Monday 4/22: Summer is still stunned that Lola is wearing the necklace that she thought was for her. Lola opens the gift that Summer gave her and sees that it is a knife. Lola explains that a knife as a gift is considered back luck. It represents the cutting/ending of a relationship. Unless it comes with a coin so that the gift recipient returns the coin as a payment. Summer gives a Lola a coin and she returns it by saying thank you. Then Summer compliments the necklace in which Lola places her hand over the necklace and nods in appreciation. Throughout the night, Lola and Kyle are giving each other loving glances and Summer notices and gets jealous. Later during the event, Lola is introduced to the crowd as the head chef and she gives this lovely speech and also thanks Summer for the gift of life. Summer is looking dumbfounded. Later as guest are mingling, Kyle finds a way to sneak away to see Lola. He tells her how amazing she is and tries to kiss her. She backs up and says that people can see them. That doesn't stop Kyle and he says that he just has to do it and he lands the kiss. Lola smiles and returns to the kitchen. Kyle is then grabbed by his daddy-in-law, Nick. Nick calls him a punk and calls him out. Kyle tries to tell Nick that it's not what it looks like. They argue and Summer comes along and breaks it up. Nick is trying to tell Summer that she is leaving him and that he doesn't know what he did. Summer snaps back that she will deal with whatever he did on her own terms (because she pretty much knows that her man is in love with another woman). Summer continues to tell Nick that she knew what she was getting into when she married Kyle and then threw shade about him cheating on Sharon with her mother. She expresses her love for Kyle to her dad and said that she is going to make it work and she grabs Kyle's hand and they walk off. Kyle thanks Summer for sticking up for him, they share a few words and walk off arm in arm. Lola sees them from behind and gets jealous.
Jack is walking around having a good time and notices that his assistant his passing out flyers for Jack of Hearts, which is Ashley's product, and confronts him about it. Ashley pops up and says that he works for her now. Ashley and Jack ramp up efforts and antics to one up each other's company all night which in turns pisses off Abby and Devon. Devon threatens to sue them if it happens again. Later in the night, Jack tried to make peace with Ashley but she didn't accept the peace treaty. Instead she went for the jugular and told him that she is moving forward with clothing line and that she wired back his $4 mil after she saw the video and that she is going to name it Abbott Exchange. And the war continues.
Mia arrives to attend the event in which she was denied at the door. She tried her best to talk the bouncer into letting her in, but nope, he just stood there and looked at her. Later the bouncer leaves his post and Mia finds her chance to sneak in. Mia finds Jack at the bar and befriends him. She pulls off her Mia charm and shares her problems with Jack. Explains that she is about to get a divorce because Rey is now with Sharon. Jack informs her that he is probably not the person that she needs to share this info with. She continues with her flirtatious charm and grab champagne glasses to offer a toast to moving on. As she a Jack are clinking glasses, Rey appears and grabs the glass from her hand. Jack pulls a "gotta go" move and makes his exit. Mia lies to Rey and said that Jack invited her to have a drink. Rey tells her that he couldn't care less about her flirting but that she shouldn't be drinking and they argue about their pregnancy. Abby sees Rey and Mia arguing while explaining to Arturo that they will never be together agian and immediately gets pissed and said "if she thought that getting kicked out of the GCAC was embarrassing, she should see this" and she starts to head over to them when Arturo stops her. He tells her that Mia is pregnant. Abby responds by saying "and it could be yours. Well I want her out of here and you too" and he storms off. Rey takes Mia back to her hotel room and tells her that her antics are done and her primary focus needs to be that baby and that if she doesn't do right then she will have that baby in jail.
When the restaurant opened, Devon arrived with Elena on his arm. She was nervous because people were staring. Devon tells her to get used to it because she is beautiful. Later Devon, Ana, Jet and Elena are talking and Devon is congratulating Jet on an amazing performance. Ana and Devon walk off to greet people and Jet tells Elena that Devon is a good man.
Tuesday 4/23: Lily and Cane arrive to the launch opening together. Devon is wondering why they showed up as a couple and Lily explains that it would keep rumors down bur to trust that the relationship is over. Devon asked where the family was and Lily informs him that the kids and her dad are on their way. Devon takes Lily to see Ana and they become all happy and giddy and then Lily was introduced to Jet and Elena. Later in the evening Jet and Ana perform a song, while they're dancing Cane speak sweet nothings in Lily's ear and she is giving him the side eye. Lily sees the kids and ask where her father was and they say he stayed back at Devon's to charge his phone. Devon and Lily talk, Lily sees that Devon is smitten on Elena. Then Devon asked about Neil's whereabouts and Lily tells him what the kids told her. Devon calls Neil's phone several times and it went straight to voicemail. Devon decides to go home to check on him. Devon walks around the house calling for Neil and then goes upstairs to look for him. Next thing we see is Devon coming down the stairs crying. Here comes my tears, I was not ready for this moment.
