>> Victoria: Nicholas.
This is a surprise.
>> Nick: Yeah, I wasn't sure if you deactivated my security
badge or not.
>> Victoria: Uh, yes, and I also handed out your photo
with a red line through your face. Do not admit.
It's not like you ever needed an ID. You always charmed
your way into the building.
So, what brings you by?
>> Nick: My support team that you disbanded.
I wanted to make sure they landed on their feet
after you pulled the rug out from under them.
>> Adam: Okay, then I suggest you give them a business
lesson because the only way for a company to grow is for
the dead parts to be cut away.
Tucker did not mind hemorrhaging a fortune.
I'm not interested in running a non-profit.
Layoffs are a necessary part of life, so if our company
is ever gonna grow, heads will roll.
C'est la vie.
♪♪♪
>> Summer: Mom.
Mom.
>> Phyllis: Is it safe?
>> Summer: Yeah, I'm alone.
>> Phyllis: Okay.
Did anyone follow you?
>> Summer: No. I was really careful, okay?
One hug won't doom us, right?
>> Phyllis: I know.
Oh, it feels so great to hug you, Summer.
>> Summer: I've missed you so much.
>> Phyllis: I've missed you too.
I miss you too.
All right, here.
Let me take a look at you.
What's going on, Summer?
>> Summer: Let's just-- Let's run away. You know,
you and me, we could do-- we could do mother-daughter
travel and fashion vlogs from countries without
extradition treaties with the US.
I mean, it's not like there's anything
keeping me here anymore.
>> Phyllis: Still no luck with Kyle.
>> Traci: So, why is it every time someone calls
a family meeting, I'm filled with dread.
>> Billy: Yeah, you're not the only one.
>> Traci: I-- I go down my list of possible crimes
and I wonder what I've done.
>> Billy: I feel like we're being summoned to
the principal's office.
>> Traci: Yeah.
>> Diane: Hi. Uh, there's cinnamon rolls in the kitchen,
if you're tempted.
>> Billy: Uh, I am fine.
Thank you.
They're literally buttering us up with buttery pastries.
This is not gonna be good.
>> Traci: No.
>> Diane: Nothing sinister.
We just thought we'd save time if met face-to-face.
>> Jack: Perhaps we should get right to the heart
of the matter. Have a seat.
>> Traci: Uh, we can't have a family meeting until the
whole family's here and I think we're down a few.
>> Jack: The critical ones are here. Let's--
let's start it.
[ Billy sighing ] >> Ashley: Hi.
>> Tucker: Hi.
>> Ashley: I'm so sorry to keep you waiting.
>> Tucker: That's it, the wedding's off.
>> Ashley: Ha.
Did you notice anything odd when you left the house today?
>> Tucker: Always. Why?
>> Ashley: Well, Jack and Diane's behavior, like they're
up to something.
>> Tucker: Ugh, no doubt.
>> Ashley: Right?
>> Tucker: Every time you walk into the room, their
conversation suddenly stops.
>> Ashley: Exactly.
>> Tucker: And they've got these little tight-lipped smiles
on their faces all the time.
Then they gotta do something else in another room whenever
you come in.
>> Ashley: I guess we shouldn't be that surprised considering
that bomb that we dropped on them yesterday about us
starting our whole new company.
>> Tucker: I love dropping bombs.
>> Ashley: Yeah? I never noticed that about you.
>> Tucker: In fact, I have a little bomb myself to drop.
That is a secret weapon.
You can also consider it your wedding gift.
>> Sharon: Your regular to go.
>> Adam: Well, hey, if you want me to go, Sharon, just say so.
>> Sharon: Sounds like your new company's keeping you
pretty busy.
>> Adam: I would not have it any other way.
>> Sharon: Making sweeping decisions, just putting people
out of work like that?
>> Adam: Well, it is easier if you think about them
having faces or names.
They're just numbers in the hopper
and when they're numbers up...
[ clicking tongue ] >> Sharon: But you've not
even met them.
You barely know what their day-to-day jobs look like.
>> Adam: Look, business isn't pretty and it's not
for everyone.
I'm doing what is necessary to get McCall ready to take
over Newman Media.
>> Sharon: You've barely gotten your seat warm in
your new company and you're already prepping to take over
another one?
>> Adam: Look, I'm not gonna bore you with all of this,
Sharon. I'm sure that you have something sweeter to do.
