Young and the Restless Next Week: Cane’s Furious Outburst & Ian’s Confirmed Return to Genoa City

Young and the Restless spoilers for next week dive into Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn)’s outrage and a shocker with Ian Ward (Ray Wise), plus Tessa Porter (Cait Fairbanks)’s fear as her wife’s crimes come to light and the cops go chasing her down.

Young and the Restless Next Week: Billy Visits Cane

Let’s start with Cane Ashby. At the end of this week, he gets a visit from Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson), who’s worried about Jill Abbott (Jess Walton)’s failing heart. That’s when Cane Ashby told Billy Abbott that the contracts are being written for him to take control of Chancellor. As of now, it looks like Cane Ashby and Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) have the bulk of Newman Enterprises under their control. It’s official.

What’s wild to me in this is how Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) and the others are all playing victim and acting like they did something unprecedented and awful when Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) literally did this exact same thing to Cane Ashby six weeks ago. This is a page straight from The Mustache’s playbook. Victor Newman had a huge butt-kicking coming from Karma. And the things he’s done to Phyllis Summers are absolutely disgusting.

I know she’s unhinged. But in a way, I think he is a big part of the reason she is. Victor Newman put a stranger in her bed. A lot of soap fans call that flat-out having Phyllis Summers raped. So maybe some people feel bad for Victor Newman; I don’t. Plus, I’m certain that he’s going to bounce back just fine and rebuild his company stronger and better than ever. Victor Newman will come out of this fine.

Cane Ashby and Billy Abbott Conflict Over Chancellor’s Future on Young and the Restless

For now, though, Cane Ashby is in control and things are going great for them. He’s a little upset to hear from Billy Abbott that Jill Abbott’s heart is getting weaker and that she can barely breathe. Billy Abbott also tells Cane Ashby that he doesn’t want him to tell Jill Abbott what’s going on with Newman Enterprises and Chancellor because that will upset her and it could worsen her health situation.

Cane Ashby and Billy Abbott debate how Jill Abbott would react to what Cane Ashby has done. In the end, Billy Abbott asks Cane Ashby to hold off on the press release that reveals Billy Abbott as the new CEO of Chancellor. Cane Ashby agrees to go ahead and hold back on that. They talk about how Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) has issues with Billy Abbott taking Chancellor from him.

Then Cane Ashby talks about dealing with him and Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) and that’s over and done. And he should have known better than to even try to make it happen. When Billy Abbott jokes that Cane Ashby won’t be alone because he’ll have Phyllis Summers, Cane Ashby makes it clear that is not love. That’s sex and business, but not affection.

Lily Winters and the Twins Go Missing in a Dangerous Game

Things take a huge turn next week regarding Lily Winters and Cane Ashby because he gets word that Lily Winters and the twins are missing. Cane Ashby goes and confronts Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) about it. And Cane Ashby is accusing Adam Newman of knowing that Victor Newman took Lily Winters and the twins. But Adam Newman claps back that he is not his father’s keeper.

Cane Ashby says that Adam Newman and Victor Newman are playing some sort of sick game. We know that Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott)’s okay with Victor Newman doing this. But I kind of suspect that Victor Newman and Adam Newman don’t really kidnap Lily Winters and the twins. I think that Victor Newman might have talked Lily Winters into playing along and pretending to be kidnapped in hopes that it’ll get Cane Ashby to stop what he’s doing.

Young and the Restless: Cane Rages

Cane Ashby is angry that his family has been threatened in this way. But even if Cane Ashby stops the AI from attacking Victor Newman’s company, it’s pretty much a done deal. I could see Phyllis Summers finding a way to keep things going even if Cane Ashby wants to take a step back because of this. Bottom line, Phyllis Summers isn’t going to be sympathetic at all about Lily Winters being supposedly snatched. And she may even tell Cane Ashby that this is Victor Newman bluffing.

Mariah Copeland Snatches Dominic Chancellor Amidst a Mental Health Spiral

Now let’s talk about Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes). At the end of this week, Devon Hamilton (Bryton James) and Abby Newman (Melissa Ordway) are frantic because Dominic Chancellor (River & Rainn Ware) has been missing overnight. When Devon Hamilton and Abby Newman check the surveillance camera, they notice that Dominic Chancellor wasn’t afraid of the person that took him. They can’t see that person. But they know that he’s not scared.

