Chance gets a clue: The Young and the Restless Two Scoops for the week of October 14, 2024

This week on The Young and the Restless, Heather's death got more mysterious when the GCPD put Chance in charge of the investigation.

A New Murder Mystery

Just when we had enough to wonder about Heather's death, Chance was reinstated at the GCPD and handed the case of the year. Sure, a cop uses their instincts, but Chance's detective skills seem a little out of whack, especially since he knows Daniel.

Putting aside the facts that this case now has personal bias and conflict of interest stamped all over it, Chance did some very peculiar sleuthing this week.

Originally, we were led to believe that having Chance on the case was a good thing, but if Heather knew what was happening, she would be rolling over in her grave if she had one.

Chance has already gone to Sharon and found out some critical details, if not the most crucial bit of information: Sharon was the last known person to see Heather alive. Yet, Chance ignores this and focuses on trying to find something to either pin on Daniel or possibly exonerate him; it's hard to tell what his goal actually is.

Daniel thought that Chance wanted to search the place in hopes of getting him some sort of closure or something to make sense of Heather's death. But more and more, it seems like Chance is looking for something to prove that Daniel killed her.

Phyllis thought it was a mistake not to be forthcoming about letting Chance search the place, but clearly, she thought he was a trained detective.

The Search Is On

Daniel said the magic words, and Chance came a-runnin' to his apartment, gloves and forensic bag in hand. Of course, Chance didn't walk through the apartment and ask Daniel to check that blankets, a rug, or any towels were missing or if any glass and decanter sets had disappeared.

Chance just started looking at things, waiting for something to jump out at him. Miraculously, that's what happened.

Heather's phone started ringing from inside the liquor cabinet. My first question was, "How is the battery not dead?" but Chance asked Daniel to explain how the phone got there. Chance is a "brilliant detective" and knew the phone did not get there itself, so obviously there was one possibility: Daniel. Look no further.

The change in the passcode also made Chance suspicious of Daniel. Why? I don't know, either, but that didn't stop Chance from demanding Daniel know all the answers. Daniel managed to change the passcode thanks to a simple two-step verification.

But Chance asked the strangest questions. Had Daniel known the phone was there? Did he get the phone back from the mystery texter who had the phone? Had he heard the phone ringing from the cabinet? Was the call coming from inside the house?

Daniel let Chance into the phone only to find out that there was an unsent text to Paul claiming that Daniel and Heather were fighting a lot, and Daniel's temper scared Heather.

Again, why would he put that on the phone? Chance is the only person on earth who thinks Daniel is framing himself.

But Wait, There's More

Chance reaches back into the cabinet and finds the bloody towels. "What the hell is this, man?" Chance asked. Obviously, Daniel responded, "Oh, those are the bloody towels that I stuck in there before inviting you to come over and find them."

Summer asked Chance why Daniel would let him search his apartment if he knew he had bloody towels and Heather's phone there with that message on it. Did Chance really think that Daniel was trying to incriminate himself?

Chance asked Summer who else it could be if not Daniel. Great question, finally. But that was as far as it went. He wanted Summer to give another option and solve the case, or he wouldn't think of anyone else.

You Had One Job

Perhaps he didn't have a chance to read the employee handbook before racing to Daniel's, but it's Chance's job to find the answer to those questions, not Daniel and Summer's.

Chance didn't actually have any reason to suspect Daniel prior to the search, yet he's the only one he's focused on. Even after the search if he thought about it, he'd see that he's been framed. Or at least, he could consider what he knows so far:

1. Someone charged Heather's phone.
2. Someone typed a text message to Paul but didn't send it because he would've known it wasn't true.
3. The passcode was changed, but who would Daniel have been locking out of the phone? Not himself or the police.
4. The bloody towels are Daniel and Heather's. Maybe other household items are missing.
5. Sharon placed herself at the scene of the crime and was the last person to see Heather alive.

