The Young and the Restless Recaps: Game-Playing, Interference & A Kiss

The Young and the Restless recaps for January 30 – February 3, 2023, featured best-laid plans going to pot, a stunning smooch, and so much more.

The Young and the Restless Recaps: Monday, January 30

Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) tries and fails to dissuade Victor (Eric Braeden) from manipulating Adam’s (Mark Grossman) life. Afterward, she cops to suspecting that Jack (Peter Bergman) and Diane (Susan Walters) were behind the theft of her necklace…Nate (Sean Dominic) questions Audra’s (Zuleyka Silver) loyalties; she reassures him that she’s team Newman Media all the way…Elena (Brytni Sarpy) confides in Mariah (Camryn Grimes) and Tessa (Cait Fairbanks) her distrust of Audra.

Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) resolves to reunite Daniel (Michael Graziadei) and Heather…Nick (Joshua Morrow) learns that Jill (Jess Walton) canceled her meeting with Sally (Courtney Hope) and Chloe (Elizabeth Hendrickson) and suspects Victor’s involvement…Nate suggests to Victoria that court Daniel in hopes of acquiring his gaming platform…Daniel and Summer (Allison Lanier) commiserate over Phyllis’s constant interference…Kyle (Michael Mealor) provides Victor with some damaging info on Adam.

Young and the Restless Recaps: Tuesday, January 31

Kyle expresses his disillusionment over Jack and Diane’s renewed romance…Summer puts Diane on notice…Victor refuses to either confirm or deny playing a role in Jill’s dismissal of Sally and senses that there’s something Nick is keeping secret from him; Nick refuses to either confirm or deny…Nick warns Adam that Victor has deployed subterfuge to return him to the family fold.

Victoria floats the idea of buying up Tucker’s debts; Victor is intrigued…Tucker overhears Phyllis discussing her impending trip to Portugal and pointed makes note that is where Heather and Lucy reside; Phyllis warns Tucker to mind his own business…Phyllis informs Summer of her travel plans and begs her to run interference with Daniel…Lily swears to Daniel that she intends to do right by him and Omega Sphere.

Y&R Recaps: Wednesday, February 1

Lily asks Abby (Melissa Ordway) to intercede on her behalf with Devon (Bryton James). When Devon catches wind of the request he takes Lily to task and accuses her of prioritizing business over family…Tucker tries to entice Daniel into bringing his gaming platform to McCall Unlimited, then makes mention of Phyllis’s destination…Abby refuses to buy Tucker’s act of contrition…Diane worked to convince Kyle that she wouldn’t ever abandon him again…Adam filled Jack in on Kyle and Victor’s alliance.

The Young and the Restless Recaps: Thursday, February 2

Adam relayed to Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) his current issue with Victor and his unfulfillment with his current employer…Adam takes exception to Chelsea and Billy’s (Jason Thompson) closeness…Billy and Chelsea are ready for a night out on the town.

Nikki let Diane know that she’d rumbled her and Jack’s scheme. Diane took great delight in sharing that she and Jack and once again a bona fide item…Summer learns of Kyle’s dealings with Victor courtesy of Adam…Chance (Conner Floyd) returns the bribe money Jack paid Jeremy Stark (James Hyde).

Young and the Restless Recaps: Friday, February 3

Nate and Victoria’s late-night brainstorming session ends with Victoria making an amorous move…Billy and Chelsea go to great pains to ensure no one suspects that they’re out on a date…Sally and Nick consider the possibility that she’s carrying Adam’s baby rather than Nick’s…Diane and Jack toast to their future.

The Young and the Restless airs weekdays on CBS. For an in-depth look at the show’s history, click here.

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