536 --> 00:32:20,272 It's over. 741 00:32:20,372 --> 00:32:23,008 We're done. 742 00:32:30,582 --> 00:32:32,017 You know, I have a feeling that you think 743 00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:33,585 I'm responsible for it all. 744 00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:35,086 I never said that. 745 00:32:35,187 --> 00:32:38,190 None of us think that, Pops. 746 00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:40,292 We all took our eyes off the ball. 747 00:32:40,392 --> 00:32:42,427 You know damn well I don't look back. 748 00:32:42,527 --> 00:32:44,396 I look forward. 749 00:32:44,496 --> 00:32:46,431 You've known me long enough to know 750 00:32:46,531 --> 00:32:48,767 I don't lose! 751 00:32:48,867 --> 00:32:51,203 I will crush them! 752 00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:53,505 All of them! 753 00:33:02,180 --> 00:33:04,783 Sally, don't, okay? 754 00:33:04,883 --> 00:33:07,385 Please. We can-- we can figure this out. 755 00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:09,588 Don't do this. 756 00:33:10,755 --> 00:33:12,257 I'm sorry. 757 00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:14,493 Please. 758 00:33:14,593 --> 00:33:16,862 Sally, don't. 759 00:33:16,962 --> 00:33:19,097 Just don't--don't--don't-- don't do this. 760 00:33:19,197 --> 00:33:21,066 I... 761 00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:24,135 didn't do this, Billy. You did this. 762 00:33:25,270 --> 00:33:27,272 And there's no coming back from it this time. 763 00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:29,541 I love you, Sally. 764 00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:36,114 I love you too, Billy. 765 00:33:36,214 --> 00:33:38,149 [crying] 766 00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:40,819 You kept telling me 767 00:33:40,919 --> 00:33:43,221 that you wanted it all. 768 00:33:45,390 --> 00:33:47,726 But for me... 769 00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:50,562 you were always enough. 770 00:33:53,732 --> 00:33:56,701 I'm really sorry I couldn't be that for you. 771 00:34:08,346 --> 00:34:10,916 The leg is bad, isn't it? 772 00:34:11,016 --> 00:34:12,651 [sighs] I'm fine. 773 00:34:12,751 --> 00:34:14,319 I'm just mad. 774 00:34:14,419 --> 00:34:17,322 I don't blame you. I'm angry too. 775 00:34:17,422 --> 00:34:19,424 So is Adam. We just have to figure out a way 776 00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:21,359 to find Phyllis and stop her. 777 00:34:21,459 --> 00:34:24,029 [phone rings] 778 00:34:24,129 --> 00:34:26,665 Oh, you know what? This is Connor. I have to take this. 779 00:34:26,765 --> 00:34:28,700 I'll see you both soon, okay? 780 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,902 One second, Connor. 781 00:34:36,708 --> 00:34:38,710 [exhales] What? 782 00:34:39,644 --> 00:34:42,447 When was the last time you ate something? 783 00:34:42,547 --> 00:34:44,349 I'm not hungry. 784 00:34:44,449 --> 00:34:46,551 Okay, but you have to eat, Nick. 785 00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:49,321 Yeah. I will eat when I'm hungry. I promise you. 786 00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:50,922 Okay. 787 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:53,558 Well, at least let me make you some tea then. 788 00:34:53,658 --> 00:34:55,860 Maybe it'll help calm you down. 789 00:34:55,961 --> 00:34:58,597 All right, thank you. Um, Sharon. I'm sorry. 790 00:34:58,697 --> 00:35:00,365 It's okay. 791 00:35:51,016 --> 00:35:53,618 Captioned by Los Angeles Distribution and Broadcasting, Inc. 792 00:35:53,718 --> 00:35:56,621 Captioning provided by Bell Dramatic Serial Company, 793 00:35:56,721 --> 00:35:59,624 Sony Pictures Television and CBS, Inc. 794 00:35:59,724 --> 00:36:02,761 Join us again for "The Young and the Restless."