>> Sharon: You wanna grab your family's media company.
>> Adam: Yeah, and I want to fold it into my new enterprise:
Adustus International.
>> Sharon: Hm. Interesting.
>> Adam: What is?
>> Sharon: Like you said, business and baking,
totally different things.
If you wanna make bread, for instance,
you take your time. You wait and let your ingredients rest.
You let them show you what they're capable of.
You care about every detail and you understand how every
essential ingredient goes into making the final outcome.
Wow, I just thought of that just now.
>> Adam: That is very fascinating.
Well, thank you for the baking lesson.
>> Sharon: You can come out now.
>> Victoria: It's not as if I demanded your team's
resignation after you took your leave of absence.
>> Nick: Disbanding my team should've been a conversation.
>> Victoria: Well, if they have any grievances, they're welcome
to take it up with human resources.
We've often restructured when a top executive leaves,
for whatever reason.
>> Nick: And what happens when I come back?
>> Victoria: We'll burn that bridge when we get there.
Oh, come on. I'm kidding.
I would've thought that a little time off would've at
least given you your sense of humor back.
>> Nick: Not everything bounces right back, Vic.
>> Victoria: Yes, I know that, which is why your staff has
been given other duties in your absence so that you
can have time.
Time to recover and to help your family heal without
the added pressure of coming back.
>> Nick: Well, what would I do without you?
>> Victoria: This isn't some nefarious plan that I set
in motion, you know that, right?
Dad doesn't have a problem with it.
>> Nick: Just because he's silent, it doesn't mean
he agrees.
It just means he's busy.
[ Victoria laughing ] >> Victoria: Doing what?
>> Nick: Doing the matchmaker thing again with me and Adam.
He wants us to brother up at the reinvented McCall.
>> Traci: So, Ashley's absence is intentional.
>> Billy: So, this isn't a kinder, gentler plea for
family harmony like Traci tried a few days ago.
>> Jack: If you're preparing a lecture about Abbott family
unity, I direct your attention to Ashley, who announced
her betrayal to the press before telling her family
that she had started a company behind our backs.
>> Traci: Yeah, yeah, not the most tactful way.
>> Jack: I can think of better descriptors.
>> Traci: Jack, she has to know the kind of push back
she's gonna get from you.
>> Jack: So, the family's the last to know because
she's a coward?
>> Traci: Am I going to have to say this?
Okay, fine. Jack, you didn't call us together for a family
meeting when you announced Diane's promotion to the press.
>> Diane: That's hardly the same thing.
>> Traci: Oh, really?
Tell me how.
>> Jack: This is the second time in recent memory that
Ashley has chosen to play dirty. She's not discussing
this with any of us.
She's not answering my questions. If she's
determined to keep us in the dark, we have to protect
Jabot at all costs.
>> Traci: Oh, I hate to ask, what does that mean?
>> Kyle: Hey.
>> Diane: Kyle, hi.
>> Traci: Oh, hi, sweetheart.
>> Kyle: Family meeting minus Ashley and me.
Got something to tell me, now would probably be
a good time.
>> Sally: I've been meaning to thank you for the card
and the flowers. It was very thoughtful, especially in light
of everything you and Nick and Faith went through.
>> Sharon: Well, we all went through quite an ordeal
that night.
>> Sally: Yeah, they should really make "I heard you were
a badass and I'm glad you didn't explode" cards.
>> Sharon: That would be...
quite a niche market.
>> Sally: Thankfully.
>> Sharon: But you and Adam, you lost your baby and I know
how difficult that is.
People grieve in many different ways, but they say if the
parents can manage to grieve-- >> Sally: Together.
>> Sharon: Yeah, I-- I don't mean
to overstep or suggest that you do something that makes
you uncomfortable.
>> Sally: Thank you.
>> Sharon: It's just sad to see both of your hearts broken
like that.
>> Sally: Yeah, well, Adam's fine. He's back to wheeling
and dealing.
>> Sharon: You heard him on the phone.
>> Sally: Mm-hmm.
>> Sharon: Yeah. He's, um, firing people left and right
like it's a game.
>> Sally: Mm-hmm. He's playing god with people's lives.
[ Sally sighing ] Anyway, if you can support
him in any way, I'm sure it'd be much appreciated
by his family and his employees, but I...
don't owe him anything and I have given all I plan
to give.
