-Hi, Mom. -Oh, Victoria.
Thank you for coming.
-Is everything all right? -No.
No, it isn't.
What happened?
Did you have a fight with Dad?
Not yet. But I'm about to.
This time your father has gone too far!
He has kidnapped Jack!
♪♪
Mmm. Mmm.
Everything looks so good, I can't decide what to order.
You think it would be indulgent
if I got the Caesar salad
and the empanadas?
Hey, Noah.
You there?
Hey. Look at me.
-What's going on? -Uh...
I just don't have much of an appetite right now.
Well, you did a couple minutes ago.
Is it Matt again?
I'm sorry. Uh, yeah.
I thought we decided not to let him
live inside our heads 24 hours a day.
No, I know. I know. I know we did.
I'm just...
I'm worried about what my dad is gonna do
now that Matt is out there again.
Yeah. And I told him where I thought he might be hiding.
I shouldn't have done that, huh?
It isn't--it isn't that. It's...
what he might do with that information.
My dad is on a tear about this.
He's out for blood, you know,
and I'm worried that he's gonna go out there alone
and try to end this himself like he's done before,
and he's in no shape to do that, Sienna.
You see him.
Yeah. Yeah, I do see him.
Can I ask you something?
Yeah, sure.
Does he seem a little...
off to you lately?
[groans]
Hey, Nick.
Everything all right?
Wait a minute.
-Dad did what? -You heard right, Victoria!
He kidnapped Jack and is hiding him somewhere
to force Billy into returning Chancellor.
Was this the plan that he was talking about before?
I don't know. I assume so.
God knows he never tells us any details.
But that should have been our first clue
that it would be something that we didn't like.
But this is beyond that.
This is insanity!
Are you sure that that's true?
Yes, I am.
How did you find out about it?
Well, I saw Phyllis visiting your father here at the ranch
a couple of times today,
and I thought, "That's very strange."
Why was she here? Did he ever say why?
Well, I knew he would never give me a straight answer,
so I followed her to Society
to find out what the two of them were up to.
And that's where she told you about Jack?
Phyllis didn't tell me anything.
But Diane showed up and told me what Victor had done,
and suddenly, it all made sense!
I'm sorry, but I'm still a little confused.
You said Dad did this to force Billy to give up Chancellor.
So what does any of this have to do with Phyllis?
Billy doesn't own Chancellor.
-What? -Technically,
it still belongs to Phyllis.
So Dad switched the offer over to her.
And has she done anything about it?
I don't know! I don't know anything!
I'm the last person to know anything in this family!
I don't know what to say.
Oh, I have plenty to say to your father
when he finally gets home.
You know, it was bad enough with Lily and the twins,
but at least I felt better because they were in on it.
I know Jack would never agree to anything like this,
and knowing how your father feels about him,
I'm terrified about what might happen next.
Uh, everything's fine.
-Why do you ask? -I don't know.
You just...seemed startled to see me, I guess.
Yeah, well, you know, a little jumpy right now, I guess.
Can't blame ya.
I mean, who wouldn't be, with Matt Clark on the loose?
Yeah.
About that, uh...
Sharon and I were talking,
and it just wasn't fair, uh, you know,
trying to sandbag you into helping us find him.
-It's fine. -No, it's not.
That was a terrible time for you, Adam,
and it wasn't cool asking you to dredge it all up again.
Well, I appreciate that, Nick,
but I've already agreed to help, and really, it's no big deal.
-That is a lie. -No. I'm being serious.
All we had to do was bring up Riza's name
and your face-- it was like haunted
and you were scared, and it just wasn't fair, okay?
I don't want that for you. Neither does Sharon.
We never should have brought it up.
[sighs] Oh...
well, you have gotten--[ahem]
a little bit better at reading me, Nick.
But yeah, it hit me...
going back to that place, that time,
that I've been trying to forget about for so long.
You know? It's a part of my past
that I was hellbent on never revisiting...
unless it was absolutely necessary--and this is.
No, Adam. No.
Look, you need to find Matt Clark
because he's been terrorizing your family.
Your family is my family, so I'm gonna do
whatever it takes to help you take care of this.
Well, what is it you think you can do?
You said you don't even remember where she lives.
I think I do know, okay?
I remember where she lived.
