PHYLLIS: Why was Victoria talking to the Bug?
Why was she talking to the Bug?
I know it has to do with
Victor's threat of taking
this company away from me.
I know it has to do with that.
Why are you looking at me like that?
You're the one who got me into this mess.
You made me believe that by
giving Chancellor to Victor
that it would quell his desire
to try to get this company
back from me.
He's not gonna back down.
You know that.
He'll keep on going
until he gets what he wants,
but you know what?
He's made a mistake because
he's finally met his match.
He's met his match in me.
And I will never, ever give up.
Ever.
VICTOR: Well, I'll be damned.
This is very entertaining!
-Now you're talking to yourself. -Yeah, it's probably because
no one else will listen.
How did you two get in here?
How does this keep on happening?
Oh, I know, because you poached
my head of security, along with
all of the other department heads.
Okay? But you know what, I'm gonna get somebody
who permanently bans you from the premises.
And in the meantime,
I'll throw you out on my own.
That's not a good idea.
Not until you hear us out.
There's nothing you say that I wanna hear.
Don't be so sure.
We're here to offer you a deal, one that you shouldn't refuse,
because it might be the last chance you have
to get out of this trouble that you're in.
♪♪
Okay, well, Victoria, let me tell you about
my recent "negotiations" with your dad here.
Uh, the last deal that I made with you
was I gifted you Chancellor in exchange
for the safe return of Jack Abbott.
Little did I know that Jack
was already on his way home.
Prior to that, your dad
reneged on a deal
giving me Jabot in exchange
for Cane's AI program. So,
you know, I'm not really open
to any sort of pitch
that you have to give to me
given, uh, all of this.
Well, the terms
are quite simple. You either
turn Newman Enterprises
back over to us immediately,
or certain information that we've uncovered
in Chancellor's digital files
will be handed to the district attorney.
[laughing]
The district attorney. Ohh.
They have a lot of things to do.
They don't have time for your trumped-up allegations.
-Ha. -Not so fast, Phyllis.
Not considering...
who will step into the DA's office tomorrow.
Who? Who's stepping in?
Christine Blair.
She'll be replacing the current DA,
though I'm sure she'll probably go by her newly married name
of Romalotti.
That's why you were talking to her earlier.
Hmm. Who'd you pay off to make that happen?
VICTORIA: Oh, Christine
is extremely qualified.
Her prior experience in the role
made her a natural choice.
A natural choice. Sure. Sure, sure.
I understand your concern, Phyllis,
because if you don't give back what you stole,
we'll be forced to hand over some pretty damning information
to your worst enemy, in which case...
there's no doubt you'll be facing
some serious criminal charges.
So are you sure you don't want to entertain our offer?
So if I tell you what Matt's planning...
Like I said, we'll make it worth your while.
How exactly are you going to do that?
Didn't you say your family was broke?
We aren't destitute.
Oh, I see. Rich people broke.
You only have five Lamborghinis in the garage instead of seven?
We can make arrangements to get you the money immediately.
I will transfer a half a million dollars in your account
right now.
You just have to tell us where Matt is
and what he's planning to do next.
The look of surprise on your face...
both of you--oh, it's priceless.
You thought Nick was gonna be here to greet you, right?
Give you a great, big Nick hug, and here I am?
And you thought so because of that detailed text you got.
"Get here now. Hurry. See me take care of Matt."
You sent the text?
Guilty as charged.
-Hey, now. -SHARON: [gasps]
Bet you didn't see this coming either, did you?
Hmm. Well, I didn't realize
that Genoa City's new recycling program
included rehiring trash.
Wow. Wow, disrespecting the new DA
is not exactly the smartest move,
given the decisions that she's soon gonna be making.
Oh, do you think I care about
what Christine Blair thinks of me?
Considering the evidence that we have against you,
-I would be really worried. -Okay. What does this
new evidence consist of?
Proof.
Proof that you conspired with Cane and Billy
using an illegal AI program
to steal Newman Enterprises and Chancellor Industries.
I knew you were gonna do this to me--I knew it.
I was prepared.
Correct me if I'm wrong,
but wasn't it your father
who used this AI program before I did?
-You have no evidence of that. -You have no evidence I did.
