Weekly Soap Spoilers – July 2-6, 2018
The Young & the Restless
Kyle offers to help Jack sue Jill, while Nick calls Brittany; Summer comes clean to her mother; Hilary and Devon’s baby is in danger, and screams ring outl Billy takes a risk; Summer’s buttons are pushed by Kyle; Nick attempts to compromise Victor.
Nikki and Victor agree to work together; Hilary discovers a secret; Phyllis seeks to make a new alliance; Neil welcomes his nephew back to Genoa City (Brooks Darnell joins Y&R as Dr. Nate Hastings, Jr., who will treat Victor.)
Cane stands up for Chancellor; Tessa gets an unsettling message; Abby and Arturo have sex; sudden departure as Eileen Davidson leaves Y&R as Ashley Abbott; Jess Walton returns to Genoa City as Jill Fenmore soon.
Jack goes to the extreme; Billy gambles; there’s new information regarding JT.
Victor becomes defensive; Ashley makes a bold move; Nikki and Sharon are in danger; upcoming exit as Mishael Morgan leaves Y&R.
More Y&R spoilers:
Devon asks, “Is there a problem?” Hilary’s OBGYN replies: “Just a little trouble locating the heartbeat.” Billy runs into a past rival; Kyle is wary of Jack’s plan to stage a mock trial with Dina as a witness but participates.
When Dina’s initial clarity devolves into fear and confusion, Kyle takes matters into his own hands with a new plan.
After viewing the security footage, Phyllis remains skeptical that it’s JT, however, she, Nikki, Sharon, and Victoria decide to dig up JT’s grave.
Nikki has Chancellor Park closed down for construction reasons.
The women encounter a significant roadblock at the park and Phyllis comes up with a back-up plan.
Later on Y&R:
A shocking message is sent to Victor; Nikki loses control; Billy goes to his dark side; Ashley’s life gets a little romance in it.
The Bold & the Beautiful
Hope doesn’t know how to handle her situation.
Liam and Thorne are shocked to discover a threat directed at Hope; Hope discovers she is pregnant and it could change Liam and Steffy’s recommitment to each other; Hope tells Brooke that her situation with Liam has become more complicated; Brooke encourages Hope to fight for a future with Liam; Liam is shaken emotionally when Hope confides in Liam about her pregnancy.
Hope tells Liam that she is prepared to raise her child alone; Thorne, Liam and Ridge compile a list of suspects that could be threatening Hope; $Bill provides Steffy with something to be thankful for when he pays her a surprise visit; Sally moves in with Wyatt; Wyatt and Sally grow closer; Wyatt and Sally discuss her future at Forrester.
During a visit with Steffy and Kelly, Quinn and Eric learn about Steffy’s wedding plans; Brooke and Ridge have a major disagreement over Hope, Liam and Steffy’s complex situation; an excited Steffy tells Liam she is ready to get married.
Casting scoops:
Kiara Barnes joins the cast a Zoe, a mystery woman who has a secret past with a core character; America’s Next Top Model winner Keith Carlos appears as a bartender in several episodes; Marissa Jaret Winokur, winner of Celebrity Big Brother, will appear in one episode—airdate not determined.
Sneak Peak:
Thorne hires an IT specialist to delve into the threat against Hope; Xander shares a secret with Emma that he has been hiding.
Summer preview:
Steffy wonders if her vision of motherhood will ultimately be fulfilled with a complete family; despite Steffy’s rejection of $Bill, he continues to pursue her and continues with his manipulation to get what he wants; Brooke and Ridge love Steffy and Hope but that will cause friction when Brooke supports Hope and Ridge supports Steffy; Quinn will be involved in Wyatt’s situation and it will put Quinn and Eric’s relationship to the test; Quinn’s dark side might rear its ugly head; at Forrester Creations, Emma and Alexander will find love.
General Hospital
Maxie searches for answers.
Chase makes a confession; Franco is troubled; Scott and Franco have a heartfelt father/son talk; Julian hopes to branch out; Kim and Oscar have a heart-to-heart talk; Sam closes a chapter in her life; someone from Sonny’s past reaches out to him; Sonny’s spirits are lifted.
Sonny offers Carly words of encouragement; Jason makes a promise to Sonny; Maxie feels torn; Maxie has an unexpected visitor; Peter cautions Liesl; Nelle feels as if all her dreams have come true; Nelle puts her best foot forward; Michael saves the day.
Kiki breathes a sigh of relief; Josslyn is determined to make things right.
July 4th episode will be an encore episode from January 17, 2018 where Ava’s surgery became something of a nightmare.
Sneak Peek:
Franco’s curiosity is piqued; Nelle is rattled; Liesl lets her guard down; Jordan turns to Stella for help; Oscar reminds Ava of someone.
Down the Road Previews:
Nelle’s carefully laid plans unravel; will a blast from the past save the day?; Ava embraces her dark side; love is in the air as summer kicks into high gear; could Kevin be hiding a deadly secret?