And I would bet that she's still there.
That was a long time ago.
She coulda moved a half a dozen times by now.
No, not Riza.
She didn't like change. She had her routine.
And I would lay odds she is still there.
Okay, then just...
[exhales] give me her address, and I will check it out.
No, no.
Not so fast.
I have to be the one that approaches her...
not you.
What do you mean my dad seems off?
You know, it's just--it's just the way he's been acting lately.
Look, I don't know him all that well.
I don't really even know him. It's just...
I mean, haven't you seen a change in him too?
Well, if you're talking about how intense he's been,
then, yes, I have absolutely seen it.
I mean, my dad can lose his mind
if he thinks his family's in danger.
My grandfather too.
Okay, trust me, I have experienced
intense Nick and intense Victor when we first met in LA.
But, um...this isn't that.
Then...what is it?
It's a feeling.
No, it's--it's actually a look
on his face and in his eyes.
You know, I don't know. Um, you know...
I'm probably overreacting. Just forget I said anything about it.
No, I mean, we're all, you know,
pretty freaked out that Matt was let go.
-Yeah, I know, I know. -And all those text messages
that he's been sending us, you know,
it's probably what has Dad on edge.
It's got me on edge too.
Yeah.
But this...this started...
before we knew about Matt,
before we started getting the texts.
What started?
Just...
Certain signs, okay?
Certain things that he does are familiar to me.
What--what signs? What are you talking about?
Just--just tell me.
[phone chimes]
Okay, Mom, if what you say is true--
-It is true, Victoria. -All right, well, then,
we need to think it through logically.
What? Are you kidding me?
There is no logic to this.
Your father has kidnapped a man
with the intention of trading his life
for the return of a company.
And as much as I would love to get Chancellor back,
it would never make that right!
Mom, I don't believe that Dad would do anything
to physically harm Jack.
Oh, well, then you are underestimating
the decades of hatred he has had for him.
Well, he's not alone in this, you know.
Don't you try to defend him!
Of course I'm not, but...
What about Phyllis?
I mean, doesn't she share some of the blame as well?
And Cane...Cane is the one who started this whole nightmare.
Has either one of them kidnapped anybody lately?
Do you think that either one of them
would not be capable of doing something extreme
to hold on to what they have?
Of course they would. We already know that.
Cane already has.
Phyllis, we know, is willing to sell her soul
to hold onto this prize
that she's been chasing her whole life.
Yeah, if she had a soul.
All I'm saying is that ever since this AI program
has been unleashed, it has turned this town upside down.
Who has it? Who's gonna use it next?
It's become this stupid game of Whac-A-Mole,
and I'm beginning to wonder
if this threat is ever gonna go away.
Oh, it's going to go away, all right.
The minute I get my hands on it,
I will make sure that it is destroyed.
This has to end!
And I guess I will be the one to end it.
Hey...so you see anything or anyone?
No. No. No sign of Matt.
I went outside and asked around. Nobody saw anything.
Okay, so...
you really think that he is in Genoa City, watching us?
[phone chimes]
What, again?
"Or are you at the Athletic Club?
"I used to love their burgers.
"How 'bout Crimson Lights? Say hi to your mom for me.
"Taking a stroll along the Newman grounds?
Make sure Sienna wears layers. She gets cold easily."
That sick bastard. He's just messing with us.
Okay, so, what, you don't think that he's in Genoa City now?
Matt wouldn't have the cash to hire anybody to watch us.
And if he shows up here on his own, he's a dead man.
No, no, no, no. He...
he wants to make sure that we know that he's thinking about us
every minute of every day.
He could be thousands of miles away for all we know,
but he can still check in whenever he wants.
It's like a little game to him.
Okay. So he's gonna keep terrorizing us.
Only if we let him.
I mean, we could decide not to react every time he does it.
-Yeah, kinda hard not to. -Yeah. No, I know.
I wanna punch a hole in his face right now,
but I just spent the last 10 minutes chasing a phantom
and I don't really wanna live the rest of my life like that.
-Do you? -No.
Okay, so...
Maybe it's not such a bad thing for Dad to track down your lead.
Yeah, maybe.
You know, we never finished that conversation about...
you think there's something wrong with my dad?
Yeah, it's not important.
