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The Young And The Restless – Episode 7-01 (2025)
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00:00Hi.
00:04Nice to see you back. I was, uh, I was getting worried.
00:08Yeah, I just had to clear my head.
00:12Not like I could really go anywhere with the road and the train tracks out.
00:17Yeah, I guess so.
00:20What about you?
00:21Did you snag those five minutes with Cain?
00:23Got a backdoor deal to steal Chancellor?
01:00Mr. Dumas.
01:30Can't say anything bad about the food.
01:48Or the wine.
01:50But the rest of it, whatever game Cain is playing, the fact that the roads and the tracks are washed out, no cell service.
01:57Being stuck in paradise isn't all it's cracked up to be.
02:02With our hosts nowhere in sight.
02:05Maybe what the worst part is, not being able to get a hold of the kids.
02:10Faith.
02:10If I don't get a hold of her soon, you know, she's worried enough about me this past year.
02:16I can't let that happen again.
02:18We'll find a way.
02:19And Raya is going through so much with Tessa.
02:24You know, she's the reason why I hesitated to even come on this trip.
02:27And I promised her that I would be only a phone call away.
02:31What if she tries to get a hold of me and else she gets this voicemail or she gets nothing?
02:36We just have to hope we can talk to him soon.
02:38I'm not just worried about the kids.
02:41Vic was never happy that me and mom and dad came on this trip.
02:45If she doesn't hear from us, she's going to send in the Calvary.
02:48Worried about Cole too.
02:49I mean, I hear he's holding his own, but I just feel like I need to be there for Vic and Claire.
02:55You know, Kane isn't just playing games.
02:59He's playing with our lives.
03:02He's in complete control.
03:03It's almost enough to send me back to being held at the clinic.
03:07Hey, don't do that.
03:08All right, you're okay.
03:10I'm here.
03:11There's family and friends here.
03:14But I agree.
03:15Two hours into this circus, I was ready to go.
03:17And the fact that I can't leave is infuriating.
03:20Infuriating?
03:21Talking about Kane, I'm sure.
03:23Yeah, this is beyond infuriating.
03:26Yeah, we were hoping dinner would take our minds off the fact that we're still stuck here.
03:31Would you like to join us?
03:33Yeah.
03:35Yeah, sure.
03:37Lily, she said here.
03:38Give me a chance to get to know you better.
03:40We haven't had much time to talk.
03:41We've got nothing but time now.
03:44Yeah.
03:45Indeed.
03:46You know, I don't know much beyond the fact that you own my favorite coffee shop and you two used to be married.
03:54I'm actually far more interested than you right now.
03:58You have a much different history with Kane than we all do.
04:03I'd love to hear the inside story.
04:06Mr. Novak, we finally meet in person.
04:10Thank you for coming so quickly and on short notice.
04:12Have a seat.
04:14Well, it's not every day that the mysterious Aristotle Dumola requests an in-person meeting.
04:19Especially in a public place.
04:24I didn't think this was your style.
04:27Well, it hasn't been.
04:29But that's all about to change.
04:32You've been a big part of it.
04:34Have I?
04:35You did excellent work under Damien at Monte Cristo and Danglers in Los Angeles.
04:39But I've been more impressed by the work you've done for me directly.
04:42I trust you managed to keep our little arrangement under the radar.
04:48I can promise you that no one suspects a thing.
04:55Well, I'm not sure I can tell you much about Kane.
04:59Because I saw him for the first time when the rest of you did.
05:04Yeah, I got all that.
05:05I was, um, I don't know, hoping for more.
05:10In what way?
05:11Some insight as to how his mind works.
05:16We'll make some tick.
05:17You used to work for him.
05:19How'd that go down?
05:20Did he, uh, contact you?
05:22Hmm, no.
05:24I reached out to him.
05:26Why?
05:27Well, I heard rumblings about an up-and-coming business tycoon
05:32who just recently burst onto the scene.
05:35I mean, the man was gobbling up companies left and right.
05:38Growing his fortune at lightning speed.
05:42I was incredibly impressed by that.
05:44Yeah, I, uh, I love the idea of going from nothing to something in a very short amount of time.
05:54And I wanted something like that.
05:55So, I called on some of my L.A. connections to have them help me get Dumas, sorry, Kane's attention.
06:08And that actually worked?
06:10Yeah, I'm betting that he, he was onto me from the very beginning.
06:16But he hired you anyway?
06:18Yeah, you know, I got a sense that even though Kane probably sussed out the truth,
06:22that, uh, he saw something in me that resonated.
06:26I was young, I was hungry.
06:30I was ready to jumpstart my life, commit to something that I could make my own.
06:36I think he innately knew that he could trust me with his secret.
06:41Hmm.
06:42But in all the years you work with him,
06:45can you give me some idea as to how he operates?
06:48Because the Kane that you know is far different from the Kane Ashby that we know.
06:57I have to ask, you being here, from what I understand,
07:03right about now you should be hosting a gathering in France
07:07with some of Genoa City's finest citizens.