None.
And if you try to put something together,
obviously, that will be fabricated
and it will not hold up in court.
-Don't be so sure. -Ha. Is that the best you got?
-Really? -Oh, I think that the evidence
-is very compelling, actually. -It's fake.
I guess that'll be up to the DA to decide, won't it?
Okay, so let me see the evidence. Let me see it.
[laughing]
None of these emails happened.
I didn't write one thing here.
This is all fake.
Well, truth...
it's in the eye of the beholder, right?
And in this case, the beholder will be Christine.
Otherwise known as your worst nightmare.
Turn around. Both of you.
Turn around!
And you--don't follow in your father's footsteps
and do dumb things.
Don't try and play the hero, okay?
I would hate to have to use this thing
before we get to spend any meaningful time together.
If you have Nick's phone,
then where is he? What did you do to him?
Don't fret, Sharon.
Nick and little brother Adam, AKA, Spider,
they'll be here soon.
In the meantime, here's what's gonna happen.
The two of you, very carefully now,
I need for you to get out of the car.
And you, Superboy, don't do anything stupid.
Like I said, I won't hesitate to use this.
What are you gonna do with us?
Well, I'm not gonna tell you the surprise ahead of time, am I?
I mean, where's the adventure in that?
Okay, come on, let's go. Chop-chop.
Open the door. Get outta the car!
MATT: Come on, come on, come on.
Open the door.
Before I give you what you want,
I need some kind of guarantee.
-You have my word. -[scoffs] I'm not so sure
how much I can trust that given you lied to me
about the real reason you came to Vegas.
Okay, Riza, I didn't come to Vegas to hurt you.
I came here to help my family.
Please, Riza.
For the sake of all that we have been through before, and now,
just tell us what we need to know.
All you and I have been through?
Does that mean you're remembering?
Yes, it's coming back to me...
the longer that I've been here.
We did have a real connection, didn't we?
Yes. We did.
That's why it stings all the more,
knowing that you've been playing me this whole time.
Look, I wasn't lying to you when I said
my family has had the rug pulled out from under them.
And it's not just a financial crisis that we're facing.
Okay? All of this havoc that Matt has wreaked
has taken a huge toll, and it's not just a threat to Nick.
He's got our entire family in his crosshairs,
including my son, my little boy.
That bastard has made it his mission
to go after anybody with the last name Newman.
How do I know he won't come after me if I help you?
Because we will take care of protecting you.
I believe you.
And...
considering how...
Mitch or Matt, or whoever the hell he is,
has treated me, his so-called partner...
I sure as hell have no allegiance to him.
Then you'll tell us what you know?
Oh, my God. Wow.
You two, such hypocrites...
accusing me of stealing an AI program
while you literally drugged
and kidnapped a man to get Chancellor back.
I'm sure the DA would love to hear that case.
What in the world are you talking about?
Let's, um, let's stay focused, why don't we?
Why? You don't wanna hear about what your daddy does
-to get his way? -You know, Phyllis, we came here
in good faith to give you a chance
to get out from underneath your bad choices.
Oh, that's a lie. You have never, ever
done anything for me in good faith.
Nobody in your family.
All you've done is crush me and stop me.
It's not gonna work.
You don't seem to understand, do you?
The case has already been made.
Not only do we have a paper and a digital trail,
but we also have...the recently departed division heads
are all willing to testify that they overheard you
gloating about cheating my father out of his company.
Oh, that's such a lie. I did no such thing.
They're on your payroll, obviously.
Come in!
Uh, excuse me. This is my office now.
You know, um, you know Jared Passante.
-Yeah. -Former head of marketing.
And Wyatt Lemoine, he's the former human resources director.
Melissa Hendricks, purchasing supervisor.
Shall I go on, or...
So you march in this group of Newman loyalists, what--
to scare me?
They're prepared, along with their other colleagues
who have already resigned, to testify.
Because they don't wanna be seen as complicit
in your crimes against our family.
You sure it was a good idea
to try to steal my company out from under me?
She's playing us!
You told us you have no allegiance to Matt.
What is the deal? What is taking so long?
I wanna know how this instant payment works.
Half a million's a lot of money.
