Young and the Restless Early Spoilers Feb 23-27: Nick Suffers Crushing Defeat & Cane Plots His Payback

Young and the Restless early weekly spoilers for February 23rd through the 27th reveal Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) loses a battle and Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn) is bent on revenge.

As we always do on early edition day, we start with what’s coming the rest of this week, then we dive into what is ahead next week.

Young and the Restless Spoilers: Victoria Reveals Her Plan

So, on Wednesday, February 18th, we have Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic) running into Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) as she’s plotting revenge on Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) and Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) both. Victoria has decided to send her kids away to boarding school to get them away from Billy.

Nate asks if that’s good for the kids or just bad for Billy, and Victoria confesses she hasn’t really talked to the kids about it. She’s just upset and maybe she’s not thinking entirely clearly. She says that Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) is hoping to force Cane to work with the family, and Victoria is busy plotting to go after Phyllis.

Y&R Spoilers: Billy Accuses Jack

Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) shows up over at the Chancellor office just as Billy is making himself at home. He’s annoyed that Jack is judging him when he’s asking if getting Chancellor cost him Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope), who Jack called the love of Billy’s life. He asks if Jack’s there on Nikki Newman’s (Melody Thomas Scott) behalf and, of course, Jack denies it.

Then he starts asking about Billy’s kids and he brushes that off. Billy tells Jack he tried to get over Jill Abbott (Jess Walton) and Victor doing him dirty, and now Sally walked out on him, but Billy’s hoping he can still win her back. Jack says that he and Sally are on the same page and they’re both worried about him. Billy asks if Jack is just pissed that he took down Victor.

Nikki Threatens Billy on Y&R

Nikki walks in and says that Billy is happily gloating about Victor. She expected that. Then Nikki sees that Billy has had her things boxed up. Nikki’s hoping Billy won’t bankrupt Chancellor before they get him out of there. He tells Nikki he feels sorry for her, but Victor got what was coming to him.

Nikki says to enjoy it while it lasts, and Billy leaves her to have a minute alone in her former office as he heads out to Society for lunch. Jack feels bad for Nikki, and she says she’s going to take Billy down and the Newmans are going to get everything back. Nikki warns that Jack should let Billy know if he gets in the way of the family, he’s going to face consequences.

Sally Spectra and Audra Charles Team Up as Co-CEOs of Spectra Charles Media

Sally tells Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) there’s been a big change and shows her a press release that names Sally and Audra as co-CEOs. And Sally says she told Jill, who is absolutely furious at what Billy has done. Jill agreed to her hiring Audra. Sally tells her that Newman Media is now part of Abbottcom and that was basically a parting gift that Billy foisted on her.

Audra is thrilled at being confirmed as part of the leadership team. Then Sally says that she left Billy because of his fixation on Chancellor. Audra asks if Sally’s going to forgive Billy later, but she insists, “No, they’re done.” Sally and Audra decide to rename the company Spectra Charles Media and they’re toasting to that.

Billy shows up and Audra says he made a huge mistake when he screwed up and lost Sally. Billy says that he’s really hoping that Sally will change her mind, but she tells Billy that he wanted Chancellor more than he wanted her.

And that’s it. The ladies run into Jack on their way out and he says he’s sorry for all this that’s gone on. Then he goes inside and Billy tells Jack that Victoria went too far and has slapped back at him in the worst way.

Young and the Restless Spoilers: Nick Newman’s Dangerous Drug Lie and Struggles with Addiction

As he gets off of a phone call, Nick tries to hide the baggie of illegal pain pills from Sharon Newman (Sharon Case). She demands to know what he’s hiding and Nick lies, saying that he was just checking his bottle of pain pills and he is out. Sharon’s surprised that he’s out of pills since he just got them. She suggests aromatherapy.

Noah Newman (Lucas Adams) shows up and says that Sienna Bacall (Tamara Braun) is considering his request to come back to Genoa City. But for now, Sienna is staying in Los Angeles and Sharon tells Noah that Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) is at the house. She’s been released into her custody. Noah’s excited about seeing her. Nick, meanwhile, is wiggling around in pain on Young and the Restless.