-Just-- -No, no.
I think it was or you wouldn't have brought it up.
Adam, no. Sorry.
Okay, Riza won't talk to anybody but me.
Well, then I'll figure something else out.
-Nick-- -No, all right?
It was never fair to drag you into this
and make you bring up all those bad memories.
Okay, and I said that I can handle it.
Yeah, well, you don't know how you can handle
going to Vegas and seeing her again.
You don't know how you're gonna react.
Well, she's not gonna say anything
if we don't get Riza to talk,
and she's not gonna talk to you. I guarantee that.
Just let me worry about Riza, all right?
What are you gonna do? Are you gonna throw away
the best chance at finding Matt Clark?
This is my fight. It's mine.
It's always been mine, me versus him,
and that's the only way this is gonna end.
-What? What's so funny? -No, you better be careful,
because you're starting to sound an awful lot like Pop.
Well, I really admire the way he handles certain things.
-Oh. -The way he protects his family
and how much he values it.
[sighs] Look, I-I don't want this for you.
You are in a good place now.
We're in a good place as brothers.
Let's not do anything to jeopardize that.
But can't you see, Nick, that that works both ways?
Matt didn't just hurt Noah and Sharon.
He hurt my brother.
So that means I want a piece of him too.
All right? It's okay to lean on other people.
It's what family does.
Or at least so I've heard.
Look, I appreciate you wanting to have my back on this.
I do.
But this is something I gotta deal with alone.
Well, then you're either being a martyr
or you're just being stupid.
Okay? I'm offering you a gift, Nick.
Just accept it!
So what do you think Dad is gonna say
-when you confront him? -Oh, he'll deny it.
And then he'll question my sanity
for even suggesting such a thing.
-That sounds about right. -Yeah.
Then he'll do backflips and somersaults,
trying to justify what he's done.
But there is no justifying what he's done this time.
No. Of course not.
Kidnapping Jack is a terrible idea,
and I don't condone it, not in the least.
But I do agree that desperate times
call for desperate measures,
and this family is gonna have to go to extremes
to get this company back.
That's a fact.
I know it.
Mom, despite your fears,
Dad would never do anything to harm Jack.
He would know that that would break things with you,
and I know that he would do anything he could
to prevent that.
I don't know. I wonder.
Well, don't wonder.
Don't. He adores you.
I...
still can't understand why Phyllis didn't just
swap Chancellor for Jack's release herself.
I mean, obviously, she doesn't want it.
She gave the company to Billy.
Maybe that's why she, uh, came by earlier,
because she was signing over Chancellor in exchange for Jack.
Well, my guess is that she wanted something more
than the safe return of Jack for her trouble.
And knowing Phyllis, that could be anything.
She has everything she wants right now.
She has money. She has the power.
It's her whole dream.
But she doesn't have any friends left.
And her children aren't talking to her.
So I have to wonder what good is all of that, you know?
What good is it if you don't have anyone to share it with?
Look, I'm--I'm sorry, Noah.
I probably shouldn't have said anything.
I don't have any proof.
Proof of what?
If your dad might have a problem with painkillers.
Oh.
Look, I-I'm not saying he does.
It--it's...just a question.
No. My mom and I have talked about this before,
because he did seem to be hitting those pills pretty hard
after the accident, but he said he had a handle on it.
Yeah. They all say they do.
Wait a minute. Are you saying that my dad
-is addicted to these pills? -Look, n-no.
I'm not making any accusations. It's more of a concern.
And I'm certainly not jumping to addiction.
What, then?
It's just...[huffs]
the way that he's been acting lately...
it makes me wonder if he's being overmedicated.
It can happen really easily,
and it happens a lot more than you think.
What are you seeing, exactly?
His--his agitation, right?
His...his...
impatience, right?
Like he's flying off the handle one minute
and he's trying to reel it back the next, and...
Come on, the pain in his leg--
Noah, it comes on and goes away so dramatically.
It's just like his mood swings.
I mean, haven't you noticed that?
Yes. Yes, I have noticed, but, I mean,
wouldn't that make sense?
Isn't that what painkillers are supposed to do?
Numb the pain, make the patient feel better?
And then when you add to that
all the stress that he's been under
with Matt being on the loose
and then our family business going under...
hell, yeah, he's agitated. Anyone would be.
