Young and the Restless: Patty Kidnaps Matt – Her Twisted New Obsession!

Young and the Restless excites as Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) rescues Matt Clark (Roger Howarth). And I suspect it is about more than just messing up Phyllis Summers‘ (Michelle Stafford) big plans that she’s cooked up. I suspect that Patty needs a new man in her life because Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) is clearly still hung up on Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters).

So, we’re gonna talk about what is next after Patty snatches Matt away from Phyllis and whether Matt is gonna be crazy Patty’s freaky new obsession.

Patty Rescues Matt From Phyllis on Young and the Restless

So, this week we saw Phyllis go haywire. She cracked Matt over the head in that room at the GCAC. She knocked him out and then Phyllis tied him up, snapped a photo, and then ran off to play Let’s Make a Deal with Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) so she could use Matt to get her criminal charges against her dropped. Even though Nick can’t make that happen, only Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) can.

So, while Phyllis was off scheming, Patty came looking for Matt and Patty got a maid to let her into Matt’s room. And when the girl freaked out because she saw Matt all tied up, Patty lied and said they were just getting kinky in the bedroom. So,  she got Matt untied from what looks like bed sheets that were used to tie him up.

Young and the Restless: Patty Stuns Matt

And then Patty wrote Matt a reality check. So, Patty told Matt the harsh truth that Phyllis was just using Matt as a bargaining chip. And then Patty told Matt they should get to know each other better, and Patty said he’ll see that she’s the only friend that he needs. So then she got Matt out of his room at the GCAC before Phyllis arrived.

She had brought Nick with her to show him that she really had Matt and to make the final deal. Of course, Phyllis was horrified to see that Matt’s gone. And Nick thinks the amnesiac villain escaped. This is going to change everything for Phyllis. And it might for Jack as well.

Patty May Transfer Her Fixation From Jack To Matt on Y&R

As you know, Victor paid Patty to kidnap Jack and then Victor drugged them and basically Patty raped him. So, you know, she and Matt have that in common, sexually assaulting somebody that they like. And Patty somehow thought that getting Jack in bed would win him over, but it didn’t. Patty knows that Jack is still upset about the whole drugging incident, and he’s been clear with Patty that he’s going to find a way to win back Diane.

So, Patty may finally realize it’s a lost cause trying to get with Jack. So, Matt realistically is a much better romantic option for Patty. And I think she may swap her twisted fixation over from Jack and onto Matt. And let’s not forget Patty loves a good villain. You may remember more than a decade ago in 2015 that was when Ian Ward (Ray Wise) was working with Adam Newman (Mark Grossman). Back then there was this dumb software plot that the program was called Paragon and it was on the Newman servers and it was supposed to destroy the family business.

Young and the Restless: Patty Has a History with Villains

Honestly, this AI plot feels like sort of a flimsy slow redo of the Paragon project if I’m being honest. A lot of people were frustrated with that back in the day. So, anyway, Ian wound up setting the Newman Tower on fire and then he had this brawl with Adam and Ian wound up trapped. So, Adam took off and left Ian trapped under a beam in a burning building facing certain death and everybody assumed that Ian died. But guess what? Despite Adam’s betrayal, Ian survived thanks to Patty.

She saved Ian and she had a crush on him and she wanted to be with him. So Patty took care of Ian while he was recovering from the fire and Patty was way more attached to Ian than he was to her. And although he tried to help her get a fresh start, bottom line was Patty wound up kicked to the curb by Ian.

Young and the Restless: Patty Wants to Take Care of Matt

And just like Matt, we know that Ian was a Newman enemy. All the Newmans hate Matt and they all hated Ian too except for Adam who worked with him at the time and then later turned on him and now he hates him too. And we all know Patty is super messed up in the head. But she actually does have some kind of twisted impulse to nurture. She was so upset when she had the miscarriage and didn’t have the baby that she wanted with Jack.

So, I think that’s part of her whole mental whackadoo thing she’s got going on. So, I think she’s going to save Matt from Phyllis and then I suspect Patty may get fixated on him. And even when Matt’s memories come back, I think Patty will be fine with his past villain behavior because as Phyllis told Matt, there’s so much bad in Patty’s history, too.

Patty Could Help Matt Deal with His Criminal Charges

Plus, it’d be kind of ironic because Matt was obsessed with Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) and stalked her, so if Patty turns around and got obsessed with Matt and stalked him whether he liked it or not that’d be karma. But, let’s be real, Patty’s hot so he might like it. And after Sienna betrayed him by sleeping with Noah Newman (Lucas Adams), I think Matt could use the ego boost. Now, mind you, he cheated on Sienna plenty, but it still hurt him when his wife slept with Noah.

Also, in terms of dealing with his criminal charges, Patty already told Matt she’d help him. You know, Patty’s brother is Paul Williams, the ex chief of police in Genoa City, and he’s the ex-husband of D.A. Christine Romalotti (Lauralee Bell). So, you never know. Patty might have some resources or some ins with law enforcement because of her brother or past criminal dealings. So, she might help Matt get away with his crimes. Also, Patty has a big bag of Victor’s cash and she could use it for a lawyer for him. You know, Matt could plead temporary insanity and get away with it because it’s a soap.

Young and the Restless: Patty Despises Victor

Also, Patty hates Victor and would like to see him thwarted and cheat him out of getting revenge on Matt. Although Patty just worked with Victor, that was just about her getting another chance with Jack. She hasn’t forgiven Victor. She’s hated him for a long time on Young and the Restless.

If you recall, many years ago, Patty shot Victor and he almost died. He was wounded so badly he needed a heart transplant. So, I think Patty would be perfectly happy helping Matt to hit back at Victor because in her twisted mind, Patty may blame Victor because Jack hates her now as much as ever.

This Is a Disaster for Phyllis and Nick

And then there’s Phyllis whom Patty despises. And of course, Phyllis is going to be frantic because Matt was her get out of jail free card. Phyllis wanted to leverage Matt to get the charges dropped and she was hoping to keep Newman also, but now none of that is possible. Phyllis is still facing charges and will likely have to give back Newman. And then of course there’s Nick.

We could see him going further unhinged because he wants to murder Matt to protect the family. And now he can’t because Patty has him. I suspect Nick was planning to double cross Phyllis. But now since Patty has snatched Matt, all that’s a bust. So Nick’s going to be ticked. He may spiral deeper into drugs and it’s twice as bad for him since it was Matt who, you know, got him hooked on the drugs. Technically, the surgery got Nick hooked on the drugs and then Matt amped that up when he gave him that fentanyl.

Young and the Restless: Jack Throws in with Patty?

So, we also have Jack making a bad decision this week. And I wonder if it ties into Patty having Matt in her clutches. She may offer Jack the chance to work with her and Matt to punish Victor. And of course, if Jack did that, that would be a very bad decision. So, we’ll see how that goes.

But honestly, I can see a world where Patty transfers all of her twisted obsession that she has had about Jack for decades and decades over to an all-new twisted obsession with Matt Clark. And of course, Jack would be relieved, but in a weird way, I could see Matt actually leaning into it and actually enjoying Patty being fixated on him.