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Last Episode
On the last episode of Y&R, Summer turned against Phyllis, who made a shocking move. Audra begged for Nate’s help, and Abby brokered peace between Jack and Ashley.
Daniel’s GCAC Suite
Daniel walks in the door to see that Lucy is there waiting to see him.
They hug, and Daniel asks Lucy what she’s doing back in town.
Lucy says that her mom is working on Phyllis’s case, and instead of going back to Lisbon, she’s decided to come back to Genoa City to visit.
Daniel asks whether it was her idea or Heather’s.
Lucy says that Heather is worried about Daniel but wants to be there.
They joke around for a minute, and Daniel asks what Lucy wants to do first.
Lucy says the trip is about him, and she’s bringing her “coolness” to brighten his day.
Daniel says she brightens his day, but he’s fine.
Lucy says Heather needs support; she’s stuck between Christine and Phyllis.
Daniel says that Heather is a great attorney.
Lucy asks how her Aunt Summer is doing.
Daniel says he’s worried about Summer; she’s lost so much already.
The Genoa City Athletic Club
Chance has just finished a workout and is leaving when he sees Summer in the club lobby.
Summer asks what Chance is up to.
Chance says he just needed to clear his head, and working out helps. He asks what’s up with Summer; she seems like a ball of nerves.
Summer says nothing’s going on. She goes to leave, but Chance stops her.
Chance tells Summer he doesn’t want to push but hopes she knows she can trust him.
Summer says he’s the cop who arrested her mom, and she’d love to talk to him, but she doesn’t know how to explain any of it… She says everything has changed.
Crimson Lights
Christine, Heather, and Phyllis sit talking at a table in the cafe.
Heather tells Phyllis to stop talking before they can talk in private.
Phyllis doesn’t listen. She tells Christine she’s ready to plead guilty to all the charges to avoid a trial, but in writing, she needs something from Christine in return.
Christine says she’s listening.
Phyllis asks that Christine agree not to prosecute Daniel or Summer.
Christine agrees.
Phyllis asks if they can get in front of a judge immediately, same day.
The Neil Winters Jazz Lounge
Summer and Chance take a seat at a table.
Chance asks Summer what’s changed.
Summer says she got into a fight with her mom, her eyes are finally open, and everything in her life has shifted in a different direction.
Chance looks confused.
Summer asks if he knows the feeling in the pit of your stomach when you’re on a rollercoaster; you’re nervous and scared, but you’re accepting of it, no matter how scared you are.
Chance asks if she feels like that about her mom.
Summer says she does. She’s letting go because she can’t control her mom, and she can’t change her.
Chance asks about Kyle.
Summer says there’s no going back with Kyle either. Maybe this is what liberation feels like.
The Genoa City Courthouse
Christine, Heather, and Phyllis stand in the judge’s chambers as the judge enters the room.
Christine thanks the judge for meeting with them on such short notice.
Heather tells Phyllis to stop for a minute and think about things.
The judge asks if the defendant is going against counsel’s advice.
Phyllis affirms she is going against the advice of her lawyer, and says she knows what she’s doing and why.
The judge has them take a seat. She understands that Phyllis wants to change her plea, and wishes to plead guilty to all charges against her.
Phyllis says that’s correct, she doesn’t want it going to trial, and she’s willing to plead guilty. She asks that the judge hears how she ended up in front of her, begging for mercy.
The judge agrees and says that Christine has submitted a sentencing recommendation, but she doesn’t have to accept it. She asks what Phyllis wants her to know before making her decision.
Phyllis says she was terrified by Jeremy Stark, and he did horrible things. He served time in prison.
Christine says that Phyllis had also served time in prison.
Phyllis continues telling the judge that Diane Jenkins’ testimony landed Stark in prison, and Jeremy thought that Phyllis should fake her death and blame Diane for it.
Phyllis emphasizes that Diane had done the same thing, faking her own death years ago.
The judge asks if Phyllis went along with Stark’s plan.
Phyllis said she did, for revenge on Diane. She says she didn’t understand then how everyone gave Diane a free pass, and nobody did the same for her… She says she’s never been given a free pass for anything in her life.
Phyllis explains that her children had abandoned her, and Jeremy preyed upon her isolation and manipulated her by threatening her and her children.
The judge asks if Phyllis married Stark before this plan went into effect.
Phyllis says she married Stark because it was one of Jeremy’s stipulations. At the time, she thought it didn’t matter because she’d be “dead” anyhow.
The judge asks what happened after they were married.
Phyllis says that everything happened quickly after they were married. The poisoning at the gala, the ambulance crash… Jeremy Stark set everything up to point to Diane as the guilty party.
