Y&R’ Aristotle Dumas Story Is Just Starting — and We Already Know How It’s Gonna End!
Young & Restless is building to a big reveal in the Aristotle Dumas story, and while we’re kinda intrigued, there are a number of issues hindering the anticipation factor. Perhaps the most significant is that we already know how it’s going to end!
We first heard the alias “Aristotle Dumas” in conjunction with Nate’s new half-brother, Damian Kane, who works for the mysterious figure.
Fans shrugged it off as part of the puzzle surrounding Amy’s son, but the moniker soon took on a life of its own, eclipsing the introduction of Damian to the canvas.
Victor Newman revealed that he and Dumas had an adversarial relationship in business over the years, and soon his name was on just about everyone’s lips.
One problem with the rollout to revealing Dumas’ true identity is that it’s been so heavy-handed and so long-running that fans are sick to death of hearing about it.
Think we’re exaggerating? Think again. Watch the compilation video below, which was just February and March. It’s now May and we’re still going.
“Aristotle Dumas” – the February-March Compilation #YR pic.twitter.com/rDSS2RUXa2
— YRVault (@YRVault) May 9, 2025
This is creating a situation where viewers have become sick and tired of the character before he (or she) has even appeared.
Viewers have put in far more time than they ever wanted to listening to endless speculation about Dumas’ possible motivations. It’s airtime that could have been devoted to actual soap drama, which has been sorely lacking.
This entire episode is about Dumas and we haven’t even seen the guy yet. #YR pic.twitter.com/uWBoMgpPEa
— Dianne 🇬🇾 (@DBNiles) May 7, 2025
Making matters worse, the whole storyline revolves around business. After spending the better part of two years waiting for Tucker McCall to do something more than belly up to Genoa City bars making threats, the idea of a re-do with a similar character is not appealing.
Fans have become turned off to anything to do with takeovers and the corporate-CEO-go-round that Young & Restless has been heavily focused on for years now.
The prospect of a new character who will bring more of that just isn’t going to generate excitement for the audience at this point.
Aristotle Dumas hasn’t aired yet and I already never want to hear this name again #YR
— Absolute Productions (@odaat_webseries) April 9, 2025
On the bright side, Aristotle Dumas is an alias, which suggests that once their true identity is revealed, we’ll never have to hear that name again.
Another aggravating factor is that it’s increasingly likely that Billy Flynn from Days of Our Lives has been cast as Dumas.
He’s said he’s playing someone new, so on top of the aforementioned problems, we’re going to be dealing with a character we’re not invested in and already resent to some extent.
But the aspect that’s dampening the mood toward Dumas and his storyline most of all is that we already feel that the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
From the moment that Victor entered the chat, we knew this was no longer about Damian or the Winters family, but about the Black Knight.
It quickly took shape that Dumas and the Mustache would be doing battle over Chancellor Industries, which has changed hands so many times since poor Katherine shuffled off this mortal coil that it’s tough to still care who runs it.
Bottom line: What’s the point of getting ourselves all geared up for this clash when we know full well Victor will win? He always wins.
There’s no denying that it is hella entertaining to watch him take someone down, but the repetitive nature of the corporate plots have turned what was once thrillng into something irritatingly predictable.
The minute it became clear that this is where the Dumas story was headed, it killed much of the anticipation we might otherwise have been able to muster up.
#YR is horrible. All of these businesses stories are not entertaining in the least. And we all know how they will end – with Victor coming out on top🙄
— Gale (@ImJustGale) May 8, 2025