Okay, yeah, you're right. You're probably right.
I am probably reading too much into this.
It's just that...look, you said it yourself, right?
He went through those first couple of bottles of pills
really fast, and then he made sure
he got them refilled right away, back to the pharmacy.
Listen, that is how it starts,
and then it just gets worse from there.
The situation sounds familiar to you.
I know it when I see it.
Are you...
telling me that you have a history with addiction, Sienna?
You're starting to piss me off.
Look, I-I don't remember a lot about Riza,
but from what I do, she's a tough nut, okay?
She's a guarded person. She's very suspicious.
So that means you can't push her too hard
or you will spook her-- not to mention
you might tip off Matt that you're on his trail.
Okay, you showing up suddenly
wouldn't cause her to put her guard up too?
I mean, we were on good terms in the end.
She wasn't upset with you when you quit being Spider
and moved back to Genoa City?
No, she was.
But Riza is not a...
person who holds a grudge, okay?
I think she would be happy to see me.
I don't like it.
Why? 'Cause you didn't come up with the idea first?
No! Because I'm trying to save you.
Look, all we did was mention Riza's name
and the color drained right out of your face.
I do not wanna put you through that, Adam.
Nor do I wanna do it to Chelsea or Connor.
Do what, Nick?
[sighs] Adam remembered some things about Riza.
I think I know where she was living back then,
and my guess is she's probably still there.
That gives me a great place to start.
No, that gives us a great place to start.
I already told you how I feel about that.
Nick, why are you working so hard to keep me out of this?
I mean, is there some other reason
why you don't want me going to Vegas with you?
ADAM: Sharon, will you please talk some sense into him?
I understand Nick's concerns about you taking this on.
See?
You had amnesia, Adam.
You thought you were another person.
That's a lot of trauma to come back from.
It's all true.
I was living as Spider.
I-I didn't wanna be Adam Newman.
But that was the past, Sharon.
I've chased those demons outta my life,
so I can revisit that time
if it helps rid the world of Matt Clark.
And be honest--do you really want Nick being the Lone Ranger
and going after Matt by himself?
No, I do not.
-Oh, gimme a break. -Nick, we've talked about this.
I do not believe you're in any condition
to face Matt Clark on your own.
If not Adam, then it would be someone else.
And that's not gonna work,
because Riza will only talk to me,
so that's why I need to go with you.
Okay. I don't like it either,
but he makes a good point.
I have moved on, so let me help you move on.
Let's just go after this son of a bitch together.
You sure you're up for this?
One hundred percent.
Are you...saying that you had a problem with drugs?
No.
No, but I have been close to people who have.
And I'm sorry, Noah, it's just there've been...
there've been things with your dad,
weird things that I have noticed,
that are just all too familiar, and...
Look, I'm probably oversensitive to this, but...
I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm just trying to help.
No, no, I know you are.
It's just, yeah, Dad burned through those pills pretty fast,
but pharmacies monitor that stuff
pretty closely, don't they?
I mean, that's why he went in early,
'cause he wanted to make sure that it was ready
whenever he needed it.
[laughs] Exactly. Hey, no delay. Ooh, was he on top of it.
Sounds like you know a lot about this.
Yeah, more than I wish.
You said it was...
someone close to you who had the...
problem with drugs?
It was my brother.
He died of an overdose.
Sienna, I-I'm so sorry.
Yeah, it's why the news of
Matt running drugs disgusted me so much,
because he knew.
he knew about my brother, he knew how I felt about drugs,
and then he went ahead and he got other kids addicted
and got 'em killed.
Because he didn't care.
And I want you to know I would have left him
even if it hadn't been for us.
[softly] I just...
When I saw that look of calm...
on Nick's face after he popped a couple of pills,
it just--it gave me chills.
'Cause it's the same look that my brother had on his face
when he was high.
Yeah, I remember you mentioning your brother now
when we were locked in that room together.
Yeah, and remember we used his necklace
to help us escape.
I like to think that...
he was there with us, you know?
Trying to help us get out.
I loved my brother more than anyone in this world...
But in the end, he just...
It really wasn't him anymore, you know?
He just--he became someone else.
And you think my dad is headed down there too?
No.