Thanks again.
>> Ashley: A wedding gift?
Isn't that just slightly premature?
>> Tucker: Okay, an engagement gift.
What can I tell you?
I'm a giver and a lover.
That's my curse.
>> Ashley: Yeah, we talked about this though.
>> Tucker: Inside that box is your fondest wish come true.
>> Ashley: Oh, I find that hard to believe. In a box?
One that small?
I think I need to give you a little refresher course
on my hopes and dreams because, um,
a phone number, really?
>> Tucker: Yes.
>> Ashley: And whose is it?
>> Tucker: It's a gentleman I know who is the key to
bringing Phyllis home for good.
>> Ashley: Oh, and Phyllis is the person that could
get rid of Diane once and for all.
This guy's gonna make my dreams come true?
>> Tucker: Yes.
>> Ashley: How'd you find him?
>> Tucker: Let's just say he is closing in on the EMT
who survived Phyllis' ambulance crash.
>> Ashley: Okay, you're not toying with my emotions,
are you?
>> Tucker: No, I overheard Michael talking with...
Michael talking with Phyllis' kids yesterday.
>> Ashley: Mm-hmm.
>> Tucker: And from what I've gathered, this Carson guy,
this EMT, is the key to making her self-defense
claim stick.
>> Ashley: That's not gonna be enough to get her off
the hook completely.
>> Tucker: Eh. Baldwin has been known to pull some
rabbits out of a hat and she's got you and
Nikki Newman to vouch for her.
>> Ashley: Oh, I hate to get my hopes up. It hurts so bad
when they crash and burn.
>> Tucker: I understand, but if I can bring this EMT in
on a platter, that'll keep Phyllis out of lockup.
She would be beholden to us, would she not?
>> Phyllis: All right, tell me, where does it stand with
you and Kyle?
>> Summer: I got a room at the Athletic Club.
>> Phyllis: You did?
Oh, no. What about Harrison?
>> Summer: Harrison, he's confused. He's sad.
He's trying to act like he's brave and it just sucks
because I-- I mean, I love him like he's my own.
>> Phyllis: I know, but this is horrible.
>> Summer: Yeah, Kyle hates me and I-- I don't know if I can
turn it around.
>> Phyllis: Don't say that!
Of course you can turn it around.
Hate is as strong as love.
It's an emotion that is as strong as love, okay?
It's filled with passion, so just step back and let
Kyle sort of go through what he has to go through
and he'll come around.
>> Summer: I don't think I can talk myself out of this one.
>> Phyllis: God, I-- I feel horrible that this is
happening to you. I-- I-- I feel like I'm kind of
responsible for this.
>> Summer: Well, yeah.
You absolutely are.
>> Diane: Your father wanted to discuss the landscape that
Ashley and Tucker are creating.
>> Jack: Yes, we're discussing the family company.
Clearly, not a concern of yours as you refused my offer
to have you stay on at Jabot.
>> Kyle: And I was co-CEO once.
Ran Marchetti. I had a seat at the table making decisions,
and then you choose Summer and expect me be okay
with scraps?
>> Jack: You chose to chart your own course. I am trying
to respect that.
You can't have it both ways.
>> Kyle: Is that the new motto?
Family, you're either in or you're out?
Is that right?
>> Diane: No, Jack.
>> Traci: Let's just take a moment and everybody just--
just step back.
>> Billy: I don't see the big deal, okay? Better or worse,
we're family here. Let him stay.
>> Diane: I know. Can we just talk about this?
>> Kyle: No, no, no, no, no.
The great and all-knowing Jack Abbott has spoken.
Let his will be done.
At least I know where I stand.
>> Traci: Jack, don't let this happen.
>> Jack: He's made his choice.
>> Traci: You did not give him any choice! Sweetheart,
look at me.
Look, your place is here with all of us. It is.
Please, just stay.
>> Diane: Jack, don't do this.
[ Traci gasping ] >> Kyle: Okay.
>> Traci: Really?
>> Diane: Kyle.
>> Sharon: Victor, where did you come from?
>> Victor: Hello, Sharon.
Well, that's a long, complicated story.
>> Sharon: Well, I'm glad you're here.
I need some information.
>> Victor: Concerning?
>> Sharon: Your sons.
>> Victor: That is privileged information.
>> Sharon: What's behind your push to have Nick and Adam
work together?
