Is The Young and the Restless’ Billy the corporate wild card to watch?

On The Young and the Restless, things haven't panned out for Billy Abbott quite like he imagined. Prior to Cane Ashby's unveiling as Aristotle Dumas, Billy was poised for the launch of Abbott Communications. However, once the Abbott family black sheep caught wind of a way to get Chancellor back, his obsession to beat Victor Newman consumed him. Unfortunately for Billy, not only did his partnership with Cane completely crumble, but his brother, Jack Abbott, has officially pulled the funding from Abbott Communications. Every corner of his corporate aspirations has crumbled, leaving him wounded, and a desperate Billy is the ultimate wildcard.

Billy Is Desperate To Prove Himself

Aside from his girlfriend, Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope), there is nobody left in Genoa City who believes in Billy. He's become his own worst enemy too many times for anyone to put a sustained level of faith in him.

To Jack's (Peter Bergman) credit, he tried to ride out the typical Billy back and forth, but he isn't budging this time. Jill (Jess Walton) will always favor (to some degree) her fake son, Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn), over her biological son, Billy. With his back against the wall, Jill's continued loyalty to Cane is only making him more volatile and unpredictable.

Billy thought he had something solid in the works with Cane, but that blew up. He thought Jill would never undermine him, but she sold the company to Victor from underneath him. Jack's endlessly disappointed in him as well, and Sally is trying to be a supportive girlfriend. However, she has her own floundering career to worry about. Billy is surrounded by betrayal, and his desire for relevance makes him the biggest threat in Genoa City.

Most recently, he seemed ready to do the unthinkable and join forces with "The Mustache" Victor (Eric Braeden) and destroy Cane and his AI program. Everyone should be on guard, though, because Billy's top priority has always been and always will be himself and what suits his self-interests.

Billy Will Do What's Best For Billy

All of Billy's alliances and partnerships are contingent on his feelings in the moment and subject to change. Whether he goes all in with Jack and Victor doesn't mean the latter's suspicions won't prove correct. Victor suspected Billy could easily run back to Cane and warn him of their plans, and if Billy feels like Cane could better suit his needs, he'll do just that. For now, he is joining the unholy alliance to take down his faux bro, but for how long? Plus, Sally's meddling behind the scenes to secure funding for Abbott Communications through Jill won't sit well with Billy when he discovers.

How Billy will fit into the equation as a wildcard could go two drastically different ways. If he remains focused and on track, he will be a formidable opponent against anyone in his path on The Young and the Restless. He's one of the only people unafraid to face off against Victor, and taking down Cane seems like something he'd enjoy at this point. However, if Billy falls back into his self-destructive ways and loses the plot, he's a liability to anyone and everyone in his path.

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Billy wants to prove himself to members on what appear to be opposing sides. Billy will never stop seeking the approval of his older brother, Jack, but deep down, he also wants to show Jill that he isn't a screwup, which could mean going to great lengths to do so, even if that means teaming with Cane to destroy Jack and Jabot. His unpredictability makes him quite possibly the largest threat to corporate security in Genoa City, but whether that's a positive or a negative is entirely up to Billy and his level of self-control.

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