I guess we're waiting for Chance to remember that the only reason he thinks that Heather and Daniel were fighting is because Sharon said so. He's conveniently forgotten that everyone in Genoa City knew that Sharon had been harassing and publicly threatening Heather and her family for weeks.

Chance keeps saying that he's just following police protocol, but he keeps breaking it. From telling Summer about the open investigation to handling the evidence with his main suspect, Chance is way out of line on many levels. Which, okay, apparently it's fiction but throw us a little bone, Chance, and just ask someone (read: Sharon) where she was the night that Heather died.

Basic Instincts

Chance insisted on searching the place only because he had the thought — without reason — that Heather might have been having an affair and wanted to rule out the theory. This made sense to Chance because, obviously, if someone was having an affair, they would keep the proof of it in the home of the people they were keeping it a secret from.

Telling Daniel he'll move on to other possibilities after Daniel proves he's innocent was a headscratcher. But then there was the moment that Chance declared the apartment was a crime scene. He marched across the room to Daniel and said to him, "Back up! Back up!" as if Daniel was coming at him.

Daniel says he feels like he's living in an alternate universe, but Chance is on another planet. Daniel has alibis for the entire time the night that Heather died. Sharon does not. The night that Sharon put the evidence in the apartment, Lucy and Daniel were lured out — and Chance was their alibi. But Sharon can't account for her whereabouts.

We knew Phyllis was going to make it life's mission to prove Daniel's innocence, but you can bet that Christine will have a huge hand in saving the day. Will those two actually work together for the cause?

Find the killer first, of course, but maybe Christine can tip off the police chief afterward that Chance needs a desk job.

A Little Ditty 'bout Jack and Diane

Jack and Diane were tense and awkward to be around but they took that to new levels this week.

Their constant fights maxed out when they went for the jugular at the Athletic Club. Not only was the restaurant a full audience, but everyone from Claire to Victor got a front-row seat.

Everyone keeps saying it's so out of character for Jack to behave like that, and it makes you wonder. What's really going on here? Jack quickly shut down Audra, and granted, he has no reason to trust her. But she did make some valid points about being useful to him. He said he would handle Kyle and Victor himself, yet had been claiming he had no idea how to do that.

We already wondered if Diane had left her laptop open — with top-secret formulas in a folder on the desktop labeled and visible — for Kyle to find like a trap. Do we know yet if the formula is solid and will not cause any weird reactions when used?

Now, Jack is telling Diane the exact things Kyle wanted to hear him say. Have the public squabbles they've been having leading up to the big GCAC explosion just been for show? Were they doing the groundwork of things being amiss to make the big fight more believable?

War of the Roses

It seemed like Jack and Diane were only ever talking about how to think of a new strategy to get Kyle back into their lives. Overnight, they were at each other's throats, no matter who was around to hear it. Is it an act?

Is all of this a set-up to make Victor and Kyle have a falling out? The way Victor is getting such obvious delight watching the demise of Jack and Diane's marriage makes me wonder if it's so that Kyle will realize Victor is using him to stick it to Jack.

Maybe it's not an act, and we're all actually watching Jack and Diane turn on one another, but it just seems strange that if Jack were going to say Diane had used him, he wouldn't be doing it in front of Victor.

But there's another possibility. Victor doesn't like Diane, but he loathes Jack. He already has Kyle…if he brought Diane to Glissade, Jack would watch Kyle and Diane mend fences, and he'd be on the outside. Ouch.

Unless, of course, Jack and Diane really are setting this all up for that to happen. With Diane's on the inside, she could either wreck Glissade, or convert Kyle back into loving his family and choosing them over Victor.

Mommy's Puppet

Jill's ultimatum is nuts. We heard the phone call between Jill and Lily. I didn't think it was compelling enough that Jill would react the way that she did. I also didn't think that Billy stood up to her enough.

