The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers tease that Reed (Tristan Lake Leabu) is an unlikely suspect for the role of cover-up crew blackmailer. But this character’s return to Genoa City creates a plausible belief that he is blackmailing his own relatives.
No one should use the holy term family when referring to the Newman group. Those people, as headed by the hardly personally great Victor (Eric Braeden), are purely a collection of an increasing number of individuals who have been formed from a legally licensed corporate entity that was initially agreed to more than thirty soapy years ago. Yes, Niktor’s first wedding in the 1980’s did not represent the start of love, but the basis of many contemptuous, genetically-based connections.
With the above in mind, wouldn’t it make sense to have the likable Leabu written back into Y&R only to have him devolve like J.T. (Thad Luckinbill)? Of course, it would fit the pushed premise of Mr. Hellstrom having gone nuts because he was dissatisfied with mild career setbacks. In other words, it would be just as goofy and unbelievable.
As viewers recall, Reed was rushed out of the GC scene because his continued presence didn’t fit with Y&R opting to create a storyline where J.T. became a deranged lunatic. Reed’s continued presence would have contrasted logic. Writing him off allowed the entire coverup crew arc to stretch more easily since last spring.
So, Reed somehow learned that his dad was killed in recent weeks. He then discovered that his own mother, Vickie (Amelia Heinle), grandmother, Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott), and former aunts, Phyllis (Gina Tognoni) and Sharon (Sharon Case), were involved in multiple criminal offenses. That broke his mind and set in motion the Chancellor Park mystery. Of course, this poor guy doesn’t know that his dad was accidentally killed.
Reed used a shovel, dug down, and removed his father’s remains. He moved them to the graveyard that sits outside of GC’s apparent only church, where they were buried.
Then, during the past number of weeks, he’s been in contact with the coverup crew in an attempt to drive them mad. This scenario is as believable as J.T. not having any opportunity to receive compassion, when he quite obviously needed psychological help.
So, Nikki killed another human being for the third time in her life. All of those situations are presented as either being in self-defense, or, in this instance, in defense of someone else.
The J.T. Dies storyline and the seemingly endless fallout from that arc needs to be wrapped as soon as possible, which hopefully proves to be this month. Since Luckinbill’s character was written dark, why not do the same to Leabu’s alter ego?
Reed would simply be following in his father’s footsteps. But he better not turn his back on his grandmother if this projected reveal happens. CDL is a leading source for everything linked to The Young and the Restless. Check back regularly for Y&R spoilers and news!