07:10Preparing to reveal yourself to them, to the world.
07:14But, here you are.
07:18The festivities are proceeding as we speak.
07:20I just wanted to check in, touch base with you,
07:23and check in on a few other irons I have planted in fires around town.
07:27Before you get back to your guests,
07:29I'm the consummate host.
07:31And they have,
07:32they have no idea that you're here.
07:36Hmm.
07:38When you contacted me,
07:40the way you spoke at Genoa City caught my attention.
07:44Like,
07:44wanting to meet at a local coffee shop instead of a restaurant at a hotel.
07:49It feels like you're very familiar with this town.
07:53More than you know.
07:54It's been a while since I've been here.
08:00It's funny.
08:03How so little has changed.
08:06And yet everything has changed.
08:09I'm still pretty new to the town,
08:12but
08:12I do see the appeal.
08:15It's a different vibe than L.A.
08:17I actually found myself debating whether I should stay here
08:20or head back to Los Angeles when he fired me.
08:23Along with
08:24Damien.
08:25It was a necessary step
08:27so I could bring you back under the radar.
08:29You certainly made the decision
08:31where to live a lot easier
08:32when you offered me the job.
08:34Have you told anybody you're working again?
08:35I did his order.
08:40Kept my mouth shut.
08:41Honestly, I don't know that many people here,
08:43so the secret hasn't been that hard to keep.
08:45And
08:45those that I have met
08:47I've let them believe that I'm searching.
08:52I'm still unemployed.
08:54Good.
08:56Keep it that way.
08:57Will do.
09:00Thank you again
09:01for having the fate to hurt me back, Mr. Dumas.
09:04You're welcome.
09:09You can call me Cain Ashby.
09:12Aristotle Dumas will soon
09:14cease to exist.
09:17I did not strike a deal with
09:18with Cain.
09:21Is it only because you couldn't find him?
09:23No, I wasn't looking for him.
09:26Even though you seem pretty
09:27focused on getting it done?
09:29I can't work out anything with Cain
09:32until I
09:33fix things with you first.
09:38Okay.
09:40You gonna feed me?
09:41You think that
09:41solves everything?
09:43Well, I was assuming that you wouldn't
09:44want to get together for the group dinner.
09:46You know?
09:46So besides Phyllis and Victor.
09:48Am I wrong about that?
09:49Mm-mm.
09:52Will you sit down
09:52and get comfortable?
09:55I'm really not that hungry.
09:57Okay, will you humor me, please?
10:00I think there's something there
10:02you're really gonna like.
10:04Please.
10:05Okay.
10:05So while you were out
10:13clearing your head,
10:15I was running around the train
10:16trying to find all the things
10:18that you would love
10:18and I landed on
10:20French fries.
10:24French fries?
10:25French fries.
10:26Can't come over to France
10:27and not have French fries.
10:28This is the frites experience
10:30and what you see there
10:31is hot sauce.
10:32Not easy to come by.
10:33I had to get Cain's chef
10:35to whip something up.
10:37Thankfully,
10:37they were willing to experiment
10:38and this is what we landed on.
10:42Mm.
10:44Very nice.
10:46Would you like to try one?
10:47I know what you're doing.
10:48What am I doing?
10:49I'm sure the French fries
10:50are delicious.
10:52Absolutely.
10:52And whatever else
10:53you've scavenged from the kitchen,
10:54I'm sure is just as wonderful,
10:56but this whole distraction thing
10:57is not gonna work.
10:57Is that what you think
10:58I'm doing here?
10:59I was very clear
11:00about what I wanted
11:01from you, Billy.
11:01When I said this
11:04was a deal-breaker,
11:04I meant it,
11:05but it's obvious
11:06that you're not willing
11:06to commit to handing me
11:08avid communications
11:09if you go after
11:09Chancellor with Cain.
11:12So I really don't know
11:13where that leaves us.
11:20If you would, uh,
11:21let me explain...
11:22Billy, there's no need.
11:23The frites say it all.
11:25I mean, it's charming,
11:26and it's fun,
11:27and it's so you.
11:30Seriously,
11:30to think of me this way,
11:31I mean,
11:32even right down to
11:32having the chef
11:35whip up some hot sauce,
11:36but, I mean,
11:37how can I be charmed
11:38and have fun
11:39when I know this is your way
11:40of blowing me off?
11:41I'm not blowing you off,
11:42I meant what I said,
11:43Billy.
11:43I have gone all in
11:45on avid communications.
11:46I don't have a plan B.
11:47This is it.
11:49Launching and running
11:50a badass communications company
11:51that made people stand up
11:52and pay attention.
11:54I want the same thing.
11:56But you don't,
11:58Billy.
11:58Not anymore.
11:59Chancellor is right
12:00out of reach,
12:01and it is so close
12:02it's almost yours.
12:03It's consuming
12:04your every thought.
12:07So where does that leave
12:08avid communications?
12:10Well...
12:10Or me.
