The Young and the Restless spoilers, December 5: Jack trusts Nikki with a secret

Here are your spoilers for the episode of The Young and the Restless airing on Friday, December 5.

What's next on The Young and the Restless

Jack and Nikki on The Young and the Restless | Image: JPI

Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) has an unorthodox plan to keep Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) from using Cane's stolen AI program to destroy Jabot. He's going to shut down Jabot so that there's no company to destroy. Can this truly work without ruining the company in the process?

On Friday's show, watch for Jack to trust Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) with a secret. Is he going to tell her about his plans to make it impossible for the AI program to hurt Jabot? Could he be counting on Nikki's loyalty to Victor so that she passes along info to her husband that will ultimately aid Jabot so that it can survive?

Fact-finding mission

Kyle and Diane on The Young and the Restless | Image: JPI

Diane (Susan Walters) is determined to go after Victor so that he can't hurt her husband. Diane knows the mogul better than most, as she was once married to him. She hurt Jack deeply, and it's taken her a long time to regain Jack's trust. Now, she has the biggest chance of her life show Jack how much she cares about him!

On Friday's show, watch for Diane and Kyle (Michael Mealor) to go on a fact-finding mission as they try to dig up some dirt on Victor. If they find something that can be used as leverage against the master manipulator, Diane and Kyle could turn the tide in Jabot's favor!

Claire can't find her cool

Holden has had to separate Audra and Claire before on The Young and the Restless | Image: CBS

The showdowns between Claire Newman (Hayley Erin) and Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) have become one of the best parts of Y&R. The two women go at it over Kyle, Holden (Nathan Owens), and/or their backgrounds almost every time they run into each other.

Claire taunts Audra that she doesn't have anyone. Audra shoots back that Claire was born into a wealthy family and hasn't had to work for anything, while Audra has to fight and scrape for everything she's ever gotten! On Friday's show, watch for Claire to lose her cool with Audra. Will Holden be there to break things up as he's been in the past? Tune in to find out!

Catch all-new episodes of The Young and the Restless weekdays on CBS and Paramount Plus.