Y&R’s Victoria & Kyle FINALLY Kiss, & I CALLED IT

So, I informed you this was coming…

Again after I first floated the concept Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) & Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) had a spark price watching, half of you informed me I used to be reaching. This week, Younger & the Stressed delivers & in probably the most scrumptious location attainable. They kissed within the Jabot C-suite. Not a lodge room. Not some impartial floor. The precise workplace the place SO many Newman-Abbott energy struggles have performed out for many years.

Why the Jabot Workplace Issues

This isn’t only a romance beat, it’s an announcement. Victoria & Kyle constructing one thing in that room means each future Jabot scene now carries this pressure.  Younger & the Stressed has all the time used its units as storytelling shorthand, & placing this kiss within the C-suite as an alternative of someplace personal tells me the writers need us to know this isn’t going away quietly.

The Reactions I’m Really Right here For

Neglect the “eww” crowd for a second. The actual fallout is about to hit two folks, & neither of them goes to take it effectively.

Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) goes to have opinions, & I don’t suppose “supportive” is considered one of them. His daughter & Kyle Abbott? That’s a storyline he’s going to wish to management, not settle for. Victor doesn’t do “arms off” in any respect in relation to Victoria’s love life, & Kyle is strictly the sort of Abbott entanglement that sends him into full chess-master mode. Anticipate scheming, anticipate a chilly shoulder, anticipate no less than one scene the place he tells Kyle precisely what he thinks of him.

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Then there’s Claire Newman (Hayley Erin), Kyle’s ex, who additionally occurs to be Victoria’s daughter. Sit with that for a second. Claire watching her mom along with her ex isn’t simply awkward; it’s a full id disaster ready to occur. Does she confront Victoria? Does she run to Holden Novak (Nathan Owens) to vent?  If she does, how will her new love really feel about Claire caring about her prior love, Kyle kissing her mother?

If the writers lean into that mess as an alternative of speeding previous it, this turns into one of many messiest, most rewatchable dynamics Younger & the Stressed has inbuilt years.

What I’m Watching For Subsequent

Past Victor & Claire, it is going to be entertaining to see how Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) reacts to his son getting snarled with a Newman once more, & whether or not Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) has ideas about her daughter’s style in males. This has ripple-effect potential throughout each households, which is strictly why I stated it was price it within the first place.

I stated this pairing was definitely worth the discomfort, & the present is proving it quick.

I nonetheless suppose it’s scorching & price it & that is precisely the new mess I predicted.

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