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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Nikki’s Words to Jack Seem Out of Line …. Unless, It’s Not Really Her!

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Something is off with The Young and the Restless Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), and this time it’s not because she went on a drunken bender. On Monday’s July 22nd episode of the top-rated CBS daytime drama, Nikki runs into Jack (Peter Bergman) and the two sit down for a chat at the GCAC.

During the conversation, Nikki told Jack she is worried that his conflict with his son, Kyle (Michael Mealor), could push him to start taking pills again, which seemed to plant a seed. Next, she went in on Diane (Susan Walters), that she’s been conning everyone and now that Kyle is ousted from Jabot, she got everything she wanted to run the company with Jack.

After Jack fumes and walks out on the conversation, Nikki follows him to his office and keeps going in on him . She claims she doesn’t want to cause friction between of the two of them. Jack asks why losing her son would be part of Diane’s grand scheme. He also puts Nikki on notice, that don’t you think he would know if he is being duped? Nikki says she only wants what’s best for him and walks out.

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So, what is really going on here? We know that Victor (Eric Braeden) has a plan to seek revenge on Jack.  We know that he was going to use Jordan (Colleen Zenk) when it was convenient for him, since she is currently, and supposedly put away. We know that Adam (Mark Grossman) is temporarily taking over Nikki’s job at Newman Media, so she is currently away from the company.

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Could it be that Victor would stoop so low, as to have Jordan pretending to be Nikki in a prosthetic mask? And Jordan is the one needling Jack to get him to go over the edge to start taking pills thus his addiction will go full tilt? If that is not what’s going on here, then what is Nikki’s problem? She surely could not be working with Victor to bring Jack down?

Share your theories on Nikki’s strange behavior towards Jack via the comment section below.

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Jordan as Nikki? Really? I may say this is not a compelling plot twist should it come to.pass. I like Colleen Zenk but find Jordan off putting. There was no suspense or build to her arrival or her plans to knock down the Newmans. Just came out of nowhere guns a-blazin’ That sliw build may have helped things. It’s difficult to reach back into all that history — and I watched then — when it had been so conveniently packed away.

I agree with you lakovos. Wasn’t Victor involved in making sure that Jordon was placed in a maximum security prison? I agree with what Nikki said about Diane. I think Dianes true colors are slowly going to start to resurface again. I also wonder if we are going to see yet another go around of Nick and Sharon?

I agree with both of you, sqf, and lakovos, I’ve NEVER trusted Diane before nor after her return. I know Kyle has been a real jerk, but you don’t fire your son from a family business that he’s more entitled to, than you are. As far as Nick and Sharon, everything I read says that this is more than just a possibility at this point. As far as the Nicki/Jordan fiasco, if that comes to fruition, that’s it for me until the nightmare is over. What’s Victor going to tell the prison authorities, I just want to take her out for a little while ,to play a joke on someone? The whole idea is ludicrous at best.

Jordan never really had a “final scene.” Are we to think (or hope) that there is more of Colleen Zenk to come? I say more.

If Y&R becomes a “prosthetic mask” soap, that is the end days of the genre for sure. Please don’t let this most ridiculous plot device ever see the light of day again.

It would be completely in character for Victor considering his past actions – paying Patty Williams to have plastic surgery and take Emily’s place? Finding Jack’s doppelganger and switching the two for months? It would certainly be in-keeping with his past actions.

But, if Victor wanted to use Jordan for the same purposes, why would he have her prance around as Nikki, and not one of Jack’s other exes, like Mari Jo Mason or Kelly Andrews? Sure, Kelly is supposed to be dead, but then again, so was Diane… and where is the real Nikki in all of this?

Jordan with a prosthetic Nikki mask? Oh hell to the no!

Nikki being Jordan is a desperate storyline. And both Melody and Colleen deserve more. I’m ready to say goodbye to Y and R after many decades.

I agree Margherita. These two fantastic soap vets deserve so much more. I am on the verge of throwing in the towel as well after forty years of loyalty viewing.

I was a THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS viewer from the very start when I gave it up a couple of years ago. It broke my heart not to make it to the 50th anniversary of the programme. I just could not stomach the ridiculous story lines any longer. Bill Bell created a wonderful programme with wonderful, memorable characters and stories which are long gone…X

You have to feel that Josh Griffith’s tenure is up. His writing is horrible, the show doesn’t move, it just sits there. The only storyline that peaked my interest is the one with Beth Maitland, and that apparently has been back burnered now that Eileen Davidson has left.