12:11I would explain that
12:14if I, uh...
12:14You know,
12:15you explained to me
12:16at one point recently
12:17that you had had
12:19so much wisdom
12:20and experience
12:21that you knew
12:21that you couldn't run
12:22avid communications
12:23on your own.
12:23And now you're expecting
12:24to run chancellor
12:25and avid?
12:27It's impossible,
12:29Billy.
12:29It's not gonna happen.
12:30So if you really want
12:31chancellor,
12:32then I'm your solution.
12:34I can take avid communications
12:36to the heights
12:36that we always dreamed of.
12:38But obviously,
12:39you don't trust me.
12:41I trust you.
12:42Really?
12:43The way you trusted Phyllis?
12:46Have we not had
12:46this conversation?
12:48Yeah, we have.
12:49Okay.
12:49We have,
12:50and I know where you stand.
12:50Sally.
12:51I know, obviously.
12:52Give me a second here,
12:53okay?
12:53Give me a favor.
12:54Look underneath
12:55the dessert tray right there.
12:57Just please.
12:58Billy.
12:58I think you'll really like it.
12:59Billy,
12:59I don't want a creme brulee
13:01or whatever the heck
13:02is under there.
13:03I don't want to tell you
13:03to look underneath it.
13:04So just look.
13:06Please.
13:18What is that?
13:19Look, guys, I wish I could be
13:24of more help, you know?
13:25Give you the answers
13:26that you need.
13:28But honestly,
13:30I had very little contact
13:32with Kane.
13:33You ran two of his companies
13:35for years.
13:36Yeah.
13:36We communicated mostly
13:37by email.
13:38There was a phone call
13:39every so often.
13:41And the paycheck,
13:43of course,
13:43but that was it.
13:47That is so weird.
13:49That never bothered you?
13:51Look,
13:52I was making good money
13:53for the first time
13:54in my life.
13:55Okay?
13:55I was finally
13:56getting my feet
13:57under me.
13:59Building something
13:59that I could be proud of.
14:02Yes,
14:02I was curious,
14:03but there were
14:04no red flags.
14:05You know,
14:06nothing to suggest
14:07that Kane was anything
14:08but a eccentric billionaire.
14:11So no insight at all?
14:14No,
14:14he was a solid boss.
14:17But other than that,
14:18he was
14:18as mysterious to me
14:20as he was
14:21to the rest of the world.
14:23I think mysterious
14:24is too nice of a word
14:25to describe
14:25what Kane's been doing.
14:27I mean,
14:27hiding behind
14:28this Dumas persona?
14:30Who does that
14:31unless you have
14:31something to hide?
14:32Right?
14:33I mean,
14:33it's disgusting.
14:35Yeah,
14:35I really want to know
14:36what the catalyst was
14:37for Kane to change so much.
14:39You know,
14:39why create this bizarre
14:40double life?
14:42Why live this lie?
14:44Maybe
14:44he never really did change.
14:47He came to Genoa City
14:49with a con.
14:50He seemed to reform
14:52and turn his life around,
14:53but maybe that was the con.
14:56The reformed Kane
14:57that we knew
14:57and maybe now
14:58he's gone back
14:59to his true nature.
15:02Aristotle Dumas
15:05will cease to exist.
15:07What exactly
15:07does that mean?
15:09It was a persona
15:10that I created
15:11so I could stay anonymous
15:12while I built my empire.
15:15All those years of mystery
15:17and now you're going public.
15:19I'm curious
15:20as to what's changed.
15:22It's all a part
15:23of the plan,
15:25including returning
15:26to Genoa City.
15:28To live?
15:30Yes.
15:32This town
15:33must mean a lot to you.
15:35It does.
15:38Until I make the move,
15:39I'm going to need you
15:40to continue to be my eyes
15:41and ears here on the ground.
15:43Final preparations
15:44will be absolutely critical.
15:48I'm happy to be of assistance
15:49any way that I can.
15:50And I appreciate
15:51the work you've done.
15:52Your help in procuring
15:53the various properties
15:54has been invaluable.
15:55I've got to say,
15:57I'm thoroughly impressed
15:59by your scope of purchases.
16:02But does that mean
16:03that you plan on moving
16:04the majority of your businesses
16:05here as well?
16:10There's something else
16:11I'm going to need from you.
16:14Name?
16:14Well, I appreciate
16:16your dedication.
16:18There will be no questions
16:20about my intentions.
16:26Go ahead.
16:28I mean,
16:29it looks a little
16:30chewy.
16:32Well,
16:32unappetizing.
16:33I think you're really
16:34going to like it.
16:35I don't know.
16:36Well,
16:38you could see it
16:39as your daily
16:39source of fiber.
16:49Okay,
16:49now who's being coy?
17:01I'm just going to
17:02write it on my phone
17:03and send it to you.
17:04But there's no
17:05internet cell.
17:07When on school,
17:08in the paper,
17:10it's actually quite
17:10difficult to find
17:11almost as hard
17:12as the pot's house.
