Y&R Spoilers: Victor used money to bribe Sally, would she betray Billy’s feelings for money?
Y&R Spoilers: Victor’s Victory, Sally’s Ultimatum, and a Double Agent in the AI War
Welcome back, Y&R fans. Genoa City is on the brink of a technological civil war, with familiar power players making moves in a dangerous new game centered around a revolutionary—and ethically dubious—AI project. While the faces are the same, the stakes have never been higher.
The week kicked off with master negotiator Michael Baldwin () attempting to broker a peace deal, but the battle lines were already drawn too deep. His efforts to find common ground crumbled as neither side was willing to concede an inch, proving that some wounds are too deep for a simple memorandum.
Seizing the opportunity, Victor Newman () executed a classic power play. Instead of a direct assault, he methodically dismantled Billy Abbott’s () support system.
The final blow came when Victor successfully pressured Jack Abbott () to choose brotherly love over brand integrity, forcing him to withdraw both the Abbott family name and its financial backing from Billy and Sally’s venture, “Abbott Communications.” This single move left the company isolated and vulnerable, a strategic victory for the Newman patriarch.
This maneuver placed Sally Spectra () at the epicenter of the vortex. She found herself at a harsh moral crossroads, facing a tempting offer from Victor: stay silent and walk away from the conflict unscathed. It wasn’t a demand for betrayal by action, but by inaction—a powerful choice when Billy’s crusade against Victor threatened to burn everything to the ground.
Compounding her crisis was the shadowy architect of the AI plan, Cain, who was quietly securing new allies to advance his agenda, ignoring the glaring ethical red flags surrounding the project’s data and potential for manipulation.
While Billy remained fixated on his goal of exposing Victor, Cain and Michael were playing a far more intricate game of espionage. Cain, anticipating a double-cross, hired Michael as his corporate “fixer,” a role that granted him high-level access. However, Michael had already struck a secret deal with Victor to act as his inside man. But Cain is no fool; he has created decoy data environments and informational traps, suspecting Michael’s duplicity and waiting to see what information gets leaked.
In a stunning climax, Sally refused to be a pawn in anyone’s game. Rejecting both Victor’s silent bribe and Billy’s blind ambition, she made a bold executive decision: she has frozen all AI development pending a full, independent audit and established an internal ethics committee with veto power. This ultimatum has not only saved her own integrity but has completely reset the chessboard.
Victor may have won the battle by isolating Billy, but with Sally rewriting the rules and Michael playing a dangerous double game, the war for Genoa City’s future is far from over