At Victoria's, Billy is impatiently waiting for Victoria to finish getting ready. When she finally comes to the living room Billy sees her and said forget the launch, lets go to the bedroom (she was cute but she wasn't that cute). Victoria tells Billy that she needs to show up since their father is in Vegas doing God knows what with God knows who and then all of a sudden the doorbell rings and guess who walks in. Big Daddy Vic. Victoria questions Victor about his whereabouts and lies and Victor downplays it to a business deal but then tells her that he met her rocker friend and says that he was very interested in her. They continue to communicate on what the real deal is and why Victor left Nikki right after she was released from prison. Victor explains that he didn't abandon Nikki and he is not involved in anything dangerous.
Meanwhile at the restaurant, Abby is having a wonderful time and Dr. Nate decides to do some light flirting. Lola is in the kitchen feeling insecure since she saw Kyle and Summer walk out arm in arm. She explains to Tessa that she thought he was in love with her but it doesn't look that way. She cries and wonders if she's a homewrecker. Tessa uplifts Lola with all kinds of supportive talk.
At the Abbott mansion, Summer if fuming about why Kyle and her father were into it and Kyle flat out says with no care in the world, "he saw me kiss Lola." Summer is upset and ask Kyle if everything he told her about loving her was a lie. Kyle explains that it's not what she thinks. Summer goes on and on how she knew what she was getting into but that she is a changed woman and that their love can conquer this and that from here on out they make a promise to be honest with one another, no more sneaking off with Lola and he is to be faithful to her and her only. Kyle says he can't do that. Summer realizes that Kyle is actually still in love with Lola and that all those loving things that were said to her were really meant for Lola. Summer is now all heartbroken and finally sees that Kyle did all of these things for Lola. Finally Kyle admits that he can't lie anymore and that he loves Lola and always have. Kyle suggest that they get a divorce or better yet annulled. Summer asked if he's doing this for her or for Lola. Kyle grabs his keys to leave and says, "we started off as friends, lets end this way" then walks out the door.
Devon arrives back at the restaurant where we see him telling Lily something and then she breaks down. The Winters family is all coming together to see what's going on the you can see them spread the news. Traci hears about it and and shares it with Abby.
Here comes the moment every Y&R fan has been impatiently waiting on. The real memorial episodes honoring Kristoff St John aka Neil Winters. The next couple of episodes may be hard for me to share but I will do my best to cover Neil's portion with dignity and class.
Wednesday 4/24: Y&R start off with Ashley and Jack going back and forth about their companies and Abby walks in. They ask her how the launch went and she responds "there's no easy way to say this but Neil died last night.
The Winters family gathers at Devon's and Lily is questioning Nate about Neil's health. She wants to know how and why he died but Nate has no answers. The family decides to turn off their phones because they don't want to deal with any phone calls. The mention of the funeral comes up and Lily says that she can't handle that right now. Cane and Nate decide that they will handle funeral arrangements and will not make any decisions without conferring with her first. The twins are comforting each other as they're dealing with the loss of their grandfather and Devon is trying to keep busy and lightly snaps at Ana when she offers to help. Ana apologizes to Devon and says that she canceled his meetings and that Mariah and Tessa sends their love.Devon tells her it's okay but that she needs to acknowledge the others whom are hurting. Ana receives what he is saying but reminds him that he just lost his wife a year ago and she saw what that did to him. Devon went on about all of the stress he put on Neil with work, prosecuting Lily and her going to jail, and work and blamed himself for Neil having a stroke. Lily overhears and agreed that there was stress but that she should be the blame of everything. Nate explains to Lily that Neil died of natural causes and there's nothing that anyone could've done. Lily doesn't accept that response, she list the reasons of his stressed and she breaks by screaming that she killed Hillary and now she killed her father and she storms out of the penthouse and Cane runs after her. The twins and Devon attempt to call Lily but no answer. The twins worry about their mother and Devon tries his best to comfort them. They say that they should go home in case she shows up there and Devon thinks that's a good idea. Nate offers to take them home and Devon suggest that Ana rides with them. Mariah arrives to the condo just as Devon is about to close the door and he welcomes her in. Lily is at Crimson Lights sitting at a table by herself when Cane arrives and she tries to tell him that this is not the time and but he let's her know that he is there for her and she recalls her father's last words to her, "I love you, babygirl" and continues to break because she has now lost both of her parents. Later, Lily stands at the coffee counter and she sobs uncontrollably and Cane says forget what their going through and he just holds his wife and she lets him. Back at Devon's, he is alone where he breaks down on the stairs.
