This episode of The Young and The Restless airs Wednesday, May 3 2023 in the USA. We provide early Y&R recaps daily! Today’s Young and The Restless recap’s episode airs one day ahead in Canada.
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On the last episode of Y&R, J.T. Hellstrom made an appearance, Victor made Sally an outrageous offer, and Summer grappled with Diane’s innocence.
Crimson Lights
Mariah brings Aria into the coffee shop, and Sharon immediately fawns over her.
Sharon asks if she can pick Aria up, but Mariah says she just fell asleep.
Mariah asks for a coffee… She’s in need.
They talk about how the baby can’t sleep, and it’s impacting her too.
Sharon asks if there’s anything else going on.
Chancellor-Winters
Daniel brings Lily a coffee.
Lily says that’s a very sweet gesture and asks what’s up.
Daniel says he needs to talk about something.
Lily asks if he’s having nightmares again.
He says it’s real life this time.
Chancellor Park
Summer stands alone thinking about how Phyllis had told her that she was the only one that could know that she’s alive.
Chance walks into the park and sees her there.
Visitor’s Room at the GCPD
Diane is escorted into the visitor’s room and sees Jack waiting inside.
She says that she told him she didn’t want to see him, and asks why he’s there.
Jack says it’s because he loves her and wants to know if she’ll marry him.
Diane asks if there’s anything she can do to drive him away. She says that he’s in denial, and it breaks her heart.
Crimson Lights
Mariah says that she was thrown by something and didn’t know how to handle it… It was embarrassing.
Sharon asks what it was that bothered her.
Mariah says that someone asked her if Aria was her first child, and she didn’t know how to respond.
Sharon asks if it’s because she was a surrogate for Dominic.
Mariah says it was, and Aria is her first child.
Sharon says that she still has to stop and think about how many children she has when people ask her.
Mariah asks if it’s because her mind goes right to Cassie.
Sharon nods solemnly.
Chancellor-Winters
Daniel says that he doesn’t want to break Summer’s trust, but he needs to talk to someone.
Lily says that it will never leave the room.
Daniel says he knows that and trusts Lily. He recalls how he ran into Summer in the park last night.
He says that Summer is falling apart, she’s making stuff up and it’s scaring him.
Chancellor Park
Chance apologizes and tells Summer that he never meant to startle her.
Summer says it’s a public park, and it’s named after his family, so he can be there if he wants. She asks what he’s doing there, shouldn’t he be out looking for Stark’s killer?
Chance says that’s not supposed to be public knowledge yet.
Summer says it’s hard to keep that kind of thing quiet.
Chance says he’s just consulting on the case, the body was found at Pheasant Lake, which is outside his jurisdiction.
Summer asks if he’s there looking for clues.
Chance says that’s not how it works… He doesn’t just look around for clues. He says he’s just there to think.
He says that he bets they have a lot of the same things on their minds.
Visitor’s Room at the GCPD
Jack says it’s not denial, he would never spring an impromptu marriage on her.
Diane says she believes him, but he’s impossible.
Jack says he’ll get her through this.
Diane says she’s stuck in jail, and Jack has his life to live.
Jack says he’ll visit her every day, and if she needs to shut down in order to survive, she will shut down right beside him.
A tear rolls down Diane’s face as she tells him that she won’t do it. She calls for the guard but Jack interrupts.
Jack says that she needs to know something… Jeremy Stark is dead.
Chancellor-Winters
Daniel tells Lily that Summer was hanging onto a fantasy. He says Summer has anger issues around their mother’s death… He just wants her to be ok.
Lily says that she and Daniel are in a lot of pain.
Daniel says that he’s seeing Phyllis in dreams, but Summer is seeing her while she’s awake.
Lily says that she knows from experience that losing someone is soul-crushing, and it’s going to take a long time to go away.
Daniel says he doesn’t know what he did to deserve Lily coming back into his life, but he has no regrets.
Visitor’s Room at the GCPD
Diane asks Jack how Stark died.
Jack says it appears to be murder, and he thinks that some of Stark’s “colleagues” killed him. He asks how Diane feels about that.
Diane says that she’s relieved, but now that Jeremy’s gone, the only person who could clear her name is dead.
Chancellor Park
Summer asks if Chance has any thoughts about catching Stark’s murderer.
Chance says he can’t really talk about it. He says that he’ll keep her updated on the case.
Summer asks if he can say anything about Stark’s death, whether there’s physical evidence.
Chance asks if there’s something else that she wants to tell him.
Summer says he’s the police… How could she know something he doesn’t?
Chancellor-Winters
Lily asks if Daniel is asking if she regrets their night together.
Daniel says he was trying to be subtle.
Lily says she didn’t regret it, they both wanted and needed it.
Daniel says that’s great, and sorry he forced the issue.
Lily says that they moved on from it too quickly.
Daniel says that she’s been dealing with her own loss, and he thinks that they need to not pressure each other and that he doesn’t want to ruin their friendship.
Lily smiles and says that they’re good.
Daniel says he doesn’t even know why they’re talking about this.
They laugh together. Daniel gets up to leave, and as he’s leaving, he passes Devon who’s on his way to see Lily.
Devon asks Lily how things are going in the Omega Sphere.
Crimson Lights
Sharon says that Cassie was a shining light, just like Mariah, but when strangers ask her about it, it can get awkward.
