VICTOR SETS UP HIS OWN DAUGHTER AS SPY AGAINST DEVON’S FAMILY

In yesterday’s can’t-miss episode of The Young and the Restless, Victor Newman proved once again why he’s Genoa City’s most calculating power player, using a strategy so manipulative that even longtime viewers were left gasping. The great Victor Newman doesn’t just cross lines—he erases them completely.

FAMILY BONDS WEAPONIZED

While Abby stopped by the ranch for what seemed like an innocent father-daughter visit, Victor had ulterior motives lurking beneath his warm welcome. What started as casual conversation quickly turned strategic when Victor skillfully maneuvered the discussion toward business matters—specifically the mysterious Aristotle Dumas and his connection to Damian Kane.

“I’d love to see Dom and get an update on your mother,” Victor said with practiced charm before dropping his real agenda. “There is a potential business threat looming.” From there, he explained that Dumas was “crafty and needs to be watched,” ending the conversation by directly asking Abby to “let him know if she hears anything” about Dumas.

The request seemed innocent enough—what’s wrong with keeping your father informed?—but viewers know better. This wasn’t just casual conversation. This was Victor Newman setting up his own daughter as an unwitting informant against her husband’s family business.

THE PERFECT INSIDE SOURCE

Let’s call this what it is: strategic manipulation of the highest order. Abby is now perfectly positioned as Victor’s eyes and ears inside Devon’s world. As Devon Hamilton’s wife, she naturally has access to private conversations, business meetings, and family discussions involving both Devon and Lily Winters. Information that would be invaluable to Victor in his ongoing business maneuvers.

The most disturbing part? Abby seemed completely unaware she was being weaponized against her own husband. Her trusting nature and desire to please her father made her the perfect target for Victor’s scheme. She left their meeting with no idea she’d just been recruited as an unwitting double agent in what could become one of Genoa City’s most destructive family betrayals.

MARRIAGE ON THE LINE

This manipulative move puts Abby in an impossible position. Every innocent conversation with her husband now becomes potential intelligence for Victor. Every family dinner with the Hamilton-Winters clan becomes an opportunity to gather information that could ultimately harm her husband’s business interests.

When—not if—Devon discovers that his wife has been feeding information to Victor, the fallout could be catastrophic for their marriage. Trust, once broken, is nearly impossible to rebuild, especially when family loyalties are involved. Will their relatively new marriage survive this insidious intrusion? Or will Victor’s scheming cost his daughter her happiness?

THE NEWMAN WAY

This isn’t the first time Victor has used family members as pawns in his business chess games. Longtime viewers will remember how he previously manipulated Adam into spying on Ashland Locke, and how he’s pitted family members against each other countless times when business interests were at stake.

But using Abby—who has always tried to stay above the Newman family drama—against her unsuspecting husband feels especially cold-blooded, even for Victor. It demonstrates once again that in Victor’s world, business always comes before family happiness, despite his claims to the contrary.

WILL ABBY WAKE UP IN TIME?

The million-dollar question now: Will Abby realize she’s being manipulated before causing irreparable damage to her marriage? Signs point to trouble ahead, as Michael Baldwin was seen arriving at the ranch immediately after Abby left. When he informed Victor about his run-in with Diane Jenkins, Victor made his intentions crystal clear, bellowing that he doesn’t “cave. Ever!”

That’s not the voice of a man who plans to show mercy—not to the Abbotts, and certainly not to anyone standing in his way at Hamilton-Winters.

Abby might catch on to her father’s scheme through a conversation with someone who knows Victor’s tactics well—perhaps her mother Ashley—or by overhearing something that reveals his true intentions. But soap time moves slowly, and the damage might be done before she connects the dots.

One thing’s certain: Victor Newman has set in motion a plan that could destroy his daughter’s marriage, all in the name of business advantage. And in typical Newman fashion, he likely doesn’t see anything wrong with that.