The Young and the Restless spoilers for Wednesday, December 17, find Jack refusing to go down without a fight, while Nikki prepares to do her regular mental gymnastics about how wonderful Victor is, despite the ocean of evidence to the contrary.

Key Takeaways

• Jack circles the wagons and prepares to strike back.
• Nikki discovers that her husband has lied to her yet again.
• Claire and Kyle are distracted by Audra.

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Jack (Peter Bergman) took his eye off the ball for a few seconds to support Billy (Jason Thompson) in his latest doomed venture, and Victor (Eric Braeden) made sure to hit him where it hurts. When Michael (Christian Le Blanc) tried to talk some sense into him, Victor threatened to cut Michael off again. Why he didn’t jump at the opportunity to never have to listen to Victor again, we’ll never know.

So Victor went ahead with his plan, cackling gleefully and reminding everyone how he is the smartest man in the world, ha ha ha! But if he thinks Jack is just going to take the offense sitting down, he’s got another thing coming. And by another thing coming, we certainly hope it’s a horrible humiliation, preferably in front of the family he claims to love so much, but, in actuality, couldn’t give a damn about unless they are obeying him. Right, Adam (Mark Grossman)?

Oh, My Best Beloved

Jack warned Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) that Victor was about to do something terrible. Victor commanded Nikki not to worry her pretty little head about it. Well, now Victor has done something terrible to a person Nikki claims to care about.

Will this trigger any reaction out of Nikki other than a frowny face, a wagged finger, and an “Oh, Victor, you scamp, what shall I do with you? Oh, what’s this? A new, shiny bauble? I love you so much!”

Big Deal

Kyle’s (Michael Mealor) family company is under attack from Claire’s (Hayley Erin) grandfather. You’d think they’d have bigger fish to fry. But, nope. They’re both obsessed with Audra (Zuleyka Silver). We understand that they were both too chicken to play in the big leagues, but we didn’t think they’d be so obvious about it….