When Victor gets beyond the tolerable, I take a break from Y&R. To those proposing that Jordan might be playing Nikki kind of makes me feel ill. Can’t even laugh at it. I don’t have the background to recognize both real and program names, but long enough to know many. Jordan may in real life be a wonderful actor, but to perpetuate her role into more evil plays against why I enjoy Young and the Restless. I can take the pain or stupidity for only so long! Then move on!

What’s with Sharon? I happen to like Diane and Jack, but her slip into darkness worries me. Can any couple in a Soap stay happy?

My one question, if Victor gets away with this stupidity, where will Nicki be during all this, will he lock her up, and what about the difference in Nicki and Jordan’s voices?
As far as Sharon, she’s having trouble regulating her meds that she takes for Bipolar disease,causing her erratic behavior.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Chase and Brook Lynn Sign Divorce Papers; Are You Glad They Ended Their Marriage or Hoped for a Reconciliation?

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Any hopes for a last minute reprieve were dashed when filled with sorrow, Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) and Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers in front of a judge in the Dominican Republic on the Monday, October 26 episode of General Hospital.

The judge asked if they really wanted to go through with this, as a teary-eyed Brook Lynn and Chase both hesitated to sign the court documents. They admit that neither of them wants to get divorced, but they both came to the conclusion that too much mistrust has permeated their relationship, and too much has happened between them to stay married.

With that, Brook Lynn decided to put her pen to paper first. She signs the divorce papers. Next, Chase follows suit. They look at each other with tears in their eyes that their marriage is officially over. When the judge went to filing their divorce papers, Chase and Brook Lynn agreed to split custody of baby Phoebe straight down the line 50/50.

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THE END OF THE ROAD

Next, the judge returned and gave each a copy of their paperwork. Chase says to Brook Lynn that he thinks that they should each fly back to Port Charles separately, and that he would take another flight home. Chase says goodbye to Brook Lynn and exits. Now alone looking at the empty room, Brook Lynn utters,“Goodbye, Chase.”

Later in the episode, as Brook Lynn flies back home to Port Charles alone, she listens to the message from Tracy (Jane Elliot) telling her she is doing the right thing by divorcing Chase.

Cut to: an emotional Chase who went to the beach. He looked at his wedding ring. Mourning the loss of his marriage, Chase buried his ring in the sand, at the same time Brook Lynn was removing her wedding ring on the airplane.

The drama won’t stop from here for Brook Lynn, because as teased in the GH video spoilers preview for the week, Jude (Wil Traval) will come calling wanting to see his “daughter,” and potentially staking claim to baby Phoebe!  As for Chase, now that he is a free man, will he begin a relationship with his ex-wife, Willow Tait (Katelyn McMullen), with whom he has been completely duped? Stay tuned.

So, were you happy that Brook Lynn and Chase actually ended their marriage? Were you hoping that the two would reconcile at the last minute and realize love can conquer all, or do you think they were being adult about the situation that they couldn’t get out of their own way and feelings to make their union work? Share your thoughts in the comment section. But first, check out the scenes from Chase and Brook Lynn’s divorce and its aftermath below.

 

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Brook Lynn and Chase Hesitate to Sign Divorce Papers, Elizabeth Reveals Aiden’s Leaving For Paris, Willow Flashes Back to Her Crimes

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As the week came to a conclusion on the Friday, October 23 episode of General Hospital, Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) wrestled with becoming an empty-nester, while Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) and Monet (Blythe Howard) conspired to keep Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Ric (Rick Hearst) at legal bay, and Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase’s (Josh Swickard) frozen relationship thawed, but how much?

Let’s take a look! First, in a moment that was written to bring Liz and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) closer, the GH head nurse is wistful over the fact that she just learned that her talented bakery chef son, Aiden, secretly earned his GED and got into a prestigious pastry school in France and to top it off received a scholarship to attend the school.