[ Victor chuckling ] >> Victoria: Dad's playing
matchmaker with you and Adam...
again.
>> Nick: You think he would've learned his lesson by now.
>> Victoria: Well, there is a crazy sort of logic to it,
I suppose.
>> Nick: Said the sister who couldn't wait to get rid of me.
>> Victoria: Oh, come on.
That's not true. You know how much I love you.
>> Nick: Then talk to me.
I mean... [ sighing ] You wanted me out of here,
so you made it happen.
You can't even be honest about it. Why?
>> Victoria: I'm just trying to give you time to deal
with your personal life.
Stop trying to make me feel guilty.
>> Nick: What did it have to be Nate? Why didn't you
replace me with him?
>> Victoria: He's more in line with the way that I work now.
>> Nick: Oh, ruthless?
>> Victoria: Admit it.
You've never had the stomach for that.
>> Nick: Who's gonna be the voice of reason for you now?
>> Victoria: I don't need one.
I'm in a good place.
The company's in a good place.
Look, if you wanna put your abilities to good use,
then maybe you should go work with Adam. If anyone could
use a voice of reason, it's definitely our brother.
>> Phyllis: I made so many mistakes. I put you through
so much, Summer. I'm so sorry.
I-- I didn't even realize that
you still needed me.
>> Summer: Look, Daniel and I shut you out and I--
I know how much that hurt you.
>> Phyllis: I know, but look what I put you through. I--
Listen, I'm gonna work this out.
I'm gonna find a way to work this out for you--
>> Summer: No, Mom.
I don't want you to get anymore involved in my marriage
than you already are.
>> Phyllis: No, no. Listen, listen. I'm gonna talk
to Kyle-- >> Summer: No, please!
>> Phyllis: I'm gonna get him-- >> Summer: No.
Look.
I know your intentions are good and I really appreciate that,
but this is just something that I need to work out
on my own, okay?
Uh, Michael said that you might be ready to stop living
on the lam?
>> Phyllis: Uh...
yeah, yeah.
He's gonna try and find Carson so I can come back to town
and make everything up to everyone.
>> Summer: I've been saying that we should find Carson
and you shot me down. I mean.
what-- what's changed?
>> Phyllis: Oh, I don't know.
Maybe he knows a little more than we thought.
>> Summer: Why would you think that?
>> Phyllis: I don't know.
Michael's gonna find him.
Listen, you just worry about Kyle, okay?
>> Summer: I told you, Mom, it might be too late for
me and Kyle.
>> Phyllis: Nope, nope. No.
It's never too late for love.
Never.
Love always finds a way.
>> Audra: Yeah, we can-- we can look into that.
You know, maybe it's time you broke away from the family.
The family business.
You know, grab some freedom.
It's so much easier and cleaner when you go after what you want
when you want it.
And to hell with expectations.
>> Kyle: It's quite an offer.
I'm intrigued.
Newman Media is going places, that's for sure.
But, uh...
it's not really a decision I can make in the spur
of the moment.
>> Audra: Hm.
It'd be a lot more palatable than working with your
estranged wife.
Yeah, no, I'm excited about the possibilities.
Uh, let me run it by my partner and see what he has to say.
Oh, yeah. I'm looking forward to growing a relationship
as well.
Yeah, let's stay in touch.
>> Kyle: This partner, anyone I know?
>> Audra: Possibly.
About 6'2", eyes I can drown in and kisses that can put
the curl back in my hair.
>> Kyle: It's kind of bold of you to assume, isn't it?
>> Audra: That you're dying to come work with me.
Um, I'm just manifesting our future.
>> Kyle: Hm. Well, let's talk about my future.
Your job offer.
I'm interested.
>> Audra: See?
It pays to be bold.
>>The Young and the Restless will continue
>> Traci: I know that you're upset with Ashley.
>> Diane: But you can't take it out on Kyle.
>> Jack: He is old enough to face the consequences
of his actions!
>> Diane: He's hurting because of what happened with Summer.
>> Jack: Yes, and this house is whole lot sadder without
her here. He chose this course.
We need to focus on Jabot.
>> Billy: Pivoting to business, yeah? I suggest that we bump
up the release of the teenage fragrance line.
Marketing is ready to go, puts emphasis on what we
actually do as a company.
>> Traci: Do you really think that Ashley is that big
a threat right out of the gate? I mean, aren't they
gonna need months to get this off the ground?
