Victor, Nikki, and Nick are all off to meet the mysterious Aristotle Dumas on the June 16 episode of The Young and the Restless. Along with Sharon, Sally, and Billy, they’re all playing a lively guessing game of Who Is Dumas? Which means they’ve taken their eyes off the prize? And what’s the prize? Why, Newman Enterprises, of course… and who was left at home to watch the store?
My Baby
We all know that Victor (Eric Braeden) calls Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) “my baby.” (Which is patronizing and condescending and, if we do say so ourselves… creepy.) But we — and she — know who Victor’s real baby is. It’s the company he built from the ground up with no help from anyone and without ever doing a bad or illegal thing ever: Newman Enterprises.
Victor cares more about it than he does about his precious family, no matter how much he might insist to the contrary. That’s why he keeps hiring and firing his children and other relatives from it. Nobody is quite good enough to run it — not the way Victor wants it run.
Detour Days
Victor is only going to France with Nikki and Nick (Joshua Morrow) because he wants to make sure Dumas doesn’t do anything silly, like give Billy (Jason Thompson), Sally (Courtney Hope) or Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) the means by which they might put a chink in Newman Enterprises’ armor.
He left Adam (Mark Grossman) in charge, confident that his younger son would never do anything that might make his daddy love him less (especially since Victor has already made it clear in countless way to Adam that he loves him less than Victoria [Amelia Heinle] and Nick. Abby [Melissa Ordway] doesn’t count.)
Devil on My Shoulder
Except Victor didn’t count on Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) making sad faces at Adam about following Victor’s orders and going after Billy. Adam will do anything Chelsea says. He told her he’ll deal with Victor. Could that be stealing his entire company out from under Victor while he’s away? What will Victor do without his “baby” then?
