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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Aristotle Dumas Reveals Himself as Cane Ashby and Lily is Not Too Pleased
After months of the “Who is Aristotle Dumas?” mystery, on the Friday, June 20th episode of The Young and the Restless, the story finally got somewhere, although not surprising anyone by this point, but it was revealed that Dumas is actually Cane Ashby, who left Genoa City six years ago (back then in the form of Daniel Goddard).
With all of his guests getting annoyed on the grounds of his “maze” and his home in the French Riviera, Cane (Billy Flynn) asks his legal eagle, Amanda Sinclair (Mishael Morgan) to separate Lily (Christel Khalil) from the group so he can lower the boom on her first, before he “shocks’ the others.
Lily begrudgingly goes with Amanda, and eventually is left alone in a “park” area, when Cane shows his face to his ex-wife and the mother of his children. Lily is petulant, argumentative, and not willing to hear what he has to say, until he finally clarifies for her that he is, in fact, Aristotle Dumas. It’s an alias he created six-years ago. Lily snipes at him that since when did he become a billionaire in six years? Cane says he will tell her everything in due time, but first, he must go address all of his other guests.
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The minute Cane comes face-to-face with: Kyle (Michael Mealor), Audra (Zuleyka Silver), Diane (Susan Walters), Jack (Peter Bergman), Sally (Courtney Hope), Billy (Jason Thompson), Devon (Bryton James), Damian (Jermaine Rivers), Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Victor (Eric Braeden), many recognize him. While everyone is shocked or annoyed, they are not understanding what is going on here, Victor pipes up, “Everyone! This is Cane Ashby. He’s been using the name Aristotle Dumas for the last six years!” Now, Victor wants to know what does he want with all of them?
The moment served to introduce CBS daytime viewers to Billy Flynn who jumped from Sony show, Days of our Lives to Sony show, The Young and the Restless after playing Chad DiMera on the Peacock streaming soap opera for the past 11 years.
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In an interview with TV Insider, Flynn said of the reveal, “I’m still figuring out who this version of the characters I’m playing are. It’s the introduction phase. I didn’t originate Chad, obviously, and I forgot what that’s like, and how much work that is, but I’m great. I love everybody here (at Y&R). People couldn’t be kinder to me, and everybody has done everything they can to make me feel as at home as I can be.”
After Friday’s episode aired, the “Next week on Y&R” preview dropped where the action picks back up as the Chance Chancellor/Jill Abbott connection is brought up and more. Take a look at it below, and make sure to join Billy Flynn live when he guests on the Michael Fairman Channel on Tuesday, June 24 beginning at 7pm ET/4pm PT.
Now, let us know, what did you think of the reveal of Aristotle Dumas as Cane Ashby? What did you think of Lily’s reaction? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Poof! Cane Ashby is now 13 years younger! Poof! This Cane Ashby is literally a few years older than his grown adult children he had with Lily! Poof! I wish this storyline would just vanish! Poof! No more Australian accent, which doesn’t just go away after 6 years! Poof!
I agree about the vanishing Australian accent but I don’t see a problem with the 13 year age difference between the two actors. Given Y&R’s propensity to play fast and loose with their characters’ ages, including rapidly SORASing the Winter twins while their playmates, Billy and Vic’s kids, remained the same age, Cane being played by a younger actor can work. This is especially true when you consider that Billy Flynn is 40 and both the actress and the character Lily were born in 1987 making them both 37 going on 38.
It’s more believable for him since he’s 40 and the twins are 20. What’s sort of a stretch is Christel Khalil. She’s 37 years old. This is happening on soaps more and more.
Poof Poof Josh Griffith, can CBS executives get rid of him he’s awful This huge storyline was nothing but a letdown for many. It was dumb dumb dumb. I sure many of watching could have come with a better storyline that this, and the wasted talent of those on the show are just that being wasted. Josh got rid of Gina Tognoni he first big mistake she had many watching the show and her acting was awesome. The show has not been the same and at times its boring as hell.