>> Jack: We don't know if they're building this from
the ground up or if they bought a company that's ready
to market her products.
She hasn't told us and I probably don't have to
remind you, the last time she split from Jabot, she
took her patents and left us scrambling.
>> Billy: And this is assuming Tucker's behind this.
>> Jack: Oh, he has somehow seduced her into turning
her back on us and make no mistake,
his end game is Jabot.
>> Diane: Then they're both out of their minds.
>> Billy: Okay, we don't have to worry about them.
They can't do anything to hurt Jabot. They'll have
fun for a couple months, they'll get bored and then
they'll be over it.
>> Jack: I wish I could be that nonchalant.
>> Traci: And I didn't ever think I would ever live to see
the day that Billy is the calm and rational one.
No offense, honey.
>> Billy: None taken.
>> Jack: We can't just wait and see what Ashley does.
We have to act. Now.
I suggest we see to it that our sister is removed from
the Jabot board immediately.
Who's with me?
>> Kyle: You like this, don't you?
Tempting me.
>> Audra: Oh, you like it too.
You want more.
>> Kyle: Hm, I do.
>> Audra: You can have all you want, Kyle.
You know, I think we'll work well together.
>> Kyle: How do you know that?
>> Audra: Intuition.
You know, we have so much that we could teach each other,
you know?
And, uh, Newman Media needs us.
>> Kyle: Could be dangerous, mixing business and pleasure,
don't you think?
>> Audra: You know that feeling you get right under your skin
when we're together?
>> Kyle: Mm-hmm.
>> Audra: Imagine if you could infuse that electricity
and energy into our company.
>> Kyle: That sounds like we'd be spending a lot of time
with the doors locked.
You know, putting our heads together.
>> Audra: Tell me what you want, Kyle.
Just say the words and it's yours.
>> Kyle: Newman Media.
>> Audra: Mm.
Music to my ears.
How soon can you start?
>> Kyle: Oh, no.
She thought this was gonna be easy. No, I'm gonna make
you work for it.
I may take my time, make you wait.
Watch you lose all your chill.
>> Audra: You wouldn't.
>> Kyle: No?
>> Audra: You know, we should have a rule: no looking at me
that way when we're in a public place.
>> Kyle: What is that?
>> Audra: Like you wanna take me upstairs and finish what
you're starting.
>> Kyle: Mm. Can't do that.
>> Audra: Now that-- that would be bad.
>> Kyle: Mm-hmm.
>> Audra: I have a company to run and you, uh--
You know, it would be so much better if we run it together.
>> Kyle: Okay. What's the pay like?
>> Audra: Negotiable.
>> Kyle: I have demands.
>> Audra: You silver spoon in the mouth types are just
used to having it your way, right?
Tell me.
How do I make you mine?
>> Sharon: I know that you would do anything to make
Adam happy, including risking the happiness
of your other children, but here's my question:
Moving Nick to McCall, is that to save Adam
or is that for your own benefit?
Hoping that the boys would have some kind of sibling
breakthrough working together?
>> Victor: What makes you think I can't achieve both things
at once?
>> Sharon: That's an admirable goal. Nick can
balance things out, as long as Adam doesn't feel resentful
for the interference and add fuel to the fire.
>> Victor: Nick can handle himself.
>> Sharon: That's true.
But is it fair to put Nick in that position? Where an
already tense relationship could be made worse?
>> Victor: You have another solution?
>> Sharon: Hm... I don't know.
Maybe. I might.
>> Nick: I know I upset you earlier when I was talking
about working with Adam.
>> Sally: You should be able to talk about Adam whenever
you want. So, I promise I will try and make space
for that.
>> Nick: Good because I could really use your advice.
[ Nick sighing ] >> Sharon: Good, you got
my message.
>> Adam: Yeah. You said I forgot something?
>> Sharon: Your manners.
You didn't say goodbye.
>> Adam: Uh, sorry. I-- I have a new company to run.
>> Sharon: Yeah, so do I.
Exciting, isn't it?
Putting all the right ingredients together.
Figuring out what works, what gives us the best outcome.
>> Adam: Wh-- what company are you talking about?
>> Sharon: Kirsten Incorporated.
Cameron left it to me in his will.
So now, as a new business owner, I have a proposition for you.