The judge says everything had gone according to the plan that Jeremy and Phyllis had agreed to.
Phyllis tells the judge that she was trying to protect her family. She recounts that her children had a memorial for her, which she attended. She saw her children in pain and realized that she had caused it.
She says that’s when things changed for her… She couldn’t imagine the rest of her life without her children, and she wanted out, but Jeremy wouldn’t let her out of it.
Phyllis says Jeremy started threatening her children, took out a life insurance policy on Phyllis, and named himself the beneficiary… But then he changed the plan.
The judge asks how Stark changed it.
Phyllis says that at first, Stark would help her disappear, but then he said they would live together as a married couple on an island, with everything that entailed.
Phyllis refused Stark’s change of plans, but then Stark said he’d kill her. He attacked her, and she defended herself.
The judge asks if she’s referring to the attack that Mr. Carson witnessed.
Phyllis says she didn’t know that Carson had witnessed anything, but apparently, he was watching through the window and saw everything. She says she killed Jeremy Stark before he could kill her. She admits to stabbing him and killing him.
Phyllis is crying as she admits that it haunts her… She wakes up at night, sees his face, hears his voice, and feels his hands on her throat. She says that she made a split-second decision.
Phyllis begs for mercy and hopes the judge understands that she was coerced.
The judge asks Christine if there’s anything she’d like to say.
Christine says she appreciates Phyllis coming forward to tell them what happened and expressing remorse for deceiving an entire community, framing an innocent woman, and taking a man’s life. She says laws were broken, and they can’t forget that.
The judge asks if Christine feels any different about the sentencing recommendation after hearing Phyllis’s side of the story.
Christine says she doesn’t feel any different. She says the guilty plea was Phyllis’s choice, and while a lighter sentence may be in order, it has to be in keeping with the severity of the crimes committed.
The judge asks Heather if she has anything to say.
Heather says that Phyllis showed great character by speaking at the hearing. She says she’s not surprised that the D.A. would argue for a significant sentence since her history with Phyllis is well-known.
Christine says she’d never let her personal feelings get in the way of her legal responsibilities. She says they have no evidence that Stark attacked Phyllis other than Carson’s statement, and Carson isn’t a reliable witness.
Christine says that Carson lied to authorities more than once, and they have no proof that Stark threatened Phyllis’s children. Her position is based on facts and says Heather is out of line to suggest otherwise.
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Chancellor Park
Daniel and Lucy walk into the park and see Mariah there.
Daniel says hello, and Mariah shushes him since the baby is sleeping.
Daniel lowers his voice and introduces Lucy to Mariah.
Mariah says that Daniel has a lot on his plate, and it’s sweet that Lucy is checking on him.
Daniel admits it’s a strange time for him. His mother’s problems and trying to get Omega Sphere off the ground are tough. He thinks he’s running out of energy trying to keep things together right now.
The Neil Winters Jazz Lounge
Chance thinks that Summer may be feeling adrenaline instead of “liberation” after her fight with her mom.
Summer says she feels reckless like she has the “old Summer” back. She says she needs to do something to get the energy out… Maybe she needs to find a real rollercoaster.
Chance laughs and says he didn’t expect that.
Summer says maybe she’d find clarity while she’s at the top of the rollercoaster. She asks Chance to come with her.
The Genoa City Courthouse
The judge asks Phyllis what she thinks is a fair and appropriate sentence, given the charges against her.
Phyllis says that if she answered that question, it’d be very self-serving.
The judge says she’d still like to hear it.
Phyllis says she feels like she’s already paid a price for what she’s done… She lost the people she loves and lost their respect and trust. She’s seen what her actions have done to her daughter and what it’s cost her, and she’d like the opportunity to make it right.
The judge asks how Phyllis would do that.
Phyllis says she couldn’t do it from a jail cell. She asks for a chance to make amends… She wants to be a better mother and a better person. She says she’s learned her lesson and is begging to be given the opportunity to change.
Christine says she’d like to add something, but the judge cuts her off and says she’s heard enough. She’ll make her ruling shortly.
The judge leaves her chambers.
The Neil Winters Jazz Lounge
Chance says he thinks a rollercoaster is exactly what Summer needs, but he has to work, so she’ll have to go alone.
Summer laughs and says she won’t tell anyone if he comes along.
Chance says he’ll take a rain check; they’ll do it some other time. He says he’s rooting for her. He leaves the lounge.
Chancellor Park
Daniel tells Lucy that Mariah is good friends with Kyle and Kevin.
Lucy says Mariah must know Summer then, too.
Mariah says they go way back.
Lucy asks if that means that she’s not so fond of Summer.