How can you be sure the transfer's secure?
You just let me worry about that, all right?
You will get your money. Tell us where he is.
Not without a guarantee.
Adam told you we have family back home,
many of whom Matt wants dead.
Well, based on what he's told me, I'm pretty sure
he's not in Wisconsin, so you can tell your family
-they don't have to worry. -No, no, no, no.
You're not getting it, okay? Matt took our phones.
He's probably using them to send out bad intel
to lure Noah and Sharon here.
The fact that we've been trying to get a hold of them
and we haven't gotten an answer from them is very concerning.
Please, tell us where he is!
-Not without the money. -No!
Information first, then money.
Riza, I told you. We are good for the money.
But time is of the essence.
You have to give us Matt's location
before somebody gets hurt... or worse.
All right, let's go. Move. Over there.
-What are you going to do to us? -How many times
do I have to tell you that it's a surprise?
You're never gonna get away with this.
Oh, I-I think I already have gotten away with it.
You know what I don't understand
is why Sienna's not here with you.
Did you gallantly insist that she stay in Genoa City
to try and protect her?
Does she even know that you're here?
I didn't want her anywhere near her psycho ex.
No, that doesn't track. 'Cause when you got here,
you thought that your dad and your uncle had already
caught me, so it wouldn't really be any danger for Sienna.
So why not just bring her?
How did you even get Nicholas's phone?
Oh, don't worry. Sir Galahad is still alive...for now.
You two--so easy to fool. It was kinda fun. I sent a text.
You didn't even doublecheck to see if it was Nick.
You just drive to the airport, you hop on a plane,
you get here, you rent a car,
and you come here thinking that the whole nightmare's over.
Well, guess what.
It's not.
Well, it doesn't matter what anyone believes.
I've already gotten away with taking everything that's yours.
I'm not giving it back.
-We'll see about that. -Yeah, we'll see about that.
You know what your problem is, Victor?
You've won too many times.
You don't know what it's like to lose.
Jack couldn't beat you. Cane couldn't beat you.
Guess what. I beat you.
I beat you. Possession is 9/10ths of the law.
I own you.
You own nothing.
Okay, well, I beg to differ.
You know, go ahead. Give this to Christine.
See what she can do with it, all right?
You know the difference between you and I?
I built my company from the ground up.
You have built diddly-do!
You have Chancellor. You have it!
Go do something with it.
Newman is my legacy.
What about my legacy? Newman's my legacy now.
You guys go on and on about how my kids hate me?
Fine. I'm doing this for my kids.
-That's what I'm doing. -VICTORIA: Oh.
You mean the children who won't talk to you?
That's what we're doing, Phyllis.
We're trying to give you the chance, the opportunity,
to win back their love and their respect.
How dare you. How dare you play the Mom card with me right now
considering you flew halfway across the world
to turn my daughter against me.
Oh, you-- you did that yourself.
No, you did that.
You all did that.
The Newman brainwashing clan did that.
I'm calling your bluff. I'm calling your bluff.
Go ahead. Put all of this evidence together.
Let's see how it plays out in court.
You have the transfer papers drawn up by the end of day.
Come on, my darling.
Don't let the door hit you on your way out.
Okay?
And all of you.
We might be in trouble.
NICK: It's a waste of time.
Look, she will come through for us--I know that she will.
Well, I'm glad you have faith in her.
There's an abandoned gas station outside Sandy Valley
about 30 minutes from here.
Mitch uses it to store his merchandise coming in from LA.
His merchandise--so his drugs?
That's what I've always suspected,
but I can't say for sure. I've made it a point
to stay out of that side of his business.
Okay, well, we don't care what you did
or didn't do for this guy.
How do you know for sure Matt is hiding at this gas station?
Because he wanted me to tell you that's where he was
so you would think I was betraying him
by giving away his hiding place.
So you were gonna give us this information anyway,
yet you let Adam and Nick beg for it?
No.
I actually wasn't.
I didn't wanna send any of you into a trap.
Well, it sure sounds like a trap to me.
There's no doubt about that. But it's a risk we have to take.
At least we know we can go in prepared,
unlike Noah and Sharon will be.
Okay. If he lured them there. We don't know that for sure.