Mariah says that if she ever wants to talk to her about Cassie, she’s there to listen. She says she thinks about Cassie a lot, as they were twins, and wonders how things could have been.
Sharon says that someday, someone will tell Mariah that Aria looks like her or like Tessa.
Mariah says it already happened, and they laugh together.
Visitor’s Room at the GCPD
Diane tells Jack that she’s the only person that the police can come after now.
Jack says that they have to investigate Stark’s murder, and maybe they’ll find out that he was behind Phyllis’s death.
Diane says it’s a long shot. She loves how Jack holds onto hope, but she’s a realist. She says she doesn’t have a strong defense, and the evidence keeps growing against her.
Jack says that she can overcome it, and he’ll help her.
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Chancellor Park
Chance tells Summer that he didn’t mean to imply anything, but if she came across anyone suspicious or anything other evidence, she can talk to him about it.
He says that he doesn’t want her to think he’s putting anything in her head.
Summer says that she’s sorry for snapping at him. She says Daniel thinks she’s losing her mind, and maybe she is.
Daniel walks into the park at that moment and asks Summer what she’s doing there again.
Summer says she needed to get some air, she’s fine.
Daniel asks if Chance came with her.
Chance says he came there to think, it’s a mutual thinking spot.
Summer asks if she can have some alone time with Daniel.
Chance says she can… He leaves, saying that they’ll find Stark’s killer.
Summer says that Daniel has to forget anything she said yesterday, she was not in a good state of mind.
Visitor’s Room at the GCPD
Jack tells Diane that giving up is not a possibility.
His phone pings and Jack says she has another visitor.
Diane looks confused
Jack opens the door, and Kyle walks in, smiling.
Chancellor-Winters
Lily laughs and asks if Devon thinks he’s Leanna Love, asking her questions like that.
Devon says that he caught a vibe between her and Daniel.
Lily says that things are great between her and Daniel and that they’re still on track with Omega Sphere.
Devon says that he’s happy to be able to stop in and chat with her.
Lily asks if he’s overwhelmed by anything.
Devon says he’s doing well so far but he wants to christen the Neil Winters Jazz Lounge properly by throwing a party there tonight.
Crimson Lights
Chance sits down with Christine in the cafe and asks if she had a chance to check out the Stark report.
Christine says she hasn’t had time.
Chance says he has a gut feeling that Stark was stabbed close to home. He says it’s not a coincidence that Phyllis was murdered and a few days later Stark washes up on shore.
He says he has to continue to investigate it himself.
Christine says that the case against Diane is still airtight, and she intends to try it.
Sharon says that Mariah should just take each comment as it comes.
Mariah thanks her for being “the best”.
Sharon laughs and says that her biggest regret is that she missed Mariah’s early life.
Mariah says they may not have spent her early years together, but they’re together now. She says as a new mom, she couldn’t be more grateful that Sharon is her mother.
Aria wakes up and cries a bit, and Mariah leans over and soothes her.
Chancellor-Winters
Lily asks Devon how she can help with the party.
Devon says that she just needs to dress up and say a few words.
Lily thanks him and says it’s the perfect way to commemorate Neil’s passing.
Devon says he can’t believe it’s been four years.
They talk about how Neil is watching over them.
Visitor’s Room at the GCPD
Diane says that she didn’t want Kyle or Jack to visit her.
Kyle says he’s not going anywhere, and she can’t stop him.
Diane says she doesn’t want to ruin his life.
Kyle says he’s good at doing that on his own.
They laugh.
Kyle says that not seeing her would hurt him, and he believes that she’s innocent.
Diane says that she knows the toll it’s taking on him and his marriage.
Kyle says that things aren’t great with Summer, but they’re dealing with it. They’ll get her out, and things will go back to normal for them all.
Chancellor Park
Summer asks Daniel to just leave it alone.
Daniel says that it can’t be a coincidence that Stark and Phyllis died. He asks how she knew that Stark was murdered before anyone else.
Summer says she wasn’t thinking straight and she just wanted it to be true.
Daniel says that he just wanted to make sure she was ok and had to hunt her down, only to find her at the park.
Summer says she doesn’t know what happened last night, but she definitely didn’t see her mom.
She says something about Stark being stabbed with scissors.
Daniel latches onto that and says that Chance didn’t say anything about a stabbing or about scissors… Where did Summer come up with that?
Visitor’s Room at the GCPD
Kyle talks about Harrison and how he’s missing his Dee-Dee.
Diane says that if she doesn’t get out, Harrison will be heartbroken.
She says that there’s a strong possibility that she’s going to be wrongly convicted and spend her life behind bars.
Crimson Lights
Jack comes up to Chance in the coffee shop and asks him why he’s not at the police station working on Stark’s case.
Chance says he was meeting with the D.A., but it’s none of Jack’s business.
Jack rants at Chance about him not doing his job.
Chancellor Park
Summer tells Daniel that she must have read about how Stark was killed in the news.
Daniel says that the articles only came out today and that it said that there were no details on the murder.
Summer says she must have read it in another article.
Daniel says that he wants to know which article it was.
Summer brushes it off.
Daniel asks if she killed Stark.
Summer laughs nervously and says she didn’t.
Daniel asks how she knew those details.
Summer sighs and says, “Fine. I’ll tell you, but you have to swear to keep it to yourself.”
Daniel says he won’t tell anyone.
Summer says she heard it from the person who stabbed Stark… Phyllis. She says their mom is alive.
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