Is This Who Set Up Victor on January 29 Young and the Restless?

Ian spent most of the January 29 episode of The Young and the Restless taunting the Newmans while Victor insisted he wouldn’t get away with it! Victor has the best security team in the world! Like that guy lying unconscious at Victor’s feet! Since we know Victor would only hire the best, we have to assume his security team is, in fact, tops. Which means something else is going on here.

End of the Road

Sure, Victor (Eric Braeden) shot Ian (Ray Wise). But that only happened after Ian shot Victor first. And after he pistol-whipped the guy who was supposed to be protecting Victor.

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How did that happen, exactly? How did a crazy, unarmed loon like Ian get the best of a perfectly trained, top-of-the-line security guard? Pretty easily, as a matter of fact. The guard leaned over Ian, all but offering him his own gun, then politely turned around and let Ian incapacitate him. That couldn’t have been an accident. That had to be planned. Right?

Fifth Column

We refuse to believe that the guard wasn’t working for Ian. It’s either that, or he is incredibly bad at his job. Victor would never hire someone bad at their job. That would reflect badly on Victor! This was a set-up. But why?

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Love Makes the World Go Around

Who would ever betray Victor? Don’t the folks who work for him love him as a father? Don’t they vie for the chance to lay down their lives for him? Why wouldn’t they work for Victor even if there was no money in it for them?

We know Victor believes that, and there might lie the crux of the problem. Victor is probably a terrible employer—not just because he abuses and berates his workers—but that’s OK. He treats his family the same way. He honestly believes they would work for him just for the honor of it, and so he pays them accordingly.

We bet Victor’s security staff is the best in the world—and also the worst paid. That’s why they keep letting villains in and letting them grab their guns. They really want his dream job to come to an end.