Mariah laughs and says she’s “Team Kyle forever.” She says Daniel is quick to pass judgment on others.
Daniel says he’s not always judgmental… Ok, maybe a bit. He says he’d talk to Sharon at the coffee shop if he wanted therapy.
Mariah says people can change when they want to, but it can be difficult.
Society
Phyllis and Heather are talking over what appears to be some iced tea at the restaurant.
Phyllis asks Heather if she thinks the judge believed her.
Heather isn’t happy that Phyllis changed her plea without consulting her, but she believes Phyllis did the right thing.
Phyllis says that Summer thinks everything she says is a lie, and that’s the main reason she pled guilty. She wanted to prove to Summer that she was ready to face the consequences of her actions.
Heather says Summer will come around.
Phyllis thinks Daniel is ashamed of her, but her kids will always be the best part of her… She wants to earn back their trust.
Heather says Phyllis made some bad choices but is finally back to her senses. She says she saw the same thing with Daniel when he went down a dark hole, but he’s back in a better place now.
Phyllis laughs and says there’s hope for her and her kids, then?
Heather says Phyllis has proven she’s capable of doing the right thing… It feels good, and she hopes Phyllis never forgets what it feels like.
The GCAC
Chance walks into the club and sees Christine sitting at the bar. He asks what the latest scoop is.
Christine tells Chance that Phyllis went in front of a judge and pled guilty to all charges, and she’s waiting to see whether the judge takes her sentencing recommendation.
Chance wonders if the judge will drop the charges.
Christine hopes not. She says that Heather accused Christine of not being impartial.
Chance says he knows Christine would be fair, as always.
Christine says she’s leaving it in the judge’s hands. When she left the courthouse, she found a voicemail from Paul. He’s still in Portugal but wants to talk.
Chance asks when Paul is coming back.
Christine says Paul is staying in Portugal and wants her to go to Lisbon to talk about their future, but he didn’t sound positive about it.
Chance asks how Christine wants things to end with Phyllis.
Christine says she wants Phyllis to pay for her crimes. She stands for it as a D.A., but she wants the best for Phyllis’s kids.
Christine’s phone pings. The judge made a decision.
Society
Heather tells Phyllis the judge has made a decision; it’s time to go.
Phyllis sits there, scared.
Heather urges Phyllis to get up; she’s got to see this through.
Phyllis nods. She says her kids will know she did what it takes; that’s all that matters.
Heather and Phyllis leave the restaurant.
Chancellor Park
Mariah says she needs to get Aria home… She doesn’t like to miss a meal.
Daniel says that Lucy gets “hangry” if he doesn’t feed her, so he understands.
Lucy laughs.
Mariah says she hopes everything works out with Daniel’s mom. She’s new to the whole mother-child relationship, but she knows how much she loves her daughter. She leaves the park.
Lucy asks Daniel if he can take her to see Phyllis.
Daniel says he knows Lucy loves Phyllis and wants to support her, but he thinks they should hold off for a while.
Lucy asks if she’ll still get to see Phyllis at some point.
Daniel says she will.
The Genoa City Courthouse
The judge enters her chambers and tells Phyllis that she’s listened carefully to her story and heard how she was influenced by Jeremy Stark and was influenced to commit a series of crimes.
The judge says that Phyllis had gone to great lengths to commit fraud and make it appear like she’d died. She says that Phyllis framed an innocent party and made her children accomplices to her crimes, and ultimately, she killed a man when she felt the walls closing in.
She says Stark had a serious criminal record, so it’s reasonable to believe that she feared for her life, and there are no witnesses to contradict her story. She’s considered Carson’s statement and is rejecting Christine’s sentencing recommendation.
The judge tells Phyllis that she’s sentencing her to six months of community service and 12 months of probation. She warns Phyllis that if she is anything but a model citizen during that year, she won’t be so forgiving the next time they meet.
Phyllis thanks her.
The judge says Phyllis is free. She leaves the room.
Christine walks up to Phyllis and says she’s been given a gift, and she shouldn’t squander it. She leaves.
Heather says it’s over.
Phyllis says, “Not yet!”
The Amusement Park
Summer takes a ride on a rollercoaster, screaming her head off in glee as she rides the rails.
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By far this was one of the most gripping and best written episodes I had seen on Y&R in a long time! -Michelle Stafford & Lauralee Bell gave STELLAR performances!…And I’m just hoping and praying that by PAUL summoning Christine to Lisbon; that this means Doug Davidson will return to the canvas at Y&R, if only for a FEW episodes; to reprise his role AS PAUL, to tie up some loose ends-With his on-screen wife Christine(Lauralee Bell);and with US his FANS!!!…
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