>> Tucker: Looking a gift horse in the mouth is
considered bad form.
>> Ashley: I very much like my wedding gift. It was very
thoughtful of you, actually.
>> Tucker: This is-- this is the guy that can keep
Phyllis out of prison.
>> Ashley: I know, listen, I realize that I'm the one
that said that Phyllis is the answer to our--
our Diane problem, but she could be creating a whole new
Phyllis problem. I'm not sure we should get her involved.
>> Tucker: Well, she won't be involved, per se.
She's just a...
She's like a battering ram.
You just gotta wind her up and point her in
Diane's direction.
>> Ashley: Problem is she doesn't have an off switch.
If she goes rogue, bad things happen.
The last time she went rogue, Jeremy Stark ended up
threatening my family.
It wasn't good.
>> Tucker: Well, look at it this way. Phyllis is an
apex predator and now that Stark is dead, Phyllis is
the top of the food chain.
>> Ashley: Yeah, she doesn't know how to stop.
She never does.
>> Tucker: Well, how much harm can one person do, really?
And plus, she's there for reinforcement. She's an added
level of attack.
>> Ashley: It's very risky.
>> Tucker: But you like risk, don't you?
>> Ashley: I do.
I like it a lot, actually.
When it comes to business.
Not so much Diane and definitely not where
Phyllis is concerned.
>> Tucker: Okay.
How about we not point her in Diane's direction?
We point her at Jack's?
>> Kyle: I'll need you to be flexible. I mean,
what I need in a partner may change moment to moment.
>> Audra: Done. What else can I do to make this
transition smooth?
>> Kyle: It'll take a lot to get me to put Jabot in
the rear view.
>> Audra: Well, I promise to make you forget
and give you something to...
>> Summer: Hi.
I'm glad that I found you.
Unless I'm interrupting something.
>> Audra: Uh, no, not at all.
I was actually just on my way to the office.
It's good to see you, Summer.
>> Summer: You too.
>> Audra: Oh, Kyle, uh, we'll be in touch about that
other matter.
>> Kyle: Counting on it.
>> Audra: Ta.
>> Summer: Ta.
>> Billy: I'm sorry, Jack.
You wanna remove Ashley from the board of directors?
>> Traci: I can't believe you're even suggesting that.
>> Jack: I don't see how she can possibly stay. She has
just created a company in direct competition with Jabot
and there is a chance she could take her patents and run.
>> Billy: We don't know if she can do that or if that's
her intention.
>> Traci: We didn't oust her when she started her own
company in Paris.
>> Jack: She didn't have Tucker dripping poison in
her ear at the time.
>> Traci: No, I am so sorry.
Daddy wanted us all to have seats on the board for a reason.
I'm with Billy. Ashley stays.
>> Billy: It's our decision, Jack.
[ Jack sighing ] Diane, you're practically
family. I assume that you're gonna stand with your fiance?
Go with Jack?
>> Diane: Actually.
>> Jack: Wait, actually what?
>> Diane: Well, we already talked about this.
Ashley and Tucker can only hurt us if we let them.
>> Traci: And that is how those of us on the high road get
the majority, which is as it should be.
Jack, please don't make this worse. Hasn't this
blood feud gone on long enough?
>> Tucker: Imagine what Diane's reaction would be if Phyllis
could get Jack to forgive her?
>> Ashley: Yeah, but Phyllis, she's just too unpredictable.
I mean, she has no censor at all. I mean, she basically
despises and distrusts everybody.
>> Tucker: Those are all positive qualities when it comes
to using her.
How is she the wrong person for this job?
Are you just afraid that the other side is
gonna retaliate?
>> Ashley: Well, they will.
Jack is never going to forgive Phyllis. She put Diane in jail.
>> Tucker: I don't know.
I just-- I trust Phyllis to find a way.
And Phyllis' freedom-- Actually, her very existence is
an affront to Diane.
And she can get Diane off her game in ways that we never
could, so.
>> Ashley: Okay, look, if we decide to do this, you promise
me that Phyllis isn't going to get arrested, she's not
going to go into hiding, she's not gonna get dead again.
>> Tucker: Nobody gets dead in this one.
>> Ashley: You think it's gonna work? This Operation Get Rid
of Diane?
>> Tucker: Just need the right players. And a yes from you.
You know I love to hear you say it.
Say it. Tell me to find this Carson guy.