17:16Is this what
17:16I think it is?
17:19It's an agreement.
17:22And if I ever
17:23take over,
17:23Chancellor,
17:24you will be
17:26CEO of
17:26Avid Communications.
17:28I'll be an advisor
17:29and chairman of the board,
17:31but you
17:32will be in charge.
17:36And you didn't
17:41sign it.
17:43Wanted to make sure
17:44you were good
17:44with everything on there?
17:50You heard me.
17:53You listened.
17:56You made a compelling
17:57argument.
17:58You really do have
17:59faith in me.
18:00I was never
18:03a doubt.
18:07Lily,
18:07you've been quiet.
18:11Yeah,
18:12sorry.
18:12I just,
18:13I don't know.
18:15It's just been very hard
18:16to hear
18:16all of this talk
18:18about how
18:18this man
18:19I used to love
18:20has changed
18:21so drastically.
18:22I mean,
18:24I thought I was
18:24spending the rest
18:24of my life
18:25with him,
18:25right?
18:26And now
18:27I barely
18:28even recognize him.
18:29Or maybe
18:30I'm afraid to.
18:32It's probably
18:33callous of us
18:34to bring it up
18:35in front of you.
18:36No,
18:37it's fine.
18:38Everything you're
18:39saying is true.
18:40I mean,
18:41I've asked myself
18:42the same questions.
18:43Like,
18:44what happened?
18:45When did Cain
18:46change?
18:47How?
18:48When he
18:49spoke to you
18:50alone,
18:50he didn't
18:51shed any light
18:52on why he's
18:53done this?
18:54What his
18:54intentions are?
18:56No,
18:56he just
18:56said things
18:57that made
18:58no sense.
18:58Like,
18:59he wanted
18:59to keep
19:00this new
19:01path separate
19:01and it was
19:02cleaner this way.
19:04What does
19:05that even mean?
19:06I don't know.
19:07I have no idea.
19:08He said that
19:09one day,
19:10you know,
19:10he'll tell me
19:11and I'll understand
19:11but it's like
19:12nothing could
19:13make me understand
19:14this amount
19:14of lies
19:15and cover-ups.
19:16The shock
19:17of all this.
19:17I can't even
19:18imagine how
19:19you're feeling.
19:20Yeah,
19:20I mean,
19:21I'm still
19:21shocked.
19:23You know,
19:24but I'm
19:24finding some
19:26equilibrium
19:26and Damien
19:29has really
19:29helped me
19:29gain some
19:30perspective.
19:31And you've
19:31helped me
19:32as well.
19:32And Maddie
19:34and Charlie,
19:34do they
19:35know,
19:36not know?
19:36You have
19:37no way
19:37of even
19:38contacting
19:38them to
19:39find out.
19:40Well,
19:40if I could,
19:41I wouldn't.
19:42I need
19:43to get
19:43control of
19:44my own
19:44emotions
19:45before I
19:45talk to
19:46them.
19:47And plus,
19:47you know,
19:47they're adults,
19:48they're busy,
19:49they don't call
19:49their mom
19:50every day.
19:51Yeah,
19:52I know the
19:52feeling.
19:54I'm actually
19:54relieved.
19:55Because they
19:56know me so
19:57well,
19:57if they heard
19:58my voice,
19:58they would
19:59know something
19:59was off.
20:01You want
20:03to protect
20:03your kids,
20:04of course.
20:04I have
20:07been in
20:07that place
20:08far too
20:09often
20:09recently
20:10where
20:11there were
20:12things that
20:13I needed
20:13to keep
20:13for my
20:14kids.
20:14I felt
20:15that was
20:15the best
20:16way to
20:16protect
20:16them,
20:17so I
20:17understand
20:18how
20:18difficult
20:18it is.
20:21Well,
20:21what's even
20:22more difficult
20:22is being
20:24forced to
20:24face Cain
20:25and his
20:25stupid
20:26games
20:27every
20:28day.
20:28I'm
20:39sending you
20:39a list
20:39of names.
20:40People I want
20:41you to
20:41connect with
20:43in their
20:44confidence.
20:45no problem.
20:52Adam
20:52Newman,
20:53Chelsea
20:53Lawson,
20:54Mariah
20:54Copeland.
20:57Claire
20:57Newman.
20:59I've already
20:59made real
21:00inroads with
21:01Claire Newman,
21:01nice young
21:01woman.
21:03Good to
21:03know.
21:04Are there
21:04any specific
21:06things you'd
21:06like me to
21:06focus on?
21:07Likes,
21:08dislikes,
21:09habits,
21:09interests,
21:10good or
21:10bad?
21:10That will
21:10come.
21:11For now,
21:11just make
21:11the connections.
21:13How you
21:13go about
21:14that,
21:14that's your
21:15business.
21:15Just don't
21:16let it
21:16track back
21:17to me.
21:18That will
21:19be the
21:19priority.
21:20Good.
21:22I don't
21:22have to
21:22tell you.
