Next week on The Young and the Restless: Maria and Victor team up for a shocking kidnapping plot!

the young and the restless Spoilers reveal that Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) and Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) will be up to something very twisted soon. It’s Belinda on Soap Dirt and we’ve got the latest Y&R spoilers for the week of January 26, which includes a missing child and the possible kidnapping of three more.

It’s getting crazier and crazier. Before we dive in, if you’re not following us, please click “Subscribe.” I want to warn you, hang in there next week because the young and the restless is kicking off February cleaning in style. It all starts on Thursday, January 29th. So things are going to get wild and twisty in Genoa City starting late next week and then over the next four weeks until February 25th.

Maria Copeland’s Kidnapping Dominic Chancellor as Ethan Ray Clark Debuts as New Cast Member

Let’s start with the disappearance of Dominic Chancellor Jr. (Ethan Ray Clark). Yes, next week, Abby Newman (Melissa Ordway) and Devon Hamilton’s (Bryton James) son is kidnapped. By the way, we have a new Dominic. They reshaped him and made him a little older. The new cast member is the lovely Ethan Ray Clark. So they found the new Dominic just in time for Maria, the surrogate who gave birth to him, to snatch him from his parents.

at the end of the week the young and the restlessMaria lives in that seedy motel on the outskirts of Genoa City — you know, Jordan Howard (Colleen Zanke) is lurking there, Ian Ward (Ray Wise) is lurking there, I think Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) is lurking there, Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) is lurking there. This is where you go when you’re hiding. Guess who is with her? Ian Ward in a hallucinatory state.

Mariah is considering returning to her wife and daughter Aria Porter Copeland, and she’s thinking she’ll ask Tessa Porter (Kate Fairbanks) to forgive her. But then Maria decided she didn’t deserve it because she ruined everything she touched. She’s talking about her dark soul, while Maria is thinking about Dominic and scribbling his name. Maria has some kind of plan being discussed.

She called and then hung up. Ian was there to tell Maria to stick to the plan and remind her that she gave birth to Dominic. She did, but she was not his biological mother. There’s no genetic connection to him; that’s Abby and Devin’s child. Ian told Maria that things would be better if she followed the plan and did what he said.

Dominican PM disappears in Genoa City, sending Abby Newman and Devin Hamilton into panic

Meanwhile, Abby tells Devon that Damian Cain (Jermaine Rivers) and Phyllis have destroyed Newman Enterprises, and Devon is upset that Damian Cain broke Lily Winters’ (Crystal Khalil) heart. Abby then takes Dominic to go skating, and Abby mentions to Dominic that she didn’t carry him in her belly. I guess it’s just a reminder to the fans. Abby gets a call but the person hangs up. Apparently Maria was on the phone to Abby and then hung up.

Devin then spent some family time with Abby and Dominic. Then next week, everything goes off the rails for them. the young and the restless Spoilers ahead, Abby and Devin go crazy and search the Chancellery to find Dominic. We hear Abby and Devin freaking out as they search everywhere. No one has seen Dominic.

Abby starts to really panic because it’s getting dark outside. It definitely looks like an imaginary Ian convincing Maria to kidnap Dominic. This comes back to the young and the restless Winter 2026 spoilers say Abby and Devin will join Tessa and Daniel Romulotti (Michael Graziardi) in Mariah’s storyline.

Spoilers also say someone needs a lawyer, which is where Kristen Williams (Lauralee Bell) represents someone. It does look like Maria may be accused of kidnapping Dominic. I thought she would get away with it by reason of insanity because she was clearly not in a good mental state.

Detective Blow joins GCPD to track down Dominic Chancellor and Mariah Copeland

We’ll also soon see Abby and Devon on a plane, most likely searching for their son Dominic on a private jet. Also on that plane we’ll meet the very handsome Detective Blow (Matt Cohen). When we meet Matt Cohen’s character, he’s an undercover cop with the LAPD, pretending to be a dirty cop in order to get close to Matt Clark.

He works alongside dirty cop Annie, a true traitor. Now, Detective Barrow will join the GCPD and be responsible for the Dominic case. By the way, they hired Matt Cohen, but I think he tore his Achilles and he needed surgery and had to go through recovery and mobility issues. That’s why we rarely see him. Now we see him a lot.

Sally Spectra and Billy Abbott clash over Jill Abbott’s health crisis

Plus, we get some bad news about Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson). This weekend, Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) ran into Audra Charles (Zureka Silver) at the Red Light Bar and told her that Billy had let her down again. Sally told Audra that this was the last time she would let Billy do this to her. Audra, of course, is part of Sally’s team and she can’t believe Billy would accept Damian Kane’s offer to run for chancellor.

Sally was frustrated because she knew Billy wanted to say yes. He’s already said yes; he just hasn’t made it clear to his girlfriend yet. Sally then says she needs to convince Jill Abbott (Jesse Walton) to let her hire Audra at Abbott Laboratories because Billy won’t be there. As expected, Audra was excited and said that if Sally did this it would save her life.

It looks like Billy’s bestie wasn’t having fun and she called Jill Abbott without telling him. I think that’s fair since Billy did a lot of things without telling Sally. Young and the Restless spoilers for next week have Billy very upset with Sally. Billy growled because Sally called Jill to tell her that Billy might be leaving the company.

Jill Abbott’s health deteriorated, while Billy Abbott’s

He gets angry and resentful towards Sally and says, “Don’t she think this is a conversation that Billy should be able to have with his mom, Jill, instead of Sally?” Honestly, I don’t think she feels bad for being exposed to Jill, and she shouldn’t.

Sally patted Billy and said, “You know what? I can’t get ahold of Gil.” She said she had spoken to Snapper, who was of course Gil’s brother, and Snapper told Sally that Gil’s health had deteriorated. Billy looked scared. If he talked to his mom, he would know that. I bet Damian Kane knows.

Regardless, I wonder if having Jill in a worse situation would convince Billy to reconsider taking the Chancellor away from Damian Kane, but I doubt it. Don’t worry, Jill isn’t going to die or anything. They have big plans to celebrate Jess Walton’s 40th anniversary on “The Young and the Restless,” but there are no plans yet. This might just be an excuse to temporarily take Jill off-screen and let Billy deal with his messy life choices without his mom’s input. I do wonder if Sally will continue to hire Audra now that Jill is out of touch and not doing a good job.

Victor Newman uses Lily Winters and the twins as leverage against Damian Kane

Also next week, Adam Newman is really worried about another kidnapping. He tells Chelsea Lawson Newman (Melissa Claire Egan) that his father, Victor Newman, wants to use Lily Winters, Maddie and Charlie against Damian Kane. We all know Victor will stop at nothing to save Newman Enterprises, but Chelsea is shocked and wonders if Victor plans to kidnap Lily and the twins.

If Victor did this, I don’t think it would work anyway because Damian Cain knows Victor won’t kill them or hurt them. If Victor really did something bad to Devon and the rest of Genoa City, they would lose their minds. Plus, Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) has revealed to Lily and the kids what Damian Cain is doing with his A.I.

I think one thing that might scare Damian Kane is if someone in Victor kidnaps them. Guys like Matt Clark, right? That’s crazy. But we haven’t seen Matt’s body yet. I doubt Victor killed him. I think he locked him up and he probably kept Matt on a leash to do his dirty work. Let’s face it – there are worse people among Victor’s followers. Do you remember Marco Annicelli? He’s an absolute monster.

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