>> Ashley: Okay.
>> Tucker: Okay.
>> Ashley: Let's do it.
Let's get rid of Diane once and for all.
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
>> Phyllis: Hi.
>> Michael: Oh-- We have got to stop meeting
like this.
No, I mean it.
Because if we don't, you're gonna get locked up.
I mean, some internet detective with a drone up there
or a police officer out on a stroll and your life on
the run comes to a screeching halt!
>> Phyllis: Okay, listen to me.
Listen to me.
>> Michael: What?
>> Phyllis: I'm running out of time.
Summer's whole life is imploding. Her entire marriage
is falling apart, okay?
I mean, I guess I could turn myself in, but I would never
see daylight again.
I have to help my daughter.
I have to.
At least, I have to try.
>> Michael: Because of your track records
with relationships before?
I mean...
>> Phyllis: I need your support.
Michael, seriously. I need you.
My daughter thinks that I'm to blame for her marriage
falling apart.
>> Michael: All right, I hate to have to break this to you,
but this might require more work and determination than
even you possess, my friend.
>> Phyllis: I have to give it a try. I have to.
I mean, I can't have my daughter worried that I'm going to jail
and worried that she's gonna lose her husband at
the same time. I can't.
>> Michael: All right.
I shouldn't raise your hopes, but--
>> Phyllis: You gotta give me something. You do.
>> Michael: Listen to me, listen to me.
>> Phyllis: You gotta give me something. Did you find Carson?
>> Michael: We are so close.
If you could just hang on, just a little longer.
>> Summer: Could I ask what you and Audra were
talking about?
>> Kyle: She wants me to come work at Newman Media.
Say it. Whatever it is.
>> Summer: Didn't waste a minute.
>> Kyle: Who?
Me or Audra?
My job as CEO of Marchetti was sacrificed for you.
>> Summer: I'm the one that got the job at Marchetti
after the woman you had an affair and baby with
threatened me.
I left my home to protect your relationship with Harrison.
And-- and you followed me to Milan after I begged you
not to. Do you remember that?
[ Summer sighing ] After I told you that we would
never work together, that we didn't belong together,
you ignored me because you knew that deep in your
heart that we did.
>> Kyle: No, no, no.
Okay, okay, I'm not-- I'm not doing this. Not here.
>> Summer: You know what?
Fine. Fine.
Fine.
I'm gonna let you figure out where you belong now.
I-- I just want to remind you that Audra is my brother's ex.
And he doesn't trust her.
She doesn't seem-- I don't know, sketchy to you?
Like she's up to something?
>> Kyle: Maybe I do have a type after all.
[ Summer exhaling ] >> Summer: You just want
to hurt me and that's fine, I get it, but I'm just
trying to-- >> Kyle: I don't-- I don't
need anything from you, Summer.
I wish you the best with your choices because I'm doing
just fine with mine.
>> Sally: So, I'm assuming this dilemma has something
to do with Victor asking you to join Adam at McCall.
>> Nick: Yeah.
>> Sally: Okay.
So, what would it look like if you did not go back
to Newman?
>> Nick: Well, Vic would be overjoyed. She wants someone
who's more in line with her priorities.
>> Sally: Someone who brings out her vicious side?
>> Nick: Yeah, that is definitely not me.
>> Sally: And what happens if you take door #2?
>> Nick: If I went to McCall, I would just be a pawn in
another one of Dad's games.
But, if I'm being honest, it might be the best place
for me right now, and if I did it, I wouldn't be doing
it for Dad.
>> Sally: Why then?
>> Nick: I mean, you've seen Adam. He's got no one to talk
to about what he's gone through and he's just gonna try and
bury himself in his work and that will never work.
Then, he's gonna turn into the old Adam again and then
none of us is safe.
>> Sally: Wow.
That was unexpected.
>> Nick: What?
>> Sally: You really care about your brother.
Maybe more than you've ever admitted to yourself.
>> Sharon: You should see the condition Cameron left
his company in.
It's a mess, but it's my mess.
To be honest, it's something that I never thought I wanted,
but it's funny how life throws you a challenge, something
you didn't expect, and you just figure it out.
>> Adam: Are-- are you proposing that I buy this
company from you?
>> Sharon: No, no.
Not at all. I have the perfect recipe for success.
We merge. We put it all together and turn it into
one powerhouse company.
We do this thing together.
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