The Young and the Restless is pre-empted for March Madness on Thursday and Friday, but that doesn’t mean fans have stopped thinking about the show. Sure, it feels like it’s all corporate intrigue all the time — Newman! Chancellor! Jabot! Spectra-Charles! — but there are other stories going on. Kind of. Mariah is awaiting trial for kidnapping Dominic, but we’re still wondering what caused her to spiral in the first place. What if the answer isn’t the obvious?
Key Takeaways
- Mariah hallucinated Ian.
- Ian is dead.
- What if her stalker is closer to home — and still alive?
The Best Alibi
Mariah (Camryn Grimes) was taking instructions from the dead Ian (Ray Wise) when she left the hospital, where she went to get help. But Ian is dead.
Which means he isn’t the one trying to drive Mariah crazy. She can blame him for her troubles, and he is certainly responsible for her rotten childhood, but he isn’t specifically doing anything to her now.
The Old Guy
There was the guy whom Mariah didn’t smother with a pillow. He was kind of old, like Ian. But unless this story is about to take a different turn, he didn’t do anything to Mariah directly either, save be pervy and drink with her.
But that’s not a crime. So meeting him messed with Mariah’s head, but that happened inadvertently.
Maternity Motive
Who would actually want to drive Mariah out of her head? How about… Aria’s biological mother? What if the woman who gave Mariah and Tessa (Cait Fairbanks) her daughter to raise changed her mind? What if she wants Aria back?
And what’s a great way to make her case? By proving that Tessa and/or Mariah are unfit. And how do you do that? How about by gaslighting Mariah into kidnapping a kid? Obviously, a woman like that cannot be allowed to keep her child. And Tessa is equally as guilty for not preventing Mariah’s breakdown. So they’re both bad moms. Aria shouldn’t be left with either of them!