Devon Hamilton and Abby Newman think it’s someone they know. Then at Crimson Lights, they run into Tessa Porter and Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei). We’ll see Abby Newman and Devon Hamilton tell them that Dominic Chancellor was taken. And they show them the scarf that was dropped outside the house. Tessa Porter is immediately horrified.

She knows that scarf belongs to Mariah Copeland. It’s a custom-made, one-of-a-kind piece that Tessa Porter got for Mariah Copeland a couple of years ago. There’s no doubt in her mind. That leaves Devon Hamilton wondering why Mariah would take their son, Dominic Chancellor. Abby Newman tries to call Mariah Copeland. But of course, she doesn’t answer.

Tessa Porter explains to Abby Newman and Devon Hamilton that Mariah Copeland has been in this spiral for a while, checked herself out of a mental health facility in Boston. And has basically disappeared. They wonder if there’s some other way that would explain Mariah Copeland’s scarf being there. But Abby Newman thinks it’s quite clear that Mariah Copeland did this and took Dominic Chancellor.

Police Search for Mariah Copeland and the Shocking Return of Ian Ward

The cops call to tell Abby Newman and Devon Hamilton that a boy matching Dominic Chancellor’s description was seen at a motel with somebody. They take off and meet the cops. Meanwhile, Mariah Copeland loads Dominic Chancellor in her car to take off again. But accidentally drops one of his gloves. Mariah Copeland is crying in the car, kind of freaking out Dominic Chancellor. But she lies to him to calm him down.

Devon Hamilton and Abby Newman confirm to the cops that, yes, that’s Dominic Chancellor’s mitten. And they see Mariah Copeland with Dominic Chancellor on security footage. Abby Newman also calls to let Victor Newman know that Mariah Copeland snatched Dominic Chancellor and the police are busy searching for them. Tessa Porter is horrified and she asks Daniel Romalotti, “What could Mariah Copeland be thinking?”

Next week on Young and the Restless, spoilers have Tessa Porter telling Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) what happened and says they are not dealing with the Mariah Copeland they know and love. Tessa Porter says that Mariah Copeland has changed and tells Sharon Newman that what Mariah Copeland is doing right now scares the hell out of her.

Young and the Restless: Ian Guides Mariah

Meanwhile, Ian Ward is in the car with Mariah Copeland and he’s telling her she knows what needs to be done. Ian Ward tells Mariah Copeland next week to keep her eye on the prize. But then from the backseat, Dominic Chancellor says, “Papa, what the heck?”

All along, we’ve been presented with the notion that Ian Ward was a hallucination in Mariah Copeland’s brain. Is Ian Ward really in the car with them? Is that who Dominic Chancellor is talking about when he says, “Papa?” We all know that Ian Ward is really alive. But nobody in Genoa City knows it.

We may get a huge shocker next week if it turns out Mariah is hanging out with the real, not-dead Ian Ward and she’s not just imagining him. Mariah Copeland has maybe known for a while that she was really hanging out with Ian Ward, unless there’s an alternate explanation like he’s drugging her like he was doing with Sharon Newman. Who knows with him.

Sienna Bacall and Noah Newman Face a Crossroads

Also next week, Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin) runs into Sienna Bacall (Tamara Braun) who says she’s going back to Los Angeles. Claire Grace Newman asks Sienna Bacall, “What about Noah Newman (Rory Gibson)?” Sienna Bacall says, “Yeah, he may be going along with her.”

Claire Grace Newman wants to know if that’s not what Sienna Bacall really wants. It seems to me that she may want to leave Noah Newman in her rearview, leave him in Genoa City But if so, she’s going to have to just go ahead and call it off with him to get him to stay.

As we head into the first full week of February sweeps, Young and the Restless is lit. Be sure to check out our full weekly spoilers video for the week of February 2nd through the 6th, plus our weekly prediction, two-week spoilers, and lots more.