21:24Just be
21:24casual,
21:25likable,
21:26non-threatening.
21:28You're good
21:28looking,
21:29you're a new
21:29guy in town
21:30and you're
21:30just trying
21:30to get
21:30to know
21:31people.
21:32There's
21:32no reason
21:32for people
21:33to be
21:33suspicious
21:33or not
21:35take the
21:36bait.
21:38Well,
21:39making
21:39friends is
21:40an area
21:40I excel
21:40in,
21:41so
21:41consider
21:43it done.
21:43thank you
21:55for this.
21:57For giving me
21:58the backup,
21:59I need to
21:59feel secure.
22:01Look,
22:01we're going to
22:01relax.
22:03Together,
22:04in a short
22:05amount of
22:06time,
22:06and I want
22:07you to
22:07feel secure.
22:08I want
22:10you to
22:10know that
22:11I value
22:11you.
22:12Your brain,
22:13your instincts,
22:14all of it.
22:16And I
22:17trust you
22:17with
22:18Avid
22:18Communications.
22:19because even
22:21though it's
22:23a dream to
22:24get Avid
22:24Communications
22:24running,
22:25taking back
22:26Chancellor
22:26means more.
22:28A lot
22:28has to go
22:29right for
22:29that to
22:29happen.
22:31There's a
22:32lot of
22:32moving parts,
22:33things need
22:33to fall
22:34into place.
22:35One being
22:36Victor,
22:36his grimy
22:37hands are
22:37still on
22:38the company
22:38that he
22:39stole from
22:39me.
22:41Look,
22:42I know
22:44you really
22:44want this,
22:46but Cain
22:47has already
22:48walked away
22:48from making
22:49a grab
22:49at Chancellor.
22:52Things are
22:53different now.
22:55I know
22:55who I'm
22:56dealing with,
22:57and I am
22:59confident that
23:01Cain and I
23:01can make it
23:02happen before
23:03Victor even
23:03knows we
23:04did him.
23:04Even given
23:05your history?
23:08Look,
23:08Cain's a
23:09thorn,
23:09right?
23:09There's no
23:10doubt about
23:10that.
23:10His lies,
23:12his cons,
23:13they cause
23:13damage,
23:14no question.
23:16It did not
23:16make it easy
23:17for my
23:18relationship
23:18with my
23:18mother.
23:19In fact,
23:20she pitted
23:20us against
23:20each other
23:21most of
23:21the time,
23:22taking his
23:23side.
23:24Okay,
23:24well,
23:25this isn't
23:25making me
23:26feel encouraged
23:27to have you
23:28two teaming
23:29up together.
23:29I understand
23:30your concern,
23:32but Cain's
23:33initial proposition
23:34in this
23:35invitation,
23:36it means
23:37something.
23:39Like what?
23:40Cain gathering
23:45everyone
23:45together.
23:48It's as if
23:48he wants
23:49an audience
23:49from when
23:49he takes
23:50down
23:50the big
23:50man.
23:53With
23:53your help?
23:55If it
23:56happens,
23:57when it
23:58happens,
24:00I'll be
24:01on top
24:01of Chancellor
24:01and you'll
24:03be in charge
24:04of Abbott
24:04Communications,
24:05building it
24:05into the
24:06powerhouse
24:06we always
24:06dreamed it
24:07would be.
24:07you mean
24:10that?
24:11I've won
24:12a Chancellor
24:12for a long
24:13time.
24:15It's been
24:16a dream
24:16and I want
24:20you to have
24:20your dream.
24:20that is
24:26a pretty
24:26intriguing
24:27collection
24:28of names.
24:29Well,
24:30you know
24:30enough
24:30about
24:30Geneva City
24:31to realize
24:31that.
24:32I can
24:32see I
24:32picked
24:32the right
24:33person
24:33for the
24:33job.
24:33Adam and
24:36Chelsea
24:37run
24:37Newman
24:38Media.
24:40Raya
24:40works for
24:40Cassidy
24:41First
24:41Technology
24:42and Claire
24:42Newman
24:43is
24:43Nicky
24:43Newman's
24:43assistant
24:44at
24:44Chancellor
24:45Industries.
24:46Those are
24:47their jobs.
24:49But I'm
24:50not picking
24:51up any
24:52obvious overlap
24:53there.
24:54Unless
24:54maybe it's
24:56personal.
24:58Overarching
24:58Newman
24:59connection.
25:01Or is
25:01it you
25:02just want
25:02to get
25:02your fingers
25:02on a lot
25:03of Geneva
25:03City pies.
25:06You do
25:07remember
25:07the part
25:08about no
25:08questions.
25:11My apologies.
25:12You have
25:13it.
25:14I understand
25:15your instinct
25:15to want
25:16to learn.
25:17In fact,
25:18I applaud
25:19it.
25:20But I
25:20will not
25:21tolerate
25:21the prying
25:22into or
25:23questioning
25:23of my
25:24business
25:24decisions.
25:24All you
25:25need to
25:25know
25:25is I
25:26move
25:26strategically.