Liz is concerned that allowing him to go wasn’t the smartest move because of his young age. Dante suggested that maybe it’s her fear of being alone that is causing her to feel hesitant for Aiden to go abroad. He shared a story about the support her received from Olivia when he moved away from home for the first time; that he understood mothers and sons are close, but she needed to let him go build his own life.

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After coming to terms with it, she revealed that Aiden is leaving in four days and had to make cupcakes for the Halloween party, Dante offered to help her do the baking. They smile. So, what this means to GH fans? All of Liz sons: Cameron, Jake, Aiden are all now officially off the canvas!

WILLOW VS. LULU

At Miller & Davis, Willow strolls in to meet Monet to go over their strategy in their meeting with Ric and Lulu. While discussing their next move, Willow flashes back to the night she shot Drew (Cameron Mathison) twice in the back, and then later, how she first stuck a needle in his neck to use the paralytic drug that kept him in a locked-in state for months.

Willow

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When Ric and Lulu arrive, the four end up in a stalemate. Willow refused to drop the lawsuit, and Lulu refused to retract the story on her. Willow’s stance is that Lulu had been manipulated by the Quartermaines, who wanted to take her children away, so Michael can have sole custody of them. Lulu fired back that she was doing her job as an investigative reporter to expose crimes perpetrated by a congresswoman.

Now at an impasse, Ric and Lulu tell Monet and Willow they will see them in court as now a judge will hear the case. Not what Ric wanted that to happen, but now he tells Lulu, they will figure out a way to bring Willow down.

DIVORCE BLUES?

Finally, Chase and Brook Lynn head to the Dominican Republic to get a quickie divorce after how their lawyers dredged up awful things about both of them in Port Charles. While on the plane, the two discuss that they still want each other to be happy.

Once in front of the judge in the Dominican Republic, he asked if the two were mutually consenting to this divorce, but instead, the two sang each others praises.

This left the judge to ask if the two wanted to go through with ending their marriage and he left the room. Later, when he returned with the divorce documents to sign, Chase and Brook Lynn stared at each other hesitating to sign on the dotted line.

So, what do you think will happen next? Will Brook Lynn and Chase end their marriage, or decide to try to make it a go? Is it upsetting to you that all of Elizabeth’s sons are off the canvas? Should the soap recast them all, like they did with Alexis’ daughters and restart the story of these young men? Do you think now will be the time that Willow’s crimes will be publicly exposed, and she will lose her kids and her seat in a congress? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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Could Kristen Vaganos and Josh Kelly Be Exiting ‘General Hospital?’

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General Hospital fans took to social media following the airing of the Wednesday, October 21 episode of the ABC daytime drama series. In story, Molly (Kristen Vaganos) reveals to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) that she has received an offer to join the top law firm in Chicago that practices civil law. She says it’s her dream job.

The problem Molly says is relocating from Port Charles and uprooting her life and being away from her mother, Scout and boyfriend Cody Bell (Josh Kelly). Wistful that she may lose another daughter to a long-distance situation (Kristina left a few months back to go to medical school in California), Alexis urged Molly to get Cody to go with her.

Molly still seemed concerned and has trouble committing to the idea. Alexis tells her to talk it over with Cody. Meanwhile, Cody asked Tracy (Jane Elliot) is he can have Thanksgiving off because he and Molly planned to spend Thanksgiving together with their families. After initially balking, Tracy agrees.

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WILL MOLLY AND CODY HEAD TO CHI-TOWN?

Later, Cody shows up at Miller & Davis and the conversation turned to Thanksgiving dinner that Alexis is hosting. Molly and Cody asked her not to cook anything. Cody hugged Molly reassuring Alexis that he and Molly would take care of whatever was needed on Turkey Day.

So, this raises the question, why out of nowhere are we learning that Molly received an amazing law offer in Chicago, if the character was not being written out? If Molly leaves the canvas, would the character of Cody make his exit too?

Kristen Vaganos joined GH as a recast Molly Lansing-Davis back in September of 2023 and went on contract in August of 2024. Josh Kelly began playing Cody Bell back in June of 2022. Initial reports were that Kelly joined the show on contract and then as of June 2025 went on recurring status with the show per his choice.

Do you see a world where GH is writing out Molly and Cody? Would you be sad to see Kristen and Josh exit the soap opera? If this is not what is going on, is this just a plot point for some other story that is upcoming? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.

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