Recaps
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Nikki and Claire Take Down Jordan; What Did You Think of the Episode?
Tuesday’s episode of The Young and the Restless did what it has done best in recent months, and that is stick with one story all the way through the show. It has accomplished this when continuing the battle between the Newmans, and the truly off her rocker, Aunt Jordan (Colleen Zenk), and now the young woman who we come to understand why she went off her rocker, Claire (Hayley Erin).
In the midst of all of this is a tour de force performance by Melody Thomas Scott who has returned to the boozin’ Nikki Newman we all love, thanks to the machinations of Jordan and Claire.
As the story picks up, Nikki stumbles into the broken down cabin Jordan has lured her to. Jordan comes into the room with gun in tow ready to kill Nikki once and for all, Jordan tells Nikki she is appalled that she’s such a sloppy drunk and wonders how many years of sobriety she’s happily managed to destroy.

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Jordan questions why on earth Nikki would show up, unarmed and with no back-up. Nikki explains she came for her daughter, Victoria’s sake. She knows she has Claire. Jordan wonders how far Nikki willing to go for her daughter.
Nikki tells Jordan that she has already had her revenge on her by driving her back to the bottle. After strolling down memory lane about Jordan’s sister, Eve Howard, and throwing barbs at one another, Jordan says watching Nikki die will make it all worthwhile and watching the grief it will bestow on her family.
Pulling out a bottle of Vodka, she gets Nikki to drink from it, telling her how pitiful she is as she guzzles it down. Nikki asks if Claire is really at the cabin, or if this was all a set-up? Nikki even questions if Claire is in this with her, and Nikki is, once again, being the one set up.

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Next, Jordan brings into the room a sedated and drugged out Claire in a wheelchair. Jordan pressures Nikki to finish off the bottle of booze so that this can all end. Just then, Claire starts to move as Jordan goes to check on her. Nikki grabs the bottle of booze, and smashes it over Jordan’s head. Nikki tries to rescue Claire, but Jordan jumps up and tackles Nikki down to the floor.
As Nikki and Jordan choke each other and have a stand off against the wall, Claire yells for them to stop it. When the women look over to Claire she is holding a gun on them. Claire orders Aunt Jordan to let go of Nikki.

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At this point, Jordan (in another great performance by Colleen Zenk) tells her not to believe the Newmans and especially Nikki. She tells Claire they are each others family and that they only have each other. Nikki tells her not to believe a word Jordan is saying. Jordan’s only rebuttal is telling Claire that she’s in for a bitter disappointment if she thinks the Newmans will ever let her into the family, and if she puts the gun down now, they can walk away together.
Breaking down in tears, Claire says that she knows she would have been loved if she hadn’t been taken from the Newmans at birth. Instead, Jordan taught her how to hate and seek revenge. Claire says that prison is too good for Aunt Jordan and that she’d escape a mental hospital, too. Jordan tries to get Claire to shoot Nikki as sirens blare in the background. Claire can’t pull the trigger. Jordan tells her she’s weak. Next, Nikki chimes in with, “Will you just shut up!” Then, she shoves Jordan right into the fireplace where she hits her head and goes unconscious. Nikki is able to talk Claire down to get her to give her the gun.