Noah says Summer Newman (Allison Lanier) told him that she’s absolutely furious about what Phyllis did. Nick starts raging about Phyllis getting what she deserves. Noah is trying to calm Nick down and he’s not having it. Noah wants Nick to see the doctor about this pain because it’s been going on for longer than they expected.

Nick tries to say that his pills are at home and the last one wore off. So, lots of lies around the drugs. That’s not a good sign. He tells Noah that he left the hospital early because of Matt Clark (Roger Howarth). Nick says the pain was worth it.

Sharon and Noah really want him to go see the doctor, and Sharon tells Nick, “Go home and take another pain pill.” Outside of Crimson Lights, Nick is looking at his empty pill bottle and sees there are no refills. He’s struggling not to turn to the fentanyl, but I know that he’s going to.

Y&R Spoilers: Cane Seeks Vengeance Against Phyllis Summers

On Thursday, February 19th, Cane is on a mission for vengeance. Victor still has Cane believing Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) is really in danger and has him thinking that if he doesn’t get the Newman assets back from Phyllis, she’s going to be hurt. Cane is desperate. He goes to Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei) to ask him to work with him against Phyllis.

Sally is going to reveal to Billy that she has talked to Jill. He’s going to hate that. Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin) plays “Let’s Make a Deal” with Holden Novak (Nathan Owens). She want to swap secret for secret because she’s desperate to find out what Audra did.

Victoria writes Billy a reality check. I’m sure this is when Victoria tells them that their kids, Johnny Abbott (Paxton Mishkind) and Katie Newman (Sienna Mercuri), have gone away to boarding school. But Victoria didn’t check with the kids or with Billy first, and I know he’s going to be mad.

The Young and the Restless Spoilers: February Sweeps Drama Intensifies

On Friday, February 20th, Abby Newman (Melissa Ordway) wants boundaries in place. She didn’t want Mariah around Dominic Chancellor (Ethan Ray Clark), but then Abby and Dom are out and they see Mariah and Christine Williams (Lauralee Bell) at the cafe. Dominic looks a little freaked out. I wonder if Abby is going to pursue some sort of legal option.

It would be wild if she went back to the court and said, “Please take her back into custody. She can’t be on the loose.” The fact that she has an ankle monitor that lets her go anywhere in town, specifically where she can access the kid she kidnapped, is absolute insanity. Nate and Devon Hamilton Winters (Bryton James) are worried because they still can’t reach Lily.

Nikki Terrified of Victor’s Next Move

Nikki is worried that Victor’s next move might be something she just can’t live with. The week of February 23rd through the 27th is the last few days of sweeps, which wraps on Wednesday, February 25th. Claire is still bent on ruining Audra.

Once Claire’s back from LA, I’m thinking that she will be furious to find out Audra scored a big win and is now co-CEO with Sally. That’ll probably have Claire doubling down on ruining her life.

Billy is going to fight hard to keep Chancellor since it cost him Sally and access to his kids. I think it’s going to be hard to find some leverage to pry it out of Billy’s hands. Unfortunately, all he has left in his life really is Phyllis, which is not good for anybody.

Cane continues his quest for revenge. He’s targeting Phyllis for double-crossing him. But once Cane finds out Victor has been lying this whole time, I expect Cane to turn that around on Victor and maybe also on Lily for playing along.

Young and the Restless Spoilers: Phyllis Loses Everyone

Phyllis pays a heavy price for what she’s done. Nikki questions Victor, who’s furious for her to act like she has the right to question him—which she does, but he never wants to answer. When he doesn’t, that’s when you know he’s lying.

Lily’s family really worries about where she is, and Mariah needs help. Sharon’s desperate to protect her, and Tessa Porter (Cait Fairbanks) is taking a step back.

Major Character Returns: Malcolm Winters and Dr. Stephanie Simmons Return to Genoa City

Also coming soon, we’ve got Matt Clark coming back. Lily coming back. Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) is coming back. Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) is coming back; I suspect she is going to be in Mariah’s storyline.

The biggest news, Dr. Stephanie Simmons (Vivica A. Fox) is back and Malcolm Winters (Shemar Moore) is back. They are going to be on for a multi-episode story arc kicking off in April.