25:28Every
25:29action
25:29meticulously
25:30thought out
25:31to gain
25:31the result
25:32that I
25:32want.
25:32which will
25:34also not
25:35be
25:35questioned.
25:38I won't
25:38make that
25:39mistake again.
25:40I'm here
25:41to do
25:41whatever you
25:42require of
25:42me.
25:43No
25:43questions
25:43asked.
25:45Good.
25:47Because I
25:48have another
25:48assignment for
25:49you.
25:50Okay.
25:51I want
25:52you to tell
25:52me everything
25:53you know
25:53about your
25:53buddy
25:54Damien
25:54and his
25:57relationship
25:58with Lily
25:58Winters.
25:59I
26:01mean Cain
26:01brought us
26:02here for
26:02this big
26:03reveal.
26:04Why not
26:04just tell
26:05us what
26:05the point
26:05of it
26:05is?
26:06It's
26:07got to
26:07be more
26:07than just
26:08him coming
26:08home to
26:09Genoa City.
26:10And how
26:11do you feel
26:12about that?
26:13Well for
26:14once I
26:14actually agree
26:15with Victor.
26:16I think that
26:16Cain should
26:16stay as far
26:17away from
26:18Genoa City
26:19as possible.
26:20I'm still
26:20trying to
26:21figure it
26:21all out.
26:21I mean why
26:22is he
26:22hiding behind
26:23the name
26:23and the
26:24mystery?
26:24Is he
26:27trying to
26:28prove
26:28something?
26:29If that's
26:29the case
26:30to whom?
26:31To us?
26:31Himself?
26:33I know
26:33a billionaire
26:34cannot
26:34control the
26:35weather but
26:35the fact
26:36that we
26:36are all
26:36stranded
26:37here
26:37conveniently?
26:39Well
26:39convenient
26:39for him
26:40not for
26:40us.
26:42Without
26:42being able
26:43to contact
26:43our families
26:44it's making
26:45me feel
26:46a little
26:46uneasy.
26:48Hey
26:48I told
26:48you
26:48you're
26:49going to
26:49be fine
26:50okay?
26:51You're
26:51good.
26:52This
26:52is just
26:53some
26:53guy
26:53putting
26:54on a
26:54big show
26:55and as
26:55soon as
26:55the roads
26:56and the
26:56train
26:57tracks
26:57are
26:57passable
26:58we're
26:58out of
26:58here.
26:59Well
26:59as much
27:00as I
27:00want to
27:00run
27:00from here
27:01and never
27:01look back
27:02I'm not
27:04leaving until
27:04Cain gives
27:05me some
27:05answers.
27:06Look
27:06all this
27:06talk about
27:07Cain's
27:07lies,
27:08his
27:08subterfuge,
27:09his
27:09motives.
27:10Look
27:10we can
27:11ask why
27:11and how
27:12all day
27:12long
27:12but we'll
27:13probably
27:14never get
27:14a satisfactory
27:15answer.
27:16Agreed.
27:17If one
27:17existed I
27:18think we
27:18would have
27:19already heard
27:19it by now.
27:20Well
27:20I know
27:21you're
27:21right but
27:24make sense
27:24of all
27:25of this
27:25if for
27:26no other
27:27reason than
27:27to have
27:28something to
27:28explain to
27:29Maddie and
27:29Charlie.
27:30After
27:31everything that
27:32Cain has
27:32put you
27:33through you
27:33deserve the
27:34truth and
27:34you shouldn't
27:35have to
27:35fight for
27:36it.
27:36You more
27:36than anyone
27:37deserves to
27:38know the
27:38reason for
27:39Cain doing
27:39all this.
27:40I don't
27:41disagree but
27:43instead of
27:45putting our
27:45focus on what
27:46Cain has
27:46already done I
27:47think we
27:48should be
27:49focusing on
27:49what he's
27:50going to do
27:50moving forward.
27:52Okay maybe the
27:53question that we
27:54need to be
27:54asking ourselves
27:55isn't how or
27:56why he became
27:57Aristotle Dumas
27:59or what Cain
28:00Ashby is
28:01going to do
28:02especially now
28:03that we all
28:04know who he
28:04is.
28:13Lily Winters.
28:16Damien is
28:17falling for
28:17and hard.
28:19It sounds like
28:20you know him
28:20well.
28:21Oh yeah.
28:22I've known
28:23the guy for
28:23years.
28:23we were
28:25friends long
28:25before I
28:26worked for
28:26him.
28:27I think
28:27that's actually
28:28one of the
28:28reasons why
28:29he hired me.
28:30He knew he
28:30could trust me
28:31that I'd
28:32always have
28:33his back.
28:34And knowing
28:35him as you
28:35do you think
28:37that there's
28:38a an
28:40attraction?
28:40Zero doubt
28:41in my mind.
28:42All the years
28:43that I've known
28:43Damien I have
28:44never seen him
28:45show a woman
28:45this kind of
28:46interest.