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The police arrive as do Victor (Eric Braeden) and Nick (Joshua Morrow). As she is being led out in handcuffs, Jordan tells Claire that she broke her heart. Claire fires back that she broke her entire life! Nikki orders them to get Jordan out of their sight. With Jordan gone, Nikki explains to Victor and Nick that Claire saved her life.
Victor says, “Then we owe you a debt of gratitude.” Nikki pipes up with how she and Victor, Cole (J. Eddie Peck) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle), will make sure Jordan never hurts her again. Just then, in a touching turn by Hayley Erin, Claire breaks down in tears saying she’s so sorry for all she has done.
Now, the question becomes, is this the last we will see of Aunt Jordan? Will there be another plot shortly? What did you think of the performances of Melody Thomas Scott, Hayley Erin and Colleen Zenk within the episode? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
I applaud a good story but I would have liked more suspense. The whole plot twist here seemed sudden and out of the blue. I like the acting and actors, but we just had similar situation with Cameron months ago. How exciting it would have been for Jordan to come to Genoa City and ingratiate herself into the we scene with Clare, teasing us and leaving us wondering what might happen next. When the threat comes from within and plays put at home, not a distant state, it holds more stakes. There could have been collateral damage to others in GC. I hope we get gamechangers in character and storyline with Clare to Eve, and not an Adam Newman 2.0. Was nice to hear Victoria mention her other children during her talk with Cole.
One of the finest episodes ~ ever!
The episode was fantastic and i definitely want Aunt Jordan to stick around. My only beef is that the story was told way too fast. This is a story that could have taken a whole year to unravel, and it would have gone that way if Bill Bell had been alive to tell it.
I agree with you. However … soaps today don’t have that kind of time or money. Soaps are always just a step away from being cancelled and the writers and producers know it.
Also, viewers don’t have the patience or attention span. That is due to social media. If stories were dragged out how they used to be, everyone would have figured out the plot long before the resolution and it would just be boring, predictable, and redundant.
I like how they told this story! Wham!! Out of the blue! No spoilers, shocking! Suddenly all the Newman’s are embroiled in this dark, gothic mystery. Then it slowly made sense. It utilized all the vets. It was campy and over the top, but that was classic Bill Bell.
It is a bracing story and is a game changer for the Newman’s and the show itself!
I love the Jordan story I wish Claire wasn’t cole and Victoria daughter she could’ve gotten with Adam I’m so over Adam and Sally it not the same I don’t know why fans still love him the writer’s damaged both of their characters especially Sally
Not going to say one negative word everything has changed with daytime so be it! MTS looks fantastic her time to shine
I loved this whole story and am really sorry for the folks who didn’t care for or appreciate it. Nicki came through as I knew she would, it was her story from the beginning. She will have another granddaughter to dote on now and Super Girl can keep on doing what she does best, mess up other people’s lives.I wonder if Nicki will go into Rehab as she did last time, when she got messed up with Deacon Sharpe?
I thought it went a little fast, too, but I wanted Jordan to get caught and out of the picture I was glad how it ended. I would have liked for Jordan to be killed because I don’t want her to escape. MTS did a fantastic acting job.
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Cullum Kidnaps Obrecht as Britt’s Replacement to Finish Faison’s Final Project
WSB director Ross Cullum is truly as despicable villain as they come, and played with steely intensity by Andrew Hawkes. For the double agents latest crime, you need to look no further than the Friday, June 5 cliffhanger of General Hospital, where in the episode’s final moments he sneaks up on an unassuming Dr. Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) after hiding in the back seat of her car.
Next, he chloroforms her with his intent clear. He plans on forcing her to finish the last leg of Faison’s final project at Wyndemere, since her daughter Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) left town with Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) in tow to get away from Cullum!
In what led to the kidnapping, Cullum had a terse conversation with his business associate and co-conspirator on the project, Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota). It is Sidwell who is preoccupied with wanting to bring Marco’s killer to justice (not knowing it’s the man right in front of him!). Sidwell told Cullum if bringing Marco’s killer to justice wasn’t a priority for the WSB director, then why should protecting Cullum be a priority for him?
SIDWELL VS. CULLUM
The two finally put aside their differences as they have to complete Faison’s final project for it will be highly lucrative for them, useful for their mutual gains, and groundbreaking. In order to do that they need a great mind with a scientific background to finish it up and get them to the finish line since Britt as disappeared.
Later, outside of “General Hospital,” Obrecht is headed back to her car after searching Britt’s office for any clues as to the whereabouts of her daughter. But when she got in the car to drive away, that’s when the aforementioned Cullum strikes!

