Did We Just Get a Clue About Dumas on May 21 Young and the Restless

The Who is Aristotle Dumas Guessing Game churns on! We’ve considered Cane, we’ve considered Amanda. We’ve considered Jill and we’ve considered Jack.

But on the May 21 episode of The Young and the Restless, Lauren and Michael brought up a name we haven’t thought of in years. And made us wonder if he could be the mystery man we’re all clamoring to see.

Remember Me?

For a while there, he was The Big Bad who made Victor (Eric Braeden) cranky and Jack (Peter Bergman) contentious.

We’re talking, of course, about Ashland Locke (Robert Newman). He was the rich New York City mogul who raised Kyle’s (Michael Mealor) son for the first few years of Harrison’s (Redding Munsell) life, then married Victoria (Amelia Heinle).

A move Victor wholeheartedly approved of…until Ashland went against him, and then Victor claimed he’d never, ever, EVER like the man — you got that?

Ashland was eventually killed by Nick (Joshua Morrow), and the murder was, as all Newman crimes are, covered up by the family. So… the end, right. Right?

Catch Me If You Can

Everybody knows death isn’t personal on soaps. And if Ashland is Dumas (hey, they even have the same first initial!), it would make sense why he is reaching out to Billy (Jason Thompson).

Ashland would definitely want to take on Victor and Victoria. And he’ll want to reclaim his son from the Abbotts.

Billy is the key to bringing down Jack, since he’s the biggest screw up in the family. And once Jack is down, Kyle won’t stand a chance.

Sure, he can throw a tantrum, but that doesn’t hold much sway outside of his newly redecorated living room.

United Front

We’ve all been wondering where Tara is. Surely, she must be out of jail by now.

What if the reason she hasn’t come back for Harrison is because she and Ashland are back together…and plotting to set it up so that, when they return to Genoa City, they can get back their boy…and a whole lot more, besides?