Well, it makes a lotta sense, Adam.
Matt took our phones for a reason.
This is right out of his playbook.
He wants Noah and Sharon to think that I want them here.
Look, you don't have to do this. You can let us go and disappear.
Change your name again. Start a new life.
Right. Have to start a new life because ya gutted my old life.
You are just like your old man.
Let me tell you something, kid. It's not gonna work.
Your blue-sky bargaining isn't gonna get you anywhere.
I'm not changing what I'm doing to you.
You and your family have messed with me and my livelihood
-for the last time. -If you hurt us,
-Nicholas will hunt you down. -Oh, let him.
Here's the thing. You think you can stop me.
Have you not learned after all these years?
You are never going to stop me.
And as for what I have planned for you...
you'll know soon enough.
Hi. You summoned?
He's not gonna get away with it. I'm not gonna let him.
-Let who get away with what? -Victor.
Victor. He's going in for the kill. Michael was right.
-What happened? -What happened?
He was here earlier with his little mini-me Victoria
to announce that they're gonna use the same sort of
illegal program on me that I used on them.
And they have these fake AI documents to prove it.
That is all fabricated.
I did nothing of that. I never wrote those emails.
-Okay, okay, just breathe. -I can't breathe!
I feel like someone has kicked me in the stomach.
After all these years of being dismissed and pushed down...
This? Now?
I feel like the walls are closing in.
Okay, do not say that. Don't even think that.
Look, it's possible that people
aren't even going to believe Victor's story anyway.
The DA's gonna believe it. Trust me.
The DA will believe all of that.
-Do you even know the DA? -Oh, sure, I do.
Formerly known as the Bug.
-Christine? -Yes.
Christine. She's Genoa City's new district attorney.
You see why I feel this way?
I have to do something fast or I'm gonna lose it all.
Look, we both knew that Victor was gonna go nuclear
in trying to get his company back.
This is my company. He doesn't get it back.
Unfortunately, these documents look very legitimate.
Lauren, they're not.
Okay?
He's not gonna win this time.
All right, then how are we gonna fight this?
Well, first I'm gonna have my IT team
prove that they're bogus.
Okay. What, exactly, did you say to him?
Uh, I said I was gonna call his bluff.
I was gonna fight him every step of the way.
He's not getting away with this.
You mean like you got away with it?
Yes.
And we have to make sure it stays that way.
Look, you need to get on the phone with Matt
in front of all of us, make him think
that the trap didn't work, that we believe
he's headed back to Genoa City to go after
-Sharon, Noah, and Sienna. -I don't know.
-What's the problem now? -I'm worried he'll be able
-to tell I'm lying. -I thought you said you were
-a high-stakes poker player. -I am.
-It's just-- -Time to bring out those skills
and make sure that he believes everything you say.
Riza, you can make him believe you. I know you can.
-We need to go now. -I know.
If you insist on going after him...
...you're gonna need this.
-Good idea. -No, Adam, not a good idea!
Chels, it's better to have it and not need it.
Adam, this is getting way too dangerous.
This is Matt Clark. It's always been dangerous.
-Okay, hand 'em over. -SHARON: What?
Sharon, don't play dumb with me. Just give me the phone.
Both of you, give me your cell phones.
What difference does it make if we have them or not?
There's no signal out here--it's not like we can call anybody.
Well, there's no signal in the desert because it's a desert,
but in this gas station, you can call Timbuktu if you wanted to.
I mean, I don't know why you would wanna call Timbuktu,
but if you wanted to, you could, because this place is wired.
State-of-the-art Wi-Fi.
It's very impressive.
It looks like it's old and neglected.
Nobody would ever guess that it houses
a very lucrative money-making business--
-[phone rings] -Mine. And in my business,
communication is key.
Case in point. Get over there, please.
Go on.
What's the story?
They didn't take the bait.
What do you mean, they didn't take the bait?
Spider and his brother are headed to Genoa City.
Why are they going back to Genoa City?
Because they thought me telling them where you were
was a trap to make them think you were in the desert
when, really, you were headed to Genoa City.
Oh, Riza, I thought you were good at lying.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means I was counting on you!
I can't help it if they're smarter than they look.