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BROOK LYNN GETS ADVICE FROM A FORMER ADULTERESS
In other key developments, after Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) keeps inserting herself into Chase (Josh Swickard) and Brook Lynn’s (Amanda Setton) life, all with the seeming pretense to pay back Chase for helping her clear her name at the trial, and standing by her, she brings good news in person about baby Phoebe’s adoption to Alexis’ (Nancy Lee Grahn) law office to Chase. Once Brook Lynn heard Chase was on her away over with paperwork, she decided to hightail it out of there for an “emergency” appointment for Deception.
As we come to find out, Brook Lynn meets up with Lucy (Lynn Herring) at the Metro Court pool, She then proceeds to inform Lucy about Willow sniffing around he husband. Lucy says she knows a thing or two about being an adulteress. Brook Lynn wants Lucy to help her send a clear message to Willow to stay away from her husband, or else!
Now below, check out the scenes before Obrecht was kidnapped where she visited Willow, Nina (Cynthia Watros) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) and suspects Willow is up to no good.
Then let us know, with Lucy taking Brook Lynn under her wing, what plot do you think the two will come up with against Willow? What do you think will happen to Obrecht? With Lucas also at Wyndemere trying to bait Sidwell into an attempted murder charge, will he winds up thrown in the secret room with Josslyn? Share your thoughts and theories on the latest GH via the comment section below.
Recaps
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Katie and Brooke Have the ‘Sister’ of All Blowouts! Did Heather Tom Just Secure Another Emmy Nomination?
The Friday, June 5 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful served up words of jealously, years of pent up rage, and old and new wounds, when Brooke Logan Forrester (Katherine Kelly Lang) had a confrontation with her sister Katie Logan (Heather Tom).
The fallout happened with Katie’s desire to keep her new fashion house Logan alive while Brooke lets her know in no uncertain terms to stay away from her “turf” and stop pouching employees like Brooke believes Katie did with Eric Forrester (John McCook). However, as viewers know, Ridge put his father out to pasture, and Katie was looking for a new designer to jump start her new fashion house and Eric wanted to do it.
While you think that’s all water under the bridge, now there is Brooke’s daughter, Hope (Annika Noelle), jus waiting to jump on board as Logan’s new lead designer, something that Brooke is currently unaware of. One thing led to another, and six-time Daytime Emmy winner, Heather Tom does what she does best when given the material, she “Heather Tom’d it!”

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We predict come the 2027 Daytime Emmy Awards this could certainly be on Heather’s reel if she chose to submit it. Let’s take a look and the hostile words that were thrown in the writing of the scene.
LOGAN VS. FORRESTER CREATIONS
Katie: “Look at the things that you’ve done, not just to me, but too so many people.”
Brooke follows: “Well, there it is. Proof that your anger really does exist. It’s always been you, me and Donna, the Logan women. And now since this quest of yours, I feel like you’re driving a wedge between us and that isn’t healthy for any of us, especially you, Katie and lashing out. That is not the answer. I’m just afraid that this will go badly for you. You said that you were going to strike out on your own. Instead, you used my name Logan. You tricked Eric and then you had the audacity to show his designs after he begged you not to. What is going on?
Katie responds, “I’m tired of you telling me over and over again how crushed he is. How devastated emotionally he is, because Logan used his designs as their first collection, A collection, by the way, that was overwhelmingly successful that everyone loved. I did nothing to degrade his reputation. So, if he is so crushed, if he’s so ashamed of working with me, then he needs to tell that to my face. He doesn’t need you to be his messenger.”
Brooke adds, “You humiliated him. You disrespected him. I don’t know what’s going on with you, but just stay away from Forrester OK? Do whatever you need to do. Go hire another designer. But stay off my turf and don’t you dare pull another stunt like you did last time, stealing Eric from us. Just leave Forrester Creations alone. It is a warning. Don’t mess with the Forrester’s. Stay out of our business.”