28:47Really?
28:47usually when
28:49he sees
28:50somebody that
28:50he likes
28:51Damien puts
28:51on the
28:52charm
28:52wins the
28:52woman over
28:53and the
28:53relationship
28:53lasts
28:54as long
28:55as it
28:55lasts.
28:58But I
28:58get a whole
28:59different vibe
28:59when it comes
29:00to Lily.
29:03And is that
29:03vibe
29:05reciprocated?
29:07I couldn't
29:08tell you.
29:09But what I do
29:10know is that
29:10Damien felt a
29:11connection to
29:13her
29:13straight out of
29:14gate.
29:15That man was
29:16ready to walk
29:16away from his
29:17dying mother
29:17and new
29:18half-brother
29:19head back to
29:20Los Angeles
29:21and then he
29:22met her
29:23and that was
29:24it.
29:25And that woman
29:26is a big reason
29:27why Damien
29:27stayed in town.
29:30Interesting.
29:33Can I at least
29:34ask since this
29:36doesn't seem to
29:37be about business
29:38why do you
29:40care?
29:44Lily and I
29:49have history.
29:53I feel
29:54protective of
29:55her and
29:56Damien seems
29:56like a player.
29:58The way he's
29:59feeling about
29:59Lily that might
30:00be past tense.
30:02Nonetheless
30:02I don't want
30:05there to be any
30:05chance that
30:06Lily can get
30:06hurt.
30:08I mean I
30:09have to admit
30:09I'm asking
30:10myself the same
30:11questions right?
30:12The what now
30:12questions.
30:13like what
30:14does Cain
30:14have planned?
30:16Why is he
30:17doing this?
30:18I mean he's
30:18already amassed
30:19this fortune
30:19and has power.
30:21It's like what
30:21else is he
30:22after?
30:23It has to be
30:24more than just
30:25I'm coming
30:25home in
30:26Genoa City.
30:27I don't know
30:28Cain as well
30:28as you all do
30:29but is it
30:31possible that
30:32this could be
30:33all there is
30:34to it?
30:35I mean I
30:35highly doubt
30:36that.
30:37Every move
30:37that Cain
30:38has made
30:38has been
30:39calculated and
30:40shrouded in
30:40secrecy.
30:41There's just
30:42no chance
30:43that this
30:43has led
30:43to nothing
30:44more than
30:44I'm coming
30:45home.
30:46Well I
30:47keep going
30:48back to his
30:48pseudonym.
30:50Aristotle Dumas.
30:51Yeah he had
30:52to have picked
30:53it for a
30:53reason.
30:54But what
30:55is it?
30:56Well
30:57Monte Cristo
30:58and Danglers
30:59were the names
30:59of the companies
31:00I ran for.
31:01Yeah and
31:02in the
31:03Count of
31:04Monte Cristo
31:04the protagonist
31:06Edmond Dante
31:06he comes back
31:07to town
31:08to seek
31:08revenge.
31:09Well that's
31:11not comforting
31:12at all.
31:13I agree.
31:14I mean this
31:14has Colin's
31:15fingerprints all
31:16over it.
31:17Colin.
31:17Yeah.
31:18Well I guess
31:18Cain told my
31:19dad that
31:20Colin was an
31:21integral part
31:22of building
31:22this new
31:23empire and
31:24it was all
31:26legitimate.
31:27Yeah right.
31:28Legitimate
31:28businessmen don't
31:29have to hide
31:29their identity
31:30or have a
31:32vicious con
31:33man as a
31:33partner.
31:34Cain clearly
31:35has an agenda
31:36that is way
31:37more involved
31:37than he's
31:38revealed to
31:38us and
31:40we all
31:40need to be
31:40prepared for
31:41that.
31:43Celebration
31:44a toast
31:45to dreams
31:45coming true.
31:48No matter
31:49how we get
31:49them.
31:51And to
31:51you and
31:52your potential
31:53new position
31:54as CEO
31:55of Avid
31:55Communications.
32:02You know
32:03you're proving
32:04another one
32:05of my points
32:05with all this.
32:06Yeah?
32:06What's that?
32:07that Avid
32:08was just a
32:09distraction.
32:10A way not
32:11to think about
32:11losing Chancellor.
32:14Hmm.
32:15I wouldn't say
32:16it's that black
32:17and white.
32:18Starting Avid
32:19Communications
32:20was definitely
32:21my future.
32:25But when
32:25Cain called
32:26well that
32:28put a wrench
32:30in the spoke
32:31of that plan.
32:31big enough
32:32big enough
32:33big enough
32:33to derail you
32:34from the dream
32:35of creating
32:36a company
32:36that you
32:36could shape
32:37100%
32:37from the
32:38ground up.
32:41Starting a company
32:42from the ground up
32:43was a lot more
32:44exciting than I even
32:45expected.
32:45There's no doubt
32:46about it.
32:49But when Cain
32:50called in the
32:51potential of being
32:52back at the helm
32:53of Chancellor,
32:54well, I realized
32:55that I wasn't
32:55over losing.
