The spoiler photos for the Wednesday, February 18, 2026, episode of The Young and the Restless focus on Victoria and Nate, who brave the Genoa City winter to talk about Victoria’s next bold move.
Key Takeaways
- Victoria confides in Nate about a bold strategy regarding her family’s company
- Their growing trust highlights a deepening bond beyond friendship
- Revenge and reclamation remain central to Victoria’s next move
Scenes from Genoa City
Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Nate (Sean Dominic) have been turning to each other for support since they both lost someone. Victoria lost Cole (J. Eddie Peck) while Nate’s half-brother, Damian (Jermaine Rivers), died. They slowly reconnected their friendship, and it looks like they may eventually reunite.
But that’s not what Wednesday’s episode is all about for them. At least not from the photos above. According to spoilers, Victoria shares her plan of attack with Nate. Yes, in the same episode that features Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) vowing revenge against an enemy, Victoria tells Nate about her own strategy to either get Newman Enterprises back, enact revenge on the people who stole her family’s company, or both.
So far, Victor (Eric Braeden) has been the one to lead the charge and look at where they are. Because of his pride, his need to control, and his thirst for vengeance, they are still without Newman. It’s now in Phyllis’s hands. She then handed Chancellor and Newman Media over to Billy (Jason Thompson).
But Victoria has already shown she can be a force, as when she told Cane (Billy Flynn) she called Lily (Christel Khalil, who’s filming at Y&R again) and told her everything he did to wrest the company away from their family. She has also warned Billy that she will tell the kids, which would most likely turn them against him. So it’ll be very interesting to hear what her plan is.
And it’s significant that she’s turning to Nate and trusting him with this information. Does the plan involve Phyllis (Michelle Stafford), Billy, and Cane? Or is Phyllis her sole target while Nikki presumably goes after Billy?