Not necessarily.
But I just felt I had to say something...
you know, because if...
I wish somebody would have warned me
about my brother sooner, because if they had, maybe...
Maybe I could have done something to stop it.
Mom, um, you're gonna wear a hole in the floor
if you keep pacing like that.
If I don't work out some of this anger,
I'm gonna explode!
There's nothing you can do about it until Dad gets home.
Yeah, whenever that is. He knows I wanna talk to him,
so he's deliberately staying away.
I'm sure he's hoping you'll calm down a little before then.
Oh, well, then, he would be wrong
because I will never accept what he's done to Jack.
-Just give him a call. -I have called him all day!
-He hasn't called me back. -Well, call him again.
Leave him a message.
He may not do anything, but it'll make you feel better.
Yeah, it's me again.
I need you to come home immediately.
We have a lot to discuss.
-Do you feel better? -No, I don't!
You know, I hate to say it.
But I don't think taking Jack prisoner...
is Victor's entire plan.
-Why would you say that? -Because he said
that getting Chancellor back from Phyllis
would only be the beginning.
Well, that's a terrifying thought.
Yeah, but it sounds just like him, doesn't it?
Yes, it does, which is why
we need to be the one to force Phyllis's hand.
You mean with your father?
No, I mean in addition
to whatever other crazy ideas he has,
we need to step in with our own plan.
Otherwise, this whole thing is gonna get
even more out of control than it already has, Mom.
I don't disagree.
But you and I both know
you can't force Phyllis to do anything.
Watch me.
Thank you for sharing that with me.
Yeah.
Look, I didn't mean to freak you out about it.
I just...
if I didn't bring it up and something happened,
I just--I would hate myself for not saying anything.
I love that you care so much,
and I know that you're doing this for me, but...
My dad watched his own mother struggle with alcohol,
and it--it changed him.
It made him hypervigilant.
That's why I don't think he would ever give in to the pills.
It's not always a choice.
Noah, good people, they do get addicted. It happens.
Not to him, not Nicholas Newman. No, that man is a rock.
When all is falling apart for our family,
Dad is the one that they turn to.
He's the problem solver.
When there's chaos happening all around,
Dad is the one who is always standing tall and strong.
Okay. You really do look up to him, don't you?
He's kinda my hero. [chuckles]
I would never tell him that
'cause I think it would embarrass him, but...
if I can be half the man that he is,
that'd be saying something.
Okay, well, you're saying
that I don't have anything to worry about.
Well, with our family, there's always something to worry about.
But no, I haven't seen my dad
take any pills the last couple of days,
and I really do think
that he's...doing better.
Okay. Well, if you're not worried, then I'm not
-gonna worry either. -Good.
Dad's got this covered. He always does.
-How's your leg doing? -Well.
'S good. 'S good. It, uh,
it feels a little numb.
I think it maybe fell asleep while I was listening to Adam.
Kinda wish the rest of me would have nodded off too.
You were working really hard to convince him not to help you.
Um, yeah, well, you know.
You know as well as anyone, you know,
the painful memories that can, uh, be brought back up to him.
Well, he knows it. Adam said it himself.
He's willing, still, to put everything on the line
to help you, and who would have ever imagined that would happen?
Yeah. Adam's changed.
And I don't want him to change back.
And I don't want him to go to Vegas for the same reason
I don't want anyone else I care about to go--
not you, not Noah, not even Sienna.
Matt's very dangerous.
Well, Adam's going anyway,
so you might as well get used to it.
Yeah, well, who's coming back?
What do you mean?
What happens if-- if Adam gets there and--and--
he just starts remembering all this stuff, you know?
I mean, he admitted it himself.
He's locked away a bunch of bad stuff, and...
-You know? -You're afraid of him going back
to being the old Adam?
Being forced to relive a traumatic experience,
even peripherally, can turn up all these terrible things.
And the Adam that we have right now
is someone we can trust and lean on
and we can depend on him.
And love.
He's worked very hard to be the person that he is.
Very hard. And I would feel terrible
if we asked him to help us
and it caused him to-- to backslide.
Or even worse.
[footsteps]
Hey.
It's late. Where did you go?
To see Nick.
I, uh, remembered where Riza lived.
Oh, okay.
Was that it?