32:56or how it
32:59happened.
33:01You want
33:01revenge?
33:03I want what's
33:04rightfully mine.
33:07And if Victor
33:08goes down in the
33:08process,
33:09well,
33:11it's a hobby.
33:18Look, I know
33:19you're not fully
33:20on board with me
33:21joining forces with
33:22Cain to take down
33:22Victor, but
33:24it's going to be
33:25great for you
33:25as CEO of
33:27Abbott Communications.
33:28It is?
33:29Yeah.
33:31When we take down
33:32the big man
33:33and we rip
33:33Chancellor out
33:34of his hands,
33:34it's going to be
33:35a hell of a story
33:35when you can
33:37splash across
33:38all your platforms.
33:39I mean, come on.
33:40Can't pay for
33:41press like that.
33:42Yeah, I mean,
33:43it's definitely
33:43going to put
33:43Abbott Communications
33:44on the map,
33:45but I can't say
33:45it won't come
33:46without a cost.
33:47Victor's ego
33:48gutted for the
33:49world to see?
33:50I'd line up for that.
33:52This is what
33:53I'm talking about,
33:54Billy.
33:54Hmm.
33:55Revenge is clearly
33:57at the top
33:57of your list.
33:59That never
34:00ends well.
34:02I won't lean
34:03into it.
34:04Won't bring it
34:05up again.
34:06That doesn't mean
34:07it's not what's
34:08driving you.
34:10I'm only looking
34:11ahead.
34:13All I see
34:14is good things.
34:17Starting
34:18with this.
34:48Thank you for being
35:15my partner
35:15in all of this.
35:27So there is
35:28one thing
35:29we might want
35:29to be prepared
35:30for.
35:31If you know
35:31something, Lily,
35:32tell us.
35:34Well,
35:35Devon told me
35:36that Cain
35:37has claimed
35:37someone here
35:39might try
35:40to kill him.
35:41What?
35:43Kill him?
35:44Okay.
35:45Now we've
35:46jumped the shark.
35:47You're telling me
35:47Chance was invited
35:48here to be Cain's
35:49personal in-house
35:50detective.
35:50Exactly.
35:51Do you honestly
35:52believe that threat
35:53is real?
35:54Of course not.
35:55Cain has upset
35:57some people,
35:58but what?
35:58We're not
35:58going to try
35:59to kill him.
35:59I assumed
36:00this whole
36:01gathering
36:01was about
36:03Cain trying
36:04to make
36:04some kind
36:05of business
36:05deal,
36:06but now
36:06who knows
36:07what he
36:08really wants?
36:09Well,
36:09Cain did go
36:10to my dad.
36:11He wanted
36:11to buy
36:12Chancellor
36:12from him.
36:13My dad
36:13turned him
36:14down flat,
36:14so that's
36:15a dead end.
36:15It's not
36:16the only
36:16dead end
36:16he'll find
36:17in Genoa City.
36:18If Cain's
36:19smart,
36:20he'll respect
36:20my dad's
36:21decision.
36:21If Cain
36:22were smart,
36:23he would have
36:23never started
36:23this Dumas
36:24venture in
36:25the first
36:25place.
36:26I mean,
36:27to be at
36:27the hands
36:28of someone
36:28who's just
36:29so intent
36:29on messing
36:30with our
36:30minds,
36:31it's disturbing.
36:33And my
36:33heart goes
36:34out to you
36:34for everything
36:35that you're
36:35going through.
36:38But,
36:39things could
36:41be worse.
36:44Yeah,
36:45of course.
36:45I'm,
36:45I'm so
36:47sorry,
36:47Sharon.
36:48I mean,
36:48yeah,
36:49at least
36:49we're not
36:49at the
36:49hands
36:50of a
36:50crazed
36:51maniac.
36:53I mean,
36:53look,
36:53what's
36:54the worst
36:54that Cain
36:54could do?
36:56Right?
36:56Keeps us
36:57trapped here
36:58long enough
36:58to steal
36:59all of
36:59our
36:59businesses
36:59in Genoa City?
37:04You're
37:05clear on
37:05what I
37:05need you
37:05to do?
37:08I'll
37:08make it
37:08happen.
37:10Good.
37:11Well,
37:13thank you
37:13again
37:14for the
37:15opportunity.
37:15I promise
37:17I won't
37:17disappoint.
37:18I'm sure
37:18you won't.
37:19I'll be
37:20in touch.
37:20Do you know,
37:41this is my
37:41favorite song.
37:43Oh,
37:44it is?
37:44I had
37:45no idea.
37:47Don't
37:47you know?
37:49Whatever
37:49song is
37:50playing
37:50while you're
37:51in my
37:51arms
37:51is my
37:52favorite
37:53song.
38:07Cain?
38:11When did
38:11you get
38:11back in
38:12town?
38:12I
38:14don't
38:15know.
38:16I
38:16don't
38:17know.
38:17I
38:17don't
38:18know.