Days of Our Lives
Death, deception and despair descend on Salem!
Having lost his allies and with nothing left to lose, Leo offers Sonny an end to the lawsuit madness; Leo laments if Sonny will marry him that will stop everything, but Will further blows Leo’s desperate act out of the water; Will reveals that “Leo Stark” is an alias the conman (and prostitute) was using as he attempted to extort Sonny; Sonny seizes the opportunity to decline Leo’s proposition/proposal and that doesn’t sit well with Leo who snaps.
A crazed Leo lunges at Will and begins to choke him, which is especially traumatic for Will considering his “death” at the hands of Ben; Sonny saves the day by wrenching Leo off Will, but Sonny may not know his own strength as he accidentally sends Leo soaring headfirst into the fireplace mantel; Leo dies instantly leaving a stunned Sonny and Will to wonder what to do next as the harassment lawsuit is set to begin the next day; believing it would look worse to have a dead man who’s suing him found in his home, Sonny convinces an uncertain Will to get rid of the body; Sonny and Will roll Leo’s body into the carpet with plans to make his death look like an accident, but trouble finds them again?; both Paul and Maggie end up in the living room as Sonny and Will attempt to do away with Leo’s body; Sonny and Will act fast to cover their tracks with Paul and, later, Maggie, but suspicions may already have been risen; an overwhelmed Will arrives home to Paul, but feels guilty over the happenings of the evening as well as keeping secrets from Paul.
Kayla finds keeping the secret she shares with Stefan overwhelming and professes her unpleasant pact to Marlena; the question of whether Stefan or Chad is the father of her baby continues to overwhelm Abigail, who’s determined to answer that question with a DNA test.
Things get more tense for Abigail when she and Stefan have an intense encounter, just as she’s attempting to collect samples; Gabi assists Abigail in her quest to determine the baby’s paternity, but Gabi’s interest is also piqued when she spots Kate and Stefan; a heartbroken Lani continues to mourn the loss of her baby boy and is touched when JJ visits to lend his support; Hope and Rafe visit Clyde Weston in the clink to (hopefully) attain new information on Ben and his whereabouts.
Ben may have been just visiting sanity because, without his medication, he begins to lose it again, which concerns Ciara; the combination of news that the police are looking for him and having no meds makes Ben extremely paranoid; as Ben begins to hallucinate, a scared Ciara attempts to calm Ben down and make him think more rational; though still concerned for Ciara, Tripp and Claire find themselves in a familiar place where they kiss once more.
Tripp again stops his kiss with Claire from going too far, but she believes there’s something still brewing between them (at least for her); though Jennifer’s kisses keep his lips warm nowadays, Eric can’t help reflecting on past love, Nicole, while talking with Chloe; Brady must reflect on his past when a courtroom bombshell paints him as the person who murdered Deimos; that isn’t the only bomb that goes off during Tate’s custody hearing as Eve surprises the court with a witness.
Theresa’s confidence might take a hit when Maggie testifies at the trial, but, then again, Theresa has her own bombs to drop; Eve takes a major hit when she’s questioned at Tate’s custody hearing and things begin to look worse for Team Brady and Eve.
Casting Scoops:
AMC/Y&R alum Stacy Haiduk hired to take over Eileen Davidison role; Matthew Ashford reportedly making a DAYS return; Stephen Nichols celebrates 33 years with DAYS while exit rumors circulate; DAYS Judi Evans lands gritty film about the horrors of human trafficking; is Bryan Dattilo out at Days of Our Lives?; Christopher Sean issues statement: it was my decision to depart from Days of Our Lives; Arianne Zucker set for a fall return on Days of Our Lives; Marci Miller wraps up her time as Days of Our Lives’ Abigail; Brandon Beemer and Martha Madison are once again Salem bound; Kyle Lowder returns to DAYS; after being “on the fence,” Billy Flynn has decided to stay put at DAYS; Farah Fath returns to DAYS; Camila Banus staying put at DAYS; Alison Sweeney back to DAYS for roller coaster storyline.
Sneak Peek:
Paul ponders several possibilities as Will and Sonny’s closeness becomes apparent, but Paul doesn’t know their deadly secret; though they started anew with seemingly no secrets between them, Eve is rocked when Brady makes a reveal; Kate and Ted’s secret alliance takes a passionate turn when they move from cohorts to lovers; as Ciara’s ordeal with Ben intensifies, Rafe arrives at the cabin in the woods?
Down the Road Previews:
While some Salemites will be leaving town soon, other old faces will appear again (and some aren’t as dead as once believed); one can’t count a DiMera down for too long, and one return will rock Salem to it’s core and leave enemies quaking; it may not be such a happy homecoming for one worldly couple as they are faced with more drama than imagined; a certain Salemite might have some explaining to do when his jilted ex returns to town; later this year, Hurricane Sami blows back into Salem, and it promises to be a wild ride!