And with everything going on with Phyllis right now, what horrible timing for Billy to fire her. It was rather heartbreaking to see her cry for him not to fire her and say how much she needed her job.

Billy was able to tell Phyllis he had to choose himself over her, and I couldn't believe it. I thought he would have had to think about it, at least. But he did, he just said nope, gotta cut you loose. Old Phyllis would have left, plotted revenge, and come back to get it. But 30-years-in Phyllis composed herself and strategized for both of them.

I'd actually like for Phyllis to go to Jill and convince her that she's an asset. One thing that both Lily and Billy left out was that Victor is making a power play to take her company. He also didn't tell her about his groundbreaking deal with Odyssey 7. Or, the deal he almost had, as it was gonna be yuge.

Regardless, Phyllis would be more convincing and does a better sales job than anyone can. If Jill didn't think that Billy was capable of anything, why did she give her voting power to him instead of Lily to begin with?

It's amazing how many people think that Chancellor is somehow theirs or they're entitled to it. The only one who actually doesn't say that is Billy. He talks about it like he's the caretaker of a legacy and shows the company, Katherine, Jill, and the Abbott name the respect everyone else keeps demanding. Yet they call him a megalomaniac because he doesn't want to keep hearing about his past mistakes.

Lily’s Not Done Yet

After Lily had her mind blown by Nikki, Devon came THIS close to saying “I told you so,” but Lily cut him off. Lily’s been storming around for weeks, stomping her foot, and pouting that she doesn’t have her title anymore, aka another person who thinks they are entitled to Chancellor.

Does she really still think she’s in this fight? She told Devon no one should count her out just yet, as if she had a card up her sleeve, but tattling (and lying) to Jill was her big power move. Talking like she’s the master chess player and Victor is her pawn, even after finding out she was used by the Newmans, was almost laughable.

Lily may be good at a lot of things, but having humility isn’t one of them, though I still think she should team up with Audra and be a powerhouse of something. No idea what, but something.

Phyllis' 30th Anniversary

The Phyllis-centric episode had an interesting perspective. First, Phyllis nailed what (seems to have) happened to Heather. She said that Sharon went there, fought with Heather, a tragic accident occurred, and Heather died.

She hadn't even heard directly from Sharon that she had been at the apartment and managed to figure it out. If Billy really does fire Phyllis, she should work for the GCPD.

Phyllis' walk down memory lane was nostalgic, but for Lucy's sake, she didn't scratch the surface of the craziness that Phyllis brought to Genoa City. But given the timing and her audience, it was well-suited and served the purpose.

Elsewhere in Genoa City

Sharon and Nick had a picnic at a lovely spot over J.T.'s former gravesite. Sure, he's not dead, but is there anywhere else they could break bread? For someone clutching to memories all the time, you'd think that one might have stuck out as a less appetizing one for Sharon.

Adam's reaction to Victor asking him to use Newman Media to send certain messages was interesting. I always think that the only person Adam cares about is himself, but he is loyal to Jack.

It was nice to see a more vulnerable side of Audra, and Nate was great in the way he supported and encouraged her. They can be too driven and step over others, so it was refreshing to see the good in them.

Devon and Abby didn't get any closer to finding out where their wedding was going to be. Months of planning the perfect wedding were all thrown out the window because of a venue change that resulted in Victor taking over the wedding plans. He probably delegated a Newman employee to make it happen and hopefully, they called Abby for details on her colors, flowers, and menu choices. Whoever it is, they better take their time with the seating arrangements. That's going to be a tricky one.

Billy asked Sally to help him decorate his new digs. It really looks like they're going to put those two together, but I'm just not seeing it. I like both of them. I just don't think I'd like them together.

What do you think? Are you still leaning towards Heather's death was just a dream of Sharon's? Will Abby's nuptials be her dream wedding or her worst nightmare? Will Nick stop getting suckered in when Sharon serves his favorite foods? Will Chance believe Daniel isn't framing himself?

Until next time!

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