Meanwhile at Newman Enterprises, Nikki storms into Victor's office questioning him about his whereabouts and why did he go to Victoria's first before coming home to her when he got back into town. She goes on about the psychiatrist receipts when Victor gets a phone call from Jack. Victor tells Jack that he doesn't have time to talk but Jack says that he needs to inform him that Neil had passed away. Victor is heart broken about the news and shares the news with Nikki while still on the phone with Jack. Victor continues to phone call on speaker phone. Jack and Victor end the phone call amicably and Nikki breaks down crying. Nikki and Victor reminisce about the great things about Neil. Nikki tries to bring up why Victor was gone and Victor shuts that down and says that right now they just need to deal with Neil's death.
At the Abbott mansion, Abby, Ashley and Jack are heartbroken as well as they speak highly of Neil and reminisce of fun times and also times in which Neil saved them from their struggles. Jack and Ashley end in a sibling embrace.
At the Crimson Lights, Mariah and Tessa talk about Neil and Mariah says that she has to make a statement on GC Buzz but that she can't do anything without Devon's approval. She is wondering how she is going to respond to the phone calls and inquiries from fans and employees regarding this loss. Mariah meets Tessa back at their apartment where Tessa is on the fire escape singing her song and Mariah sits and cries due to the loss of Neil.
Wonderful way to show the passing of Neil Winters, they have him passing in peace. Thank you Y&R for the respect displayed for Kristoff.
Thursday 4/25: Today is the day of the funeral.. Y&R starts off with the voice of Ana singing Amazing Grace then we see the Ashby kitchen table with condolence cards and flowers and Lily placing another vase of flowers on the table, Cane walks over to hug Lily, Charlie comes into the kitchen struggling with his tie, Cane goes to help him as Mattie hugs her mother. The next scene is in Victor's office with him a Nikki hugging. Then Victoria's house where we see Billy and Jill hugging then Billy goes to help Victoria with her coat. Next we see Sharon opening her door and Nick on the other side and then embrace. We see Phyllis alone in her hotel room about to get dressed. Then we see the Abbotts leaving their house for the funeral but Jack stops and then goes and gets his sobriety coin and has a moment. Then we're at Devon's and someone is at the door. Devon opens to welcome Malcom. As the song comes to an end we finally see Ana singing with tears in her eyes, as the Winters family arrive at the church.
Neil's funeral starts and in the crowd we see Sofia and Leslie along with the cast of Y&R. The emotions that we see on the cast are real. The tears of grief, the smile of love, the sadness of missing a loved one....all real. Malcom speaks about how much he loves his brother, the ups and downs, just everything and how he'll be missed. Nate spoke highly of his uncle. Victor spoke highly of a man whom he considered a son and a friend. Jack spoke of Neil's generosity. Devon speaks on how Neil took him and his family in and how much he loves him and how Neil was his best friend. It was time for the final words from friends and family the camera pans to Lily, Devon and Malcom. Lily is too broken to speak so Malcom looks back at Cane and tell him that he needs to go up for the Ashby family. Cane is so torn as well and says that Neil wouldn't want him to. Lily turns to Cane and said "No matter what happened between you and I, my father loved you." Cane talks about how Neil was the first father figure that he seen in action and how it was an honor to learn from him and a privilege to be in his family. Cane ends his speech with encouraging Lily to speak. Lily gets up to speak and breaks down again. She finally speaks on how much she misses her father, how she sees his smile in her brother, how he should've had more time. She also spoke of his strength and how much he was there for her.
The funeral/episode conclude with everyone extending their condolences to the family and with Devon and Lily holding hands staring at a picture of their father. RIP Neil Winters.
Friday 4/26: Y&R starts off with everyone at Devon's house for the repass. Malcom encourages everyone by saying that this is a time to celebrate life with happiness and no more crying. Ana sings a song and Devon plays some of Neil's jazz albums. Everyone shares their memories of Neil and his love for jazz.
During the repass Jill asked Cane if he spoke Lily about him leaving Chancellor and them rekindling their relationship. Cane informs Jill that he did but that Lily still wants the divorce but that he isn't giving up. Later Jill finds out that Billy and Victoria are back together and she is ecstatic.
As the repass comes to an end, Malcom gets the family together to take a family picture. After the family picture, everyone says their goodbyes. Devon sits alone mourns the loss of his father. Next we see Lily in her kitchen finally coming to grips of what just happened. Cane suggest that she stay the night in her family home. Lily crushes Canes hope for a future by telling him that she is leaving first thing in the morning. She explains that her father encouraged her to live and life that pleases her and Cane quickly understands that being with him is not that. Back at Devon's, Elena walks in and sees a hurt Devon. She asked how the evening went, they share a few words and Devon breaks down and cries. Elena comforts Devon as he grieves.
Things start to transition from Neil's death as we see Victor and Nikki at Neman Enterprises. Nikki asked why they were there and Victor tells Nikki that he has to leave out of town that night. Nikki questions Victor of his whereabouts and he tells her that the little she knows the better and he leaves for his unknown trip. Let's see what Genoa City brings us next week.
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