CBS WAKE UP B/B seems to be a littel more excting than Y/R but I guess everyone is alright with GH leading the way for the last years since Gina’s departure.
I am not familiar with Billy Flynn and I have to say upon my first look at him, he is quite delicious – I’m so shallow LOL. However, apart from the age and being too young for the role, I could never stand the Cane character – I did not care for his portrayer, so I may feel differently with a different actor. But I still wish he had come on as a new character even though I guess it wouldn’t have the same impact on everyone there if it was someone they didn’t already know.
This story has been excruciatingly boring & painful to sit through. Thank God for fast forwarding. Don’t know how much more of this show I can take.
YawneR has jumped the shark with this casting.
Billy in the role of Cane is unbelievable, but Conner Floyd will be great in the role of Chad on Days. And when YawneR dumps Billy, Days better not take him back because Conner will be killing it as Chad.
When will CBS get rid of JOSH GRIFFITH when? He’s awful, some of the storylines are plain boring and dumb. Get rid of him, the latest fisco with Cane Ashby is the dumbest of the dumbest storylines, and the one with Phyllis and Sharon being held hostage was boringggggggggggg. With such a great talented of actors on this show, he’s is runing it. He biggest error was letting go of Gina Tognoni- that was awfull Gina had everyone watching Y/R with her great talent and her acting skills.
WAKE UP CBS – Bold and the Beautiful is more excting with dumb stories you have going on. l feel for the great cast being wasted.
It may not happen anytime soon, because it’s said that he constantly brings the showvin under budget.
CBS won’t replace Josh Griffith. For them, there is no reason to. The soap continues to perform in demos/ratings, and that’s what the top brass looks at when considering these kinds of changes. Unless that significantly changes, there’s zero reason for them (from their point of view) to replace him.
Griffin destroyed the character of Tucker – remember his big debut? I have no expectations for Cane – a character that no one has even missed. How about “The twins” had been living with their dad and actually appeared? Thank to my DVR I fast forward Y and R and B and B – hoping for something interesting to see. I average 12 minutes for Y and R – and 5 for B and B.
The reveal was lackluster since the actor is new and not known as Cane. He’s younger, American, shorter…I guess they wanted him to have connections to people in GC. but it came over as a bland.
I always have liked the Cane character and could never understand why Lily and Devon were always bashing him. Now they bash Damian as well because he was the CEO for a big legitimate company and imply he is shady when look at Lily.
Lily is the one that killed Devon’s previous wife, Hilary, while she was 8 months pregnant.
Lily then went to jail and is a convicted felon. Lily had been this model, dancer, etc.for decades. Now, all of the sudden she is this amazing, incredible, and super CEO executive. I find this very hard to swallow.
Cane went with his dying father who changed for the better. Why is that so bad. I find it ridiculous that Lily and Devon keep bashing Cane. I like Cane and hope he lets them all have it – especially Victor and Nikki for taking Chancellor, a family company, away from Billy/Chance who are the rightful heirs. Victor and Nikki have enough companies.
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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Steffy Tells Carter She’s Pregnant, But He Has a Way ‘Out of This Situation For All of Us’
After taking a second pregnancy test on the Friday, September 12 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) freaks out ever more when it come back positive, too. Leading her to shriek, multiple times over, “Oh my God! Oh my God! I’m pregnant!”
As previously reported, reps for The Bold and the Beautiful have already confirmed that in the story, the baby Steffy is carrying is Carter’s (Lawrence Saint-Victor) which kicks-off their 40th season of storytelling.
On Friday’s episode, Carter gets a text from his wife, Daphne (Murielle Hilaire) telling him she wants to talk more about surrogacy later, since she cannot carry Carter’s child, and the couple was exploring ways for them to have a baby. Suddenly, Carter flashes back to waking up next to Steffy on the couch in the office after they had sex the night before in their drunken stupor.
