Nick and Sharon take another walk down memory lane , Chance plays detective with no badge in France , and Victor? Well, Victor does what Victor does best—takes control

The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Monday, July 28 — Power Plays, Romance Autopsies, and Franco-American Justice

Sharon and Nick Revisit Their Tumultuous Past While Victor and Chance Battle Over Control in France

Chance Takes Charge in France — Sort Of

Monday’s episode finds Chance Chancellor (Conner Floyd) in unfamiliar terrain—geographically and legally. Flown to France by the ever-troubled Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn), Chance was meant to solve a murder before it even happened. But things, as they often do in the soap world, took a sharp turn.

Cane didn’t get murdered. Instead, the victim was Damian (Jermaine Rivers), a man who, apparently, got caught in a deadly game meant for someone else. Now, with a body on the floor and suspicion hanging in the humid French air, Chance is suddenly in the hot seat.

There’s just one problem: he has no real jurisdiction. He’s a cop from Wisconsin, not Interpol. He can’t arrest anyone. He can’t officially investigate. And yet, that minor issue isn’t stopping him.

With a sharp suit and a badge that means nothing in France, Chance declares the villa a crime scene and takes command like he’s still on home turf. If he can’t enforce the law, he can at least restore order—his way. And if that means improvising a Genoa City-style investigation overseas, so be it. After all, Cane asked for help. Chance is going to give it to him, rules or no rules.

Victor’s Overruling Power Plays — One Man’s Law

Enter Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), the titan of industry and protector of all things Newman. While Chance is staging his own version of CSI: French Riviera, Victor is making it crystal clear that no one calls the shots around his family—except him.

Forget badges. Forget protocols. Forget the fact that Chance is, technically, the one summoned to untangle this mess. Victor, with his booming voice and steely gaze, assumes control like a corporate general at war. In his mind, this isn’t a crime scene—it’s a threat to the family legacy. And family always comes first.

Victor’s mission is simple: shut down any chaos before it spreads. If that means overriding Chance’s authority, he’s fine with that. If that means issuing his own rules on foreign soil, he’ll make it work. It’s the Newman way.

Even Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) nods in agreement—perhaps out of admiration, perhaps out of exhaustion from years of these takeovers. Either way, Victor’s word is law. And that law is in effect.

Sharon and Nick: The Never-Ending Cycle of Love and Regret

Back in Genoa City, emotions aren’t any less turbulent.

Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) and Sharon Rosales (Sharon Case) are once again knee-deep in emotional excavation, dissecting the long and winding road of their on-again, off-again relationship. These two have seen it all: passion, betrayal, marriages, divorces, children, and heartbreak. And somehow, they’re still here—still wondering, still hoping.

They sit down like detectives of their own romantic history, hoping to find a pattern, a moment, a single decision that might explain why they keep spinning back toward each other—only to fall apart again. There’s no yelling this time. No slamming doors or storming out. Just quiet, painful honesty.

Their kids know the routine. Their families roll their eyes with weary understanding. But for Nick and Sharon, the puzzle remains unsolved. Each reconciliation has ended in heartbreak, and each breakup has left lingering sparks.

Maybe this time they’ll find clarity. Maybe this post-mortem will be the final one. Or maybe it’s just another pause before the cycle begins again. After all, how do you walk away from a love that never quite dies?

The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Monday, July 28 — Power Plays, Romance Autopsies, and Franco-American Justice Sharon and Nick Revisit Their Tumultuous Past While Victor and Chance Battle Over Control in France Chance Takes Charge in France — Sort Of Monday’s episode finds Chance Chancellor (Conner Floyd) in unfamiliar terrain—geographically and legally. Flown to…