The Young and the Restless spoilers, November 18: Victor helps Nick retaliate against Nick

The Young and the Restless spoilers for Tuesday, November 18, 2025, have Victor helping Nick retaliate against Matt, Jack interrogating Nikki, and Phyllis and Cane turning up the heat!

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Victor (Eric Braeden) would move heaven and earth to help his son, Nicholas (Joshua Morrow) on The Young and the Restless | Image: JPI

Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) is always making his presence known in the lives of his children. That's certainly not always a bad thing. Sure, his kids might not appreciate Victor throwing in his two cents when it comes to their love lives. However, it certainly is helpful to have a powerful mogul on your side when villains from your past, whom you thought were dead, come back into your lives.

On Tuesday's show, watch for Victor to help Nick (Joshua Morrow) retaliate against Matt Clark (Roger Howarth). Nick's capable of taking Matt on himself, but other dynamics are at play. Nick's worried about his son, Noah (Lucas Adams), who's mixed up with Matt's wife, Sienna (Tamara Braun).

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Jack (Peter Bergman) wants information from Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) on The Young and the Restless | Image: JPI

Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) and his ex-wife Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) gave marriage with each other two shots, but both ended in divorce. However, they have maintained a cordial friendship despite Nikki's true love Victor wanting to destroy his life.

On Tuesday's show, watch for Jack to interrogate Nikki. He's likely going to want to know what the deal is with Victor having Cane's (Billy Flynn) AI program. The software could destroy Jabot, but would Victor truly do that because his daughter Abby's (Melissa Ordway) mother is Ashley Abbott (Eileen Davidson) and is invested both financially and emotionally in her family's company?

Feel the heat

Cane (Billy Flynn) and Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) on The Young and the Restless | Image: JPI

Soaps are all about romance, passion, and heat between couples. On Tuesday's episode of Y&R, watch for Cane and Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) to turn up the heat. Is Phyllis truly attracted to Cane, or is she using him to throw suspicion off of herself as the person who stole the Artificial Intelligence software? Does Cane want to make Phyllis the woman in his life, or is he trying to nail her for stealing the program that Victor has used to attack his company?

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