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An enraged Katie warns Brooke, “You stay out of mine. You’re running a family company with Eric and Ridge and Steffy. Well, I’m running a family company too with the Spencer’s. Liam and Bill.”
A condescending Brooke says, “I’m glad you recognize that Forrester is my family business with Eric Ridge. Hope, Steffy and me, and we are committed to Forrester’s success, united in purpose with Eric’s return, the new couture line, reestablishing hope and Hope for the Future”
And that is when we the gloves really come off. Katie goes in on Brooke: “How’s that going for you? It seems to me that Ridge and Steffy are just fine with killing the whole line. How exactly have you advocated for Hope, Brooke? How exactly? Have you put her first? She’s never been first in your life and she knows it. Everyone knows that Ridge is first. Always has been your destiny. Hope grew up in a household where, for all intents and purposes, Ridge was her father figure. Did he ever treat her as a daughter? No. He has nothing but contempt for her, and you allow that. Why, Brooke? I’ll tell you why because she’s the result of yet another betrayal of your other daughter. She is your dirty little mistake!”
THE SLAP THAT COULD CHANGE KATIE AND BROOKE’S RELATIONSHIP FOREVER
With that Brooke slaps her sister. Katie snaps and threatens Brooke, “Don’t you ever put your hands on me like that again. I am not your punching back, literally or figuratively. I’m going to tell you something and you better listen! I am gonna do everything in my power to make sure that Logan succeeds”
Brooke says, “That is great because I swear I want you to succeed. I hope that you do well.” A angered Katie says, “That’s all I need, Brooke. Just a little ‘hope’ and you’re gonna see soon enough!”
As Katie says those words, she is staring at a photo of Brooke and Hope together, with Brooke in the dark that her very own daughter is going to jump ship to Logan, soon enough.
So, what did you think of the confrontation scenes between Brooke and Katie on Friday’s episode of The Bold and the Beautiful? Do you think Heather Tom might get nominated for an Emmy for these scenes (if she were to enter the race in 2027)? Let us know via the comment section below.
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Is This Congresswoman Cain’s New Chief of Staff?
In one of the more far-fetched soap opera moments in recent memory, while Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard) and Willow Cain (Katelyn MacMullen) are chatting at the Quartermaine boathouse in swimming trunks for him and a bikini for her, the two exes have a heart to heart on Wednesday’s June 3 episode of General Hospital.
The moment was set-up by Michael (Rory Gibson) and Jacinda (Paige Herschell) who want to find a way to push the exes together in order to get incriminating evidence of the two, so Michael can gain leverage over Willow for full custody of their children. once and for all. Jacinda notes how Chase definitely has a savior and white knight syndrome going on.
During Willow and Chase’s chat at the boathouse, the subject turns to how Chase was demoted at the PCPD in his efforts to help get Willow acquitted of attempted murder charges at her trial for the shooting of Drew. He has since gone from detective to patrolman. However, Willow comes up with an idea! Why doesn’t he come to work for her as her chief of staff. Willow feels he would be perfect, because he is only one of the only people she can trust.

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WILLOW LAYS OUT THE BENEFITS OF CHASE ACCEPTING HER JOB OFFER
A surprised Chase, says he isn’t qualified, but Willow thinks otherwise. She urges him to consider the position she is offering, because it would give him a more regular schedule that would be befitting for him being a new father to baby Phoebe.
Chase’s want to know why it was so important to Willow that he take the job, she continues to explain how she trusts him, but Tracy (Jane Elliot) spots the two in a close moment and hides behind the boathouse. Willow exits, but asks Chase to promise he will think over her offer.
Next, Tracy threatens Chase that this is the last time he will cheat on her granddaughter, Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton). Knowing he didn’t “cheat” on his wife, Chase looks pissed off.
So, can you imagine, Chase as Willow’s Chief of Staff? Weigh-in if you think he will be stupid enough to take this job knowing the issues it would cause for Brook Lynn? Will the police officer ever get the clue that Willow is manipulating him like she does to everyone else? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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