And they don't seem to trust anything when it comes to you.
So...you couldn't do anything to convince them?
I tried. They weren't buying it.
Huh.
I'm not sure I'm buying this.
You'd better not be lying to me.
Why would I lie?
Well...because we both know you have the feels for Spider.
Our partnership is way too lucrative
for me to risk losing it over some guy from my past.
I only hope you don't do something stupid
to jeopardize our business, Ronnie.
Okay.
Guess I'll have to take care of Nick
and his nosy little brother some other day.
-Aren't they coming? -No, Sharon.
Your stupid knight-in-shining-armor husband
is riding to your rescue in the completely wrong direction!
Now it's just the three of us!
You know, Dad, you've been saying it all along,
but today is the first time that I actually felt
that it's gonna happen.
We're gonna get Newman Enterprises back.
You know we will.
Your savvy and your skill never ceases to amaze me...
even when it seems like all hope is lost.
You know what?
Today you impressed me with how you dealt with Phyllis.
-Thank you. -Yeah.
The question is is she gonna be smart enough
to agree to our terms,
or does she still think that she can win?
To be frank with you, I don't give a damn what she does
or doesn't do.
We will forge ahead.
-I warned you this was serious. -Okay, but those documents--
they're--they're bogus!
They're made up. They're not true.
Yeah, made up or not, what they prove is very real.
You did use Cane's AI program to steal Newman from Victor.
After Victor used it on Cane
and then Cane just retaliated and got Newman.
Wait. If anyone is guilty of getting Newman Enterprises,
it's Cane, it's not me.
Yeah. But you're the one who has it now.
Yeah, but the documents aren't true--they're made up!
You're forgetting the testimony of the division heads
that Victor has enlisted in his war against you,
and they're not the only ones.
What are you talking about?
There's a good chance that Cane and Billy will be subpoenaed
and we can't look to them to protect you--
not after what you did to them.
What--I-I'm sorry, what I did to them?
What I did to them? I took what I deserved.
You know? Cane was ready to throw in the towel
when Victor started using his precious Lily against him,
and it's not my fault that Billy took so long
to sign the contracts to get Chancellor back.
Victor took that time
to use Jack as leverage to get Chancellor,
so that's not my fault!
If Christine offers either one of them
a deal to testify against you...
I doubt they will turn it down.
So what you're saying is I'm screwed.
[sighs] I could use a drink.
Help yourself.
You still don't trust me, do you?
Did I not just sell out my partner to help your boyfriend?
Yeah.
Real class act.
And whether or not your information is any good
still remains to be seen.
Spider knows he can count on me.
[laughing] Spider. Spider does not exist.
Adam was playing you to get what he needed.
How young were you again when you started working the con?
I only shared that story with you to make a point.
I wasn't trying to imply we have anything in common.
Oh. So my past is fair game,
but you can pretend yours didn't exist.
I don't mind talking about my past.
Yeah? Tell me about it.
I'll tell you about my first con...
...if you tell me about how you first met Spider.
What the hell is up with you, man?
I'm fine.
Are you serious? You're a bag of nerves right now.
Well, you know what? My son and his mother
could be in serious danger right now,
so forgive me if I seem a little anxious.
You shouldn't have insisted on driving.
You're all over the road. We're not gonna get anywhere
if you end up in a ditch and we can't get out.
Look, this isn't about just Sharon and Noah.
How bad off are you?
-I'm fine. -No, Nick.
You are not fine.
I saw the baggies of pills in the storage room.
You said that Matt drugged you before he locked you in there,
but that wasn't the first time, was it?
Damn it, Nick, just be honest with me!
Okay? I've come a long way.
I've risked a lot to catch this creep.
The least you could do is just admit it.
You've been a mess since we got to Vegas...haven't you?
Whatever you have planned,
please just leave Noah out of this.
This has always been between you, me, and Nicholas.
No, no, no, I-I don't think that's true, Sharon.
I still have the knife that your son plunged in my back
when he slept with my wife.
You know, everybody thinks that I'm like this
monster psychotic person and that I'm devoid of feeling
and that I'm hellbent on revenge just for the hell of it,
but that's not true. I do have a heart.
I have a heart, and you stomped on it.