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CARTER DEVISES A PLAN
Then, Steffy comes whirling into the office demanding to talk to Carter right away. Steffy is informing Carter that she has to tell Finn (Tanner Novlan) about their night together more than ever! A confused Carter asked her what changed, when they agreed to keep their one night together a secret? Carter tells her if she reveals what happened between them, it will tear about all of their lives.
Carter thinks nothing will come of their “mistake” if they keep their mouth shut. Steffy responds, “You’re wrong.” She goes on to explain that she’s pregnant! That declaration stuns Carter and we fade to black.
However, it was the preview for the action next week on The Bold and the Beautiful, that aired at the end of Friday’s episode and is now all over B&B’s social media that is the real tell-tale sign of where this story is heading.
B&B SPOILERS
In a scene airing next week, Carter says to Steffy, “I have a way out of the situation for all of us!” This comes on the heels of Daphne telling Carter she wishes she knew someone who would be their surrogate. So, putting two and two together, it looks like Carter will come up with the idea to pass Steffy and his baby off as the surrogate child of Carter and Daphne.
Look no further than the official B&B spoilers for episodes airing Monday, September 14- Friday, September 18 and the teaser lines of the Steffy/Carter baby drama to back that up below.
Monday, September 14, Steffy’s news complicates things even more with Carter, while on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 Daphne is hopeful she and Carter will be able to find a surrogate and Carter rushes to stop Steffy. On Wednesday, September 16, Carter makes a passionate plea. and by Thursday, September 17, Daphne can’t believe Carter’s suggestion. Then come Cliffhanger Friday, September 18, Steffy is caught off guard.
So, what do you think how it look to be Carter who originated plan to keep the truth from ever coming out, that he and Steffy had sex, and the best way to do this is for Steffy to be the surrogate for Carter and Daphne’s child? How complicated will the cover-up eventually get? Will Steffy fall in love with the baby making this whole thing untenable for her? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section, but first check out B&B’s video teaser for next week’e episodes below.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?
On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.
Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.
However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.
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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON
Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.
He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.
Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”
General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”
So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.
On today’s Thursday, September 10 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) discovers she’s pregnant, after taking a home pregnancy test, that will launch a new story arc that will remain front and center for the show in the months ahead.
The life-changing story kicks off the B&B’s 40th season which officially began on September 8. In it, Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) is the biological father of Steffy’s unborn child from their drunken night together when both endured turbulent times in their marriages.
Previously, Carter had trouble with Daphne (Murielle Hilaire), when she initially walked out on him, because she could not carrying his child. Meanwhile, Steffy broke up with Finn (Tanner Novlan) while in Monaco over Finn’s mother Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) showing up, who once tried to kill her.
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Fast-forward, Carter and Steffy made a pact that no one will ever need to know about their drunken night together, but now with Steffy becoming pregnant it changes everything. Making matters all the worse, Daphne views Steffy as her best friend, in fact, Daphne and Carter have been talking about having a child via surrogacy. While Finn had showed the couple how to start the process of finding a surrogate, Daphne felt just choosing a random person to carry Carter’s child is so impersonal. She would rather have it be someone she knows.
It does not take a scientist to predict … that somehow Steffy will carry the baby pretending to be the surrogate, when she its biological mother, and along the way, the questions become, does she keep the whole thing somehow a secret to herself? Doe Carter find out at some point? Stay tuned to see how this story reveals itself.
At its root, this is a major storyline for Wood, who has already won three Daytime Emmy Lead Actress Awards in her 18 years with The Bold and the Beautiful. In that time, her character of Steffy has experienced multiple pregnancies, given birth to two children, Kelly with Liam (Scott Clifton) as the father, and Hayes with Finn as the father, and endured a miscarriage.
So, what did you think of Steffy getting confirmation she is pregnant and looking mortified when she found out? What will she do next? Will she tell Carter? Will Daphne come to Steffy to ask her to be her surrogate, which Steffy may think will be the answers to her prayers, only for the truth to come out later, or falling in love with the baby since its hers to be begin with? Share your thoughts and theories for this major story for Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, via the comment section.
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