I also offered to go with him to help him find her.
I see.
-What's wrong? -I think you know
the answer to that.
It's gonna be fine, Chelsea.
I'm going to be fine.
But this animal, Matt Clark,
has been terrorizing Nick and Sharon
and other members of my family for long enough,
and if I can do anything to bring him down,
-I'm gonna do that. -I agree.
That man is dangerous and unpredictable.
But if I'm being honest, there's someone else
in this scenario that scares me just as much.
Spider.
-Here you go. -Thank you.
Do you remember the other day
when you commended me for thinking just like Dad?
Oh. I apologize for that.
Nobody thinks like your father.
Well, there's a good side to that.
Should always have a plan B.
And, if that doesn't work out,
then you go through the entire alphabet
until you find something that does.
Like what?
Well, Dad thought that he had leverage against Billy
by kidnapping Jack, but Phyllis is our real enemy.
She always has been. She needs to be our target.
Well, he obviously knows that now.
But you and I both know
that she's not gonna roll over for Jack.
But she might if we find something
nearer and dearer to bargain with.
Are you talking about
getting Summer and Daniel to side with us?
Getting them on our side would definitely help.
Well, from what I hear,
they're already not speaking to her.
We need something stronger. Phyllis needs to know
that unless she gives us back
everything that she's stolen from us,
she's never gonna see her children again.
I know. I know you don't think that's gonna work.
I know Dad doesn't think it's gonna work,
but I really do believe it's our only option.
And I'm furious with myself
for letting anyone talk me out of it.
So I am headed to Milan on the first flight out.
-Mmm. -How are the empanadas?
-Oh, they're the best. -Mm-hmm.
-You still up for that salad? -Yeah, why not? [giggles]
I'm glad to see you got your appetite back.
Yeah, well, I hadn't lost mine, but you...
you haven't touched anything on your plate.
I said I wasn't very hungry.
It's because I brought up the pills.
-No. No. -Because listen,
I mean, if your dad's not taking anything anymore,
I think it's great.
No, it isn't that, okay? It's just...
I keep thinking about Matt
and how he lives to make our lives miserable
and there's not a damn thing that we can do about it
until we track him down and stop him.
Yeah, but how do we stop him?
Because, according to the law,
even with those texts that he's sending us,
as creepy as they are,
that's not gonna be enough to put him away again.
Yeah. That's why I'm not even
gonna show those texts to my dad.
It's just gonna frustrate him even more than it already has.
You mentioned that, um, you were worried about what he might do.
As long as Matt's still out there,
Dad is gonna wanna find him and bring him back.
And that could...
end very badly.
I share every one of your concerns about Adam.
But I would be more worried
if you were taking this on alone, so please,
at least bring some Newman security with you?
To Vegas?
You're looking for Matt Clark. He's dangerous.
No. [chuckles]
No. If we show up to Vegas with an army,
it'll cause Riza to head for the hills.
And if Matt's there, he'll run too.
Well, maybe that's for the best.
Do you think that Matt's ever gonna stop?
'Cause he won't.
The only way he's gonna stop is if I stop him.
-Nick... -Look.
If this lead pans out, it's gonna be over, all right?
Just...hang on to that.
I will. I wanna believe that.
I wanna believe that we are all safe
and that everyone's gonna be okay.
I promise.
This is gonna be over soon.
I'm sorry, Adam, but I can't pretend that you going to Vegas
and diving back to an old life of yours doesn't scare me.
I'm not diving back into anything.
I'm just going to talk to somebody that I used to know
to help my family, okay?
And I can handle whatever comes with that.
What about your dad and everything that's going on
-with the company? -Victoria and Nikki are here.
And right now, we're just waiting and hoping anyway.
Okay. So...
there's nothing I can say that's gonna change your mind.
Nick needs all the help that he can get.
It's really sweet that you wanna have Nick's back...
but I don't wanna lose the man that I love.
The man that has worked so hard to be the best partner
and best father that I could ever imagine.
Chelsea.
You're not gonna lose me, okay?
You and Connor--you're my life.
And I would never do anything to jeopardize that.
In fact, going back and dealing with this time in my life--
it might make me even stronger.
Make me see that what I was then is nothing
compared to what I am now and what I want.
That's you.
It's our family.
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