You and my wife, you stomped on my heart, and here's the thing.
You didn't know about my history with your parents,
so you didn't do that for like a cool reason like revenge.
You just did it because you're a Newman.
So you just do whatever you feel like doing.
That's the problem with you Newmans!
You just take whatever you want and you don't even care
if it already belongs to somebody else.
I thought that we were friends, Noah.
I tried to help you
while you were helping yourself to my wife.
So tell me--tell me why I should ever forgive you?
You shouldn't.
You're right. I was wrong.
VICTORIA: So basically, whatever Phyllis decides,
the end result will be that we will get our company back.
Yep.
And she will get what she started with...
and that is nothing.
I hope for Summer and Daniel's sake
she chooses our offer over prison time.
To be frank with you, after the damage she has done to me
and to our family...
and to this company...
I wouldn't mind seeing her behind bars.
MICHAEL: Phyllis, I really wish I could tell you
what you wanna hear, but I really think
it's in your best interest to give Victor what he wants.
Because if you don't,
knowing how determined he is to get his business back,
you could very well end up behind bars.
-With the fake evidence? -Fake or not,
it backs up the truth of what actually did happen.
I cannot believe what I'm hearing.
-I'm so sorry. -Don't feel sorry for me.
I'm not accepting defeat. I'm fighting.
There's no way in hell I'm giving this up.
So you broke your Girl Scout oath
and disgraced the uniform
by conning unsuspecting do-gooders
into paying for your stolen cookies?
Yep. Made 300 bucks cash.
Gee whiz. High stakes.
I was eight.
Your turn.
You really wanna hear this?
Do you think I'm threatened by you?
I'm just curious to know
how broken Adam must have been back then
to get mixed up with you.
Right.
Well...
where and how we met was nothing special.
Crowded bar. Both alone.
He bought me a drink.
The attraction was instant.
Undeniable for both of us.
The sexual chemistry... [laughing]
off the charts.
It was later when we randomly played a game of poker
that I realized he had...
other talents.
That's when I started coaching him
and made him the hottest private player on the Strip.
As a team, we were unstoppable.
Watching him...
know when to hold, sweeten the pot,
raise the stakes...
it was...electric.
Unlike anything I've ever experienced before
or since.
That's exciting.
It was also a long time ago.
Mm.
Oh, he's still got it.
I'm Adam's present and his future.
So whatever you think you may have had with him,
it is in the very distant past.
This conversation is over.
The only thing we need to focus on
is finding Matt and putting an end to this nightmare.
Well, it's hard to focus on that when I can see
the drugs are either kicking in or wearing off.
Either way, you're not gonna be at full capacity
to fight this guy, and that could be dangerous for everyone.
So what are you thinking,
that you're gonna take Matt on by yourself?
No. Now I'm wishing that we'd brought
Newman security as backup.
It's too late for that. Why do you think he picked this
out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere spot?
How do you think he keeps his drug business going?
He's got eyes everywhere.
No one can approach without him knowing.
And no one...including us.
It was selfish.
Doing what I did to you.
Not just as a friend...
but as Sienna's husband.
Hell, I hurt my own girlfriend the same way,
and I still haven't dealt with that.
You are a coward.
I repaid your kindness in the worst way possible
and it was truly unforgivable,
and I...
I'm sorry.
Nice try, junior.
But none of our positive history matters now.
I told you there was nothing you were gonna be able to do
to get out of this, and I meant it.
Okay, well, since it seems you have more of an issue with me
because of Sienna, why not just let my mom go?
No! No, I'm not leaving here without you.
Yeah, don't worry. Y-you're not.
Nobody's going anywhere. Well, I mean,
except me.
I'm really touched by how you two
really try to protect one another.
I think it's really sweet.
You're so lucky to have each other,
to be able to look after each other...
until one of you dies,
and the other one has to watch it happen.
And you're just chained there and you got no food
and you got no water, not a damn thing you can do about it.
That's what's gonna happen.
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It's obvious that you need it. Go ahead.
Do what you gotta do.
Little rich boy Newman
finally hit on the bag from the bad batch.
What a shame.
Adam, oh, my God! Thank God you're okay!
Wh--
where's Nick?
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