Young and the Restless: Phyllis Loses Everything – Her Next Wild Move!

Young and the Restless gives Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) officially giving back Newman Enterprises this week, which to be honest, many fans find a very lackluster ending to the storyline, and I tend to agree.

And after she does it, she’s griping to Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc) that she just lost everything. So once again, Phyllis has got to figure out what to do with her life. So, we’re going to talk about what big and wild moves Phyllis makes now that her corporate thievery is at an end.

Phyllis Loses Everything on Young and the Restless

So, before we get into it, I will say something I’m seeing a lot of recently on soap social media, both in posts and comments and replies to posts is that fans want to see less of Phyllis on Y&R, not more.

Many viewers feel like Michelle Stafford is getting way too much screen time and that we are watching the non-stop Phyllis show. All those complaints aside, and I don’t necessarily disagree, I don’t think Josh Griffith is going to slide Phyllis to the back burner. Michelle Stafford is clearly one of the headwriter’s favorites and he writes a lot for her on Young and the Restless. So, with that in mind, let’s look ahead.

Victor Gets Newman Enterprises Back on Y&R

This week, Phyllis gives Newman back to Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) because Phyllis finally realized she’s got no choice. She’s up against a wall and it’s give it back to Victor or go to jail. Once she signs it over, Phyllis is complaining to Michael, poof, everything is gone. She’s got nothing. She’s hit rock bottom and it sucks to be her. So, Michael thinks her kids may forgive her. But at this point, Phyllis is just really, really frustrated. And she even went off on Christine Blair Romalotti (Lauralee Bell) and let her have it for accepting faked evidence, calling her Victor’s puppet.

But we all know she did the crime, but she’s not going to do the time. So, Phyllis is basically at loose ends right now and she’s drifting. And that has me wondering what is coming next because she’s got to start pretty much completely over from ground zero. Right now, she’s got no man, no job. She’s living in a hotel and she’s got no direction in life. Since stealing Victor’s company, you know, she was living large, living a lie, and basically flying by the seat of her pants. And now what?

Phyllis’s Professional Options on Young and Restless

So, first off, let’s talk about the professional front. We can see Phyllis shamelessly circle back to Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn) and ask him for a job. Phyllis might offer to manage the GCAC for Cane since he owns it and she’s already living there because she’s going to need some sort of job. Now that the charges against Phyllis are dropped, they’ll be dropped against Cane also. And Phyllis ran her own hotel, the Grand Phoenix. So, honestly, she would be perfect for that job. So maybe Cane will cut her some slack and hire her and he might enjoy being Phyllis’ boss.

Alternatively, I’m pretty sure Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) would give her a job at Crimson Lights pouring lattes, but I don’t think Phyllis would ever decide to be a barista working for Sharon. And in a really stunning move, I could see Phyllis maybe going to Victor and asking him for a job since she was just running his company. And Victor has a grudging respect for Phyllis now because she actually did best him even though she wound up having to cave and had to give the company back in the end.

Victor May Help Red Out on Y&R

Plus, she just saved Nick Newman ‘s(Joshua Morrow) life and Victor is truly and deeply grateful for that. And he is indebted to her. He has expressed that verbally right to her face. So, you never know. He might throw Phyllis a bone and let her work at some minor subsidiary at Newman Enterprises. You know, put her in office in the bathroom like he did before. Didn’t he do that to Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) years ago? So, I could definitely see that happening. Her asking maybe not Victor saying yes.

We may also see Lauren Fenmore Baldwin (Tracey E. Bregman) offer Phyllis a job at Fenmores. By the way, Lauren’s been Phyllis’ ride or die for a while. And even though Lauren didn’t agree with Phyllis stealing Newman Enterprises from Victor, we saw that Lauren still accepted Phyllis’s offer to work there with her.

And Lauren stuck with Phyllis until the bitter end. Lauren really did everything she could to help and support Phyllis. So, we know that Lauren’s been this amazing friend to her. And now that Phyllis doesn’t have anything going on in her life and no job, no source of income, I think Lauren would do anything to help Phyllis. So, I could definitely see Lauren offering to bring Phyllis on board at Fenmores. And honestly, I think it’d be really cool if Lauren and Phyllis were working together again. That was kind of fun. And Lauren is good for Phyllis. She’s a positive influence and Michael is too most of the time.

Phyllis’s Romantic Prospects on Young and the Restless

And on the personal front, I think Phyllis is going to be a big part of Matt Clark (Roger Howarth) redemption story. She might start out as his friend and it may eventually turn romantic. Phyllis seems to feel protective of Matt and she wants to help him. Phyllis was even worried about what would happen to Matt if she went to prison because she’s pretty much the only one in Matt’s corner, except of course for Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk), and she would likely do Matt more harm than good.

So, I think we’ll see Phyllis and Matt’s friendship continue to develop. Phyllis might help Matt navigate this new and scary life now that he remembers what a monster he was. And of course, he doesn’t want to be that guy anymore. So, I think we could see Phyllis and Matt helping each other, getting closer, and then organically evolving from friendship to a full-fledged romance. I mean, we know that those two have chemistry because they were a very popular couple over on General Hospital years ago.

Another romantic prospect that Phyllis might try is to make a play to get back with Nick. Right now, Phyllis is furious that Nick was going to turn her into the cops and lie. But Phyllis also thinks that when Nick was saying all this that it was the drugs talking. And just like she wants to help Matt, Phyllis might actually want to help Nick.

Plus, Phyllis may think because she saved Nick’s life that somehow she’s back involved with him. You know, got her claws back into him. So, Phyllis might pursue Nick before she gets involved with Matt. And, you know, from there, Phyllis might move on to Matt if Nick shoots her down, which I’m certain he will. I don’t think he wants Phyllis. Not at all.

Phyllis and Her Family on Y&R

Finally, circling back to what Michael said, another thing that Phyllis may do now that she gave Newman Enterprises back to Victor is to try and get close to her family again. Phyllis may reach out to her kids, Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei) and Summer Newman (Allison Lanier), and you know, Phyllis may act like she decided to do the right thing.

When in reality, with Nick threatening her like that, Phyllis was cornered and she had no choice. She didn’t give back Newman to be a moral or decent person. But Phyllis might tell Summer and Daniel that she did it for those reasons. And Phyllis might also say that she gave it back because Summer and Daniel wanted her to.

You know, they wanted Phyllis to do the right thing, give Newman back to Victor, give back what she stole, and just be a decent person. So, they might be skeptical, and I doubt a reconciliation would happen overnight, but Daniel and Summer might at least be willing to talk to Phyllis rather than completely cutting her out of their lives.

So, I think she has some things to look forward to. I don’t think we’re going to be seeing less of her, and I’m sorry if you don’t like that if you’re one of the people on social media, but I think this is where we’re headed.